Reuters - Aug 29, 2008
Seventy-year-old superstar Kenny Rogers is celebrating 50 years in the music business and has invited Cracker Barrel Old Country Stores along for the fun. Cracker Barrel stores and...
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Kenny Rogers is proud of his 50-year career, but he can t help but hope that the best is yet to come. For me, the whole goal is to stay relevant as long as I can, said Rogers, whose career retrospective...
More »AP - Jan 6, 2007
Kenny Rogers has lost some fans in one neighborhood. Rogers bought a $2.3 million home in Sandy Springs in October 2005, but his demolition of the two-story house and plans to build another house on...
More »E! Online - Dec 21, 2006
Dolly Parton may not have had a problem with Jessica Simpson s poorly executed rendition of 9 to 5 at the Kennedy Center Honors this month, but the same can t be said for Simpson herself. The younger...
More »E! Online - Dec 8, 2006
Dolly Parton doesn t know what the big fuss is about. Hoping to dispel the tongue-wagging set off by Jessica Simpson s less-than-stellar rendition of 9 to 5 during the 29th Annual Kennedy Center...
More »E! Online - Dec 8, 2006
Scorned by country music radio, the Dixie Chicks are all right by the Grammys. The finger-pickin trio, just about nixed from Nashville for lead singer Natalie Maines off-handed insult of President Bush...
More »E! Online - Dec 7, 2006
Here s the complete list of nominees for the 49th Annual Grammy Awards. The awards will be presented Feb. 11 in Los Angeles: Album Of The Year Taking the Long Way, Dixie ChicksSt. Elsewhere, Gnarls...
More »Reuters - Aug 28, 2006
You may have seen the recent photos of Bob Dylan looking uncannily like Charlie Chaplin, and his 44th album, Modern Times, shares a title with Chaplin s 1936 classic about automation, big business and...
More »Reuters - Apr 2, 2006
Wanted: Hispanic country music star who can sell millions of records to Spanish- and English-speaking fans. All we need is a hero, somebody the Hispanic community would relate to and who wants to play...
More »E! Online - Feb 1, 2006
Apparently pop stardom is as easy as Simon Says. The Simon Cowell-shepherded pop opera foursome of Il Divo is following in the footsteps of Kelly Clarkson, Clay Aiken, Carrie Underwood et al., topping...
More »Reuters - Nov 26, 2005
SINGLE: JUST FEEL BETTER. Santana s previous I m Feeling You, the been-there-heard-that first single from his new All That I Am, showed that any acclaimed musician can fall victim to complacence. Second...
More »AP - Jul 20, 2005
Bonnie Raitt is being honored for her devotion to social, environmental and community issues by the National Association of Recording Merchandisers. The singer-songwriter will receive the Harry Chapin...
More »AP - Apr 13, 2005
Nadia Turner picked the wrong song on Tuesday s American Idol, and on Wednesday, she paid the price. Turner was voted off the Fox show after singing Crystal Gayle s When I Dream, a choice that the judges...
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 »Reuters - Dec 16, 2004
Snoop Dogg was too hot to drop from the top of Billboard s Hot 100 singles chart Thursday as his hit tune Drop It Like It s Hot featuring Pharrell logged a third week at No. 1. The cut stems from Snoop...
More »AP - Jun 23, 2004
At 65, Kenny Rogers familiar voice is raspier than it was 25 years ago on such hits as She Believes in Me and Coward of the County. But with his snowy white hair and beard intact, he remains one of...
More »AP - Jun 9, 2004
Country Music Television has come up with its list of the 100 greatest love songs, and No. 1 is Dolly Parton s I Will Always Love You, which she took to the top of the country charts in 1974. The song...
More »AP - Jun 9, 2004
Country Music Television s list of the 100 greatest love songs: 1. I Will Always Love You (Dolly Parton ) 2. You Were Always On My Mind (Willie Nelson ) 3. Sweet Dreams (Of You) (Patsy Cline )...
More »E! Online - Jun 9, 2004
Eight is apparently not enough for Usher. For the ninth time in 11 weeks of release, the R&B crooner s incredibly resilient breakout smash Confessions topped Billboard s album sales chart....
More »AP - Jun 9, 2004
Country music artists are hardly united in their support of the war in Iraq but you d never know it from listening to the radio. While Toby Keith , Darryl Worley and Charlie Daniels have scored...
More »AP - Jun 8, 2004
Organizers of a concert featuring Kenny Rogers , Ricky Van Shelton and Sara Evans say they fell far short of their goal of attracting 20,000 fans and raising some $600,000 for the town s empty coffers...
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