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Hendrix, Beatles, Elvis memorabilia sold
9/4/2008, AP
A guitar set alight onstage by Jimi Hendrix during a concert in London was sold at auction on Thursday for $497,500 to a U.S. collector. The scorched Fender Stratocaster...
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Elvis fans ignore rain for graveside vigil
8/16/2008, AP
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Mary Lou Martell put it off as long as she could. But she finally had to head to Memphis for an anniversary vigil at Elvis Presley's grave. "It's...
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"Sullivan Show" Elvis photos to go on sale
8/13/2008, Reuters
It was October 26, 1956, seven weeks after Elvis Presley's first appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show." The host didn't really want the hip-shaking rock...
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'68 Elvis comeback remembered on death anniversary
8/13/2008, AP
When Elvis Presley made his TV special in 1968, he was coming off a string of forgettable films and a long dry spell on the charts, and the rock 'n' roll music he'd helped...
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Elvis Priscilla Barbienew must-have item for fans
8/12/2008, AP
The marriage didn't last all that long, but for the Elvis Presley faithful, the wedding day is special still. And now, Elvis fans have the official, Graceland-approved Elvis...
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Elvis' peacock jumpsuit sells for $300K
8/7/2008, AP
Elvis Presley's favorite performance costume, the peacock jumpsuit, sold for $300,000 Thursday, making it the most expensive piece of Elvis memorabilia sold at auction. The...
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Celebrity psychic loses lawsuit over ex-Elvis home
6/18/2008, AP
Celebrity psychic Uri Geller and two partners have lost a federal lawsuit claiming the former owners of Elvis Presley's pre-Graceland house breached an eBay contract to sell...
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Blues Trail marker to honor Presley
1/7/2008, AP
A Mississippi Blues Trail marker will be placed at the birthplace of Elvis Presley on Tuesday.
The ceremony will honor Presley for his contribution to Mississippi and...
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Elvis is Alive Museum moving to Miss.
11/14/2007, AP
Don't count Andy Key as one of those Elvis Presley fanatics who insist the King never died.
Key, 38, said he's "open to the possibility" Presley is alive, but he's counting...
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Garth Dethrones Elvis
11/5/2007, E! Online
Meet the new king. Not the same as the old King.
Garth Brooks, who edged out Elvis Presley in 1999 for the title of best-selling solo artist of all time, only to lose it...
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The Elvis Is Alive museum is dying
11/1/2007, AP
If Elvis were here today, he might say, "Thank you, thank you very much" for the 17 years that an odd Missouri outpost has been making the case that the King never...
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Elvis is Forbes' richest dead celebrity
10/30/2007, AP
Elvis Presley is still the King.
Presley, who earned an estimated $49 million in the past 12 months, has reclaimed the No. 1 spot on Forbes.com's list of Top-Earning Dead...
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Hollywood scribe tackles Cobain movie
10/19/2007, Reuters
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter)- "Troy" screenwriter David
Benioff has signed on to write a movie about late rocker Kurt
Cobain.
Many of the details of the Universal...
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Arrest puts spotlight on guitar fakes
10/2/2007, AP
It's a familiar tune, a sad lament actually, about a product falling victim to counterfeiters. Lately, they've been picking on guitars.
Last month, a Long Island music...
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Stolen Elvis Presley gun is recovered
8/21/2007, AP
A handgun stolen from an exhibit during last week's commemoration of the 30th anniversary of Elvis Presley's death has been recovered.
Surveillance video showed a man...
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Record crowd recalls Elvis 30 years gone
8/17/2007, AP
Under a scorching sun at Graceland, his beloved home, fans streamed by Elvis Presley's grave on Thursday, the 30th anniversary of the death of the king of rock `n' roll. It...
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Dentist buys Elvis Presley's crown
8/17/2007, AP
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (AP) — A dentist has purchased an unusual bit of Elvis memorabilia — a porcelain crown that covered a gap in the King's teeth and the plaster mold...
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Elvis fans brave heat and long lines in tribute
8/16/2007, Reuters
Thousands of Elvis Presley
fans, many carrying pictures of the late singer, braved a
sweltering heat wave to stream through Presley's Memphis home
on Thursday to mark...
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Elvis fans brave heat to mark his death
8/15/2007, AP
Thousands of Elvis Presley fans braved 105-degree heat as they wound down Graceland's driveway in a graveside procession Wednesday in advance of the 30th anniversary of the...
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Thai Elvis keeps fans all shook up
8/15/2007, AP
You'll find no Heartbreak Hotel in Bangkok, but the spirit of Elvis endures in this cosmopolitan Southeast Asian capital three decades after the passing of the king of rock...
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Elvis faithful cross oceans to gather in Graceland
8/15/2007, Reuters
Call it the international
house of Presley. With tens of thousands of Elvis Presley fans
gathered in Memphis to mark the 30th anniversary of the
singer's death, a...
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Elvis exhibit brings "the King" back to Germany
8/15/2007, Reuters
A German man gazes reverently at a
silver can of deodorant and a white bottle of "high potency"
antacid. He knows that these two items, on display at a Berlin
exhibition,...
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Duet for Elvis and daughter Lisa Marie
8/14/2007, AP
A new video of Lisa Marie Presley singing "In the Ghetto," accompanied by her late father, Elvis Presley, will be posted Friday on the AOL Internet site Spinner.com, a...
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Imitators make living off Elvis legacy
8/14/2007, AP
Thirty years after the King's death, hundreds of imitators continue to make a living off his music.
Matt Lewis is known as one of the best in the business. For six years,...
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Graceland makes way for Elvis clones
8/14/2007, AP
Finally welcomed by Graceland after all these years, Elvis Presley impersonators need to keep one basic rule in mind — respect the King.
Managers of Presley's home in...
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Stepbrother recalls living with Elvis
8/14/2007, AP
D. Edward Stanley is royalty by marriage. His mother's.
On July 3, 1960, Stanley's mom, Dee, married Vernon Presley, widower father of Elvis Presley, the king of rock 'n'...
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Elvis pretenders welcomed at Graceland
8/13/2007, AP
Elvis Presley pretenders in bespangled jumpsuits and 1950s sportcoats gyrated across a Memphis stage for the opening round of the first "tribute-artist" contest with an...
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Fan seeks to refurbish Elvis Calif. home
8/11/2007, AP
An Elvis Presley fan wants to give Graceland a run for the money by refurbishing the King's old desert home as a tourist attraction.
Reno Fontana and his wife, Laura,...
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Elvis managers plan Graceland overhaul
7/31/2007, AP
The thousands of Elvis Presley fans descending on Memphis for the 30th anniversary of his death Aug. 16 won't see much sign of it, but plans are moving along for big-time...
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Elvis Presley statue unveiled in Hawaii
7/27/2007, AP
Elvis lives, and he hasn't aged a bit since his legendary 1973 "Aloha from Hawaii" concert.
A life-sized statue of Elvis Presley was unveiled Thursday at the site of the...
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Elvis co-stars mark 30 years since death
7/10/2007, AP
His movies weren't exactly works of art, but for the fans there was something magical about Elvis Presley on the big screen, dancing and flirting with one starlet after...
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Stroke leaves Bo Diddley struggling to communicate
5/17/2007, Reuters
Rock 'n' roll pioneer Bo
Diddley, hospitalized by a stroke on Sunday, was up and walking
around on Thursday but still struggling to communicate, his
longtime manager...
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Rock Pioneer Bo Diddley Sidelined by Stroke
5/16/2007, E! Online
The Originator is on bed rest.
Pioneering rock-and-roller Bo Diddley suffered a stroke Sunday and is currently in intensive care at Creighton University Medical Center in...
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New ad campaign for Presley's Graceland
4/17/2007, AP
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James Brown Laid to Rest (Finally)
3/13/2007, E! Online
The Hardest Working Man in Show Business can finally rest in peace...at least for a while.
James Brown's body was placed in a crypt at the Beech Island, South...
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Guitar hero Cropper still mourning Otis Redding
2/21/2007, Reuters
Guitarist Steve Cropper loves to tell
how he auditioned Otis Redding, but there is nothing but pain
when he recalls the day the soul-music giant died in a plane
crash 40...
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Singer-actress Barbara McNair dies at 72
2/5/2007, Reuters
Singer and actress Barbara McNair,
who starred opposite Elvis Presley and Sidney Poitier and
became one of the first black women to host her own television
variety show, has...
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Brown's Burial Fit for a King...or Godfather
1/10/2007, E! Online
Papa don't take no mess, especially when it comes to being laid to rest.
Eleven days after the last of several memorial services, James Brown has yet to be buried, as his...
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Sweet Dream Floats to No. 1
1/10/2007, E! Online
Girl Power is alive and well.
With the film doing record business at the box office and picking up plenty of awards mojo going into the Oscar season, the Dreamgirls...
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Elvis-Nixon meeting has fans shook up
1/8/2007, AP
The improbable meeting between two of the biggest cultural icons of the 1970s lasted all of 30 minutes, but it has fascinated the nation for years.
A photo of a cloaked...
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Fans and stars mourn godfather of soul
12/30/2006, AP
More than 8,500 James Brown fans filled an arena bearing his name Saturday in a final, joyful farewell to the singer that seemed as fitting for a civil rights leader as for...
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Elvis looks to win teenage fans again
12/28/2006, AP
Teenagers in the 1950s and '60s went wild over Elvis Presley, much to the consternation of their parents, but kids in the new millennium aren't so stirred by rock 'n' roll's...
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French lyricist Delanoe dies at 88
12/27/2006, AP
Pierre Delanoe, who wrote the lyrics for more than 5,000 songs for French artists from Edith Piaf to Johnny Hallyday, died Wednesday. He was 88.
Delanoe died of heart...
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Elvis remains the king of postage stamps
12/26/2006, AP
This year's Wonders of America set climbed to second place in the most popular stamps, but Elvis is still the King, the Postal Service said Tuesday.
Some 124.1 million of...
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Franz Ferdinand lead singer eats way round world
12/11/2006, Reuters
Munching fishbrain bread from Finland,
chewing bull's testicles in Buenos Aires -- touring with the
rock band Franz Ferdinand can be a real culinary adventure.
But no...
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They love him, yeah, yeah, yeah
12/4/2006, Reuters
A Texas bookstore owner bought a rare
page of working lyrics for Beatle Paul McCartney's song
"Maxwell's Silver Hammer" for $192,000 at an auction of rock
and pop...
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Aging rockers set to lose rights on early hits
12/1/2006, Reuters
When finance minister Gordon Brown
stands up to make his pre-budget speech next week, aging
rockers Cliff Richard, The Beatles and The Rolling Stones might
do well to tune...
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Jay-Z's Kingdom Crowns Charts
11/29/2006, E! Online
Maybe he should retire more often.
Lest anyone think his star power faded during his two-year recording hiatus, Jay-Z celebrated his rap comeback by topping one of the...
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Bono praises Japan aid policy, calls PM Abe "cool"
11/28/2006, Reuters
Bono, the Irish rock star and outspoken
campaigner against poverty and AIDS, praised Japan's policies
on those issues on Wednesday, in a departure from his usual
criticism...
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Elvis impersonators, home at Graceland
11/17/2006, AP
The Elvis Presley impersonators who have hung around the fringes of Graceland for years are finally being invited up to the big house.
On the 30th anniversary of Presley's...
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Humperdinck says fans still throw panties at him
10/26/2006, Reuters
British crooner Engelbert Humperdinck says he was inspired by Elvis, lucky to have a wife
who did not mind women throwing panties at him, and once fired
a manager who made...
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Singer Freddy Fender dies
10/14/2006, Reuters
Grammy Award-winning singer Freddy Fender, whose country and Hispanic-flavored music reached
across ethnic boundaries to find a broad audience, died of
cancer on Saturday at...
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The King reunites with Sun Records
10/13/2006, AP
Elvis Presley will be reunited with Sun Records as part of a licensing agreement between the owner of the historic label and the singer's estate.
Sun Entertainment Corp....
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Elvis Presley fan club revived in Tupelo
9/28/2006, AP
Fifty years after the "King of Rock 'n' Roll" played at a fair in his birthplace, the long-defunct Tupelo Elvis Presley Fan Club has been revived.
Presley was born Jan. 8,...
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Artist Thomas Kinkade paints Elvis home
9/25/2006, AP
Known for his paintings of cozy cottages, country gardens and churches, artist Thomas Kinkade has created a similar tranquil scene in his painting of Elvis Presley's famous...
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The Who launch U.S. tour with classic-laden show
9/13/2006, Reuters
The Who kicked off the U.S. leg of
their first world tour for more than 20 years on Tuesday with a
two-hour set that included a full complement of classic hits, a
smattering...
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Nominees announced for 2006 CMA Awards
8/31/2006, AP
Brooks & Dunn and Brad Paisley were both nominated for six Country Music Association Awards, but Ronnie Dunn emerged as the leader with seven nominations, including one for...
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Billboard album reviews: Bob Dylan, Sam Moore
8/28/2006, Reuters
You may have seen the recent photos
of Bob Dylan looking uncannily like Charlie Chaplin, and his
44th album, "Modern Times," shares a title with Chaplin's 1936
classic about...
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Elvis pal's book shows King's human side
8/20/2006, AP
When he was 12, Jerry Schilling couldn't believe the voice he heard on the radio singing "That's All Right" belonged to a teenager from his own north Memphis...
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Elvis-themed show planned for new MGM Vegas resort
8/17/2006, Reuters
Attention Elvis impersonators: you
may soon have a new way to make a living. Cirque du Soleil said
on Thursday it plans to create a permanent Elvis Presley show
for the...
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Elvis fans end pilgrimage at graveside
8/16/2006, AP
Teddy bears, roses and love notes covered Elvis Presley's grave Wednesday, left by the thousands of fans who flocked to his former residence, Graceland, on the 29th...
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Dog destroys Elvis' teddy bear at museum
8/2/2006, AP
A guard dog has ripped apart a collection of rare teddy bears, including one once owned by Elvis Presley, during a rampage at a children's museum.
"He just went berserk,"...
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Groundbreaking held for rock 'n' roll park
7/13/2006, AP
With rock 'n' roll music blaring and a sand sculpture of music legends as a backdrop, South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford walked off the Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour bus on...
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'Elvis' performs underwater
7/10/2006, AP
He wasn't wearing blue suede fins, but an Elvis impersonator was among the snorkelers and divers who swam in the Underwater Music Festival.
Neil Goldberg, of Key West,...
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Bush leads Koizumi on tour of Graceland
6/30/2006, AP
It didn't take much coaxing from President Bush to get Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to croon some Elvis tunes Friday at the king of rock 'n' roll's Graceland...
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Punk and rockabilly box set raw
6/26/2006, AP
Various Artists, "Rockin' Bones" (Rhino)
Raw. That's a good word to describe the new 4-disc box set "Rockin' Bones" which celebrates 1950s rockabilly music and some tunes...
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Oddjob's hat, Elvis's belt sold at auction
6/18/2006, AP
The steel-rimmed derby used by the villainous Oddjob in the James Bond movie "Goldfinger" was auctioned for $33,600.
The hat was among several celebrity items, including...
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World Cup getting a kick out of music
6/3/2006, Reuters
The most popular recording this year
may not be a song, but rather a five-note melody called
"Bamboo."
The simple chant of the word, composed by the relatively
unknown...
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Uri Geller's Elvis museum plan dealt setback
6/2/2006, Reuters
Uri Geller's dream of turning the first
home Elvis Presley owned into a museum dedicated to the
paranormal has been dealt a setback nearly as bizarre as the
spoon-bending...
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Elvis Goes to the Circus
5/19/2006, E! Online
Elvis has left the building...and joined the circus.
CKX Inc., the parent company of Elvis Presley Enterprises, has announced
a long-term partnership with Canadian-based...
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Elvis' Legacy Joining Cirque Du Soleil
5/18/2006, AP
Elvis Presley is going on a worldwide circus tour. CKX Inc., the parent company of Elvis Presley Enterprises, announced a long-term joint venture Thursday with Cirque du...
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Sold: Elvis Presley's house goes for $905,100
5/15/2006, Reuters
Psychic Uri Geller and two partners
have bought the Tennessee house Elvis Presley lived in before
moving to Graceland, with a winning bid of $905,100 on eBay, he
said on...
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'American Idol' Finalists Visit Graceland
5/7/2006, AP
Calling Elvis Presley America's "first idol," Priscilla and Lisa Marie Presley welcomed the finalists of "American Idol" to Graceland amid cameras and screaming fans.
The...
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To sing, dance and serve South Korea as a soldier
4/25/2006, Reuters
South Korean singer Yoon Gye-sang faced
what might be called his Elvis Presley moment.
Although not nearly the earth shaker Presley was when he
was drafted in the 1950s,...
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Rock Hall Opens Roy Orbison Exhibit
4/18/2006, AP
His was the voice of heartache and the lovelorn in the world of early rock'n'roll. Roy Orbison, who died in 1988 at age 52 of a heart attack, has been a member of the Rock...
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Gibson factory to host New Orleans' relocated Stomp
4/14/2006, Reuters
Displaced by Hurricane Katrina, New
Orleans-based music festival the Ponderosa Stomp will take
place May 8-10 at the Gibson Guitar factory in downtown
Memphis.
The...
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Jackson near deal to avert bankruptcy: report
4/13/2006, Reuters
Singer Michael Jackson is close to a
deal that would help him to avert bankruptcy by refinancing
hundreds of millions of dollars in loans, the New York Times
said on...
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Graceland Forever
3/28/2006, E! Online
Elvis may have left it, but this building will be sticking around
for a long time.
The U.S. Department of Interior officially
designated Graceland, the beloved Memphis...
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Elvis' Graceland Becomes National Landmark
3/27/2006, AP
The home of the King of Rock 'n' Roll joined the homes of presidents past and present in becoming a National Historic Landmark Monday.
Graceland, where Elvis Presley died...
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Shot-Out TV Part of Elvis Exhibit in Tenn.
3/20/2006, AP
Elvis Presley had a reputation as a night owl and a new exhibit that opened Monday at Graceland gives a peek into his nocturnal activities.
There's the jukebox, wrapped in...
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Nancy Sinatra wants Dad to tell his own story
3/8/2006, Reuters
Frank Sinatra was mocked for his
seemingly interminable comebacks. Now cutting-edge technology
and the backing of his daughter Nancy mean Ol'Blue Eyes is
ready for yet...
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Soul Train Rolls with Carey, Legend
3/6/2006, E! Online
A movie deal. Check. A new jewelry line. Check. Another bunch of
music awards. Check.
Not a bad week's work for Mariah Carey,
who capped a busy seven days--and an...
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Elvis Presley Festival Will Be Musical Mix
3/6/2006, AP
The eighth Elvis Presley Festival will include a musical mix featuring gospel, hard rockers and tribute artists, organizers said.
On June 2, the Main Stage will feature...
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Media Mogul Wants to Expand Graceland
2/24/2006, AP
The billionaire media mogul who holds an 85 percent stake in Elvis Presley Enterprises wants Graceland to become an international tourist attraction on par with Disneyland...
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Bocelli Gives New Spin on Old Classics
2/24/2006, AP
When Andrea Bocelli started the planning for his latest pop project, the classical crossover star imagined himself singing the great songs popularized by Frank...
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Manilow Gives Divo the Heave-Ho
2/8/2006, E! Online
Crank up the band, it's party time at the Copacabana.
In a battle of retro pop and opera for chart supremacy (now there's a
phrase we don't write often enough), Barry...
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Studio Where Presley Recorded to Be Razed
1/19/2006, AP
The studio where Elvis Presley recorded "Heartbreak Hotel" is being torn down.
And some say it's just heartbreaking.
"I'm disappointed that the studio is being torn...
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Studio Where Presley Recorded to Be Razed
1/19/2006, AP
The recording studio where Elvis Presley recorded "Heartbreak Hotel" is being torn down to make room for a parking lot.
And some say it's just heartbreaking.
"I'm...
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Woman all shook up over Elvis song
1/9/2006, Reuters
An Australian woman will face court on
Tuesday charged with repeatedly stabbing her partner because he
played an Elvis Presley song over and over again, police said
on...
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Pointer Sisters doing it for themselves in Belgium
1/8/2006, Reuters
Veteran U.S. R&B act the Pointer
Sisters have been enjoying unexpected chart action in Belgium
with a cover version of Eurythmics' 1985 hit "Sisters Are Doing
It for...
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Thief's Elvis Collection to Be Auctioned
1/6/2006, AP
A court ruled Friday that hundreds of rare Elvis Presley records and pieces of memorabilia collected by a woman who stole almost $1 billion from her employer must be...
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"Idol" Rerun: Bo Battles Carrie on Charts
12/21/2005, E! Online
Nothing quite captures the holiday spirit like American Idol
stars fighting for stocking-stuffer supremacy.
And once again
Bo Bice's strong showing was no match for the...
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Garth, Trisha Tie the Knot
12/10/2005, E! Online
Garth Brooks is ropin' in a new missus.
The country
crooner got hitched Saturday to fellow Nashville star Trisha Yearwood,
his publicist announced to Access Hollywood.
...
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Vignettes From the Country Music Awards
11/16/2005, AP
For Big & Rich, the CMAs in New York was more than unusual — it was out of this world.
John Rich brought three dates with him — each with purple hair, raccoon...
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Q&A: Mike Curb
11/11/2005, Reuters
Mike Curb has gotten a lot out of
the music business in the past 42 years. Now, he is in the
process of giving back.
As chairman of Curb Records, he runs the only label...
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Biographer Guralnick tackles soul icon Cooke
11/6/2005, Reuters
Legendary singer/songwriter Sam
Cooke had a dream. So did biographer Peter Guralnick. Their
visions intertwine in Guralnick's new book, "Dream Boogie: The
Triumph of Sam...
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Elvis Could Get Own License Plate in Tenn.
10/29/2005, AP
The folks who keep the world supplied with Elvis T-shirts and coffee mugs have a new project in the works — an Elvis Presley license plate.
Not a fake Elvis license...
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The Beatles Dubbed Icon of the Century
10/21/2005, AP
Sorry Johnny, Oprah and Madonna — you just missed the cut.
Variety ranks the top 10 entertainment icons of the century in a new commemorative issue marking the trade...
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Fats Domino Back in New Orleans
10/17/2005, E! Online
Fats Domino proved you can go home again. You just might not like
what you see.
The rock 'n' roll pioneer returned to his New
Orleans home Saturday for the first time...
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The Beatles top Variety 100-year entertainment poll
10/14/2005, Reuters
The Beatles were singled out on
Friday as the most influential entertainers of the past 100
years, beating out the likes of Elvis Presley, Charlie Chaplin
and Mickey Mouse,...
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Elvis Shirt Disappears From Texas Fair
10/13/2005, AP
A blue silk shirt worn by Elvis Presley has been swiped from a State Fair of Texas exhibit.
Collector Bud Glass of Tallahassee, Fla., made a public appeal Thursday asking...
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Grand Ole Opry Celebrates 80th Birthday
10/13/2005, AP
The rendition of "Happy Birthday" at the Grand Ole Opry's 80th birthday bash this weekend is bound to be good.
The guest list includes Garth Brooks, Alison Krauss, Travis...
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Songwriter Joel Hirschhorn Dies at 67
9/20/2005, AP
Joel Hirschhorn, who shared two Academy Awards for theme songs in "The Poseidon Adventure" and "The Towering Inferno," has died. He was 67.
Hirschhorn, of Agoura Hills,...
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Musical ignorance came in handy for Cash biopic
9/13/2005, Reuters
Knowing very little about country
music, Johnny Cash or even how to sing probably helped actor
Joaquin Phoenix turn in an Oscar-worthy performance as the Man
in Black.
The...
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Musical ignorance came in handy for Cash biopic
9/13/2005, Reuters
Knowing very little about country
music, Johnny Cash or even how to sing probably helped actor
Joaquin Phoenix turn in an Oscar-worthy performance as the Man
in Black.
The...
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Alabama Going Into CMA Hall of Fame
8/29/2005, AP
Country band Alabama, singer Glen Campbell and pioneering harmonica player DeFord Bailey, the Grand Ole Opry's first black star, are being inducted into the County Music...
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Spin Lists Rock's 'Incredible' Body Parts
8/23/2005, AP
Spin magazine has built a veritable rock star Frankenstein, composed of Michael Stipe's skull, Elvis Presley's pelvis and Madonna's bellybutton.
Spin charts the 25 "most...
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James Burton Statue Graces La. Hometown
8/22/2005, AP
James Burton played with Elvis Presley. Now, a statue of him as a thirtysomething stands next to the King outside his hometown's Municipal Memorial Auditorium, where both...
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Classical Music Capital Holds 'Elvis Week'
8/12/2005, AP
Mozart would be mortified. Beethoven would probably spin like an LP in his grave. But for next week, at least, they ain't nothing but hound dogs to Austrians obsessed with...
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Vienna Is Celebrating Elvis Week
8/12/2005, AP
Mozart would be mortified. Beethoven would probably spin like an LP in his grave. But for next week, at least, they ain't nothing but hound dogs to Austrians obsessed with...
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Obsessed with The King, Vienna holding 'Elvis Week' to mark his death
8/12/2005, AP
Mozart would be mortified. Beethoven would probably spin like an LP in his grave. But for next week, at least, they ain't nothing but hound dogs to Austrians obsessed with...
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New Graceland Operator Worries Elvis Fans
8/5/2005, AP
The pilgrims will still weep at Elvis Presley's grave, and the souvenir shops will still swarm with credit-card waving fans, an occasional black pompadour hardly drawing a...
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Dylan song 'changed the world' - poll
8/5/2005, Reuters
Bob Dylan's song "Like a Rolling Stone"
topped a poll on Friday to find the 100 songs, movies, TV shows
and books that "changed the world" in the opinion of...
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And the song that changed the world is...
8/5/2005, Reuters
Bob Dylan's song "Like a Rolling Stone"
topped a poll Friday to find the 100 songs, movies, TV shows
and books that "changed the world" in the opinion of musicians,
actors...
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Man Sued in eBay Dispute Over Elvis Car
8/1/2005, AP
LEVITTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A 66-year-old man has filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Philadelphia against a New York man who reneged on a bid he made on eBay to buy a...
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Bentley Thrilled to Get Opry Invitation
7/30/2005, AP
He sure wasn't thinkin' 'bout an invitation to the Grand Ole Opry. Country singer Dierks Bentley was in the middle of a show at the House of Blues in Los Angeles when he got...
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Restaurant chain seeks more music projects
7/16/2005, Reuters
A successful partnership with
Alison Krauss + Union Station that resulted in the sale of more
than 125,000 albums in just two months has executives at
Cracker Barrel Old...
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Jackson's Big Beatles Headache
7/12/2005, E! Online
During the dark days of his criminal trial, when conventional
wisdom said a financially strapped Michael Jackson should sell his 50
percent stake in the Beatles song...
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Presley Enterprises Taking Over Gift Shops
7/6/2005, AP
Elvis Presley Enterprises is taking over the last two independent souvenir shops at Graceland but says it has no immediate plans to expand.
However, Graceland spokesman...
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The Jordanaires, voices behind Elvis, still singing
6/30/2005, Reuters
"I'm on a small label right
now making some noise," said the brash, dark-haired kid. "But
if I get a recording contract with a major company, I want you
to back me...
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Hard Rock Making Inroads in Nashville
4/29/2005, AP
This town hasn't been the most hospitable place for rock 'n' rollers.
The Byrds were razzed about their long hair when they played the Grand Ole Opry. Jimi Hendrix got his...
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Grand Ole Opry Celebrates 80th Year
4/23/2005, AP
The Grand Ole Opry show turns 80 this year, and while the anniversary doesn't have the bang of a 75th or a 100th, the Opry is planning a big to-do, including a rare...
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Burnett Juggles Films, Collaboration, Albums
4/20/2005, Reuters
The movies have been
very good to T Bone Burnett, but he's scratching his
record-making itch again.
The lanky Texas-born musician-producer was barracked at the
Village...
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Poor Song Choice Dooms Turner on 'Idol'
4/13/2005, AP
Nadia Turner picked the wrong song on Tuesday's "American Idol," and on Wednesday, she paid the price. Turner was voted off the Fox show after singing Crystal Gayle's "When...
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Does Your Portable Player Taunt You?
3/7/2005, AP
It was one of those days that's so cold, your face hurts only five minutes after going outside.
So I wrapped my scarf tightly around my neck, put on a heavy coat and got...
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Remembrance of a Rowdy Friend
2/19/2005, Reuters
The Boogie King is gone, and Music
Row is a vastly less interesting and fun place without him.
When moved, songwriters write songs, artists paint
pictures, politicians...
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On the Go with Mario
12/18/2004, Reuters
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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Jagger, Richards Sizzling in Paris Studio
12/9/2004, Reuters
The Rolling Stones recently
concluded recording sessions for a new album in Paris with
producer Don Was, who worked with them on their two previous
studio releases.
The...
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Broadway As a Stocking Stuffer? You Bet
12/8/2004, AP
Gift cards are everywhere this time of the year, so why should Broadway be excluded from what could be the perfect stocking stuffer this Christmas?
Now, the League of...
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Rapper Kanye West Leads Grammy Nominees
12/7/2004, Reuters
Chicago rapper Kanye West, who
survived a near-fatal car crash to score one of the biggest
hits of the year with his debut album, led an eclectic field of
commercially...
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Brits Braced for Elvis' 70th Birthday
11/30/2004, Reuters
The U.K. arm of RCA Records will
launch an ambitious singles release campaign next year to mark
the 70th anniversary of Elvis Presley 's birth on Jan. 8.
RCA will reissue...
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Alpert's Brass Polished for Re-Release
11/26/2004, Reuters
It's easy to remember the '60s
filtered through the music of the Beatles, Elvis Presley , the
Beach Boys or Frank Sinatra, but there was another act that
ruled the...
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Bee Gees Round Up 'Number Ones'
10/11/2004, Reuters
In the vein of similar projects
celebrating the Beatles and Elvis Presley , Universal will on
Nov. 9 release "Bee Gees Number Ones," compiling chart-topping
hits from the...
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Concert Review: Norah Jones
10/10/2004, Reuters
Norah Jones is no diva.
For that we should be grateful. Today's so-called "divas" are
overbearing, self-involved singers valuing personal style over
serving a song,...
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Townshend Site to Host Streaming TV Station
9/21/2004, Reuters
Who songwriter/guitarist Pete
Townshend 's official Web site (http://www.petetownshend.co.uk)
will soon play host to a streaming TV station dubbed "Who TV."
The system has...
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White, Lynne Share Campfire Songs
9/18/2004, Reuters
Some people swap stories around the
campfire; others, like Tony Joe White and Shelby Lynne, write
songs.
They wrote a handful together a few years ago, when Lynne,
who...
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Johnny Cash Items on Auction at Sotheby's in NY
9/7/2004, Reuters
Johnny Cash's guitars, his black
leather boots and a tin cup from Folsom Prison are among the
memorabilia from the late country music star displayed on
Tuesday ahead of an...
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Georgia Music Hall to Honor Charles
9/1/2004, AP
The late Ray Charles and Bill Lowery will be honored by the Georgia Music Hall of Fame Sept. 18 during a ceremony when the hall also will induct four new members.
The...
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Chris Rock Rolling Out New Album
8/2/2004, Reuters
Comedian Chris Rock is preparing to
release his first album in five years, "Never Scared,"
featuring a parody of OutKast's Grammy-winning anthem "Hey Ya!"
Due Aug. 31 via...
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Country Vets Get That Ol' Time Religion
7/25/2004, Reuters
Randy Travis and Billy Ray Cyrus
are among the country artists who have added a new dimension to
their careers with successful gospel albums. Now several
veteran country...
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Pearl Jam to Preview Live Tracks on Radio
7/24/2004, Yahoo! Music
Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready
will preview tracks from the group's upcoming double-disc
concert set "Live at Benaroya Hall" via a live, one-hour radio
broadcast...
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New Contest Looks for Best 'Guitar Face'
7/19/2004, AP
The term might not be familiar, but the image definitely is — that look guitarists get when trying to nail a high note or power chord.
Now a new contest will...
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Fender's Iconic Strat Guitar Turns 50
7/17/2004, Reuters
"It's the sound of the instrument
and the way the neck feels. It's unlike any other instrument."
So says Bryan Adams of the Fender Stratocaster. "My pride
and joy is a...
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Musicians And Critics Disagree On Birth Of Rock
7/6/2004, USRN
"That's All Right," recorded by Elvis Presley on July 5, 1954 at Memphis' Sun Records Studios, has commonly been considered the birth of rock-n-roll. Yet to some musicians...
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Elvis Song Stirs Debate of Rock's Birth
7/1/2004, AP
As far as Elvis Presley songs go, "That's All Right," his very first record, wasn't among his biggest hits. In fact, the 1954 song wasn't even a hit at all.
Yet on July...
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Original Elvis Presley Single Hits Number One On The Charts
6/28/2004, USRN
Billboard magazine reports that the single, "That's All Right" by Elvis Presley, will be jumping from Number 11 to Number One on the Hot Singles Sales Charts for the week...
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Beasties Ch-Check In at No. 1
6/23/2004, E! Online
Ch-check it out: The Beasties are number one.
As
expected, the Beastie Boys exerted their party rights with their sixth
studio album, To the 5 Boroughs, which got the...
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Rock Star Role Models Win New Fans
6/17/2004, Reuters
Hip-swiveling Elvis, womanizer Mick Jagger and "Material Girl" Madonna may be some of rock 'n'
roll's greatest musical icons but as positive role models,
they've yet to...
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They're Big & Rich and Having a Ball
6/13/2004, Reuters
At a time when Music Row is
routinely accused of playing it safe, Warner Bros. has gone out
on a limb with a completely different kind of country act in
duo Big & Rich.
As...
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Eminem to "Source": Pay Up!
6/10/2004, E! Online
Eminem has won the first round in a hip-hop face-off against The
Source.
On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Gerard Lynch
ordered the magazine to pay the rapper's legal...
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Ray Charles Helped Bring Black Music to World
6/10/2004, Reuters
Ray Charles was one of American
music's great innovators, blending the gospel of the black
church with the sensuality of the blues to create an
emotionally raw genre called...
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Judge Rules for Eminem in Magazine Flap
6/10/2004, AP
Rap magazine The Source has been ordered to pay Eminem 's legal fees for violating a federal court order not to publish full versions of the rapper's racially charged...
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Elvis' Music Publisher Dies at 95
5/31/2004, Reuters
Julian Aberbach, founder of a music
publishing company that owned rights to Elvis Presley 's
compositions, died May 17 in New York. He was 95.
Aberbach was born in Vienna...
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Glen Campbell Shares His 'Love'
5/31/2004, Reuters
Glen Campbell has signed a one-off
deal with Universal South Records for a two-CD set due June 8.
"Love Is the Answer: 24 Songs of Faith, Hope and Love" contains
one disc...
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New Label Sheds Light on the Misunderstood
5/31/2004, Reuters
Obsessives often make excellent
indie-label operators, so Mike Stax probably has a good shot at
success.
Stax has been editing and publishing his San Diego-based
magazine...
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Jeff Buckley Debut Expanded with Rarities, DVD
5/28/2004, Reuters
The lone Jeff Buckley studio album
released in his lifetime will be reissued in a remastered,
expanded edition this summer.
Due Aug. 23 via Columbia, "Grace: Legacy...
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Barrino Family Believes Fame Inevitable
5/18/2004, AP
Addie Collins knew when her granddaughter was young that fame and success lay ahead. Sassy and energetic singer Fantasia Barrino has followed through on that promise,...
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Procol Harum Shades Rivals in U.K. Survey
5/17/2004, Reuters
Procol Harum's 1967 classic "A Whiter
Shade of Pale" has been named as the most-played record of the
past 70 years in the United Kingdom, according to British
performing...
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Crouch Gets Hollywood Star
5/14/2004, Reuters
Gospel artist Andrae Crouch will
receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame June 4 in Los
Angeles.
The 61-year-old music patriarch is only the third gospel
artist to...
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Lennon Memorabilia Auctioned in London
5/5/2004, AP
John Lennon memorabilia, including a leather collar he wore during the 1960s, was auctioned by Christie's for a total of $400,500.
The auction house called it the...
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Michigan's 'Hold' Music Gets Much Hipper
4/29/2004, AP
Last summer, the state Department of Management and Budget got an unusual request from the governor. Jennifer Granholm called to ask if something could be done about the...
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Bowie Mixes It Up with Fans
4/26/2004, E! Online
David
Bowie wants you to make some ch-ch-changes to his tunes.
The Thin White Duke is giving fans a chance to bootleg his
music by using computer software that allows...
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Clay Aiken Revives Sedaka Favorite
4/18/2004, Reuters
The proclivity of "American Idol"
for celebrity judges has not only given last year's runner-up
Clay Aiken the B-side to his current single "The Way," but has
given...
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Lightfoot Looks Forward to Touring Again
4/16/2004, AP
Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot says that he hopes to be able to tour again by July.
Lightfoot had a blood vessel burst in his abdomen in September 2002 and...
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ABBA Recording Studio to Shut Its Doors
4/7/2004, AP
The sounds of ABBA, Led Zeppelin and the Rolling Stones have bounced off its padded walls. Now, Sweden's most famous recording studio, Polar Studios, must shut its doors...
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R&B Star Usher Tops Charts with 'Confessions'
3/31/2004, Reuters
R&B star Usher topped the U.S. pop
charts on Wednesday as his new CD, "Confessions," posted the
biggest album debut so far this year and became only the second
2004 release...
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Thousands Visit Village Linked to Presley
3/25/2004, AP
A Scottish writer's assertion that Elvis Presley 's ancestors came from a quiet corner of northeast Scotland has fixated fans and brought batches of journalists and TV crews...
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Village Thrilled by Possible Elvis Link
3/25/2004, AP
They're all shook up in the Scottish village of Lonmay.
A Scottish writer's assertion that Elvis Presley 's ancestors came from this quiet corner of northeast Scotland has...
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Bertelsmann's BMG North America Does Label Remix
3/24/2004, Reuters
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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FBI Investigating Stolen Elvis Jewelry
3/23/2004, AP
The FBI is now involved in the case of the stolen Elvis jewelry. The FBI has joined the investigation into the robbery at the Elvis-A-Rama museum in Las Vegas on March 14....
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Thieves Raid Elvis Museum Jewelry Stash
3/17/2004, AP
In less than five minutes, thieves swiped $325,000 worth of Elvis Presley 's jewelry and kitsch.
But the Sunday night heist at the Elvis-A-Rama museum left behind a...
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Janet Jackson Stunt May Impact Standards
2/5/2004, AP
The one-second flash of Janet Jackson 's breast at the Super Bowl could end up putting the brakes on years of plunging standards in the down-and-dirty entertainment...
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Clive Davis Re-Throned
2/3/2004, E! Online
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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N.J. Co. Offers Slices of Elvis Recording
1/27/2004, AP
A New Jersey company is offering Elvis Presley fans a chance to buy what it says is a slice of history.
And it really means a slice — 2-inch snips of a tape reel...
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Independent Music Labels to Fight Sony-BMG Merger
1/27/2004, Reuters
A contingent of independent
music labels vowed on Monday to fight the proposed merger
between music giants Sony Music and Bertelsmann's BMG as a
crucial deadline for...
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Jan. 23 in Entertainment History
1/23/2004, AP
On January 23rd, 1958, Brunswick Records released "Maybe Baby" backed with "Tell Me How" by The Crickets.
In 1970, singer Judy Collins was denied permission to sing her...
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Elvis Gospel Compilation Due March 23
1/22/2004, Reuters
"Elvis Ultimate Gospel," an RCA
compilation of Elvis Presley 's gospel hits, will hit stores
March 23, featuring such tracks as "Amazing Grace," "Crying in
the Chapel" and...
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Elvis Presley Documentary in the Works
1/8/2004, AP
Filmmaker Ken Vrana was marking the 69th anniversary of Elvis Presley 's birth Thursday by working on his own "Tribute."
Vrana has traveled 250,000 miles over the past 3...
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Green, Goodman Among Gospel Honorees
1/7/2004, AP
The Rev. Al Green , Sandi Patty, the late Vestal Goodman and BMI President Frances Preston will be inducted next month into the Gospel Music Association's Gospel Music Hall...
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Keith Moon Named Greatest Rock Rogue
12/31/2003, AP
He wasn't called Moon the Loon for nothing.
The late Who drummer Keith Moon , famed for trashing drum kits, cars and hotel rooms, topped a list of the "100 most insane...
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TV Museum Showcases History of Pop Music
12/25/2003, Reuters
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 Rules List of British Hit Singles
12/22/2003, AP
Elvis Presley is the all-time singles king in Britain, nearly a half-century after he first crashed into the pop chart here, according to a new list published...
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Elvis a Part of Memphis Hanukkah Program
12/20/2003, AP
This year's Hanukkah program at Beth Sholom Synagogue featured a uniquely Memphis touch — telling the story of the holiday of lights through retooled versions of Elvis...
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New Artists Breaking Musical Stereotypes
12/17/2003, AP
Watching newcomer Fefe Dobson jumping around onstage to the rhythm of thrashing guitars, she looks like the typical pop-rocker girl, with a tough attitude and sneering...
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Sony, Bertelsmann Sign Music Merger Deal
12/12/2003, Reuters
Germany's Bertelsmann AG
(BERT.UL) and Sony (6758.T) of Japan on Friday finalized terms
of an agreement to merge their music businesses, as the
industry confronts...
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Bertelsmann, Sony Finalize Music Deal
12/12/2003, AP
Beyonce and Christina Aguilera will be singing for the same label under a final merger agreement announced Friday by Bertelsmann AG and Sony Corp (NYSE:SNE - news) .,...
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Fiddler MacMaster Brings Scotland to Nashville
12/11/2003, Reuters
Natalie MacMaster has built an
unlikely career playing obscure, 250-year-old fiddle tunes that
are ignored by most U.S. radio stations and almost never heard
by the...
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Natalie MacMaster Brings Scotland to Nashville
12/11/2003, Reuters
Natalie MacMaster has built an
unlikely career playing obscure, 250-year-old fiddle tunes that
are ignored by most U.S. radio stations and almost never heard
by the...
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Guitarist Moore Stable After Surgery
12/11/2003, AP
Scotty Moore, a Hall of Fame guitarist who played on Elvis Presley 's first single, was in serious but stable condition Thursday following brain surgery, hospital officials...
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Pete Yorn Heads Back to 'Jersey'
12/10/2003, Reuters
Singer/songwriter Pete Yorn will on
Jan. 6 unveil a double-disc concert set, "Live From New
Jersey," which sports covers of the Elvis Presley -popularized
"Suspicious...
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Dear "Diary": Alicia Keys Tops Chart
12/10/2003, E! Online
So much for that sophomore slump.
Alicia
Keys' second album, The
Diary of Alicia Keys, opened at number one, scoring the best
single-week sales of any female artist in...
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Golden Oldies Polished for Chart Action
12/6/2003, Reuters
Everything old is new again.
For nine weeks, beginning in the Billboard for the week of
Oct. 4, remixes of Elvis Presley 's "Rubberneckin"' and the
Rolling Stones'...
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Elvis Gives Regards to Broadway
12/3/2003, E! Online
Elvis
has left the building...and is headed for Broadway.
The
King of Rock 'n' Roll's estate has confirmed that a new Presley-inspired
musical, All Shook Up, will debut...
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Travel-Weary Glen Campbell Ponders End to Touring
12/3/2003, Reuters
The Rhinestone Cowboy wants to ride
off into the sunset.
Not long before his recent arrest on charges of drunk
driving and leaving the scene of a car accident,...
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Broadway to Get Elvis Musical in 2005
12/3/2003, AP
Always eager to keep Elvis Presley working, managers of his estate have turned their sights on Broadway. "All Shook Up," a musical commissioned by the Elvis Presley estate...
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Elvis Pictures Go on Display for First Time
12/2/2003, Reuters
Candid photographs of 1950s rock
pioneers Elvis Presley , Buddy Holly and Bobby Darin , snapped by
a high-school photographer and kept in storage for 40 years,
went on...
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Tenor Bocelli Makes First Trip to China
12/1/2003, AP
Making his first trip to China, Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli on Monday called for more cultural exchanges as a way of boosting understanding among people.
Events such as...
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Jackson's Overall Finances Remain Mystery
11/28/2003, AP
Michael Jackson , whose albums once generated tens of millions of dollars in sales, would like the world to believe he has a billion dollar fortune at his disposal.
Others...
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Spector Charged with Murder
11/21/2003, E! Online
Prosecutors are ready to rock and roll Phil
Spector.
The legendary record producer was
formally charged Thursday in the shooting death of B-movie starlet Lana
Clarkson...
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Britney, Bruce Make Beautiful Music
11/7/2003, E! Online
Music pirates beware. Two music giants have just announced plans
to form a powerful alliance in the fight to save the recording
industry.
New York-based Sony Corp...
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Sony Aims to Tune Out Music Merger Risk
11/6/2003, Reuters
The merger of Sony Music and BMG could
bring a whole new stable of recording artists to listeners
hooked on Sony Corp (NYSE:SNE - news) .'s electronics, but analysts say...
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Bertelsmann, Sony to Merge Music Cos.
11/6/2003, AP
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