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1/8/22-Marilyn Bergman, The Way We Were songwriter, dies

Source: Rolling Stone Marilyn Bergman, the songwriting giant and music industry fixture who, with her husband Alan, wrote the lyrics to Oscar-winning songs like Barbra Streisand’s “The Way We Were” and Michel Legrand’s “The Windmills of Your Mind,” has died at the age of 93. Bergman’s representative Ken Sunshine confirmed Marilyn’s death from non-Covid-related respiratory failure to the Hollywood Reporter Saturday. She is survived by her husband and collaborator Alan, […]

todayJanuary 8, 2022

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1/7/22-Dolly Parton’s streaming milestone

Source: music-news.com Dolly Parton's music catalogue has hit three billion streams. The country music legend has kick started the year with a number of career achievements. On top of the major streaming figure, the 75-year-old icon has been awarded 47 new sales certifications from around the globe. And the '9 to 5' hitmaker has quipped that the money she makes from her music is more than enough to "support" her. […]

todayJanuary 7, 2022

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1/4/22-David Bowie’s Music Sold

Source: music-news.com David Bowie's "entire body of work" has been sold to Warner Chappell Music for a deal worth a reported $250 million (£185 million). The deal, which includes the rights to hundreds of beloved songs by the late Bowie, such as Space Oddity, Life on Mars?, Changes, Starman, and Let's Dance, was announced via press release on Monday. Revealing his firm had acquired the music icon's back catalogue, WCM […]

todayJanuary 4, 2022

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12/20/21-Sir Cliff Richard & burps!

Source: music-news.com Cliff Richard doesn’t eat before gigs to avoid on-stage wind. The 81-year-old music legend admitted that he avoids eating before a concert after discovering that the need to burp made things "uncomfortable" during his performances. He said: "I don’t eat anything before I go on stage because I discovered years ago that if I ate before a show I spent a lot of time burping. It’s uncomfortable waiting […]

todayDecember 20, 2021

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12/19/21-Rod Stewart incident

(CNN) Singer Sir Rod Stewart and his son, Sean, each pleaded guilty Friday to one count of simple battery in relation to a 2019 incident outside a south Florida hotel. Police at the time said Stewart punched a security guard at the Breakers Hotel in Palm Beach on New Year's Eve in 2019 after his son "got about 'nose to nose' distance" from the guard's face and later shoved him. […]

todayDecember 19, 2021

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12/15/21-Gil Bridges/Rare Earth Dead

  Hear Gil Bridges on "The Lost 45s! Source: bestclassicbands.com Gil Bridges, an original member of the rock band Rare Earth, who began as the Sunliners and went on to record three Top 10 singles for Motown, including “Get Ready” and “I Just Want to Celebrate,” died Wednesday (December 8, 2021). Bridges, the last remaining member of the original lineup to continue to perform with the band, was 80, and […]

todayDecember 15, 2021

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12/15/21-Joe Simon Dies

  Hear Joe Simon on "The Lost 45s! Source: Billboard Joe Simon, Chart-Topping R&B Singer, Dead at 85 Simon became an ordained minister after walking away from secular music. Courtesy of David Simon Joe Simon, a Grammy-winning R&B singer whose hits included 1969’s “The Chokin’ Kind” and 1972’s “Power of Love” and was sampled in OutKast’s “So Fresh, So Clean” and other hip-hop classics, died Monday (Dec. 13) in his […]

todayDecember 15, 2021

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12/14/21-Les Emmerson dead

f   Hear Les Emmerson on "The Lost 45s! Source: Rolling Stone Les Emmerson, frontman of the Canadian rock group Five Man Electrical Band and writer of the hippie-era anthem “Signs,” died last Friday, Dec. 10, CTV News reports. He was 77. Emmerson’s wife, Monik Emmerson, confirmed his death, saying, “He had underlying health conditions that made him additionally vulnerable to Covid.” She added that Emmerson had been in-and-out of […]

todayDecember 14, 2021

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12/14/21-James Brown estate sold

Source: music-news.com James Brown's music assets have been sold for $90 million (£68 million). Executives at Primary Wave, a publishing and management company, announced on Monday that they have purchased assets from the late singer's estate. Though the company bosses did not comment on specifics surrounding the monumental deal, a source speaking to Rolling Stone alleged they bought "the entirety of Brown's publishing, master income stream, and name and likeness […]

todayDecember 14, 2021

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