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2012 National Recording Registry selections unveiled
This post has been updated. See note below for details. Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side of the Moon” is no longer just the rock album that has logged more weeks than any other on Billboard’s national album chart nor merely the one acid...
Tags: The Wizard of Oz (movie, 1939), Ornette Coleman, Bee Gees (music group), Michelle Shocked, Music
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Billy Strange dies at 81; guitarist, arranger for Presley, Nancy Sinatra
Guitarist Billy Strange once took the kind of phone call that thousands of musicians receive only in their best and wildest dreams.
"I was staying at a hotel in Nashville in 1965 when my telephone rang and this unmistakable voice said, 'Billy, this is...Tags: Entertainment Events, Willie Nelson, Phil Spector, Lee Hazlewood, Circuses
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'Dancing With the Stars' results recap: Thanks for the memories
Show TrackerShe attempted the booty shake, but in the end she just got booted. In somewhat of a “Dancing With the Stars” surprise, it was not the low-scorer from Monday night’s performance show who was released from this very sparkly constellation..... -
My Turn: Bustin' more than a move
"They shoot horses, don't they?" I was panting heavily. My daughters looked bewildered. Obviously, my reference to the 1969 movie — wherein Jane Fonda nearly dances herself to death during a marathon — utterly escaped them.
My frustration was...Tags: Michael Jackson, The Supremes (music group), Gaming, Xbox, Jane Fonda
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This opera's drama isn't only onstage
Onstage in a UCLA auditorium, tenor Rickard Roudebush intones the solemn words of the Episcopal funeral rite: "I am the resurrection and the life. . . . He that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live. Amen!"
A chamber opera called "The...Tags: George M. Cohan, Eleanor Roosevelt, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Alban Berg, The Beach Boys
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Allen Klein dies at 77; powerful figure in music world
Allen Klein, the brash music mogul whose five-decade career included stints as the business manager for the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, died Saturday in New York. He was 77.
Klein died after a lengthy battle with Alzheimer's disease, according to Bob...Tags: The Beatles (music group), Bobby Darin, Phil Spector, Alzheimer's Disease, John Lennon
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Gamble and Huff vow to rebuild fire-damaged Philly Soul headquarters
Pop & HissVeteran R&B songwriters and producers Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff said that a fire over the weekend at the headquarters of their fabled Philadelphia International Records label destroyed about 40% of the memorabilia theyâd collected from 40 years of... -
'American Idol' Taylor Hicks will join 'Grease'
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterAnother "American Idol" is Broadway bound. Taylor Hicks, who took the "American Idol" title in Season 5 with the help of his "Soul Patrol" fans, will make his New York stage debut as "Teen Angel" in the current revival of the musical "Grease" at the...Tags: Television, Brooks Atkinson, Theater, Entertainment, Music Theater
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Springsteen to play Super Bowl halftime
Another Super Bowl, another rock 'n' roll superstar at halftime.
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band will perform at the 2009 Super Bowl halftime show in Tampa, Fla., the NFL and NBC announced Sunday night.
Continuing a run of major talent that...Tags: Bruce Springsteen, Michael Jackson, The E Street Band (music group), Super Bowl, National Football League
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D-Day broadcast named to National Recording Registry
ReporterThe Library of Congress has added two dozen important recordings to its national registry. Most are musical selections, including songs by Chubby Checker, the Bee Gees and Simon and Garfunkel, but one is a news broadcast with a tie to western Virginia,...Tags: Bee Gees (music group), U.S. Navy, Entertainment, Music, Library of Congress
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This week: Hello, Matchbox Twenty, Sean Kingston and Sheryl Crow, goodbye Titanic jewels
Theme Park Rangers - Orlando SentinelThere are several comings and goings this week at Orlando's theme parks and attractions. + On the way out is the Jewels of the Titanic exhibit within the Titanic the Experience attraction on International Drive. The limited-time viewing of more than a... -
10 Things to Know for Today
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. OBAMA HEADS TO WEST BANK The president is meeting with Abbas about the peace process, as rockets were launched into Israel today. 2. WHAT...Tags: Cyprus, American Academy of Pediatrics, Jimmy Fallon, European Central Bank, Library of Congress
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