The death of Johnny Cash at 71 in Nashville Friday has prompted an extraordinary outpouring of admiration and affection from colleagues and fans of the American

NASHVILLE, Sept. 12 (UPI) -- Johnny Cash, an American music icon for most of the past half century, died early Friday at Baptist Hospital in Nashville of diabetese-related respiratory failu

NEW YORK, June 26 (UPI) -- American Women in Radio & Television will honor dozens of broadcasters in New York Thursday night, handing out the 2003 National Gracie Allen Awards in ceremoni

Today's birthdays include Tommy Chong, of Cheech and Chong fame, who was born in 1938 (age 65); Bob Dylan -- born Robert Zimmerman -- in 1941 (age 62); Derek Quinn, guitarist with Freddie and the Dreamers, in 1942 (age 61); Patti LaBelle in 1944 (age 59);

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UPI's weekly Today in Music package for May 24-30.

NASHVILLE, Sept. 26 (UPI) -- "Great songs don't care who sing them."

Today's birthdays include Tommy Chong, of Cheech and Chong fame, who was born in 1938 (age 64); Bob Dylan -- born Robert Zimmerman -- in 1941 (age 61); Derek Quinn, guitarist with Freddie and the Dreamers, in 1942 (age 60); Patti LaBelle in 1944 (age 58);

This is the Today in Music advance package, May 18 through May 24.