Attention Elvis impersonators: you
may soon have a new way to make a living. Cirque du Soleil said
on Thursday it plans to create a permanent Elvis Presley show
for the...
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Jerry Lee Lewis will inaugurate Time
Life's "Legends of American Music" with the three-disc boxed
set "Jerry Lee Lewis: A Half Century of Hits."
The June 13 release was...
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Here is a look at some of the
notable artists who died in the past year.
Swing-era clarinetist/bandleader ARTIE SHAW, 94, died
December 30, 2004, in Thousand Oaks, Calif....
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Now that he's a beloved
musical icon, turning 80 and embraced by both blacks and
whites, it's difficult to understand that B.B. King comes from
a time when there were two...
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Joaquin Phoenix did not have to learn just to sing and play guitar. He had to learn to strum the strings in the distinctive freight-train rhythms of Johnny Cash and sing in...
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Singer-guitarist Little
Milton Campbell, whose career as a soul-blues star spanned five
decades, died Thursday in Memphis. He was 70.
Campbell was hospitalized after...
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The third chart entry proves to
be the charm for Mario, who rises to a new career peak on the
Billboard Hot 100 with "Let Me Love You" (3rd Street/J). The
single moves 3-2,...
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Like that smiling skydiver on the deodorant ads? Can't get enough of his sunny joshing on MTV's "Pimp My Ride"?
Prepare to meet the cunning, sometimes caustic musician...
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A three-day auction of items owned by
the late Johnny and June Carter Cash raised nearly $4 million,
more than twice the amount expected, as over 1,000 bidders
snapped...
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Comedian Chris Rock is preparing to
release his first album in five years, "Never Scared,"
featuring a parody of OutKast's Grammy-winning anthem "Hey Ya!"
Due Aug. 31 via...
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As far as Elvis Presley songs go, "That's All Right," his very first record, wasn't among his biggest hits. In fact, the 1954 song wasn't even a hit at all.
Yet on July...
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Glen Campbell has signed a one-off
deal with Universal South Records for a two-CD set due June 8.
"Love Is the Answer: 24 Songs of Faith, Hope and Love" contains
one disc...
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A New Jersey company is offering Elvis Presley fans a chance to buy what it says is a slice of history.
And it really means a slice — 2-inch snips of a tape reel...
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The Rhinestone Cowboy wants to ride
off into the sunset.
Not long before his recent arrest on charges of drunk
driving and leaving the scene of a car accident,...
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Pegging the day Elvis Presley
recorded a version of Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup's "That's All
Right" -- July 5, 1954 -- at as the date "rock" and "roll" were
married, Memphis...
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Bo Diddley, Ruth Brown, Ike Turner, Sam Phillips and Little Richard were among the legends who showed up Thursday at the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame And Museum in Cleveland...
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