Real `Itsy Bitsy' songwriter still alive
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The man who co-wrote the song "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini" had the unsettling experience this week of reading his own obituary &#151; the result of an impostor who went through life claiming to be the author of the 1960s smash hit.
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Older amateur rockers are creating original albums as a viable sideline gig.
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Writing a song that touches the hearts of millions is hard enough.
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A New Economy champion, a lover of the Texas picker poets who write lovesick country songs...and, oh, by the way, a member of the Federal Reserve system for 36 years.
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It's one thing to cover a country classic, and quite another to sing it with the legend who wrote it.
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TACOMA, Wash. -- For 23 years, Cindy Harris had a piece of U2&#39;s history wrapped in plastic in her Tacoma-area garage. Now, a briefcase taken from the band in 1981 is back in the hands of lead singer Bono, courtesy
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If Imogen Heap were as widely known as her music, she would be a household name.
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A hit 1960s songwriter was wrongly reported dead after the death of a man who claimed authorship.
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A songwriter composes a tune inspired by our very own medical/technology blog. Sing along with us now, won't you? In Bodyhack. <img
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For most anybody who was over 12 and under 30 in 1964, the Beatles sound is immutably fixed in the brain. âAcross the Universeâ will shake those brain cells up.
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Record producer Joe Boyd lived through the '60s and by his own admission, hasn't forgotten a thing. Now he's written about it.
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It's not too late to save the video retailing star.
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Heâs not only the lead singer and rhythm guitarist for megaband Fall Out Boy. Patrick Stump is also one of the most prolific composers in pop music. And he composes that music all over the world using his MacBook Pro and GarageBand.  âThe beauty of GarageBand is that itâs only limited by what you want to do with it,â he says. âUltimately, you can do anything. Itâs a sequencer and you can record and edit audio. And it runs on my laptop. Iâve composed and recorded on the plane, on the bullet train in Japan. Itâs made me so much more prolific because I donât have to think about where and when I can record or write music. I can do it anywhere.â
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The songwriter confesses to being on an Edith Wharton kick and recommends a rare record everyone should hear.
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Christopher John Farley on the singer, who would have turned 60 Sunday
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The home of current hits like ÂSpongeBob SquarePantsÂ shows few signs of slowing down.
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On their sixth album, Foo Fighters  have renewed their membership in the &quot;if it ain&#39;t broke&quot; school  of songwriting.