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PASSINGS: Robert Dickey
Robert Dickey Member of soul duo James and Bobby Purify Robert Dickey, 72, a guitarist and singer in the soul duo James and Bobby Purify, which recorded the 1960s hit song "I'm Your Puppet," died Dec. 29 in his hometown of Tallahassee, Fla. No cause was...Tags: Music, Music, Entertainment, Tallahassee (Leon, Florida), Soul (genre)
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Grammy Awards 2012: As Whitney Houston's death casts shadow, Adele sweeps the awards
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterOn an evening overshadowed by the shocking death of a singer who was once one of pop music’s most radiant young stars, the pop stratosphere’s latest bright light, 23-year-old British R&B-soul singer Adele, was showered Sunday night with six...Tags: Concerts, Clive Davis, Rihanna, Awards and Prizes, Substance Abuse
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Pop music spring preview: Notable concerts and albums in the coming weeks
Pop & HissShows include Lykke Li and Lady Gaga; the Kills and Paul Simon are among the acts planning album releases Critic's Pick: The Stagecoach Country Music Festival The annual Stagecoach Country Music Festival in Indio, which turns 5 this year, is...... -
Pop music and jazz figures
Pop music and jazz figures Bob Popescu, 77; co-owner of Catalina Bar & Grill, turned the Los Angeles club into one of the top jazz venues in the country (Jan. 5) Ken Nelson, 84; longtime Capitol Records talent scout had an ear for country music (Jan. 6)...Tags: Eric Clapton, Achievement Records, Frank Zappa, Jazz (genre), Tommy Dorsey
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Eddie Bo dies at 78; blues singer, pianist and songwriter
Associated PressEddie Bo, a New Orleans blues singer-pianist who worked with musicians such as Irma Thomas and Art Neville, died Wednesday of a heart attack, according to his booking agent, Karen Hamilton. He was 78. Eddie Bo, whose real name was Edwin Joseph Bocage,...Tags: Meteorological Disasters, New Orleans, Hurricane Damage, Death, Blues (genre)
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Teddy Pendergrass dies at 59; quintessential R&B boudoir crooner
Teddy Pendergrass, the soul singer who combined hyper-romantic love songs with a virile, sexy stage presence to become the quintessential R&B boudoir crooner before a 1982 car accident left him paralyzed, died Wednesday in his native Philadelphia. He...Tags: Death, Obituaries, Transportation Accidents, Health, Teddy Pendergrass
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The soul of Ike & Tina Turner
Special to The TimesThe pop world has focused for so long on the remarkably sensual energy and excitement of Ike & Tina Turner's old live show that it is often easy to forget the duo also made some dynamic records. But even if you have wanted to go back and check up on the...Tags: Otis Redding, Achievement Records, Death, Phil Spector, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum
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Winehouse proves to be too big for her tent
Special to The TimesAt Coachella, it's not the size of the tent you're performing in, but the size of the crowd trying to fit into it. And on Friday evening, the huge crowd that gathered to hear British soul singer Amy Winehouse sing her messed-up-in-love songs completely...Tags: North Africa, Johnny Cash, Amy Winehouse, Death, Elvis Presley
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