Stax Records Reissues Isaac Hayes' 'Black Moses' Album On CD In Deluxe Edition With Extensive Liner Notes On February 24, 2009
LOS ANGELES, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Conqueroo Music) - Isaac Hayes' epic 1971 album Black Moses, which captured the artist at the peak of his popularity, will be reissued on Stax Records on February 24, 2009. The release is a complete replication of the original Black Moses package, folding out into a cross-shaped ...
| Petula Clark CD And DVD Coming From Collectors' Choice Music
LOS ANGELES, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Conqueroo Music) - International vocal superstar Petula Clark - best known for hits like 'Downtown,' 'I Know A Place,' 'Color My World,' 'Don't Sleep in the Subway' and 'My Song' - will soon have both a CD and DVD on Collectors' Choice Music. The CD, titled Petula Clark: ...
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Chip Taylor's Greatest Hits
New York, NY. (Top 40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) - With 'Wild Thing,' Chip Taylor's place in the rock and roll canon would be safe. But Taylor not only wrote what is arguably the greatest rock and roll song of all time, he crafted some of rock and country's most seminal tracks. Along with 'Wild Thing' ...
| 'Sweet Dreams' A Patsy Cline Tribute Show Performed By CJ Harding Showcasing At APAP In New York January 9 & 10, 2009
St. Petersburg, FL (Top40 Charts/ Desiderata Music) - CJ Harding's authentic rendition of Patsy Cline has been selling out theatres and bringing audiences to their feet for a decade. "Patsy" twirls onto stage in an authentic cowgirl outfit from 1963, complete with white fringe . You are immediately ...
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Sister Rosetta's Stone: Gospel Music Legend Memorialized After 35 Years
PHILADELPHIA, PA (Top40 Charts/ Values Of America Company) - Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the pioneering gospel musician and instrumentalist, finally has a gravestone marking her resting place at Northwood Cemetery in Philadelphia. Since her passing in 1973, the gravesite of Sister Rosetta had been a barren ...
| Simon & Garfunkel: The Collection Deluxe Box Set
MELBOURNE, Australia (Top40 Charts/ Phantom Sound & Vision) - Simon & Garfunkel: The Collection. This deluxe Boxset contains all five of their studio albums plus the Live In Central Park DVD. The partnership of Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel was to shape the music scene throughout the 1960s. Cleverly ...
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World Premiere Of Memories Of Motown
BERLIN, Germany (Top40 Charts/ Estrel Berlin PR) - On January 12th one of the most important record labels in the history of music celebrates the 50th anniversary of its founding: Motown Records. On the occasion of the world-wide anniversary celebrations, the world premiere of the show Memories of Motown ...
| 'Making The Monkees' Revisits Rise And Fall Of 1960s Musical Phenomenon
WASHINGTON, DC. (Top40 Charts/ Smithsonian Networks) - In 1965, Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork, Davy Jones and Micky Dolenz came together to form The Monkees, a fictional band created by Bob Rafelson and Bert Schneider for a television pilot with the goal of capitalizing on the success of 1960s Beatle-mania. ...
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Legendary Songwriting Duo Ashford & Simpson To Release Their First Ever Live DVD & CD!
NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Burgundy Records/ Sony Music) - Superstar singer songwriter powerhouse couple Ashford & Simpson will release a definitive collection of their Greatest Hits, "Ashford & Simpson: The Real Thing" on CD, DVD and DVD Blu Ray (Burgundy Records / Sony Music). The first-ever live ...
| Dean Martin's Most Romantic Love Songs Collected For 'Amore'
HOLLYWOOD, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Capitol/ EMI Records) - Dean Martin's most romantic love songs have been gathered for a mood-setting collection, Amore, to be released January 27 by Capitol/EMI, just in time for Valentine's Day. Amore features 15 classics, including "You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Loves You," ...
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Christmas In Malibu's Surfing Santa Still Hanging Ten After Twenty Years
Malibu, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Radude Records) - This holiday season marks the twentieth anniversary of the novelty holiday hit "Christmas In Malibu," written and produced by media veteran Joe Klein in 1988. It was a summer day over two decades ago when Klein had a musical epiphany while sitting on the ...
| NOW That's What I Call Motown!
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ Universal Music Enterprises) - NOW That's What I Call Motown is the latest release from the hugely successful NOW That's What I Call Music! series, which has collectively scanned over 70 million units in the U.S. over the last decade. The album will be released on CD and digitally ...
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'The Last Concert' Celebrates Roy Orbison
New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) - Roy Orbison performed his final concert at Highland Heights in Akron, Ohio on December 4, 1988 - two days before his untimely passing. While the concert was recorded and Roy's performance of "It's Over" is featured in 'The Soul of Rock and Roll' released ...
| Brian Wilson 'That Lucky Old Sun' DVD To Be Released On January 27, 2009
HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (Top40 Charts/ Capitol/ EMI) - Capitol/EMI will release a new Brian Wilson DVD entitled That Lucky Old Sun on January 27, 2009. A companion to Wilson's critically-acclaimed That Lucky Old Sun album, released September 2 on CD, vinyl and digitally, the DVD features more than two and ...
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Motown 50 - Today, Tomorrow, Forever
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ Universal Music) - To celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Motown Records (on January 12th 2009) Universal Music has released Motown 50 - a compilation of tracks chosen by Motown fans worldwide. Universal Motown embraced social networking and the internet to create a unique compilation ...
| Elvis' Groundbreaking '68 Comeback Special Celebrates 40th Anniversary
MEMPHIS, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Elvis Presley Enterprises) - December 3, 2008 marks the 40th anniversary of the original airing of Elvis Presley's 1968 career-changing "Comeback" television special on the NBC television network. The iconic special features Elvis at his best with some of the richest moments ...
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Reba McEntire's Three CD-Set Entitled 50 GREATEST HITS Now Available
SANTA MONICA, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Universal Music Enterprises) - Superstar Reba McEntire is one of the most beloved and popular entertainers in country music history. Reba's 50 GREATEST HITS (MCA Nashville/UMe) is a three CD-set now available. Spanning her tenure with MCA Records beginning in 1984, 50 ...
| Universal Releases 'ABBA GOLD - GREATEST HITS,' The Box Set 'ABBA: THE ALBUMS' And The Blu-Ray Of The Concert Film 'ABBA: The Movie'
SANTA MONICA, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Universal Music Enterprises) - With so many people in such a glum mood this holiday season thanks to economic worries, there is one sure way to cheer them up and again bring joy to the opening of gifts - ABBA! Everyone loves the dance-pop phenomenon whose popularity ...
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CONCORD MUSIC GROUP AND RAY CHARLES FOUNDATION ENTER INTO AGREEMENT FOR POST-1960 RAY CHARLES CATALOG
LOS ANGELES, Calif. (Top40 Charts/ By Cary Baker/ Conqueroo) - Concord Music Group today announced that it has entered into an exclusive arrangement with the Ray Charles Foundation to develop the artist's post-1960 catalog, which contains his classic work for the ABC and Tangerine labels. Many of the ...
| Roy Orbison's Legacy Lives On 20 Years Later
New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) - December 6th marks the 20th anniversary of Roy Orbison's untimely passing and even today, after two decades, the presence of his musical legacy is everywhere. Roy's music is featured in myriad outlets, including: -"Oh, Pretty Woman" will be preserved ...
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