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Taylor Swift’s “Folklore” Expecting Stunning 85% to 95% Second Week Drop in Sales without Usual Promotional Activities

by Roger Friedman - August 4, 2020 9:30 pm

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Tart Pop: Madonna Sings Back Up with Missy Elliot on Dua Lipa’s Remixed “Levitating” Coming in 10 Days

by Roger Friedman - August 4, 2020 9:07 pm

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Whitney Houston Biopic Gets a Studio, After We Told You Exclusively About the Project Last November

by Roger Friedman - August 4, 2020 2:38 pm

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Song of the Summer: Harry Styles’ “Watermelon Sugar,” Released in December 2019, Finally Hits Number 1 on iTunes

by Roger Friedman - August 3, 2020 11:22 am

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Happy Birthday Tony Bennett, 94 Years Young Today: Thank You for Flying Us to the Moon

by Roger Friedman - August 3, 2020 10:37 am

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Paul McCartney on Black Lives Matter: Recalling How the Beatles Refused to Play in Front of a Segregated Audience

by Roger Friedman - June 5, 2020 6:42 pm

Paul McCartney recalls below how the Beatles refused to play in front of a segregated audience back in the mid 60s. On Black Lives...

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Lady Gaga’s “Chromatica” Quickly Replaced at Number 1 By “Free” Rap Album, Group Donates $100K to Causes

by Roger Friedman - June 3, 2020 11:18 pm

Lady Gaga's "Chromatica" got another surprise today. A new album by rap duo Run in the...

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Chrissie Hynde, Pretenders Release Cool Stealth Single from New Album that Recalls Buddy Holly, Bo Diddley

by Roger Friedman - June 2, 2020 11:06 pm

For some reason, the new Pretenders single, called Didn't Want to Be This Lonely, was sort of stealth released recently. It's the third or...

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The Show Must Be Paused: Entire Music Industry Will Take Tuesday as a Day of Reflection, Community, No Business

by Roger Friedman - June 1, 2020 8:19 pm

Two record execs from Atlantic Records, Brianna Agyemang and Jamila Thomas, came up with the plan for a Blackout Tuesday tomorrow, June 2nd. The...

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(Watch) Dion aka “The Wanderer” Is More Timely Than Ever — You Forgot He Sang “Abraham, Martin, and John”

by Roger Friedman - June 1, 2020 2:33 pm

Everyone remembers Dion DiMucci for "The Wanderer" or "Runaround Sue." That was Dion and the Belmonts, and those were classics. They sound better than...

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UPDATED Lady Gaga “Chromatica” Sales Were Hurt by News Cycle, Ironic Since She Postponed to Avoid Pandemic

by Roger Friedman - May 31, 2020 9:24 pm

UPDATE MON JUNE 1ST Saturday sales were also hurt. Total is now 120K total, 86K without streaming. This is a terrific album. I've...

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Sting Eulogizes His Beloved Road Manager, Billy Francis, Dead at 73: “I couldn’t have had a better teacher, big brother, protector, mentor, confidant”

by Roger Friedman - May 31, 2020 4:39 pm

Sting's beloved road manager, Billy Francis, has died of cancer at age 73. He's known around the world in music circles. I was lucky...

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Stevie van Zandt, Vinnie Pastore Launch a Sopranos-E Street Tribute to Nick Cordero with His Song “Live Your Life”

by Roger Friedman - May 30, 2020 10:43 am

All the coolest people in New York have gotten together for a tribute to Broadway star Nick Cordero. It's a Sopranos-E Street-Broadway performance of Nick's...