Impose Magazine — From this moment on Bing Crosby is dead to us. Dean Martin is dead to us. Alvin & The Chipmunks: dead to us. The California Raisins: Dead. Paul Anka: dead to us. The Jackson 5 and Alan Jackson are dead to us. Dolly Parton: Dead. Jewel, Babyface, and ... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — The top 40 station's ratings lead is not expected to last as KOST begins its holiday music format.Top 40 station KIIS-FM (102.7) hit the top of the radio ratings last month — a perch it has held or shared every month since April — but the king of... more info

Guardian Music — The musician has published his latest collection of songs not as recordings but as beautifully illustrated sheet music. He explains why he decided to do itBetween the heavy blue covers of the Song Reader, tucked in among its neat sheaf of papers, lie... more info

Guardian Music — Popular American crooner who sold more than 100m albums across eight decadesThrough the popularity of his television show and his mellifluous tenor voice, Andy Williams, who has died aged 84 after suffering from bladder cancer, was one of the best-lo... more info

Guardian Music — The former Talking Head delights with a 'wildly ambitious' study of all matters musical, from Pythagoras to the MP3David Byrne was not like other boys. When he first heard Purple Haze, aged 14, the precocious future leader of Talking Heads informed h... more info

Guardian Music — Has your suggestion made the playlist this week? Gather your nerves and find outThis week's playlist has been selected by Magicman.• My favourite song title this week was Jetplane Landing's There Is No Real Courage Unless There Is Fear. As commenta... more info

Guardian Music — As the 35th anniversary of Elvis's death approaches, we return to 1977 via Rock's Backpages – the world's leading collection of vintage music journalism – for Mick Farren's reaction to the newsIt was one of the worst storms to hit London since Go... more info

Guardian Music — American entertainer and singer popular in the 1940s and 50sThe American entertainer Tony Martin, who has died aged 98, was once described as a singing tuxedo. Although he was rather a stiff actor, he was handsome and charming, with a winning, dimple... more info

Guardian Music — The Sunday Telegraph's John Preston has set us a riddle. He tells how a house clearance turned up a box of old photographs in which a Fleet Street showbiz writer, Dick Richards, was pictured with a string of 1950s Hollywood stars.There is Dick discus... more info

Guardian Music — Veteran presenter to front Sky Arts series as channel releases schedule including Tom Jones in first ever acting roleFive years after hanging his talkshow hat up for good, Michael Parkinson is returning to TV – in a talkshow with Sky Arts, which on... more info