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Uptown enjoying an upswing
Special to the Chicago TribuneThere was a time, in its Roaring '20s heyday, when Uptown lived up to its name in more than one way. Yes, it stood higher than the Loop on the Chicago city map, but it also represented a glamorous step up from much of the rest of the Windy City. In his...Tags: Annoyance Theatre, Daniel Burnham, Gold Coast, Chicago Transit Authority, Crime, Law and Justice
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Pop music and jazz figures
Pop music and jazz figures Bob Popescu, 77; co-owner of Catalina Bar & Grill, turned the Los Angeles club into one of the top jazz venues in the country (Jan. 5) Ken Nelson, 84; longtime Capitol Records talent scout had an ear for country music (Jan. 6)...Tags: Achievement Records, Bobby Darin, Al Wilson, Isaac Hayes, World War II (1939-1945)
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Jack Lawrence dies at 96; songwriter did lyrics for 'Tenderly' and 'Beyond the Sea'
Jack Lawrence, a songwriter who wrote the lyrics for hits such as "All or Nothing at All," "Tenderly" and "Beyond the Sea," has died. He was 96. Lawrence, who fractured his pelvic bone in a fall in his Redding, Conn., home Friday, died of complications...Tags: Bing Crosby, Bobby Darin, Lawyers, Paul McCartney, Music Theater
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Pop calendar
South Florida Sun-SentinelOCTOBER Today -- Velvet Revolver, Alice in Chains, Sparta, 7 p.m. SoundAd. Today -- Boys Like Girls, All Time Low, The Audition, We The Kings, 7:30 p.m. Revo. Today -- Patti LuPone, 8 p.m. Carnival. Today -- Yellowjackets, 8:30 p.m., 10:30 p.m. Sandoval....Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Marvin Hamlisch, Hotels and Accommodations, Jazz (genre), Relentless7 (music group)
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Rap for Grandma
All that noise and no singing -- that's not music. That's what they said about Glenn Miller! Probably not, but people rioted over Igor Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring." My point here is that I've heard some old-people music, so you should trust me. Try...Tags: Minority Groups, Gnarls Barkley, Gays and Lesbians, Young MC, Death
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Bernadette Peters kicks off Cerritos Center 2008-09 season
![Broadway star Bernadette Peters will launch the 2008-09 season at the <a href="http://www.cerritoscenter.com/">Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts</a> on Aug. 16 with a show of songs drawn from her long stage career.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2008-04/37889261-15110936.jpg "Broadway star Bernadette Peters will launch the 2008-09 season at the <a href="http://www.cerritoscenter.com/\">Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts</a> on Aug. 16 with a show of songs drawn from her long stage career.")
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterBroadway star Bernadette Peters will launch the 2008-09 season at the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts on Aug. 16 with a show of songs drawn from her long stage career. The musicals offered during the season will include "Simply Ballroom,"...Tags: Harry James, Ice Cream, Music Theater, Dance, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Johnny Grant, 84; Hollywood's biggest promoter
Special to The TimesJohnny Grant, who visited Hollywood in 1943 as a star-struck serviceman and returned to carve out a niche first as a radio and television personality and then as its honorary mayor and foremost booster, died Wednesday at the age of 84. Grant appeared...Tags: Defense, Bing Crosby, Holidays, Festive Events, World War II (1939-1945)
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Rubin 'Zeke' Zarchy dies at 93; big band trumpeter
![Rubin "Zeke" Zarchy, a trumpeter for a number of leading big bands who was best known for his association with Glenn Miller's orchestra in the 1940s, has died. He was 93.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2009-04/46341492-16210605.jpg "Rubin "Zeke\" Zarchy, a trumpeter for a number of leading big bands who was best known for his association with Glenn Miller's orchestra in the 1940s, has died. He was 93.")
Rubin "Zeke" Zarchy, a trumpeter for a number of leading big bands who was best known for his association with Glenn Miller's orchestra in the 1940s, has died. He was 93.
Zarchy died Saturday of complications from pneumonia at Kaiser Permanente...Tags: Defense, Health, Big Band (genre), Hospitals and Clinics, World War II (1939-1945)
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Music festivals take on the role of destinations
Special to the Chicago TribuneUntil recently, outdoor rock festivals have been associated with mud: muddied bodies, muddied sound systems and muddied minds, soft from baking under a blazing sun for four days in a row. That was then. Today, destination festivals define the summer...Tags: Death Cab for Cutie (music group), Dee Dee Bridgewater, John Lee Hooker, Bob Dylan, Festive Events
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Film Sweetheart June Allyson Dies at 88
Zap2It.comActress June Allyson, the perky blond with the husky voice who was one of Hollywood's most beloved stars in the 1940s and 1950s, has died. She was 88. Allyson died Saturday at her home in Ojai of pulmonary respiratory failure and acute bronchitis after a...Tags: Esther Williams, CNN (tv network), Ethel Merman, Dance, Music Theater
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Keeping the jukes jumping
Special to The TimesDon MULLER stands in his living room, grinning like a caffeinated teenager, clearly dazzled by the magic he has wrought. The playroom in his Van Nuys ranch home features four classic jukeboxes crowded around a small dance floor, and lightbulbs are...Tags: Tom Petty, Fairfax (Fairfax, Virginia), Carly Simon, eBay Inc., Hollywood (Los Angeles, California)
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'Wonderful Life' Star, Dumbo Honored With Stamps
Zap2It.comA man whose best friend was a giant rabbit, a flying elephant and a mouse in a wizard's hat are all getting the U.S. Postal Service's stamp of approval. Legendary film actor Jimmy Stewart and a handful of Disney characters are just some of the American...Tags: Folklore and Mythology, U.S. Postal Service, Robert Donat, World War II (1939-1945), Alfred Hitchcock
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