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John Prine to Be Honored With Recording Academy’s Lifetime Achievement Award

John Prine to Be Honored With Recording Academy’s Lifetime Achievement Award

The Recording Academy announced that John Prine will be one of the recipients of its 2020 Lifetime Achievement Award, which recognizes performers who have made outstanding contributions of artistic significance to the field of recording. Additional 2020 honorees include Chicago, Roberta Flack, Isaac Hayes, Iggy Pop, John Prine, Public Enemy and Sister Rosetta Tharpe A…MORE

Charley Pride Honored With 2017 Lifetime Achievement Award From the Recording Academy

Charley Pride Honored With 2017 Lifetime Achievement Award From the Recording Academy

After 50 years as a recording artist, Charley Pride can add another feather to the cap of his Hall of Fame career: the Recording Academy will honor Charley with its 2017 Lifetime Achievement Award. Charley, a three-time Grammy winner, is considered country music’s first African-American superstar. He signed to RCA Victor in 1967 and earned…MORE

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Celebrities with a lot of kids include Nick Cannon with 12, Elon Musk with 13, Eddie Murphy with 10, and Alec Baldwin and Mick Jagger with 8. Zendaya will voice Shrek’s daughter Felicia in “Shrek 5”. Morgan Wallen just passed Garth Brooks for the most weeks with a #1 album on the Billboard Top Country…

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Legendary actor Gene Hackman has died.  He was 95.  Police confirmed late last night that they found the bodies of Gene, his wife Betsy, and their dog in their Santa Fe, New Mexico home yesterday.  No foul play is suspected and no cause of death has been announced.  Gene Hackman has died. He was 95.…