AP - Nov 12, 2009
James Taylor and Carole King are going back to their roots. The two singer-songwriters say they will go on a long concert tour together next year, recalling the first time they played at the Troubadour...
More »AP - Nov 28, 2007
James Taylor still has a friend in Carole King. Taylor and King were a match made in 1969 at Hollywood s famed Troubadour nightclub. They were rehearsing there Tuesday afternoon for a series of benefit...
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 9, 2007
On the evening of January 20, amid the riot of networking that is the Sundance Film Festival, a pretty young folk singer named Mandy Moore took to a makeshift stage at a private Park City, Utah, home...
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 »AP - Apr 6, 2006
Grammy-winning music producer Lou Adler, who launched the careers of Carole King and the Mamas and the Papas, was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Adler, 72, was honored at a ceremony...
More »E! Online - Apr 5, 2006
Gene Pitney memorably sang Only Love Can Break a Heart, but word of his death is proving equally saddening. The melodramatic crooner, who earned a spot in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for writing...
More »AP - Oct 22, 2005
Singer and environmental activist Carole King, one of Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry s campaign trail troubadours last year, is heading to Washington, D.C., next week at the invitation...
More »E! Online - Jul 20, 2005
It was a slim victory for R. Kelly--or, more precisely, a victory over Slim. The R&B star extended his chart reign a second week by holding off new debuts by rappers Slim Thug and Bow Wow. Although...
More »Reuters - Jul 15, 2005
Representing the world s largest living room, the cavernous Radio City Music Hall was perhaps not the most ideal venue for Carole King s Living Room Tour, which landed there Wednesday night. The sold...
More »Reuters - Jun 3, 2005
Spanish crooner Alejandro Sanz is using his influence to boost the career of pop newcomer Lena, a gifted singer/songwriter/pianist who comes from one of Cuba s most venerable musical families. Lena...
More »Reuters - May 25, 2005
Starbucks Hear Music, the record arm of the coffee retailer, is launching two projects with Concord Records, its partner in the wildly successful 2004 Ray Charles album Genius Loves Company. On July...
More »Reuters - May 19, 2005
It was during an encore cover of the Beatles While My Guitar Gently Weeps that Tuesday s triple bill at the Wilshire Theatre made perfect sense. Todd Rundgren s voice and guitar jelled seamlessly with...
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 - Apr 2, 2005
Pop songwriter Jack Keller, who wrote the theme song for Bewitched and other TV sitcoms and was a producer on the Monkees first album, died Friday. He was 68. Keller had leukemia, according to his son...
More »Reuters - Jan 21, 2005
Through the years, some larger-than-life figures have appeared on the Billboard charts. In 1963 alone, Pope John XXIII, Cassius Clay, President John F. Kennedy and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. made their...
More »Reuters - Dec 18, 2004
The third chart entry proves to be the charm for Mario, who rises to a new career peak on the Billboard Hot 100 with Let Me Love You (3rd Street/J). The single moves 3-2, eclipsing the No. 4 peak of his...
More »AP - Dec 15, 2004
Like that smiling skydiver on the deodorant ads? Can t get enough of his sunny joshing on MTV s Pimp My Ride ? Prepare to meet the cunning, sometimes caustic musician Xzibit was before becoming an actor...
More »Reuters - Nov 17, 2004
Christmas albums are a queasy and sometimes especially hellish musical sub-genre, but those seeking an additional frisson for their Yuletide listening might want to dip into the newly released A John...
More »AP - Oct 29, 2004
The presidential campaign trail is looking a bit like Hollywood Boulevard. Or a rock n roll stage. The Boss is stumping for Democratic Sen. John Kerry , while actor Leonardo DiCaprio and rocker Jon...
More »AP - Sep 17, 2004
Linda Ronstadt and Carole King will sing the praises of Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry at an event in south Tucson. They also plan to register voters and encourage early voting at Sunday...
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