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Lea Michele Beats Out Elvis With Glee

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TMZ was the first to break the news to Glee star Lea Michele that the show had beat out Elvis on the Billboard charts. How this even seems possible, I don't know.

Ali and Presley: Exhibition of American Icons at the James A. Michener Art Museum

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Muhammad Ali, c. 1970, Gordon Parks, courtesy of the Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York, N.Y. DOYLESTOWN, PA.- Elvis is in the house and Ali is in the ring. Two of our nation's most well-known icons—"the King of Rock 'n' Roll" and "the Greatest"—meet at the James A. Michener Art Museum in Doylestown, Pa., February 19 through May 15. Ali and Elvis: American Icons, features two photography exhibitions: the Smithsonian's Elvis at 21 and art2art's Muhammad Ali: The Making of an Icon. Elvis at 21 is sponsored nationally by HISTORY. Elvis at 21: Photographs by Alfred Wertheimer: Freelance photojournalist Alfred Wertheimer was hired by RCA Victor in 1956 to shoot promotional images of recently signed 21-year-old recording artist Elvis Presley. Wertheimer's instincts were to "tag along" with the artist after the assignment and the resulting images provide us with a look at Elvis before he exploded onto the scene and became one of the

New Release - Roy Orbison The Momument Singles Collection (1960-64)

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                                                 JUST ANNOUNCED - ROY ORBISON: THE MONUMENT SINGLES COLLECTION (1960-64)CELEBRATE THE THE 75th BIRTHDAY YEAR OF ROCK & ROLL LEGEND ROY ORBISON WITH THE LONG-AWAITED MONO RELEASE OF ROY ORBISON: THE MONUMENT SINGLES COLLECTION (1960-64) ON TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 2011. "Monument Records - The House That Roy Built: The Big O's Monument Singles Collection" Debuts First-Ever CD Release of Original Mono Mixes of All “A & B Sides” Cut For The Label, Plus a DVD of Nine Songs From "The Monument Concert 1965" Digitally Restored, Includes The Official Video For "Oh, Pretty Woman" ROY ORBISON: THE MONUMENT SINGLES COLLECTION CD/DVD Celebrating the 75th birthday year of Roy Orbison with the long-awaited release of Roy Orbison: The Monument Singles Collection. A 2 CD/1 DVD set including all the A&B sides recorded by Roy Orbison for the groundbreaking Monument label during an electrifying peak from 195