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Lost classic: Bobbie Gentry

4736 days ago

Love And The Anger — Bobbie Gentry is my favorite new "old" country artist. She had a number one single in the 1970's with Ode to Billie Joe. She had a couple more albums that did not quite live up to that first single, or so the critics said. I had a hard time fi... more info

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The conversation: Eurovision, treat or travesty?

4744 days ago

Guardian Music — Bucks Fizz's Cheryl Baker never misses Eurovision, while rock writer Charles Shaar Murray thinks it's a showcase for European culture at its worst. Susanna Rustin lets them argueTonight's 56th annual Eurovision song contest will see the kitsch and th... more info

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John Walker obituary

4749 days ago

Guardian Music — Singer with the Walker Brothers, one of the most popular bands of the 1960sWhile British groups were conquering the American pop charts in the mid-1960s, the American-born Walker Brothers were a three-man invasion of Britain. They were one of the mos... more info

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Gibb: 'Springfield outshines current chart stars'

4749 days ago

Yahoo! Music UK — world entertainment news - Robin Gibb has hailed Dusty Springfield as the greatest female singer in modern history, insisting no artist can match the soul legend. more info

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Robin Gibb - Robin Gibb: 'dusty Springfield Outshines Current Chart Stars'

4749 days ago

ContactMusic — Robin Gibb has hailed Dusty Springfield as the greatest female singer in modern history, insisting no artist can match the soul legend. The Bee Gees star unveiled a special plaque commemorating the Son of a Preacher Man hitmaker at her former home... more info

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Hit-filled 'Shout! The Mod Musical' revisits swinging London in the '60s

4760 days ago

Detroit Free Press — Fab and feather-light, "Shout! The Mod Musical" is a swinging '60s London time capsule with a soundtrack heavy on Petula Clark, Dusty Springfield and Cilla Black. more info

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Rumer has it... or so they say

4776 days ago

Totally Fuzzy — Heavily influenced by Burt Bacharach and blessed with effortless velvet-smooth vocals, Anglo-Pakistani singer/songwriter Rumer harks back to the early-‘70s easy listening sounds of Karen Carpenter and Carole King. Born in 1979 to British parents... more info

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Play Dusty for me: net cast for Springfield biopic

4781 days ago

Guardian Music — Search begins for actor to play pop icon responsible for hits such as Son of a Preacher Man in film about her colourful private lifeProducers of a biopic based on the life of the late British singer Dusty Springfield say they are trawling Britain and... more info

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