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McCartney receives NME songwriters award
Written by admin on February 27, 2014 – 8:17 am -Paul McCartney received the Songwriters’ Songwriter award at last night’s NME Awards show, held at the O2 Academy, Brixton.
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Franny Beecher of Bill Haley & His Comets dies aged 92
Written by admin on February 25, 2014 – 5:59 pm -Franny Beecher, guitarist for Bill Haley & His Comets, died on Monday morning (February 24) at a nursing home in Philadelphia, aged 92.
Born Francis Beecher on September 29, 1921 in Norristown, Pennsylvania, he began playing guitar professionally aged 17 and would go on to play with the likes of Buddy Greco and His Three Sharps, and the Benny Goodman Orchestra, before joining Bill Haley & His Comets at the end of 1954.
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Song of the Week #164 – “Carolina In My Mind”
Written by admin on February 24, 2014 – 8:15 am -
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Legendary artists to join Music Icons stamp series
Written by admin on February 21, 2014 – 10:51 pm -Elvis Presley, John Lennon, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix and Roy Orbison are among the artists who are being considered for inclusion in the U.S. Postal Service’s “Music Icons” series over the next few years. A Michael Jackson stamp is also planned, separate from the “Music Icons” series.
If it goes ahead, the John Lennon stamp will break the Postal Service’s convention that subjects must be American, but this wouldn’t be the first such breach.
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Bowie wins Best British Male at Brits
Written by admin on February 19, 2014 – 10:52 pm -David Bowie was named Best British Male Solo Artist at tonight’s Brit Awards held at London’s O2 Arena. He got the nod ahead of Jake Bugg, Tom Odell, John Newman and Mercury Prize winner James Blake.
At 67, this makes Bowie the oldest ever winner of a Brit, moving ahead of Tom Jones who won the Outstanding Contribution award in 2003.
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