Classic Hits & Oldies
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UMG Recordings Two of Quincy Jones‘ classic albums have gotten new, expanded edition digital releases as part of the continuing celebration of the legendary music producer’s 90th birthday this year. The new releases include 1989’s Back on the Block, which featured musicians such as Chaka Khan, Dionne Warwick, Luther Vandross, Ice-T and Ella Fitzgerald. The expanded edition includes 27 new tracks, including remixes, edits […]
ABC/Eric McCandless Lionel Richie is lucky enough to have one main career and two or three side hustles: Not only is he a legendary pop star, he’s also an American Idol judge who’s got his own line of perfumes and home decor, as well as his own flavor of ice cream. But you may be surprised by what he thinks he’d be doing […]
Say “Hello” to Lionel Richie‘s new fragrance. The American Idol judge came out with his first perfume, Hello, back in 2019, and now, he’s launching his second, People reports. It’s called Easy Like Sunday Morning, named after a lyric in his 1977 hit with the Commodores, “Easy.” “I was very successful when I put out Hello,” Lionel tells People. “[What] I didn’t realize at that […]
Rob Verhorst/Redferns The late Tina Turner will be honored on Broadway. Deadline reports the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre is set to dim its marquee lights for one minute in honor of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame legend on Wednesday, June 21, at 7 p.m. ET. The theater is where the musical of her life, Tina – The Tina Turner Musical, […]
Courtesy of Earth, Wind & Fire Earth, Wind & Fire is heading back to Las Vegas. The R&B legends have announced nine new shows at The Venetian Theatre inside The Venetian Resort Las Vegas. The new dates kick off October 20 and run through November 4. For those looking to snag tickets, a Citi presale kicks […]
BERTRAND GUAY/AFP via Getty Images Drivers in Minnesota will soon be able to ride down a highway named after the legendary Prince. According to The Associated Press, Minnesota lawmakers voted Thursday to rename a portion State Highway 5 after the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer, who passed away in 2016. The purple-sign-lined Prince Rogers Nelson Memorial Highway, near […]
Astana Music Inc/ BFD/The Orchard Kool & The Gang is back with new music. The band, led by founding members Robert “Kool” Bell and George “Funky” Brown, will drop the brand new album, People Just Wanna Have Fun, on July 14. It features the already released first single, “Let’s Party,” featuring Sha Sha Jones. “You’ve got the funk, you’ve got the […]
Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Prince will once again be celebrated this June with Paisley Park’s four-day Celebration 2023. The event will include conversations with artists like Chaka Khan, Chuck D and D-Nice, and panel discussions about the legendary artist. Fans will be allowed entry into Prince’s infamous vault, where they’ll get to hear new, unreleased recordings by the late music icon. Celebration 2023 […]
Courtesy of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame The Spinners are finally being inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and Henry Fambrough, the last surviving founding member, couldn’t be happier. “It feels great. I really does,” Fambrough tells Billboard. “I just wish all the other guys were here to see it. It really is […]
Lemonada Media, Ryan Pfluger, and August Image. Darlene Love is the latest guest on Lemonada Media’s new podcast Wiser Than Me, hosted Julia Louis-Dreyfus. The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer chats with the former Seinfeld star about a whole host of subjects, including her early career working as a backup singer for Elvis Presley, working with Phil Spector and more. Love describes […]
