President Barack Obama thanked Stevie Wonder for creating "a style that's uniquely American" as he presented the singer-songwriter the nation's highest award for pop music. ...
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The White House is planning a concert this month to honor Stevie Wonder, whose music provided part of President Barack Obama's campaign soundtrack. The White House says the...
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Singer Stevie Wonder on Thursday shot down reports his home was left a smoldering ruin by a wildfire burning in the foothills around Los Angeles. The fire at the northern...
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The Library of Congress will honor Stevie Wonder with its second Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. Librarian of Congress James Billington, who announced the prize Tuesday,...
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The Library of Congress just called to say it loves Stevie Wonder. The Washington, D.C., instutition has tapped the 26-time Grammy winner to receive the second-ever...
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Stevie Wonder is fidgeting with his camera phone, embarrassed because he can't get it to work right. But wait, it's not what you think. Wonder is trying to show a reporter...
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Grammy-winning pop star Stevie Wonder is on the road again, embarking on what he called a concert tour in the "magical" summer and spreading a message of unity among all...
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Stevie Wonder has not performed at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in 35 years, and has never headlined the event. Organizers want to change that this...
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Nominees announced Thursday in top categories for the 50th Annual Grammy Awards:
Record of the Year: "Irreplaceable," Beyonce; "The Pretender," Foo Fighters; "Umbrella,"...
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Prince joined Stevie Wonder onstage Saturday night (November 17) at New York's Madison Square Garden.
It was Wonder's first concert in the city since 1996.
Prince joined...
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Stevie Wonder will go on his first U.S. tour in more than a decade, starting next month in San Diego.
The 57-year-old singer made the announcement at an outdoor...
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Signed, sealed, delivered—Stevie Wonder's on tour.
The Motown legend announced Thursday that he will embark on his first major trek in more than a decade later...
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Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin and Carlos Santana are among the headliners announced Thursday for a concert to raise money to build a memorial to the Rev. Martin Luther King...
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Wannabe pop star Sanjaya Malakar,
the "American Idol" contestant best known for his wacky
hairdos, was booted from the hit show on Wednesday,
disappointing a hard core of...
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In 1943, when the Pulitzer Prize committee established an award for America's best music, many genres were flourishing.
Jazz was in full swing with the likes of Duke...
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It's apropos that soulful
songstress Angie Stone is recording her debut for Concord Music
Group's reactivated Stax Records imprint at the stomping
grounds of another...
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Another lawsuit has been signed, sealed, delivered.
Stevie Wonder was named as a defendant in a wrongful termination and retaliation suit filed Wednesday by a former...
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Producer/songwriter David Foster
is proof that you can go home again. Although this native of
Victoria, British Columbia, has lived in Malibu, California,
for years, he...
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In one of the most competitive Grammy categories, two slightly hunched, long-since hip music veterans bested the likes of Mary J. Blige, U2, Nelly Furtado and...
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In the Grammy Awards collaboration between Corinne Bailey Rae, John Legend and John Mayer, you could almost see a struggling music industry beg: "please don't give up on...
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Rock trio the Police played their
first major public show in more than 20 years on Sunday, when
they opened the Grammy Awards ceremony, whetting fans' appetite
for an...
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Three-time Grammy winning pianist Joe
Hunter of the Funk Brothers studio band behind numerous Motown
hits has been found dead in his Detroit apartment, the Detroit
Police...
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On Grammy night, U.K. newcomer
Corinne Bailey Rae hopes to waltz through the door her soulful
pop colleague Norah Jones kicked open in 2003, when she won
five awards...
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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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Just like James Brown to pack them it at the Apollo Theater one last time.
A standing-room-only throng of people jammed the historic Harlem venue Thursday as...
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Scorned by country music radio, the Dixie Chicks are all right by the Grammys.
The finger-pickin' trio, just about nixed from Nashville for lead singer Natalie Maines'...
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Here's the complete list of nominees for the 49th Annual Grammy Awards. The awards will be presented Feb. 11 in Los Angeles:
Album Of The Year
Taking the Long Way,...
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In a sense, the story of the Hit
Factory is the story of New York.
The Manhattan building being converted into condominiums
was built in the 1920s for industrial use but...
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The singer who toured the world
without leaving her basement is finally crossing the Atlantic.
An Internet-made sensation in the United Kingdom, Sandi
Thom scored a...
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Ticket sales have been far from spectacular, but Ivan Neville says performing at the same Hurricane Katrina anniversary concert Tuesday night as Stevie Wonder is going to be...
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Before Hurricane Katrina hit, Tanio
Hingle lived in a house in the Treme section of New Orleans
with his wife and three kids, gigging around town with the New
Birth Brass...
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New York's Hit Factory studio, which
closed in early 2005 after being home to recording sessions by
John Lennon, Stevie Wonder, Madonna and U2, is being converted
into...
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The French physician who founded Doctors Without Borders, civil rights leader Joseph Lowery and entertainer Stevie Wonder were named Tuesday as recipients of the National...
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Truly great artists earn
their place through a delicate balancing act of two opposing
traits: the good taste to build on the foundations of the
accomplished performers who...
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Sergio Mendes brought a
little bit of Carnival, a taste of Las Vegas and the feel of an
old '70s TV variety show to the Hollywood Bowl on Sunday night
as the Brazilian music...
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Tony Bennett has recruited more than a dozen music heavyweights, including Bono, Paul McCartney and Barbra Streisand, to sing on his new album, "Tony Bennett: Duets/An...
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Rock stars, country stars and even songwriters have their own halls of fame. Now their backing musicians are getting into the act, too.
The Musicians Hall of Fame and...
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In Tuesday night's final showdown between ashen-haired soulster Taylor Hicks and sultry Katharine McPhee, the "American Idol" winner was clear to one person: Simon...
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Growing up, Elliott Yamin used to sing along with the radio, his brother pounding on the wall telling him to turn the music down so he could do his homework or watch...
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Rascal Flatts, a group some
initially branded as a country "boy band," has achieved in six
short years what many acts can only hope for in the length of a
career.
In...
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Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Wonder and B.B. King are officially immortal.
The late rock god, Motown superstar and blues icon are joining
a handful of artists whose masterworks...
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Thom Bell, Mac Davis, Will Jennings, Sylvia Moy and Henry Cosby have been tapped as inductees by the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
The prolific songwriters will accept their...
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"American Idol" winner Ruben Studdard has a plan to get teenagers off the streets and into the music industry, even if they can't follow his steps into stardom.
Studdard...
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When "American Idol" contestant Taylor Hicks belted out Stevie Wonder's golden oldie "Living for the City" there was scant age difference between the singer and the...
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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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Hooking up hot, young hitmakers with a seasoned veteran has become so common place its become something of an industry gimmick to introduce a new generation to a musical...
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Ginuwine, Jagged Edge,
Donnel Jones and Case were staples on urban radio during the
mid- to late-'90s, a period that gave ample airtime to anyone
who could copy a Stevie...
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Last week it was a jungle out there. This week it's a ghetto.
Ending the single-week dominance of the Curious
George
soundtrack, R&B crooner Jaheim spanked the monkey...
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David L. Abell, whose
Beverly Boulevard piano store served for 40 years as a resource
for motion picture, pop, rock and jazz performers, died
February 11 of lung disease at...
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Sergio Mendes, "Timeless," (Concord)
The fusion of hip-hop and bossa nova is certainly not new.
DJ trio Bossacucanova combined dance beats and Brazil's jazz-imbued retro...
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Sometimes, the members of U2 can't make it on their own--they
need help hauling all those heavy Grammys around.
The
veteran Irish rockers were the big winners Wednesday...
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At only 34, bluegrass fiddler
Alison Krauss is the Queen of the Grammys.
No other woman has won more Victrola statuettes than she
has, and in coming years she could be...
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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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The biggest mystery at Wednesday
night's Grammy Awards has nothing to do with how many of
music's top prizes leading nominees Mariah Carey, Kanye West
and John Legend will...
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Veteran rockers the Rolling Stones
agreed to be censored at Sunday's U.S. Super Bowl halftime
show, a National Football League spokesman said on Monday.
The Super Bowl...
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They may not have flashed any body parts — except for Mick Jagger's well-toned stomach — but the Rolling Stones made ABC glad it imposed a five-second tape delay...
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Before the Rolling Stones play at
Sunday's Super Bowl halftime show, producers will have six
minutes to roll out and assemble a gigantic stage, erect 27
tons of lights and...
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The Teflon R. Kelly is cruising on the Soul Train.
The R&B star, embroiled in an ongoing kiddie porn case, leads the nomination list for the 20th Annual Soul Train Music...
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R&B singer R. Kelly, the soulful
crooner who let his libido loose in a passionate album, led
contenders for the 20th annual Soul Train Music Awards, which
honor the leading...
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Looking for the Temptations on Super Bowl Sunday? They'll be in Charlottesville, Va. Smokey Robinson? He's playing down the block from Ford Field the night before. Diana...
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The Queen of Soul was not pleased.
With the Super Bowl coming to her hometown, Aretha Franklin said she was initially disappointed by the NFL's choice of musical...
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The NFL offended the Queen of Soul, but now all is forgiven. Aretha Franklin, who will perform the national anthem at Sunday's Super Bowl here in her hometown, initially...
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Sweet Lou got an appropriately sweet sendoff.
An
A-list of mourners, from Stevie Wonder to Joan Baez to Little Richard,
descended upon a Los Angeles chapel Friday for a...
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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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Aaron Neville, whose home was damaged by Hurricane Katrina, will perform the national anthem at next month's Super Bowl.
The NFL selected Neville in part to honor the...
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In a bittersweet coda to Lou Rawls' life and long dedication to the United Negro College Fund, the annual fundraiser he took part in last September was broadcast shortly...
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Country, rock and R&B are all
vying for the Grammy Award for song of the year, a prize that
goes to the songwriter.
The nominated tunes explore the workings of...
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Older fans of the Rolling Stones will get the chance to shake it during the band's Super Bowl halftime show after all.
Planners had originally sought people aged 18 to 45...
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Having made a name for herself as
something other than wrestling legend Hulk Hogan's daughter on
the VH1 reality show "Hogan Knows Best," budding pop star
Brooke Hogan...
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The emancipation of Mariah
Carey from all things that
Glitter seems
complete.
The songbird soared with eight
Grammy nominations
Thursday, including an Album of the...
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Motown fans miffed by the NFL's choice of the Rolling Stones for Super Bowl halftime entertainment are getting at least some satisfaction: Stevie Wonder will perform during...
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Motown fans miffed by the NFL's choice of the Rolling Stones for Super Bowl halftime entertainment are getting at least some satisfaction: Stevie Wonder will perform during...
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Christina Aguilera has gone from Dirrty Girl to married girl.
The pop princess, 24, and her longtime boyfriend, music mogul
Jordan Bratman, 28, swapped vows Saturday in...
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The bossa nova will be competing
with flowers and chocolate this Valentine's Day, when veteran
bandleader Sergio Mendes releases his first album in the United
States in 10...
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Without a shaman or some supernatural help, Carlos Santana's
All That I Am didn't have enough to beat back the latest Now
That's What I Call Music! for chart supremacy this...
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Michael Jackson is taking a break from his Bahrain getaway and
getting down to business.
The entertainer has reportedly
been in London recently, working on his charity...
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Sometimes art does imitate life: Take this week's album chart,
which finds Rod Stewart chasing after a younger blonde woman--Ashlee Simpson.
Jessica's lip-synching...
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Youth should be served next week,
when it is practically certain that Ashlee Simpson's sophomore
set will bow atop the Billboard 200.
Early sales cited by chains have...
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Inspired by influences ranging from Harry Connick Jr. to Elton John to Herbie Hancock, crooning pianist Jamie Cullum finds his muse being tugged in many directions. On...
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In times of war, tragedy and turmoil, many hit songs have eloquently expressed a collective angst. But even though Hurricane Katrina has already inspired several musical...
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Is Liz Phair a commercial sellout, just ambitious, or a maturing musician?
Her last album, 2003's "Liz Phair," signaled the 38-year-old's foray into sleek commercial pop,...
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On Kirk Franklin's latest album "Hero," when the gospel superstar sings "To all my people in the struggle, you think God's forgotten about you, here's some pain medicine,"...
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Disturbed has given Bon Jovi the fist.
While the
latter scored a career-best sales week, it wasn't enough to keep
Disturbed from landing its second straight number one....
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"Get Up, Stand Up: The
Story of Pop and Protest" suffers from a severe onslaught of
deja vu.
As Chuck D of Public Enemy guides us for two hours through
the many, many...
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Bettye LaVette landed a top 10
R&B hit with her very first single. In 1962, when she was only
16, her "My Man, He's a Loving Man" peaked at No. 7.
The following 43 years,...
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Those theft charges against Ray Charles's longtime sound man have
just hit road, jack.
A Los Angeles judge on Thursday threw
out a case alleging Terry Howard, the late...
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Mariah Carey, Destiny's Child, Alicia Keys and Missy Elliott were
the big winners at Wednesday's 2005 Lady of Soul Awards. Too bad none of
them showed to collect their...
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Upcoming celebrity benefits to raise money for relief efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina:
• Kevin Smith is holding an online auction on his Web site,...
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Ciara, Amerie, Fantasia and Destiny's Child were up for multiple honors at the Lady of Soul Awards, with special honoree Aretha Franklin set to make a much anticipated...
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The BET network has announced the artists set to participate in its primetime telethon to raise money for the victims of Hurricane Katrina on September 9. The special,...
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Celebrities including Ellen DeGeneres, Jay Leno, Master P and Dave Matthews are contributing star power to relief efforts for victims of Hurricane Katrina.
DeGeneres, a...
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Three Louisiana-born stars -- Harry Connick Jr., Wynton Marsalis and Tim McGraw -- will headline a
televised charity concert to air live on Friday for victims of
Hurricane...
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Raul Midon's debut album, "State of Mind," both defies genre classification and defines the main ingredient of his success.
Midon, a classically trained musician, is...
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All Ciara's ladies will be on the floor for the 10th annual
Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards next month.
The "1, 2
Step" singer leads all nominees this year with five...
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Ciara is pulling double duty as co-host and leading nominee at next month's Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards.
Longtime Soul Train host Don Cornelius announced Tuesday that...
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R&B newcomer Ciara one-two stepped
up to the plate for the 10th annual Soul Train Lady of Soul
Awards on Tuesday, leading the contenders with...
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Think of newly founded
HackTone Records as a home for wayward records.
HackTone is the brainchild of two alumni of pioneering
archival label Rhino Records. David Gorman...
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Martha Reeves says the Motown Sound was all about love during the 1960s, when she was the lead singer of Martha and the Vandellas and belting out hits like "Dancing in the...
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It's an odd cast of characters: an
Armenian-American thrash-rock quartet; a cartoon band that
exists mainly in cyberspace; a pair of supposed siblings (or
exes) with a...
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Alicia Keys, Usher, Patti LaBelle, Cissy Houston, Ashford & Simpson, Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, and Dionne Warwick were among the thousand-plus mourners in Harlem's...
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The funeral service for eight-time Grammy winner Luther Vandross hit just the right notes Friday: soulful, joyful and powerful, an echo of the late singer's unforgettable...
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Family, friends and hundreds of fans gathered in New York Wednesday
to say goodbye to Grammy-winning R&B star Luther Vandross, who died last
Friday at the age of 54.
...
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After a galaxy of stars
rocked the world in the largest live concert ever held,
organizers on Sunday looked to a summit of rich nations to see
if people power would change...
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They started by predicting a riot, but instead there was brotherly love at the U.S. version of the global Live 8 extravaganza.
"Right now you're watching the biggest...
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Live 8 got off to an anticlimactic start in Japan on Saturday, as Bjork and Good Charlotte joined local bands in a concert to promote awareness of poverty in Africa that...
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Icelandic singer Bjork rocked Tokyo on
Saturday, kicking off the biggest live music show in history
which aims to pressure world leaders to do more to fight
poverty.
Live...
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Musicians Bjork and Good Charlotte joined a handful of Japanese bands on Saturday, kicking off the Live 8 global music marathon intended to raise awareness of African...
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The full lineup for Live 8 in Philadelphia:
Black Eyed Peas, Bon Jovi, the Dave Matthews Band, Def Leppard, Destiny's Child, Jars of Clay, Jay-Z, Kaiser Chiefs, Toby...
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Nearly everyone in the world can tune in Saturday to Live 8, the all-star concerts urging a political solution to African poverty. "We want to stand shoulder to shoulder, to...
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Raising awareness of poverty and other afflictions suffered by Africa isn't a distant cause for Destiny's Chile, which will be among the acts performing at the Live 8...
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Kanye West is now part of the lineup for Saturday's Live 8 concert in Philadelphia.
Organizers say Rita and Stephen Marley will also perform. They join musicians that...
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Designed to raise consciousness about African poverty, the Live 8 concerts will feature some of black music's biggest stars — especially those representing...
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Two exhausted men have worked behind the
scenes, into the early hours, for eight weeks to pull off what
promises to be the greatest music show on earth.
Irish rocker Bob...
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Academics and civil rights leaders
hope Live 8 concerts to press for action on poverty in Africa
will reawaken interest among black Americans in the continent
their...
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Bob Geldof makes an unlikely saint. The rangy, foul-mouthed Irish rocker who fronted the Boomtown Rats in the 1970s is now far better known as a champion of Africa,...
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Kanye West turned out to be the best BET of all.
The
rapper-producer was a double winner at Tuesday night's Fifth Annual
Black Entertainment Television Awards, picking...
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Those West End Boys are headed east end on a mission of hope.
The Pet Shop Boys have been tapped to headline the newly added
Moscow installment of Saturday's Live 8...
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Wrinkly rockers never die, they just do
charity gigs.
Teenage pop fans hoping to hail their heroes at Saturday's
Live 8 concerts are in for a rude awakening when headline...
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Alicia Keys, the Black Eyed Peas, Josh Groban, Def Leppard and Toby Keith have been added to the lineup of Saturday's Live 8 concert in Philadelphia.
Celebrity presenters...
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African musicians will perform in
South Africa next week at a gig scheduled to coincide with the
Live 8 rock concerts, which aim to draw world leaders'
attention to poverty...
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Irish rock star Bob Geldof had to be
pushed hard before agreeing to coordinate the Live 8 concerts
next month to draw world leaders' attention to poverty in
Africa, one of...
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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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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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All you who missed out the ticket lottery or can't swing that
last-minute fare to London to see the anticipated Pink Floyd reunion,
fear not--Live 8 is going to be live in...
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Thanks to Scary Spice, Live 8 is in danger of a girl power
deficit.
Melanie Brown, the Scary fifth of the former
international chart-topping pop group the Spice Girls,...
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The Associated Press reports that Stevie Wonder has arranged to pay for the funerals of five children who were recently died in a Philadelphia city row house fire. The fire,...
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And for the halftime show, Mike Tyson will chomp off one lucky
fan's ear...
Just days after pleading no contest to a
slugging a Nashville strip club deejay during a bar...
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Destiny's Child and Linkin Park have been added to the lineup for the Live 8 concert in Philadelphia on July 2.
The additions were announced Thursday, one day after...
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Twenty years after the Live Aid concerts, musical superstars are joining in a five-city spectacular to push a political solution for African poverty.
"We don't want...
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Motown Records won't
celebrate its 50th anniversary until 2009, but its Universal
Music Group parent is getting the party started early.
Hip-O Select, Universal's Web-only...
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Stevie Wonder is adding some vision to the term "music television."
After 10 years without an all-new studio album, the Grammy-winning Motown superstar returns in June...
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Stevie Wonder is making headlines for using a special new music video technology for the clip to his song "So What The Fuss." The video will include a second, descriptive...
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Stevie Wonder's new single, "What The Fuss," from his forthcoming album, A Time To Love, is gaining radio play at urban and urban adult stations across the country....
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Stevie Wonder, who'll be releasing his first new studio album in ten years called A Time 2 Love on May 3, has signed on to headline Tiger Jam VIII on May 21 in Las Vegas at...
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Bail was reduced for a longtime sound engineer of the late Ray Charles following his arrest two weeks ago on allegations of stealing the singer's master recordings,...
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107: Total number of Grammys awarded
62: Celebrities named in opening credits
20: Live performances
11: Awards given out during live telecast
8: Grammys won by Ray...
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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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Everyone from pop rockers John Mayer
and Maroon5 to hip-hoppers Slum Village and Dilated Peoples
wants to work with multiple Grammy Award nominee Kanye West.
So the fact...
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Rapper Jay-Z has been named
president and CEO of Def Jam Recordings, home of such acts as
Grammy frontrunner Kanye West and rap veteran LL Cool j.
He will report to...
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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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Nearly 45 years after Stevie
Wonder's live harmonica workout "Fingertips, Pt. 2" topped the
charts, the soul visionary's musical charm still enthralls.
From preteen...
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Martha Reeves, former lead singer of Martha Reeves & the Vandellas, says eBay left her open to identity theft by posting a contract on its Web site that showed her Social...
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Barry Manilow has a busy fall.
On Sept. 28, Concord Records releases "Scores: Songs from
'Copacabana' and 'Harmony,"' Manilow's 43rd album. The CD is a
collection of...
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As the release of a new album
approaches, most artists begin to wax philosophical about art,
life and the messages they hope to convey with their music.
In discussing his...
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Radio giant Clear Channel Communications will raise money for Hurricane Charley victims by auctioning guitars autographed by musical stars, among them Britney Spears , Tom...
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Barbra Streisand and Neil Diamond
will sing together for the first time in 24 years on Thursday,
bringing not flowers but millions of dollars for Democrat John
Kerry 's...
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Friends of Ray Charles sent the late singer off on a high note Friday. B.B. King, Glen Campbell , Stevie Wonder and Wynton Marsalis performed musical tributes to Charles,...
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It was billed as a "worship and celebration," but the
memorial service for Ray Charles was something more. Like, a pretty fine
show.
Willie Nelson , Glen Campbell ,...
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The Rhinestone Cowboy has been saddled with jail time.
Glen Campbell was sentenced Tuesday to 10 days in jail
following last month's guilty plea of extreme drunken...
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It was only last year that Ray Charles performed at the Songwriters Hall of Fame awards show. This year, he was there in spirit.
Artists attending the annual induction...
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The 2004 Songwriters Hall of Fame
Awards dinner June 10 in New York will be another star-studded
affair. But this year's ceremony, which honors songwriting
legends, also...
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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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Motown is emptying its archives into
Apple's iTunes Music Store to mark its 45th anniversary.
The famed label is making available the first 45 singles it
issued as well as...
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Starship may have built this city on rock and roll, but Blender magazine is tearing it down, naming the band's "We Built This City" as the worst song ever.
Some tunes on...
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Jem's energy is
contagious. The 28-year-old singer-songwriter is looking at a
view of Hollywood from her hotel room. "You know what's really
weird? I'm practically in the...
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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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Viewers who tune into the upcoming
TV special celebrating the 45th anniversary of Motown Records
might find themselves asking "What's going on?"
Two decades after Michael...
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British recording company EMI Group PLC has reached a deal to become the sole owner of Jobete, the Motown song catalog established by Berry Gordy Jr.
EMI's Music...
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U.S. jazz legend Herbie Hancock
donated several of his instruments to the Smithsonian's
National Museum of American History on Tuesday and said he
hoped they would inspire...
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Producer, songwriter and singer Johnny Bristol, who worked with almost everyone, including Michael Jackson , Diana Ross , Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gaye has died.
Bristol...
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Nick Lachey and Jessica Simpson will star in "The Nick & Jessica Variety Hour," to air April 11 on ABC, the network announced Monday.
The special will feature a series of...
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Nick Lachey and Jessica Simpson are getting a full hour of wackiness and song. They'll star in a one-shot television special on ABC called "The Nick and Jessica Variety...
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OutKast's "Speakerboxxx/The Love Below" won two awards, including R&B/soul or rap album of the year, to lead the winners at Saturday's 18th annual Soul Train Music...
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Another big get-well present for Luther
Vandross.
The R&B stalwart, still recovering from
a near-fatal stroke suffered last April, has followed up his four Grammy
wins...
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If someone compiled a list of the
most commercially successful and prolific producers in
R&B/hip-hop, Timbaland's name would likely be near the top of
the list.
In less...
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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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The first time OutKast got a Grammy nomination for best album, in 2002, hip-hop's eclectic duo was upstaged by the old-time bluegrass of "O Brother, Where Art Thou?"
Two...
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The Bottom Line, the legendary New
York music club where for nearly 30 years stars like Bruce Springsteen and Miles Davis took the stage, has hit the finish
line over a...
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Famed New York nightclub the Bottom
Line closed the doors forever at its Greenwich Village location
Thursday.
Opened nearly 30 years ago by Allan Pepper and...
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Another Grammy season is quickly
approaching -- faster this time around thanks to the
accelerated date for the 46th annual awards show (Feb. 8).
The good news: R&B and...
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With four victories each, Beyonce
and R. Kelly convincingly demonstrated Dec. 10 at the Billboard
Music Awards that R&B and hip-hop have the kind of mainstream
appeal that...
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Sultry singer Beyonce and crooner R. Kelly each took home four awards from the 2003 Billboard Music Awards.
Beyonce, who appeared at the ceremony Wednesday in a sequined...
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Beyonc
brought home the booty at the 2003 Billboard Music Awards.
The "Crazy in Love" singer and leading Grammy
nominee was honored with four awards total at the Las...
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Tracks by the Barenaked Ladies ,
Suzanne Vega, Raven Simone and Oingo Boingo are among those
putting the scare into Walt Disney Records' "The Haunted
Mansion: Haunted...
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A British record label is set to release a tribute album to Stevie Wonder which will include rare cover versions of his songs. Harmless Records is set to release the Wonder...
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Brian McKnight, India.Arie, Stevie Wonder, Take 6, The Temptations, and Thelma Houston are some of the artists featured on the upcoming DVD/VHS release A Motown Christmas, a...
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Stevie Wonder will perform on the opening day of the Essence Music Festival, which begins Thursday (July 3), at the Superdome in New Orleans and runs through Saturday (July...
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Stevie Wonder will receive a tribute and also perform June 28 at the annual benefit hosted by actress Holly Robinson-Peete and her husband, Carolina Panthers quarterback...
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Beyonce, Lisa Marie Presley, Whitney Houston, Celine Dion, Mary J. Blige, Chaka Khan, Ashanti, and Jewel will pay tribute to the musical legacy of Stevie Wonder for the...
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Brian McKnight, Marc Anthony, Eric Clapton, and Mary J. Blige are among the artists featured on the new Universal/Motown Records tribute compilation, Conception: An...
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Keyboardist Johnny Griffith of the legendary Motown studio musicians known as the Funk Brothers was found dead of a heart attack in his downtown Detroit hotel room Sunday...
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The Artist Empowerment Coalition's (AEC) inaugural benefit concert take place Monday night (October 28) at New York City's Beacon Theatre. Stevie Wonder, DMX, Roberta Flack,...
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The music of Stevie Wonder will be featured in the new show Signed, Sealed, Delivered, which opens June 3 at the Venetian Resort-Hotel-Casino in Las Vegas. The show's first...
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Soul/pop legend Stevie Wonder, singer/actress Vanessa Williams, and jazz musician/educator Wynton Marsalis are among the star-studded talent set for Jazz At Lincoln Center's...
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Garth Brooks and Stevie Wonder will receive special honors at the 33rd annual Songwriters Hall Of Fame Awards. Wonder will be given the Sammy Cahn Lifetime Achievement...
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American Bandstand will celebrate its 50th anniversary with a prime-time ABC television special marking the milestone in May. American Bandstand's 50th...A Celebration will...
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A claim against Stevie Wonder regarding the copyright of his song "For Your Love" was rejected by a federal appeals court in Cincinnati on Wednesday (March 20). Derrick...
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Stevie Wonder had politicians rocking at a benefit for Washington, D.C.'s Ford Theatre on Sunday (March 3). During the gala, President George W. Bush, Senate Majority Leader...
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Singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder presided over the events both onstage and behind the scenes at his recent House Full Of Toys benefit show, held Saturday (December 15) at the...
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Stevie Wonder was the surprise musical guest at the all-star Wave Of Peace smooth jazz fundraising show on Sunday (October 14) at the Great Western Forum in Los Angeles. His...
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Stevie Wonder is answering the charges made by former live-in companion Angela McAfee in her $30 million palimony suit. His attorney Laura A. Wasser, of the Los Angeles law...
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You can now take "I Believe (When I Fall In Love It Will Be Forever)" off the list of songs Stevie Wonder is likely to sing around the house these days. Wonder's former...
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An album featuring musical performances from Friday night's (September 21) America: A Tribute To Heroes telethon is in the works. All the artists who appeared on the...
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Recording artists, television personalities, and movie actors including Bruce Springsteen, Paul Simon, Stevie Wonder, Billy Joel, Clint Eastwood, Tom Hanks, Robert De Niro,...
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Singer Brian McKnight was one of the celebrities in attendance at the recent taping of the NAACP's Image Awards: A Journey Of Excellence ceremonies in Los Angeles. The...
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Stevie Wonder was one of the more vocal supporters of the establishment of a holiday dedicated to the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. While he campaigned long and hard...
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How do a presidential candidate and his family cheer up after losing an extremely tight race? If you're Vice President Al Gore, you invite Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers...
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Stevie Wonder, B.B. King, Jon Bon Jovi, Macy Gray, Wyclef Jean, Blues Traveler frontman John Popper, and Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, among others, will perform in A Very...
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Bon Jovi frontman Jon Bon Jovi and guitarist Richie Sambora, as well as Stevie Wonder, Deborah Cox, and Son By Four, will perform at a Get Out The Vote rally for Vice...
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The 11th annual Rhythm & Blues Foundation Pioneer Awards ceremony, which was held last night (September 6) in New York City to celebrate the accomplishments of the great...
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Stevie Wonder will be the Lifetime Achievement honoree at the 11th Annual Rhythm & Blues Foundation Pioneer Awards, which will be held September 6 at the Manhattan Center...
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Lenny Kravitz and Stevie Wonder are the first of several musicians to be confirmed as entertainment for the Democratic Party's upcoming fundraising gala at the MCI Center...
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The late James Jamerson will be one of the honorees during the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony tonight (March 6) in New York City. The legendary Motown...
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Bob Dylan, Stevie Wonder
,
Elvis Costello, and the
Kinks are among the artists set to appear on the soundtrack to High Fidelity, an upcoming film about the trials and...
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Stars and fans came out to pay tribute to Curtis Mayfield
today (Feb. 22) in Los Angeles. In a public service at the First AME Church, musicians including Stevie Wonder...
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Stars and fans came out to pay tribute to **Curtis Mayfield** today (Feb. 22) in Los Angeles. In a public service at the First AME Church, musicians including **Stevie...
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Hot on the heels of the recent Stevie Wonder boxed set release At The Close of the Century, Motown has announced a reissue series for Wonder's catalog from 1972-85, a...
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After spending his entire life without sight, Stevie Wonder will undergo a new procedure to attempt to restore his sight.
Wonder made the announcement to a congregation at...
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When Stevie Wonder heard Raven Symone's rendition of his song "With A Child's Heart," which was also recorded by Michael Jackson, he was impressed. Wonder was so impressed...
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...And the presenters for the 6th Annual Patrick Lippert Awards are Beck and Stevie Wonder. The multitalented Señor Hansen will present a 1999 Lippert Award to Neil...
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Summer is the season of blockbuster films, which usually spawn a few blockbuster soundtracks. That's the case on this week's Billboard 200, as the soundtracks from City Of...
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Trisha Yearwood will be heading to Italy in June, the only country singer invited to participate in a star-studded concert benefiting the children's charity War Child.
The...
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The 40th annual Grammy Awards has announced the first wave of live performances for its broadcast, set for February 25th from Radio City Music Hall.
Kenneth "Babyface"...
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Stevie Wonder can rest easy--his radio station isn't going to be unionized.
Wonder's KJLH-FM in Los Angeles was scheduled to hold a representation election for...
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Employees of urban contemporary radio station KJLH-FM in Los Angeles will vote January 30th on whether to join the American Federation Of Television And Radio Artists...
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Ewart G. Abner, who served as president of Motown and several influential R&B labels, died December 27th at age 74.
Abner's long career included stints at Vee Jay Records,...
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