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Pop music replaces hymns at two-thirds of funerals, Co-op survey finds

4494 days ago
Guardian MusicFrank Sinatra's My Way remains funeral favourite for seventh year running, with Always Look on the Bright Side at number 13Pop music has replaced hymns at two-thirds of British funerals, a survey from Co-operative Funeralcare has found. Pop was the n... more info

How Do I Love Thee Liz

4497 days ago
DlistedElizabeth Taylor. Icon. Goddess. My Idol. She was an ethereal beauty and a shameless hussy, marrying 8 times to 7 men (Richard Burton twice) and not giving one crumb of a fuck what anyone thought about it. Everyone knows that she drank like a fi... more info

Older men, young girls: a common theme of 70s pop – but still wrong

4502 days ago
Guardian MusicTeenage love was at rock'n'roll's core. The stars were often not much older than female fans, and industry middlemen also tried to interpose themselves into the sexual mixBack in 1968, Mick Jagger sang, "I don't care that you're 15 years old, I don't... more info

Beatles, Elvis & Sinatra Amongst Nominees For Inaugural Pop Music Hall Of Fame Class

4520 days ago
StarpulseThe Beatles, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra and The Beach Boys are among the first ever nominees for the American Pop Music Hall of Fame. Tony Bennett, Neil Diamond, The Carpenters and Simon & Garfu... more info

You'll Never Walk Alone: from terrace anthem to touching tribute

4521 days ago
Guardian MusicForty-nine years after it first entered the charts, You'll Never Walk Alone is now back at No 12 thanks to a campaign by Liverpool FC supporters. After the Hillsborough report, it is a fitting message of solidarity to those who have sufferedIt lasts ... more info

Frank Sinatra - Frank Sinatra's Former Home Torn Down

4526 days ago
ContactMusicFrank Sinatras former Los Angeles home has been demolished Paramount Pictures chairman Brad Grey put the seven-bedroom Holmby Hills residence on the market for 23 5 million 14 7 million a year ago Sep11 but it failed to sell and so in a desperat... more info

How Music Works by David Byrne – review

4531 days ago
Guardian MusicThe 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

Hal David dies of stroke at 91

4536 days ago
Guardian MusicHal David, master lyricist behind such hits as Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head, has died in LA at 91 after strokeHal David, the lyricist who teamed with Burt Bacharach on dozens of timeless songs for movies, television and a variety of recording ar... more info

Hal David, lyricist behind string of memorable hits, dies aged 91

4537 days ago
Guardian MusicBest know for partnership with Burt Bacharach on songs such as Walk On By and I Say A Little PrayerSongwriter Hal David, famous for penning dozens of top 40 hits with composer Burt Bacharach, has died aged 91.The lyricist, who wrote many timeless son... more info

Max Bygraves obituary

4537 days ago
Guardian MusicPopular comedian, singer and TV host grew up in poverty but became a star of the Palladium and a top-selling recording artistThere was never much intellectual cachet in being an admirer of Max Bygraves. True, he was at one time, at £500,000 a year, ... more info

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