Category Archives: Music

Maureen McCormick, TV’s Marcia Brady, remembers Davy Jones

By doris | Published: March 2, 2012

Full Story at TheClicker.today.msnbc.msn.com Marcia Brady wasn’t the only girl who loved Davy Jones, but she certainly was the most memorable. Fittingly, Maureen McCormick has spoken out in the wake of The Monkees’ singer’s death, paying tribute to the man who will forever be—at least partially—remembered as the dreamiest TV prom date ever to hit [...]

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Radiohead debuts two new songs as world tour kicks off in Miami

By doris | Published: February 29, 2012

Full Story at  Entertainment.msnbc.com Radiohead kicked off their 2012 world tour in Miami Monday night with a setlist heavy on recent material and oldies that fit in comfortably with the band’s turn toward chilly, poly-rhythmic electronica. Along with two new non-album songs first performed last year, “Staircase” and “The Daily Mail,” the band debuted two [...]

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Fans outside Houston’s funeral use technology to watch, share thoughts

By doris | Published: February 19, 2012

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — A tight police cordon couldn’t keep Whitney Houston’s fans away from her funeral Saturday, and as they watched the service on their laptops, smartphones, and TV, they shared their emotions all online. Fans talked of the impact Houston had on their lives, whether her music gave them the confidence [...]

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Stars, family, fans to mourn Whitney Houston

By doris | Published: February 18, 2012

Full Story at USNews.msnb.msn.com Soul, gospel and pop music greats from the past and present are set to mourn Whitney Houston Saturday, a week after the sudden death of the singer whose spectacular voice and best-selling albums made her one of biggest pop stars of her era. Houston, who died in a Beverly Hills hotel [...]

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Woman breaks into Chesney’s home, found with wine

By doris | Published: February 17, 2012

Full Story at MarqueeBlogs.CNN.com A Southern California woman has reportedly been accused of breaking into Kenny Chesney’s home in Wednesday’s early hours, but it doesn’t appear that she was looking for anything other than companionship – and maybe a few glasses of wine. According to CNN San Diego affiliate 10 News, a woman by the [...]

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Music exec: Whitney Houston looked ‘healthy and beautiful’ days earlier

By doris | Published: February 12, 2012

Full Story at CNN.com Beverly Hills, California (CNN) — Two loud booms jolted awake the music industry executive in her fifth-floor room of the Beverly Hilton hotel. The time was 3:30 p.m. Saturday. The thuds seemed to be coming from the room below. The voice of a man, loud and urgent, followed. It was only [...]

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Former Beatle Ringo Starr on his new album

By doris | Published: February 5, 2012

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — Ringo Starr walks into the hotel suite at the Beverly Hills Hotel carrying a brown paper bag. It’s his sack lunch, and he’s packed it himself. He’s also driven himself to the hotel and arrived alone — no entourage, no bodyguard, no assistant, no fuss. It’s fitting that CNN’s [...]

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Best Bets: ‘American Idol’ turns on the music

By doris | Published: January 17, 2012

Full Story at  Entertainment.msnbc.msn.com The biggest reality show of the year cranks up the music again this week, as “American Idol” returns. Some thought the singing competition could never survive the loss of Simon Cowell, but judges Jennifer Lopez, Randy Jackson and Steven Tyler proved them wrong. This week kicks off with the infamous auditions, [...]

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NBC announces musical theater program for schools

By doris | Published: January 8, 2012

Full Story at NBC.Yahoo.com PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — NBC is funding an initiative to create musical theater programs in U.S. schools in need of arts education. The network said Friday the effort to launch stand-alone musical theater programs will begin this month with a pilot group of 20 schools nationwide. NBC is joined on the [...]

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Singer, actress Kaye Stevens dies in Florida

By doris | Published: January 1, 2012

Full Story at news.Yahoo.com THE VILLAGES, Fla. (AP) — Singer and actress Kaye Stevens, who performed with the Rat Pack and was a frequent guest on Johnny Carson’s “The Tonight Show,” has died at a central Florida hospital. She was 79. Close friend Gerry Schweitzer confirmed that Stevens died Wednesday at the Villages Hospital north [...]

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