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I'll Miss You Dobie Gray, Plus Chatting With MTV World Exec Nusrat Durrani

Mike Ragogna | Posted 02.11.2012

Read More: Max Baer Jr., Dobie Gray, The Rolling Stones, K-Pop, ?€™N Sync, Best New Band in the World, Beyoncé, Cliff Chenfeld, Kris Kristofferson, La Vida Bohème, Tlc, Kate Bush, MTV World, Rita Coolidge, Backstreet Boys, Sonny Bono, Thane Tierney, Dum Dum Girls, Nasrat Durrani, The Beverly Hillbillies, MTV Iggy, Gyptian, Yuna, 2ne1, Video, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

At first, I wanted to write an obituary for my friend Dobie Gray who passed away last week after losing his battle with cancer. Instead, I decided to share a few mainly professional memories of the man who introduced amazing hits into pop culture.

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Beyonce: 'It's A Little Bit Harder To Breathe'

AP | NICOLE EVATT | Posted 01.20.2012

Read More: Pregnancy Photos of Beyonce, Beyonce Recalls, Pregnant, Beyonce Baby, Bv-Pop-Culture-Entertainment, Beyonce News, Pregnancy, Beyonce Pregnant?, Beyonce, Beyonce Hiding, Beyonce at Dvd Screening, Beyoncé, Beyonce Bump, Beyonce Pregnant, Pregnant Beyonce, Beyonce Pregnant 2011, Beyonce Baby Bump, Beyonce Pregnancy, Baby Bump, Beyonce's Baby Bump, Black Voices News

NEW YORK — It's tough to keep a pregnancy a secret when you're in the public eye, and for a while, Beyonce thought the jig was up. "The whole t...

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WATCH: Beyonce Debuts 'Party' Video

Posted 12.26.2011

Read More: Watch Beyonce Party Video, Beyonce Party Andre 3000, Video, Party Video, Beyonce Party Video, Bv-Pop-Culture-Entertainment, Beyonce, Party Video Beyonce, Beyonce Party, Bv-Video, Huffington Post, Party Beyonce Video, Beyoncé, Black Voices News

After much anticipation, Beyonce has decided to let her hair down and release her latest music video aptly titled, "Party," earlier tonight. And despi...

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Rubbernecking Recap: Project Runway #6, "Hungry Like the Wolf"

Holly Cara Price | Posted 11.04.2011

Read More: Olivier Green, Reality TV, Project Runway, Nina Garcia, Drama, Bryant Park, Fashion News, Harlem School of the Arts, Swatch, Joshua Christensen, Michael Kors, Viktor Luna, Mood, Tim Gunn, Joshua McKinley, Entertainment News, House of DeréOn, Becky Ross, Bertzilla, Beyoncé, Avant-Garde, Anthony Ryan Auld, Heidi Klum, Style News, Kenneth Cole, Fashion Week, Bryce Black, Project Runway Season 9, Bert Keeter, Recap, Kimberly Goldson, Laura Kathleen, Ombre, Zanna Roberts Rassi, Anya Ayoung-Chee, Naked Cowboy, Alcide, Trueblood, Entertainment News
Holly Cara Price

This week's challenge, informs La Klum cheerfully, has to do with going back to school to further their education.

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Chatting with The Summer Set's Brian Dales, Plus Rightsflow's Patrick Sullivan and Tedeschi Trucks Band Video Premiere

Mike Ragogna | Posted 10.11.2011

Read More: We Are Kings, Lee Dewyze, TV Land, Hoodwinked, Usher, Mark Ballas, Rightsflow, Grey's Anatomy, The Orchard, Viacom, John Gomez, John Field, All Time Low, Dancing With the Stars, Tunecore, Chelsea Kane, Glee, CD Baby, Patrick Sullivan, Kiss, Beyoncé, Nirvana, Switchfoot, The Voice, Clear Channel, Paul McCartney, Jimmy Eat World, Limelight, Legalzoom, The Summer Set, Muzak, Jess Bowen, John Lennon, Stephen Gomez, Taylore Swift, Yellowcard, Josh Montgomery, American Idol, Jay-Z, Bamboozle, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

The Tedeschi Trucks Band's new album Revelator features the track "Bound For Glory," and premiering here is a live version of that song. This exclusive comes from Susan and Derek's Center Stage performance in Atlanta on April 8, 2011.

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Telling Beyoncé the Truth: Why Her New Song "One Plus One" Just Doesn't Add Up

Natalie MacNeil | Posted 09.27.2011

Read More: Gay Hendricks, Glastonbury Festival, American Idol, Beyoncé Knowles, Beyoncé, Columbia Records, Video, Entertainment News
Natalie MacNeil

I caught today's episode of The View which featured Beyoncé performing her latest single, "One Plus One." She delivered a powerful performance as alw...

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Teen Battle Chef: Armed And Delicious!

Kerry Trueman | Posted 07.05.2011

Read More: Slidepollajax, Ny Impact, Teen Battle Chef, FamilyCook Productions, Lynn Fredricks, Beyoncé, New York News
Kerry Trueman

We need more boots on the ground when it comes to encouraging kids to embrace healthy habits. And we need to give our kids knives -- kitchen knives, that is -- and teach them how to use those knives to prepare fresh, wholesome meals.

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Kanye West, Jay-Z, Beyonce, Bruno Mars, And Bangladesh To "Lift Off"

Posted 07.03.2011

Read More: Bruno Mars, Video, Lift Off, Kanye West, h.a.m., Bangladesh, Watch-the-Throne, Jay-Z, Lil Wayne, Beyoncé, Entertainment News

Remember when Kanye and Jay-Z were supposed to release a collaboration album? In January ‘Ye tweeted with gusto about the new project, saying things...

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The Generation That Killed Rock 'n Roll

Nathan Harden | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Neil Portnow, Ipod, Myspace, Universal, Music Business, Beyoncé, Grammy, Music and the Internet, Illegal Downloads, Bono, Grammys, Virgin Megastore, National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, Bob Dylan, AC/DC, Downloading, The Beatles, Warner, Sony, Tower Records, Andy Karp, Album Sales, Emi, Mitch Bainwol, Illegal-Downloading, Grammy Awards, Bruce Springsteen, Media News
Nathan Harden

People should pay for music to support all the unknown artists out there who are trying to make it. What if internet piracy had existed in the 1960s? No Dylan? No Beatles? Would Bono be working as a longshoreman?

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Wild At The Grammys: More Notes From Deep Inside the Bunker of Music's Biggest Night

David Wild | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Grammy Awards, Eminem, Don Rickles, Ken Ehrlich, John Cossette, Paul Simon, Elton John, The Grammys, Walter C. Miller, Art Garfunkel, Louis J. Horvitz, Prince, Beyoncé, Entertainment News
David Wild

The Grammy Awards broadcast is the biggest show on earth -- or at least the biggest show on television. There are countless moving parts, and for 29 years as director, Walter Miller called countless shots.

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HuffPost Reviews: Snoop Dogg, Timbaland, Clipse, and Chris Brown, Plus an Interview With Papa Roach on World Hunger Year

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Soulja Boy, Kanye West, Urban Music, Swiss Beatz, Clipse, Erick Peyton, World Hunger Year, Attitude, Onerepublic, Bran' Nu, Bill Ayers, Esthero, Timbaland, Tank, Beastie Boys, Chad Kroeger, The Bangles, Priority Records, Steve Winwood, R. Kelly, Lil John, Chris Brown, Nicole Hurst, D.W.Griffith, Lil Wayne, Katy Perry, The Bee Gees, Michael McDonald, Entertainment News, Eva Simons, Justin Timberlake, Now That's What I Call Music, Jay-Z, Trey Songz, Bokie Loc, Miley Cyrus, Nelly Fertado, The Neptunes, Harry Chapin, Keri Hilson, Abba, Ab Liva, D.O.E, The Fray, Cam'ron, Problem, The-Dream, Nipsey Hussle, Quincy Jones, Ryan Seacrest, Sean C, Jazmine Sullivan, Beyoncé, Tricky, Jacoby Shaddix, Hip-Hop, Eddy Grant, Herb Alpert, Starland Vocal Band, Rihanna, Jet, The Romantics, Yo Gotti, The Clipse, Papa Roach, Snoop Dogg, Itunes, Drake, Brandy, Kokane, Soshy, Kiis-Fm, Pharrell, Sebastian, Duaghtry, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

Welcome to Snoopworld, where Chevys still are bouncin', would-be gangstas still kind of prowl the streets (albeit it's a new generation), explicit-isms flow like 40 oz. beer, and tempos best not harsh anyone's mellow.

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HuffPost Reviews: Beyonce, Rihanna, Buddy Holly, The Doors, Susan Boyle, and More

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chase & Status, Andy McKaie, Billy Altman, Slash, Jim Morrison, Les Miserable, Encore Theater, Buddy Holly, John Sebastian, Ne-Yo, Madison Square Garden, Bill Dahl, Susan Boyle, Wynn Hotel, Anthony Mandler, John Stewart, Felt Forum, Mrs. Miller, Anne Murray, Chris Brown, Beyoncé, Barbra Streisand, Destiny's Child, Ed Burke, Thierry Mugler, Tricky Stewart, Wynn Resort, Erick Labson, Rihanna, Diana Ross, The Doors, Entertainment News, Suga Mama, The Monkees, Youtube, Grammy Award, Justin Timberlake, Madonna, Rocky Baloboa, The Avett Brothers, Lady GaGa, Ashley Albert, The Jimmies, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

Beyoncé's I Am...Yours is a satisfying decade-and-then-some retrospective that reveals the artist's interesting back story with a personal warmth not always emphasized by our current cast of pop stars.

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Lady of the Hour: LeToya Luckett Takes on R&B, Love & Self

Marjon Rebecca Carlos | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Texas, Destiny's Child, Houston, R&b, Lady Love, LeToya Luckett, Beyoncé, Entertainment News
Marjon Rebecca Carlos

Having already released two singles from Lady Love, "Not Anymore" and "She Ain't Got, "Ms. Luckett is well on her way to leaving her own "thumbprint", as she likes to put it, on R&B music.

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Thank God It's Thursday: The High Strung Plays Guantanamo Bay, Beyoncé Discounts What You Pay, and Woody Allen's So Far Away

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Alessandra Ferri, Broken Social Scene, Charity, Spoletto 52, Woody Allen, Gitmo, Guantanamo, Jacksonville, Derek Berk, Los Campesinons, Pina Bausch, Alexei Ratmansky, Tanztheater Wuppertal, London, England, The High Strung, Guantanamo Bay, Ticketmaster, Feeding America, Wayne McGregor, Robert Wilson, Super Furry Animals, Park the Van Records, Detroit, Florida, Memorial Day, Krapp's Last Tape, Library, Beyoncé, General Mills, Madison Sqare Garden, American Ballet Theatre, Christopher Wheeldon, Las Vegas, Thierry Mugler, New York, Giorgio Ferrara, Festival Dei 2 Mondi, David Newfield, telegraph.co.uk, Hamburger Helper, O2, Gianni Schicchi, Entertainment News, Samuel Beckett, O2 Arena, Spoletto, Zagreb, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

This installment of Thank God It's Thursday plucks some recent press releases (left mostly intact) that might make you say "OMG" or "WTF", or possibly, "Swear you'll never, ever do this again."

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Not Just Kid Stuff: From Kidz Bop to The Fuzzy Stones

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kenny Loggins, Linda Ronstadt, Jason & the Scorchers, Gorillaz, Lisa Loeb, Janis Ian, The Fuzzy Stones, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Dan Zanes, Kelly Clarkson, James Blunt, The Music Man, John Mayer, The Wizard of Oz, The Sound of Music, Bette Midler, Mary Poppins, Hans Christian Anderson, Timbaland, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Robert B. Sherman, Van Hunt, Tom CHapin, Peter Paul & Mary, The Jackson 5, Daughtry, Fleischer Brothers, Millie Jackson, Pbs, Teddy Pendegrass, Black Eyed Peas, Think Tree, Barney & Friends, Fergie, George Benson, Dr. John, Elmo, Pete Fitzpatrick, Gwen Stefani, Teddy Geiger, Todd Tobias, The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet, They Might Be Giants, Al Jarreau, Tracy Bonham, Taylor Swift, Smash Mouth, Laurie Berkner, Cobra Verde, Pink, Jack Johnson, The New Zoo Review, David Seville, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, The Monkees, Justin Timerblake, Barenaked Ladies, Barney, Laurel & Hardy, Buck Howdy, Rankin & Bass, Miley Cyrus, Sesame Street, The Original P, National Geographic, The Wiggles, Britney Spears, Clem Snide, The Blue Man Group, Brad Robinson, Harry Chapin, Judy Garland, Billy Joel, The Beatles, Douglas "Truth" Smith, Lou Rawls, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Robert Pollard, Peanuts, Carly Simon, Public Broadcasting System, Ohio, Plain White T?S, Nikka Costa, Count Zero, Naftule's Dream, Cleveland Scene, Jim Henson, Bing Crosby, The Partridge Family, Rhianna, Dr. Suess, Green Day, Beyoncé, Texas, Looney Tunes, Fat Albert, Justin Roberts, Kidz Bop, Marlo Thomas, Kate Taylor, The Sippycups, Farmer Jason, Josie & the Pussycats, Guided by Voices, Gang of Four, The Chipmunks, The Doobie Brothers, Nelly, Alicia Keys, The Simon Sisters, Richard M. Sherman, Eric Paul, James Taylor, The Archies, Bruce Springsteen, Putumayo, How I Met Your Mother, Sony Wonder, Neil Patrick Harris, Fall Out Boy, Raffi, Baby Einstein, Robert Louis Stevenson, William Blake, Robert Burns, Edward Lear, Lewis Carroll, Veggie Tales, Red Skelton, The Red Skelton Show, Jackie Gleason, Lawrence Welk, The Jackie Gleason Show, The Lawrence Welk Show, Itunes, Fraggle Rock, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

When did children's music get so awful? It wasn't always as painful to listen to. Some historic recordings, though not exactly classified as "children's," have been cherished forever.

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Beyonce Sings Etta James? Maybe. Etta James Singing Etta James? Now We're Talking Immortal.

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Little Walter, Chess Records, Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, Etta James, Buddy Guy, Leonard Chess, Ottis Spasnn, Chuck Berry, Beyoncé, Marshall Chess, Entertainment News
Jesse Kornbluth

Whatever your opinion of that star turn, I'm still beating a drum for the idea of the film -- Etta James should be at least as well known as Aretha Franklin.

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