BestBuy.com Offers ``The ABCs of Rock'' Promotion.Entertainment Editors MINNEAPOLIS--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--April 23, 2001 BestBuy.com(TM), Inc., a wholly owned Internet subsidiary of Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :BBY BBY Best Buy (stock symbol) BBY Before Battle of Yavin (Star Wars) BBY BeBeyond (Chinese online community) ), announced today "The ABCs of Rock", a promotion featuring 26 musicians in 26 weeks. Starting April 22, BestBuy.com will highlight a musician whose name starts with the corresponding letter of the alphabet. Biographies and images of the artist will be provided by RollingStone.com, and a list of the musician's albums will be available for viewing or purchase. Music fans can also check out other top talents whose names begin with the letter of the week. BestBuy.com anticipates that music fans will come away with an in-depth knowledge of some of today's and yesterday's top recording artists. For example, did you know that AC/DC AC/DC adj. Slang Having a bisexual orientation. [From the likening of a bisexual person to an appliance that works on either alternating or direct current. overcame the loss of their frontman front·man n. 1. also front man A man who serves as a nominal leader but who lacks real authority. 2. Music A leading singer with a group. Bon Scott Ronald Belford "Bon" Scott (July 9 1946 – February 19 1980) was a Scottish born Australian rock musician.[1] He was born in Kirriemuir, Scotland, and immigrated to Melbourne, Australia with his family in 1952 at the age of six. and their next album reached number three on the U.S. music charts? A feature on AC/DC will kick off "The ABCs of Rock", followed by The Beatles and Eric Clapton for weeks two and three. Other featured musicians will be announced on the site in the following weeks. Music fans can access "The ABCs of Rock" through www.BestBuy.com. Minneapolis-based Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE: BBY) is the nation's number one specialty retailer of consumer electronics, personal computers, entertainment software and appliances. The Enterprise operates retail stores and commercial web sites under the names: Best Buy, (BestBuy.com), Magnolia Hi-Fi, Media Play (MediaPlay.com), On Cue (OnCue.com), Sam Goody Sam Goody is a music and entertainment retailer in the United States and formerly in the United Kingdom. It is owned and operated by Musicland, which itself is owned by former rival Trans World Entertainment which also runs Suncoast Motion Picture Company and, until January 2006, (SamGoody.com), and Suncoast (Suncoast.com). The Company reaches consumers through more than 1,800 retail stores nationwide, in Puerto Rico and in the U.S. Virgin Islands and employs more than 70,000 people. |
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