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Desert Island Discs 100: Vaughan Williams at No 1 but Elvis is nowhere

Michael Jackson, Elvis Presley and Madonna fail to make it into Radio 4 listeners’ top choices for Desert island Discs Elvis Presley, Michael Jackson and Madonna failed to get one song onto a top 100 Desert Island Discs playlist chosen by listeners to the show. The artists, who have more than 150 top 40 hits between them, missed out after more than 25,000 people voted for the songs that they would want to take with them if they were marooned on the desert island. The top three choices were The Lark Ascending by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Nimrod from Sir Edward ...

‘The Voice’s’ Cee Lo Green Performs ‘Bright Lights, Bigger City’

Coach Cee Lo Green brought his trademark razzle-dazzle to The Voice’s results show on Wednesday during a performance of his newest single, “Bright Lights, Bigger City.” COVER STORY: The Miracle of ‘The Voice’ Green stepped out in a white suit and a short wig styled in what looks to us to be a finger wave style, which he whipped back and forth whenever he had the chance. Fellow coach Adam Levine clearly enjoyed the theatrics. Released on March 27, the song comes from his third studio album, The Lady Killer.

50 Cent Criticizes Record Company On Twitter; Postpones Album Release

50 Cent took to Twitter on Thursday June 16 to criticize his record label, Interscope Records, saying that he will be postponing the release of his new album, rumored to be titled Black Magic, until he and his label are able to work together effectively. “Ok I tried to be cool with my record company. I went to the meeting speak to everyone and sh*t feels like there moving in slow motion ,” he tweeted. “I’m sorry to announce I will not be releasing a new album this year if we do not get on the same page.” It’s not ...

Kiran Rao has plans for ‘Switty’ Aamir!

Kiran Rao, the co-producer of Delhi Belly, has also directed two song videos in the film. Her first music video Penchaar from the film is already a regular on music chart top slots; and she recently unveiled the second song Switty Tera Pyar Chaida. While Penchaar has a qawwali setting, Switty is a rap number with the three dudes Imran Khan, Vir Das and Kunal Roy Kapoor donning the gansta rapper avatar. Talking about the song, Kiran said, “This is my first music dance video and I had fun directing it.

Madhu Lakhotia’s unique skills

She does it in reverse, but no one complains. Madhu Lakhotia, who grew up in the city and then shifted to Mumbai, can sing any song in reverse and has made her name doing just that for many years now. In the city, visiting her parents, Madhu states that singing in the reverse comes naturally to her. “I discovered this talent when I was in school. This is used to be a large hit in the school antaksharis. I got married at the age of eighteen and shifted to mumbai which gave me a very good platform for my talent,” ...

Eminem Sues Audi Over Use Of ‘Lose Yourself’ in Car Commercial

COLOGNE, Germany – Eminem has filed a cease-and-desist order against Audi, alleging the German carmaker illegally used the rapper’s Oscar-winning song Lose Yourself in a commercial for its new 2012 Audi A6 Avant. Lose Yourself is the same music Eminem authorized Chrysler to use in its “Imported from Detroit” campaign for its new Chrysler 200 model. Eminem starred in a spot for the campaign which debuted during the Super Bowl and has been viewed by more than 10 million people online. In addition to the use of the song, Audi’s commercial, which has not aired in North America, uses very ...

‘American Idol’ Finalist Haley Reinhart Has a Record Deal, Says Parents

Does Haley Reinhart already have a record deal? According to the American Idol Top 3 finalist’s parents Harry and Patti, who are fast becoming a treasure trove of key information, she has already recorded a single and plans to debut it on the season 10 finale this Wednesday. Dad Harry revealed at a concert held at Haley’s alma mater Wheeling High School that the song will be used as a barometer of sorts, to “test it out and see what happens” after Wednesday’s finale.  “She likes the song she’s doing, and we hope you like it too,” Haley’s mom told an ...

Billboard Awards: See the winners list

Read on for the winners at tonight’s show as they happen: Country Song of the Year: Lady Antebellum, “Need You Now” Radio Artist of the Year: Rihanna Hot 100 Song of the Year: Taio Cruz’s “Break Your Heart” Digital Artist of the Year: Justin Bieber Country Artist of the Year: Taylor Swift Female Artist of the Year: Rihanna

Lingusamy’s lucky deal

The director spills the beans on how he got one of the season’s ideal songs for his film… It’s a song that was on everybody’s lips well before the motion picture was out and continues to do so even today, long after the film has gone out of theatres. But, it is only now that the cat is out of the bag and the secret pertaining to the En Kadhal Solla… song from the hit Paiyaa has been disclosed. The director of the film, Lingusamy, at a recent awards ceremony, after giving out an award for the song, said, “Actually, ...

David Cook to Perform on ‘Idol’ Finale, Appear at Simon Fuller Star Dedication

Lester Austin / Universal Image David Cook performs at the 2011 NARM Convention As American Idol season 7 winner David Cook gears up to release his highly anticipated second album This Loud Morning (due June 28), the rocker will make several key stops in the coming weeks, among them: an appearance at the Hollywood Walk of Fame induction ceremony honoring Simon Fuller and a performance on the Idol season 10 finale, THR’s Idol Worship has learned.  On the Idol finale, airing May 24 and 25 on Fox, Cook will sing the season’s send-off song, a cover of Simple Minds’ iconic “Don’t You” (Forget ...