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Ellie Greenwich dies at 68; co-wrote 'Da Doo Ron Ron,' 'Chapel of Love' and other '60s hits
Ellie Greenwich, the New York songwriter behind a string of 1960s hits that gave effervescent voice to unbridled teen romance including "Da Doo Ron Ron," "Chapel of Love" and "Be My Baby," many of them in collaboration with producer Phil Spector, died...Tags: Cyndi Lauper, Brooklyn (New York City), Burt Bacharach, Phil Spector, Mary J. Blige
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Gold Derby nuggets: Charlie Sheen signing off? | Kristen Chenoweth's 'new' songs | Betty White tops on 'The Middle'
Gold Derby⢠On Friday night, Charlie Sheen is taping what could be his final appearance on the hit sitcom "Two and a Half Men." Sheen -- who has earned four consecutive Emmy nods for the show -- may be exiting the CBS staple after seven seasons. Sheen -- who... -
Out West, in Utah's Butch Cassidy country
Los Angeles Times Staff Writer"Most of what follows is true." That's the opening of "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," the 1969 movie about two bandits born as the sun was setting over the mesas and buttes of the old Wild West. Morally ambiguous, the movie struck a chord with...Tags: Paul Newman, Burt Bacharach, Sundance Film Festival, Wars and Interventions, John Ford
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Turn It Up
TÊTE-à-TÊTE: Who programs Air Force One? Why, L.A.s own Tena Clark
She's a rarity in the music industry. Tena Clark has written and produced hits for the likes of Patti LaBelle, LeAnn Rimes, Dionne Warwick and Aretha Franklin; composed music for...Tags: Apple iPod, Blockbuster, Television, Air Transportation Industry, LeAnn Rimes
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The Jason Alexander era at Reprise Theatre Company
Special to The Times"Once on This Island," a tale of love and redemption in the Caribbean, marks a new beginning for L.A.'s leading presenter of old musicals. "Island," which opens Wednesday at UCLA's Freud Playhouse, is the first show of Reprise Theatre Company's first...Tags: Cy Coleman, Burt Bacharach, David Hyde Pierce, Kelsey Grammer, Christine Baranski
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We gave birth to the SigAlert
Times Staff WriterIN the autumn of 1943, World War II raged. On Nov. 22, the cover of Life magazine featured a portrait of a GI, with the caption, "Foot Soldier." Here at home, however, the dreamers were busy planning for the boom that would come with peace. In the...Tags: Burt Bacharach, Metal and Mineral, Road Transportation, World War II (1939-1945), Travel
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'Argo' wins best picture at Oscars: 'Pi' tops in total Oscars with four, including directing
VarietyThis time, the "Argo" story in Variety is truly about a big picture. Connecting three decades of history while erasing a quarter-century of Oscar protocol, Ben Affleck's "Argo" survived -- and indeed, thrived -- following its exclusion from the director...Tags: Michelle Obama, Les Miserables (movie), Grant Heslov, Richard Zanuck, Daniel Day-Lewis
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Long good-byes and longer movies
It's that time in our program to stop and remember the folks we lost this year. •Actors: Peggy Ahern, 95, and Jack Hanlon, 96 ("Our Gang" kids); Dimitra Arliss ("The Sting"), 79; R.G. Armstrong, 95; Luke Askew, 80; Zina Bethune, 66; Turhan Bey, 90;...
Tags: Mike Wallace, Dorothy McGuire, Phyllis Thaxter, Javier Bardem, Sylvia Kristel
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Hal David, Burt Bacharach's songwriting partner, dies at 91
Pop2itHal David, who partnered with Burt Bacharach to write some of the best-known songs in pop music, has died. He was 91.... -
Fifth Dimension singer Florence LaRue says good songs gave group success
Lehigh Valley Music presents FESTBLOGMotown Records was a hit factory for black musicians in the early 1960s, churning out smash after smash R&B song. So hoping to follow that same path to success, the fledgling vocal group that singer Florence LaRue joined in 1965...... -
Troubadour Steve Forbert Arrives in Hartford on the Heels of a Stellar New Album
Steve Forbert w/Becky Kessler Sept. 15, 7:30 p.m., $20, Arch Street Tavern, 85 Arch St., Hartford, (860) 246-7610, archstreettavern.com. It's less than three minutes into a conversation with Mississippi songwriter Steve Forbert, and I've already...
Tags: Bruce Springsteen, Cyndi Lauper, Burt Bacharach, Water Pollution, Environmental Pollution
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'Raindrops Keep falling on My Head' songwriter dies
CNNHal David, the lyricist behind such standards as "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head" and "What the World Needs Now is Love," has died at 91, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers said Saturday. The Oscar- and Grammy-winning...Tags: Tony Awards, Brooklyn (New York City), Burt Bacharach, Barbra Streisand, Sundance Film Festival
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