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Lou Christie, the pop singer who indeed had lightning strike in a big way with his “Lightnin’ Strikes” smash in the 1960s, died Wednesday at 82, his family announced on social media. No date or cause of death was given. Christie had three top 10 singles in the U.S. across a period of six years in the ’60s, the biggest being “Lightnin’ Strikes,” which was released in 1965 and hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in February 1966. Written by Christie with Twyla Herbert, the MGM-label single was famous for a soaring hook with a nearly Frankie Valli-level...

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People Who Can't Carry A Tune Either Don't Know Or Don't Care, Study Shows ScienceDaily (Jun. 15, 2008) — Acoustical analyses of people belting out "Jingle Bells," "Brother John" and a Polish birthday song, "Sto Lat" reveal that most people sing in tune and in time, even without musical training. Moreover, two distinct "phenotypes", or recognizable forms, of impaired singing exist that are linked to perceptual abilities. Establishing this linkage is helpful for designing a music education curriculum. Dr. Simone Dalla Bella and colleagues from the University of Finance and Management in Warsaw, Poland, set out to evaluate the proficiency...

WASHINGTON, April 5, 2006 – "America Supports You" member Kaylee Marie Radzyminski stumbled across an entertaining way to thank the troops fighting in the global war on terrorism. She's collecting CDs, DVDs and books on CD; more than 1,000 since the end of summer when she started Tunes 4 the Troops. Her goals is to collect and ship 500,000 pieces of entertainment by the 2008 holiday season, she said. America Supports You is a Defense Department program that highlights efforts by the American people and the nation's corporate sector to tangibly support members of the armed forces. Kaylee, 14, of...

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has launched his fall offensive to turn the polls around, pass key reforms and regain momentum. The stakes are high and both sides are spending every dime to influence voter and pundit opinion. But Arnold would be wise to set aside his recent tactics and learn instead from the California tribal experience. The strange journey taken by California's Indian tribes is a profound lesson about how far and fast the popular can fall in the realm of public opinion. In 2000, the tribes were granted permission to erect casinos in California, thanks to voters driven in large...

Tonight's show includes a special focus on President Bush's immigration reform proposals, and Wall Street Journal writers score the fight between Congress and the courts on criminal sentencing.The program is presented by Thirteen/WNET New York. The more than 300 public TV stations around the country set their program schedules individually, so to find out the day and time when "The Journal Editorial Report" will air near you, please check your local PBS listings or consult the PBS Web site.

Antiwar Singers Out Of Tune With Public Posted May 2, 2003 By John Berlau KISS front man Simmons has taken musicians to task for their unpatriotic sentiments. The band Pearl Jam, which became famous during the Seattle "grunge-rock" movement of the 1990s, is not known for having politically conservative enthusiasts. So the reaction of fans at the opening of a new U.S. tour to an antic that lead singer Eddie Vedder performed without controversy in Australia and Japan came as quite a shock to him and to the music industry. After making a series of antiwar and anti-Bush remarks at...