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Fifty years ago, on August 9, 1975, Dmitri Shostakovich, the celebrated Russian composer and pianist, passed away in Moscow. A figure of immense complexity, he “managed to navigate a difficult situation with great prudence and political astuteness.” Born on September 25, 1906, in Saint Petersburg, Shostakovich came from a family of Polish Roman Catholic origin. His grandfather, Bolesław Szostakowicz, was exiled to Siberia, where he eventually settled. Dmitri Boleslavovich Shostakovich, the composer’s father, later relocated to Saint Petersburg, where the young Dmitri grew up and received his education. After six years at the conservatory in Saint Petersburg, Shostakovich graduated at...

A Portland jazz legend has died at the age of 85. Nancy King was known the world over, praised for her voice and her improvisational skills on stage. Words like “treasure” and “unique talent” are often spoken by those who knew King. Vegetation fire on Hwy 58 prompts ‘Go Now’ evacs “Nancy King, to many, was perhaps the best jazz vocalist to ever live. And she just so happened to live in Portland, Oregon,” said Portland State University Jazz Professor Sherry Alves. Officials pledge support for Army shooting that wounded five soldiers Alves knew King well, having interviewed King many...

Chubby Checker will be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on Nov. 8, but the singer has made clear he won't be in attendance. And interestingly, the Rock Hall is on board with that. At Checker's July 27 concert in Des Plaines, Illinois, the organization presented him with his induction trophy early. Additionally, Checker then explained from the stage in an interview that he purposely had his manager book him a concert for the evening of Nov. 8. "I told my manager, 'Make sure when we go to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and the...

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“Shadows of the Night” endured a difficult route to becoming a global hit single in 1982 – and Pat Benatar, who made it happen, endured her own challenges along the way. The song was written by D.L. Byron specifically for the 1980 movie Times Square, but producers of the teenage runaway story felt it didn’t have hit potential, and rejected it. Subsequent versions were released in 1981 by German-based singer Helen Shneider and vocalist and actress Rachel Sweet, with modest results. As Benatar worked on her fourth album Get Nervous, she and drummer Myron Grombacher decided to reshape “Shadows of...

"This thread is about how to nominate the purged 1946 film Walt Disney's Song of the South to the National Film Registry. The deadline is Aug 15. The form is in the next comment. You need reasons why it should be on the Registry & this thread will give you several." https://x.com/Real_Ed_McCray/status/1953469233179885602

The Hank Cochran and Harlan Howard composition is a country classic, but it certainly wasn’t an instant hit.No one would argue that the Patsy Cline song “I Fall To Pieces” is anything but a country classic. But an instant hit? It certainly wasn’t one of those. On August 7, 1961, the song written by the prolific writers Hank Cochran and Harlan Howard climbed to the top of the Billboard country chart — six months after it was released, and nine after it was recorded on November 16 the year before. In the 2020s, it’s not uncommon for a song...

Clarkson had announced late Wednesday night that she was postponing the August dates of her Vegas residency because Blackstock "had been ill."Talent manager and Kelly Clarkson‘s ex-husband Brandon Blackstock has died after a battle with cancer. He was 48. “It is with great sadness that we share the news that Brandon Blackstock has passed away,” Blackstock’s management company Starstruck, founded by his father, Narvel, said in a statement posted to its Instagram account. “Brandon bravely battled cancer for more than three years. He passed away peacefully and was surrounded by family. We thank you for your thoughts and prayers and...

The singer invited the band to perform ‘Buddy Holly’ and ‘Say It Ain’t So.’Olivia Rodrigo surprised the Lollapalooza crowd during her headlining set by inviting rock and roll giants Weezer on stage to perform a few classic tracks. Toward the end of her performance, she invited the band to join her on-stage, noting that Weezer was the first band she ever saw live. “You always remember your first concert. It’s a very, very special moment,” Rodrigo said. “I remember my first concert. It was a very memorable night. I watched this incredible band and I am so over the...

The group followed ‘Surfin’ Safari’ with the first song Brian Wilson ever wrote.The Beach Boys caught a wave and rode it into the US Top 10 for the first time in May 1963, when “Surfin’ U.S.A.” reached No.3. After an earlier Top 20 single with “Surfin’ Safari,” Brian Wilson’s adaptation of Chuck Berry’s melody really established the group as nationwide names. But the choice of follow-up single was going to be crucial. By August, following some singles co-written with Mike Love, it was time for Brian to get his initial credit as a solo writer, and for the first time...

SiriusXM radio host Howard Stern said Monday that he doesn't "hate" former President Trump, but he hates people who support him. Discussing Trump's "I hate Taylor Swift" post on Truth Social over the weekend, Stern told his listeners, "This whole idea of you like me, you are good, and if you don't, you are bad… I've been the victim of this. "I don't agree with Trump politically, I don't think he should be anywhere near the White House. I don't hate the guy. I hate the people who vote for him. I think they're stupid. I do. I'll be honest...

Sydney Sweeney has continued to face backlash over her controversial American Eagle ad. The actress was most recently heckled by a female while attending the premiere of her film "Americana," according to reports Sydney Sweeney has remained silent in the face of the controversy, although the company broke its silence in an official statement last Friday Sweeney's red carpet moment was unexpectedly disrupted when backlash over her recent American Eagle campaign followed her to the premiere of her latest film. On Sunday night, the actress made an appearance at the premiere of her crime thriller, "Americana," in which she stars...

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Welsh rocker Dave Edmunds is in critical condition after going into cardiac arrest last week. Edmunds' wife, Cici, detailed the incident in a July 29 Facebook post, which you can see below. "He died in my arms while I desperately tried to keep him alive while trying to clear his airways from all of the fluids that come out of a human being's body when we pass away," she wrote. A nurse was able to revive Edmunds with CPR, but "he very clearly has brain damage and severe memory loss," Cici wrote. "And the risk of yet another major cardiac...

Tragedy struck amid the long-awaited Oasis reunion tour after a man in his 40s fell to his death from the upper tiers of London’s Wembley Stadium Saturday, according to British authorities and multiple media reports. Preliminary information suggests that the unidentified fan, situated in a section some 170 feet above the ground, fell as the band was nearing the end of the concert. Police and medical personnel at the stadium responded to reports of the fatal incident just after 10 p.m. local time and declared the victim, who was reportedly “found with injuries consistent with a fall,” deceased at the...

Jimmy Page has settled a lawsuit involving Led Zeppelin's "Dazed and Confused," which was filed back in May by the songwriter Jake Holmes. Holmes' suit was filed against both Page and Sony Pictures film studio, alleging copyright infringement and breach of contract. The suit claimed that two early live versions of the song were included in the 2025 documentary Becoming Led Zeppelin without properly crediting or compensating Holmes. It also claims that Page has released several live renditions of the song as recorded by the Yardbirds that credit Page as the lone songwriter. (They appear on the archival releases Yardbirds...

Roger Daltrey has accused Zak Starkey of character assassination, declaring that the fuss over the Who drummer's recent dismissal was "incredibly upsetting." Starkey served in the band for 29 years before he was fired in April after an onstage incident during the band's performance at Royal Albert Hall. Daltrey is said to have complained about Starkey overplaying during the show, telling the crowd: “To sing that song I do need to hear the key, and I can’t. All I’ve got is drums going boom, boom, boom. I can’t sing to that. I’m sorry, guys.” Less than a week later, the...

In 1984, the Chairman of the Board reunited with Quincy Jones to record a memorable capstone to a remarkable career.Frank Sinatra didn’t appear troubled by superstition when he arrived at New York’s A&R Studios on Friday the 13th, in April 1984 to begin work on his 57th album, L.A. Is My Lady. The project reunited him with record producer Quincy Jones, then basking in acclaim for his work on Thriller, Michael Jackson’s history-making blockbuster album. “The Voice” and “The Dude” had worked together in the studio before, on the 1964 LP It Might As Well Be Swing. After that, the...

First on LateNighter: The host of Fox News’ late-night–styled show Gutfeld! is set to make his first-ever appearance on a traditional network late night show. NBC has confirmed that Greg Gutfeld will be Jimmy Fallon’s guest on The Tonight Show next Thursday, August 7. Known for his provocative, right-leaning humor and combative on-air persona, Gutfeld has long positioned himself as a foil to network late-night hosts like Stephen Colbert, Seth Meyers, and Jimmy Kimmel—frequently mocking the trio as interchangeable liberal mouthpieces. Fallon, whose Tonight Show has focused more heavily on music, games, and celebrity banter than politics, has traditionally shied...