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    Oct 18, 2012 |Story| WSBT Radio

  1. Adele's 'Someone Like You' One of Top Songs Played at Funerals

    <span style=&quot;color: #323232; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; display: inline !important; float: none;">Adele's 'Someone Like You' might have been an international chart success, but it's now entered at number 22 of the funeral music chart.</span>
    Adele's 'Someone Like You' might have been an international chart success, but it's now entered at number 22 of the funeral music chart. The track, which in July 2011 became the first single of the decade to sell a million in the United Kingdom, has...

    Tags: Celine Dion, Music, Adele (music artist), Robbie Williams, Luther Vandross

    2. Apr 4, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  2. Cole Porter tribute offers triumphs and missed opportunities

    Why do Cole Porter's songs still get under our skin?
    Why do Cole Porter's songs still get under our skin? For starters, his lyrics show a degree of poetry, wit and insight unattained before he began penning hits in the late 1920s and rarely has been matched in American song since (though Stephen...

    Tags: Ella Fitzgerald, Music, Entertainment, Tony Bennett, Frank Sinatra

    3. Apr 2, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  3. Remembering the 'Little Giant,' jazz saxophonist Johnny Griffin

    Ask anyone who loves jazz to the name the top tenor saxophonist of all time, and he or she probably will answer in a flash.
    Ask anyone who loves jazz to the name the top tenor saxophonist of all time, and he or she probably will answer in a flash. To many, it's Sonny Rollins, at 82 still a giant. Or Gene Ammons, the long-gone, soulful player from the South Side of Chicago....

    Tags: Sonny Rollins, Music, University of Chicago, Thelonious Monk, Physical Conditions

    4. Mar 22, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Bebo Valdes, Cuban pianist and composer, dies at 94

    Bebo Valdes, the legendary Grammy-winning Cuban pianist, composer and father of his equally accomplished pianist son, Chucho Valdes, has died in Sweden at 94.
    Bebo Valdes, the legendary Grammy-winning Cuban pianist, composer and father of his equally accomplished pianist son, Chucho Valdes, has died in Sweden at 94. During his artistic prime, in the 1940s and '50s, the elder Valdes ranked among the key...

    Tags: Sweden, Music, Cuba, Entertainment, Music Industry

    5. Dec 28, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  5. Deirdre Capone softens a notorious icon

    What's in a name? If you're a Chicagoan and your surname is Capone, everything. There is perhaps no more notorious name associated with the city (except perhaps Gacy, or for a time, Bartman). Growing up, Deirdre Marie Capone lived what she calls a &quot;shame-based existence" and struggled with her family ties to one of the towering crime bosses of the 20th century.
    What's in a name? If you're a Chicagoan and your surname is Capone, everything. There is perhaps no more notorious name associated with the city (except perhaps Gacy, or for a time, Bartman). Growing up, Deirdre Marie Capone lived what she calls a "shame-...

    Tags: Star Trek (movie, 2009), The Untouchables (movie), Authors, Newspaper and Magazine, St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1929)

    6. Jan 31, 2013 |Story| Daily American

  6. Dinner theater comes to Oakhurst Tea Room

    Love Songs &amp; Valentines Dinner Theatre Show will be presented at the Oakhurst Tea Room in Somerset at 6 p.m. Feb. 14.
    Love Songs & Valentines Dinner Theatre Show will be presented at the Oakhurst Tea Room in Somerset at 6 p.m. Feb. 14. The show is presented by Alabaster Productions, featuring Mary McCormack, with special guest Jessie Glover. "The great romantic songs...

    Tags: Father's Day, Mary McCormack, Whitney Houston, Celine Dion, Broadway Theater

    7. Jan 7, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. Tony Lip dies at 82; character actor known for mob roles

    Tony Lip, 82, a veteran character actor known for playing mob roles on &quot;The Sopranos" television show and in films, died Friday at a hospital in Teaneck, N.J. Family members told New Jersey's Record newspaper that Lip, a resident of Paramus, N.J., had been in failing health in recent years.
    Tony Lip, 82, a veteran character actor known for playing mob roles on "The Sopranos" television show and in films, died Friday at a hospital in Teaneck, N.J. Family members told New Jersey's Record newspaper that Lip, a resident of Paramus, N.J., had...

    Tags: Bobby Darin, The Godfather (movie), Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Celebrities

    8. Jan 25, 2013 | Los Angeles Times

  8. Angus Scrimm, ‘Phantasm’s’ Tall Man, still a striking presence

    Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - latimes.com
    Angus Scrimm always thought that he would be the star of “sophisticated, witty drawing-room comedies.” But instead of making people ......
    9. Jan 23, 2013 |Story| SFL

  9. Live music this week: Modern grooves, classic influences

    Remembrance of Martin Luther King Jr.'s work takes many shapes. One of them is a Sunday night performance by <strong>Young Jeezy</strong> at Pompano's Club Cinema. Jeezy's &quot;Its tha World" mixtape dropped this past December, adding to the ranks of trap hip-hop records hailing from the South. Showtime and ticket prices are not noted on concert announcements, but you can call 954-865-9083 or visit <a href="https://www.facebook.com/forbiddenentlive" target="_blank">Facebook.com/ForbiddenEntLive</a> for more information.
    Remembrance of Martin Luther King Jr.'s work takes many shapes. One of them is a Sunday night performance by Young Jeezy at Pompano's Club Cinema. Jeezy's "Its tha World" mixtape dropped this past December, adding to the ranks of trap hip-hop records...

    Tags: Natalie Cole, Music, Entertainment, Fiona Apple, Martin Luther King Jr.

    10. Jan 3, 2013 |Story| Hartford Courant

  10. A Classical Voice For Hartford Stage's 'Breath & Imagination'

    Jubilant Sykes has sung classical and spiritual music at the Metropolitan Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, London's Barbican Centre and the Hollywood Bowl.
    The Hartford Courant
    Jubilant Sykes has sung classical and spiritual music at the Metropolitan Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, London's Barbican Centre and the Hollywood Bowl. But Hartford Stage is a decidedly different venue for a veteran of...

    Tags: California State University, Fullerton, Ruby Dee, Slavery, Marian Anderson, Music

    11. Jan 17, 2013 |Story| SFL

  11. The Go Guide weekend preview: Dream girls we love

    A dream I have. I originally worded that the other way around, but didn&rsquo;t want to trivialize the brave vision of Dr. King, who, as I was explaining to the kids the other day, should be represented right next to Lincoln on Mount Rushmore, which purports to be a place to &ldquo;learn about the birth, growth, development and preservation of the country&rdquo; and &ldquo;[from] the first inhabitants to the diversity of America today &hellip; brings visitors face to face with the rich heritage we all share.&rdquo;
    A dream I have. I originally worded that the other way around, but didn’t want to trivialize the brave vision of Dr. King, who, as I was explaining to the kids the other day, should be represented right next to Lincoln on Mount Rushmore, which...

    Tags: American Airlines Arena, AEG, Apollo Theater, Music, Coral Gables

    12. Jan 17, 2013 | Allentown Morning Call

  12. 'American Idol' premiere shows auditions by Berks, Montco men, but the joke's on them

    Lehigh Valley Music presents FESTBLOG
    The good news: Two people from counties surrounding the Lehigh Valley showed up on the premiere episode of Season 12 of “American Idol” on Wednesday. The bad news: Neither is going to the Hollywood round. Both were joke contestants never......
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