Reuters - Sep 13, 2008
The legendary moment in April 1964 when the Beatles claimed the top five places on the U.S. singles chart -- with Can't Buy Me Love, Twist and Shout, She Loves You, I Want to Hold Your Hand and...
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Armed with a hot David Bowie sample and a successful overseas track record, British R&B singer Craig David is ready to re-invade America -- and says he's willing to work to make the Yanks care about...
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In six short years, songwriter/producers Harvey Mason Jr. and Damon Thomas, aka the Underdogs, have amassed an extensive and diverse list of credits that stretches from Tyrese ( I Like Them Girls ) to...
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Flamboyant New York band the Scissor Sisters dominated music sales in Britain for a second week as they stayed at the top of both the singles and album charts. Their single I Don t Feel Like Dancin...
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Sheryl Crow has dropped out of the Live 8 show in Paris. She s citing substantial logistical and personal challenges. The Paris lineup includes Andrea Bocelli, Nile Rodgers of Chic, Craig David, The...
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Nearly everyone in the world can tune in Saturday to Live 8, the all-star concerts urging a political solution to African poverty. We want to stand shoulder to shoulder, to push to get countries to listen...
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Twenty years after the Live Aid concerts, musical superstars are joining in a five-city spectacular to push a political solution for African poverty. We don t want people s money. We want them, Bob...
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Bob Geldof is at it again. Two decades after he masterminded Live Aid, the largest charity concert ever mounted, to fight famine in Africa, the 58-year-old singer-activist has announced an encore...
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Headline acts including rocker Eric Clapton , pianist Jools Holland and The Manic Street Preachers drew more than 60,000 people to a charity concert raising money for Asian tsunami relief. Fans packed...
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The Sony-BMG merger leaves four music majors with about 80 percent of the $32 billion global music market. They are: _Universal Music Group: Artists include Sting, Sheryl Crow , Marvin Gaye, Vince...
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Hip-hop singer Frankee has knocked Eamon off top spot in the U.K. pop charts with a song that is believed to be a response to his expletive-filled lament about his girlfriend cheating on him. Frankee...
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Spending $12.8 million on a concert series featuring the Rolling Stones to lift spirits after a SARS outbreak may not have been cost-effective, said Hong Kong s financial secretary. We may have...
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Retro rockers The Darkness will be among big British acts going back to their musical roots for charity by playing free gigs in small bars and clubs, said homeless campaigner Shelter on Friday. Others...
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On January 23rd, 1958, Brunswick Records released Maybe Baby backed with Tell Me How by The Crickets. In 1970, singer Judy Collins was denied permission to sing her testimony at the Chicago Seven trial...
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The Cure, Travis, Starsailor, Badly Drawn Boy and David Gray are among the artists planning to take part in the U.K. benefit concert series Passport: Back to the Bars. Set for March 1-6, the event...
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U.S. artists dominated Thursday at the MTV Europe Music Awards, with Justin Timberlake , Beyonce Knowles and host Christina Aguilera taking home the big prizes. Timberlake won best male, best pop...
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(7/7/03, 1 p.m. ET) -- Beyonce, Shania Twain, and Craig David were among the many musicians that performed at the sixth annual Party In The Park charity concert in London s Hyde Park on Sunday (July 6...
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(5/7/03, 12 p.m. ET) -- Craig David and Ashanti are among the artists who will be special guests of Mariah Carey during her Charmbracelet World Tour in support of her latest album, Charmbracelet. David...
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(3/27/03, 6 p.m. ET) -- Jennifer Lopez revealed during a recent Internet chat on her official website that she has recorded a duet with U2 frontman Bono. I did a song with Bono and haven t released...
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(3/20/03, 5 p.m.j ET) -- Craig David, Lucy Woodward, the Clash, and the Donnas are among the artists featured the soundtrack to the upcoming Warner Bros. Pictures comedy, What A Girl Wants. The Atlantic...
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(3/17/03, 6 p.m. ET) -- British singer Craig David s next single from his sophomore album, Slicker Than Your Average, will be Rise & Fall featuring a guest vocal by Sting. David said that the track also...
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