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(Rolling Stone) — In February, when Ben Harper, Joseph Arthur and Dhani Harrison arrived at the Carriage House studio in Los Angeles’ Silverlake neighborhood, they had three days booked and zero songs to record.

“I thought I was going there to add some guitars or harmonies on Joseph’s album,” says Harrison, who was invited to the session by Harper, whom he befriended at a skate park in Santa Monica. “When I got to the studio, I saw Joe and asked, ‘What songs are we going to do?’ He said we hadn’t written them yet.”

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NEW YORK — Mitch Miller, the goateed orchestra leader who asked Americans to “Sing Along With Mitch” on television and records and produced hits for Tony Bennett, Patti Page and other performers, has died at age 99.

His daughter, Margaret Miller Reuther, said Monday that Miller died Saturday in Lenox Hill Hospital after a short illness.

Miller was a key record executive at Columbia Records in the pre-rock ‘n’ roll era, making hits with singers Bennett, Page, Rosemary Clooney and Johnny Mathis. As a producer and arranger, Miller had misses, too, famously striking out on projects with Frank Sinatra and a young Aretha Franklin and in general scorning the rise of rock.

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Los Angeles, California (CNN) — These days, Bret Michaels gets standing ovations wherever he goes, even from those who wouldn’t have been caught dead flicking their Bics at a Poison concert in the 80s.

The grit the 47-year-old rocker has displayed during the past four months — undergoing an appendectomy, then pulling through a brain hemorrhage, a ministroke and the diagnosis of a hole in his heart — has earned him some long-awaited respect.

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According to Al Jardine, the Beach Boys are going to reunite for at least one concert next year to celebrate the group’s 50th anniversary. Jardine tells Rolling Stone the lineup will include himself, Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Bruce Johnston and possibly even early guitarist David Marks.

“We’re definitely doing at least one show — you heard it first,” Jardine says. “It’s a big deal. I don’t know where it will be yet, but it’ll probably be free. Golden Gate Park was mentioned, as was the [National] Mall in Washington, D.C., and the north shore of Chicago by the beach.”

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Pete Quaife, the original bassist of the Kinks, has died, according to bandmate Ray Davies. Quaife was 66.

Quaife died of kidney failure Wednesday in Herlev, Denmark. He moved to Denmark in 2005 after many years in Canada. He had recently gotten engaged to his partner, Elisabeth.

“I am overwhelmed with emotion- I literally can’t speak- we might never have done any of this without him,” said Kinks guitarist Dave Davies in a statement on his website, davedavies.com. “The Kinks were never really the Kinks without you.”

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CHICAGO — Marvin Isley, the bass player who helped give R&B powerhouse the Isley Brothers their distinctive sound, has died at a Chicago hospital. He was 56.

Weiss Memorial Hospital spokeswoman Catherine Gianaro says Isley died Sunday morning at a hospice at the facility. She could not confirm a cause of death.

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(CNN) — Rock singer Bret Michaels had another health setback this week when doctors found a hole in his heart that they think caused him to suffer a warning stroke, his publicist said.

Michaels, 47, may still be able to appear on the season finale of the reality show “Celebrity Apprentice” on Sunday, his doctor said.

The announcement did not say whether Michaels’ plan to resume touring with his rock band May 28 will be changed.

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Los Angeles, California (CNN) — At any given time, it’s hard to hide a 6-foot-1-inch man wearing eyeliner. It’s even more difficult when that man is Adam Lambert and you’re trying to prevent 2,400 middle school students from discovering that he’s set foot on their campus.

And so, the 2009 “American Idol” runner-up waited patiently in an underground parking garage until the bell rang, and then he quickly made his way to Mrs. Fuller’s Contemporary Rock Band class.

The 28-year-old entertainer opened the door to the classroom and poked his head in. “Hey, guys! Hi!” he exclaimed as 45 budding musicians whistled and pounded on their desks in a teenage show of welcome.

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“Due to injuries Steven Tyler sustained last week when he fell from the stage during a concert in Sturgis, South Dakota, doctors have advised the lead singer to take the time to properly recuperate from the accident that resulted in a broken shoulder and stitches to his head,” the band said in a statement.

The accident happened August 5 during a concert at the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in western South Dakota.

Tyler was dancing during “Love in an Elevator” when he fell. He was airlifted to a local hospital for initial treatment before returning to Boston, Massachusetts, for treatment with his own doctors.

“Words can’t express the sadness I feel for having to cancel this tour,” said guitarist Joe Perry. “We hope we can get the Aerosmith machine up and running again as soon as possible.”

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He was 75.

The cause was non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, according to Don Wilson, who co-founded the Ventures with Bogle in the 1950s.

“He had a special sound that nobody could ever re-create. He was totally unique as a guitar player,” Wilson told CNNRadio.

Wilson and Bogle learned how to play guitar while working as construction workers in the 1950s in their native Tacoma, Washington. The pair formed the Ventures in 1958.

“We had a lot of time on our hands after work, so we’d get together and play,” Wilson recalled. “A year and a half later, we had a number two hit called ‘Walk — Don’t Run.’ ” The group first heard the song on a Chet Atkins record.