50 Years On, Buddy Holly Will Not Fade Away: February 3rd, 2009 Marks The Golden Anniversary As Loyal Fans, Family & Friends Prepare To Celebrate A Rock 'N' Roll Legend
SANTA MONICA, CA. (Universal Music Enterprises) - February 3rd marks the 50th anniversary of "The Day The Music Died," when a plane crash took the lives of three, now legendary rock 'n' rollers - Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper. In spite of Holly's brief yet astonishing professional ...
| Legacy Recordings Celebrates The Eagerly-Awaited Reissue Of 'Ten,' The Ground-Breaking Debut Album From Pearl Jam, With Four Special Edition Packages
NEW YORK, NY. (Legacy Recordings) - Legacy Recordings is celebrating its monumental re-issue of "Ten," the breakthrough debut album from Pearl Jam, with a multi-dimensional campaign designed to surprise and delight the band's long-time fans while awakening a whole new generation to one of rock's iconic ...
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Everybody Loves Somebody On Valentine's Day & Everybody Loves Dean Martin's LOVE SONGS Every Day Of The Year
SANTA MONICA, Calif. (Top40 Charts/ Universal Music Enterprises) - Valentine's Day without Dean Martin is like Christmas without Santa Claus - both deliver the goods. There is "cool" and then there is Dino, the King of Cool. Now, just in time for Valentine's Day, Dean Martin - Love Songs (Hip-O/UMe), ...
| Century Casino Edmonton Presents The Yardbirds
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Top40 Charts/ Yardbirds Fans Website) - Century Casinos, Inc. (Nasdaq: CNTY; Vienna Stock Exchange) announced today that its Century Casino & Hotel Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, proudly presents The Yardbirds performing on February 21, 2009 at its exclusive Century Casino Showroom. ...
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Rush's 'Retrospective III (1989-2008)' Arrives On March 3, 2009
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ Atlantic Records) - Anthem/Atlantic recording group Rush has announced details of the upcoming third volume in its continuing compilation series. "RETROSPECTIVE III (1989-2008)" arrives in stores on March 3rd. The collection - available as both individual CD and two-disc CD/DVD ...
| Motown 50 Launches Online Podcast Series, Featuring Exclusive Interviews With Label Legends & Others
LOS ANGELES, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Universal Music Enterprises) - The legendary Motown Records celebrates its 50th anniversary this year with a series of promotions and releases from Berry Gordy's groundbreaking company and Universal Music Enterprises, including a series of online podcasts featuring rare ...
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Ray Charles' Classic 'America The Beautiful' To Be Released Digitally For The First Time On Inauguration Day, January 20
LOS ANGELES, CA. (Top40 Charts/ By Cary Baker/ Conqueroo Music) - Concord Music Group today announced that it will digitally release Ray Charles' signature rendition of 'America the Beautiful' on January 20, Inauguration Day in America. The song, offered digitally for the first time, will be made available ...
| Stax Records Reissues Isaac Hayes' 'Black Moses' Album On CD In Deluxe Edition With Extensive Liner Notes On February 24, 2009
LOS ANGELES, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Conqueroo Music) - Isaac Hayes' epic 1971 album Black Moses, which captured the artist at the peak of his popularity, will be reissued on Stax Records on February 24, 2009. The release is a complete replication of the original Black Moses package, folding out into a cross-shaped ...
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Petula Clark CD And DVD Coming From Collectors' Choice Music
LOS ANGELES, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Conqueroo Music) - International vocal superstar Petula Clark - best known for hits like 'Downtown,' 'I Know A Place,' 'Color My World,' 'Don't Sleep in the Subway' and 'My Song' - will soon have both a CD and DVD on Collectors' Choice Music. The CD, titled Petula Clark: ...
| Chip Taylor's Greatest Hits
New York, NY. (Top 40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) - With 'Wild Thing,' Chip Taylor's place in the rock and roll canon would be safe. But Taylor not only wrote what is arguably the greatest rock and roll song of all time, he crafted some of rock and country's most seminal tracks. Along with 'Wild Thing' ...
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'Sweet Dreams' A Patsy Cline Tribute Show Performed By CJ Harding Showcasing At APAP In New York January 9 & 10, 2009
St. Petersburg, FL (Top40 Charts/ Desiderata Music) - CJ Harding's authentic rendition of Patsy Cline has been selling out theatres and bringing audiences to their feet for a decade. "Patsy" twirls onto stage in an authentic cowgirl outfit from 1963, complete with white fringe . You are immediately ...
| Sister Rosetta's Stone: Gospel Music Legend Memorialized After 35 Years
PHILADELPHIA, PA (Top40 Charts/ Values Of America Company) - Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the pioneering gospel musician and instrumentalist, finally has a gravestone marking her resting place at Northwood Cemetery in Philadelphia. Since her passing in 1973, the gravesite of Sister Rosetta had been a barren ...
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Simon & Garfunkel: The Collection Deluxe Box Set
MELBOURNE, Australia (Top40 Charts/ Phantom Sound & Vision) - Simon & Garfunkel: The Collection. This deluxe Boxset contains all five of their studio albums plus the Live In Central Park DVD. The partnership of Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel was to shape the music scene throughout the 1960s. Cleverly ...
| World Premiere Of Memories Of Motown
BERLIN, Germany (Top40 Charts/ Estrel Berlin PR) - On January 12th one of the most important record labels in the history of music celebrates the 50th anniversary of its founding: Motown Records. On the occasion of the world-wide anniversary celebrations, the world premiere of the show Memories of Motown ...
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'Making The Monkees' Revisits Rise And Fall Of 1960s Musical Phenomenon
WASHINGTON, DC. (Top40 Charts/ Smithsonian Networks) - In 1965, Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork, Davy Jones and Micky Dolenz came together to form The Monkees, a fictional band created by Bob Rafelson and Bert Schneider for a television pilot with the goal of capitalizing on the success of 1960s Beatle-mania. ...
| Legendary Songwriting Duo Ashford & Simpson To Release Their First Ever Live DVD & CD!
NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Burgundy Records/ Sony Music) - Superstar singer songwriter powerhouse couple Ashford & Simpson will release a definitive collection of their Greatest Hits, "Ashford & Simpson: The Real Thing" on CD, DVD and DVD Blu Ray (Burgundy Records / Sony Music). The first-ever live ...
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Dean Martin's Most Romantic Love Songs Collected For 'Amore'
HOLLYWOOD, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Capitol/ EMI Records) - Dean Martin's most romantic love songs have been gathered for a mood-setting collection, Amore, to be released January 27 by Capitol/EMI, just in time for Valentine's Day. Amore features 15 classics, including "You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Loves You," ...
| Christmas In Malibu's Surfing Santa Still Hanging Ten After Twenty Years
Malibu, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Radude Records) - This holiday season marks the twentieth anniversary of the novelty holiday hit "Christmas In Malibu," written and produced by media veteran Joe Klein in 1988. It was a summer day over two decades ago when Klein had a musical epiphany while sitting on the ...
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NOW That's What I Call Motown!
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ Universal Music Enterprises) - NOW That's What I Call Motown is the latest release from the hugely successful NOW That's What I Call Music! series, which has collectively scanned over 70 million units in the U.S. over the last decade. The album will be released on CD and digitally ...
| 'The Last Concert' Celebrates Roy Orbison
New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) - Roy Orbison performed his final concert at Highland Heights in Akron, Ohio on December 4, 1988 - two days before his untimely passing. While the concert was recorded and Roy's performance of "It's Over" is featured in 'The Soul of Rock and Roll' released ...
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