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Justin Timberlake has revealed that his new single ‘Selfish’ was inspired by John Lennon.The artist announced his comeback single earlier this week alongside news of his new album ‘Everything I Thought It Was’, which will drop on March 15 via RCA.Timberlake recently spoke to Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1 about his new music, which is his first since 2018’s ‘Man Of The Woods’, and revealed that ‘Selfish’ came about after he sang a cover of Lennon’s ‘Jealous Guy’ on a night out.“A friend of mine, who’s also my music director, who’s probably a friend of the whole family over there, Adam Blackstone, he was doing these small jazz nights at a place in LA,” Timberlake began. “And he invited me to come down and he said, ‘Hey, man.’ He was like, ‘You want to come up and sing something?’ And I randomly threw out, “Oh, yeah, let’s do Donny Hathaway’s cover of ‘Jealous Guy’ by Lennon.’ And by the way, if you’re a Gen-Zer right now, you have no idea who I’m talking about!“So we were talking about the song itself and just breaking down the idea that you just don’t hear that from men often, that they would express an emotion that makes them vulnerable.

Todd Gilchrist editor Great Christmas songs, and great versions of great Christmas songs, are as plentiful as letters to Santa Claus. It’s the holiday for which various-artists compilations were seemingly created (and why the two-disc set “Now That’s What I Call Christmas” was certified 6x platinum just three years after its 2001 release).

No drag queens are safe as Lady Bunny hits the road for her holiday special. The legendary drag queen and DJ takes no prisoners in her new Christmas show, “Lady Bunny: A Very Blue X-Mas.” Image: Provided by Project Publicity

Matty Healy has shared a full audio recording of his solo opening slot at The 1975‘s gig in Dublin earlier this summer, and launched a mysterious new website.Back in June, the frontman stepped in as a last-minute support act for his own band after Caroline Polachek pulled out of the concert due to illness.Healy – billed as ‘Matty’ – performed a 10-song acoustic set at St Anne’s Park, which included the live debuts of ‘Then Because She Goes’ and ‘Playing On My Mind’ from The 1975’s fourth album, ‘Notes On A Conditional Form’.He also aired some of The 1975’s more stripped-back cuts – including ‘All I Need to Hear’ and ‘Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America’ – before covering tracks by Colin Hay and Donny Hathaway.Today (August 4) Healy posted a link to the full audio of the gig on his ‘Truman Black’ blog. The show, titled ‘A Musical Performance Of An Intimate Moment’, has been uploaded to the singer’s ‘Truman Black’ account on SoundCloud.Tune in here:The same SoundCloud page also contains an atmospheric instrumental song called ‘And Then The Sand We Sink In’, which was uploaded yesterday (August 3).This composition by Healy was originally featured in the 2017 short film Black Eyed Susan.

Matty Healy has covered tracks from Colin Hay and Donny Hathaway while opening for his own band, The 1975. He also performed the live debut of their song ‘Then Because She Goes’ — check out the full setlist and footage of the show below.The frontman’s solo performance took place at The 1975’s show in St.

Fred White, who played drummer for the Grammy-winning R&B band Earth, Wind & Fire during its 1970s and early-’80s heyday including such classic songs as “September” and “Shining Star,” has died. He was 67. His brother and bandmate Verdine White announced on social media that White was found dead on New Year’s morning.

dreamcastmoe has a theory that food and music are just alike. “Some shit hits you different, man,” he says over Zoom in early August. “It’s going to hit somebody’s body a little different than the last person.” That theory starts to make sense when you ask him what songs have resonated with him.

Associated Press reported.Williams reportedly passed away June 17 at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, New York, following a long battle with a non-COVID-related illness.Born on Jan. 13, 1939, in Fernandina Beach, Florida, he was a long-time New York City resident and is perhaps best known for the R&B classic “Everybody Plays the Fool,” which he collaborated on with Rudy Clark and J.R.

Kenneth “Ken” Williams, who wrote or co-wrote more than 500 songs including the classic 1972 hit “Everybody Plays The Fool” recorded by The Main Ingredient with lead vocals by Cuba Gooding Sr., died June 17 following a long non-Covid illness at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, New York. He was 83.

Justin Timberlake gave Jessica Biel the sweetest gift for her birthday celebration, revealing during her latest interview with Ellen DeGeneres that he organized an “amazing” party and included an important performance.The actress explained that her husband wanted to do something special for her 40th birthday and thought about bringing his band for a private concert.“He did surprise me. He threw me such an amazing, amazing party, and he flew his band in and he performed for me,” she continued, “I mean, look, I will go head-to-head with anybody, but I’m his number one fan.

Justin Timberlake threw quite the 40th birthday bash for his wife Jessica Biel.

Pusha T delivered a live rendition of ‘Dreamin Of The Past’ on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon last week – tune in below.The Kanye West-featuring song appears on the New York rapper’s fourth studio album ‘It’s Almost Dry’, which came out last Friday (April 22).On the eve of his latest record’s release (April 21), Pusha T – minus Ye – played a live rendition of the track on Jimmy Fallon’s US chat show with help from the host’s studio house band, The Roots.West’s contributions to ‘Dreamin Of The Past’ could be heard on the backing track as T and the musicians performed in the New York City studio. ‘Dreamin Of…’ is built around a sample of Donny Hathaway’s cover of ‘Jealous Guy’ by John Lennon, the latter of whom is credited as a co-writer.“‘It’s Almost Dry’, out now,” T said at the end of the Fallon performance.

Skyler Maxey-Wert brought a unique element to his “American Idol” audition that the judges “have never experienced.”.

James Mtume, a percussionist who performed in Miles Davis’ seminal fusion band from 1971 to 1975 and later had hits with is own eponymous group, has died at the age 76.

“Chronicles of Narnia” star Ben Barnes is feeling the holiday spirit.

Donny Hathaway’s “This Christmas” has been the African-American community’s own personal holiday anthem.“A lot of black people would say, ‘Christmas doesn’t start until we play ‘This Christmas,’ ” said Nadine McKinnor, 79, who co-wrote the song with Hathaway. “It always got love.

Mariah Carey is listing some of her favorite Christmas songs! The 50-year-old singer's 1994 track, «All I Want for Christmas Is You,» is many of her fans' choice festive song, but, as she revealed on on Monday, Carey prefers the classics for her own playlist.«I love Donny Hathaway's 'This Christmas.' I love Nat King Cole's 'The Christmas Song' ...Bing Crosby's 'White Christmas,'»  she shared. «All of the classics.

Jess Glynne twinkles at Number 1 on the Official Trending Chart with her new rendition of festive classic This Christmas.

Mariah Carey’s All I Want For Christmas Is You is leading the charge on today’s Official Chart: First Look.

December has arrived, and with it, a stocking full of modern Christmas singles dominate the Official Trending Chart.

New festive songs by Jess Glynne and Justin Bieber are on course to enter the Top 40 on this week's Official Singles Chart.

Justin Bieber has covered ‘Rocking Around the Christmas Tree’ for Amazon Original’s festival season.Speaking about his cover of the Brenda Lee classic, Bieber said: “‘Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree’ has always been one of my favourite songs to celebrate the holidays and I’m excited to team up with Amazon Music to share my own version, with my fans.” You can listen to the song via Amazon now.As part of Amazon’s seasonal festivities, Jess Glynne also covered Donny Hathaway’s hit ‘This

Amazon Music have revealed their selection of new Christmas tracks exclusive to their platform for 2020, and Jess Glynne is at the forefront with a brand new festive single that enters the race for the UK's Official Christmas Number 1.

The Bodyguard soundtrack, by Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson’s History Pt. II, and a Sundance rock compilation album,” he recalls.

Marc Anthony is spreading the love with music! The King of Salsa took a different vibe as he sang on of his favorite songs for is over 50 million followers, A Song for You, by Donny Hathaway. “Music has never failed me and it’s times like these it’s no wonder that’s where I run to,” he wrote. “I’m here listening to my favorite songs and sometimes singing them like in this case. I’ll continue. Hope you’re enjoying hearing it as much as I did singing it.”

After listening to many live performances for the past month, Marc Anthony’s rendition of Donny Hathaway’s “A Song For You” raises the bar to a whole different level.Recorded impromptu during a karaoke night at his home on Wednesday (April 22), this is Anthony being Anthony: No filters, mixing or editing. Judging from Marc's words, this will not be the last time we see him performing like this.“Music has never failed me and in times like these it's no wonder that's where I run to.

Primary Wave Music Publishing and the Estate of Donny Hathaway have entered into a partnership in which the company will acquire a majority stake ownership interest in the soul icon’s music publishing catalog and artist master royalty stream. Under additional terms of the partnership, Primary Wave will market Hathaway's music and