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    Dec 28, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  1. Fontella Bass: An appreciation

    There are two works that illustrate the range of Fontella Bass' singing power.
    There are two works that illustrate the range of Fontella Bass' singing power. One is a gut-busting soul cry, “Rescue Me,” a propellant R&B banger from 1965 that became Bass' signature. The other, equally vital, is a nine-minute thrill...

    Tags: Miles Davis, Popular Music (genre), Music Industry, Entertainment, Etta James

  2. Dec 27, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  3. Two sides of Fontella Bass, the late, great St. Louis soul singer

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    Los Angeles Times Pop Music Critic
    This post has been updated. See below for details. Any appreciation of soul singer Fontella Bass, who died Wednesday at age 72, must first acknowledge “Rescue Me,” the propellant 1965 R&B banger that became her signature. But equally vital...

    Tags: Popular Music (genre), Heart Attack, Music, Aretha Franklin, Entertainment

  4. Oct 5, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  5. Rickie Lee Jones and Bettye LaVette interpret the blues

    In a concert last month at Hollywood's Hotel Cafe, the buzzy English singer Paloma Faith crouched down near the floor to sing "Let Me Down Easy." It's a tough-love song associated with a number of hardy soul-music veterans, including Bettye LaVette and the late Etta James, and Faith was doing what she could (despite her youth and a seriously movement-constricting dress) to channel some of their gravitas.
    In a concert last month at Hollywood's Hotel Cafe, the buzzy English singer Paloma Faith crouched down near the floor to sing "Let Me Down Easy." It's a tough-love song associated with a number of hardy soul-music veterans, including Bettye LaVette and...

    Tags: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Music Industry, Van Morrison, Neil Young, Relentless7 (music group)

  6. Oct 4, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  7. PASSINGS: Mary Jean Pew; R.B Greaves

    Mary Jean Pew Head of Catholic college, aide to Jerry Brown Mary Jean Pew, 82, a former nun who taught history and government at Immaculate Heart College in Los Angeles then served as the school's acting president before it closed in 1980, died...

    Tags: Fordham University, Roman Catholicism, Cancer, Lung Cancer, Government

  8. Sep 4, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  9. A sale for soul singer Freda Payne

    Joining the ranks of 2012 home sellers is R&amp;B and soul singer Freda Payne, who sold her contemporary in L.A.'s "Bird Streets" area  this year for $2.25 million. That should buy more than a few bands of gold.
    Joining the ranks of 2012 home sellers is R&B and soul singer Freda Payne, who sold her contemporary in L.A.'s "Bird Streets" area this year for $2.25 million. That should buy more than a few bands of gold. Set on a corner lot, the city-view house has...

    Tags: Real Estate Sellers, Lauren Beale

  10. May 4, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  11. PASSINGS: George Murdock, Charles 'Skip' Pitts

    <b>George Murdock</b>
    George Murdock Character actor often played the 'heavy' George Murdock, 81, a veteran character actor who had a recurring role as Lt. Scanlon on the television sitcom "Barney Miller" and played God in the 1989 film "Star Trek V: The Final Frontier,"...

    Tags: Cyndi Lauper, Cancer, Music Industry, The Untouchables (movie), Television

  12. May 14, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  13. Donald 'Duck' Dunn dies at 70; soul music bassist

    Donald "Duck" Dunn, the bassist who helped create the gritty Memphis soul sound at Stax Records in the 1960s as part of the legendary group Booker T. and the MGs and contributed to such classics as "In the Midnight Hour," "Hold On, I'm Coming" and "Sitting on the Dock of the Bay," died Sunday. He was 70.
    Donald "Duck" Dunn, the bassist who helped create the gritty Memphis soul sound at Stax Records in the 1960s as part of the legendary group Booker T. and the MGs and contributed to such classics as "In the Midnight Hour," "Hold On, I'm Coming" and...

    Tags: Blues (genre), Music Industry, Otis Redding, John Belushi, Bob Dylan

  14. Dec 25, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  15. Southern California Close-Ups: Going Hollywood

    Pity the rubes. Those wayward tourists who dawdle in their cars and tour buses along Beachwood Drive, enraging the locals as they haltingly seek that perfect Hollywood sign photo op &mdash; they know not what they do. Maybe you're not from this neighborhood either, but you have savvier Hollywood plans.
    Pity the rubes. Those wayward tourists who dawdle in their cars and tour buses along Beachwood Drive, enraging the locals as they haltingly seek that perfect Hollywood sign photo op — they know not what they do. Maybe you're not from this...

    Tags: Human Interest, Rudolph Valentino, Citizen Kane (movie), Ginger Rogers, Entertainment

  16. Feb 2, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  17. Don Cornelius dies at 75; creator of 'Soul Train'

    The idea was simple &#8212; but groundbreaking: Create a live showcase for black music, modeled on "American Bandstand."
    The idea was simple — but groundbreaking: Create a live showcase for black music, modeled on "American Bandstand." Don Cornelius pulled $400 from his own pocket to launch the dance show on a local Chicago TV station in 1970. As host and executive...

    Tags: Don Cornelius, Barry White, Popular Music (genre), Television, Music Industry

  18. Dec 8, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  19. Dobie Gray dies at 71; singer later became a songwriter

    Dobie Gray, a smooth balladeer and soul singer who scored his biggest hit in the early 1970s with "Drift Away," has died. He was 71.
    Dobie Gray, a smooth balladeer and soul singer who scored his biggest hit in the early 1970s with "Drift Away," has died. He was 71. Gray, who had cancer, died Tuesday at his Nashville home, said Charlie Andrews, his attorney. Before he adopted the name...

    Tags: Cancer, Music Industry, Uncle Kracker, Sonny Bono, John Denver

  20. Dec 10, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  21. PASSINGS: Howard Tate

    Howard Tate, 72, a soul singer who got a second chance at a career three decades after being derailed by disputes with industry executives, personal tragedy and drug addiction, died Dec. 2 in Burlington, N.J., said a spokesman for the Burlington County medical examiner.
    Howard Tate, 72, a soul singer who got a second chance at a career three decades after being derailed by disputes with industry executives, personal tragedy and drug addiction, died Dec. 2 in Burlington, N.J., said a spokesman for the Burlington County...

    Tags: Music, Janis Joplin, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Addiction, Aretha Franklin

  22. Dec 1, 2011 | Los Angeles Times
  23. Allen Stone aims to change perception of soul singers

    Pop & Hiss
    Allen Stone, a 24-year-old white guy from tiny Chewelah, Wash., is aiming to change the perception of soul singers. The singer-songwriter is generating buzz with his self-released eponymous sophomore album, which came out in October, and his late-night...
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