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Roy Trakin

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Pop culture pundit, rock critic vet, Noo Yawker exiled in L.A. since '85.
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A Special Time in Rock: 1966 on the Sunset Strip : A kid might jam with Jimi Hendrix or hitch a r...

A Special Time in Rock: 1966 on the Sunset Strip : A kid might jam with Jimi Hendrix or hitch a r...

The summer of 1966 on L.A.'s Sunset Strip was a time when many young musicians thought anything was possible.…

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HITS Daily Double : Rumor Mill - DOO-WAH DIDDY

HITS Daily Double : Rumor Mill - DOO-WAH DIDDY

The "Saga Continues," indeed. Sean Combs' third Bad Boy/ Arista album, "P. Diddy and the Bad Boy Family... Th…

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HITS Daily Double : Rumor Mill - KNIGHT TURNS TO DAYLIGHT

HITS Daily Double : Rumor Mill - KNIGHT TURNS TO DAYLIGHT

The Wilshire Blvd. headquarters of Suge Knight's newly revitalized Tha Row Records is a far cry from the last…

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HITS Daily Double : Rumor Mill - IN UTERO: KURT COBAIN SPEAKS

HITS Daily Double : Rumor Mill - IN UTERO: KURT COBAIN SPEAKS

Nirvana's album Nevermind was out about two weeks on Oct. 9, 1991, when I conducted the following phone inter…

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'Into the Night' Singer Benny Mardones Dies at 73

'Into the Night' Singer Benny Mardones Dies at 73

Benny Mardones, best known for his 1980 hit "Into the Night" - which cracked Billboard singles charts three s…

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PressReader.com - Your favorite newspapers and magazines.

PressReader.com - Your favorite newspapers and magazines.

Connecting People through News. All-you-can-read digital newsstand with thousands of the world's most popular…

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Don McLean Reveals 15 Things About 'American Pie'

Don McLean Reveals 15 Things About 'American Pie'

Don Smith/Radio Times via Getty Images McLean's debut album was released on the minuscule indie label Mediart…

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Kenny G Is Back With New Album and New HBO Documentary

Kenny G Is Back With New Album and New HBO Documentary

Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images He's Kenny G and you're not. The man whose animated doppelgänger, a soprano-sa…

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Larry David, Jay Leno, Kathy Griffin Turn Out for Improv's 60th Party

Larry David, Jay Leno, Kathy Griffin Turn Out for Improv's 60th Party

"Baptism by drunken fire" is how comic Bert Kreischer described coming up on the standup stage that launched …

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