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Happy Birthday George Harrison, Born February 25th, 1943
Get George's Apple box set on amazon or iTunes. Happy Birthday, George! And just a note to say that George would have been so...
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Oscars Puts Common-John Legend Song “Glory” at the Top of the Pops
How do you get a hit single? Just perform it on the Academy Awards. "Glory" by Common and John Legend is now number 2...
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Oscars: Lady Gaga Gets Standing Ovation, Wows Crowd, Transitions from Yoke to Egg Whites
The Tony Bennett effect is now fully developed. Lady Gaga completely wowed the Oscar audience last night with her "Sound of Music" medley. No...
Business
Sirius Radio Loses Key Motion in Pre- 1972 Cases; Judge Rules Against Them; The Turtles Continue to Make Serious Inroads for Digital Royalties
EXCLUSIVE Sirius XM has lost its motion for reconsideration in the case brought against them by the Turtles over pre-1972 recordings. The satellite radio...
Music
Songwriters Hall of Fame Breaks Its Own Rules as Honorees Dwindle
A couple of years ago, I made inquiries to the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Could Luther Vandross be inducted? The answer was no, he...
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Grammys: Stevie Wonder Special Scored Big Numbers, Who Should Be Next?
All in all, the Grammy weekend was a TV ratings winner for NARAS prez Neil Portnow. The Grammys themselves dropped off,but the show was...
Music
Van Morrison Duets Album Avoids Greatest Hits But Is Here: Just As I Told You
I did break the news that Van Morrison would jump to RCA and release an album of newly recorded duets of his songs. And...
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Miley Cyrus Just Kills It On “SNL40”– She’s a Singer, After All (Video)
Of all the good, bad and questionable moments last night on "SNL40," my favorite was Miley Cyrus. This girl can saing. She could give...