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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: Talbots Incorporated, Johnnie Walker, Awards and Prizes, Entertainment Events, Justin Bieber
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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: Brian Jones, Music, Entertainment, Rock and Roll (genre), Talk Shows (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: Music, Entertainment, France, Dirty Dancing (movie), Bo Diddley
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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: ABC (tv network), Game Shows, Academy of Country Music Awards, Television Stations, Ryan Seacrest
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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.... -
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: University of Pennsylvania, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Awards and Prizes, Hospitals and Clinics, Finance
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Guitar Geek Festival 2012 this weekend in Anaheim
Pop & HissDeke Dickerson's 9th annual Guitar Geek Festival takes place Jan. 20 and 21 in Anaheim. Ventures guitarist Nokie Edwards and guitar supergroup the Hellecasters headline as Deke Dickerson expands the event from one to two days.... -
Album review: Ringo Starr's 'Ringo 2012'
Pop & HissA review of Ringo Starr's “Ringo 2012” by Randy Lewis.... -
Crickets, Comets, Flames, 3 other bands will enter Rock Hall of Fame
Pop & HissRock and Roll Hall of Fame will induct Buddy Holly's Crickets, Bill Haley's Comets, James Brown's Famous Flames and three other important early rock bands. The musicians who played with leaders already inducted will enter the Hall of Fame too.... -
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....
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