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Face to Face: A Conversation with Bobby Jones
Singer and television personality talks about his efforts to make South Florida the gospel music capital. Q. Explain the concept behind the gospel music complex. A. I'm the recipient of the concept, actually. The Convention and Visitors Bureau in Fort...Tags: Christianity, Television, Fort Lauderdale, Entertainment, Washington, DC
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Jerry Wexler, 91; influential music producer coined 'rhythm and blues'
![Jerry Wexler, the influential Atlantic Records producer who coined the term "rhythm and blues" before helping shape that sound into one of the most powerful musical forces of the 1950s and '60s, died Friday morning at his home in Sarasota, Fla. He was 91.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2008-08/41632925-15093855.jpg "Jerry Wexler, the influential Atlantic Records producer who coined the term "rhythm and blues\" before helping shape that sound into one of the most powerful musical forces of the 1950s and '60s, died Friday morning at his home in Sarasota, Fla. He was 91.")
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterJerry Wexler, the influential Atlantic Records producer who coined the term "rhythm and blues" before helping shape that sound into one of the most powerful musical forces of the 1950s and '60s, died Friday morning at his home in Sarasota, Fla. He was 91....Tags: Phil Spector, Texas, Washington (U.S. state), Music Industry, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum
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The new Melinda Doolittle: Proudly old-fashioned
Melinda Doolittle had many reasons to let nearly two years pass between the end of her "American Idol" stint and the beginning of her solo recording career. The Season 6 third-place runner-up spent time mulling over the styles that she'd already...Tags: Celine Dion, Movies, Sammy Cahn, Bible, Gladys Knight
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KNOTT'S BERRY FARM KJLH RADIO GOSPEL SHOWCASE
Gayle Anderson was live at Southern Missionary Baptist Church, one of MANY participants in this Saturday's GOSPEL SHOWCASE. Now in its 9th Year, Knott's Berry Farm and KJLH Radio, 102.3 FM, have teamed up to present the hottest gospel music performers...Tags: Farms, Scott Adams, Baptist, Buena Park, Family
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Essential Elvis? Here it is
![The latest album in RCA's endless Elvis Presley's CD reissue series may have "essential" in the title, but don't believe it. RCA has called nearly a dozen earlier albums or boxed sets "essential," and few have lived up to the claim.](http://www.calendarlive.com/media/thumbnails/story/2007-02/27756518.jpg "The latest album in RCA's endless Elvis Presley's CD reissue series may have "essential\" in the title, but don't believe it. RCA has called nearly a dozen earlier albums or boxed sets \"essential,\" and few have lived up to the claim.")
Special to The TimesThe latest album in RCA's endless Elvis Presley's CD reissue series may have "essential" in the title, but don't believe it. RCA has called nearly a dozen earlier albums or boxed sets "essential," and few have lived up to the claim. However, there is one...Tags: Kentucky, Documentary (genre), Hotels and Accommodations, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Arts and Culture
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Live: Christian McBride's 'The Movement Revisited' at Disney Hall
![There was a remarkable atmosphere of synchronicity during the performance of Christian McBride's "The Movement Revisited" at Walt Disney Concert Hall on Friday night. And maybe a trace of irony as well.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2008-05/39009949-18211724.jpg "There was a remarkable atmosphere of synchronicity during the performance of Christian McBride's "The Movement Revisited\" at Walt Disney Concert Hall on Friday night. And maybe a trace of irony as well.")
Special to The TimesThere was a remarkable atmosphere of synchronicity during the performance of Christian McBride's "The Movement Revisited" at Walt Disney Concert Hall on Friday night. And maybe a trace of irony as well. The four-section suite for big jazz band, small...Tags: African Americans, Big Band (genre), Politics, Justice and Rights, Malcolm X
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Jypsi: A family band's breakthrough plans
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterTHE STAR-MAKING machine in Nashville does a lot of things well, but nurturing musicians who work outside the box isn't one of them. In the 1950s, Buddy Holly was rebuffed when he first recorded there, and Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings spent most of...Tags: Waylon Jennings, Sony Corp., Bars and Clubs, Texas, Hotels and Accommodations
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Van Morrison takes listeners on his spiritual journey
One of the conundrums facing anyone who makes music for a living is that live music frequently isn't. Truly alive, that is.
The brutal reality of mounting a major concert tour is that it requires intensive rehearsals and meticulous planning of sound,...Tags: Vehicles, Neil Young, New York, Van Morrison, Bob Dylan
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Spreading the gospel music
![OAKLAND -- The members of the McCoy Memorial Baptist Church choir in Los Angeles have been working very hard lately. The 40-member ensemble normally meets once a week at its East 46th Street home. But since reaching the L.A. regional semifinals of the "How Sweet the Sound" nationwide gospel choir competition, it has held extra rehearsals and a weekend "boot camp" to lick into shape its version of the gospel standard "Pass Me Not."](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2008-10/42841293-12135257.jpg "OAKLAND -- The members of the McCoy Memorial Baptist Church choir in Los Angeles have been working very hard lately. The 40-member ensemble normally meets once a week at its East 46th Street home. But since reaching the L.A. regional semifinals of the "How Sweet the Sound\" nationwide gospel choir competition, it has held extra rehearsals and a weekend \"boot camp\" to lick into shape its version of the gospel standard \"Pass Me Not.\"")
Special to The TimesOAKLAND -- The members of the McCoy Memorial Baptist Church choir in Los Angeles have been working very hard lately. The 40-member ensemble normally meets once a week at its East 46th Street home. But since reaching the L.A. regional semifinals of the...Tags: Golden State Warriors, Judges, Baptist, Music Industry, Christianity
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PASSINGS
Marilyn Cooper Broadway star won a Tony Award Marilyn Cooper, 74, a Broadway actress best known for her Tony-winning performance in the musical "Woman of the Year," died Wednesday after a long illness at the Actors Fund Home in Englewood, N.J., said...Tags: Timothy Wright, Bronx (New York City), Celebrities, Cheers (tv program), Music Industry
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Radio dial
AM - WMBC: 560. University of Maryland, Baltimore County. - WCAO: 600. Gospel music. - WCBM: 680. News, talk, information, business and sports. - WBMD: 750. Sundays: religious and ethnic programs. Weekdays: religious programs. (Dawn to dusk.) - WYRE:...Tags: Towson University, Entertainment, NPR, Adults, Education
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Country music singer-songwriter Vern Gosdin dies
![Vern Gosdin, a singer-songwriter whose "Chiseled in Stone" was named the Country Music Assn.'s song of the year in 1989, has died. He was 70.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2009-04/46618379-30174037-146110.jpg "Vern Gosdin, a singer-songwriter whose "Chiseled in Stone\" was named the Country Music Assn.'s song of the year in 1989, has died. He was 70.")
Times Staff And Wire ReportsVern Gosdin, a singer-songwriter whose "Chiseled in Stone" was named the Country Music Assn.'s song of the year in 1989, has died. He was 70. FOR THE RECORD: An obituary in Wednesday's A section said the country music singer-songwriter was 70 when he...Tags: Birmingham , Emmylou Harris, Tammy Wynette, Funeral Parlor and Crematorium, Long Beach (Los Angeles, California)
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