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'Idol' fascination fuels 'AIN'T MISBEHAVIN''
Special to The Morning CallWhen Ruben Studdard nosed out Clay Aiken to win the 2003 ''American Idol'' contest, he was jettisoned into instant national fame. Now, five years later, he is adding another first to his resume. Since early November, he has been touring in the 30th...Tags: Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Birmingham , Rhythm and Blues, Music Industry, DVDs and Movies
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Celebrity birthdays for the week of Dec. 28-Jan. 3
Celebrity birthdays for the week of Dec. 28-Jan. 3: Dec. 28: Actor Lou Jacobi is 95. Comic book creator Stan Lee is 86. Actor Martin Milner is 77. Actress Nichelle Nichols is 76. Actress Maggie Smith is 74. Rock singer-musician Charles Neville is 70....Tags: Roger Waters, Rosie Perez, Lily Tomlin, Steve Jones, Deborah Gibson
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The 12 discs of Christmas
Los Angeles TimesThe bounty of new holiday albums is impressive - little else is selling, the thinking seems to be, so let's see if Santa and Rudolph can salvage the end of the year. This year's batch is suitably diverse, many hurriedly assembled as a seasonal bonus...Tags: Count Basie, Frank Foster, Classical Music, Santa Claus, Joni Mitchell
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Seasonal Mix: Holiday Albums By Tony Bennett, Harry Connick, Kristen Chenoweth
The bounty of new holiday albums is impressive — little else is selling, the thinking seems to be, so let's see if Santa and Rudolph can salvage the end of the year. This year's batch is suitably diverse, many hurriedly assembled as a seasonal bonus...Tags: Natural Resources, Frank Foster, Count Basie, Santa Claus, Music Industry
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TODAY'S PICKS
THE MENTALIST (9 p.m., CBS) - Last week, this drama was the No. 1-rated show on TV, the first freshman series to rank No. 1 in viewers since "Desperate Housewives" in 2005. Tonight, a leading scientific researcher is killed by poison and Patrick Jane...Tags: Lionel Richie, Benihana Incorporated, Steve Carell, Desperate Housewives (tv program), Christmas
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Christmas music is in season
The bounty of new holiday albums is impressive -- little else is selling, the thinking seems to be, so let's see if Santa and Rudolph can salvage the end of the year. This year's batch is suitably diverse, many hurriedly assembled as a seasonal bonus...Tags: Natural Resources, Frank Foster, Count Basie, Santa Claus, Music Industry
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Jheryl Busby dies at 59; music executive led revival of Motown Records
Jheryl Busby, a music executive who led a revival of Motown Records while president and chief executive of the company from 1988 to 1995, was found dead Tuesday in a hot tub at his home in Malibu. He was 59. -------------------- FOR THE RECORD: Jheryl...Tags: Lionel Richie, Stevie Wonder, Rhythm and Blues, Bobby Brown, Los Angeles
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Norman Whitfield
Norman Whitfield, the songwriter and producer who co-wrote many Motown classics, has died. Whitfield, who had worked on "War," "Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)" and "I Heard It Through the Grapevine," was 67. A spokeswoman at Cedars-Sinai...Tags: Marvin Gaye, Music Industry, Human Accomplishments, Los Angeles, Smokey Robinson
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America arrives: A promise fulfilled, a dream redeemed
Tribune Media ServicesHe spoke of the promise before he spoke of the dream. In the first part of the momentous speech he gave at the Lincoln Memorial, the part schoolchildren don't memorize and pundits never quote, Martin Luther King Jr. reminded a watching world that in...Tags: Kansas, Martin Luther King Jr., National Government, Thomas Jefferson, Government
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Calendar
Sun reporterAug. 3 BALTIMORE INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL // Second day of festivities at the Poly/Western High School field, 140 W. Cold Spring Lane, which hosts a multicultural event with various activities, including performances by Nu World Art Ensemble, an African...Tags: Doug E Fresh, Culture, Classical Music, Music Industry, Big Daddy Kane
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Season lineups for the Greek and Gibson
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe Greek Theatre's 2008 season is highlighted by several programs delving into American roots music -- notably the Grammy Award-winning duo of Robert Plant and Alison Krauss for two nights -- and reaching an apex with a relatively rare local...Tags: Mark Knopfler, Melissa Etheridge, Doug E Fresh, MC Lyte, Brian Setzer
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Whole lotta music going on
Sun reporterSummer days filled with cookouts or escapes to the seashore are on the horizon. But not all the fun has to take place in the backyard, in local parks or on the beach. The Baltimore metropolitan area is host to concerts featuring some of this year's...Tags: Sarah Vaughan, Dave Brubeck, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Tourism and Leisure, Annapolis
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