Music

The Empire Strikes Back: Grammy Female Execs, Grammy Former CEO All Take on Ousted Deborah Dugan Before She Takes Her War to “GMA”

by Roger Friedman - January 22, 2020 8:33 pm

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Confirmed: Ousted Grammy Chief Deborah Dugan Demanded $22 Million to Leave Before She Was Put on Administrative Leave

by Roger Friedman - January 20, 2020 10:50 pm

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Grammy Lawsuit Update: (Exclusive) No Lawsuit This Week as Recording Academy Employee Waits for Investigations

by Roger Friedman - January 20, 2020 7:12 pm

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Madonna Cancels Another Show, This Time in Lisbon, With 45 Minutes Notice, Hopes to Return Tomorrow (“Fingers Crossed”)

by Roger Friedman - January 20, 2020 9:41 am

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EXCLUSIVE: Recording Academy CEO Ouster May Result in Filing of Major Lawsuit As Exec Assistant Hires High Powered Hollywood Law Firm

by Roger Friedman - January 19, 2020 11:29 pm

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Elton John’s Dilemma: He Appoints Four Hosts for Oscar Party Since He’s an Academy Award Nominee for First Time in 25 Years

by Roger Friedman - January 15, 2020 1:02 pm

Elton John has a dilemma. Every year he and David Furnish host their Oscar dinner and party in West Hollywood for their Elton John...

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Rock Hall of Fame Ignores Popular Vote (Except for Doobie Brothers), Snubs Dave Matthews’s 1 Million Votes, Pat Benatar’s 800K, for Whitney, T Rex, Nine Inch Nails, Depeche Mode, Biggie Smalls

by Roger Friedman - January 15, 2020 8:19 am

Only one of the top 3 vote-getters in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's public voting will be inducted this year: the Doobie...

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Linda Ronstadt Says This Weekend May Have Been Her Last Trip from San Francisco to Los Angeles: “It’s too painful”

by Roger Friedman - January 14, 2020 2:09 pm

Linda Ronstadt: may I tell you how wonderful she is? She came to Los Angeles from her home in San Francisco to accept an...

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No Time to Sing: Billie Eilish, 18, Gets James Bond Theme Song, She’s the Anti-Shirley Bassey, Adele

by Roger Friedman - January 14, 2020 1:03 pm

This is no time to be belting out the James Bond theme song, apparently. Eighteen year old Billie Eilish, an eyelash of a singer, has...

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Oscars, with Two Dynamic Female Producers, Add Three Female Writers to Staff for February 9th Show

by Roger Friedman - January 10, 2020 2:48 pm

It's really the year of women for the Academy Awards. The Oscars had already announced two dynamic female producers to run the show. They are...

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Prince Will Get A Blockbuster Grammys TV Special with Sheila E, The Time, Alicia Keys, Gary Clark Jr., and of course, John Legend

by Roger Friedman - January 9, 2020 12:25 pm

Ken Ehrlich's looming exit from producing the Grammy Awards doesn't mean he will retire. Just to show that he can juggle everything (I mean...

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Pop Shock: Artists Like Post Malone, Lil Nas X, Lizzo “Billions” of Streams Yield Not So Many Millions in Dollars

by Roger Friedman - January 8, 2020 2:45 am

The biggest hit single, financially, for 2019, was "Old Town Road" by Lil Nas X. According to buzzangle.com, "Old Town Road" earned $8.8 million....

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Quincy Jones Hosts Private Screening of “Black Godfather” Honoring Legendary Clarence Avant, Songwriter Pharrell

by Roger Friedman - January 7, 2020 1:24 pm

You know a movie company means business when Quincy Jones hosts a screening. Last night at the very chi-chi exclusive San Vicente Bungalows, Q-- as...

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Otis Redding and Carla Thomas’s 1968 “New Year’s Resolution” Is Still the Best of All the New Year’s Songs

by Roger Friedman - December 31, 2019 5:36 pm

Carla Thomas and Otis Redding recorded their famous "King & Queen" album for Stax Records in Memphis in January 1967. The album was released...

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Year End Thriller: Michael Jackson Sales Up Year-to-Year Roughly 50%, Streaming Booms, Fans Can’t Stop Til They Get Enough

by Roger Friedman - December 31, 2019 12:29 am

I wrote about this in July, and then again in October. But here's how Michael Jackson's catalog fared in sales, year to year with...

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