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...Davila, who called them "Joe Farias and his F Troop," a reference to the '60s television comedy. La Tropa F signed with EMI Latin/Capitol Records in the '90s. "For (my mom) to see all that was a blessing, it was a real blessing to see her...

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...and Fred Astaire, among many others. Mercer was also a best-selling recording artist, a chart-topping radio star and the co-founder of Capitol Records, a label indispensable to pop and jazz in the 1940s and 50s. Marcoviccis research into the...

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A federal judge in Los Angeles granted Capitol Records' request for a preliminary injunction today against a San Jose-based website that had put the Beatles catalog online for digital downloading at 25 cents a track, without permission from...

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...songs, Mercer was a popular radio personality and recording artist. With songwriter Buddy DeSylva and music-store owner Glenn Wallichs, Mercer founded Capitol Records in 1942, and recorded many of his songs on the label. Here's one. Comments

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...plans to fly to California to film the show. "I'm passionate about both, so I'm going to do both," said the actress, who is signed to Capitol Records Nashville. "I love Nashville. I felt like it was home the minute I came here." • Fresh...

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...DJ on his college radio station, he had acquired the nickname "Weird Al." While still in college, Yankovic was briefly signed to Capitol Records, who released his parody of The Knack's "My Sharona" which he re-titled "My Bologna" (recorded...

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...appeared to be genuinely shocked at being named new artist of the year. He thanked members of his management team, but had special words for Capitol Nashville chief Mike Dungan, who signed him to his country recording contract. "Everybody...

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...of California late this week issued a temporary restraining order against BlueBeat after being petitioned Tuesday by the Capitol Records unit of music label EMI, which owns the Beatles' recordings. The judge found BlueBeat's...

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...Beatles catalog for downloading at 25 cents per song halted the sale Thursday after being hit with a copyright infringement lawsuit by Capitol Records, the group's U.S. label. Bluebeat.com as of late Thursday still showed five Beatles...

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...from the Nirvana camp since the suicide of frontman Kurt Cobain in 1994. Grohl assembled a real band with three musicians, signed with Capitol Records, and officially released the demo tape -- still dubbed "Foo Fighters" -- in July 1995.

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