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Jerry Lee Lewis to perform with Broadway's 'Million Dollar Quartet'
Culture MonsterWhen audiences settle in for Broadway's "Million Dollar Quartet" on Sept. 10, they'll be treated to a live performance from rock 'n' roll legend Jerry Lee Lewis -- both the real one and the actor who plays him on stage....... -
Shelby Singleton dies at 77; maverick country music mogul
Shelby Singleton, a maverick country music mogul and talent scout who launched the careers of Roger Miller and Ray Stevens before resuscitating the fabled Sun Records label to give new life to recordings by 1950s Sun discoveries including Johnny Cash...Tags: Radio Industry, Roy Orbison, Gaming, Elvis Presley, Music Industry
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Billy Lee Riley dies at 75; rockabilly pioneer did 'Flyin' Saucers Rock and Roll'
Billy Lee Riley, a rockabilly pioneer and songwriter who recorded for the legendary Sun Records label and is best remembered for his 1957 singles "Flyin' Saucers Rock and Roll" and "Red Hot," has died. He was 75. Riley died Sunday of colon cancer that...Tags: Pocahontas, Roy Orbison, Elvis Presley, Rock and Roll (genre), Rockabilly (genre)
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A sound check along the Memphis-to-Nashville 'Music Highway'
Special to The Los Angeles TimesMemphis, Tenn. Knowing how obsessed Elvis fans can be, I wasn't surprised when my wife and I drove up to the Heartbreak Hotel and found, true to the song's lyrics, that it was actually "down at the end of Lonely Street" and that the desk clerk was...Tags: Patsy Cline, Kris Kristofferson, Music Theater, Randy Travis, Brad Paisley
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Individual search engines
Special to The Times5:21 a.m. It's barely dawn, but the cars, pickups, vans, trailers and U-Haul trucks are lined up around all four sides of Veterans Stadium's parking lot, each vehicle filled with the detritus of American consumer culture. The engines are off, and vendors...Tags: Bob Heintz, Barbie (fictional character), Rose Bowl Game, Trucks, Shannon Stewart
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At Whisky A Go-Go, applause for co-founder Elmer Valentine
They came to West Hollywood on Monday night not to bury one of the celebrated figures in L.A. music's storied past, but to praise him.
A few hundred family members, friends, former employees and just plain fans of Whisky A Go-Go co-founder Elmer...Tags: Radio Industry, Gram Parsons, Hugh Masekela, Chuck Berry, Dining and Drinking
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Ronnie Hawkins: Rock legend on both sides of border
Special to The TimesIf you are a fan of Bob Dylan and the Band, you might have heard the name Ronnie Hawkins quite a bit over the years, though you probably haven't heard much of his actual music -- the Canadian-based rocker has had little sales chart presence in this...Tags: Neil Young, Bob Dylan, Chuck Berry, Joni Mitchell, Elvis Presley
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Eclectic mix keeps Stagecoach turnstiles twirling
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterStrolling the grounds of the Empire Polo Field on Sunday afternoon in the final hours of the three-day Stagecoach country music festival, Paul Tollett the man behind the event and its older sibling, the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, stopped at...Tags: Tim McGraw, Festive Events, Chuck Berry, Kenny Chesney, Dining and Drinking
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Nick Reynolds, 75, dies; a founding member of the Kingston Trio
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterNick Reynolds, who as a college student grabbed a guitar, donned a broad-striped button-down shirt and quickly helped propel the 1950s folk music revival to the top of the pop music charts as a founding member of the Kingston Trio, died Wednesday in San...Tags: Heart Attack, Woody Guthrie, Folk (genre), Elvis Presley, White House
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Jimmie Rodgers: A voice that carried
Special to The TimesBear Family Records' remarkable new release, "Let Me Be Your Sidetrack: The Influence of Jimmie Rodgers," makes a persuasive argument that Rodgers is one of the most important figures in the history of country music. According to the liner notes for...Tags: Genres, Family, Tuberculosis, Bob Dylan, Elvis Presley
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'All You Need Is Love' finally arrives in U.S.
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterBritish documentary maker Tony Palmer called his 17-hour TV series exploring the origins of American popular music “All You Need Is Love,” because John Lennon told him it would make a great title. But in the three decades since he made it, it'...Tags: Charlie Parker, Woody Guthrie, Frank Zappa, Popular Music (genre), Tina Turner
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Dance music's keepers of the beat
Times Staff WriterDance music and DJ culture have been key components of Coachella since its inception, but the scene's lengthy slump combined with a heightened presence of hip-hop to dampen enthusiasm over dance music coming in to the 2005 edition. Sunday's dance music...Tags: Genres, North Africa, The Prodigy (music group), Dance, Disc Jockeys
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