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'Love, Janis'
Special to The TimesWatching footage of Janis Joplin at the 1967 Monterey International Pop Festival, you can see why Mama Cass, sitting in the crowd, keeps shaking her head. There's Janis, decked out in full gold lamé and tiny mules, shaking and snarling her way through...Tags: Family Vacations, Family, Cass Elliot, Bette Midler, Muddy Waters
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The millstone of boomer milestones
Anyone who believes that the cultural imperialism of baby boomers is limited to the generations that came after them need only see a recent documentary called "Young at Heart." Almost unanimously loved by critics (most of them baby boomers), the film...Tags: Movies, Periodicals, The Rolling Stones (music group), Mick Jagger, Culture
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'High School Musical' writer bopped right to the top
Special to The TimesPeter Barsocchini is a screenwriter who a few years ago took what he thought was a small assignment to write a kids' TV musical so he could entertain his preteen daughter, Gabriella, even naming the female lead after her. That small assignment for...Tags: Schools, Movies, Daytime Emmy Awards, Staples Center, Cameron Crowe
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PASSINGS
Leroy Cooper
Musician in Charles band
Leroy Cooper, 80, who played baritone saxophone for Ray Charles from the 1950s through the 1970s and at times served as bandleader for the R&B pianist, died of heart failure Jan. 15 at his home in Orlando, Fla., the...Tags: Peter Tosh, Jonathan Demme, Management Change, Companies and Corporations, Popular Music (genre)
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A crucial chapter for the storied Chelsea Hotel
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe Chelsea Hotel had a beleaguered look. A tenant had draped several banners across the legendary establishment's red brick facade: "Stanley Bard is my hero," one banner proclaimed. The signs referred to the hotel's part-owner and longtime manager who...Tags: Bob Dylan, Personal Service, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Chelsea (Manhattan, New York), Government
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The soul of Ike & Tina Turner
Special to The TimesThe pop world has focused for so long on the remarkably sensual energy and excitement of Ike & Tina Turner's old live show that it is often easy to forget the duo also made some dynamic records. But even if you have wanted to go back and check up on the...Tags: Human Accomplishments, Soul (genre), Achievement Records, Phil Spector, Rhythm and Blues (genre)
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'Mad Men's' Christina Hendricks is a vintage soul
Christina Hendricks eyes a darling white cloche much as a cougar sizes up a coyote with a limp. She circles. She purrs. She pounces. "I have so many hats, but. . . " she says, adjusting the brim in the mirror at the local vintage boutique The Way We Wore....Tags: Marilyn Monroe, Faye Dunaway, Entertainment, Fashion Shows, Television
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Special San Francisco hotel rates mark Summer of Love
Times Staff WriterIn June 1967, the Summer of Love took hold in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, where hippies gathered to experience a peace-and-love vibe. This month, 16 hotels in the city, including the Clift, the Fairmont and the Grand Hyatt, mark the 40th anniversary...Tags: Human Accomplishments, Achievement Records, The Beach Boys, Hotels and Accommodations, Big Brother and the Holding Company (music group)
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Odetta Holmes dies at 77; folk singer championed black history, civil rights
Odetta, the classically trained folk, blues and gospel singer who used her powerfully rich and dusky voice to champion African American music and civil rights issues for more than half a century starting in the folk revival of the 1950s, has died. She was...Tags: Pete Seeger, Hospitals and Clinics, Lenox Hill, Minority Groups, History
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Delaney Bramlett; songwriter who wrote 'Let It Rain'
Delaney Bramlett, 69, a singer, songwriter and producer who penned classic rock songs such as "Let It Rain" and worked with musicians George Harrison and Eric Clapton, died Saturday at UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center in Los Angeles as a result of...Tags: Activism, University of California, Los Angeles, Dave Mason, Ronald Reagan, Interior Policy
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Jypsi: A family band's breakthrough plans
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterTHE STAR-MAKING machine in Nashville does a lot of things well, but nurturing musicians who work outside the box isn't one of them. In the 1950s, Buddy Holly was rebuffed when he first recorded there, and Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings spent most of...Tags: Movies, Billie Holiday, Country and Western (genre), Jessica Simpson, Radio
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Billy Joel will be last Shea show
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe razing of Shea Stadium later this year marks the end of an era for baseball fans, but it's also closing the door on a chapter of pop music history that began in 1965 when the Beatles became the first pop group to play a concert at a U.S. sports...Tags: The E Street Band (music group), The Who (music group), DVDs and Movies, Jimi Hendrix, Bruce Springsteen
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