ContactMusic — Bruce Springsteen has topped a new poll seeking out a composer for an alternative U S National Anthem The Boss beat out Dolly Parton by three per cent in the Vanity Fair survey Stevie Wonder came in third and Bob Dylan and film composer John Willi... more info

Guardian Music — 1957: Co-written by Buddy Holly, this still sounds more poignant and fresher than anything elseEveryone needs to start somewhere, and this was the song that a group called the Quarrymen first recorded, as a demonstration disc, the following year, sho... more info

Guardian Music — Vanguard/AceSubtitled Vanguard Records and the 1960s Musical Revolution, this is an 83-track box set that tells the story of one of America's bravest record labels. Founded by the brothers Seymour and Maynard Solomon, who were remarkable for their e... more info

Guardian Music — 1992: Somehow, I'm Too Sexy didn't top the charts – but the Freds had more in their locker than just that ...Right Said Fred's I'm Too Sexy – a No 1 hit almost everywhere except the UK thanks to the cockroach-like tenacity of Brian Adams's Everyt... more info

Guardian Music — Faiport Conventions' first, light-hearted hit offered few clues that they would reinvent English folk musicI first heard this song on Tony Blackburn's Radio 1 show, in the days when it was just beginning to dawn on me that there was music out there b... more info

ContactMusic — President Obama honored folk legend Bob Dylan and eleven other personalities for influencing the people of America with their words songs and actions in a ceremony at the White House on Tuesday May 29 2012 Obama presented Dylan the novelist... more info

ContactMusic — Bob Dylan received the Presidential Medal of Freedom yesterday 29 05 12 The legendary singer was among 13 recipients of Americas highest civilian honour at the White House and President Barack Obama revealed himself to be a fan of the 71-year-old... more info

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Detroit Free Press — President Barack Obama and first lady Michele Obama lauded the group of Americans who received the Medal of Freedom during a White House ceremony Tuesday. more info

Starpulse — Bob Dylan was honored by President Barack Obama at the White House on Tuesday. The folk music icon was among the recipients of this year's Medal of Freedom - the highest civilian honor handed out ... more info