AP - For decades Benny Goodman and his clarinet popped up just about everywhere, and when they did, just about everyone knew it.

AP - Smokie Norful arrived on the gospel scene in 2002 to the tune of "I Need You Now" and has gone on to win Dove, Stellar and Grammy awards for his soulful singing style and contemporary grooves. He's also been raising a family, is a church pastor and trying to balance his schedule.

AP - Bruce Springsteen will be closing Giants Stadium.

E! Online - Just when they thought she was in, they pulled her back out.

E! Online - It was a squeaker, but American Idol did it: It avoided posting its least-watched finale of the modern Idol era.

AP - There will be no encore for Jay-Z and Def Jam.

AP - With thousands swaying to gospel tunes, Wayman Tisdale was remembered Thursday as a basketball star and gifted musician who led a "blessed life."

AP - Adam Lambert fans, take heart: At least your guy doesn't have to sing the hokey "No Boundaries," this year's much mocked "American Idol" ballad, ever, ever again.

Reuters - The Black Eyed Peas logged a seventh week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart Thursday with "Boom Boom Pow," while "American Idol" performances last week boosted three artists, including Katy Perry.

AP - Not much has changed about Kris Allen since his mostly forgettable "American Idol" audition. Well, except for the winning-it-all part.

AP - The notion of sin should be familiar to Tori Amos, who titled her new CD "Abnormally Attracted to Sin" — Amos grew up a minister's daughter. But her father didn't exactly take the brimstone and treacle approach one might have expected. Instead, he took her to play piano at gay clubs when she was just 13.