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Legendary Soul Singer Solomon Burke Dies

FADEL / AFP / Getty Images Solomon Burke, a successful soul singer whose hits included 'Everybody Needs Somebody to Love' and 'Cry to Me,' died at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam, Holland on Sunday, AP reports. He was 70. A family statement on the singer's website says Burke died of natural causes while traveling to a gig with the Dutch band De ...

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Robbed Mark Ronson Thanked Muggers With Fist-Pound

WireImage DJ, producer and recording artist Mark Ronson had a scare when he was mugged while out in New York City one night. Luckily, Ronson himself escaped unharmed. But while he's undoubtedly grateful to have only a few possessions taken away from him, Ronson recently admitted he's embarrassed over the incident. As he told the Times of ...

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ABBA Speaks Out Against Political Party's Use of 'Mamma Mia'

Dave Benett, Getty Images Sweden's ABBA has spoken out against a Danish political party's use of their song 'Mamma Mia' at campaign rallies. The Danish People's Party, which represents Denmark's far right, had been using the song in support of their leader, Pia Kjaersgaard, but recently desisted after ABBA, helmed by founding members Benny ...

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Man Recruits Weezer to Wish His Wife a Happy Anniversary

Tim Mosenfelder, Getty Images Mark Douglas of the comedy group The Key of Awesome certainly knows how to keep a marriage strong. For his first anniversary, Douglas decided to write his wife, Anastasia, a song complete with self-deprecating jokes and a hilariously exaggerated retelling of their first date. The video of the song, which is called ...

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R&B Pioneer King Coleman Dies at 78

Amazon Carlton "King" Coleman, an influential R&B singer who worked with the likes of B.B. King, Jackie Wilson and James Brown's band, died of heart failure at a hospice in his hometown of Miami, FL on September 11. He was 78. Coleman rose to fame as the vocalist of the 1959 hit '(Do The) Mashed Potatoes,' for which he was the lead ...

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Lead Singer of UK Pop Band Jumps to Death at Belgian Festival

Ollie Millington, Redferns Charles Haddon, lead singer of the up-and-coming UK synth pop trio Ou Est Le Swimming Pool, has died after apparently jumping from a telephone mast behind the stage at Belgian music festival Pukkelpop Friday night, NME reports. Haddon, 22, apparently climbed up the mast, situated above a parking lot, following his ...

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Kings of Leon Concert Shut Down by Pigeons

Dave Hogan, Getty Images The Kings of Leon were playing a concert in St. Louis, Mo. Saturday when they were attacked by an unlikely heckler: pigeons. The birds were hanging out in the rafters of the Verizon Amphitheatre when they proceeded to relieve themselves on bassist Jared Followill, prompting the band to cut the show short after just three ...

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