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    Mar 21, 2013 |Story| WSBT Radio

  1. Pink Floyd Added To National Recording Registry

    <span style=&quot;font-size: small;">Pink Floyd&lsquo;s legendary 1973 album, &lsquo;The Dark Side of the Moon&rsquo; is one of 25 recordings to be inducted into the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress. The record received the highest number of public nominations among this year&rsquo;s class. In the release accompanying the announcement, &lsquo;The Dark Side of the Moon&rsquo; is called &ldquo;an example of brilliant, innovative production in service of the music.&rdquo; They go on to cite the harmonies of David Gilmour and Richard Wright, as well as the successful integration of Roger Waters&lsquo; interviews of the studio staff into the album&rsquo;s concept. Also added to the registry,&lsquo;Cheap Thrills&rsquo; by Big Brother and the Holding Company, which launched Janis Joplin to national prominence, the self-titled debut by the Ramones and the Bee Gees soundtrack to &lsquo;Saturday Night Fever.&rsquo; Created in 2000, the National Recording Registry annually selects 25 recordings that are &ldquo;culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant&rdquo; and &ldquo;reflect the diversity and creativity of the American experience.&rdquo; You can find out about all of this year&rsquo;s inductees, which range from spoken word to opera to jazz, at the Library of Congress&rsquo; website.</span>
    Pink Floyd‘s legendary 1973 album, ‘The Dark Side of the Moon’ is one of 25 recordings to be inducted into the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress. The record received the highest number of public nominations among...

    Tags: Big Brother and the Holding Company (music group), Entertainment, Bee Gees (music group), Pink Floyd (music group), Roger Waters

    2. Jul 11, 2012 |Story| WSBT Radio

  2. Tony Winning Actress Will Play Joplin

    <span style=&quot;font-size: small;">Tony Award-winning actress Nina Arianda has been chosen to portray Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Janis Joplin in the upcoming biopic simply titled Joplin, Deadline reports. Producer Peter Newman assures Arianda will sing all of Joplin&rsquo;s best-known tunes, saying, &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve never in my life seen an actress walk on a stage and convey the duality of vulnerability with overheated sexuality, which is what Janis was all about.&rdquo; The film will focus mainly on the last six months of the singer&rsquo;s life, using flashbacks to touch on key moments in her earlier career.</span>
    Tony Award-winning actress Nina Arianda has been chosen to portray Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Janis Joplin in the upcoming biopic simply titled Joplin, Deadline reports. Producer Peter Newman assures Arianda will sing all of Joplin’s best-known...

    Tags: Tony Awards, Celebrities, Entertainment Events

    3. Jun 25, 2012 |Story| WSBT Radio

  3. Joplin Tapped For Posthumous Award

    <span style=&quot;font-size: small;">Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Janis Joplin will receive yet another posthumous prize when she becomes the latest inductee into the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The Grammy Lifetime Achievement recipient will receive her very own star on Hollywood Blvd. next year, with an exact date for the ceremony to be announced soon.</span>
    Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Janis Joplin will receive yet another posthumous prize when she becomes the latest inductee into the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The Grammy Lifetime Achievement recipient will receive her very own star on Hollywood Blvd. next year,...
    4. Apr 13, 2012 |Story| WSBT Radio

  4. Unreleased Joplin Music Coming Soon

    <span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;">The forthcoming&nbsp;<strong><span class="runtimeTopic">Janis Joplin</span></strong>&nbsp;rarities collection&nbsp;<em>The Pearl Sessions</em>&nbsp;will be available this Tuesday, April 17 and will include a previously unreleased alternate take of &ldquo;Move Over.&rdquo; .&nbsp;<em>The Pearl Sessions</em>&nbsp;features a selection of outtakes, live recordings, alternative mixes and additional previously unreleased material recorded during the sessions for Joplin&rsquo;s posthumous<em>Pearl</em>.</span>
    The forthcoming Janis Joplin rarities collection The Pearl Sessions will be available this Tuesday, April 17 and will include a previously unreleased alternate take of “Move Over.” . The Pearl Sessions features a selection of outtakes, live...
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