Sixteen No1 Hits compiled on The Definitive Collection for Don Williams
LOS ANGELES (MCA Nashville/UMe Records) - Without artifice, gimmick, spangled suit or controversy, balladeer Don Williams was the most successful country artist of the '70s. With the intimacy of this "Gentle Giant" offering a refreshing alternative to the macho bluster of many of his contemporaries, ...
| George Jones: 22 Early Hits and significant recordings compiled for The Definitive Collection (1955-1962)
LOS ANGELES (Mercury/UMe Records) - More male country singers have wanted to sound like George Jones than anyone else. How Jones moved from an imitator of those who came before him to an idol himself is told through the songs on GEORGE JONES - THE DEFINITIVE COLLECTION (1955-1962) (Mercury/UMe), released ...
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Track Records to release a series of albums that feature songs written by John 'Rabbit' Bundrick
NEW YORK (Cayman/Track Records) - Cayman Music is to work with Track Records to release a series of albums that feature songs written by John "Rabbit" Bundrick, best known as the keyboardist for the Who. Cayman Music publishes a large proportion of John Bundrick's extensive songwriting catalogue. Established ...
| Classic remastered 'ABBA In Concert' film debuts on DVD
LOS ANGELES (Hip-O/UMe) - When ABBA embarked on its 1979 concert tour of North America and Europe, the group was both at the height of its popularity - it was the most commercially successful pop group of the '70s (more than 100 million records sold worldwide) - and near the end of its run (with only ...
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Connie Francis Toronto concert
TORONTO, Canada (Foxy 88.5 FM press release) - Connie Francis was sensational at the Toronto Centre for the Arts Concert on May 29th 2004. served as the promotional host and did it with class! George R. Henaut, author of With Love, With Connie, met Connie for the first time! On May 29th 2004 a dream ...
| New 'Best of' music video compilations for the Neville Brothers, the Fixx, and Night Ranger
LOS ANGELS (UMe records) - A treasured musical family, a New Wave flashback and a popular mainstream rock group are the latest headliners for new releases from the DVD music video series '20th Century Masters/The DVD Millenium Collection. The UMe DVD video companion to 20th Century Masters/The DVD ...
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Former Brother Beyond member Nathan Moore faces sex charge
LONDON, UK (80s website) - A former pop star is among 30 people arrested after a police operation targeting kerb crawlers in the Kings Cross area. Police said they launched Operation Berrow after the local community complained about the effects of kerb crawling. Along with the arrest of 24 people for ...
| Paul McCartney talks about past drug use
LONDON, UK (Daily Mirror/Beatles Fans Website) - Paul McCartney says he got no thrill from heroin, but found cocaine more to his liking for a time. "I tried heroin just the once," McCartney said in interview published yesterday in the Daily Mirror newspaper. "Even then, I didn't realise I'd taken it. ...
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Jeff Buckley debut 'Grace' will be re-released
NEW YORK (90's website & Oldies) - The late Jeff Buckley's debut album Grace will be re-released in an expanded format this summer. The re-release will boast an extra 13-track disc of rarities, along with a DVD with video clips, studio and live footage. The album will retain the original tracklisting ...
| New Joni Mitchell collection 'The Beginning Of Survival' is going to be released on July 27th
LOS ANGELES (Geffen Records press release) - One of the most uncompromising, provocative and outspoken artists in music since the '60s, as well as one of its most admired, singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell throws down a timely political/environmental/cultural gauntlet in this election year with a unique ...
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'Jetboys Of Babylon' a tribute to the New York Dolls
NEW YORK (Fast Lane Records announcement) - FastLane Records and subsidiary/imprint label CD Smash Records are finishing up their tribute to the New York Dolls titled Jetboys of Babylon. This will be a power-packed, all-star line-up to say the least. They have also acquired the services of The New York ...
| Cat Stevens: Majikat (Earth Tour) is released as DVD
NEW YORK (Eagle Vision Press Release) - In February 1976, Cat Stevens performed in Williamsburg, Virginia, as part of his US Majikat Earth tour. The concert was just 18 months before he walked away from the music industry. Cat Stevens: Majikat: Earth Tour 1976, his first ever concert DVD, documents ...
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Peter Tosh to be honored in Kingston
KINGSTON, Jamaica (Calabash Festival announcement) - Murdered reggae legend Peter Tosh is to be honoured at the fourth annual Calabash International Literary Festival later this month. The May 28-30 festival will bring together several internationally recognised writers, actors and musicians for public ...
| Spice Girls may stage reunion
NEW YORK (NY Daily News/Mel B Fans Website) - Speaking in New York, where Mel B is appearing in a Broadway musical, the 28-year-old singer said she hoped the band would pen a new song for the album. "We will probably do something together as a group, but not for a while," she said. "I think they are ...
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Barbra Streisand memorabilia set for auction
LOS ANGELES (Barbra Streisand Foundation announcement) - More than 400 pieces of Barbra Streisand memorabilia will go on auction June 5, with proceeds going to charities supported by the actress/singer, it was announced Monday. The auction will be held at Astra West in the Pacific Design Center in West ...
| New York Dolls tribute
NEW YORK (FastLane Records press release) - FastLane Records and subsidiary/imprint label CD Smash Records are finishing up their tribute to the New York Dolls titled Jetboys of Babylon. This will be a power-packed, all-star line-up to say the least. According to New York Dolls frontman, the legendary ...
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John Lennon's last autograph for sale at $US 325,000
NEW YORK (Beatles Fans Community Website) - John Lennon's last ever autograph, given merely 15 minutes before he was murdered by Mark Chapman, is up for auction for a whopping $US 325,000. Rabiah Seminole, 51, has kept the note - which includes Lennon and Yoko Ono's signatures, self portraits of the ...
| Paul Atkinson, former Zombies member dies
LOS ANGELES (60s music news website) - Paul Atkinson, who played guitar in a British invasion band, the Zombies, and later became a successful music industry executive, has died. He was 58. Atkinson died last Thursday at the UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center after a long battle with liver and kidney ...
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'Motown 45' celebration with an outstanding performance of Gladys Knight
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - We assume that you are goinh to see the "Motown 45" TV show on ABC next month with some of the great music legends and performers. We mention the outstanding performance of Gladys Knight. She did "Neither One of Us" and "Heard It Through The Grapevine" and it was just like ...
| Retro: The Jam
By Mikey (Gillingham, Kent. UK) Introduction Influential and extremely popular punk-based mod trio from Surrey, Paul Weller (vocals, guitar), Bruce Foxton (bass) and Rick Buckler (drums). They hold the record for the most simultaneous Top 75 singles with 13 (all re-activated by their 1982 dissolution). ...
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