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PASSINGS: Mark Haines
Mark Haines
Co-anchor of 'Squawk on the Street'
Mark Haines, 65, co-anchor of CNBCs morning "Squawk on the Street" show and one of the business news network's most recognized faces, died unexpectedly Tuesday evening at home, the network announced in New...Tags: Entertainment, CNBC (tv network), Peppermint, Strawberries, Music Industry
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PASSINGS: Bill Summers, John S. Carter, Ruth C. Cole
Bill Summers
He helped build racer that set speed record
Bill Summers, 75, who with his brother Bob built a four-engine racer called Goldenrod that in 1965 set a speed record for wheel-driven cars, died May 12 at his home in Ontario of natural causes,...Tags: Henry Ford, Tina Turner, Peppermint, Entertainment, Bob Seger
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Critic's Notebook: Hollywood landmark at a crossroads
When it opened in 1956, the Capitol Records building was surrounded mostly by surface parking lots, making it easy to spot from the nearby — and brand-new — Hollywood Freeway. The cylindrical design for the building, by Welton Becket and a...Tags: Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), Subway Transportation, Walt Disney, San Francisco, Travel
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Holiday CDs for every musical taste
![<i>This year's bounty</i><i>of new holiday releases offers </i><i>thoughts of the season from a slew of musicians, including a pair of singers who've officially "Got Talent," an "American Idol" alumnus, a neo-rockabilly hipster, a former member of an influential British pop-rock duo, a key voice from one of the most beloved Christmas albums of the rock era and a trio classic rockers' offspring with hits of their own.</i>](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2010-12/58268425-14135610.jpg "<i>This year's bounty</i><i>of new holiday releases offers </i><i>thoughts of the season from a slew of musicians, including a pair of singers who've officially "Got Talent,\" an \"American Idol\" alumnus, a neo-rockabilly hipster, a former member of an influential British pop-rock duo, a key voice from one of the most beloved Christmas albums of the rock era and a trio classic rockers' offspring with hits of their own.</i>")
This year's bountyof new holiday releases offers thoughts of the season from a slew of musicians, including a pair of singers who've officially "Got Talent," an "American Idol" alumnus, a neo-rockabilly hipster, a former member of an influential British...Tags: DVDs, Entertainment, Patsy Cline, Shelby Lynne, Johnny Mercer
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Ferlin Husky dies at 85; singer helped open doors for California strain of country music
![Ferlin Husky, a pioneering <a href="http://projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/ferlin-husky/">country music entertainer</a> in the 1950s and early 1960s who helped open the door for performers specializing in a distinctively twangy California strain of country, died Thursday. He was 85.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-03/60211859-17232411-187104.jpg "Ferlin Husky, a pioneering <a href="http://projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/ferlin-husky/\">country music entertainer</a> in the 1950s and early 1960s who helped open the door for performers specializing in a distinctively twangy California strain of country, died Thursday. He was 85.")
Ferlin Husky, a pioneering country music entertainer in the 1950s and early 1960s who helped open the door for performers specializing in a distinctively twangy California strain of country, died Thursday. He was 85.
Husky, who was inducted into the...Tags: Elvis Presley, Surgery, Merle Haggard, Entertainment, Zsa Zsa Gabor
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Ralph Mooney dies at 82; influential steel guitarist played with Buck Owens, Waylon Jennings and Merle Haggard
Ralph Mooney, the influential steel guitarist whose crisp, melodically rich and rhythmically buoyant sound bolstered dozens of country music hits by artists including Buck Owens, Merle Haggard, Wynn Stewart and Wanda Jackson before he joined Waylon...Tags: Willie Nelson, Elections, Merle Haggard, Texas, Waylon Jennings
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March 15: Music Lounge - Smoking Popes
WGN NewsSmoking Popes To purchase a copy of the cd: This Is Only a Test "Ever wonder what a traditional saloon singer would sound like backed up by a punk band? The Smoking Popes take that concept one step further: They've created a unique kind of music...Tags: Allison (music group), SXSW Music and Media Conference & Festival, Jimmy Eat World (music group), Los Angeles Times, Punk (genre)
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Website to pay $950K for posting Beatles hits
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A website that sold Beatles songs online for 25 cents apiece before they became legally available has agreed to pay record companies nearly $1 million to settle a federal lawsuit. U.S. District Judge Josephine Staton Tucker...Tags: Popular Music (genre), Music Industry, Anti Trust Crime, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Companies and Corporations
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Charlie Louvin dies at 83; country singer
Charlie Louvin, the country singer whose scintillating harmonizing with his brother Ira created a distinctive template for duet singing that strongly influenced the Everly Brothers, the Beatles, the Byrds and successive generations of singers including...Tags: Merle Haggard, Garth Brooks, Kansas (music group), Music Industry, Dolly Parton
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Margaret Whiting dies at 86; pop singer mentored by Johnny Mercer
![Margaret Whiting, a pop singer for television, film, cabaret and Broadway whose recordings of such standards as "That Old Black Magic" and "Come Rain or Come Shine" sold millions of copies in the 1940s and '50s, has died. She was 86.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-01/58757785-12172641.jpg "Margaret Whiting, a pop singer for television, film, cabaret and Broadway whose recordings of such standards as "That Old Black Magic\" and \"Come Rain or Come Shine\" sold millions of copies in the 1940s and '50s, has died. She was 86.")
Margaret Whiting, a pop singer for television, film, cabaret and Broadway whose recordings of such standards as "That Old Black Magic" and "Come Rain or Come Shine" sold millions of copies in the 1940s and '50s, has died. She was 86.
Whiting died...Tags: Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), Margaret Whiting, Entertainment, Movies, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Liz Phair picks a fight
Liz Phair is a sellout.
And a copycat, and a Sheryl Crow and an Avril Lavigne, but most of all, a former hero. So says the naggy, invisible Greek chorus of former and current fans, purists, naysayers, and kneejerk critics who greet every record she's put...Tags: Keith Richards, Avril Lavigne, Sheryl Crow, Reviews, Liz Phair
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Library of Congress builds the record collection of the century
About an hour south of Washington, D.C., deep beneath rolling hills near the verdant Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, lies a storehouse filled with bounty.
At one time, during the Cold War, that treasure was cash — about $3-billion worth —...Tags: Entertainment, Movies, Leonard Bernstein, Benny Goodman, Music Industry
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