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Music News for July 19, 2008
Songwriter Hank Cochran recovering from surgery (AP)
AP - Songwriter Hank Cochran is recovering at a Nashville hospital following surgery to remove cancerous tumors from his pancreas and lymph node.
Miranda Lambert's revenge tale shoots up chart (Reuters)
Reuters - Country star Miranda Lambert says she is shocked -- pleasantly so -- that her domestic-abuse tale "Gunpowder & Lead" has become her first top 10 entry on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart.
Singer and radio star Jo Stafford dies at 90 (AP)
AP - Jo Stafford, the honey-voiced band singer who starred in radio and television and sold more than 25 million records with her ballads and folks songs, has died. She was 90.
Indie Acts Gear Up For Festival Season (Yahoo! Music)
Yahoo! Music - Rock festival season is underway, with Coachella and Bonnaroo already over, the Warped and Ozzfest tours traveling from coast to coast, and Chicago's Lollapalooza and New Jersey's All Points West events around the corner in early August.
Heartland rockers Hinder back with 2nd album (Reuters)
Reuters - After moving nearly 3 million copies of its 2005 debut album, "Extreme Behavior," Oklahoma City rock band Hinder is eyeing another big release with its new album, "Take It to the Limit."
DMC undergoing surgery to remove blood clots (AP)
AP - Darryl "DMC" McDaniels of the legendary rap group Run-DMC was scheduled to undergo surgery at a New Jersey hospital Friday to remove two major blood clots in his left arm.
Kiwi singer Brooke Fraser finally cracks U.S. charts (Reuters)
Reuters - New Zealand pop singer Brooke Fraser has cracked the U.S. charts with an album that has already been out almost two years in her homeland, thanks to a spot on iTunes' editors' picks list.
Sing us one last song at Shea, Piano Man (AP)
AP - NEW YORK (AP) — Billy Joel bade a stirring farewell to Shea Stadium on Friday during an electrifying, sold-out final show at the same ballpark where the Beatles famously ushered in a new era in rock 'n' roll four decades ago.
Run's DMC Hospitalized (E! Online)
E! Online - Darryl McDanielsthe rap progenitor who put the DMC in Run-DMChas been admitted to a New Jersey hospital, where he is expected to undergo surgery to remove two major blood clots later today, publicist Tracey Miller confirmed to E! News.
Spears' role as mom expands after epic meltdown (AP)
AP - LOS ANGELES (AP) — Less than eight months after an epic meltdown that led to a court taking away her children, Britney Spears is reclaiming her role as a mother — to the point where she may be with her boys nearly half the time.
