More than 80 Michael Jackson collectibles -- including the late pop star's famous rhinestone-studded glove from a 1983 performance -- were auctioned off Saturday, reaping a total $2 million.
A recipe that includes a nondescript New York University dorm room, a heavyset Jewish kid from Long Island and a street-wise black guy from Queens seems like an unlikely one to cook up musical history.
This was Christmas night. In the basement of a church off an icy street in downtown Detroit, four dozen homeless men and women sat at tables. The smell of cooked ham wafted from the kitchen. The pastor, Henry Covington, a man the size of two middle linebackers, exhorted the people with a familiar chant.
Michael Jackson's family and about 200 of their closest friends gathered on a hill Thursday evening for their final farewell to the pop singer, who died 10 weeks ago.
Music manager Allen Klein, whose clients included the Rolling Stones and the Beatles, died Saturday after a lengthy battle with Alzheimer's disease, his publicist said. Klein was 77.
The newlywed blogs what she and Hank Baskett are listening to on their "secluded beach"
Michael Jackson died Thursday, and my family gathered by telephone from Florida, Texas, California and Georgia to mourn and remember. But we began mourning long ago.
Plus: Alicia Keyes, Timbaland, Smokey Robinson pay tribute at an ASCAP ceremony
Music critic Chuck Arnold recalls the profound influence of the King of Pop
He was lauded and ridiculed. He broke down barriers and built them around himself. He soared to heights unimaginable with his music, and he made the ignominious front page of gutter tabloids worldwide.
More than 80 Michael Jackson collectibles -- including the late pop star's famous rhinestone-studded glove from a 1983 performance -- were auctioned off Saturday, reaping a total $2 million.
A recipe that includes a nondescript New York University dorm room, a heavyset Jewish kid from Long Island and a street-wise black guy from Queens seems like an unlikely one to cook up musical history.
This was Christmas night. In the basement of a church off an icy street in downtown Detroit, four dozen homeless men and women sat at tables. The smell of cooked ham wafted from the kitchen. The pastor, Henry Covington, a man the size of two middle linebackers, exhorted the people with a familiar chant.
Michael Jackson's family and about 200 of their closest friends gathered on a hill Thursday evening for their final farewell to the pop singer, who died 10 weeks ago.
Music manager Allen Klein, whose clients included the Rolling Stones and the Beatles, died Saturday after a lengthy battle with Alzheimer's disease, his publicist said. Klein was 77.
The newlywed blogs what she and Hank Baskett are listening to on their "secluded beach"
Michael Jackson died Thursday, and my family gathered by telephone from Florida, Texas, California and Georgia to mourn and remember. But we began mourning long ago.
Plus: Alicia Keyes, Timbaland, Smokey Robinson pay tribute at an ASCAP ceremony
Music critic Chuck Arnold recalls the profound influence of the King of Pop
He was lauded and ridiculed. He broke down barriers and built them around himself. He soared to heights unimaginable with his music, and he made the ignominious front page of gutter tabloids worldwide.
Michael Jackson, the show-stopping singer whose best-selling albums -- including "Off the Wall," "Thriller" and "Bad" -- and electrifying stage presence made him one of the most popular artists of all time, died Thursday, CNN has confirmed.
It falls to me to prepare a statement on behalf of Vibe magazine when someone is promoted, when there is trouble, or when something major happens in the world of pop.
Perhaps Ryan Seacrest said it best at the top of the "American Idol" Tuesday night when describing Adam Lambert and Kris Allen, the show's final two contestants.
As he entered his 60s, Booker T. Jones -- keyboardist, arranger, producer -- realized he needed to learn how to make records again.
Villanova (30-7) vs. North Carolina (32-4) Saturday, 8:47 p.m. Ford Field (78,000)
The U.S.'s treatment of domestic car makers must leave Motown feeling hard done by.
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss win album of the year, Taylor & Miley duet & Lil Wayne wins big
He performed at Ellen DeGeneres' wedding this past summer, and he's as quick-witted as Adam Sandler. Could Joshua Radin be the next great wedding singer?
Jheryl Busby, the former president and chief executive of Motown Records who helped foster the careers of Boyz II Men and Johnny Gill, has died
Four Tops lead singer Levi Stubbs, who possessed one of the most dynamic and emotive voices of all the Motown singers, died Friday at 72
Josh Rouse is a chameleon. And a busy one, too.
Norman Whitfield, who co-wrote a string of Motown classics including "War" and "I Heard It Through the Grapevine," has died. He was 67
Soul singer and arranger Isaac Hayes, who won Grammy awards and an Oscar for the theme from the 1971 action film "Shaft," has died, sheriff's officials in Memphis, Tennessee, reported Sunday.
The Oscar and Grammy winner was found unconsicous in his Memphis home
The singer-composer, dead at 65, revved up the motor of testosterone in R&B and made even Hollywood take notice
Isaac Hayes, the pioneering singer, songwriter and musician whose relentless "Theme From Shaft" won Academy and Grammy awards, has been found dead at home. He was 65.
Get a sneak peek at the Welsh soul artist singing her tune "Mercy"
Jon Bon Jovi should be living it up like the rock star that he is right now. He has a rare day off from touring and he's pacing around his plush digs in Miami with the vibrant Florida sun beaming through the windows around him. With South Beach at his fingertips, however, he opts to stay in and talk football. That's what happens when you're the owner of the Philadelphia Soul, one of only two undefeated teams left in the Arena Football League.
Hear the movie's theme tune and sneak a peek at who else is on the soundtrack
The Zoo Crew. It sounds like the name of a children's TV show. Or maybe a college frat house. Or an afternoon sports talk radio team.
Jon Bon Jovi's heroes are two women who live and work by a simple motto: "None of us are home until all of us are home."
It should come as no surprise that a company backed by Norman Lear knows how to make creative use of television. Lear, the TV superproducer who created "All in the Family," "One Day at a Time," and other hit shows, is one of the owners of Concord Music Group.
Activist Rev. Al Sharpton organized rallies across the United States on Tuesday demanding rap lyricists stop employing the "n-word" and terms degrading to women, urging public divestment from the music industry until it complies.
Brandy is being replaced by Sharon Osbourne as a judge on NBC's "America's Got Talent."
I'M ANJALI RAO IN TOKYO AS PART OF OUR SPECIAL JAPAN NOW SERIES. THIS IS TALK ASIA.
James Brown, one of the pioneers of soul music, has died at 73.
James Brown, one of the pioneers of soul music, has died at 73.
James Brown, the legendary singer known as "the Godfather of Soul," is being treated for "severe pneumonia" at an Atlanta hospital, his agent told CNN Sunday.
David Letterman isn't going anywhere.
Two former "American Idol" rivals -- second-season winner Ruben Studdard and runner-up Clay Aiken -- will battle again when their new albums are released next month.
The Super Bowl is having an impact on Detroit this year unlike almost any other city it has visited.
According to a press release from the Grammy Awards, there's going to be a special tribute to Sly and the Family Stone at the February 8 awards.
Lou Rawls, whose mellifluous baritone was featured on hits ranging from his own "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine" to Sam Cooke's "Bring It on Home to Me," has died. He was 72.
Sam Cooke knew exactly what he wanted.
British soul singer Lemar beat Mariah Carey for Best Album at this year's Music of Black Origin (MOBO) awards.
Legendary R&B artist Luther Vandross, whose smooth, silky voice gave soul to songs about life, love and relationships, died Friday. He was 54 years old.
Some credit the moonwalk.
Ken Shipley wants to sell a few records. Not necessarily millions, not necessarily enough to earn a large plaque of gold-painted plastic on the wall.
You have to start with the voice.
Detroit had reason to rejoice this week, as both Ford and General Motors reported earnings that greatly exceeded analysts' expectations.
Getting personal holds ample rewards for Usher.
Pope John Paul II met Monday with Jim Caviezel, star of Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ," the Vatican said.
The 46th annual Grammy Awards find themselves caught in a culture war.
A list of Grammy winners:
1 Monogrammed Shirts
Buddy Guy Sweet Tea Silvertone
American Jazz Museum, Kansas City, Mo. 816-474-8463; www.americanjazzmuseum.com. Listen to recordings by Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington and Charlie Parker or sit in on twice-monthly lectures by li...
"One More Heartache" came out of the Motown music factory, written by, among others, Smokey Robinson. But it was Marvin Gaye, using the label's usual musicians and arrangers, who released a very co...
Fred Wilson was impressed. A partner in New York's respected venture capital firm Flatiron Partners, he had just heard a pitch last fall for Urban Box Office, a startup planning to launch a series ...
We are the music-makers, And we are the dreamers of dreams, Wandering by lone sea breakers, And sitting by desolate streams; World-losers and world-forsakers, On whom the pale moon gleams: Yet we a...
George Jackson, a Harvard-educated film producer from Harlem, has just been named the new president and CEO of legendary Motown Records. But rather than shout it from the roof of corporate headquar...
From the healthy second-quarter profits reported by GM, Ford, and Chrysler, you would assume that the Big Three are doing fine. But the numbers obscure the biggest secret in Motown: Passenger cars,...
THEY'RE ABOUT THE SIZE OF TODAY'S CDS BUT HOLD less than a tenth as many songs (one per side) and have a fraction of the sound clarity. Still, 45-rpm records are proving to be sweet music to nostal...
THIS VALENTINE'S DAY, THINK CDS. Nope, not certificates of deposit. (If you're interested in those, see Money Monitor.) We mean the musical variety--compact disks.
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