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Mitch Miller dies at 99; musical innovator and host of 'Sing Along With Mitch'
![Mitch Miller, who helped shape musical tastes in the 1950s and early '60s as the head of the popular music division at Columbia Records and hosted the hit "Sing Along With Mitch" TV show in the early '60s while becoming one of the era's most commercially successful recording artists, has died. He was 99.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2010-08/55319831-02154654.jpg "Mitch Miller, who helped shape musical tastes in the 1950s and early '60s as the head of the popular music division at Columbia Records and hosted the hit "Sing Along With Mitch\" TV show in the early '60s while becoming one of the era's most commercially successful recording artists, has died. He was 99.")
Mitch Miller, who helped shape musical tastes in the 1950s and early '60s as the head of the popular music division at Columbia Records and hosted the hit "Sing Along With Mitch" TV show in the early '60s while becoming one of the era's most...Tags: Popular Music (genre), Frank Sinatra, Children, Texas, Vic Damone
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Lakers reserve guard Sasha Vujacic buys W Hollywood Residences condo.
Lakers reserve guard Sasha Vujacic has purchased a unit at the W Hollywood Residences.
The condominium, in the $350-million development at the landmark intersection of Hollywood and Vine, has two bedrooms and 2 1/2 bathrooms in about 2,100 square feet....Tags: Guns N' Roses (music group), Frank Sinatra, Melanie Griffith, Football, Perry Como
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Kansas Hall of Fame shows love to Rudy Love
![<span style="font-size: small;">He's been making music for decades. Now, there's a new honor for Rudy Love.</span>](http://media.trb.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-03/59839668-03161308.jpg "<span style="font-size: small;\">He's been making music for decades. Now, there's a new honor for Rudy Love.</span>")
KWCH 12 Eyewitness NewsHe's been making music for decades. Now, there's a new honor for Rudy Love. This weekend, the Wichita musician will be inducted into the Kansas Music Hall of Fame in Lawrence. Love says the honor actual comes early when you consider jazz musicians like...Tags: Music Industry, Kansas (music group), Human Interest, Wichita (Sedgwick, Kansas)
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St. Patrick's Day provides time for some jazz
Tyler Mire, a graduate student in jazz composition at the University of North Texas, will perform tonight at a Northern State University concert. Three NSU jazz ensembles will present the concert, which begins at 7:30 tonight in the Johnson Fine Arts...Tags: John Coltrane, Colleges and Universities, Education, St. Patrick's Day, Billy Joel
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In The Pipeline: Musical master visits Surf City's neighbor
It's not often that you get to speak with a musical legend as lasting and impactful as Herb Alpert. Given that he will be performing May 20 in our backyard at the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall in Costa Mesa, I thought you might enjoy this....Tags: Janet Jackson, Lifetime (tv network), Al Green, Herb Alpert, Peter Frampton
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Bob Flanigan dies at 84; founding member of the Four Freshmen
Bob Flanigan, a founding member and original lead singer of the innovative vocal group the Four Freshmen, whose elegantly intricate jazz-rooted singing was a profound influence on Beach Boys mastermind Brian Wilson as well as the Lettermen, the...Tags: Duke Ellington, Students, Jack Teagarden, Physical Conditions, World War II (1939-1945)
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Buddy Collette, L.A. jazz musician and activist, dies at 89
Culture MonsterOne of the key figures on the Los Angeles jazz scene, Buddy Collette was a saxophonist, flautist, bandleader and educator who also worked as an advocate for the rights of African American musicians. Collette passed away on Sunday at the...... -
Google honors jazz great Dizzy Gillespie with doodle
Culture MonsterThose yellow circles on his face are the famous balloon cheeks that would inflate each time Dizzy Gillespie would put lips to trumpet. On Thursday, the jazz great became the latest cultural icon to be honored with a doodle on...... -
The clarinet stories of jazz player Ben Goldberg
Culture MonsterCatching up with jazz clarinetist Ben Goldberg and his Go Home combo.... -
Album review: Charlie Haden's 'Sophisticated Ladies' CD
Culture MonsterCharlie Haden Quartet West, 'Sophisticated Ladies' (Emarcy) Listen to this album on the right kind of night, and you can practically watch your field of vision shift from color into a smoky sort of black and white. Which isn't to...... -
Portland's Blue Cranes take wing on the rails
Culture MonsterWith gas prices headed into orbit, launching a cross-country tour is more difficult than ever for an up-and-coming band. In a move that's as consistent with jazz tradition as it is a departure from 21st century practices, Portland's Blue Cranes...... -
'Icons Among Us': What we talk about when we talk about jazz
Culture MonsterIt's a little hard not to feel like a cheerleader when discussing the jazz documentary "Icons Among Us: Jazz in the Present Tense," a feature-length examination of 21st century jazz condensed from a four-part series that aired last year on......
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