• Whitney Houston Hologram Choreography, Tour Detailed Following Big Announcement

    In 2016, Whitney Houston will come "back to life" in the form of a digital hologram as part of a deal between Hologram USA and the iconic singer's estate. Alki David, the company's CEO, discussed the impending touring stage show with Billboard as well as debunking preconceived ideas of what the show would bring about.

  • Where Next For Third Man Records? Our Predictions: London, Austin and...Malta?

    Jack White has always had his hometown Detroit's back, whether that means building baseball fields, paying off the debts of the local Masonic temple or—in this case—opening a new location for his Third Man Records. The rocker made headlines all over the nation yesterday when he announced that his label would be opening a new retail store (with office space) in Michigan, expanding from its current headquarters in Nashville. It got us at Music Times wondering, where is he likely to expand to next? Here are five cities that may be the next place to open a Third Man Records location (hint: New York City ain't one of them. White noted recently that he dislikes the city strongly).

  • 5 Bands with Most UK No. 1s during The '60s: The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, and Some More Surprising Acts

    Tom Jones rose to the top of the UK singles chart with "It's Not Unusual" 50 years ago today, marking the first time the vocalist would top the charts across the pond. He would only go on to do it twice more, including during 1967 with "Green, Green Grass of Home." Topping the British charts twice is great but it wasn't nearly enough to land a spot on the Official Chart Company's records of the most no. 1 singles during the decade (The OCC began tracking singles during 1969, but has the charts archived by New Music Express and Record Retailer going all the way back to 1952). American listeners may be surprised to learn about acts such as Gerry and The Pacemakers, The Shadows and Cliff Richard.

  • 5 Mysterious/Unmarked Resting Places for Famous Musicians: From Mozart to Roy Orbison and Michael Jackson

    Today involved a rather curious/mortifying news update for those who weren't previously aware that Frédéric Chopin's heart has been stored in a crystal jar full of alcohol, which itself is housed inside a pillar at the Holy Trinity Church in Warsaw. A few scientists and lay folk did a quick checkup to make sure the organ was still in good condition and then put it back, to be checked on another 50 years. It kind of makes us curious what other famous musicians have mysterious final resting places. None are as quirky as Chopin's (the rest of his body is in Paris, if curious) but there are some graves that get/got little attention for a while.

  • 30 Years After Single 'Purple Rain' by Prince: Music Times Looks at Colored Rains from Roy Orbison, Peter Gabriel and More

    As our own Joseph Degroot pointed out earlier this year, 2014 marks the 30th anniversary of Price's class album Purple Rain. The title song wasn't officially released until September 26 however, so upon its own birthday we decided to check out what other colors of rain were floating around in the songosphere. Naturally none of them live up to Prince's epic closing track but we decided to list what we found for you. Here they are, listed in the traditional color spectrum order.

  • Reissue of Roy Orbison's 'Mystery Girl' to Feature New Track

    This year marks the 25th anniversary of Roy Orbison's Mystery Girl, the final album released by the legendary rockabilly performer. As has become the trend with anniversary releases, the album is being rereleased with a number of bonus goodies, including a never before heard song titled "The Way Is Love."
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