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Chris Willman Music WriterThe maxim “everything’s bigger in Texas” most definitely applies when it comes to having an outsized per capita concentration of brilliant songwriters. So, it’s almost surprising to realize that it took until 2005 for a Texas Heritage Songwriters Association to be formed, for the purpose of finally founding a Hall of Fame.One key figure in its origins was a beloved Texan not everyone realizes had a reputation as “a lover of the song, and a friend to songwriters”: University of Texas football coach Darrell K.

EXCLUSIVE: Cinedigm has picked up North American rights on a pair of music documentary features, both of which it will release in spring.

Bruce Springsteen is set to release a concert film showing his 1979 No Nukes concerts alongside the E Street Band.The Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concerts film will feature footage of the band’s entire setlist from the Madison Square Garden MUSE benefit concerts for the first time, including ten never-before-released performances.Among the setlist is live staples like ‘Badlands’ and ‘Born To Run’, alongside covers of Buddy Holly’s ‘Rave On’ and a version of Maurice Williams’ ‘Stay’ with special

Phil formed the influential pop duo The Everly Brothers, whose breezy harmonies married the Nashville country style in which they had been brought up with the teenage romantic themes that came to define white pop music in the 1950s. While they never embraced the raunchiness of rock and roll, they became a significant influence on a host of acts, among them The Beatles, Buddy Holly, Simon and Garfunkel, The Beach Boys and The Byrds.

AP. Griffith was a regular on “Austin City Limits” and performed with artists such as John Prine, with Buddy Holly’s band, Iris DeMent, Emmylou Harris and Lyle Lovett, among others, and she’s recorded duets with Willie Nelson, Don McLean, Jimmy Buffett, Darius Rucker and Adam Duritz of the Counting Crows.

Clear Lake.The rising actor, currently starring opposite Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson in The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It, told NME that the new film is set to start shooting this autumn.“It tells the story of him on the cusp of fame, all the way through his ill-fated ‘Tour of Stars’ to dying in a plane crash,” O’Connor said. “I almost feel strange saying that, as if it’s gauche.

WME has launched WME Legends, a management company focused on estate and brand management for late entertainment artists. The Hollywood agency's new division will be run by music and entertainment industry veteran Phil Sandhaus, an estate manager and consultant for artists like Buddy Holly, David Bowie, Elvis Costello, Frank Sinatra, Miles Davis, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and Whitney Houston.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterThe William Morris Endeavor agency has launched a new division for representing and servicing celebrity and brand estates.Run by Phil Sandhaus, a veteran estate manager and consultant to late icons like Frank Sinatra, Buddy Holly and Whitney Houston, the new WME shingle will bring trailblazing artists and iconic brands into the modern business landscape.At launch, WME Legends has signed the estates of: performance artist and comedian Andy Kaufman (“Saturday Night

The CW released the first full-length photo of the new Lois Lane and Clark Kent from the upcoming Superman & Lois series starring Tyler Hoechlin and Bitsie Tulloch in the title roles.

Nelly has been cast as the late Chuck Berry in the forthcoming Buddy Holly biopic.Clear Lake, which is being directed by Bruce Beresford from a screenplay written by Patrick Shanahan, has been authorised by the Buddy Holly estate through BMG, which manages the Holly estate and controls the US publishing rights to his catalogue.As Variety reports, Nelly will take on the role of rock’n’roll pioneer Berry, who died in 2017, in Clear Lake.

Des O'Connor has died at the age of 88.

Also Read: Zendaya in Talks to Play Singer Ronnie Spector in Biopic From A24 and New RegencyThe filmmakers on “Clear Lake” spent six months searching for its Buddy Holly, someone who both resembled Holly but could also handle vocals and instrumentation for some of his classic songs such as “Everyday,” “That’ll Be The Day” and “Not Fade Away.”Principal photography hopes to begin on the film in spring 2021.“We looked at hundreds and hundreds of audition tapes for the Buddy Holly role and

Dave McNary Film ReporterIrish actor Ruairi O’Connor will play rock ‘n’ roll icon Buddy Holly in the biopic “Clear Lake” with a tentative production start date set for the spring.O’Connor, who stars as a young King Henry VIII in the Starz miniseries “The Spanish Princess,” was selected following a six-month search by the producers and casting directors at Presser/Well Casting to find the right actor who both resembled Holly and could handle vocals and instrumentation on classic songs such as

The Dirty Dozen, has died at the age of 83.He had been battling complications of coronavirus,.Lopez, born Trinidad Lopez III, was born in Dallas, and began recording music as a teenager, and was spotted by Buddy Holly, working with his Norman Petty.He soon signed to Frank Sinatra's record label, Reprise, Sinatra becoming another mentor to the emerging musical talent.His version of If I Had A Hammer, recorded in 1963, became a hit around the world, going to number three in the Billboard chart,

COVID-19 at Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs, California.Mentored by Buddy Holly and Frank Sinatra, Lopez became an international star while performing in English and Spanish. Unlike Mexican American singers such as Ritchie Valens, Lopez rejected advice to change his name and openly embraced his Mexican American heritage despite warnings it would hurt his career.“I insisted on keeping my name Lopez,” he told The Dallas Morning News in 2017.

"The script tells the tragic story of Buddy Holly and his era in fascinating detail"

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Driving Miss Daisy director Bruce Beresford is set to direct Clear Lake, the Buddy Holly biopic. Ray and La Bamba producer Stuart Benjamin has also boarded the project developed with the Buddy Holly estate.

Like Buddy Holly, who gets an unforgettable sex scene in Charles White's biography The Life and Times of Little Richard, Richard Penniman was a skyrocket. He was a dazzling light, and then he was gone. But where Holly was gone because he died in a plane crash, Little Richard was

With Little Richard's death today (May 9) at age 87, now just two members of the inaugural class of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame are still living -- Jerry Lee Lewis, who is 84, and Don Everly, the older of The Everly Brothers, who is 83.The other members of the first class, from 1986, have all died.

With Little Richard's death today (May 9) at age 87, now just two members of the inaugural class of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame are still living -- Jerry Lee Lewis, who is 84, and Don Everly, the older of The Everly Brothers, who is 83.The other members of the first class, from 1986, have all died.

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