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6/17/20-Dolly Parton statues

Source: music-news.com A Dolly Parton fan has launched an online petition urging officials to replace statues of controversial Confederate figures with monuments to the country queen. Alex Parsons is petitioning the Tennessee State House, Tennessee State Senate, and Tennessee Governor Bill Lee via Change.org, calling for the Jolene singer's likeness to replace monuments to Confederate generals and key figures from the Confederacy throughout the state. "History should not be forgotten, […]

todayJune 17, 2020

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6/8/20-Bonnie Pointer dies

  Hear Bonnie on "The Lost 45s!" Source: TMZ Bonnie Pointer of The Pointer Sisters has died ... TMZ has learned. The Grammy-winning Motown artist, who was originally part of the popular quartet group of sisters in the '70s, died this morning. Her sister, Anita, tells TMZ, "It is with great sadness that I have to announce to the fans of The Pointer Sisters that my sister, Bonnie died this […]

todayJune 8, 2020

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6/7/20-Sweet bassist dies

Source: BBC News Steve Priest, the bassist and co-founder of glam rock band Sweet, has died at the age of 72. He was known for his playful humor and outrageous costumes when Sweet played hits like Blockbuster and Little Willy on Top of the Pops in the 1970s. Priest also sang the memorable lines "there's a girl in the corner that no-one ignores, 'cos she thinks she's the passionate one," […]

todayJune 7, 2020

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6/7/20-Dolly Daily Prayer

Source: music-news.com Dolly Parton gets up early to chat to God. The 74-year-old country music superstar has a very strong faith and she revealed she likes to rise "in the wee hours" to pray before she gets busy. Speaking to Guideposts magazine, she said: "'How can you use me?' I ask God. 'What can I do today?' I'm a light sleeper, and I get up in the wee hours of […]

todayJune 7, 2020

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5/25/20-Brian May heart attack

London (CNN) Queen guitarist Brian May has revealed that he was rushed to the hospital by his doctor after suffering a heart attack. In a video posted to Instagram on Monday, May revealed that in addition to injuring his buttocks in a gardening incident earlier this month, he had also recently suffered from serious heart problems. The 72-year-old musician described the "saga" of incidents that had befallen him in May, […]

todayMay 25, 2020

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5/14/20-Beach Boys 60th Reunion

Source: music-news.com Cousins Mike Love and Brian Wilson are close to putting their differences aside for another Beach Boys reunion tour. The surviving members of the group have been touring separately in two Beach Boys bands since their 50th-anniversary tour ended in 2012, but Love tells Rolling Stone he is open to the idea of another get together to mark the 60th anniversary of the band's first hit in 2021. […]

todayMay 14, 2020

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5/10/20-Betty Wright passes

  The music industry is suffering from another significant loss as sources close to Betty Wright’s family have confirmed her passing. She was 66. Known for R&B classics such as “Tonight Is the Night” and “No Pain, (No Gain),” Wright’s ubiquitous 1972 single “Clean Up Woman” would be immortalized in hip hop soul history when it was sampled for the remix of Mary J. Blige’s “Real Love." Born Bessie Regina […]

todayMay 10, 2020

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5/9/20-Little Richard dead

Source: TMZ Little Richard, a giant in the early stages of Rock 'n' Roll and beyond, has died. Richard had enormous influence over the genre, with insanely popular hits like the fantastically frenetic, "Tutti-Frutti" and "Long Tall Sally." The Beatles have credited Richard as being inspirational to the Fab Four. Richard's bass guitarist, Charles Glenn, tells TMZ ... Richard had been sick for 2 months. He died at his Tennessee […]

todayMay 9, 2020

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5/6/20-Kraftwerk founder dies

(CNN) Florian Schneider, the co-founder of the German electronic band Kraftwerk, has died of cancer at age 73. "Kraftwerk co-founder and electro pioneer Ralf Hütter has sent us the very sad news that his friend and companion over many decades Florian Schneider has passed away from a short cancer disease just a few days after his 73rd birthday," the band said in a statement provided to CNN by publicist Alexandra […]

todayMay 6, 2020

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