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Americana Awards Celebrate Legacy Of Wanda Jackson

Wanda Jackson had no idea the influence she would have on future rock 'n' roll women when she carved a sharp, distinctive line across the heartwood of the new genre back in the 1950s and '60s. ..."I was just doing my career - not one day at a time but just plodding along, trying to get hits, working every place that you can," Jackson said. "...I don't think that far ahead. My husband says I'm like a duck. I wake up in a new world every day." Yet signs of the 72-year-old's influence are everywhere as the Americana Music Association...

Published on Thursday 9th of September 2010 11:58:08 PM

The Music You Won’t Hear on Rosh Hashana

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Today is the first day of Rosh Hashana, the holiday that marks the beginning of the Jewish new year. For the next 10 days, through Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, Jews around the world will gather to chant the prayers of the High Holy Days to melodies that have been used for generations. Some of the melodies will be simple and some complex, and some will be particularly beautiful. What almost none of them will be is “classical”: Western classical composition, the dominant feature of Christian sacred music for more than a millennium, remains mostly absent from Jewish liturgical...

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TROGGS STAR HAS STROKE ON HOLIDAY

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THE Troggs frontman Reg Presley has suffered a serious stroke while on holiday in Spain. The 68 year old, whose band’s hits include Wild Thing, Love Is All Around and With A Girl Like You, was playing with his grandchildren when he fell ill on Friday. Now the singer, pictured, is out of hospital with his wife of 48 years, Brenda, but he has been left unsteady on his feet and with double vision. His voice has also been affected, casting doubt whether the singer will ever perform again. Brenda said: “It was very frightening. He had a serious stroke....

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VH1 Names the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time

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100 Alicia Keys 99 Hall & Oates 98 Depeche Mode 97 Pretenders 96 Journey 95 OutKast 94 Mariah Carey 93 Pearl Jam 92 LL Cool J 91 Green Day 90 Elvis Costello 89 Beastie Boys 88 Bee Gees 87 George Michael 86 N.W.A. 85 The Band 84 Curtis Mayfield 83 Earth, Wind and Fire 82 Steely Dan 81 ABBA 80 Mary J. Blige 79 Eminem 78 Judas Priest 77 Lynyrd Skynyrd 76 Run-D.M.C. 75 Rush 74 The Cure 73 Van Morrison 72 Janis Joplin 71 R.E.M. 70 Def Leppard 69 Tupac Shakur 68 Otis Redding 67 Coldplay 66 Justin Timberlake...

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Former ELO member killed in accident

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TOTNES, England, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- An early member of the 1970s rock group ELOwas killed when his van was crushed by a bale of hay, British police said.

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What's your favorite Country and Western song?

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Music Video: "Never Gonna Stand For This" by Teachenor Clark

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Founding member of ELO killed in freak accident as giant runaway hay bale smashes into his van

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A founding member of ELO has been killed following a freak accident involving a giant bale of hay.Mike Edwards, 62, who played cello for the band for three years, died when the giant bale weighing 50 stone crashed down on top of his van.Mr Edwards died instantly in the accident after the bale careered down the hill, and flipped over a hedge. Eccentric: Mike Edwards's bizarre costumes and ability to play his cello with fruit were a major part of ELO's appeal Bowing out: Mike Edwards, on the far right, played...

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