B.B. KING
Reigning King of Blues B.B. King entertains the concert goers by kissing the microphone as he tells a story during a blues festival at Laumeier Sculpture Park in St. Louis on September 23, 2005. (UPI Photo/Bill Greenblatt)
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LOS ANGELES, Feb. 5 (UPI) -- M.I.A., Neil Diamond and Smokey Robinson have agreed to perform at the upcoming 51st annual Grammy Awards show in Los Angeles.
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 17 (UPI) -- Mariah Carey has agreed to perform at the upcoming "Grammy Nominations Concert Live -- Countdown to Music's Biggest Night" in Los Angeles, CBS said Monday.
MEMPHIS, Oct. 27 (UPI) -- Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore and bluesman B.B. King are being honored by the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, officials say.
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- Celine Dion, Foo Fighters, B.B. King, John Mayer and Taylor Swift have agreed to perform on the upcoming Grammy Award nominations special, CBS announced.
WASHINGTON, July 14 (UPI) -- Octogenarian U.S. bluesman B.B. King is getting his own weekly radio show and will begin his duties as host starting in September, XM Radio announced Monday.
MANCHESTER, Tenn., Feb. 6 (UPI) -- Media outlets around the world erroneously reported the British rock band Led Zeppelin would reunite at the Bonnaroo Arts and Music Festival in Tennessee.
BOSTON, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- "Weepin" Willie Robinson, a well-known Boston blues singer, died at the age of 81 in a fire
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BATON ROUGE, La., Aug. 4 (UPI) -- Earl Turbinton, a saxophone player who was one of the leaders in modern jazz in New Orleans, has died.
BRIDGEVIEW, Ill., July 30 (UPI) -- A DVD of Eric Clapton's second Crossroads Guitar Festival, which took place Saturday in suburban Chicago, will be released Nov. 6.
