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Bob Babbitt

4955 days ago
Guardian MusicOne 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

Funk Brothers legend Bob Babbitt dies, aged 74

4956 days ago
Guardian MusicMotown 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

Celeste Holm obituary

4958 days ago
Guardian MusicSophisticated 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

James Bond lyricist Leslie Bricusse gives George Gershwin a new voice

4966 days ago
Guardian MusicFor 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

Ted Danson - Ted Danson Mortified By Larry David's Translation Gaffe

4978 days ago
ContactMusicTed 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

Katy Perry setting up record label

4982 days ago
Guardian MusicSinger 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

In rotation: Kelly Hogan's 'I Like to Keep Myself in Pain'

4983 days ago
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

Frank Sinatra, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones: Beach Boys Beat Beatles On Billboard

4988 days ago
PrefixBeatles or Rolling Stones? So went the old debate, yet the Beach Boys beat back the Brits to set a ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/news/beach-boys-beat-beatles-on-billboard/66334/ more info

Jay Z - Hollywood Palladium Up For Sale

4996 days ago
ContactMusicThe one-time home of the Emmy and Grammy Awards is on the market The Hollywood Palladium which has also housed gigs by Jay Z and Frank Sinatra is expected to fetch 60 million 37 5 million The fabled Sunset Boulevard property is currently bein... more info

The best No 1 records: Dream Lover – Bobby Darin | Richard Williams

5003 days ago
Guardian Music1959: A perfect example of the rock ballad, this is a slice of pure pop music with a lilting Latin beatBobby Darin – born Walden Robert Cassotto in the Bronx – may have looked like a junior-league Frank Sinatra. But when you heard Dream Lover you... more info

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