PORT ARTHUR, Texas (AP) — Janis Joplin's laugh still rings in the memory of a childhood friend.
At a gathering to dedicate a historic marker in front of one of the...
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Some of the biggest musical stars
of the 1960s counterculture gathered in San Francisco on Sunday
for a concert to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Summer
of Love, yet...
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She was an "amazing talent," a young singer with a wonderful voice who wrote beautiful songs. But she was no beauty, plus flat-chested and overweight to boot.
Remembering...
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Could a long-delayed Janis Joplin biopic finally be
making its way to the big screen?
After changes to
both the script and cast, The Gospel According to Janis...
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Various Artists, "The Pilgrim: A Celebration of Kris Kristofferson" (American Roots Publishing)
Kris Kristofferson has enjoyed a celebratory run of late, his from...
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A late thumbs-up from Mick Jagger
has forced the distributor of a DVD featuring musical
performances from "The Dick Cavett Show" to postpone its
release by two weeks to Aug....
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Sam Andrew will soon
embark on what mildly might be called a challenging task: to
replace his rock band's long-dead singer -- Janis Joplin).
This time around, his band's...
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Clive Davis can't help but dance.
Put on a record of one of his artists and his feet
automatically start to tap, then he'll get up from behind his
desk and groove.
With...
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A trip to "The Red Light
District" scored Ludacris his second consecutive No. 1 album on
the U.S. pop charts Wednesday.
The Atlanta rapper/actor's fourth Disturbing Tha...
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Eminem topped music charts for a
second week, warming up a recent cold spell for record
companies who hope the rapper and big releases from acts like
U2 and Gwen Stefani ...
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Jessica Simpson will unveil two new
releases on Nov. 23: an expanded edition of a seasonal album
previously available only at 7-Eleven stores in North America
and a concert...
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Fashion rocks — and Beyonce put on shimmery hot-pants and Rod Stewart wore a three-piece suit with a pocket square to prove it.
Beyonce and Stewart, along with Avril...
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Woodstock, Monterey Pop, Altamont
and Isle of Wight are famous music festivals of the late
'60s/early '70s that have been immortalized on film. But new
documentary "Festival...
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Eerie guitar licks creak and swirl on Loretta Lynn 's new album as she sings about a woman on death row: "Now they've strapped me in the chair / And covered up my eyes / And...
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Kurt Cobain and his band, Nirvana, spent only three years in the public eye, and they released only three studio albums. But what he accomplished before committing suicide...
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Aerosmith guitarist Joe
Perry has got a hit on his hands -- not a song, but a free
online game that features a virtual Perry as a smart-aleck
genie.
The game, "Genie Joe...
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BMG North America on Wednesday said
it reorganized its U.S. labels and operations and put Arista
Records under the RCA Music Group umbrella.
Arista had been without a head...
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Clive Davis is back on top again.
Just four years
after he was unceremoniously ousted
as president and CEO of Arista Records in favor of Antonio "L.A." Reid,
Arista...
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Bette Midler considered
withdrawing herself from this year's Grammy competition because
her tribute album "Bette Midler Sings the Rosemary Clooney
Songbook" is nominated...
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In March, Pink will start her
first full-blown headlining tour.
"I can't wait!" she tells Billboard. "The first album, I
had a DAT and dancers. The second album, I had a...
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Janis Joplin's personal letters are the subject of the play Love, Janis, which is set to open at the Village Theater in New York on Sunday (April 22). The letters were...
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Sony Legacy is planning to release overhauled editions of Janis Joplin's four-album catalog, plus her Greatest Hits set and a limited-edition boxed set, on Aug. 31. The...
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Love, Janis, a musical stage play based on Janis Joplin's letters to her family, opens at the Cleveland Playhouse on Tuesday and runs through April 4. The play is a musical...
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San Francisco's Walk Of Fame saw fit to honor John Lee Hooker and the late Janis Joplin with plaques this week, a prelude to the March 7th California Music...
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Capitalizing on the hype surrounding this Summer's second annual Lilith Fair tour, this June the Razor & Tie record label will join forces with Rolling Stone magazine to...
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