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LMFAO: Party-rock duo take a goofy route to success
Special to the TribuneThe reports said SkyBlu, half of the smash duo LMFAO, fell off a stage in December, causing a back injury and forcing him to cancel several 2012 shows. What actually happened may have been the musical understatement of the decade. "I started partying a...Tags: Health, Music, Gary Glitter, Motown Records, Madonna
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Daring 'Gaye' delivers stories and songs
When Black Ensemble Theatre opened its beautiful new building in November, it did so with a show, "The Jackie Wilson Story," that not only was under-rehearsed but was merely a pro forma remount of a hit from the past. The second, far more successful...
Tags: Theater, Black Entertainment Television (tv network), Human Accomplishments, Music Theater, Music
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Donald 'Duck' Dunn dies at 70; bassist for Booker T. & the MG's
As the bass player on dozens of the most soulful hits in the history of pop music, Donald "Duck" Dunn often found himself out on the road playing to fans who had assumed he was black like the stars he supported, notably Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett and...Tags: Dan Aykroyd, Sam Moore, Facebook, Neil Young, Music Industry
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'Dancing With the Stars' recap: It's Motown night
They start the show with a ridiculous graphic of Gavin in his rowboat on the dance floor, getting overwhelmed by a giant wave. Oh, silly dancing show, it's fun when you have a little bit of a big budget. It's Motown night and one can only hope that they'...
Tags: Gladys Knight, Music, Maksim Chmerkovskiy, Gavin DeGraw, Maria Menounos
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'Dancing With the Stars' recap: Motown hits!
Show TrackerA little bit of Motor City was revved into the “Dancing With the Stars” ballroom for a special hand-clapping, hip-swaying Motown-themed event.... -
Whitney Houston: Family members attend private viewing service
Ministry of GossipWhitney Houston's closest family and friends gathered Friday evening in Newark, N.J., for a private viewing of the body of the singer, who died Saturday at the Beverly Hilton. Whtiney Houston's mother Cissy Houston, daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown and... -
Academy Awards: It's about art, not political correctness [Blowback]
Opinion L.A.In making a big fuss over the Academy's predominantly older-than-50 membership, The Times evidently feels that the experience in craft and in life that comes with age is not as valuable as that which comes from a presumably younger and more diverse... -
Talking with LMFAO: Laughing all the way to the top of the charts
Lehigh Valley MusicIt was one thing when electro-pop duo LMFAO had a minor hit with its jokey 2009 debut disc “Party Rock,” which hit Top 40 on Billboard and produced the novelty hits “I’m in Miami (Trick),” “La La La” and “... -
Year-end top 10 list: Reissues
Pop & HissTimes pop music critic Randall Roberts looks at 10 essential 2011 reissues.... -
Critic's Notebook: LMFAO's brand of party rock uniquely American
Pop & HissLast week LMFAO had the No. 1 song in America. Again. This time it was for the L.A. rap/dance/pop duo's ode to self-infatuation, "Sexy and I Know It" — an infectiously simple dance-floor ditty with a relentless rhythm and a video that has been... -
Don Cornelius: Peace, love, soul -- and civil rights
Tribune criticDon Cornelius, who died Wednesday at 75, was a civil rights pioneer disguised as a dance-music-show host. He used to sign off the “Soul Train” show he founded in Chicago by wishing his viewers “love, peace and soul,” and devoted...Tags: Music, Justice and Rights, Barry White, Walter Payton, The Chi-Lites (music group)
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Commentary: Where's the love for the supreme Diana Ross?
Diana Ross has never won a Grammy.
Though nominated 12 times for her work with the Supremes and for her solo efforts, the singer behind pop classis such as "Baby Love" and "Upside Down" has never taken home the award.
This Saturday, she will be...Tags: Ella Fitzgerald, Genres, Music, Led Zeppelin (music group), Laura Nyro
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