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December 7, 2011

Grammy Winner Gloria Gaynor’s #1 ‘I Will Survive’ to Be Inducted In 2012 Grammy Hall of Fame

Grammy Winner Gloria Gaynor’s #1 ‘I Will Survive’ to Be Inducted In 2012 Grammy Hall of Fame

Gaynor’s Anthem Is One of 25 Recordings To Be Inducted In Grammy Hall of Fame and Honored At This Year’s 54th Grammy Awards Ceremony February 12, 2012, Held At The Staples Center in Los Angeles


Hollywood, CA (PRWEB) December 07, 2011

Gloria Gaynor’s #1 International Hit , “I Will Survive,” will be one of 25 recordings that will be honored at the 54th Grammy Awards Ceremony in February 2012. The song climbed to #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 singles chart not only once – but twice in the spring of 1979 and reached #1 on charts in almost every country and continent around the world that same year. The single also garnered Gaynor her first Grammy for Best Disco Song in 1980, and was the first and last time the Academy had a category for ‘disco’ recordings. To continue, please click “MORE”!

New Christmas Music by Clarence Clemons (Unreleased) | Now Available

Two Undiscovered Christmas Songs
Recorded in 1981 by the Late Famed Clarence Clemons Arrive Just in Time
for the 2011 Holiday Season


 
 “I wanted an electric train for Christmas but I got the saxophone instead” — Clarence Clemons

NEW YORK, Dec. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Two newly discovered Christmas songs recorded in 1981 by the late great saxophonist Clarence Clemons have arrived just in time for the holidays. The special CD entitled There’s Still Christmas features Clarence singing tenderhearted lead vocals on the poignant title track “There’s Still Christmas” (co-written by Dennis Bourke and the late Stevie Betts), while the second track showcases the Big Man on sax on the holiday classic “The Christmas Song (Chestnuts).” There’s Still Christmas
(Oceangate Records) is currently available on iTunes, Amazon.com and
all premium online download destinations as well as through the websites
https://bigmanchristmassong.com/ or http://www.backstreets.com. To continue, please click “MORE”!

Saxophonist Kirk Whalum & Brother Kevin Set to Remake a Classic Album – “Romance Language” | Coming Valentine’s Day 2012

Kirk Whalum duets with his brother, Kevin, to remake a classic album in a Romance Language of their own

Grammy winning saxophonist’s reimaged take on the Coltrane/Hartman collaboration will be released on Valentine’s Day


Memphis, TN (6 December 2011): Most artists would be daunted at the thought of remaking a classic work of art made by legends, but not Grammy winner Kirk Whalum.  The multidimensional saxophonist adeptly steps into the role of John Coltrane and tapped his brother, vocalist Kevin Whalum, to fill the shoes of Johnny Hartman on an unabashedly romantic collection of duets originally recorded in 1963 by the seminal artists.  Romance Language, due to be released on Valentine’s Day by Rendezvous Music, consists of all six songs that comprise the Coltrane/Hartman recording along with a handful of modern ballads to complete the disc produced by Kirk Whalum and John Stoddart. To continue, please click “MORE”!!