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Song of the Week #136 – “Sweet Caroline”

Written by admin on December 10, 2012 – 10:30 pm -

Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline single Neil Diamond’s “Sweet Caroline” is Song of the Week on Classic Pop Icons.

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Happy New Year from Classic Pop Icons

Written by admin on January 1, 2011 – 12:01 am -

Happy New Year from Classic Pop Icons Classic Pop Icons wishes all our readers a happy and healthy 2011.

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Bobby Hebb dies aged 72

Written by admin on August 4, 2010 – 4:27 pm -

Bobby Hebb has died aged 72 from lung cancer. He passed away yesterday (August 3) at Centennial Medical Center in Nashville.

Hebb was a singer-songwriter best known for his composition of the classic song “Sunny,” which he took to number two on the US pop charts in 1966.

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Sinatra’s “Welcome Home Elvis” – 50 years on

Written by admin on March 26, 2010 – 7:03 am -

Fifty years ago today, two giants of 20th century popular music performed together for the first and only time. ABC’s “Frank Sinatra Timex Special – Welcome Home Elvis” was filmed at the Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami, Florida on March 26, 1960. The show aired on May 12.

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