Grammy-winning composer Clare Fischer dead at 83 (AP)
Friday, January 27, 2012 8:35pm
AP - Clare Fischer, a Grammy-winning composer who wrote scores for television and movies and worked with legendary musicians like Dizzy Gillespie, has died. He was 83.
Screen Actors Guild votes to approve merger plan (AP)
Friday, January 27, 2012 8:24pm
AP - The Screen Actors Guild national board of directors has voted to approve a plan to merge with the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists.
Jesse Jackson adds voice to Grammy protest (Reuters)
Friday, January 27, 2012 5:25pm
Reuters - Civil rights activist the Rev. Jesse Jackson on Friday urged Grammy organizers to reinstate 31 ethnic and minority musical categories that have been cut from the music industry's top awards.
Peter, Paul and Mary bassist Dick Kniss dies at 74 (AP)
Friday, January 27, 2012 5:19pm
AP - Dick Kniss, a bassist who performed for five decades with the folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary and co-wrote the John Denver hit "Sunshine on My Shoulders," has died. He was 74.
Jay-Z, Beyonce make Billboard industry power list (Reuters)
Friday, January 27, 2012 5:05pm
Reuters - Power couple Jay-Z and Beyonce joined a list of top music executives, led by Live Nation Entertainment chairman Irving Azoff, on Billboard magazine's first Power 100 chart on Friday.
