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Notable 2012 deaths in music: Dave Brubeck, Dick Clark, Don Cornelius, Levon Helm, Jon Lord

Mon, December 31 2012 1:32pm - Source: Something Else!

We stop today to remember those who left the world of music in 2012, from Dave Brubeck and Dick Clark to Levon Helm and Ronnie Montrose.

Review of 2012: Pop

Sun, December 30 2012 12:27am - Source: The Independent - Music

The summer of 2012 was dominated by mega-sized showcases such as Danny Boyle's acclaimed Olympics opening ceremony, the somewhat less celebrated closing ceremony, and the Jubilee concert on the Mall. The real medal winners, though, snuck up quietly on the inside track.

2012 review: notable deaths in music

Mon, December 24 2012 9:17am - Source: The Guardian Music Blog

The bandleader Johnny Otis, who has died aged 90, was one of the first white American musicians to cross the racial divide, aligning himself with the black community as a teenager and from then on regarding himself – and being treated as – a black man.

'Bring It On' Star Dies at 32

Sun, October 28 2012 5:41am - Source: The Huffington Post - Entertainment

"The Green Mile" actor Michael Clarke Duncan died at the age of 54 on Sept. 3, 2012 in a Los Angeles hospital after nearly two months of treatment following a July 13, 2012 heart attack.

Scott McKenzie 1939 – 2012

Tue, August 21 2012 11:53am - Source: CMU - Complete Music Update

Singer-songwriter Scott McKenzie, best known for his 1967 hit 'San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair)', died on Saturday at his home in Los Angeles, aged 73.

Scott McKenzie's San Francisco was a hippy anthem with a life of its own

Mon, August 20 2012 2:57pm - Source: The Guardian Music Blog

Rock history rightly celebrates the pioneers but sometimes the bandwagon jumpers get it right too.

Folk ‘n’ Roll Music

Thu, May 17 2012 5:35pm - Source: The Hits Just Keep On Comin'

Among the CDs in my archives is an eight-disc Time/Life compilation called The Folk Years , released in 2002.

Various - Listen Whitey! Sounds of Black Power 1967-74

Fri, February 24 2012 9:14am - Source: Drowned In Sound

As the so-heralded 'Summer of Love' descended onto the predominantly white districts of Haight-Ashbury, the worldwide perception of America seemed to be that of a nation embracing peace, love, unity and freedom.

Digging for Gold: The Time-Life “AM Gold” Series, Part 24

Wed, December 14 2011 1:02pm - Source: Pop Dose

And thus ends another year on our trolley ride through the land of Time-Life's AM Gold series.

Rock 101: The Summer of Love

Tue, August 10 2010 3:46pm - Source: WNEW

If I say "the Summer of Love," you will almost certainly throw back words and phrases like "hippies," "San Francisco," and "LSD," and maybe " the Grateful Dead " or "Haight-Ashbury."

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