Mercury News, California — Rolling Stones, Frank Sinatra, the Beach Boys and Buddy Holly have all played downtown San Jose venue. Remodeled Civic is now making new musical memories with Jackson Browne and other acts more info

Starpulse — Happy Birthday to: Singer Frank Sinatra (1915; 1998) Singer Erika Van Pelt (1985) Actress Jennifer Connelly (1970) Country singer Katrina Elam (1983) Supermodel Bridget Hall (1977) Actress Ma... more info

Guardian Music — Grammy award-winning musician and 10 band members recovering after bus overturned on motorway, killing driverJazz bassist Marcus Miller and 10 members of his band have been injured following a serious bus crash in Switzerland. The driver of the vehic... more info

USA Today Music — Paul McCartney, Elton John, Bob Dylan, Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles and Whitney Houston are among the honorees. more info

Guardian Music — As the US presidential election approaches, we take a trip to Rock's Backpages – the world's leading archive of vintage music writing – for a 1976 feature on the link between rock and politicsMany people from the rock scene were out celebrating l... more info

Guardian Music — When David Montgomery was ousted as chief executive of Mecom in 2010, I wrote a lengthy appraisal of his remarkable career as both a journalist and newspaper businessman. In the final paragraph I said:"It would be foolish to write off a man who has h... more info

Guardian Music — All the outtakes in the world can't explain the strange alchemy that went into the Velvet Underground's debutToday, the Grand Valley Dale Ballroom sells itself as the leading special event and banquet facility in Columbus, Ohio. "Getting married at t... more info

Time — A list out of the U.K. finds that Frank Sinatra is the nation's favorite requiem crooner more info

Guardian Music — Following the release of the Co-operative Funeralcare survey, we've put together our own list of most requested send-off tunes as nominated via the Guardian's Six Songs seriesThe results of the Co-operative Funeralcare survey released today shows tha... more info

Guardian Music — My Way has again been named the nation's funeral favourite, despite being a ditty of ineffable banalityThere is an intrinsic paradox to My Way being the pop song most commonly chosen as a funeral anthem by British people. Death is a solemn business a... more info