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Eddie Blazonczyk Dead: Grammy Award-Winning 'Polka King' Dies at 70
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Eddie Blazonczyk Dead: Grammy Award-Winning 'Polka King' Dies at 70

AP CHICAGO (AP) - Grammy Award-winning polka great Eddie Blazonczyk, who began playing the lively music in the 1950s and went on to earn the nickname "Polka King" after starting his own band and label, has died. He was 70. His record label, Bel-Aire Recordings, and his son, Eddie Blazonczyk Jr., said Tuesday that Blazonczyk died of natural ...

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Supreme Court Won't Reduce Student's $675,000 Fine for Illegal Downloads

AP Photo WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court won't reduce the $675,000 verdict against a Boston University student who illegally downloaded 30 songs and shared them on the Internet. The high court on Monday refused to hear an appeal from Joel Tenenbaum, of Providence, R.I., who was successfully sued by the Recording Industry Association of ...

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Wayne Newton Sexual Harassment, Animal Abuse Allegations: Singer Sued Over Home Museum Plans

Axelle Woussen, Bauer-Griffin LAS VEGAS (AP) - Plans to turn Wayne Newton's sprawling Las Vegas estate into a celebrity museum have shifted into an ugly legal battle citing mismanagement, animal abuse and sexual harassment. The company that purchased the rights to convert Newton's home into "Graceland West" filed a lawsuit this week in Las ...

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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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