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10/29/23-Crystal Gayle named by Loretta Lynn

Source: music-news.com Crystal Gayle’s country star sister Loretta Lynn came up with her new name after record label bosses ordered her to change it. The 72-year-old singer was born Brenda Webb but she was asked to use a stage name by executives at her record label and she’s revealed her famous sibling was the one who came up with the idea of calling herself Crystal. She told America’s Closer magazine: […]

todayOctober 29, 2023

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10/23/23-Cher & Madonna Fued?

Source: music-news.com Cher has dismissed a rumor claiming that she and Madonna are currently locked in a feud. While speaking to the Los Angeles Times, the Believe singer was asked if she was aware that Madonna was using old interview footage of her calling the Material Girl mean in her Celebration Tour shows. "I said a lot worse than that," Cher responded. "I actually like her. But come on." When […]

todayOctober 23, 2023

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10/21/23-Cher’s First Christmas LP!

Trusted Source: (AP) LOS ANGELES (AP) — There isn’t much Cher hasn’t done in her career. She’s achieved EGOT status, she’s the only artist to have a No. 1 song in each of the past six decades — heck, she’s got her own gelato business, Cherlato. But a Christmas album? That’s new territory. So, why now? “I just didn’t want to do one,” she told The Associated Press. “I didn’t […]

todayOctober 21, 2023

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10/19/23-Dwight Twilley died

Hear Dwight Twilley on "The Lost 45s" on our Interviews Page!   Source: Deadline.com By Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-manager Dwight Twilley, the singer/songwriter who helped bring the Tulsa Sound to a wider audience, has died at 72. No cause or other details have been revealed. Twilley was best known for the Top 20 hit singles I’m on Fire (1975) and Girls (1984). He performed with the Dwight Twilley Band with Phil […]

todayOctober 19, 2023

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10/12/23-Rudolph Isley Died

Rudolph Isley, founding member of The Isley Brothers and 'Shout' songwriter, dies at 84 Edward Segarra USA TODAY Singer-songwriter Rudolph Isley, one of the founding members of the R&B group The Isley Brothers, has died. He was 84. Rudolph died on Wednesday, a representative for The Isley Brothers confirmed to USA TODAY in an email Thursday. A cause of death was not disclosed. TMZ was the first to report the […]

todayOctober 12, 2023

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10/4/23-Stevie Nicks says no Fleetwood Mac

Source: CNN By Lisa Respers France, CNN As far as Stevie Nicks is concerned, Fleetwood Mac is no more. The singer talked to Vulture about the life and death of her best friend and bandmate, Christine McVie, who died in November 2022 at the age of 79 following a brief illness. Nicks told the publication that the last time the band toured together, (their “An Evening with Fleetwood Mac” ran […]

todayOctober 4, 2023

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10/3/23-Jimmy Buffett Highway?

Trusted Source: CNN By Christina Zdanowicz and Melissa Alonso, CNN Soon, you may be able to cruise down a Florida highway named after singer Jimmy Buffett while listening to his A1A album named after the road. A Florida lawmaker filed a bill Friday to rename State Road A1A, a coastal highway that spans from Key West in the south to Fernandina Beach in the north, in honor of Buffett. The […]

todayOctober 3, 2023

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9/25/23-Terry Kirkman from Association Died

Source: music-news.com Terry Kirkman, co-founder of the 60s vocal group The Association, has died aged 83. The American singer and songwriter passed away on Saturday from congestive heart failure after a long illness. A statement on the group's official Facebook page read: “We’re saddened to report that Terry Kirkman passed away last night, RIP Terry. He will live on in our hearts and in the music he so brilliantly wrote.” […]

todaySeptember 25, 2023

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9/25/23-Brian May of Queen & NASA!

Source: CNN Brian May has once again proven why he is rock royalty. Not only is he the Queen guitarist, but he is also an astrophysicist who recently helped NASA return its first ever asteroid sample to Earth. May said he was “immensely proud” to be part of the team that collected the sample from the asteroid Bennu. “Hello NASA folks, space fans, asteroid aficionados. This is Brian May of […]

todaySeptember 25, 2023

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