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Delaney Bramlett, 1939-2008: Singer-songwriter wrote 'Let It Rain,' 'Superstar'
Associated PressAssociated Press LOS ANGELES—Singer-songwriter-producer Delaney Bramlett, who penned such classic rock songs as "Let It Rain" and worked with musicians George Harrison and Eric Clapton, has died. He was 69. Mr. Bramlett died Dec. 27 at Ronald...Tags: Luther Vandross, Music Industry, Classic Rock, Ronald Reagan, Eric Clapton
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On this day in history
On Dec. 30,1853, the United States bought about 45,000 square miles of land from Mexico in a deal known as the Gadsden Purchase. In 1865 author Rudyard Kipling was born in Bombay, now known as Mumbai. In 1903 about 600 people died when fire broke out at...Tags: Tropical Storms, Music Industry, New York Giants, Assault, Ohio State University
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Delaney Bramlett; songwriter who wrote 'Let It Rain'
Delaney Bramlett, 69, a singer, songwriter and producer who penned classic rock songs such as "Let It Rain" and worked with musicians George Harrison and Eric Clapton, died Saturday at UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center in Los Angeles as a result of...Tags: Team Incorporated, Music Industry, Eric Clapton, Rock and Roll, Housing and Urban Planning
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Delaney Bramlett, wrote "Let it Rain," dead at 69
LOS ANGELES - Delaney Bramlett, the singer-songwriter-producer who penned classic rock songs such as "Let it Rain" and worked with musicians George Harrison and Eric Clapton, died Saturday. He was 69. Bramlett died shortly before 5 a.m. at UCLA Ronald...Tags: Luther Vandross, Classic Rock, Music Industry, Ronald Reagan, Eric Clapton
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Satriani claims Coldplay stole song
Tribune criticA day after hauling in seven Grammy nominations, the members of Coldplay should've been celebrating. Instead they were served with a copyright infringement lawsuit Thursday that claims they ripped off guitarist Joe Satriani to write one of their biggest...Tags: Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Avril Lavigne, Justice System, Coldplay, Judges
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Singing the Citys Praises
Born on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, I’ve lived my entire adult life in Los Angeles, but I remain a big Canadian flag waver. Victoria may be the greatest city in which to grow up, but L.A. may well be the greatest city to live out your dreams....Tags: Music Industry, Otis Redding, Human Accomplishments, Achievement Records, Television
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'Stories Done: Writings on the 1960s and Its Discontents' by Mikal Gilmore
The revolution -- the one that took place in the 1960s -- was in fact televised. The music, the antiwar movement, the drug culture and the social upheaval of the era became major benefactors of the first wave of saturation media coverage. To the...Tags: Ken Kesey, Johnny Cash, Timothy Leary, Los Angeles, Culture
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The Beatles to star next in a new musical video game
glenn.gamboa@newsday.comEver dreamed of playing music with The Beatles? Well, after a new deal announced yesterday involving the band's Apple Corps Ltd., MTV Games and Harmonix, that dream is a giant step closer to virtual reality. The companies are working on a "Rock Band"-...Tags: Video Games, Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney, Game Playing, Rock and Roll
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Something in the way he lived
robert.kahn@newsday.comA Hofstra University professor who studied yoga with George Harrison leads a tribute concert to the late Beatles guitarist tomorrow on the school's Hempstead campus. Joshua M. Greene, a Hinduism instructor, is author of the Harrison biography "Here...Tags: Classic Rock, Paul McCartney, Hofstra University, Hinduism, Colleges and Universities
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Beatles hysteria seems like 'Yesterday'
john.jeansonne@newsday.comShea Stadium staged rock-and-roll's largest and best remembered major outdoor stadium concert, a smashing success in every aspect except one: Neither the crowd nor the performers themselves could hear any of the music produced by The Beatles on Aug. 15,...Tags: August (movie), Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney, Rock and Roll, Music
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Celebrity travel: Go away with Pattie Boyd
Tribune Media ServicePattie Boyd is one of rock 'n' roll's most famous muses. Married first to George Harrison and later to his best friend Eric Clapton, Boyd was the inspiration for such songs as "Something," "Layla" and "Wonderful Tonight." In her New York Times...Tags: Natural Resources, Eric Clapton, Forestry and Timber, Forests, New York Times
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Tributes to the Who, George Martin
Los Angeles Times Staff WritersTHERE ARE "once-in-a-lifetime" tribute and trophy shows most every weekend in Los Angeles, but Saturday night had been circled on the calendar for weeks by fans of the British Invasion as an evening of amazing confluence. Crosstown events promised to...Tags: Music Industry, Basketball, Paul McCartney, Jazz Music, Rock and Roll
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