Posts Tagged ‘singer’

Stevie Wonder ‘extortion plot’

Saturday, May 12th, 2012

Two people are arrested in the US and charged with trying to extort money from the singer Stevie Wonder.

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What Really Killed Whitney

Sunday, April 29th, 2012

Why no one could save the singer from herself.

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Faithfull’s troubled past on show

Friday, April 20th, 2012

Marianne Faithfull, the singer and former muse of Mick Jagger, uses an art exhibition at the Tate Liverpool gallery to confront her troubled past.

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Faithfull’s troubled past on show

Leonard Cohen’s ex-manager jailed

Friday, April 20th, 2012

Leonard Cohen’s former manager is jailed for 18 months for harassing the singer-songwriter.

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Leonard Cohen’s ex-manager jailed

Cohen ex-manager convicted in US

Friday, April 13th, 2012

Leonard Cohen’s former manager is found guilty of harassing the singer by a court in Los Angeles.

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Cohen ex-manager convicted in US

TV Column: ‘Glee’ doesn’t get a Whitney Houston ratings bump

Thursday, February 16th, 2012

Cable news networks are still recovering from the shock of hearing that Whitney Houston’s family put the kibosh on any plans to host a public memorial for the singer and that Houston’s funeral will be private. Read full article > >

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TV Column: ‘Glee’ doesn’t get a Whitney Houston ratings bump

TV Column: ‘Glee’ doesn’t get a Whitney Houston ratings bump

Thursday, February 16th, 2012

Cable news networks are still recovering from the shock of hearing that Whitney Houston’s family put the kibosh on any plans to host a public memorial for the singer and that Houston’s funeral will be private. Read full article > >

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TV Column: ‘Glee’ doesn’t get a Whitney Houston ratings bump

Hunt for lowest ever bass singer

Friday, February 3rd, 2012

A record company has begun a worldwide search for the singer who can sing a note so low that it is thought never to have been sung before.

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Hunt for lowest ever bass singer

Hunt for lowest ever bass singer

Friday, February 3rd, 2012

A record company has begun a worldwide search for the singer who can sing a note so low that it is thought never to have been sung before.

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Hunt for lowest ever bass singer

Complete Album Sales Showed Slight Growth in 2011

Thursday, January 5th, 2012

Driven largely by digital purchases, and by the singer Adele, sales of complete albums in the United States grew by 1.3 percent from 2010.

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Occupy Wall Street inspires a new generation of protest songs

Monday, October 17th, 2011

The night before the Oct. 6 start of the occupation of Freedom Plaza , the singer-songwriting duo Emma’s Revolution stood before a packed protest-planning rally at Busboys and Poets, fiddling with chords, harmonies and a lyric sheet. They were in town from Occupy Boston and were still getting the hang of a song they had been inspired to write on the road down: “Occupy D.C.” Read full article > >

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Murray drops Jackson drug claim

Wednesday, October 12th, 2011

Defence lawyers for Dr Conrad Murray, on trial for the death of Michael Jackson, have dropped a claim that the singer swallowed a fatal dose of propofol.

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ESPN drops Hank Williams Jr. from Monday night’s football opening after singer compares Obama to Hitler

Monday, October 3rd, 2011

Hours after country singer Hank Williams Jr. went on a morning talk show and likened President Barack Obama to Adolf Hitler, ESPN announced it had dropped the singer as the opening of this week’s “Monday Night Football.” “While Hank Williams Jr. is not an ESPN employee, we recognize he is closely linked to our company through the opening to ‘Monday Night Football,’” the Disney-owned sports cable network said Monday afternoon its statement. Read full article > >

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Jackson doctor ‘silent on drugs’

Saturday, October 1st, 2011

The Michael Jackson death trial hears his doctor did not reveal Jackson had used a surgical sedative, and the singer seemed lifeless when paramedics arrived.

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Jackson doctor ‘silent on drugs’

Jackson doctor ‘silent on drugs’

Saturday, October 1st, 2011

The Michael Jackson death trial hears his doctor did not reveal Jackson had used a surgical sedative, and the singer seemed lifeless when paramedics arrived.

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Jackson doctor ‘silent on drugs’