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Richard Perry, a hitmaking record producer with a flair for both standards and contemporary sounds whose many successes included Carly Simon’s “You’re So Vain,” Rod Stewart’s “The Great American Songbook” series and a Ringo Starr album featuring all four Beatles, died Tuesday. He was 82.

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About five years ago, Jack Williams was playing at a songwriter’s round in Nashville, Tennessee, when he was approached by a publisher who asked why Williams hadn’t considered releasing his own record.

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Austin “Bo” Bohannon returned to his Russellville home after graduating from the University of Alabama at Birmingham with a degree in biology. The plan was to take a gap year and decide whether he wanted to pursue medical school or find work in a related field like medical sales.

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When Andrew Mills selected “Angel Band,” a Christmas cantata by Tim Sharp and Timothy Michael Powell, he knew the music would likely be new to most audiences who might expect a collection of more classical or traditional Christmas carols when they come to hear the Sheffield Methodist Church …

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NEW YORK — The brooding waltz was carefully composed on a sheet of music roughly the size of an index card. The brief, moody number also bore an intriguing name, written at the top in cursive: “Chopin.”

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SHEFFIELD — A host of live performers which include Gary Baker, Kelvin Holly, Will McFarlane, Mark Naramore, Katlyn Barnes and Jill Riley will provide music for the upcoming Swampathon 2.0 virtual fundraising event for the Muscle Shoals Music Foundation.

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FLORENCE — The University Orchestra will present "Holiday Gallop" on Tuesday at Norton Auditorium according to the University of North Alabama's Department of Music.

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NEW YORK — The giant balloons may be flying at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, but the stars will be on street. Organizers revealed Thursday that actor-singer Jennifer Hudson, dance music icon Kylie Minogue and Broadway and “Pose” star Billy Porter will all perform, an upping of the star…

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Lindy Urban, a 16-year-old singer/songwriter from Killen, is celebrating the release of her first single, “Ain’t Bound Now,” with a launch party at the Alabama Music Hall of Fame this Saturday.

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Quincy Jones, the multitalented music titan whose vast legacy ranged from producing Michael Jackson's historic "Thriller" album to writing prize-winning film and television scores and collaborating with Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles and hundreds of other recording artists, has died at 91.

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Quincy Jones, the multitalented music titan whose vast legacy ranged from producing Michael Jackson's historic "Thriller" album to writing prize-winning film and television scores and collaborating with Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles and hundreds of other recording artists, has died at 91.

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When James LeBlanc says, “Rick Hall made all this possible,” he could be talking about Hall’s role in “putting Muscle Shoals on the map” through his building of the legacy surrounding FAME Studio.

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SHEFFIELD —Singer/songwriter Dan Penn said songwriters who pen a chart-topping hit are under pressure to continue delivering the hits and oftentimes, it's themselves that apply the most pressure to create more and more popular tracks.

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — During the six decades since United Record Pressing stamped out the Beatles’ first U.S. single, the country’s oldest vinyl record maker has survived 8-tracks, cassettes, CDs, Napster, iPods and streaming services. Now, the Nashville-based company has rebounded so dramatica…

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LOS ANGELES — Phil Lesh, a classically trained violinist and jazz trumpeter who found his true calling reinventing the role of rock bass guitar as a founding member of the Grateful Dead, died Friday at age 84.

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LOS ANGELES — Phil Lesh, a classically trained violinist and jazz trumpeter who found his true calling reinventing the role of rock bass guitar as a founding member of the Grateful Dead, died Friday at age 84.

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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Former One Direction singer Liam Payne, 31, whose chart-topping British boy band generated a global following of swooning fans, was found dead Wednesday after falling from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires, local officials said.

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NEW YORK (AP) — A May 5 trial date was set in hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs'sex trafficking case Thursday, and a prosecutor claimed defense lawyers were trying to exclude a “damning piece of evidence” by saying it was leaked by the government.

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A few north Alabama artists have made it into the final eight as the Shoals City Showdown nears its conclusion next Saturday. Today, the final top four artists will be named — after a week of voting from area fans.

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Gary Fuqua and Preston Cox have each been involved in theater and performing arts for most of their lives. This fall, they will both try their hand at directing for the very first time with an upcoming production of the musical “Girlfriend.”

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FLORENCE — Jack Peck lost his right arm in an accident when he was 8 years old, but it didn't keep him from becoming an accomplished trumpet player, who performed with a host of major artists at FAME Recording Studios and Muscle Shoals Sound.

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NEW YORK — Ken Page, a stage and screen actor who starred alongside Beyoncé in “Dreamgirls,” introduced Broadway audiences to Old Deuteronomy in “Cats” and scared generations of kids as the voice of Oogie Boogie, the villain of the 1993 animated holiday film ”The Nightmare Before Christmas,″…

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — John David “JD” Souther, a prolific songwriter and musician who helped shape the country-rock sound that took root in Southern California in the 1970s with his collaborations with the Eagles and Linda Ronstadt, has died at the age of 78.

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ATLANTA — A range of stars from the stage, screen and sport paid tribute Tuesday to former President Jimmy Carter ahead of his 100th birthday, the eclectic lineup meant to highlight the 39th president’s emphasis on human rights and his love of music as a universal language.

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NEW YORK (AP) — Sean “Diddy” Combs presided over a sordid empire of sexual crimes, coercing and abusing women for years while using blackmail and shocking acts of violence to keep his victims in line, according to an indictment unsealed Tuesday.