Reuters - Pink scored her first solo No. 1 on
the Billboard Hot 100 Thursday with "So What," ending the
three-week reign of T.I.'s "Whatever You Like."
Reuters - A French municipal library has
discovered a musical score handwritten by Wolfgang Amadeus
Mozart in its archives, the Nantes town hall said on Thursday.
AP - Jon Bon Jovi and Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan will perform at this year's Live Earth concert, when the music extravaganza aimed at raising awareness of climate change heads to India.
AP - Argentine-born composer Mauricio Kagel, whose experimental body of work also ranged into theater, has died in Germany, his publisher said Thursday. He was 76. -- read full article
Reuters - Metallica's first album in five
years soared to No. 1 on the U.S. pop chart Wednesday, while
Jessica Simpson's country debut and hip-hop icon LL Cool J's
label swan song faltered.
Reuters - Motown producer and songwriter
Norman Whitfield, who helped create some of the legendary
label's most important anthems, including Marvin Gaye's "I
Heard It Through the Grapevine" and the Temptations' "Papa Was
a Rollin' Stone," has died in Los Angeles, a spokesman said on
Wednesday. -- read full article
Reuters - Romanian violinist Corina Belcea-Fisher
from the highly acclaimed Belcea Quartet feels right at home
playing Bartok's quartets, a landmark of 20th-century music,
even though the composer was Hungarian. -- read full article
AP - In his first interview since being acquitted of child pornography charges, R. Kelly dismissed allegations that he ever preyed on young girls, telling BET News: "I don't like anyone illegal."
AP - Norman Whitfield, songwriter and producer who co-wrote a string of Motown classics including "War," "Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)" and "I Heard It Through the Grapevine," has died. He was 67.
