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Artist Essentials
1/11/2011
You wouldn't immediately associate the Marx Brothers' zaniness with the French-cuff elegance of Nat Cole, but it was in Groucho & Co.'s A Night In Casablanca that "Who's Sorry Now" came to fame; …
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Artist Essentials
1/11/2011
If ever a person was destined to make the song "Unforgettable" his theme, Nat "King" Cole was it. Consider this: back in the '30s and'40s, he fronted one of the hottest jazz trios ever to take the stag …
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Artist Essentials
1/11/2011
No, Frank didn't create the Great American Songbook all by himself; he got - and gave - a helping hand along the way. The Academy Awardr-winning duo of Jimmy Van Heusen & Sammy Cahn ranked among …
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Artist Essentials
1/11/2011
If music is the food of love, then Frank Sinatra is a one-man catering service, with a smorgasbord of tuneful delectables piled seven decades' deep. From the giddy ecstasy of romantic rendezvous to the …
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Genres & History
1/11/2011
Our chart-skimming 2010 playlist doesn't just add to the deafening buzz of newly anointed pop stars like Katy Perry and Ke$ha; it's also a flawless reminder of the year's other hits, including the mani …
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Genres & History
1/11/2011
The line between pop, rap, rock, and R&B wasn't just blurred in 2010 - it was tossed out the window by tracks that were as scatterbrained as the Twitter and Facebook feeds that trampled our computer sc …
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Genres & History
1/11/2011
The '00s were the time when it became cool to be a country singer - hell, even rockers started setting their sights on Nashville. How did Darius Rucker finally get folks to quit calling him "Hootie"? B …
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Genres & History
1/11/2011
When the '00s came along, country music hit the new millennium running, and never stopped to look back for a second. A fresh crop of country royalty was on the rise, with everyone from Lady Antebellum …
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Artist Essentials
1/11/2011
It's been nearly 30 years since Boy George and Culture Club exploded like a rainbow-hued confetti bomb onto airwaves, video screens, and dance floors everywhere - and the Boy has been working, in and o …
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