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Donald 'Duck' Dunn Dead: Booker T & the MGs, Blues Brothers Bassist Dies at 70
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Donald 'Duck' Dunn Dead: Booker T & the MGs, Blues Brothers Bassist Dies at 70

AP TOKYO (AP) - Bass player and songwriter Donald "Duck" Dunn, a member of the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame band Booker T. and the MGs and the Blues Brothers band, has died in Tokyo. He was 70. Dunn was in Tokyo for a series of shows. News of his death was posted on the Facebook site of his friend and fellow musician Steve Cropper, who was ...

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Zooey Deschanel to Play Loretta Lynn on Broadway

Getty Images (2) NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Country Music Hall of Fame member Loretta Lynn is taking her life story to Broadway, and she has tapped film and TV actress Zooey Deschanel to play her on stage. Lynn, 80, unveiled plans for a musical adaptation of "Coal Miner's Daughter" during a Grand Ole Opry show at the Ryman Auditorium on Thursday ...

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Stradivarius Cello Broken, Could Be Worth Over $20 Million

Getty Images MADRID (AP) - A Stradivarius cello housed at the Spanish Royal Palace was broken in an accident, an official said Monday. The instrument could be worth more than $20 million. A National Heritage official declined to specify what went wrong. She refused to comment on an El Mundo newspaper report that the instrument fell off a ...

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Lloyd Brevett Dead: Skatalites Bassist Dies at 80 From Stroke Complications

YouTube KINGSTON, Jamaica - Lloyd Brevett, a renowned double bassist who helped carry ska music from Jamaica to the world as a founding member of the hugely influential band The Skatalites, died Thursday at age 80. Family spokeswoman and close friend Maxine Stowe said Brevett died shortly before dawn at a Kingston hospital where he was ...

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Mick Jagger, 'SNL': Stones Singer to Host, Perform on Season Finale

Kevin Mazur, WireImage NEW YORK - Mick Jagger will test his comic chops later this month as host of the "Saturday Night Live" season finale. The Rolling Stones frontman has been a musical guest twice before on the long-running NBC show, and the network said Thursday he will perform musically on the May 19 finale. But he has never been host ...

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Bobby Vee, Alzheimer's: Singer Announces Retirement Due to Disease

Hulton Archive, Getty Images ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- Former teen idol Bobby Vee, who recorded a string of pop music hits in the 1960s, says he's been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. Born Robert Velline 69 years ago in Fargo, N.D., Vee launched his singing career following the 1959 plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and ...

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Pete Fornatale Dead: Pioneering New York Rock DJ Dies After Suffering Stroke

Getty Images NEW YORK (AP) - Rock music fans Thursday were mourning the death of Pete Fornatale, a beloved New York radio disc jockey who promoted the best new musicians for decades in his easy, free-form style. He was 66. Fornatale died in New York a week after suffering a stroke, his son, Peter Thomas Fornatale, told The Associated ...

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