Guardian Music — Singer's former producer, Robin Millar, reveals an improbable route to global successShe's sold 50m records worldwide – almost half of them in the US – and has had a career spanning four decades, all of it on her own terms, while barely compromis... more info

Guardian Music — Dolly Parton is looking to seal her place in pop's colourful history of duets with a Lady Gaga collaborationThe history of pop is littered with colourful duets, from sensual (Diana Ross and Lionel Ritchie), to the surprising (Nick Cave and Kylie Mino... more info

Guardian Music — A composer of classic musicals, he wrote Have Yourself a Merry Little ChristmasAmong the perennial Christmas songs, one of the most performed and popular is Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, with words and music by Hugh Martin, who has died age... more info

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L.A. Times - Entertainment — UMG's donation of about 200,000 classic recordings to the Library of Congress, including Bing Crosby's original 'White Christmas,' could open up a treasure trove of early American music to the public.UMG's donation of about 200,000 classic recordings... more info

ContactMusic — A white Christmas may have been a pleasant thing for Bing Crosby to croon about, but weather conditions over most of the U.S. and Europe during this season is threatening to force many of the usual holiday moviegoers to remain home. The dreadful weat... more info

The Culture Of Me — The famously awkward Bing Crosby/David Bowie holiday special collaboration from 1977 for the special TV presentation "Bing Crosby's Merrie Olde Christmas" of "Little Drummer Boy/Peace On Earth" (recorded for the show a mere month before Mr. Crosby wo... more info

Guardian Music — Like Tinie and Tinchy, these purveyors of shiny, grime-y R&B have just enough grit. Think of them as a more credible JLSHometown: London.The lineup: Mark, Cairo and Pierre.The background: It was nice to read in the daily industry newsletter CMU an ar... more info

Detroit Free Press — Peace on Earth, can it be? When David Bowie posed that musical question to Bing Crosby 33 years ago, a generation of young TV viewers watching in amazement asked another question: Did that really just happen? Was the Thin White Duke actually singing ... more info

melophobe — Here’s my kickoff for a week of holiday features on melophobe! Starting with this list of 7 current and 3 oldie-but-goodie holiday-themed videos, I will be bundling up this month’s Christmas/Hanukkah/Winter specials into happy packages that you c... more info