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Cher determination: Inside the skill, scandal and survival of pop’s most immortal star

As the ‘Believe’ singer re-releases two of her least celebrated electro-pop albums, Helen Brown salutes a woman who has packed a surreal amount of glitz, glamour and controversy into her six decades of fame

The Independent UK

"Her hair all flying and her big man-eater teeth flashing. She ate us all for breakfast": Remembering the Queen Of Rock’N’Roll, Tina Turner

Tina Turner: November 26, 1939 – May 24, 2023

Louder

TV tonight: BBC Two turns 60 with Stormzy, Dolly Parton and the Rolling Stones

The broadcaster invites you to a four-hour anniversary bash! Plus, a tense finale for Norwegian crime drama Wisting. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

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Funny Pages to Phil Spector: the seven best films to watch on TV this week

Owen Kline’s coming-of-age tale is very funny and endlessly excruciating, and Al Pacino plays the music producer on trial for murder with relish

The Guardian - UK

‘Like a stray Bee Gee!’ Does Andrew Scott’s Ripley have the worst wig in TV history?

Tom Ripley is meant to be a master of disguise – so why does he end up in such a rubbish rug? Here’s where Andrew Scott’s daft do sits in the pantheon of preposterous hairpieces

The Guardian - UK

"We got the job done, and we made a hell of a lot of money doing it": Words of wisdom from Wrecking Crew legend Hal Blaine, Neil Peart's "six favourite drummers"

Drum Heroes: "Doing a TV show in the morning, a Beach Boys track or a Phil Spector session in the afternoon, then working with Frank Sinatra or Simon & Garfunkel after that – that was normal to us"

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The 5 George Harrison post-Beatles songs you need to hear: “I write lyrics and I make up songs, but I'm not a great lyricist or songwriter or producer. It's when you put all these things together — that makes me"

Best of 2023: Freed from the creative confines of The Beatles, George Harrison set out to realise his true creative potential. Here are five of his finest works…

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"Hell, let’s do it": John Lennon wrote and recorded Instant Karma in one day. Here's how it happened

Remembering Lennon: "It was like all hell breaking loose. Tape machines, tape loops, tape delays, echo chambers, you name it!"

MusicRadar

32 Classic Songs Featured In Goodfellas

Scorsese is a master at using music in his movies and his pinnacle is Goodfellas. It's classic banger after classic banger in the iconic mob film.

Cinemablend

"The neighbours are a little weirded out by us. They’re wary of the neighbours who moved in and painted the house black." I spent an evening at the fascinating secret home of Twin Temple, the Satanic couple who make doo-wop for the Devil

You've never been inside a home quite like this

Metal Hammer

Cher shares response she gave Phil Spector when he propositioned her for sex as a teenager

Cher said that producer, who was later convicted for murder, ‘almost fell off his chair’ after hearing her answer

The Independent UK

Connecticut agrees to a $25 million settlement in the Henry Lee evidence fabrication case

Connecticut’s attorney general has agreed to a $25.2 million settlement with two men who spent decades in prison for murder, based partly on evidence presented by famed forensic scientist Henry Lee that a judge later found was fabricated

The Independent UK

The 5 George Harrison post-Beatles songs you need to hear: “I write lyrics and I make up songs, but I'm not a great lyricist or songwriter or producer. It's when you put all these things together — that makes me"

Freed from the creative confines of The Beatles, George Harrison set out to realise his true creative potential. Here are five of his finest works…

MusicRadar

Forensic scientist Henry Lee defends work after being found liable for falsifying evidence

Forensic scientist Henry Lee is defending his work after a court ruling found him liable for fabricating evidence in a Connecticut murder trial that sent two innocent men to prison for decades

The Independent UK

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“I was in my sixth year as a studio guitarist when one day the bass player didn’t show up. The producer asked me...” How Carol Kaye became a session bass icon

If you’ve ever wondered what connects Frank Zappa to Frank Sinatra, Burt Bacharach to The Beach Boys, the answer is Carol Kaye. The session legend tells the story behind her career and legendary bass recordings

The Independent UK

Judge finds forensic scientist Henry Lee liable for fabricating evidence in a murder case

A federal judge has found famed forensic scientist Henry Lee liable for fabricating evidence in a murder case that sent two men to prison for decades for a crime they did not commit

MusicRadar

The extraordinary story of John Lennon's ‘Imagine’ piano

John Lennon, George Michael and why it might well not be the piano you think it is.

The Independent UK

Songwriter Cynthia Weil, who had hits with husband Barry Mann, honored at California memorial

Songwriter Cynthia Weil was honored during a music-filled memorial service in Beverly Hills

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Louder

George Harrison's My Sweet Lord: the love song to a higher power that spurred a $1.6m lawsuit

"I anticipated that a lot of people might get weird about it" - George Harrison on My Sweet Lord, his love song to The Creator

The Guardian - UK

Cynthia Weil obituary

Lyricist who co-wrote pop classics including You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’, On Broadway and I Just Can’t Help Believing

The Independent UK

Cynthia Weil, Grammy winning lyricist who had hits with husband Barry Mann, dead at 82

Cynthia Weil, a Grammy-winning lyricist of great range and endurance who enjoyed a decades-long partnership with husband Barry Mann and helped write "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling," "On Broadway," "Walking in the Rain" and dozens of other hits, has died at age 82

The Guardian - AU

Tina Turner: 10 of her greatest songs

Through her seismic anthems of Black liberation and her ability to conjure fire, fury and tenderness, Turner’s music evolved to soundtrack a changing world

Los Angeles Times

Tina Turner, resilient star who sang ‘Proud Mary’ and ‘What’s Love Got to Do With It,’ dies at 83

For Oprah Winfrey, bearing witness to one of Tina Turner’s frenetic, high-octane performances was nothing short of a spiritual experience.

The Guardian - UK

Tina Turner obituary

Rock’n’roll singer whose comeback after her turbulent early career made her one of the great superstars of the 1980s and 90s

Los Angeles Times

Tina Turner, resilient star who sang ‘Proud Mary’ and ‘What’s Love Got to Do With It,’ dies

Tina Turner, the yowling powerhouse who helped pioneer a high-octane brand of R&B as half of the incendiary Ike & Tina Turner duo and belted out soul-rock gems such as "Proud Mary," "River Deep, Mountain High" and "What's Love Got to Do With It," has died at 83.

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