Grammy Award Tag Page
February 13th, 2008
By Mike
Who were the Grammy Award winners 40 years ago?
The 10th Grammy Awards were (for recordings in the year 1967:)
Album of the Year: Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles,
George Martin (producer)
Record of the Year: “Up, Up and Away” by The 5th Dimension,
Johnny Rivers & Marc Gordon (producers)
Song of the [...]
February 11th, 2008
By Mike
Events like the Grammys are great learning moments. There’s so much more to most of these artists than their “hit songs.” Once you dig into their catalog and their roots, you find all kinds of things you may not have known before. But one thing’s for sure. This year’s [...]
December 11th, 2007
By Mike
Seems like the mega marketing monster just gets bigger every year around Grammy time. Now it doesn’t matter if we’re talking about Grammy Award winners or nominees. They’re all eaten up by the marketing machine and spit out into a shiny new package.
I just saw this one on Amazon.com. They have a [...]
Copyright © 2008 HQ-Celebrity.com. Do not copy, mirror or otherwise duplicate the HQ Celebrity Website content. I guess having a sexier image is really working for singer Jewel. This “You Were Meant For Me” singer has really turned into a bombshell now. She’s prettier, more confident with herself and has that come-hither look. Jewel, who’s also known for her talent in yodeling, recently got hitched to Ty Murray, her boyfriend of 10 years. I guess this sexier image of her doesn’t bother Ty. Wh
by Da Vinci Tonights show is star filled we have performances from Oscar Winning Jennifer Hudson, Grammy Award Winning Cool and The Gang, and The Radio City Rockettes. The perfomances were awesome Cool and The Gang handled business, lol. It was amazing to watch the Rockettes do their thing, what stamina and leg power ….and they saved the best for last J. Hud’s remix was hot and she looked beautiful…which was good because sometimes her stylist is a mess…Derek’s pants were sooooo tight omg,
Andrew McManus Presents, in conjunction with Arnette, is thrilled to announce that it’s all systems go for Snoop Dogg’s Australian tour! After granting a provisional visa several weeks ago, the Immigration Department has now completed their review and granted the full Visa, confirming the legendary rapper’s tour can proceed, kicking off at Brisbane’s Entertainment Centre on October 29 Tickets for the “The West Coast Originals Tour” will be on sale at 9am Wednesday September 17 from www.ti
Grammy Award-winning R&B star John Legend has begun to set dates for his highly anticipated world tour. Slated to kick off November 19 in...
Multi-platinum Grammy-Award-winning recording artist and acclaimed performer John Legend will embark on an extensive worldwide concert tour kicking off November 19 in Minneapolis. The first leg of John's North American tour wraps up December 13 with a second leg running from January 12 through February 9. (Please see John Legend tour itinerary below.) The upcoming John Legend concerts mark the artist's first major tour since his massively successful world tour in 2007 (captured on Live From Ph
Multi-platinum Grammy-Award-winning recording artist and acclaimed performer John Legend will embark on an extensive worldwide concert tour kicking off November 19 in Minneapolis. The first leg of John’s North American tour wraps up December 13 with a second leg running from January 12 through February 9. (Please see John Legend tour itinerary below.) The upcoming John Legend concerts mark the artist’s first major tour since his massively successful world tour in 2007 (captured on Live From P
BEIJING, CHINA: Sennheiser Electronic Corporation was selected to provide wireless microphones and personal monitor systems to NBC during the network’s coverage of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, August 8-24. From the spectacular Beijing Opening Ceremony to the handover to the 2012 London Olympics during the Closing Ceremony with London mayor Boris Johnson, NBC Olympics utilized Sennheiser Professional 3000, 5000 and evolution series wireless microphone and personal monitor systems to ensure uninter
OLD LYME, CONNECTICUT: Neumann is introducing the TLM 103 D, the next classic microphone to enter the digital realm, at the 125th AES Show in San Francisco. When used in conjunction with digital workstations, Neumann Solution-D microphone technology makes life easier for users. The integrated, extremely fast, peak limiter guarantees optimal recording levels at all times. Likewise, the Neumann A/D converter built into the microphone eliminates the necessity of tedious experimentation with extern
OLD LYME, CONNECTICUT: Sennheiser is showcasing the MKH 800 TWIN studio microphone at the 125th AES Convention in San Francisco opening up completely new dimensions for sound engineers in broadcasting, studio recording and film scoring. At its output, the dual capsule microphone provides both audio signals separately, allowing the mic’s pick-up pattern to be adjusted freely and remotely at the mixing desk, and then optimized later in the calm of the post-production studio. “The infinitely vari
SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA - SEPTEMBER 2008 - The International Audio Summit, to be held in Santa Monica from November 17-19, is destined to become the place to be for technical decision makers involved in broadcasting, movies and audio. This unique conference covers new technologies in acquiring and sharing information and trends in audio and video production. Speakers from industry, science and trade associations will lecture on topics such as new formats for production and broadcast, audience
Waylon's new posthumous CD comes out October 21 but thanks to the nice folks over at Vagrant Records, you can get a track from it for free. How's that for fabulous? I tell you, I've been listening to the few songs that they sent me to whet my whistle with and they're great. The song they're giving you free to download is "Outlaw Shit." Now that's a song title. You can click here to download on another site or you can just click the file below and it will start the download automatic
Multi-platinum, Grammy Award-winning R&B star John Legend will be heading out on the road to support his third album, Evolver, in stores on October 28. The first leg of the tour kicks off in Minneapolis, MN on November 19 and wraps on December 13 in Durham, NC. In January, Legend will kick off the second leg of the tour to include international dates. Check out the date for the first leg below according to the press release: Wed 11/19 Minneapolis, MN Northrop Auditorium Thu
Written by Tim Saunders Listen up “Brothers and Sisters”, this will send a “Shiver” down the spines – and possibly even a “Rush of Blood to The Head” – of Coldplay fans everywhere: the Grammy Award-winning British band are auctioning tickets to their upcoming tour of North America and Canada for charity. You need to click on the Charity Folks website at the “Speed of Sound” to be part of the auction, which will benefit Oxfam. “Don’t Panic”, the auction doesn’t end until October 24 – but you s
Taylor Hicks Exclusively Partners With A2M to Release Album, Due Winter 2009 He’s “Takin’ It to the Streets” on “American Idol” — now Season 5 winner Taylor Hicks will be takin’ it more directly to the people. Celebrating his birthday today, Hicks has tapped the independent artist services company Artist To Market (A2M) to release his much-buzzed-about new album, due in stores on February 10, 2009. The platinum-selling singer-songwriter will be releasing the new title with complete control of
EVENT IS SOLD OUT!!! Oct. 7 - Rally for Rocketown featuring Sean Hannity and Michael W. Smith 10/7/2008 11:30 Luncheon Fundraiser Luncheon Will Raise Funds for Rocketown, Celebrate Political Freedoms Before Presidential Debate FOX News’ “Hannity & Colmes” co-host Sean Hannity is headed to Nashville to speak at an October 7 luncheon fundraiser for Rocketown, the nonprofit youth entertainment venue and skatepark. ”Rally for Rocketown“ will take place at Lipscomb University’s Allen Are
New Kid In Town, An Eagles Classic To Be Treasured Posted by Categories: Music Smooth, soothing, relaxing, simply beautiful. All are adjectives that could be used to describe this great Eagles song. The highlight and strength of this song is the arrangement of the singers’ voices throughout. It was not an easy arrangement to make but it certainly turned out to be pretty much perfect. In fact, this song won the Eagles the Grammy Award for Best Arrangement for Voices in 1977. Even though thi
MyToons Partners with QD3 Entertainment for Art Contest Online Animation Community Invites All Artists to Submit Art and Designs for a Chance to Help Brand the Upcoming Movie “Concrete Jungle” – Including Over $10,000 in Prizes to be Awarded MyToons.com announced its latest art competition, The Concrete Jungle. MyToons has teamed up with Grammy award winner and platinum music and film producer Quincy Jones III to give artists from around the world an opportunity to help brand his upcoming h
Twisted Silver is home of the affordable convertible, where belts become necklaces, become chokers or become multi-wrap bracelets! There's so many options to wearing one of their pieces of jewelry. I have the Diva Necklace ($50). I guess that I had better say, "we have the Diva Necklace". I share it with my mother/business partner since she's in love with that piece of jewelry! She loves chokers, but I don't see where she's having a problem wearing the Diva Necklace instead of the Diva Choker
Coldplay the London rock band Coldplay - Clocks Coldplay - Speed Of Sound Comment This song would be great for all insurance company, it’s like your life was raveling through a ribbon. I know lyrics are very different. Begin of this song sounds similar to Speed of the sound one of their other song. Ok then! I give you those 2 songs Bio Coldplay are an alternative rock band formed in London, England in 1998. The group comprises vocalist/pianist/guitarist Chris Martin, lead guitarist Jonny
Teaser: Los Angeles -- An impartial arbitrator has awarded U.S. singer R. Kelly $3.4 million in damages from tour promoter Leonard Rowe, court documents filed Monday said. Story: The Grammy Award-winning recording artist said his lawyers filed a petition in Los Angeles Superior Court to confirm the arbitration award against Rowe, who was the promoter for Kelly's 35-city "Double Up" tour last fall and winter. Kelly initiated legal action against the promoter while he was still on tour las
