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    Jul 30, 2012 |Story| WSBT Radio

  1. Jump - Best Sports Song Ever?

    <span style=&quot;font-size: small;">With the 2012 London Olympic Games now in full swing, UK performing rights organization PRS for Music (Performing Rights Society) conducted a survey of the top 20 best sporting songs and the world&rsquo;s best Hurdlers, long, high and triple jumpers will be jumping for joy knowing Van Halen&rsquo;s &ldquo;Jump&rdquo; was the highest on the list. TheRolling Stones&rsquo; &ldquo;Start Me Up&rdquo; won the silver, coming in second place, and the Jackie Wilson 60&rsquo;s soul classic &ldquo;Higher and Higher&rdquo; took home the bronze, landing in third. Check out the full list of top 20 tunes <a href="http://www.classicrockmagazine.com/news/van-halen-track-voted-best-ever-sport-song/">here.</a></span>
    With the 2012 London Olympic Games now in full swing, UK performing rights organization PRS for Music (Performing Rights Society) conducted a survey of the top 20 best sporting songs and the world’s best Hurdlers, long, high and triple jumpers...

    Tags: Entertainment, Music, Olympic Games, Van Halen (music group)

    2. May 21, 2013 |Story| KWCH

  2. Hi Fi Hop gave Kansas teens a place to rock 'n' roll

    In the early 1950's a new kind of music called rock 'n' roll was taking over the airwaves. Girls in poodle skirts and guys in wing-tipped shoes danced to songs by Frankie Avalon and<a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpzV_0l5ILI" target="_blank"> Elvis Presley</a>. And for the next decade, a locally produced TV show called Hi Fi Hop captured the change in American culture.
    KWCH Eyewitness News
    In the early 1950's a new kind of music called rock 'n' roll was taking over the airwaves. Girls in poodle skirts and guys in wing-tipped shoes danced to songs by Frankie Avalon and Elvis Presley. And for the next decade, a locally produced TV show called...

    Tags: Television Industry, Entertainment, Music, Dance, Entertainment Events

    3. May 22, 2013 |Story| SFL

  3. How the Rascals got their groove back

    In a way, <strong>Steven Van Zandt</strong> wishes he could be in two places.
    Staff Writer
    In a way, Steven Van Zandt wishes he could be in two places. Of course, the rock guitarist and actor (“The Sopranos”) would like to stay on the Wrecking Ball Tour in Europe with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. But he also wishes...

    Tags: Entertainment, Music, Tony Awards, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Justice and Rights

    4. May 17, 2013 |Story| Orlando Sentinel

  4. Chris Simmons & Royal Blue headlines Mount Dora Blues and Wine Festival

    MOUNT DORA &mdash; The fifth annual Mount Dora Blues and Wine Festival will present headliners Chris Simmons &amp; Royal Blue and Thomas Wynn and the Believers plus a host of other blues performers and styles in the three-day event.
    MOUNT DORA — The fifth annual Mount Dora Blues and Wine Festival will present headliners Chris Simmons & Royal Blue and Thomas Wynn and the Believers plus a host of other blues performers and styles in the three-day event. Opening-night...

    Tags: Festive Events, Tampa, Muddy Waters, Wines, Leon Russell

    5. Apr 14, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  5. Songs, not stories, get top billing in 'Motown'

    NEW YORK — Berry Gordy, the man who discovered Diana Ross and The Supremes, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Mary Wells (and on and on), was a peerless record producer when it came to handpicking talent and building careers. But Berry Gordy, the...

    Tags: Diana Ross, Entertainment, Music, Berry Gordy, Motown Records

    6. Mar 12, 2013 | Allentown Morning Call

  6. Dr. John diverts praise for new disc with Black Keys guitarist, Grammy, Rock Hall to others

    Lehigh Valley Music presents FESTBLOG
    Even after a solo recording career that this year marks 45 years, even after being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, even after winning his sixth Grammy Award in February for his newest album, “Locked Down,” famed......
    7. Feb 21, 2013 |Story| SFL

  7. Al Jolson tribute at Cinema Paradiso in Fort Lauderdale

    <a href=&quot;http://www.jolson.org/" target="_blank">Al Jolson</a> can still pack them in the theater, 86 years after ushering in "the talkies" and 63 years after his death.
    Staff Writer
    Al Jolson can still pack them in the theater, 86 years after ushering in "the talkies" and 63 years after his death. At least that's the idea with the tribute by The Broward County Film Society (also called FLiFF) to the man billed as "The World’s...

    Tags: Fort Lauderdale, Entertainment, Judaism, Broward County, Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival

    8. Nov 28, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  8. Paul McCartney on (the topic of) drugs

    The <a href=&quot;http://www.loc.gov/index.html" target="_blank">Library of Congress</a> is full of wonderful treasures, and today it released a new chestful: a collection of interviews on topics such as sex, drugs and rock and roll.
    The Library of Congress is full of wonderful treasures, and today it released a new chestful: a collection of interviews on topics such as sex, drugs and rock and roll. Included is Paul McCartney relating how pot and other drugs boosted the Beatles'...

    Tags: Entertainment, Music, The Beatles (music group), Paul McCartney, Tony Bennett

    9. Nov 5, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  9. Presidential candidates find new ways to sell message through music

    The musical battle between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney heated up recently as Stevie Wonder released a funky new pro-Obama song called “Keep Moving Forward,” while Meat Loaf celebrated his support of Romney by belting a goofy “America...

    Tags: Barack Obama, Entertainment, Bill Clinton, Music, Political Candidates

    10. Aug 21, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  10. A very full load of nominees for this year's Equity Jeff Awards

    Apparently confronted by a plethora of riches in the past season of Chicago theater, the Joseph Jefferson Awards Committee offered up not the traditional four or five nominees one finds at the Tony Awards, for instance, but a bevy of nominees for its annual awards. In the case of best Equity production in Chicago last year, the committee came up a whopping 18 nominees, divided between &quot;large" and "midsized" companies. And that doesn't even include the musicals.
    Apparently confronted by a plethora of riches in the past season of Chicago theater, the Joseph Jefferson Awards Committee offered up not the traditional four or five nominees one finds at the Tony Awards, for instance, but a bevy of nominees for its...

    Tags: Entertainment, Steppenwolf Theatre, Clybourne Park (play), Sports, Tony Awards

    11. May 21, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  11. Daring 'Gaye' delivers stories and songs

    THEATER REVIEW: &quot;The Marvin Gaye Story" at Black Ensemble Theatre &#9733;&#9733;&#9733; ... This show is a significant step forward for director Jackie Taylor and her company at a critical juncture in their shared history.
    When Black Ensemble Theatre opened its beautiful new building in November, it did so with a show, "The Jackie Wilson Story," that not only was under-rehearsed but was merely a pro forma remount of a hit from the past. The second, far more successful...

    Tags: Entertainment, Music, Berry Gordy, Human Accomplishments, Motown Records

    12. May 3, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  12. 'American Idol' recap: Top 5 tackle the '60s and the Brits

    Show Tracker
    A recap of "American Idol" in which the top 5 -- Hollie Cavanagh, Jessica Sanchez, Phillip Phillips, Joshua Ledet and Skylar Laine -- perform....
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