Al Alberts, founding member of The Four Aces, dies
(AP)
date: Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:02:16 GMT
| AP - Al Alberts, a founding member of the singing group, The Four Aces, and a longtime TV talent show host in Philadelphia, has died. He was 87. |
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Confusion surrounds Robbie Williams "proposal"
(Reuters)
date: Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:02:22 GMT
 Reuters - British singer Robbie Williams "proposed" to his actress girlfriend, Ayda Field, live on Australian radio on Friday, but his spokesman then said it was a joke.
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Pinetop Perkins' 80-year career still going
(AP)
date: Fri, 27 Nov 2009 09:03:22 GMT
 AP - Noisy crowds in smoky bars don't bother 96-year-old bluesman Pinetop Perkins.
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For tenor from Malta, a star-making role?
(AP)
date: Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:24:48 GMT
 AP - There's something about the honeyed sweetness of Joseph Calleja's voice that seems to evoke memories of a golden age, as if this young tenor carried within his vocal cords a secret passed down from bygone generations.
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Some Calleja performances
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date: Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:00:57 GMT
| AP - Some opportunities to hear tenor Joseph Calleja: |
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Jay-Z's "Empire" holds strong atop singles chart
(Reuters)
date: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 23:31:16 GMT
 Reuters - Jay-Z and Alicia Keys' "Empire State of Mind" claimed the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100 for a second consecutive week.
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Bob Dylan brings Christmas cheer to those without homes
(Reuters)
date: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 20:10:04 GMT
 Reuters - Singer Bob Dylan reminisces about Christmas past, turkey dinners and his favorite holiday songs in a rare interview in a magazine for homeless people.
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Phish electrifies fans with marathon show
(Reuters)
date: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:09:19 GMT
| Reuters - When tickets for Phish's Sunday night (November 22) show in Syracuse, N.Y., went on sale back in October, all 6,700 of them were gone in 15 minutes -- and with good reason. The last time Phish performed at the War Memorial arena was November 1994. Local fans were ready for another show, and the band was certainly ready to give it to them. |
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John Mayer's "Battle" wins top spot on album chart
(Reuters)
date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:20:05 GMT
| Reuters - John Mayer brought home his second No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart Wednesday, while Norah Jones grabbed the No. 3 rung. |
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Lambert says he got carried away, but not sorry
(AP)
date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:03:42 GMT
 AP - Adam Lambert admits he got carried away with his sexually charged American Music Awards performance, but he's offering no apology.
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Music stores see dream week with Boyle, Lambert
(Reuters)
date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:17:02 GMT
| Reuters - U.S. music retailers are realizing a dream week with Susan Boyle's "I Dreamed A Dream" ringing cash registers far beyond expectations and Adam Lambert's album stirring sales after his sexually charged TV performance. |
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Students get schooled on hip-hop at Minn. college
(AP)
date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:06:24 GMT
 AP - DJ Freddy Fresh slaps a vinyl record on the turntable, cues it up and tells a student, "Remember, the top of the note was there, right? Grab it."
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Joseph Jackson, singer's father, lobs accusations
(Yahoo! Music)
date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:00:00 GMT
| Yahoo! Music - LOS ANGELES – On the eve of a hearing in the Michael Jackson estate, a lawyer for the singer's father filed a 60-page motion Monday that intensifies a bid to get money from his son's estate by making accusations of fraud against the administrators of his will. |
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Aerosmith's Joe Perry: 'Steven Tyler has quit'
(Yahoo! Music)
date: Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:00:00 GMT
| Yahoo! Music - Courtesy of NME.com - Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry has said that singer Steven Tyler has quit the band "as far as I can tell." |
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Jack White turns down Slash collaboration
(Yahoo! Music)
date: Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:00:00 GMT
| Yahoo! Music - Courtesy of NME.com - Slash says White 'was the one guy [he] wanted to work with' |
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Robbie Williams says he will rejoin Take That
(Yahoo! Music)
date: Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:00:00 GMT
| Yahoo! Music - Courtesy of NME.com - 'We've already done bits and bobs,' he says |
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Twenty-five recordings added to Grammy Hall of Fame
(Reuters)
date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:33:50 GMT
 Reuters - The Recording Academy on Tuesday added songs by James Brown, Bob Marley, the Beach Boys, Louis Armstrong and others to its Grammy Hall of Fame, bringing the total number of titles in the collection to 851.
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Haydn expert HC Robbins Landon dies at 83
(AP)
date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:29:54 GMT
| AP - H.C. Robbins Landon, a musicologist noted for his pioneering research on Franz Joseph Haydn and for writing popular works on Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, has died at age 83. |
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Sting offers a 'spooky, ghostly' seasonal album
(AP)
date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:02:31 GMT
 AP - Sting and his wife Trudie keep with tradition on Christmas Eve: They go to a local church, sing along to carols, then head back home to their English estate to open presents with their family.
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Cyrus, Underwood raise voices on benefit album
(Reuters)
date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:15:01 GMT
| Reuters - With a lineup that includes Miley Cyrus, Carrie Underwood, Colbie Caillat and Sean Kingston, the seventh "A Very Special Christmas" Special Olympics benefit album has a younger audience in its crosshairs. |
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