When Marshall Tucker Band Took the Highway to Southern Rock Nobility
The debut album, like the spectrum of Southern rock itself, showed more diversity than some fans of the genre gave it credit for.
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More Tributes: Tom Cruise Honors ‘My Dear Friend’ Val Kilmer
He portrayed such real-life figures as Jim Morrison and Doc Holliday and perfected fictional characters like Batman and Iceman in the two Top Gun pictures.
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Herb Alpert Sizzles at 90 in Concert With Tijuana Brass: Review
The legendary trumpeter, band leader, producer and co-founder of A&M Records is celebrating the 60th anniversary of Whipped Cream & Other Delights.
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Happy Birthday, Tony Orlando, Now Retired From Touring
The singer of “Tie a Yellow Ribbon,” “Knock Three Times” and other huge hits has said goodbye to the road.
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Johnny Tillotson, ‘Poetry in Motion’ Singer, Dies at 86
The singer of such hits as “Poetry in Motion” and “Talk Back Trembling Lips” was 86.
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The Move—’Message From the Country’: Before There Was ELO
The final studio album before Roy Wood, Jeff Lynne and Bev Bevan morphed into the Electric Light Orchestra has been expanded.
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Deep Purple ‘Machine Head’: Rockin’ in Montreux
The 1972 album, cut by their classic lineup, made them big stars, and they soon toured the world. And there was much more to it than “Smoke on the Water.”
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Details Emerge For Filmed Beatles Biopics
The project marks the first time Apple Corps Ltd. and The Beatles have granted full life story and music rights for a scripted film.
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New Fleetwood Mac Book ‘All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Track’
The 608-page book is packed with hundreds of photographs (some rarely seen) and fascinating behind-the-scenes details.
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Queen LP ‘A Night at the Opera’ Celebrated in New Book
Author Gillian Gaar “explores the story of a band operating at the peak of their creative powers, launching them into global superstar status.”
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