AP – While Whitney Houston was being mourned Saturday at her funeral at her childhood church, just blocks away, her music lived on.
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Fans kept from funeral mourn Houston in NJ streets (AP)
February 18th, 2012 -
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Grammy party turns to tribute for late Whitney Houston (Reuters)
February 12th, 2012 -
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Reuters – Music producer Clive Davis’s pre-Grammy party is typically one of the most fun-filled highlights of the week leading to the music industry’s top awards, but this year’s event quickly turned into a tribute for Whitney Houston, who died earlier in the day.
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Chris Brown returns to Grammys; Rihanna also to perform (Reuters)
February 7th, 2012 -
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Reuters – Chris Brown will perform at this Sunday’s Grammy Awards for the first time since beating his then girlfriend Rihanna in 2009 on the eve of the music industry’s biggest night, which threatened to derail his music career.
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Review: McCartney’s first disc of standards (AP)
February 7th, 2012 -
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AP – Paul McCartney, “Kisses on the Bottom,” (Hear Music)
Jesse Jackson adds voice to Grammy protest (Reuters)
January 27th, 2012 -
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Reuters – Civil rights activist the Rev. Jesse James on Friday urged Grammy organizers to reinstate 31 ethnic and minority musical categories that have been cut from the music industry’s top awards.
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Etta James, a Life and Legend (ContributorNetwork)
January 21st, 2012 -
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ContributorNetwork – Etta James’s sultry voice provided an entire generation’s worth of inspiration to modern songstresses.
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Ratings king ‘American Idol’ ready for 11th season (AP)
January 18th, 2012 -
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AP – It’s been a decade since Texas native Kelly Clarkson was plucked from obscurity and turned into the nation’s first American Idol.
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McCartney’s new album called "Kisses on the Bottom" (Reuters)
January 9th, 2012 -
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Reuters – Ex-Beatle Paul McCartney has ended weeks of speculation in the music press and confirmed the title of his next album — “Kisses on the Bottom.”
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Cowell poaches "Strictly" judge in UK ratings battle (Reuters)
January 3rd, 2012 -
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Reuters – Music producer and TV personality Simon Cowell has poached singer Alesha Dixon from hit BBC show “Strictly Come Dancing” to judge alongside him on “Britain’s Got Talent,” which airs on the rival ITV channel.
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Paul McCartney to cover songs that inspired Beatles (Reuters)
December 20th, 2011 -
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Reuters – Paul McCartney will kick off 2012 with an album of cover tunes and two original songs, he said on Monday, offering fans a glimpse of the music that inspired one of the biggest rock bands ever, the Beatles.
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