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CBS to present the Grammy Awards -- of 1958
Apparently, “The Twilight Zone” was more than just a TV show. It was real. How do I know? Because we’ve just gone back in time. You may think it’s February 2013, but it’s actually February 1958. Or at least it is at CBS....
Tags: Awards and Prizes, Johnnie Walker, Grammy Awards, Justin Bieber, Talbots Incorporated
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Singer Ian F. Svenonius builds a school of rock
-------------------- Supernatural Strategies for Making a Rock 'n' Roll Band Ian F. Svenonius Akashic: 250 pp., $14.95 paper -------------------- Rock 'n' roll is not a joke, a pastime or a hobby. Nor is it a mystical "calling" that only a chosen...
Tags: Entertainment, The Rolling Stones (music group), Book, Brian Jones, Rock and Roll (genre)
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Mickey Baker dies at 87; rhythm and blues, rock guitarist
Mickey Baker, an exceptional 1950s session guitarist who played on hundreds of recordings, helping to transform rhythm and blues into rock 'n' roll, died Tuesday at his home near Toulouse, France, according to French media reports. He was 87. A cause of...
Tags: Dirty Dancing (movie), Bo Diddley, Rolling Stone, Movies, Pitbull (music artist)
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Dick Clark dies at 82; he introduced America to rock 'n' roll
Dick Clark, the youthful-looking television personality who literally introduced rock 'n' roll to much of the nation on "American Bandstand" and for four decades was the first and last voice many Americans heard each year with his New Year's Eve...Tags: Television Industry, Academy of Country Music Awards, Entertainment Events, Larry King, Elvis Presley
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Gary Carter: He was a pretty good paper boy, too
Sports Now“February made me shiver, with every paper I’d deliver. Bad news on the doorstep …” Don McLean sang those words in his classic song, “American Pie,” as he reflected on the plane-crash death of rock star Buddy Holly. Bad... -
Album review: Best Coast's 'The Only Place'
Pop & HissLos Angele duo Best Coast have just released "The Only Place," the band's second album. Times pop music critic Randall Roberts reviews the album.... -
Paul McCartney gets his star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
Pop & HissPaul McCartney got his star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame on Thursday. Paul McCartney was joined by Neil Young, Elvis Costello and Diana Krall, Joe Walsh and Jeff Lynne at the ceremony.... -
Grammy Awards 2012: Five races to watch -- besides Adele's
Pop & HissGrammy Awards 2012: Times pop music critic Randall Roberts picks five races to watch during Sunday's Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, including Adele's potential sweep.... -
SXSW 2012: 10 Los Angeles artists to see
Pop & HissTimes pop music critic Randall Roberts suggests 10 don't-miss Los Angeles artists at the annual South by Southwest music festival in Austin.... -
John Mellencamp, Chuck D to welcome 2012 Rock Hall inductees
Pop & HissJohn Mellencamp, Chuck D, Chris Rock and Bette Midler will welcome new inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The Rock Hall of Fame ceremony will take place April 14 in Cleveland.... -
PASSINGS: Fred Milano, William Polk Carey, Mike Colalillo
Fred Milano
Doo-wop singer with Dion and the Belmonts
Fred Milano, 72, a singer who made rock 'n' roll history on doo-wop hits with Dion and the Belmonts in the 1950s, died Sunday, three weeks after his lung cancer was diagnosed, said Warren Gradus, who...Tags: Awards and Prizes, Bronx (New York City), Injuries and Wounds, Johns Hopkins University, Human Interest
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Jerry Leiber dies at 78; lyricist in songwriting duo Leiber and Stoller
Jerry Leiber, who with his songwriting partner, Mike Stoller, created a songbook that infused the rock 'n' roll scene of the 1950s and early '60s with energy and mischievous humor, has died. He was 78.
Leiber, the words half of the duo, died Monday at...Tags: Music Theater, Aretha Franklin, Radio, NPR, History (tv network)
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