Veteran songwriter Burt Bacharach is enjoying his best chart ranking since 1971. "Live at the Sydney Opera House" debuted at No. 72 on the Billboard 200 this week, marking...
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Burt Bacharach, Doris Day and Earl Scruggs will receive 2008 Grammy Awards for lifetime achievement.
Also on the list are Cab Calloway, Itzhak Perlman, Max Roach and The...
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Country music icon Dolly Parton was
honored for her songwriting on Thursday at the Songwriters Hall
of Fame, where she made jokes about her famous big bust that
she quipped...
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Target Corp on Thursday said it
will release exclusive CDs by artists like Kenny Loggins and
David Cassidy in the latest example of stars "of a certain age"
bypassing music...
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Sure, NBC's "Studio 60 on the Sunset
Strip" is struggling in the ratings. But that is not stopping
record labels and artist managers from pursuing ways to get
their acts on...
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Nikki Bacharach, daughter of Burt Bacharach and Angie Dickinson, committed suicide, the songwriter and actress said in a statement Friday.
Nikki Bacharach, 40, suffered...
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The only child of pop songwriter
Burt Bacharach and actress Angie Dickinson has committed
suicide after a lifetime struggling with a form of autism, a
spokeswoman for the...
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Soul legend Ronald Isley, who sang
such hits as "Twist and Shout" and "This Old Heart of Mine" as
a member of the Isley Brothers, was sentenced on Friday to
three years in...
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Arthur Lee, the eccentric
singer/guitarist with influential 1960s rock band Love, has
died in a Memphis hospital after a battle with leukemia, his
manager said on Friday. He...
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New "American Idol" Taylor Hicks wasn't the only winner on Wednesday night.
Fox capped a stellar fifth season for the hit competition when an average of 36.4 million...
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Gene Pitney, whose keening tenor voice produced a string of hits including "24 Hours from Tulsa," was found dead in his hotel room in Wales Wednesday following a concert...
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In stories Feb. 8 and Feb. 9 about "Desperate Housewives" star Teri Hatcher at the Grammys, The Associated Press misspelled the first name of the designer of her dress. He...
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Lou Rawls was not only defined by his lush baritone, but the romantic tunes that became part of his signature sound. A classic crooner with an R&B slant, Rawls was one of...
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It's a difficult image to conjure: Isaac Hayes struggling to overcome a nasty case of stage fright.
Not the hippest guy in the room, the epitome of cool.
Not the genius...
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These are taxing times indeed for R&B legend Ronald Isley.
A federal jury in Los Angeles on Monday convicted the singer
of five counts of tax evasion and one count of...
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It could be just what the world needs
now -- Burt Bacharach writing lyrics.
The legendary, 77-year-old composer has found his voice in
a politically charged album "At This...
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Luther
Vandross wasn't just a singer. He was a wedding
day. A
radio-show song dedication. A makeout session.
Vandross, whose
smooth voice earned him eight Grammys
...
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Having toured the States numerous
times in support of their debut album, "Hopes and Fears," the
members of U.K. rock trio Keane are beginning to think ahead to
their...
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Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss, whose A&M Records label recorded superstars such as Sting, the Carpenters and Quincy Jones, have donated company papers and mementos to the UCLA...
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Elvis Costello & The Imposters have announced a U.S. tour in support of their Grammy-nominated album, "The Delivery Man."
Costello and his band will begin the tour on...
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Ronald Isley plans to fight the power--of the IRS, that is.
Isley, a founding members of the legendary Isley Brothers,
pleaded innocent Monday to tax evasion charges.
...
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The third chart entry proves to
be the charm for Mario, who rises to a new career peak on the
Billboard Hot 100 with "Let Me Love You" (3rd Street/J). The
single moves 3-2,...
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Never one to rest on his laurels,
Elvis Costello has a variety of projects on the horizon,
including a 10-inch vinyl EP of previously unreleased
recordings, two DVDs and a...
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Emma Bunton was once known as Baby
Spice; that is, when she was one-fifth of multi-million selling
girl group the Spice Girls . These days, she is known as...
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R&B star Ronald Isley is going to have to fight the power--of the
IRS.
The founding member of the Isley Brothers has been
indicted for evading taxes by the government's...
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What's it all about? Ask Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger and Eurythmics co-founder Dave Stewart , who wrote and performed the soundtrack to the upcoming "Alfie" remake,...
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Warner Bros. will on Nov. 9 release
the first greatest-hits collection from vocalist Seal, "Best:
1991-2004."
The project will be available in three distinct
incarnations,...
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Soul veteran Ronald Isley, the lead
singer with the Isley Brothers, has suffered a minor stroke,
but hopes to resume performing as soon as possible, a
spokeswoman for his...
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There's no song like "Over the Rainbow." Kansas farm girl Dorothy Gale's wistful ditty in "The Wizard of Oz" led the American Film Institute 's list of 100 best movie songs...
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The American Film Institute 's
upcoming TV special focuses on movie songs.
John Travolta hosts "AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Songs:
America's Greatest Music in the Movies,"...
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Two Southern teenagers who are
contestants on the popular television program "American Idol"
will learn on Wednesday which one will become the country's
next instant pop...
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Charles Fox, Al Green , Daryl Hall and John Oates, Don McLean and songwriting duo Barrett Strong and Norman Whitfield are this year's inductees into the Songwriters Hall of...
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Carole Bayer Sager and Carly
Simon are writing together, Bayer Sager tells Billboard.
The two had a big hit with "Nobody Does It Better," which
Simon sang for the 1977...
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Al Green , James Brown , Britney
Spears , Elvis Presley and the Monkees are among the artists who
will be featured in the "American Pop" series presented by the
Museum of...
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Elvis
Costello and Diana
Krall's latest duet ended with the pair saying "I do."
The bespectacled tunesmith and the jazz chanteuse tied
the knot this past weekend at a...
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Jay-Z sure knows how to make
an exit.
The retiring rapper is going out on top, as his
swan song, The
Black Album, beat out five other huge new releases last week...
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Ronald Isley singing "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head?"
Burt Bacharach , who wrote the Oscar-winning song from "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," couldn't imagine it...
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Burt Bacharach recorded Ronald Isley of the Isley Brothers live with an orchestra last Thursday (June 12) at Capitol Studios A and B in Hollywood. The session was for...
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'Tis the season for Burt Bacharach-related record releases, as three different titles related to the veteran composer are hitting record store shelves in the coming...
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Dionne Warwick will be joined by Whitney Houston, Bobby Brown and rappers Bone
Thugs-N-Harmony and Big Daddy Kane in an L.A. recording studio this weekend to remake Burt...
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Late-night host David Letterman has compiled 14 live recordings of musical performances from his Late Show With David Letterman for a new album to be released on Reprise...
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