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Olivia Newton-John's early, later songs outshine 1970s hits at Easton's State Theatre
Lehigh Valley Music presents FESTBLOGWhen it comes to music, the 1970s was a vapid wasteland. So did Olivia Newton-John’s more than a dozen Top 10 songs in that decade mean she was that good, or just that everything else was just so bad? Turns...... -
Tony Sheridan dies; singer backed by Beatles on 'My Bonnie' was 72
The first song the broader world heard from the Beatles wasn't one of the pop-music gems that seemed to flow so effortlessly from the pens of John Lennon and Paul McCartney, nor was it any of their versions of American R&B and blues songs that were a...Tags: Entertainment, England, The Ed Sullivan Show (tv program), Norwich, Paul McCartney
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PASSINGS: Roland Moritz, David A. Braun, Laurie Gottlieb
Roland Moritz Longtime L.A. Philharmonic flutist Roland Moritz, 86, who played flute for the Los Angeles Philharmonic for more than 40 years and for a time shared the concert stage with his father, Frederick Moritz, the Philharmonic's longtime...
Tags: Justice System, Entertainment, Heart Attack, Culture, Music
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'Beautiful Creatures' score leads Dhani Harrison to Abbey Road
Working on Richard LaGravenese's latest movie, "Beautiful Creatures,” gave a couple of the musicians who created the film's music a chance to follow in their fathers' footsteps. "It was epic,” George Harrison’s son Dhani Harrison...Tags: Joseph Arthur, Entertainment, Movies, Michael Jordan, Relentless7 (music group)
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Stick to the classics for Valentine's Day
On this topic, the legendary Paul McCartney was right on the money: There's no way that the world has had enough of silly love songs. And what's wrong with that? Music won't add inches to your waistline, like a box of chocolates will. It won't wither...
Tags: Eric Clapton, Entertainment, John Cusack, Barack Obama, Diana Ross
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Pop Art: Astrid Kirchherr and the Beatles
Astrid Kirchherr met the Beatles in 1960 when they were five lads from Liverpool pounding out marathon shows at a club in a seedy part of her native Hamburg, Germany. She fell for the bass player, Stuart Sutcliffe, and found the others — John...
Tags: NPR, Arts, Entertainment, Photography, Paul McCartney
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Ambassadors, a rock band from Brooklyn, find big audience in Hampton Roads
Over the years, many Hampton Roads radio stations have been content to follow more often than lead. For example, once rock hits were broken in major markets, local outlets would jump on and ride the wave. That's started to change recently as stations...
Tags: Entertainment, Phil Spector, Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia), Hampton Roads, Music
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'Backbeat' creators go beyond the standard musical theater fare
Searching for his way into the new musical "Backbeat," which examines the Beatles' early days (and nights) in Hamburg, Germany, David Leveaux asked himself what he called "the Jerome Robbins question." It's a tactic he picked up in 2004 while overseeing...
Tags: Entertainment, Germany, Music, Music Theater, Theater
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Ada A. Rohrer, 96
Ada Alverda Rohrer, 96, of Hagerstown, Md., and formerly of Sharpsburg, Md., passed away Monday, Dec. 3, 2012, at Autumn Assisted Living in Hagerstown. Born June 18, 1916, in Hagerstown, she was the daughter of the late George Harrison and Hilda May...
Tags: Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Washington, DC, American Kennel Club, Alzheimer's Association, American Legion
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Choosing books for the holidays
Inevitably this holiday season, my mom will tick through her shopping list and say with a sigh, "Your dad wants a book." Since I was a kid, my mom has teased my dad about the predictablity of this ritual, which usually involves the purchase of a brick-...
Tags: Langston Hughes, Entertainment, Culture, Literature, Bill Cosby
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'Concert for George' streaming on YouTube for 24 hours
Eleven years ago today, George Harrison died at the age of 58 in Los Angeles. And exactly one year after that some of the late Beatle's closest friends -- including Eric Clapton, Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty and Harrison's surviving bandmates -- gathered for...
Tags: Library of Congress, Eric Clapton, Rihanna, YouTube, Paul McCartney
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Peek at Tom Waits as a 'Simpsons' character
Tom Waits still hasn't announced any new tour dates, but his cameo appearance on "The Simpsons" will arrive Sunday, according to his record label, Anti-. The label also released of a photo of Homer and Waits in his "Simpsons" guise. The episode is...
Tags: Entertainment, Adele (music artist), Tom Waits, David Letterman, Music
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