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Jerry Wexler, the legendary producer who along with Ahmet Ertegun built Atlantic Records from the ground up to become the dominant rhythm and blues label of its time has died of congestive heart failure. Wexler was the last living founder of the label. His one time partner Ahmet Ertegun passed away in 2006 ... read more |
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I don’t necessarily agree in taking away articles of clothing from covering up Franklin’s excessive girth, but boy does PETA love keeping themselves in the news. Yet again, another story that doesn’t fail to amaze in how much leeway famous people get – for doing little but simply being famous ... read more |
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Since this column has been hibernating longer than Rip Van Winkle (5), I’ll give ya’ll a brief rundown of how things work. Like Glenn Close (6) after seeing an excited and injured soldier in The World According To Garp, I’ll slide in all the biggest music-related stories of the last week and thrust until happy endings are achieved for all ... read more |
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As a pretty serious music fan, it seems odd I’d only have eight rap songs (nine if you let me count “Hey Ya” by Outkast) on my iPod. Sure, I only have one techno song, but wide-pupiled pseudo-hippy bozos with glow sticks and stashes of ecstasy hardly wield the same cultural relevance as an entire generation of disenchanted, fast-talking urban youths ... read more |
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Drama Drama. Legendary R&B singer Aretha Franklin has thrown a hissy fit, after hearing Beyonce referred to Tina Turner as the queen. How deliciously catty. The feminine fighting started shortly after the Grammys ended, and apparently, tensions have heated up to the point where Aretha felt compelled to issue a statement through her publicist ... read more |
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Beyonce Knowles and Tina Turner are slated to perform together at this year’s Grammy awards. Knowles has been a longtime fan of Tina Turner. In 2005, she even paid homage to Turner, performing “Proud Mary” during a Kennedy Center Honors telecast. Also to appear at this year’s Grammy awards are a number of other divas, including Alicia Keys, Aretha Franklin, Feist, Fergie, and Rihanna ... read more |
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