AP - Jan 17, 2008
NEW YORK (AP) Back in the Apollo Theater s heyday, audience members walked through an ornate, spacious lobby. Inside the theater, hand-painted detailing decorated the walls. And on the stage, stars...
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Nine-time Grammy winner Herbie Hancock was honored Wednesday with the Jazz Masters Fellowship Award from the National Endowment of the Arts. Hancock received the award, the government s most prestigious...
More »Reuters - Mar 27, 2004
Famous Music Publishing has picked up exclusive worldwide rights for most of the classic pop and R&B songs written by Clyde Otis and Brook Benton. The Clyde Otis Music Group (TCOMG) s newly minted,...
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After 10 years in musical seclusion due to family turmoil, Anita Baker is returning to the spotlight. The Grammy-winning R&B songstress has signed a deal with Blue Note Records to produce at least two...
More »Reuters - Feb 6, 2004
Cupid is taking aim at music lovers. For the past three years, music sales during the week of Valentine s Day have been second only to the boffo weeks leading up to Christmas. Last year, 13.9 million...
More »USRN - Apr 15, 2003
(4/14/03, 10 a.m. ET) -- Classic collections of nine revered female jazz vocalists of the past will be re-released next month as part of Verve s new Divas Collection. A tenth album, The Ultimate Divas...
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