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Sammy Hagar to join Okla. tornado relief concert

Former Van Halen frontman Sammy Hagar is joining a star-studded country music concert planned to benefit victims of last month's deadly tornadoes in Oklahoma.

  • This 1962 photo released by Columbia Legacy shows Dave Brubeck, left, and Tony Bennett performing in Washington. Bennett never forgot the first time he performed with Dave Brubeck more than half a century ago. But the tape of that memorable collaboration between two American jazz masters lay forgotten in a record label's vaults until its discovery by an archivist just weeks after Brubeck's death in December, and it's just been released as "Bennett/Brubeck: The White House Sessions, Live 1962."

    Long lost Bennett-Brubeck recording discovered

    Tony Bennett never forgot the first time he performed with Dave Brubeck more than half a century ago. But the tape of that memorable collaboration between two American jazz masters lay forgotten in a record label's vaults until its discovery by an archivist just weeks after Brubeck's death in December, and it's just been released as "Bennett/Brubeck: The White House Sessions, Live 1962." Photo Gallery Available

  • Happy-sad � that's the hallmark of She & Him

    LOS ANGELES - On a Tuesday afternoon in the basement studios of Capitol Records, She & Him were recording a volley of live tracks for a few radio station sessions. Singer Zooey Deschanel finished an umpteenth take of the duo's single "I Could've Been Your Girl," and she felt that something was sounding a little false.

  • Q&A with Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra leader Wynton Marsalis

    The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra is acknowledged as one of the top big bands in the world. Its leader is nine-time Grammy Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning trumpeter / composer Wynton Marsalis, who for much of his 30-plus-year career has been both hailed as the public face of traditional jazz and criticized for what is perceived as a strict, often non-inclusive definition of the genre.

  • Madonna attends the world premiere of "Madonna: The MDNA Tour" at the Paris Theatre on Tuesday, June 18, 2013 in New York.

    Madonna premieres tour film, talks secret project

    Madonna said there were days when she was exhausted during her recent "MDNA" world tour, but she decided to press on. Photo Gallery Available

  • CORRECTS DATE OF DEATH TO JUNE 19 - FILE - This undated file photo shows country singer Slim Whitman. Whitman died Wednesday, June 19, 2013 of heart failure in Florida. He was 90. Whitman's career began in the late 1940s, and his tenor falsetto and ebony mustache and sideburns became global trademarks. They were also an inspiration for countless jokes thanks to the ubiquitous 1980s and 1990s TV commercials that pitched his records.

    Family: Country singer Slim Whitman dies at age 90

    Country singer Slim Whitman, the high-pitched yodeler who sold millions of records through ever-present TV ads in the 1980s and 1990s and whose song saved the world in the film comedy "Mars Attacks!," died Wednesday at a Florida hospital. He was 90. Photo Gallery Available

  • Mariah Carey, Nicki Minaj to perform at BET Awards

    Mariah Carey and Nicki Minaj will take the stage at the BET Awards.

  • FILE - In this Feb. 1, 2013 file photo, recording artist Lil Wayne poses at a photo op for his contemporary street wear apparel brand TRUKFIT at his hometown Macy's, in New Orleans. Lil Wayne says he wasn't intentionally stepping on the American flag when shooting his latest video. Video of the rapper hit the web Monday from his music video shoot for his song “God Bless Amerika.” In it, he appears to be stepping on top of the American flag, but he says in a Facebook post Tuesday that the flag on the ground will not appear in the clip. Wayne writes: "It was never my intention to desecrate the flag of the United States of America.”

    Lil Wayne: I'm not stepping on US flag in video

    Lil Wayne says he wasn't intentionally stepping on the American flag when shooting his latest video. Photo Gallery Available

  • This CD cover image released by Def Jam Recordings shows "Yeezus," the latest release by Kanye West.

    Review: Kanye West eerie, erratic on 'Yeezus'

    Kanye West, "Yeezus" (Def Jam/Roc-A-Fella)

  • Pink Floyd's catalog hits Spotify

    LOS ANGELES - Another brick in the wall - the one that's separated Pink Floyd fans from the band's music on Spotify - came down Monday.

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