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Patti Page dies at 85; singer helped widen country music audience
Patti Page, the Oklahoma-born pop singer whose gossamer voice on "The Tennessee Waltz," "The Doggie in the Window" and other 1950s hits offered a soothing counterpart to the revolutionary new sound of rock 'n' roll, died New Year's Day in Encinitas,...
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Twelve Great Connecticut Local Band Christmas Songs
- The Gravel Pit, Sucking on a Holiday Treat. An avowed tribute to the bubblegum pop of The Archies (who didn’t release their own Christmas album until just a few years ago), this mid-‘90s pop confection arrived as The Gravel Pit was...Tags: Westport, Paul Williams, Michael Bolton, Holidays, Christmas Music (genre)
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PIX11 Yule Log to Air on Christmas Day -- and Watch Out For Other WPIX Holiday Traditions
It wouldn't be a holiday in New York without the PIX11 Yule Log! The Yule Log, the famous film loop of a burning log in a hearth, has warmed the hearts of` viewers since it debuted on PIX in 1966. To celebrate the fabled fire stick's 46th anniversary,...Tags: Shelley Long, Television Networks, Jane Krakowski, Harry Connick Jr., Katie Cassidy
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Original TV Yule Log still burning after 45 years
Channel Guide MagazineThe other day, we told you about the Yule Log that has been produced by iN DEMAND for VOD cable viewers in the last decade or so. But the famous televised Yule Log that started it all on WPIX in New York in 1966 is also still burning strong on many... -
TV This Week for August 7th - 13th
Show TrackerClick here to download TV listings for the week of Aug. 7 - 13 in PDF format TV listings for the week of Aug. 7 - 13 in PDF format (from latimes.com/entertainment/news/tv) Weekly TV Listings and more can be found...... -
'Hamlet,' Hank and the Bard
Pop & HissThe Bard and country music have more similarities than you’d think — one being explorations of tragedy. Sure, Dolly sang about her ‘Romeo,’ but why hasn’t there been more coming together of the two?... -
Mitch Miller dies at 99; musical innovator and host of 'Sing Along With Mitch'
![Mitch Miller, who helped shape musical tastes in the 1950s and early '60s as the head of the popular music division at Columbia Records and hosted the hit "Sing Along With Mitch" TV show in the early '60s while becoming one of the era's most commercially successful recording artists, has died. He was 99.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2010-08/55319831-02154654.jpg "Mitch Miller, who helped shape musical tastes in the 1950s and early '60s as the head of the popular music division at Columbia Records and hosted the hit "Sing Along With Mitch\" TV show in the early '60s while becoming one of the era's most commercially successful recording artists, has died. He was 99.")
Mitch Miller, who helped shape musical tastes in the 1950s and early '60s as the head of the popular music division at Columbia Records and hosted the hit "Sing Along With Mitch" TV show in the early '60s while becoming one of the era's most...Tags: Tony Bennett, Grammy Awards, New York, Ava Gardner, Children
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Iggy Pop interview: Playing with the Stooges is like being beaten up by a middle-aged gang
Turn It UpIggy Pop and James Williamson in London, 1972. (Courtesy of Columbia Records) When Iggy Pop and the Stooges played their final concert in 1974, Pop was knocked cold by a bottle hurled from a hostile audience. The band disintegrated amid...... -
Theater review: Leslie Uggams in 'Uptown Downtown' at Pasadena Playhouse
Culture MonsterEight musicians flank Leslie Uggams as she sings her way through "Uptown Downtown," an autobiography told in music, at the Pasadena Playhouse. But really, there are nine instrumentalists up there, because Uggams herself could be listed among the horns.... -
'Catch Me If You Can' on Broadway: What did the critics think?
Culture MonsterCritics lukewarm to new 'Catch Me If You Can' musical... -
Gone but not forgotten, 2010: Goodbye to some true TV icons
Zap2ItIt's natural with the dawn of a new year to bid farewell to the old, and to those who left with it. In terms of television talents lost in 2010, though, the ritual hits particularly close to the heart. A number of genuine icons of the home screen...Tags: 48 Hours (tv program), The A-Team (movie), Dynasty (tv program), Television, Tom Selleck
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Sing Along Master Mitch Miller Dies
KTLA NewsNEW YORK -- Mitch Miller, the goateed Master of the Singalong, who became a hugely popular recording artist and an unlikely television star a half century ago by leading a choral group in familiar old songs and inviting people to sing along, died Saturday...Tags: Tony Bennett, Celebrities, Hospitals and Clinics, Gang Activity, Frankie Laine
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