BEE GEES TO BOOGIE INTO HALL OF FAME.Byline: Neil Strauss The New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times Disco has made it into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is a museum in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, dedicated to recording the history of some of the best-known and most influential artists, producers, and other people who have in some major way influenced the music industry, particularly in . The Bee Gees The Bee Gees were a singing trio of brothers — Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb — that became one of the most successful musical acts of all time. They were born on the Isle of Man to English parents, lived in Manchester, England and moved to Brisbane, Australia during are among next year's seven inductees, announced Wednesday. Also, after being nominated for a third straight year, Joni Mitchell and Parliament-Funkadelic will finally be inducted, along with two bands that included Stephen Stills Stephen Arthur Stills (born January 3, 1945) is an American guitarist and singer/songwriter best known for his work with Buffalo Springfield and Crosby, Stills & Nash (and Young). : Buffalo Springfield and Crosby, Stills and Nash. The Jackson Five will also make it in, along with the Rascals. The all-star jam session that usually takes place at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony is held annually in March and sponsored by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. It is one of several annual US music awards shows (including the Billboard Music Awards, the American Music Awards, the Grammy Awards, and the GMA Music should be an interesting one: imagine Michael Jackson, Neil Young (of Buffalo Springfield), the Gibb brothers (of the Bee Gees) and Joni Mitchell rocking out together with Parliament-Funkadelic as a backing band. The winners were chosen from among 15 nominees by 1,000 music-industry executives and rock aficionados. (To be eligible for the hall, performers must have released their first album at least 25 years ago.) Nominees like the Moonglows, Black Sabbath, Lloyd Price, the Meters, the Stooges, and the Mamas and the Papas did not make the cut. The founder of bluegrass bluegrass, any species of the large and widely distributed genus Poa, chiefly range and pasture grasses of economic importance in temperate and cool regions. In general, bluegrasses are perennial with fine-leaved foliage that is bluish green in some species. , Bill Monroe, and the gospel singer Mahalia Jackson will also be inducted in the early influences category, and Syd Nathan, the Ohio entrepreneur who started the influential independent label King in 1945, will be inducted in the nonperformer category. Though the induction ceremony is usually in New York in January, next year it is to take place at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland on May 15. (Ticket information is not yet available.) In future years, the ceremony is to move to other cities, including New York, London and Los Angeles. Sales follow the news: Sales for all of Tupac Shakur's albums have risen sharply since his death last week following a drive-by shooting drive-by shooting Public health A phenomenon in which one or more persons–commonly members of street gangs, open fire à la Al Capone from moving vehicles, often in retaliation for an alleged wrong-doing by a rival gang . According to numbers released by Soundscan, the company in Hartsdale, N.Y. that monitors music sales, his current album, ``All Eyez on Me,'' jumped from No. 69 to No. 18 on the charts after weekly sales increased by nearly 40,000. His previous album, ``Me Against the World,'' re-entered the charts at No. 99 after sales increased from 2,200 copies to 12,200. ``Since his new record came out in February, sales had pretty much dropped off to two to five pieces a week,'' said David Middleton, a rock buyer at Tower Records in the East Village section of New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . ``But after the news of his murder last weekend, we sold around 60 pieces of the album within a day.'' When asked whether sales of bluegrass pioneer Bill Monroe's albums had increased since his death last week, Middleton said: ``I'm sure we'll see a little bit more of a rise in Bill Monroe sales. But it takes a little bit more than death: Suicide and murder seem to be the two best things for sales.'' Loose notes: New Edition's comeback album, ``Home Again,'' entered the pop charts Wednesday at No. 1, outselling R.E.M.'s ``New Adventures in Hi-Fi'' (which entered the charts at No. 2) by 821 copies. The restaurant and club Maxwell's, which has been luring rock fans to Hoboken, N.J., for nearly two decades, reopened on Monday. A fire in the kitchen earlier this month forced the club to close during the CMJ CMJ Chinese Medical Journal CMJ College Media Journal CMJ College Mathematics Journal CMJ Complete Metal Jacket CMJ Certified Measuring Judge CMJ Chief of Military Justice CMJ Critical Mass Journal Music Marathon. Concerts will continue as scheduled for the rest of the month, though there will be no food. |
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