Pop & Hiss
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April 14, 2011
Music
When singer Roy Orbison was touring England in 1968, it had been four years since he last appeared at the top of the charts with “Oh, Pretty Woman,” even though he continued playing live and recording long after the pulse of rock music shifted away from his signature brand of sweepingly operatic pop.
Dec. 8, 2011
Obituaries
Barbara Orbison helped her husband rebuild his life after a string of personal tragedies, becoming a force behind his musical resurgence in the 1980s and, after his death, working relentlessly to burnish his legacy.
*** The Derailers, “Full Western Dress,” Sire.
Oct. 15, 1999
Oct. 27, 2011
Movies
You’re an executive at a record company and you’re pleased as punch because one of your artists has a hit record about to break in a big way.
March 12, 1989
Entertainment & Arts
Pop music: Phoenix at the Hollywood Bowl
Sept. 16, 2010
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack “Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story” (Columbia) * * *
Dec. 19, 2007
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers soar through a set of jangly epics for their adopted hometown at the Hollywood Bowl.
June 27, 2008