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Frank Pooler dies at 86; choral director mentored the Carpenters
Frank Pooler, a longtime choral director at Cal State Long Beach who is credited with helping the 1970s pop group the Carpenters develop their signature sound, has died. He was 86. Pooler died Jan. 19 in his Los Alamitos home after a short battle with...
Tags: Karen Carpenter, California State University, Long Beach, University of Iowa, Lung Cancer, Students
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It's beginning to sound a lot like Christmas
It's word association time. Say the first word that springs to mind: "holiday ----." Did you think "season"? "Sale"? "Hangover"? How about "music?" This year, there are plenty of new holiday albums to pick from. Cee Lo Green, English pop-rocker Tracey...
Tags: Special Olympics, Yoko Ono, Religion and Belief, The X Factor (tv program), Entertainment Events
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Gil Friesen dies at 75; longtime president of A&M recording label
A&M Records spent much of the 1960s, '70s and '80s as one of the leading independent labels in the music business, buoyed by a remarkably consistent string of hits from superstar acts, beginning with label co-founder Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass and...
Tags: Bryan Adams, Radio, Entertainment, Janet Jackson, Music
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Hal David dies at 91; songwriting partner of Burt Bacharach
Hal David, the renowned pop music lyricist whose prolific collaboration with composer Burt Bacharach produced a wealth of enduringly memorable hits in the 1960s and early '70s, including "Walk On By," "What the World Needs Now Is Love" and the Oscar-...Tags: Marty Robbins, NPR, Michael Feinstein, Julio Iglesias, Radio
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Jim McCrary dies at 72; photographer shot Carole King 'Tapestry' cover
Photographer Jim McCrary was on the verge of shooting one of his most famous images when he stopped to ask singer Carole King if the cat sleeping across the room could be part of the tableau.
He remembered the results of a Kodak survey that found...Tags: Rockwell Automation Inc., Radio, Entertainment, Music, Radio Industry
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Bob Henry dies at 92; TV producer and director
Bob Henry, an Emmy Award-winning television variety-show producer and director who produced Nat King Cole's groundbreaking musical variety program in the 1950s and helped make Flip Wilson a household name as the producer of his hit comedy-variety show...Tags: NPR, Television, Barbara Mandrell, Nat King Cole, Gladys Knight
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'The Vow' premiere: Making Channing Tatum, Rachel McAdams cry
Ministry of GossipIt's no secret that "The Vow," the romantic drama starring Channing Tatum and Rachel McAdams, is a tear-jerker. But what movies cause its stars to get a little emotional? Channing Tatum and Rachel McAdams told us at "The Vow" premiere.... -
'The Dictator' moves off 'Dark Shadows' release date
24 FramesTo avoid coming out on the same weekend as Johnny Depp's "Dark Shadows," Paramount Pictures has change the release date of "The Dictator" to May 16.... -
John Lydon, Public Image Ltd. return with first new album in 20 years
Pop & HissJohn Lydon, alias punk rock godfather Johnny Rotten, has returned to the studio with his post-Sex Pistols band Public Image Ltd. for PiL's first album in 20 years. The new album, "This is PiL," will be released May 28.... -
Gladys Horton dies at 65; 'Please Mr. Postman' singer with the Marvelettes
When a record label's female vocal groups include the Supremes and Martha and the Vandellas, it's easy to see why the Marvelettes are often relegated to footnote status. But the Detroit group has a unique distinction in the saga of Motown Records —...Tags: Smokey Robinson, Diana Ross, The Supremes (music group), Motown Records, Berry Gordy
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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: Trips and Vacations, Cher, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., Laura Nyro, The Beach Boys
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Bill Skiles dies at 79; half of the comedy team Skiles and Henderson
Bill Skiles, the wacky half of the Skiles and Henderson comedy duo, who entertained audiences for five decades with his sound effects, mimicry and improvised musical instruments, died Monday at his home in St. Cloud, Fla. He was 79.
The cause was...Tags: Amusement and Theme Parks, Dean Martin, Ed Sullivan, John Wayne, Theater
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