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Leroy ‘Sugarfoot’ Bonner: 5 Facts About the ’70s Funk Legend

Posted on 01/29/2013 by | Who's News | Comments

Bulletin Today | EntertainmentIf you grew up in the 1970s and loved to cruise around in your parents’ car with your buddies, getting down to some funk music on the AM radio, the words to the Ohio Players’ “Fire” probably are still seared into your frontal lobes. The way you walk and talk really sets me off To a full alarm, child, yes, it does The way you squeeze and tease, knocks me to my knees ‘Cause I’m smokin’, baby, baby Everything about the OPs …

Singer Bobby Womack Diagnosed With Alzheimer’s

Posted on 01/2/2013 by | General News | Comments

Bulletin Today | EntertainmentFrom The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Singer Bobby Womack has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member told the BBC in a recent interview the diagnosis came after he began having difficulty remembering his songs and the names of people he’s worked with. A spokeswoman did not immediately reply to a message left by The Associated Press. The soul singer has cut a wide path through the music business as a performer …

Hal Schaefer: The ‘Piano Man’s’ Other Claim to Fame

Posted on 12/19/2012 by | Who's News | Comments

Bulletin Today | LegacyHal Schaefer was an accomplished pianist, composer of movie scores and vocal coach to Hollywood stars — so multitalented, in fact, that he not only arranged the rendition of “Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend” for the classic 1953 Marilyn Monroe film Gentlemen Prefer Blondes but also coached Monroe into giving a scintillating performance of the song. But Schaefer, who died on Dec. 8 at age 87 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., had another claim to fame. His brief affair with …

Ravi Shankar, Indian Sitar Virtuoso, Dies at 92

Posted on 12/12/2012 by | General News | Comments

LegacyBy Muneeza Naqvi and Ravi Nessman of The Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — With an instrument perplexing to most Westerners, Ravi Shankar helped connect the world through music. The sitar virtuoso hobnobbed with the Beatles, became a hippie musical icon and spearheaded the first rock benefit concert as he introduced traditional Indian ragas to Western audiences over nearly a century. From George Harrison to John Coltrane, from Yehudi Menuhin to David Crosby, his connections reflected music’s universality, though a …

Graham Parker Is Back With His Band — After 3 Decades

Posted on 12/6/2012 by | General News | Comments

Beauty & Fashion | EntertainmentBy David Bauder, Entertainment Writer, The Associated Press STONE RIDGE, N.Y. (AP) — The bass player is a librarian. One guitarist fixes guitars, the other teaches people how to play. The drummer and keyboard player have scattered to other gigs. Yet when Graham Parker decided to reassemble the Rumour, the backup band that played on his first four albums before their breakup more than 30 years ago, no one hesitated to say yes. The reunion includes an album, “Three Chords …

Dave Brubeck: 5 Little-Known Facts About the ‘Take Five’ Jazz Pianist

Posted on 12/5/2012 by | Who's News | Comments

Bulletin Today | LegacyA 1954 cover story in Time magazine described Dave Brubeck as “a wigging cat with a far-out wail,” in a cringe-worthy attempt to approximate the hep lingo of the jazz aficionados who crowded into his performances in the smoky bohemian nightclubs of the day. But audiences flocked to see Brubeck at Carnegie Hall and other highbrow settings, too. Brubeck, who died at age 92 on Dec. 4 in Connecticut, was one of the biggest stars in the history of jazz. His Dave …

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