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Johnny Cash 80th Birthday celebration
Written by admin on February 26, 2012 – 9:26 pm -Johnny Cash’s family gathered at his boyhood home in Dyess, Arkansas today to celebrate what would have been the late star’s 80th birthday. Cash was born in Kingsland, Arkansas on this day in 1932, the fourth of seven children.
This 80th birthday year is set to be a busy one for the Cash estate, with the restoration of the Dyess property, the opening of a museum in Nashville, and a number of promising record releases, including “Bootleg IV: The Soul of Truth” in April, and a comprehensive box set of his first 30 years of recorded output.
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Billy Strange – 1930-2012
Written by admin on February 22, 2012 – 10:38 pm -Veteran songwriter, arranger, singer and prolific session musician Billy Strange died today in Nashville aged 81.
Born William Everett Strange on September 29, 1930 in Long Beach, California, he would go on to work with some of the biggest artists of all time during his lengthy career, including Elvis Presley, Frank and Nancy Sinatra, the Beach Boys, the Everly Brothers, Rick Nelson, Dean Martin, Willie Nelson, the Ventures and many more.
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame to induct six classic backing groups
Written by admin on February 10, 2012 – 10:10 pm - |
Six classic backing groups, including The Crickets and The Miracles, have been added to the list of performers who will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this year. |
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Song of the Week #92 – “Ain’t That A Shame”
Written by admin on February 6, 2012 – 9:17 pm - |
Fats Domino’s rock ‘n’ roll classic “Ain’t That A Shame” is Song of the Week on Classic Pop Icons. |
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New releases update – February 2012
Written by admin on February 6, 2012 – 9:12 am -The New Releases page has been updated to include music CD, DVD and Blu-ray releases for February.
Highlights for February include:
- Paul McCartney’s “Kisses on the Bottom” in standard and deluxe editions (Feb 7)
- deluxe editions of the last five Queen albums (Feb 7)
- a number of classic Bob Dylan albums on limited edition vinyl (Feb 7)
- the Van Halen reunion album, “A Different Kind of Truth” (Feb 7)
- the 3-CD set “Santana Anthology 68-69” (Feb 14) and “Santana – Live at Montreux” on DVD and Blu-ray (Feb 21)
- Pink Floyd’s “The Wall” in Experience, Immersion and Vinyl editions – Feb 28.
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