Archive for September 4th, 2009
AP - On Jan. 12, 1959, Elvis Presley was in the Army. The Beatles were a little-known group called The Quarrymen casting about for gigs in Liverpool. The nascent rock 'n' roll world was a few weeks away from "the day the music died" when a single-engine plane crash claimed the lives of Buddy Holly, J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson and Ritchie Valens.
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AP - For the 50th anniversary of the founding of Motown Records, The Associated Press over a period of months invited stars from the fields of music, politics and film to visit Studio A to talk about how the Detroit musical movement has affected them and the larger world.
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Reuters - Flashback to summer 2007: A young Miami newcomer by the name of Sean Kingston surfaced with the inescapable love anthem "Beautiful Girls."
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Reuters - Paul DeGooyer is tired -- for good reason. It's about two weeks before the September 9 release of MTV's "The Beatles: Rock Band," and DeGooyer, senior vice president of electronic games and music for MTV Networks Music Group, has been traveling to New York, Boston, Los Angeles and London since 2007 to work on the project.
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AP - Christian Audigier will not transform Michael Jackson's former home into a public space.
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Reuters - Jack Ingram has taken word-of-mouth to a new level. While promoting his album "Big Dreams & High Hopes," the country singer-songwriter shattered the Guinness World Record for the most radio interviews in 24 hours -- clocking in at a whopping 215.
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