It may feel like Monday, but its’ actually Tuesday the day after Labor Day, and you’re back at work. Here are your music news headlines designed to take your mind off that 1 o’clock team building meeting you’re so looking forward to…
A rare acetate recording of the Beatles called “It’s for You” written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney has been sold in action in London. The song was a gift to the love for John’s love interest at the time Cilla Black. Cilla died last year and her nephew found the antiquity and included it in a Beatles auction.
While we’re talking about the Fab Four, Ringo Starr became a ‘great’ grandfather a few weeks ago with the birth of his grandson Zac’s baby boy.
The Herb Alpert Foundation reported that it will donate $10.1 million to an endowment assisting in the payments of college tuition for the Los Angeles Community College for all music majors.
Aretha Franklin is a fighter, battling cancer a few years ago, picking up her good health and desire to tour in 2015 and most of this year. Now, her doctors have ordered off the road causing a cancellation of many of her fall appearances.
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