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Tony Sheridan dies; singer backed by Beatles on 'My Bonnie' was 72
The first song the broader world heard from the Beatles wasn't one of the pop-music gems that seemed to flow so effortlessly from the pens of John Lennon and Paul McCartney, nor was it any of their versions of American R&B and blues songs that were a...
Tags: Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Music Industry, George Harrison, Germany
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Ringo Starr exhibit to open June 12 at Grammy Museum
This post has been updated. See note below for details. The Grammy Museum will put up its third salute to a Beatle with the June 12 opening of “Ringo: Peace and Love,” billed as “the first major exhibition to explore the life of...
Tags: Elvis Presley, John Lennon, Arts, Arts and Culture, Museums
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Stompin' Tom Connors, Canadian country-folkie, dead at 77
Stompin' Tom Connors, the legendary Canadian country-folk singer known for tunes that proudly raised a beer to hockey and other pillars of Canadian national culture, has died at age 77. One of Connors' signature tunes, "The Hockey Song," is...
Tags: Hockey (music group), Sports, Twitter, Inc., Merle Haggard, Entertainment
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Henry Grossman's fab moments with the Beatles
It began in 1964 as a Time magazine photo assignment for Henry Grossman to cover the Beatles' debut appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show." It developed over the years into a deep friendship between Grossman and the group, one that allowed him rare access...
Tags: John Lennon, Abbey Road Studios, David Ben-Gurion, Human Accomplishments, The Who (music group)
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Pop Art: Astrid Kirchherr and the Beatles
Astrid Kirchherr met the Beatles in 1960 when they were five lads from Liverpool pounding out marathon shows at a club in a seedy part of her native Hamburg, Germany. She fell for the bass player, Stuart Sutcliffe, and found the others — John...
Tags: Photography, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Arts, George Harrison
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'Concert for George' streaming on YouTube for 24 hours
Eleven years ago today, George Harrison died at the age of 58 in Los Angeles. And exactly one year after that some of the late Beatle's closest friends -- including Eric Clapton, Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty and Harrison's surviving bandmates -- gathered for...
Tags: Paul McCartney, YouTube, George Harrison, Library of Congress, Tom Petty
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Tuesday's TV Talk Shows: Michelle Obama; Jessica Sanchez; Charlize Theron
Show TrackerCBS This Morning Golf instructor Butch Harmon; author Douglas Brinkley. (N) 7 a.m. KCBS Today Charlize Theron; “Big Brooklyn Style”; Rebecca Ferguson performs; fashion; energy boosters. (N) 7 a.m. KNBC KTLA Morning News (N) 7 a.m. KTLA Good... -
An appreciation: Herb Reed helped R&B, pop soar with the Platters
Pop & HissSinger Herb Reed, the last original member of the '50s L.A. R&B group the Platters died Monday in Boston. Herb Reed continued touring with the Platters until 2011.... -
Levon Helm dies at 71; drummer and singer with the Band
Levon Helm is most widely known for the songs he sang that found their way onto the pop charts during his long tenure as drummer and singer for the Band: "Up On Cripple Creek," "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" and "Don't Do It," earthy and infectious...
Tags: Tom Wolfe, Cancer, Cream (music group), Rock and Roll (genre), Nazareth
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Paul McCartney: His might be the cutest Beatles star in Hollywood
Ministry of GossipPaul McCartney got his star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame on Thursday. Paul McCartney heard from Neil Young as he became the last Beatle to get a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, in front of the Capitol Records Building.... -
TV review: 'George Harrison: Living in the Material World'
"George Harrison: Living in the Material World," which premieres Wednesday and Thursday on HBO, is a long, lovely meditation on the Beatle sometimes called the Quiet One and the quiet one sometimes called a Beatle. Directed by Martin Scorsese at the...Tags: David Lynch, Bob Dylan, National Enquirer, PBS (tv network), Ravi Shankar
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