Frank Sinatra extends his album-charting span to exactly 54 years this week, as "Live at the Meadowlands," recorded in 1986, debuts at No. 88 on the Billboard 200. ...
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Martin Scorsese will be telling Frank Sinatra's life story on film. The Academy Award-winning filmmaker will direct "Sinatra," the first feature film about Ol' Blue Eyes'...
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Fans of Frank Sinatra will get a kick out of a new Italian restaurant planned for the Las Vegas Strip. Casino mogul Steve Wynn tells the Las Vegas Review-Journal that a...
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Continuing her father's legacy of fighting for musicians, Nancy Sinatra will urge lawmakers Wednesday to approve legislation giving performers a royalty for songs aired...
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House members have declared "Frank Sinatra Day," but did it their way. Lawmakers didn't get around to voting until Tuesday on a resolution supporting May 13, 2008 —...
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Doobie-postage-due. What were the chances ... we'd be seeing Frank Sinatra on a U.S. postage stamp? Well, he competed against 50,000 others — and won. That's how many...
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Frank Sinatra was all debonair style. Alicia Keys was soulful agony. The two met in a manufactured duet on "Learnin' the Blues" to open Sunday night's Grammy ceremony.
The...
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Frank Sinatra was never happier, his daughter Tina says, than when he was working in Las Vegas. Those years are now captured in song by "Sinatra in Vegas," a box set of four...
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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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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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Apple Computer Inc. on Thursday
said sales of songs bought from its market-leading iTunes
online music store had topped 200 million, a figure that was
about in line with...
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Like that smiling skydiver on the deodorant ads? Can't get enough of his sunny joshing on MTV's "Pimp My Ride"?
Prepare to meet the cunning, sometimes caustic musician...
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Sonic Youth, David Johansen, Andrew
W.K., Sean Lennon and Suicide's Alan Vega have joined the
lineup for an Oct. 8 New York show to benefit Cedars Sinai
Cancer Research...
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Producer Mark Burnett, the man behind
such "reality" television hits as "Survivor" and "The
Apprentice," is extending his creative reach further into the
music...
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When you're releasing a
greatest-hits album for an artist whose work has been compiled
dozens of times by any number of labels in the last 15 years,
how do you distinguish...
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Ray Charles is being remembered as a musical innovator who blended genres of music to create a new style. Charles died on Thursday of acute liver disease at age 73.
Ray...
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Quotes about singer Ray Charles , upon his death at 73 Thursday:
"Ray Charles was a man we particularly admired both as a friend and as an artist. We had a great time...
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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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An exhibit of Frank Sinatra memorabilia, from letters to photographs to album covers, has opened to the public as part of an annual jazz series.
The exhibition is running...
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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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For Kevin Kline , composer Cole
Porter offered an irresistible combination -- immortal music by
a flawed genius with a dark side to all the effervescent
frivolity.
So...
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Now it's up to artist groups to
ensure that musicians and songwriters collect some $25 million
in unclaimed royalty payments that major labels have kept
tucked...
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Just what P. Diddy needs: more
Cristal money.
His Puffyness, along with such
well-heeled music types as Dave
Matthews, David
Bowie, Dolly
Parton, Gloria Estefan and...
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Universal Classics is hoping to
hit the jackpot with new artist Matt Dusk.
The jazz singer will be featured prominently in TV producer
Mark Burnett's new series, "The...
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Singer-songwriter Nellie McKay dropped
out of music college with failing grades two years ago but now
the precocious 19-year-old has a double album climbing the
charts amid...
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Singer-songwriter Nellie McKay dropped
out of music college with failing grades two years ago but now
the precocious 19-year-old has a double album climbing the
charts amid...
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Vincent Pastore — Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero on HBO'S "The Sopranos" — will host "The Wiseguy Show," a weekly "three-hour celebration" of Italian-American...
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Eminem 's "The Marshall Mathers LP"
and OutKast's "Speakerboxx/The Love Below" have each been
certified for U.S. shipments of 9 million copies.
The sets are fast...
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Capitol Records will release a
30-song Dean Martin retrospective on June 1.
"Dino: The Essential Dean Martin" will comprise hits from
his days with both Capitol and...
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A few hours before a recent performance at Constitution Hall, Robert Randolph, like much of the rest of this city, is pondering the nation's future.
"And we're talking...
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For five decades, names like Ella Fitzgerald and Jimi Hendrix have blared out in neon letters above the doors of the Olympia concert hall.
The famed Paris concert hall...
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Sting, Dave Matthews, Vince Gill and
the Neptunes' Pharrell Williams have signed on for a Grammy
tribute to the 40th anniversary of the Beatles' first U.S.
television...
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Milt Bernhart, a big band trombonist known for his solo on Frank Sinatra 's "I've Got You Under My Skin," has died of complications of congestive heart failure. He was...
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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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Billy May, a Grammy-winning composer and trumpeter who arranged such standards as "Cherokee," "Take the A Train" and "Serenade in Blue" and worked with such stars as Bing...
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Ann Miller , the raven-haired, long-legged actress and dancer whose machine-gun taps won her stardom during the golden age of movie musicals, died Thursday of lung cancer....
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It may seem like only yesterday but
the Beatles' much-heralded first visit to America was 40 years
ago, and a group of die-hard fans wants to mark the occasion
for Beatles...
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Robert Goulet knows his style of singing makes him a tough sell with the younger crowd.
It's not easy going up against "Britney Spears , who shows her belly button and...
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Works by Bob Dylan , Johnny Cash and
George Harrison are among the major catalog titles slated to be
released in the first quarter of 2004.
On Feb. 24, Universal Music...
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Bruce Springsteen led the mourners in Christmas carols, Nils Lofgren sang "Wind Beneath My Wings," and Santa Claus rode on a vintage fire truck at the funeral for...
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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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By the time he got to Phoenix, Glen
Campbell was in some serious trouble.
The Grammy-winning
country crooner logged some quality time in a Phoenix jail Monday...
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With his $2.6 billion purchase of
Warner Music from Time Warner Inc., Edgar Bronfman Jr. is
betting that a privately-held record company can be more nimble
and more...
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The Savoy Label Group,
known for its stellar jazz catalog that includes such artists
as Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, John Coltrane, Miles Davis
and Lester Young, is...
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After 11 years of planning, backers of a National Music Center and Museum pledged Thursday to open the facility in the nation's capital five years from now.
"We will be...
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One side of the ailing music
business remains robust, according to Paul Anka : the licensing
side.
And he would know.
The legendary writer/performer of such...
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A new Frank Sinatra DVD, Sinatra--Singing At His Best, will be released March 25th on Passport Video. The DVD features one hour of film and television performances from...
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Recordings by Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan, Miles Davis, Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles, and Aretha Franklin are among the inaugural collection of music named on Monday (January 27)...
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Frank Sinatra was born on this day (December 12) in 1915 in Hoboken, New Jersey, and his influence on American music is immeasurable. Perhaps the one song that people most...
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Frank Sinatra's daughter Tina says her father had a powerful hand in helping John F. Kennedy win the presidential election in 1960. In a CBS 60 Minutes interview that aired...
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Dwayne Wiggins likes to start his shows in an unconventional manner: by combining a song from Frank Sinatra with one from 2Pac.
Now performing in support of his debut...
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LAUNCH has obtained the track listing for the North American release of Celine Dion's upcoming album All The Way...A Decade Of Song, which is due Nov. 16. The album's title...
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A recently conducted British poll has named John Lennon the greatest pop singer ever, while an American survey named Frank Sinatra and Barbra Streisand the best male and...
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Over the last few years, Frank Sinatra has been the subject of ambitious catalog releases by both Capitol and Reprise Records. Today, however, another organization released...
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The Playboy Jazz Festival, scheduled for June 13th-14th, will be dedicated to the memory of Frank Sinatra.
Sinatra's name will be on the marquee and the official program,...
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Frank Sinatra was stricken by a heart attack at his Beverly Hills estate two hours before he died in the emergency room at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, according to his...
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Frank Sinatra, the Beatles, Louis Armstrong, Aretha Franklin and Bob Dylan are among the 20 artists and entertainers who most influenced life in the 20th century, according...
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Dozens of celebrities were among the 1,300 people at Saturday night's "Thanks Frank," a tribute to Frank Sinatra on the Las Vegas Strip where he ruled for generations.
The...
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Frank Sinatra--The Musical may be headed for the Great White Way, according to the New York Post.
In light of Sinatra's death on April 14th, several top Broadway producers...
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Barbara Sinatra, Frank Sinatra's wife of 22 years, and his children Nancy, Tina and Frank Jr. were left most of Ol' Blue Eyes' assets in a will filed Thursday, May...
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In a private rosary service Tuesday night, Frank Sinatra's gardenia-covered casket was carried into Good Shepherd Church in Beverly Hills, California for a vigil, as...
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Private funeral services were held yesterday at noon for Frank Sinatra. The private ceremony had honorary pallbearers Tony Bennett, Kirk Douglas, Wayne Newton, Gregory...
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A private funeral service for Frank Sinatra will be held at noon today at the Beverly Hills Roman Catholic church. Cardinal Roger Mahony, archbishop of Los Angeles, will...
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The New York Post reported Monday that Frank Sinatra has left behind between $70,000,000 and $150,000,000 to help abused children. Former Sinatra assistant Artie Funair...
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This weekend, details emerged about Frank Sinatra's final hours, including a report that his wife Barbara was dining at Morton's Restaurant in Los Angeles with friends when...
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Sales of Frank Sinatra videos and CDs surged as preparations continued for a planned private funeral Mass, which will take place at noon tomorrow in Beverly Hills. The Mass...
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Legendary Rat Pack crooner Frank Sinatra died of a heart attack last night at Cedar-Sinai hospital in Los Angeles, leaving behind a mythical career legacy that spanned over...
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Frank Sinatra death-bed rumors don't bother the reclusive entertainer, who is "doing very well" and spending his days soaking in the warmth of sun and family, his wife said...
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Tina Sinatra has said she's not happy with HBO's forthcoming movie about her dad, Frank, and his wild bunch of pals who made up the infamous "Rat Pack."
Last week on the...
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Tina Sinatra won't be watching the upcoming HBO movie The Rat Pack.
"It's a blatant raping of not only what my dad did, but of all those other brilliant performers," Tina...
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Frank Sinatra returned home yesterday after a brief hospital stay. Hospital officials and Sinatra's spokeswoman said he had undergone routine tests. Sinatra, 82, was...
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Frank Sinatra is back in the hospital, reportedly battling painful bladder cancer that may have spread, according to the New York Post.
Sinatra was taken by ambulance to...
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Frank Sinatra, who hasn't been seen in public since suffering a heart attack a year ago, has been given the thumbs-up after a weekend medical exam.
Sinatra, 82, had a...
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Film director Martin Scorcese is contemplating a new film that will depict the swinging life of Frank Sinatra and his fabled "Rat Pack," which included Dean Martin, Sammy...
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