NEW YORK (AP) — Billy Joel bade a stirring farewell to Shea Stadium on Friday during an electrifying, sold-out final show at the same ballpark where the Beatles...
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Since Quincy Jones has spent most of his life making memorable music, it's only fitting that his friends celebrated his 75th birthday by sharing their memories of the legend...
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Kanye West hates losing at awards shows. The Grammys will give him eight more chances to win. Or not.
The rapper scored eight nominations—more than any other...
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It looked a collision between the Grammys and the Oscars — Jennifer Lopez, Tony Bennett, Charlize Theron, Quentin Tarantino, Beyonce, Usher and dozens of other stars at...
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Here are reviews of recently released holiday CDs:
Patti LaBelle, "Miss Patti's Christmas" (Def Soul)
When it comes to Christmas music, Patti LaBelle is almost as...
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Winning seven Emmy Awards couldn't
have come at a better time for Tony Bennett.
On September 16, the venerable singer took home seven of
the TV industry's top...
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Wannabe pop star Sanjaya Malakar,
the "American Idol" contestant best known for his wacky
hairdos, was booted from the hit show on Wednesday,
disappointing a hard core of...
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Tony Bennett has postponed two concert appearances in Ohio this week because he's recovering from the flu.
Bennett, 80, postponed Thursday's appearance in Columbus and...
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In one of the most competitive Grammy categories, two slightly hunched, long-since hip music veterans bested the likes of Mary J. Blige, U2, Nelly Furtado and...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tony Bennett, a double winner at Sunday's Grammys, loves traditional pop.
"It means the music is going to last forever," said the 80-year-old...
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Singer and actress Barbara McNair,
who starred opposite Elvis Presley and Sidney Poitier and
became one of the first black women to host her own television
variety show, has...
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Barry Manilow became one of the world's best-selling artists by making timeless classics out of unknown songs. But these days, he's more likely to rely on other people's...
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Scorned by country music radio, the Dixie Chicks are all right by the Grammys.
The finger-pickin' trio, just about nixed from Nashville for lead singer Natalie Maines'...
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Here's the complete list of nominees for the 49th Annual Grammy Awards. The awards will be presented Feb. 11 in Los Angeles:
Album Of The Year
Taking the Long Way,...
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Nickelback has all the right reasons to be among the top contenders for the 2006 Billboard Music Awards—namely, the Canadian rock outfit outsold virtually everyone...
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Rob Marshall admits he had difficulty holding his emotions in check while directing the opening sequence of the Tony Bennett TV special.
There was Bennett on stage in the...
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This birthday gift to
the grand old man of pop is probably the best thing of its sort
that you will ever see.
Nine Tony Bennett classics are heard in nine...
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Tony Bennett left a little of his heart in Hollywood after an emotional 80th birthday bash thrown by movie and music stars spanning three generations — from Paul Newman...
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Purple was the color and Prince was
the star on Wednesday as the eccentric musician launched a
nightclub venture that will see him performing twice a week in
Las...
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On Monday I celebrated
the fifth anniversary of the iPod's introduction at the
Laundromat, listening to a recent "Theme Time Radio Hour With
Your Host Bob Dylan" on my own...
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Attracting big-name acts like Rod Stewart, the Eagles, Norah Jones, Def Leppard, Tony Bennett,
Santana and David Bowie to a tertiary market might be unusual
for some venues,...
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Tony Bennett has embraced turning 80 with that mixture of easygoing graciousness and ebullient optimism that has sustained him through a career as an entertainer spanning...
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When his "Modern Times"
debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 last week, 65-year-old
Bob Dylan became the oldest artist to top the album chart.
Dylan benefited from...
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The Tony Bennett 80th-birthday celebration rolls west. Bennett was honored with an all-star bash in New York on Aug. 3, his birthday. Next up: a glittering celebration in...
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Someone should really
introduce Tim McGraw and Faith Hill to each other.
At least that's the impression one got Friday night at New
York's Madison Square Garden, where the...
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Tony Bennett has recruited more than a dozen music heavyweights, including Bono, Paul McCartney and Barbra Streisand, to sing on his new album, "Tony Bennett: Duets/An...
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Paul Simon, B.B King, Tony Bennett, Elvis Costello and Etta James are among the stars slated to perform at the 27th Annual Festival International de Jazz de Montreal.
The...
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Ramsey Lewis wrote the tune, he's played it dozens of times, yet a huge grin still spreads across his face as he sits down at the piano to play a blues-tinged version with...
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When "American Idol" contestant Taylor Hicks belted out Stevie Wonder's golden oldie "Living for the City" there was scant age difference between the singer and the...
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David L. Abell, whose
Beverly Boulevard piano store served for 40 years as a resource
for motion picture, pop, rock and jazz performers, died
February 11 of lung disease at...
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Tony Bennett breaks with tradition on his Grammy-nominated CD, "The Art of Romance," by doing something he had shied away from throughout a recording career dating back more...
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Nothing like a stripped-down Alicia Keys to get music fans in a
tizzy.
The nine-time Grammy-winning R&B songstress--known
for such hits as "If I Ain't Got You," "You...
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Take it from Peter Frampton. Or from Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, Peter Townsend or Jimmy Page — they all owe a debt to Les Paul, father of the electric guitar.
"They all...
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It may have been the Monterey Jazz
Festival's 48th birthday this year, but at the three-day jazz
extravaganza -- which took place September 16-18 at the county
fairgrounds...
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Seven jazz legends are being recognized by the government for their achievements.
Singer Tony Bennett, keyboardist Chick Corea and trumpeter Freddie Hubbard are among...
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New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer is expected to announce today an international "payola" settlement with a major record company to limit the industry's ability to...
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Born Feb. 15, 1905, Harold Arlen
would have been 100 this month. So an extensive centennial
celebration is in order for the composer of "Somewhere Over the
Rainbow," who...
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Veteran British rocker Rod Stewart
finally won the first Grammy of his career on Sunday, after
being passed over 13 times.
Stewart, who turned 60 last month, won the...
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The studio that churned out hits from Michael Jackson , Bruce Springsteen , Stevie Wonder and many more, is closing shop.
The legendary Hit Factory will close its New York...
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The Hit Factory, one of New Yorks
largest and best-known recording facilities, will close within
a month.
The company will move its headquarters to its Miami
facility, the...
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Comedy was absolutely king during
the 30 years that Johnny Carson ruled late-night TV from his
desk at "The Tonight Show," but from his very first program in
1962, the...
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Wynton Marsalis is arguably the most
recognized name in jazz, for his achievements as a performer
and ambassador for the genre. His roles as artistic director
for Jazz at...
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Never one to rest on his laurels,
Elvis Costello has a variety of projects on the horizon,
including a 10-inch vinyl EP of previously unreleased
recordings, two DVDs and a...
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The Nov. 8 broadcast of NPR's
"Morning Edition" featured two of the recording industry's top
engineer/producers and one controversial piece of technology.
New York-based...
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Since establishing himself as a solo
artist, Sting's tour's have become grand affairs featuring
large bands. That will change in April, when he launches the
Broken Music...
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Cy Coleman, composer of the Broadway musicals "Sweet Charity" and "City of Angels" as well as such pop standards as "Witchcraft" and "The Best Is Yet to Come," has died of...
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Premature or not, Eminem has made one helluva of an encore.
The Shady One moved up the drop date of his latest disc,
Encore, to Friday, giving it just three days in the...
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Tony Bennett has just released a new
studio album and a reconfigured version of his 1991 boxed set
via Columbia, but the venerable vocalist is already looking
ahead to...
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Tony Bennett unveiled his heart — a 5-foot heart-shaped sculpture on which he painted an image of the Golden Gate Bridge — at Union Square before crooning his...
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The Hallmark name is synonymous
with card shopping, but it has also turned into a successful
music retailer during the holiday season.
This year James Taylor joins a long...
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Perched above a shopping mall in a
skyscraper at the heart of corporate America, the new home of
New York's leading jazz orchestra is a long way from the smoky
basements and...
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Although not an announced part of
the lineup, Neil Young spent the weekend making appearances at
Vote for Change tour stops in Toledo, Ohio and Detroit.
Sources suggest...
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Paul McCartney , the Red Hot Chili
Peppers, Tony Bennett , Sonic Youth, Ben Harper and the Innocent
Criminals, Los Lonely Boys and Tegan & Sara will join event
founder Neil...
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Bette Midler isn't ready to kiss off just yet.
The four-time Grammy winner announced a second leg of her Kiss My Brass! tour Tuesday. The additional dates will kick off...
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One of the longest-running traditions in American music began 100 years ago when a now-forgotten performer sat down at a steam calliope and let fly with "Bill Bailey, Won't...
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Tony Bennett is demanding that the organizers of a recent concert refund $15,000 to a man who bid that amount in a charity auction, expecting to eat dinner with the...
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When smooth jazz guitarist Russ
Freeman formed Peak Records in 1994, he sought to provide a
home for contemporary jazz musicians.
A decade later, Peak sports an impressive...
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After more than 15 years on
Warner Bros. Records, k.d. lang is switching to Nonesuch
Records.
Her first release for Nonesuch will be "Hymns of the 49th
Parallel," out July...
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WHAT: The "American Idol" tour. A showcase for Clay Aiken wannabes and soulful future Kelly Clarksons, this year marks the third year of the competition and tour. There was...
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Montreal will be Canada's hot spot
this summer as the Festival International de Jazz de Montreal
celebrates its 25th anniversary June 30-July 11.
The festival, founded by...
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Jazz at Lincoln Center's new $128 million home in the Time Warner Center is designed to be as fluid as the music itself, with stages that can be reconfigured and the...
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Martin Scorsese and Howard Shore have both loved music since childhood.
Decades later, they've applied that love through film, though in very different ways —...
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In this digital era, the aging rock
stars of the vinyl years are making a comeback in Australia.
Tickets for concerts by aging rockers such as Bryan Ferry ,
Fleetwood Mac...
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Famed New York nightclub the Bottom
Line closed the doors forever at its Greenwich Village location
Thursday.
Opened nearly 30 years ago by Allan Pepper and...
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Bette Midler considered
withdrawing herself from this year's Grammy competition because
her tribute album "Bette Midler Sings the Rosemary Clooney
Songbook" is nominated...
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All hail the vocalists! Four song
stylists are among the victors in this year's jazz chart
recaps, on the strength of albums first released in 2002.
The No. 1 album on the...
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Elvis
Costello and Diana
Krall's latest duet ended with the pair saying "I do."
The bespectacled tunesmith and the jazz chanteuse tied
the knot this past weekend at a...
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Complete list of nominees in 105 categories announced Thursday for the 46th annual Grammy Awards, to be presented Feb. 8 in Los Angeles:
1. Record of the Year: "Crazy in...
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To celebrate the upcoming 35th anniversary of PBS's Sesame Street, the show's producers--the Children's Television Workshop--have announced plans to release a boxed set of...
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Tony Bennett and James Taylor were honored with special awards during the American Society Of Composers, Authors And Publishers' (ASCAP) Pop Music Awards in Beverly Hills on...
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Popular singer Tony Bennett will receive the prestigious Pied Piper Award from the American Society Of Composers, Authors, And Publishers (ASCAP) at the organization's 19th...
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Tony Bennett might be closing in on three-quarters of a century--he turns 75 on August 3--but after nearly 50 years in the music business, he shows no signs of slowing down...
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In honor of Tony Bennett's 50-year recording career, his longtime label Columbia Records will release The Ultimate Tony Bennett, the first single-disc compilation album to...
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Legendary singer Tony Bennett celebrates his 74th birthday today (August 3). The performer who was once called "the best singer in the business" by his longtime friend, the...
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Guitarist-vocalist George Benson and singer Tony Bennett are both fine following an incident Sunday (July 30) in which the British Airways Concorde on which they were...
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Tony Bennett has gotten the green light to start the Frank Sinatra High School of Performing Arts in New York by the city's Board of Education.
Last April, Bennett voiced...
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