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songwriter stories: 7 news summaries

 'Lost' Beatles 
 Song Finally 
 Finished 

Forgotten George Harrison lyrics turned into tune

Nov 3, 09 4:35 AM CST
(Newser) - Forty years after the Beatles split and eight after George Harrison died, a new Beatles song has been completed. Harrison gave the first ten lines of Silence (Is Its Own Reply) to a biographer in 1969, but they were put aside and forgotten until recently, the Telegraph reports. A BBC... More »

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John Lennon • song • Beatles • George Harrison • rock bands • songwriter

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Rock Legend Chuck Berry, Top-Notch Short Story Writer

"Memphis, Tennessee" shows Berry's sociological side: Klinkenborg

Nov 2, 09 5:30 PM CST
(Newser) - The original Chuck Berry version of “Memphis, Tennessee” isn't as well known as some others—by Johnny Rivers, say, or Buck Owens. But the real star is the tune, first released in 1959, which Verlyn Klinkenborg suspects is the “best short story in the form of a song... More »

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entertainment • music • Tennessee • rock and roll • Memphis • cover song • Chuck Berry • songwriter • short story • Johnny Rivers • Buck Owens

OBITUARY

 Addams Family Songwriter Dies 

Vic Mizzy wrote TV theme tunes, pop hits of the '40s and '50s

Oct 20, 09 3:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - Songwriter Vic Mizzy, best-known for the Addams Family and Green Acres theme tunes, has died at his Bel-Air home aged 93. Mizzy wrote songs for stars Dean Martin and Doris Day before moving into film and TV composing. The WWII vet wrote the Addams Family theme on harpsichord, singing and... More »

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television • obituary • theme song • songwriter

 Beach Boy Wilson to 
 Complete Gershwin Songs 

Project a 'weird dream come true' for fans of 2 seminal American composers

Oct 8, 09 11:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - Beach Boys songster Brian Wilson will put a gloss on unfinished tunes by revered Jazz Age composer George Gershwin. Gershwin’s estate tells the Los Angeles Times that dozens of fragments, from “a few bars to some almost finished songs and everything in between,” have been in... More »

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entertainment • classical music • composer • jazz • Brian Wilson • estate • Beach Boys • popular music • songwriter • George Gershwin • unfinished

 Clarkson, Beyoncé Songs 
 Nearly Identical 

Clarkson explains fiasco, didn't mean to copy Knowles

Jul 27, 09 11:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Kelly Clarkson is battling her record label again, this time for releasing a song that appears to copy the Beyoncé single “Halo,” the New York Post reports. When Clarkson realized that the backing track songwriter Ryan Tedder had given her for “Already Gone” was the same as... More »

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entertainment • music • music industry • Kelly Clarkson • celebrity • Beyonce • music label • songwriter • Ryan Tedder

Oscar-Winning Songwriter Indicted in
6 Sex Attacks

Brooks penned 'You Light Up My Life'

Jun 23, 09 1:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - Oscar-winning songwriter Joseph Brooks turned himself in to New York police today on suspicion of rape, the Post reports. Six women have accused Brooks of casting-couch sexual assault under the pretense of auditioning for movie roles. Brooks won Best Original Song in 1977 for You Light Up My Life, from... More »

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entertainment • Academy Awards • crime • sexual assault • New York City Police Department • Oscars • date rape • songwriter • casting couch • Joseph Brooks

(Newser) - A Chris Brown collaborator says the disgraced singer is focused on music despite facing felony assault charges, People reports. “He's predicting this will be his biggest album,” said songwriter Robert Allen of Brown’s upcoming effort, Graffiti. “He wants this to be his masterpiece.” More »

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entertainment • music • assault • Rihanna • album • Chris Brown • songwriter • Robert Allen

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