Guardian Music — The music blogger picks the songs that mean the most to him as part of our Six Songs of Me projectMatt Temple runs Electric Jive, a blog about "lost" South African music of the 60s, 70s and 80s. Here are his six choices.What was the first song you ev... 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

ContactMusic — Frank Sinatras daughter Nancy has reached out to Twitter com bosses to shut down a blog set up in her late fathers name Nancy Sinatra appealed to her fans for help on Friday 27Jul12 after learning the Twitter tag ratpackfrank had been verified by web... more info

Guardian Music — One of the last surviving members of the Funk Brothers, the backbone of Tamla MotownThe bass guitarist Bob Babbitt, who has died of brain cancer aged 74, was one of the last surviving members of the Funk Brothers, that exclusive club comprising a doz... more info

Guardian Music — Motown hero laid down basslines on many of the label's most memorable hitsThe Motown session musician Bob Babbitt, one of the legendary Funk Brothers studio team, ghas died aged 74. Babbitt's bass playing pounded through sauch Motown classics as the ... more info

Guardian Music — Sophisticated and witty actor who triumphed on Broadway and won an OscarCeleste Holm, who has died aged 95, was the original Ado Annie in Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein's groundbreaking musical Oklahoma! which opened on Broadway in 1943. In I... more info

Guardian Music — For the first time the composer's best-known orchestral music can be heard with words to accompany itA project to put words to the best-known orchestral music of George Gershwin is to be launched this summer, following 15 years of work by one of Brit... more info

ContactMusic — Ted Danson was left cringing during a dinner with Larry David when the funnyman insulted a restaurant full of Mexicans by translating an English-speaking Frank Sinatra impersonator The comic plays an exaggerated version of himself in hit U S comedy s... more info

Guardian Music — Singer intends to 'avoid the things that take away any chance for an artist to have financial success'. Good luck with thatNot content with pop stardom, Katy Perry has decided she intends to be a music mogul as well.The 27-year-old singer has sold 3.... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — “My name is Frank Sinatra,” sings Kelly Hogan on the M. Ward-penned “Daddy’s Little Girl,” a tune she delivers with gripping drama. And there are 12 more gems on Hogan's "I Like To Keep Myself In Pain." more info