Songwriter Bill Dees, co-writer of "Oh, Pretty Woman," dies at 73
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Singer-composer Bill Dees, best known for his songwriting collaboration with Roy Orbison on the hits "Oh, Pretty Woman" and "It's...
Disney to buy "Star Wars" producer for $4.05 bln
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Walt Disney Co agreed to buy filmmaker George Lucas's Lucasfilm Ltd and its "Star Wars" franchise for $4.05 billion in...
Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood engaged to marry
LONDON (Reuters) - Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood is engaged to be married to a 34-year-old theatre producer named Sally Humphreys, his spokesperson said...
Banton Team To Take Fight To Supreme Court
News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Mon. Oct, 29, 2012: Jailed Jamaican-born, Grammy Award-winning reggae star, Buju Banton, is set to appeal his case in...
R&B singer Natina Reed hit and killed by car in Georgia
(Reuters) - Natina Reed, a member of the R&B singing trio Blaque, was struck and killed by a car as she walked in a...
Obama tackles rape comments, "fiscal cliff" on TV talk show
BURBANK, California (Reuters) - President Barack Obama suspended the levity during an interview with late-night TV talk show host Jay Leno on Wednesday to...
At The UN, A Message of Peace Concert
News Americas, UNITED NATIONS, NY, Fri. Oct. 26, 2012: Celebrating the 67th founding of the United Nations, Wednesday October 24, 2012, Stevie Wonder, performed...
Rolling Stones play $20 surprise gig in Paris
PARIS (Reuters) - The Rolling Stones performed an energetic warm-up gig in Paris on Thursday for a few hundred fans after announcing on Twitter...
Beethoven discovery gets first performance in UK
LONDON (Reuters) - A previously undiscovered musical arrangement by Ludwig van Beethoven was performed for the first time at a British university on Thursday....
1960s music hero Riley: "The pendulum will swing"
ARLES, France (Reuters) - American composer Terry Riley, who penned the 1960s piece "In C" that earned him his reputation as "the father of...
