Reuters - Nov 7, 2008
Veteran songwriter Burt Bacharach is enjoying his best chart ranking since 1971. Live at the Sydney Opera House debuted at No. 72 on the Billboard 200 this week, marking the tunesmith's eighth charted...
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Burt Bacharach, Doris Day and Earl Scruggs will receive 2008 Grammy Awards for lifetime achievement. Also on the list are Cab Calloway, Itzhak Perlman, Max Roach and The Band, The Recording Academy announced...
More »Reuters - Jun 7, 2007
Country music icon Dolly Parton was honored for her songwriting on Thursday at the Songwriters Hall of Fame, where she made jokes about her famous big bust that she quipped would outlast her. I can...
More »Reuters - Feb 1, 2007
Target Corp on Thursday said it will release exclusive CDs by artists like Kenny Loggins and David Cassidy in the latest example of stars of a certain age bypassing music labels to partner directly with...
More »Reuters - Jan 27, 2007
Sure, NBC s Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip is struggling in the ratings. But that is not stopping record labels and artist managers from pursuing ways to get their acts on the show. The show averages...
More »AP - Jan 5, 2007
Nikki Bacharach, daughter of Burt Bacharach and Angie Dickinson, committed suicide, the songwriter and actress said in a statement Friday. Nikki Bacharach, 40, suffered from Asperger s Disorder, a form...
More »Reuters - Jan 5, 2007
The only child of pop songwriter Burt Bacharach and actress Angie Dickinson has committed suicide after a lifetime struggling with a form of autism, a spokeswoman for the former couple said on Friday....
More »Reuters - Sep 1, 2006
Soul legend Ronald Isley, who sang such hits as Twist and Shout and This Old Heart of Mine as a member of the Isley Brothers, was sentenced on Friday to three years in federal prison for tax evasion....
More »Reuters - Aug 4, 2006
Arthur Lee, the eccentric singer/guitarist with influential 1960s rock band Love, has died in a Memphis hospital after a battle with leukemia, his manager said on Friday. He was 61. His death comes...
More »AP - May 25, 2006
New American Idol Taylor Hicks wasn t the only winner on Wednesday night. Fox capped a stellar fifth season for the hit competition when an average of 36.4 million people tuned in to the finale —...
More »AP - Apr 5, 2006
Gene Pitney, whose keening tenor voice produced a string of hits including 24 Hours from Tulsa, was found dead in his hotel room in Wales Wednesday following a concert that fans acclaimed as one of his...
More »AP - Feb 10, 2006
In stories Feb. 8 and Feb. 9 about Desperate Housewives star Teri Hatcher at the Grammys, The Associated Press misspelled the first name of the designer of her dress. He is Jean Paul Gaultier, not John...
More »AP - Jan 13, 2006
Lou Rawls was not only defined by his lush baritone, but the romantic tunes that became part of his signature sound. A classic crooner with an R&B slant, Rawls was one of the singers who signified a genteel...
More »AP - Nov 9, 2005
It s a difficult image to conjure: Isaac Hayes struggling to overcome a nasty case of stage fright. Not the hippest guy in the room, the epitome of cool. Not the genius behind the soundtrack for Shaft...
More »E! Online - Oct 31, 2005
These are taxing times indeed for R&B legend Ronald Isley. A federal jury in Los Angeles on Monday convicted the singer of five counts of tax evasion and one count of willful failure to file a tax...
More »Reuters - Oct 20, 2005
It could be just what the world needs now -- Burt Bacharach writing lyrics. The legendary, 77-year-old composer has found his voice in a politically charged album At This Time that features his first...
More »E! Online - Jul 1, 2005
Luther Vandross wasn t just a singer. He was a wedding day. A radio-show song dedication. A makeout session. Vandross, whose smooth voice earned him eight Grammys and helped him sell more than...
More »Reuters - May 9, 2005
Having toured the States numerous times in support of their debut album, Hopes and Fears, the members of U.K. rock trio Keane are beginning to think ahead to their follow-up release. I ve been writing...
More »AP - Apr 2, 2005
Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss, whose A&M Records label recorded superstars such as Sting, the Carpenters and Quincy Jones, have donated company papers and mementos to the UCLA Library. The collection includes...
More »AP - Feb 7, 2005
Elvis Costello & The Imposters have announced a U.S. tour in support of their Grammy-nominated album, The Delivery Man. Costello and his band will begin the tour on March 2 at the House of Blues in...
More »E! Online - Jan 10, 2005
Ronald Isley plans to fight the power--of the IRS, that is. Isley, a founding members of the legendary Isley Brothers, pleaded innocent Monday to tax evasion charges. Specifically, the feds claim...
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