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    Apr 1, 2013 |Story| WSBT Radio

  1. Legendary Producer Phil Ramone Dies

    <span style=&quot;font-size: small;">Multiple Grammy Award-winning producer Phil Ramone died Saturday at New York Presbyterian Hospital in New York City. He was 79. His son Matt confirmed his father was hospitalized in late February with an aortic aneurysm. Ramone won 14 Grammys and worked with a wide range of artists over his 50 years in the music business, including Ray Charles, Paul Simon, Chicago,Frank Sinatra, Bob Dylan, Billy Joel, Barbra Streisand, The Band, Donny Hathaway, Rod Stewart, Tony Bennett, Kenny Loggins, Barry Manilow, Dionne Warwick, Luciano Pavarotti and Phoebe Snow, among countless others. Ramone&rsquo;s work on Charles&rsquo; Genius Loves Company, Joel&rsquo;s 52nd Street and Simon&rsquo;s Still Crazy After All These Years helped those collections capture Grammys for Album of the Year. Ramone came to the United States from his native South Africa at the age of 10 to study violin at Julliard. At 18, he opened A&amp;R Recording Studios in New York City.</span>
    Multiple Grammy Award-winning producer Phil Ramone died Saturday at New York Presbyterian Hospital in New York City. He was 79. His son Matt confirmed his father was hospitalized in late February with an aortic aneurysm. Ramone won 14 Grammys and worked...

    Tags: Aneurysm, Tony Bennett, Rod Stewart, Entertainment, Billy Joel

    2. Nov 23, 2012 |Story| WSBT Radio

  2. 2013 Grammy Hall Of Fame Inductees

    <span style=&quot;font-size: small;">The latest list of legendary recordings selected to be enshrined in the Grammy Hall of Fame was revealed, and as one might expect, it includes some of the biggest names, albums and songs in the history of music. Among the 27 new titles chosen are Paul McCartney &amp; Wings album Band on the Run, AC/DC&rsquo;s album Back in Black, self-titled albums from Elton John and Whitney Houston, Little Richards&rsquo; Here&rsquo;s Little Richard, iconic songs such as Billy Joel&rsquo;s &ldquo;Piano Man,&rdquo; Frank Sinatra&rsquo;s &ldquo;Theme from New York, New York,&rdquo;Ray Charles&rsquo; &ldquo;Hit the Road Jack,&rdquo; The Drifters&rsquo; &ldquo;On Broadway,&rdquo; James Brown&rsquo;s &ldquo;I Got You (I Feel Good)&rdquo; andBob Dylan&rsquo;s &ldquo;The Times They Are A-Changin.&rsquo;&rdquo; Click <a href="http://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/press-release/the-recording-academy-announces-2013-grammy-hall-of-fame-inductees">here</a> for the complete list of 2013 Grammy Hall of Fame inductees.</span>
    The latest list of legendary recordings selected to be enshrined in the Grammy Hall of Fame was revealed, and as one might expect, it includes some of the biggest names, albums and songs in the history of music. Among the 27 new titles chosen are Paul...

    Tags: Elton John, Little Richard, Frank Sinatra, DC (music group), Paul McCartney

    3. Apr 1, 2013 |Story| SFL

  3. Diana Krall in Miami: 3 new songs we'd like to hear

    Diana Krall&rsquo;s arrival at Miami&rsquo;s Arsht Center Tuesday night offers a departure. The singer-pianist&rsquo;s performance is part of a tour in support of the album &ldquo;Glad Rag Doll,&rdquo; an October release on the Verve Records jazz label that was produced by T Bone Burnett, best known for the trail-blazing alt-country and roots rock of artists such as Roy Orbison, John Mellencamp,&nbsp; the Grammy- winning Allison Krauss/Robert Plant collaboration, and albums with Krall&rsquo;s husband, Elvis Costello.
    Diana Krall’s arrival at Miami’s Arsht Center Tuesday night offers a departure. The singer-pianist’s performance is part of a tour in support of the album “Glad Rag Doll,” an October release on the Verve Records jazz label...

    Tags: John Mellencamp, Stephen Marley, Roy Orbison, Van Morrison, Diana Krall

    4. Mar 31, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. An appreciation: Phil Ramone's golden ear for the hits

    That Phil Ramone was a musical force in the recording studio is undeniable, and the evidence lies in the range of his accomplishments. For example, within one three-year period in the early 1960s, Ramone mixed Lesley Gore's smash hit "It's My Party,"...

    Tags: Aretha Franklin, Human Accomplishments, Entertainment, Billy Joel, Dionne Warwick

    5. Mar 28, 2013 |Column| Hartford Courant

  5. Concord Music Acquisition Boosts Star Power For New Haven Firm

    For Brett D. Hellerman, CEO of Wood Creek Capital Management LLC in New Haven, buying one of the most prominent independent record companies is a coup for several reasons, not least a partnership with a revered Hollywood legend.
    The Hartford Courant
    For Brett D. Hellerman, CEO of Wood Creek Capital Management LLC in New Haven, buying one of the most prominent independent record companies is a coup for several reasons, not least a partnership with a revered Hollywood legend. Wood Creek's purchase...

    Tags: Ella Fitzgerald, Apple iTunes, Tony Bennett, Marvin Hamlisch, Paul McCartney

    6. Mar 21, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  6. Beavers defiant after convicted of tax evasion

    Cook County Commissioner William Beavers was convicted today on tax-evasion charges at the federal courthouse in downtown Chicago.
    Tribune reporter
    Cook County Commissioner William Beavers was convicted today on tax-evasion charges at the federal courthouse in downtown Chicago. A jury convicted Beavers on one count of corruptly impeding the Internal Revenue Service and three counts of filing a false...

    Tags: Judges, Taxation, Prosecution, Trials, Metal

    7. Mar 22, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  7. No blubbering from Beavers despite guilty verdict

    Just after Bill Beavers left the federal courtroom guilty on all counts &mdash; but before he'd go downstairs to play the defiant old-school Chicago pol for the TV cameras &mdash; he gave me a quiet shrug.
    Just after Bill Beavers left the federal courtroom guilty on all counts — but before he'd go downstairs to play the defiant old-school Chicago pol for the TV cameras — he gave me a quiet shrug. We were standing in the corridor Thursday...

    Tags: Political Corruption, Lawyers, Chicago City Hall, FBI, Lobbying

    8. Mar 5, 2013 |Story| Herald Mail

  8. Waynesboro Chocolate Extravaganza promising a sweet night of fun

    Area residents are invited to indulge in a sweet evening of chocolate when Mainstreet Waynesboro Inc. holds its seventh annual Chocolate Extravaganza on Friday from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Waynesboro Country Club.
    roxann.miller@herald-mail.com
    Area residents are invited to indulge in a sweet evening of chocolate when Mainstreet Waynesboro Inc. holds its seventh annual Chocolate Extravaganza on Friday from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Waynesboro Country Club. Organizers have planned an elegant evening...

    Tags: The Pointer Sisters (music group), Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia), Kenny Loggins, Music, Entertainment

    9. Mar 4, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  9. Ben Harper, Charlie Musselwhite put their stamp on the blues at the Riv

    Ben Harper name-checked a list of blues icons such as Skip James and Howlin' Wolf at the end of his concert with harmonica great Charlie Musselwhite at the Riviera Theatre Sunday night, and their influences certainly could be heard during the two-hour show. More notably, with Musselwhite's assistance, Harper put his own stamp on the blues, at once drawing on the genre's traditions and expanding on them.
    Ben Harper name-checked a list of blues icons such as Skip James and Howlin' Wolf at the end of his concert with harmonica great Charlie Musselwhite at the Riviera Theatre Sunday night, and their influences certainly could be heard during the two-hour...

    Tags: Charlie Musselwhite, Led Zeppelin (music group), Relentless7 (music group), Chester Arthur "Howlin' Wolf" Burnett, Music

    10. Mar 1, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  10. After 37 years of mixed success, Towson Center hosts final games

    Towson plays its final basketball games Saturday at the Towson Center, its home for 37 years. And then?
    Towson plays its final basketball games Saturday at the Towson Center, its home for 37 years. And then? Lights out. Court adjourned. Next year, the Tigers graduate to the Tiger Arena, a glitzy $72 million, 5,200-seat venue being built adjacent to the...

    Tags: College Basketball, Bob Hope, Bill Cosby, NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, Basketball

    11. Feb 14, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. PASSINGS: Michael Parrish, Bobby Sharp

    This article has been corrected. See note below for details.
    Michael Parrish Former editor of the Los Angeles Times magazine Michael Parrish, 67, who oversaw the reinvention of the Sunday magazine in the Los Angeles Times in the mid-1980s, died Friday of liver failure while under hospice care in the Los Angeles...

    Tags: Sammy Davis Jr., Los Angeles Times, Joe Cocker, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Entertainment

    12. Feb 17, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  12. Who says the Big Band era ended? 2 local ensembles argue otherwise

    Anyone who doubted the vitality of big-band jazz in the 21st century should have cruised the Chicago area on Saturday, when two of the city's finest ensembles offered distinctive ways of re-evaluating tradition.
    Anyone who doubted the vitality of big-band jazz in the 21st century should have cruised the Chicago area on Saturday, when two of the city's finest ensembles offered distinctive ways of re-evaluating tradition. Though each concert had its minor flaws,...

    Tags: Entertainment Events, University of Chicago, Culture, Concerts, Theater

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