Elvis 26th anniversary at Graceland
MEMPHIS, tenn. (Elvis Presley Fans Website) - Elvis Presley might have become a decent actor if manager Tom Parker hadn't been so eager to cash in on a string of lacklustre movies, says the legendary songwriter who created music for some of the films. Mike Stoller and partner Jerry Leiber, authors of ...
| Music legend Henry Mancini to be honored on postage stamp in 2004
NEW YORK (UPS press release) - One of the most successful music composers in the history of television and film will take center stage in spring 2004 when the U.S. Postal Service issues a new commemorative stamp saluting Henry Mancini. The Henry Mancini stamp will be unveiled on the evening of Aug. ...
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Anniversary of Beatles' US debut to be celebrated
NEW YORK (Beatles Fans Website) - The 40th anniversary of The Beatles' debut on US television is to be marked with an exhibition in New York and Los Angeles next year. The Museum of Television and Radio in both cities will present Revolution: The Beatles on Television from February 9 1964 through to ...
| RETRO: Kim Wilde
Gillingham, Kent, UK (By Mikey: [email protected]) Early Days Kim Wilde (born Kim Smith) was born in Chiswick, West London, on November 18th, 1960. How It All Began The foundation for Kim's musical career was laid in her own family: her father Marty Wilde was a 60s rock 'n roll star and her ...
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Roy Orbison - Greatest Hits DVD
NEW YORK (Eagle Rock Entertaiment press release) - Eagle Rock Entertainment brings together some of the greatest performances by arguably the most unique singer/songwriter in the history of popular music with the release of Roy Orbison-- Greatest Hits, on DVD. Roy Orbison may not have had the gyrating ...
| RETRO: All Saints
By Mikey: ([email protected]) - The Appleton Sisters are on the verge of getting the elbow from their record label - Polydor, with weak midweek sales for their latest single Everything Eventually, which is set to enter the chart at No.35 this week. After just two hits - Fantasy, peaked at ...
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RETRO, Profile: Kraftwerk
by Mikey ([email protected]) - The legendary electronica pioneers from Dusseldorf indeed appear as Asimovian robots in disguise to the untrained, pre-1974 eye. But there's more than meets the eye, or rather, the ears. According to Kraftwerk, the future is here, it is now. It has always been ...
| Nat King Cole 'influenced' Beatles hit
LONDON, UK (Sunday Times) - Former Beatle Paul McCartney's hit ballad Yesterday was "influenced" by a Nat King Cole track, music experts have said. Paul said in 1965 that he awoke in his London flat with the tune for Yesterday in his head and asked friends if they recognised it. They said they thought ...
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A new Elvis Presleys' collection will be released
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (Elvis Official Website) - From Chuck Berry to Bobbie Gentry, the King liked them all. Graceland and Elvis Presley Enterprises have cataloged Presley's record collection with 1,000 albums and singles filling up a 24-page list. Elvis Presley Enterprises, which owns the rights to all things ...
| Police drummer settles court case against The Doors
LOS ANGELES (Doors Fans Website) - The former drummer in The Police has reached a settlement with members of The Doors 21st Century in a breach-of-contract case. Stewart Copeland claimed keyboardist Ray Manzarek and guitarist Robby Krieger, original members of the 1960s rock band The Doors, reneged ...
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Jimmy Hendrix guitar up for sale
LONDON, UK (Jimmy Hendrix Fans Website) - A guitar owned and played by Jimi Hendrix is expected to sell for between �100,000 and �150,00 when it goes on sale later this week. The guitar, a 1965 Sunburst Fender Stratocaster, has not been up for sale since it was presented to Hendrix's manager's assistant ...
| Jimmy Hendrix bassist dies
NEW YORK (Track Records) - Noel Redding, bass player for 1960s rock legend Jimi Hendrix, has died aged 57. His manager Ian Grant announced the news on his company Track Records' website. "Noel re-unites with Jimi and.....his mother Margaret who died only a few weeks ago," he wrote. No cause of death ...
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Everly Brothers' songwriter dies
NEW YORK (Motown Oldies) - Felice Bryant, the US songwriter who wrote hits Wake Up Little Susie and Bye Bye Love for the Everly Brothers, has died. Bryant, who wrote many classic country and rock 'n' roll songs with her husband Boudleaux Bryant, died at her home in Gatlinburg, Tennessee on Tuesday after ...
| Sir Paul: Robbie beat me to swing album
LONDON, UK (Beatles Fans Website) - Sir Paul McCartney has revealed Robbie Williams stole his thunder with his collection of swing classics. The former Beatle says he was planning to record a selection of Rat Pack tunes, but had to abandon the idea when Robbie did the same with chart-topper Swing When ...
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Etta James honored with a star on the walk of fame
LOS ANGELES (Walk Stars website) - R&B singer Etta James had no reason to sing the blues Friday as Hollywood honored her with a star on the Walk of Fame. James, 65, is perhaps best known for her 1960 version of "At last" and is considered an influence on such singers as Diana Ross, Janis Joplin and ...
| Loco-Motion singer dies
NEW YORK (Oldies Music Website) - The singer Little Eva, best known for recording The Loco-Motion as a teenager in the 1960s, has died of cancer aged 59. She was working as a babysitter for songwriters Carole King and Gerry Goffin in 1962 when they asked her to record a song they had written called ...
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John Lennon's childhood home opened
LONDON, UK (Beatles Fans Website) - John Lennon's widow, Yoko Ono, opened his childhood home in Liverpool to the public Thursday, and said the famously peace-loving former Beatle would have opposed the current war with Iraq. "I'm sure John would have been terribly upset. And he would have expressed ...
| 'Let's Roll' by Shooting Star
LOS ANGELES (Shooting Star Official Website) - Neil Young's "Let's Roll" is enjoying a second life thanks to the Midwestern rock band Shooting Star. The group - which had success in the '80s with songs including "Last Chance," "You've Got What I Need," and "Hang On For Your Life" - has added a cover ...
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Elvis musical looking Broadway bound
NEW YORK (Elvis Fans Website) - An Elvis Presley musical, called Can't Help Falling In Love, looks to be Broadway bound. The show is set up like the successful ABBA musical Mama Mia, with a story built around more than 20 Elvis hits, including the title song. Other tunes to be featured are "Heartbreak ...
| Iggy Pop & The Stooges to reunite!
NEW YORK (Coachella Festival Website) - The already impressive line-up for the fourth annual Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival just got hotter. History will be made at the festival--which takes place the weekend of April 26-27 in Indio, CA--when Iggy Pop reunites with his seminal band the Stooges. ...
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