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Elton John & Leon Russell: Keyboard colleagues
Few people can get away with telling an anecdote about being on safari in Africa and make it sound like a trip to the supermarket.
But for Elton John, that's precisely how and where he became inspired to call his keyboard-playing pal Leon Russell after...Tags: Gospel (genre), Alison Krauss, Satellite and Cable Service, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., Travel
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominations: Who should get in? Who got overlooked?
Pop & HissI've already expounded on this year's long list of nominees for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame -- many of which have been up for the honor before. I neglected, however, to play the game every music nerd will...... -
Tom Waits, Bon Jovi, Beastie Boys, LL Cool J top eclectic list of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominees
Pop & HissWhen the list arrived of this year's nominees for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the first thing that occurred to me was a very current cliche. The roster -- eclectic, centerless, open to many interpretations -- seemed very...... -
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominees include Beastie Boys and Bon Jovi
Gold DerbyLike the various sports halls of fame, the one devoted to rock and roll also announces a long list of nominees from which are culled the eventual inductees. This year's honor roll of 15 artists vying for a place in the Hall of Fame includes nine returning... -
Influences: Unorthodox organist Cameron Carpenter
Culture MonsterUnorthodox organist Cameron Carpenter shares his artistic influences... -
Tom Waits, Neil Diamond, Alice Cooper among 2011 Rock Hall inductees
Pop & HissTom Waits, Neil Diamond, the Alice Cooper Band, Dr. John and Darlene Love will be welcomed into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame next spring, the organization will announce Wednesday. All five had been long eligible for induction under...... -
Rock Hall 2010: Kiss, ABBA on the ballot, but is there a noticeable omission?
Pop & HissWill tongues be wagging at next year???s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony? Specifically, the prodigious one that belongs to Gene Simmons of Kiss, one of a dozen acts that are on the final ballot from which five...... -
Is it time to close down the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?
The Big PictureI was a rock critic in a past life, so every year around this time, I still get a ballot allowing me to vote for my favorite nominees in the annual election at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame....... -
ABBA, the Stooges -- but not KISS -- make the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Pop & HissThe Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is opening its arms to welcome in ABBA, Genesis, the Hollies, the Stooges and Jimmy Cliff, but has given the KISS-off, for this year at least, to hard rockâs most celebrated tongue-wagging, makeup-loving...... -
Kenny Rankin dies at 69; singer-songwriter's long career almost defied categorization
Kenny Rankin, a singer-songwriter and musician whose song "Peaceful" was a hit for Helen Reddy and who had popular covers himself of a pair of Beatles hits, has died. He was 69.
Rankin died Sunday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. The...Tags: George Carlin, Greenwich Village, Johnny Carson, Death, The Tonight Show (tv program)
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Carly Simon: Coming around again with 'This Kind of Love'
![CARLY SIMON isn't the first name you'd expect to find on a list of classic-rock superstars who keep tabs on " American Idol." "I tune in whenever I get a chance," she says in that signature dusky voice. "How could I not, when this season Brooke White sang 'You're So Vain' and did such a nice job on it, and Carly [Smithson] was named after me?"](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2008-05/39358070-30181833.jpg "CARLY SIMON isn't the first name you'd expect to find on a list of classic-rock superstars who keep tabs on \" American Idol.\" \"I tune in whenever I get a chance,\" she says in that signature dusky voice. \"How could I not, when this season Brooke White sang 'You're So Vain' and did such a nice job on it, and Carly [Smithson] was named after me?\"")
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterCARLY SIMON isn't the first name you'd expect to find on a list of classic-rock superstars who keep tabs on " American Idol." "I tune in whenever I get a chance," she says in that signature dusky voice. "How could I not, when this season Brooke White sang...Tags: Music Theater, Brooke White, Art Buchwald, Kris Kristofferson, Public Employees
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93-5 'KHY Rock Report
Headlines for Tuesday, May 21, 2013
RAY MANZAREK: Doors Co-Founder Dead at 74
Ray Manzarek, a founding Member of The Doors, has died at age 74.
The keyboardist, born Raymond Daniel Manczarek, Jr., succumbed this afternoon (Monday) at the RoMed...Tags: Circuses, Behavioral Conditions, Emeril Lagasse , Hospitals and Clinics, Mickey Hart
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