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Top Ten Wedding Recessional Songs
Since you guys have had so many suggestions for our first-dance and father/daughter songs (keep 'em coming!), I’m enlisting your help once again—we're looking for the perfect recessional music for our wedding. The song should be upbeat and celebratory since it will play at the end of the ceremony, right after we’re pronounced husband and wife. Yippee! Here are my top ten, though I’m not in love with any of them. You can listen below. Which ones do you like? Got any better ideas? I’m happy to report that the Beatles are no longer excluded.... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayTwenty Awesome August Holidays Plus Songs to Help You Celebrate Each
As August draws closer, there are a few of us here around Paste HQ who have been feeling pretty down because it means summer is almost over. But then we found out about 20 days in August worth celebrating. Then we put together this list to help you help us commemorate these upcoming holidays:... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the Day12 Patriotic Songs Better than Lee Greenwood's "God Bless the U.S.A."
Don't let bad music ruin your 4th of July. Here are a dozen great songs celebrating the U.S.A. without resorting to shmaltz... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayNew Ray Charles anthology to hit shelves April 7
A new 21-track Ray Charles anthology is set for release April 7 via Concord Records.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsMuseum Planned To Honor Ray Charles
The legendary Ray Charles will soon have his own museum on the site of his historic Los Angeles Studios. The new, three-story, 18,000-square-foot museum—scheduled to open in late 2007 under the auspices of The Ray Charles Museum Foundation—will be a combination museum, educational center and working studio/offices. Charles’ museum will feature rotating exhibits and never-before-seen artifacts from the music icon's career. It will also present an ongoing program of concerts for the public. Museum exhibits, classroom facilities, a rooftop garden, archives, Charles’ original studios, a café and a retail shop will all be included in the expanded '60s-style space.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsRay Charles
With music, the cliché, “timing is everything,” oft applies, and perhaps timing is what’s most striking about Genius Loves Company... read more
Found in: Music, FeaturesListening To Old Voices: Remembering Ray
When Ray Charles died in June at the age of 73, few members of the post- Baby Boomer generations had any real understanding of his musical greatness... read more
Found in: Music, FeaturesRay Charles Live DVD
Eagle Rock Entertainment has announced plans to release Ray Charles Live – In Concert with the Edmonton Symphony, a DVD shot in Edmonton, Canada, in 1981 at the Jubilee Auditorium. The DVD includes performances of such Charles classics as “Georgia On My Mind,” “What’d I Say,” “I Can’t Stop Loving You,” “I Can See Clearly Now” and “Oh, What a Beautiful Morning.” With over 50 years in the business, the late Charles has won numerous awards, including 12 Grammys and a Lifetime Achievement Award. Ray Charles Live will be available Sept. 21.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsAmerican Music Legend Succumbs to Liver Disease
Beverly Hills, Calif. — Music legend and 13-time Grammy winner Ray Charles died yesterday at 11:35 a.m. at the age of 73 from complications due to liver disease, announced his publicist Jerry Digney, of Solters & Digney. When he passed, Charles was surrounded by family, friends and longtime business associates at his Beverly Hills home. Charles' last public appearance was alongside Clint Eastwood on April 30, when the city of Los Angeles designated the singer's studios a historic landmark. Last summer, it was initially reported that Charles—born in Albany, Ga., Sept. 30, 1930, as Ray Charles Robinson—was suffering from "acute... read more
Found in: Music, NewsRay Charles' New Duets Album...
Concord Records and Starbucks Coffee Company announced plans yesterday to release a new recording featuring duet performances with the legendary Ray Charles. The CD is slated for release at the end of the summer, and marks the beginning of an ongoing relationship between the two companies to produce and distribute new recordings under the Concord and Starbucks Hear Music brands. The recently completed CD features Ray Charles performing handpicked songs with a plethora of well-known artists, such as Elton John, Norah Jones, BB King, Diana Krall, Michael McDonald, Johnny Mathis and Willie Nelson. “The duets project has been a tremendous... read more
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