The singer landed up in Kosuge Prison in downtown Tokyo after a customs officer at Narita Airport found a large wodge of marijuana in his suitcase on Jan 16, 1980.
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It’s doubtful any record producer in music history had a better year than George Martin did in 1963. His Beatles dominated the charts, boasting a No. 1 song for 37
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“It’s All Too Much,” buried on Yellow Submarine, is one of the most satisfying rock songs I know. It opens with bravura feedback followed by a welling up of guitar,
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Paul Peabody, a violinist with the New York City Ballet, played the violin solo in “My Heart Will Go On”
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AS the driving force behind sixties icons The Moody Blues, Justin Hayward penned classics like Nights in White Satin, New
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By Andrew Mearns Prior to the construction of AT&T Park in 2000, Candlestick Park served as the home of the
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MILWAUKEE, WI — A Milwaukee newspaper made one of those blunders that made the correction more enduring than the original
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A sitar which George Harrison is said to have taken on his honeymoon and played while his bride Pattie Boyd
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french illustrator jean jullien, creator of the peace for paris symbol, continues to spread ideas of love and harmony by working with with one of most important messengers of peace