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Pat Pemberton

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Where's Your Grammy? Henry Rollins, OK Go & More on Where Their Statues Are
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On Second Thought: 20 Hit Songs Originally Written for Other Artists

Getty Images Attention, artists: If Bruce Springsteen ever offers to write a song for you, don't get too excited -- especially if it winds up being a really good one. Because while the Boss has written several songs for other performers, he's been known to both giveth and taketh away. He's not the only one to flip-flop on song ...

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Artists Who Have Died on Stage

Getty Images When drummer Brad Parker passed away during a concert in Brazil last weekend, it was just a matter of time before people muttered the obligatory line: "At least he died doing what he loved." The 59-year-old member of the disco band Generation Esmeralda might have preferred it happen decades later, but it soothes some to think ...

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The Monkees' Davy Jones Recalls Beatles Friendship and Mike Nesmith's Disloyalty

Shirlaine Forrest, Getty Images When he appeared on 'The Ed Sullivan Show' with the Beatles in 1964, Davy Jones had no idea he was staring at his future. On the show, he performed a song from 'Oliver!' the Broadway show he was acting in at the time. But two years later, he'd be cast in 'The Monkees,' a TV show about a band similar to the ...

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Journey's Jonathan Cain Credits Success to Dad's Support After Tragic School Fire

Ethan Miller, Getty Images For Journey keyboardist and guitarist Jonathan Cain, 'Don't Stop Believin'' has been a creed he has followed since he survived a horrific fire as an 8-year-old child. Having escaped the Our Lady of the Angels School blaze, which killed 92 of his classmates and three nuns, in 1958, the Chicago native was determined ...

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'Weird Al' Yankovic Explains His Rules for Parody Writing and Lasting Appeal

Jason Kempin, Getty Images There are three reasons why "Weird Al" Yankovic has been the undisputed champ of musical parodies for more than 25 years: First, he's never faced any serious competition. Secondly, the guy plays a mean accordion. And, finally, he's always managed to keep current. Now, Yankovic has returned with 'Apocalypse,' ...

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Songs for Dad: 20 Tracks to Help Keep the Old Man Current

Look, we know that your Dad is pretty set in his ways when it comes to music. If it were up to him, he'd probably hole up with his collection of Rush LP's and pretend new music ceased to exist after, say, 1996. But 'Tom Sawyer' gets pretty old after the first thousand listens (despite Neil Peart's ...

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20 Musicians Who Were Once Teachers

Songwriters have often penned odes to being hot for teacher. But in the '80s, the Police turned the tables with 'Don't Stand So Close to Me,' about a teacher who lusts after a student. That would have just been an interesting twist were it not for the fact that frontman Sting had actually been a teacher, ...

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