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John Lennon and George Harrison electric guitar to be auctioned
A Vox electric guitar said to have been played by John Lennon and George Harrison, jewelry given by Elvis Presley to associates and an autographed pillow Michael Jackson threw to a fan from a Paris hotel window are among a bevy of rock ‘n’...
Tags: George Harrison, Eric Clapton, Times Square, Nelson Mandela, Auction Service
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Luke Bryan scores first No. 1 album, Jimi Hendrix follows at No. 2
Rising country singer Luke Bryan has scored his first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart with “Spring Break ... Here to Party,” a collection that sold nearly 150,000 copies during its first week. A safe distance behind at No. 2 is Jimi...
Tags: Michael Jackson, Boz Scaggs, Taylor Swift
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Las Vegas: 'Rock Vault' sends you down a musical memory lane
Guests can take a trip down rock music’s memory lane with the opening of “Raiding the Rock Vault” at the LVH Las Vegas Hotel & Casino, formerly the Las Vegas Hilton. Using narration and video clips, the musical extravaganza weaves...
Tags: The Eagles (music group), Entertainment, Led Zeppelin (music group), Human Accomplishments, Music
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Adele to sing for James Bond again?
Call him the spy who (really) loved her. A week after Adele's "Skyfall" became the first James Bond theme to win the Academy Award for original song, producers for the spy-film franchise have drafted Adele to sing for the next Bond movie, as well,...
Tags: Music Industry, Adele (music artist), Entertainment, Golden Globe Awards, Entertainment Events
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'New' Jimi Hendrix album, 'People, Hell and Angels,' surfaces
There’s been no shortage of posthumous Jimi Hendrix releases since the groundbreaking electric guitarist, singer and songwriter died at age 27 in 1970: Only three Hendrix albums charted during his lifetime, while more than three dozen released after...
Tags: Woodstock Festival (1969), Entertainment, Entertainment Events, Music, Sony Corp.
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Kim Kardashian, Kanye West at Givenchy's Paris Fashion Week show
Kim Kardashian, dressed in black, and Kanye West, dressed in white, looked very yin/yang as they sat in the front row at Givenchy's Paris Fashion Week runway show on Sunday. Others in the crowd included Nicole Richie, Jessica Chastain and Amanda Seyfried....
Tags: Kim Kardashian, Nicole Richie, Acne, Kanye West, True Religion Apparel Inc.
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Jesse Jackson Jr. pleads guilty to conspiracy count
The Shakespearean tragedy that was the life of Jesse Jackson Jr. came to its expected denouement Wednesday when the former Illinois congressman entered a guilty plea in federal court to a charge that he conspired to misuse more than $750,000 in campaign...
Tags: Prosecution, Politics, Lawyers, Bipolar Disorder, Punishment
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Joey Ramone LPs, guitars among auction items
How much are a punk rock hero's personal items worth? Joey Ramone’s vinyl record collection, two electric guitars, a leather jacket, his passport, Rolodex, T-shirts and other items will be auctioned off by the late singer’s estate. A...
Tags: Bob Dylan, Auction Service, Led Zeppelin (music group), Iggy Pop, The Beach Boys
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Remembering Reg Presley of the Troggs: Unsung hero of rock & roll
Los Angeles Times Pop Music CriticRaise a pint to Reg Presley, the singer and co-founder of the Troggs, who died Monday at age 71 after a battle with lung cancer. Yes, of course, stand at attention for the band’s mega-hit, “Wild Thing,” and for the primal pleasures of...Tags: The Who (music group), The Rolling Stones (music group), Entertainment, Lung Cancer, Music
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Reg Presley, Troggs lead singer, dead at 71
Reg Presley, lead singer of the Troggs, who made our hearts sing with the primal-scream, proto-garage-rock anthem "Wild Thing," as well as more tender tunes including "With a Girl Like You" and "Love Is All Around," has died at age 71. The BBC reports...
Tags: Pete Townshend, Entertainment, Music, Fall Out Boy (music group), BBC
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Ravi Shankar got by with a little help from his friends
Among the items the Grammy Museum included in its George Harrison “Living in the Material World” exhibit that opened about this time last year was a letter the ex-Beatle received following the all-star Concert for Bangladesh fundraiser he...
Tags: Eric Clapton, Music Industry, George Harrison, Woodstock Festival (1969), Bangladesh
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Ed Cassidy dies at 89; drummer for band Spirit
Ed Cassidy, the drummer whose musical background influenced the jazz-tinged sound of the band Spirit, which emerged in the late 1960s as one of the West Coast's premier rock groups, has died. He was 89. Cassidy died Thursday of cancer at an assisted...
Tags: Music Industry, Chicago Tribune, Tampa, Dexter Gordon, Entertainment
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