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Barry Manilow Scores 50th Adult Contemporary Chart Hit

11/19/2012 at 6:00 pm

Facebook.com/BarryManilowBarry Manilow has reached a new milestone in his more-than-40-year career.  Billboard reports that the entertainer has just scored his 50th hit on the publication's Adult Contemporary chart. 

The song that did the trick for him is his version of "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town," which enters the chart at #22.  It's on Manilow's new compilation The Classic Christmas Album. read more ≫


Paul McCartney Among Stars Donating Signed Ties to Cancer Charity Auction

11/19/2012 at 12:00 pm

Mary McCartney/MPL Communications Ltd.Paul McCartney is one of several major rock stars who have contributed autographed neck ties and other clothing items to an online charity auction that launched Monday at eBay.co.uk.  The Celebrity Loosen Up Auction will benefit the Cahonas Scotland organization, which seeks to raise awareness about cancers that specifically affect men.  The  read more ≫


REO Speedwagon Releases Expended Version of Christmas Album

11/19/2012 at 9:00 am

Speedwagon.comIn 2009, REO Speedwagon released its first holiday album, Not So Silent Night…Christmas with REO Speedwagon.  The 13-song collection found the Indiana rockers reworking such yuletide classics as "Deck the Halls," "The Little Drumer Boy," John Lennon and Yoko Ono's "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" and, of course, "Silent Night."  Now, just in time for the holidays, the band has issued an expanded version of the album with three bonus tracks. read more ≫


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