Category Archives: Band

Britney Spears unveils album title, cover art

By doris | Published: February 6, 2011

Full Story at TODAY.msnbc.msn.com Ooh ooh baby! Britney Spears took to Twitter on Wednesday to reveal the title and cover art from her highly anticipated upcoming album. “Femme Fatale,” the Princess of Pop tweeted, along with a photo of the album artwork and the word, “March.” VIEW THE PHOTOS: A Look Back At Britney Spears’ [...]

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Chuck Berry colapes during Chicago show

By doris | Published: January 3, 2011

Full Story at Music-Mix.EW.com Rock legend Chuck Berry collapsed on stage during Saturday’s standing-room only performance at the Congress Theater in Chicago, according to the city’s Tribune. About an hour into his show, the 84-year-old slumped over with his head on a keyboard and didn’t move for several minutes. He had to be helped from [...]

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Remembering the day Lennon died

By doris | Published: December 11, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com New York (CNN) — Like so many other people of my generation, John Lennon and the Beatles made an indelible stamp on my life. The very first piece of vinyl I actually owned — and hadn’t borrowed from my older brother — was the album “Help!” To this day, I can [...]

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Beatles finally on iTunes, but AC/DC … not so much

By doris | Published: November 17, 2010

Full Story at TODAY.msnbc.msn.com Finally, you can legally download “Can’t Buy Me Love” on iTunes. But there’s plenty that you still can’t. For some other performers, art and commerce have still not hit the right note. So while you twist and shout over John, Paul, George and Ringo, here are five other top artists you [...]

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John Lennon’s 70th celebrated in NY’s Central Park

By doris | Published: October 10, 2010

Full Story at news.Yahoo.com NEW YORK – A crush of fans circled a flower-graced mosaic in Central Park’s Strawberry Fields and sang lyrics from “Imagine” on Saturday to honor Beatles legend John Lennon on his 70th birthday. On the day when the Liverpool Lad would have become a septuagenarian, thousands of fans from around the [...]

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Rock band inspiration Leonard Skinner dies

By doris | Published: September 21, 2010

Full Story at TODAY.msnbc.msn.com JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Leonard Skinner, the basketball coach and gym teacher who inspired the name of the Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, died Monday in Florida, his daughter said. He was 77. Skinner died in his sleep at the St. Catherine Laboure Manor in Jacksonville, where he had been living for [...]

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LFO singer dies after battle with leukemia

By doris | Published: September 10, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com Los Angeles, California (CNN) — Rich Cronin of the 1990s boy band LFO has died, his bandmate told CNN Wednesday. Cronin, who fought a long battle with leukemia, was 36. The band is best known for its top 10 U.S. hits “Girls on TV” and “Summer Girls,” with Cronin writing the [...]

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Giant hay bale crushes ex-ELO star to death

By doris | Published: September 7, 2010

Full Story at TODAY.msnbc.msn.com LONDON — A giant bale of hay has killed a founding member of Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) after it tumbled down a hill and crashed into his van. Cellist Mike Edwards, 62, died after the 1,323 lb bale rolled down a steep field in Devon, southern England, smashed through a hedge [...]

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George Harrison’s son, Ben Harper form a band

By doris | Published: August 28, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (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, [...]

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Conductor Mitch Miller dies at 99

By doris | Published: August 3, 2010

Full Story at TODAY.msnbc.msn.com 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 [...]

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