Jill Sobule, Singer Behind ‘I Kissed a Girl,’ Dead at 66
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Jill Sobule, Singer Behind ‘I Kissed a Girl,’ Dead at 66

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Jill Sobule, the singer and songwriter whose hit “Supermodel” and gay anthem “I Kissed a Girl” were followed by three decades of touring, advocacy and a one-woman musical, died on Thursday morning in a house fire in Woodbury, Minn., according to her publicist….

Beyoncé Cowboy Carter Tour Review; The Star Remixes American History, and Her Own
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Beyoncé Cowboy Carter Tour Review; The Star Remixes American History, and Her Own

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The last time Beyoncé performed “Daddy Lessons,” the stomping, biting number from her 2016 album, “Lemonade,” was at that year’s C.M.A. Awards, in a blistering rendition alongside the Dixie Chicks (now the Chicks). Not everyone in country music embraced Beyoncé’s experimentation. “I did…

Chubby Checker, Outkast and the White Stripes Will Join the Rock & Hall of Fame
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Chubby Checker, Outkast and the White Stripes Will Join the Rock & Hall of Fame

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Chubby Checker is finally joining the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, 65 years after “The Twist” became a No. 1 hit and an international dance craze. Checker, 83, who has campaigned for decades to be admitted to the pantheon — at one…

Jed the Fish Dead: KROQ DJ Who Pioneered New Wave Radio Was 69
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Jed the Fish Dead: KROQ DJ Who Pioneered New Wave Radio Was 69

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Jed Gould, the influential Los Angeles disc jockey known as Jed the Fish, who used his off-kilter sensibility and deep musical knowledge to shine a light on artists like the Cure, Depeche Mode and the Offspring at the groundbreaking New Wave and alternative…

Joe DePugh, Pitcher Who Inspired Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Glory Days,’ Dead at 75
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Joe DePugh, Pitcher Who Inspired Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Glory Days,’ Dead at 75

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Joe DePugh, the Little League teammate of Bruce Springsteen who inspired the rocker’s hit song “Glory Days,” a rousing, bittersweet anthem to their hardscrabble childhoods in Freehold, N.J., where time passed by “in the wink of a young girl’s eye,” died on Friday…

Bruce Springsteen Will Release Seven ‘Lost Albums’ in June
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Bruce Springsteen Will Release Seven ‘Lost Albums’ in June

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Bruce Springsteen is opening his vault — and unleashing seven “lost” LPs. On June 27, Springsteen will release “Tracks II: The Lost Albums,” a collection of 83 songs on seven CDs (or nine vinyl LPs), of which 74 have never been officially released…

Herb Greene, Who Photographed the Grateful Dead and Other 1960s Rock Acts, Dies at 82
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Herb Greene, Who Photographed the Grateful Dead and Other 1960s Rock Acts, Dies at 82

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Herb Greene, whose evocative portraits of the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Janis Joplin and others helped define the rock scene that emerged in San Francisco in the mid-1960s, died on March 3 at his home in Maynard, Mass. He was 82. His wife,…

Mariah Carey Did Not Copy ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’ From Earlier Hit, Judge Rules
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Mariah Carey Did Not Copy ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’ From Earlier Hit, Judge Rules

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” the perennial hit song by Mariah Carey that has become a holiday ear worm for the ages, was not stolen from other songwriters, a federal judge in Los Angeles ruled this week. In addition to dismissing…

David Johansen, Who Fronted the New York Dolls and More, Dies at 75
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David Johansen, Who Fronted the New York Dolls and More, Dies at 75

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines David Johansen, the singer and songwriter who was at the vanguard of glam rock and punk as the frontman of the New York Dolls, died yesterday at his home on Staten Island. He was 75. His death was confirmed by his stepdaughter, Leah…