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America's New Year's host Dick Clark dead at 82
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dick Clark, the ever-youthful television host and tireless entrepreneur who helped bring rock 'n' roll into the mainstream on "American Bandstand," and later produced and hosted a vast range of programming from game shows to the...
Tags: ABC (tv network), Buddy Holly, Little Richard, American Idol (tv program), Game Shows
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Looking for Lenny
Fox 5 San Diego staffWhen I worked in radio years ago, I had friends with bands always bugging me to play their music on the air. They didn’t realize the big system in place that has record labels dictating what songs radio stations can play, and all that other...Tags: Buddy Holly, Carnegie Hall, Lenny Bruce, Robert Klein, Phyllis Diller
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Appreciation: Dick Clark and the TV-ization of rock 'n' roll
The Baltimore SunDick Clark, who died Wednesday at the age of 82, is rightfully being hailed as a pioneer of popular culture. And that's fair enough. In the 1950s, '60s and '70s, the reach of his daily"American Bandstand"show and his myriad prime-time special productions...Tags: ABC (tv network), Little Richard, American Bandstand (tv program) , Dick Clark, Entertainment
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'50s night Monday in Redfield
Iowa native Richie Lee will pay tribute to singers of the 1950s Monday night in Redfield.
Richie Lee and the Fabulous '50s perform at 7:30 p.m. at the South Dakota Developmental Center. Admission is by membership in the Redfield Area Concert...Tags: Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, Entertainment, Roy Orbison, Elvis Presley
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Chris Ethridge dies at 65; bassist in 1960s band Flying Burrito Brothers
Members of the International Submarine Band chose a name for their new group that practically ensured it would never rise above cult status, and sure enough, that band disappeared with barely a trace after making a handful of recordings in the mid-1960s....Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Pancreatic Cancer, Gram Parsons, Music Industry, Buffalo Springfield (music group)
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Latin legend still rockin'
Chicano rockabilly singer Chan Romero may not have enjoyed the flash-bang success of Richie Valens, but his role as an artistic trailblazer is equally significant. Romero, who will make a rare appearance here next Friday, is a key figure in Latin rock...Tags: Sonny Bono, Los Lobos (music group), Entertainment, Jerry Lee Lewis, Arts and Culture
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Tom Ardolino dies at 56; former NRBQ drummer
Members of the category-defying band NRBQ knew from the outset that their prospects of mainstream success were slim to none.
With a sound and attitude that embraced the seminal rock of Chuck Berry and no-borders expanse of free-form jazz...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Elvis Costello, Hospitals and Clinics, Behavioral Conditions, The Rolling Stones (music group)
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Joe Simon dies at 98; co-creator of Captain America
Joe Simon, a comic book industry pioneer whose defining career moment came in the dark days of March 1941 when he delivered a star-spangled superhero named Captain America, has died. He was 98.
Simon died Wednesday night in New York City after a brief...Tags: Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Book, Adolf Hitler, Marvel Entertainment, Inc.
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Day trips: Chuck Berry at D.C.'s Howard Theatre and more
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Chuck Berry at the Howard Theatre
The legendary Chuck Berry is part of the lineup of performers celebrating the reopening of Washington's historic Howard Theatre. The Howard began a $29 million renovation in 2010 and reopened this month....Tags: Discovery Communications, Inc., Cape May (Cape May, New Jersey), Duke Ellington, Science, Bill Nye the Science Guy (tv program)
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Video mash-up maker Andy Rehfeldt is quite the YouTube cutup
Pop & HissAndy Rehfeldt: Video mash-up master Andy Rehfeldt's work garners as many as 3 million views from a single video. Mash-up victims include pop star Rihanna, whom he has singing to country music, speed-metal icons Megadeth performing laid-back reggae and...
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