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Children's Health and Fitness To Be Focus of ING Presents Marc Anthony Juntos en Concierto Series
Global financial services leader ING announced today that the celebrated Latin music artist Marc Anthony will headline the 2008 ING Presents Marc Anthony Juntos en Concierto concert series.
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Are Public Schools Flunking or Passing?
ROCHESTER, N.Y.----As the 2007/2008 school year winds to a close, the picture of the quality of education around the country is dim, according to a new Harris Poll of 2,602 U.S. adults surveyed online by Harris Interactive® between May 5 and 12, 2008: Public schools fall to the bottom of the list when it comes to the quality of education they provide.
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Bo Diddley, 79, dies in Florida
MIAMI - Rock 'n' roll pioneer Bo Diddley, who banged out hit songs powered by the relentless "Bo Diddley beat" that influenced rockers from Buddy Holly to U2, died on Monday at the age of 79.
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Rock pioneer Bo Diddley dies at age 79
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) -- Bo Diddley, a founding father of rock 'n' roll whose distinctive "shave and a haircut, two bits" rhythm and innovative guitar effects inspired legions of other musicians, died Monday after months of ill health. He was 79.
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WTOP Talkback: Favorite summertime songs
Summertime. Summer in the City. Hot Fun in the Summertime. The Boys of Summer. No other season is defined as prolifically in song as summer.
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Martin Guitar still acoustic king at 175 years old
C.F. Martin IV sure knows how to build guitars. Just don't ask him to play one in public. "I'm an abysmal guitar player," confesses Martin, sixth-generation CEO of the eponymous guitar maker C.F.
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Musician Bo Diddley dies aged 79
Bo Diddley, the rhythm and blues musician whose name became synonymous with a distinctive choppy rhythm that shaped rock and roll, died today
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DROPS: New albums for Weezer, Ashanti
The half-life of Weezer's musical styles is shrinking exponentially. The shifts used to occur from album to album. On "Make Believe," the band's previous album, it balanced two styles - peppy power-pop, including the hit " Beverly Hills," and melancholy ballads.
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Teen trends-from hemlines to health
Omg has teenage life in Northwest Ohio changed over the decades from the days of rock 'n' roll...
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18:25 (BST), 02/06/2008 Rock Band Press Release PROVIDED BY GAMES PRESS – Harmonix Music Systems, the leading ...
– Harmonix Music Systems, the leading developer of music-based games, and MTV Games, a part of Viacom’s MTV Networks (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), announced today that they will team up with Q Entertainment, a leading Japanese music game designer, to bring the best-selling music videogame Rock Band to Japan.
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Troy music distributor Handleman abandons N. American market
TROY, Mich. (AP) -- Handleman Co. is abandoning its North American music distribution business in a move that will eliminate 260 jobs mainly in Michigan and Indiana.
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Microrobots dance on something smaller than a pin's head
Microscopic robots crafted to maneuver separately without any obvious guidance are now assembling into self-organized structures after years of continuing research led by a Duke University computer scientist.
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Guitarist Bo Diddley dead at 79
Bo Diddley, the musical pioneer whose songs, such as "Who Do You Love?" and "Bo Diddley," melded rhythm and blues and rock 'n' roll through a distinctive thumping beat, has died. He was 79.
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Festival-circuit short by Lucas Grabeel featured online
Want to see another side of Springfield's Lucas Grabeel as an actor? Watch him perform in a film short he also co-wrote and co-produced. "The Real Son" is currently being featured on the Internet Movie Database, at www.imdb.com/title/tt1189388/videogallery. The dark comedy directed and co-written by Kelly L. King, also stars Mark L. Taylor and K. Danor Gerald — two actors Grabeel knows from ...
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Rock pioneer Bo Diddley dies of heart failure
Bo Diddley died Monday after months of ill health. He was 79.
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Rock pioneer Bo Diddley dies at age 79
Growing up, Diddley said he had no musical idols, and he wasn't entirely pleased that others drew on his innovations.
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Bo Diddley dies aged 79
ROCK 'n' roll pioneer Bo Diddley, who banged out hit songs powered by the relentless "Bo Diddley beat" that influenced rockers from Buddy Holly to U2, has died at the age of 79.
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'VH1 Rock Honors: The Who' Tickets Go on Sale Sunday, June 8 with Proceeds to Benefit the Efforts of Multiple Charities
For the first time ever, fans will have the opportunity to see some of the biggest names in rock together on one stage as tickets go on sale for the network's third annual "VH1 Rock Honors" event paying homage to legendary British rock band The Who.
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Rock pioneer Bo Diddley dies at age 79
Posted: Monday, June 02, 2008 at 1:45 p.m. JACKSONVILLE, FLA. (AP) -- Music legend Bo Diddley died Monday after months of ill health. He was 79.
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UK Composer Marvin Ayres Performs in London to Celebrate Latest CD Release
British composer Marvin Ayres, the father of 'Ambient Orchestral Minimalism', is celebrating the release of his latest work 'Eccentric Deliquescence' with an exciting installation event in South London's Shakespearean Globe Theatre in The Bedford, Balham on June 8th at 7:30pm.
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Rock 'n roll legend Bo Diddley dies
MIAMI (Reuters) - Rock 'n' roll pioneer Bo Diddley, who banged out hit songs powered by the relentless "Bo Diddley beat" that influenced rockers from Buddy Holly to U2, died on Monday at the age of 79.
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Rock pioneer Bo Diddley dies at 79
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Bo Diddley, a founding father of rock 'n' roll whose distinctive "shave and a haircut, two bits" rhythm and innovative guitar effects inspired legions of other musicians, died Monday after months of ill health. He was 79. Diddley died of heart failure at his home in Archer, Fla., spokeswoman Susan Clary said. He had suffered a heart attack in August, three months after ...
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1:22 p.m.: Rock pioneer Bo Diddley dies at 79
Bo Diddley, who died Monday at age 79 in Florida, was as essential to the creation of rock ‘n’ roll as Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley and Little Richard, though he seldom got the credit or the accolades that were showered on his better-known peers.
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OBIT: Rock pioneer Bo Diddley dies
Los Angeles - Rock guitar pioneer Bo Diddley died Monday aged 79 from heart failure in Florida, according to an official announcement. His greatest hits included tracks like You Can't Judge A Book By Its Cover, Who Do You Love?, And Before You Accuse...
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and was emulated by white performers. Although Diddley recorded relatively few chart-topping hits, his seminal role in the formative years of rock music was recognized by his induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987 and with a Grammy lifetime achievement award in 1998.
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