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Today in History - Sunday, July 5, 2009 5 Jul 2009 07:53 GMT
... In 1830, the French occupied the North African city of Algiers. In 1935, President Franklin ... is 80. Actress Shirley Knight is 73. Singer-musician Robbie Robertson is 66. Julie Nixon Eisenhower ... 58. Country musician Charles Ventre is 57. Singer-songwriter Marc Cohn is 50. Actress Edie Falco ...
Books tackle rock music icons: Elvis, Beatles 5 Jul 2009 07:52 GMT
... Press, $24.95) The history of 20th-century popular music in America has often been a story ... (from the piano in the parlor to concerts in the park to vinyl, CDs and ... Jazz.” Whiteman took “hot jazz” and de-emphasized “African rhythm” to accentuate “European melody,” Wald writes. ...
'I have a very narrow definition of success' 5 Jul 2009 07:43 GMT
... The Associated Press - Published: July 5, 2009 A ... in the region and suddenly countries like Egypt and Saudi Arabia and Turkey all feel ... greatest entertainers. I grew up on his music. Still have all his stuff on my ...
Today In History July 5, 2009 5 Jul 2009 07:40 GMT
... In 1830, the French occupied the North African city of Algiers. In 1935, President Franklin ... is 80. Actress Shirley Knight is 73. Singer-musician Robbie Robertson is 66. Julie Nixon Eisenhower ... 58. Country musician Charles Ventre is 57. Singer-songwriter Marc Cohn is 50. Actress Edie Falco ...
Texans' Chester Pitts takes a seat on symphony board 5 Jul 2009 06:50 GMT
... Job: Houston Texans offensive lineman guard. For music majors, that means he stops very large ... Pitts also joins a slim corps of African-American leaders in classical music. As a rule, ... teamed up with the symphony on football-inspired concerts. The idea to move from the football ...
Based on the novel 5 Jul 2009 05:40 GMT
... school. Written by Sapphire, a poet and songwriter who works with at- risk teens. Worth ... movie: Disney goes old-school with a 2-D musical fairy tale, moving the story to New ... to New Orleans and creating its first African-American princess. With voices of Anika Noni Rose, ...
Angham's latest release 5 Jul 2009 05:22 GMT
... According to the London daily Elaph, after a ... Elaph, after a long absence the famous Egyptian artist Angham has returned to present her ... a number of well-known poets, composers and music distributers. She also worked with the great ...
Today in History - July 5 5 Jul 2009 05:22 GMT
... In 1830, the French occupied the North African city of Algiers. In 1935, President Franklin ... is 80. Actress Shirley Knight is 73. Singer-musician Robbie Robertson is 66. Julie Nixon Eisenhower ... 58. Country musician Charles Ventre is 57. Singer-songwriter Marc Cohn is 50. Actress Edie Falco ...
NYC fireworks highlight US holiday events 5 Jul 2009 05:21 GMT
... NEW YORK Fireworks burst into the night sky above ... wash. In their 50s with family in Egypt whom they help, the couple lost an ... a band played a medley of patriotic music. President Obama, speaking to military families at ...
In NYC, Biggest Fireworks Show In US Lights Up Sky 5 Jul 2009 05:20 GMT
... NYC Fireworks Highlight US Independence Day Events POSTED: 7:31 ... wash. In their 50s with family in Egypt whom they help, the couple lost an ... a band played a medley of patriotic music. President Obama, speaking to military families at ...
NYC fireworks highlight US Independence Day events 5 Jul 2009 05:20 GMT
... The skyline of Midtown Manhattan, seen from across the ... wash. In their 50s with family in Egypt whom they help, the couple lost an ... a band played a medley of patriotic music. President Obama, speaking to military families at ...
NYC fireworks highlight US holiday events 5 Jul 2009 04:52 GMT
... NEW YORK Fireworks burst into the night sky above ... wash. In their 50s with family in Egypt whom they help, the couple lost an ... a band played a medley of patriotic music. President Obama, speaking to military families at ...
Beatles, Rolling Stones ex-manager Allen Klein dies 5 Jul 2009 04:52 GMT
... Herman's Hermits and Bobby Darin, "understood the music business from the inside out," ABKCO Music ... was completely unheard of -- for an African-American to have artistic self-determination and economic self-determination," ... addition to managing music, Klein co-produced "The Concert for Bangladesh" with former Beatle lead guitarist ...
On July 5, 1865, William Booth founded the Salvation Army in London 5 Jul 2009 04:50 GMT
... In 1830, the French occupied the North African city of Algiers. In 1935, President Franklin ... is 80. Actress Shirley Knight is 73. Singer-musician Robbie Robertson is 66. Julie Nixon Eisenhower ... 58. Country musician Charles Ventre is 57. Singer-songwriter Marc Cohn is 50. Actress Edie Falco ...
Angham's latest release 5 Jul 2009 04:50 GMT
... According to the London daily Elaph, after a ... Elaph, after a long absence the famous Egyptian artist Angham has returned to present her ... a number of well-known poets, composers and music distributers. She also worked with the great ...