CAMBRIDGE, England, May 28 (UPI) -- Students taking the Practical Criticism class at Cambridge University in England compared Amy Winehouse's lyrics to Sir Walter Raleigh's poetry for an exam.

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BALTIMORE, Oct. 22 (UPI) -- Famed local vocalist Ruby Glover died a day after collapsing onstage during a benefit performance in East Baltimore, the Baltimore Sun said Monday. She was 77.

LOS ANGELES, July 26 (UPI) -- Jazz and R&B singer Etta James was in stable condition in a Los Angeles hospital due to complications from abdominal surgery she underwent in June.

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PHILADELPHIA, April 25 (UPI) -- James Davis, founding member and patriarch of the world-renown gospel group, the Dixie Hummingbirds, has died in Philadelphia at the age of 90. Davis, who died April 17, was the Hummingbirds leader from the group's inception in 1928 until he retired in 19

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ROME, March 31 (UPI) -- Jazz clarinetist Tony Scott, who helped his instrument break barriers in the bebop scene, has died at his home in Rome of prostate cancer.

NEW YORK, Jan. 17 (UPI) -- Motown icon Dianna Ross, noting she hasn't seen the hit film "Dreamgirls," said she was happy about its success in U.S. movie houses.