Including His Collaborations with Greats Burt Bacharach and Allen Toussaint Elvis Costello’s Pomp & Pout – The Universal Years (Hip-O/UMe), released June 29, 2010, brings together for the first time an overview of the musician’s career from...
Superstar Entertainer George Strait Reissues Live DVD
5/17/2010
George Strait Live To Hit Walmart Shelves on June 15 May 12, 2010 (Nashville, TN) – ACM Artist of the Decade George Strait will re-issue George Strait Live on DVD exclusively to Walmart on June 15. The superstar entertainer, backed by his Ace in...
Ten Classic Bon Jovi Albums Presented as Special Editions Featuring Rare Recordings as Bonus Tracks
4/19/2010
On May 11, Bon Jovi will re-release their classic studio albums as Special Editions. Each of the band’s first 10 albums--Bon Jovi, 7800° Fahrenheit, Slippery When Wet, New Jersey, Keep The Faith, These Days, Crush, Bounce, Have A Nice Day and Lost...
Rolling Stones to Release Limited Edition 7” Single for Record Store Day with Previously Unreleased Track from Forthcoming Exile On Main Street Re-Releases
4/7/2010
NEW YORK, NY, April 7, 2010—To celebrate world Record Store Day on April 17, 2010, the Rolling Stones will release a limited edition, individually numbered, 7" single featuring the previously unreleased track “Plundered My Soul.” This newly unearthed...
Send a Personalized Dean Martin eCard!
4/2/2010
Visit http://ecard.deanmartin.com/ to send a personalized Dean Martin greeting card to friends and family! Choose from a selection of images and song clips, write your own message and send it online. Great for any holiday!
Scorpions To Appear on ROCKLINE on Wednesday April, 7 at 8:30pm PT / 11:30pm ET
4/1/2010
Scorpions will be the featured guests on the nationally syndicated radio show ROCKLINE on Wednesday April, 7 at 8:30pm PT / 11:30pm ET. For a station near you and for information regarding how to log onto the Internet for the broadcast go to...
North America First To Experience Iron Maiden’s “The Final Frontier World Tour”
3/6/2010
Very Special Guests DREAM THEATER Tickets go on sale beginning March 13th at LiveNation.com LOS ANGELES – March 4, 2010 - Metal legends IRON MAIDEN have revealed the title of their new album, THE FINAL FRONTIER and details of their...
THE ROLLING STONES’ ICONIC EXILE ON MAIN STREET TO BE RELEASED WITH NEVER-BEFORE-HEARD TRACKS
2/25/2010
Album Launch to Coincide With New Documentary “Stones In Exile” New York - February 25, 2010 – Universal Music Group is pleased to announce the re-release of The Rolling Stones’ album Exile on Main Street with an additional 10 never-before-heard...
JAMIE CULLUM, VEVO, YELP & YAMAHA LAUNCH NATIONWIDE PURSUIT FOR LOST PIANO KEYS!
2/24/2010
GRAND PRIZE WINNER TO RECEIVE PRIVATE IN-HOME CONCERT AND JAMIE CULLUM’S PIANO NEW YORK, NY – February 24, 2010 – The cover of Jamie Cullum’s new album The Pursuit (out March 2nd on Verve Forecast) shows the Grammy & Golden Globe nominated...
FIRST RETROSPECTIVE FROM SALIVA, MOVING FORWARD IN REVERSE: GREATEST HITS, FEATURES HARD ROCKERS “ALWAYS,” “BROKEN SUNDAY,” “CLICK CLICK BOOM,” “LADIES AND GENTLEMEN” PLUS ONE BRAND NEW TRACK AND MORE
2/8/2010
From hit movies about car racing to Wrestlemania to nationwide television broadcasts of college basketball, one particular band has been tapped to provide aggressive, kick-ass rock ’n’ roll to jack up the pulse of the masses—Saliva. Now, six...
Watch Ringo Starr Receive his Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
2/5/2010
Ringo Starr will be honored Monday, February 8th, with a star on the legendary Hollywood Walk of Fame. There will be a pre-show beginning at 5pm PST and the live ceremony will begin at 7pm PST. Click here to watch! If you encounter a blank screen,...
DID YOU SEE IMELDA MAY’S SIZZLING PERFORMANCE WITH JEFF BECK ON THE GRAMMYS®?
2/2/2010
NOW SEE THE SENSATIONAL SINGER LIVE ON STAGE SANTA MONICA, CA – February 1, 2010 – If you witnessed the entrancing performance by singer Imelda May accompanying Jeff Beck on “How High The Moon” for the Les Paul tribute on Sunday’s...
KATE, SAWYER, LOCKE, HURLEY, CHARLIE AND THE DHARMA INITIATIVE FROM THE ABC HIT TV SERIES “LOST” REVEAL THEIR “LOST TRACKS” ON SIX LOST EPS AVAILABLE EXCLUSIVELY ON ITUNES
2/2/2010
LOST The Final Season premieres Tuesday, February 2 on ABC As pop culture phenomenon “Lost” begins its sixth and final season on TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2 (9:00-11:00 p.m., ET) on ABC, fans of the ABC television series will gain a unique glimpse into the...
CELEBRATE BOB MARLEY’S LIFE AND MUSICAL LEGACY AS ISLAND/TUFF GONG/UME MARK THE ICON’S 65TH BIRTHDAY
2/2/2010
New Collection Of Dubs Disc Set For February 2nd Release exclusively on iTunes On February 2, 2010, in commemoration of Marley’s 65th birthday, Tuff Gong/Island/UMe will issue a new digital-only collection, In Dub Vol. 1, exclusively on the...
JAMIE CULLUM RELEASES LOVE AIN’T GONNA LET YOU DOWN FOR VALENTINE’S DAY
2/2/2010
EP AVAILABLE EXCLUSIVELY ON ITUNES FEBRUARY 2 NEW ALBUM, THE PURSUIT OUT MARCH 2 U.S. TOUR TO FOLLOW Celebrate Valentine’s Day with Jamie Cullum’s LOVE AIN’T GONNA LET YOU DOWN EP (Verve/UMe) released exclusively through iTunes on...
SCORPIONS 2010: GROUP ANNOUNCES FINAL ALBUM AND TOUR
1/25/2010
After the release of their next album (Sting in the Tail, release date: March 23rd, Universal Music Enterprises) and a three-year mammoth tour, which will take them across five continents, one of the most successful rock bands in the world, SCORPIONS,...
The Who’s Greatest Hits Live Spans the Band’s Entire Career with Previously Unreleased and Newly Mixed Concert Recordings, Available Exclusively on iTunes
1/20/2010
The debate over which of the three greatest rock bands--Beatles, Stones and Who--is the greatest has raged for decades. But there has never been any argument over which of the three has been the greatest band in concert. The Who has reigned o’er them...
Announcing Ringo Starr and His 11th All Starr Band US Tour Summer 2010 and Y Not, Starr’s 16th Studio Release
1/20/2010
It’s a new decade, a new CD and a new band – on January 12, 2010 Ringo Starr released Y NOT (Hip-O/Ume), supported by Ben Harper and Relentless7 for a promotional tour, and simultaneously announced his 11th All Starr line up, which he will take on the...
THE CRANBERRIES’ FIRST LIVE ALBUM, BUALADH BOS, FEATURES “LINGER,” “ZOMBIE” AND MORE
1/7/2010
“The Cranberries played their first U.S. concert in more than six years (and) nearly everyone in the audience had Cranberries lyrics singing off their lips.” --Spin, November 13, 2009 Despite being the biggest-selling Irish rock artists...
PETER WOLF'S ROOTSY NEW ALBUM MIDNIGHT SOUVENIRS CAPTURES LATE NIGHT MAGICAL MOMENTS, SET FOR APRIL 6, 2010 (VERVE/UMe)
12/26/2009
Midnight Souvenirs...the heartbeat of secret love behind closed doors...whispers in the dark long after the lights go down low...melodies drifting in from a downtown honky-tonk. It's the beginning...or the end...and anything goes. Midnight...
Enter to win a Fender Stratocaster!
12/15/2009
In honor of Live 1968 Paris/Ottawa Fan Pack, you can enter to win a Stratocaster by Fender: A left-handed model strung right-handed and reversed, with the strap button on the lower horn. Click here to visit Amazon.com to enter and order your 1968...
ELVIS COSTELLO AND THE ATTRACTIONS’ LEGENDARY 1978 CONCERT AT HOLLYWOOD HIGH SCHOOL RELEASED IN ITS ENTIRETY FOR THE FIRST TIME ON LIVE AT HOLLYWOOD HIGH
12/11/2009
Elvis Costello was 23 years old when he performed a sold-out concert at the auditorium of Hollywood High School. It was June 4, 1978 and he had been introduced to America with a controversial appearance on “Saturday Night Live” and two albums Rolling...
FROM “PUPPY LOVE” TO DUETS WITH MARIE, FROM “ONE BAD APPLE” TO “SOLDIER OF LOVE,” DONNY OSMOND – THE DEFINITIVE COLLECTION FEATURES ALL OF HIS BIGGEST HITS, SOLO AND WITH HIS FAMILY
12/11/2009
The baby boomer generation has grown up with Donny Osmond, one of the most popular stars in pop music history. Now, a new generation has discovered him after his recent win on this season’s hit TV series Dancing With The Stars and a recent reunion with...
The $5 Buck Music Truck Visits "12 Stops of Christmas" to Raise Money for City of Hope
12/7/2009
Participants Can Give a Suggested $5 Donation to Support Cancer Research and Treatment andReceive a Free Album Map of Locations | Twitter | Facebook | Myspace Update #2: Katharine McPhee will be appearing at stop #9 - Hollywood & Highland Wed...
CELEBRATE THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF DEF JAM, WITH THE TWO-CD COMPILATION DJ Bring That Back AND DVD VJ Bring That Video Back
12/3/2009
Collections Feature Rihanna, LL Cool J, Jay-Z, Ne-Yo, Dru Hill, Slick Rick, Ja Rule, Ashanti, Public Enemy, Montell Jordan, DMX, Ludacris, Kanye West, Method Man, Warren G, Kelly Price And More Def Jam Recordings has defined rap and...
POP-PUNK LANDMARK NEW FOUND GLORY REISSUED IN TWO-DISC 10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION
12/3/2009
ADDING RARE BONUS TRACKS AND THE STORY SO FAR DVD WITH MUSIC VIDEOS, CONCERT FOOTAGE, AND MORE FULL U.S. TOUR TO FOLLOW “I never imagined we would get to the point of releasing a 10 Year Anniversary edition…When we were recording...
LL COOL J’S NEW “BEST OF” ALBUM, All World 2, FEATURES NEVER-BEFORE-COMPILED HITS, FAVORITES AND RARITIES
12/3/2009
LL Cool J – the first rap teen idol, first rapper with four consecutive albums, first to earn four gold singles, first to hit No. 1 R&B, first to headline “MTV Unplugged;” a multi-talented performer, actor (currently starring in the new TV series “NCIS:...
Music is the Gift Everyone Loves to Receive!
11/30/2009
Not sure what to give your friends & family for the holidays? Give them the gift everyone loves to receive. For suggestions, just as #giftmusic on Twitter and we'll help you with an appropriate suggestion! www.twitter.com/UMGgiftmusic
RINGO STARR DECLARES “Y NOT”!
11/30/2009
For the first time ever, Starr produces himself on his most personal album yet. Ringo is joined on Y Not by old and new friends including Paul McCartney, with whom Starr sings on Y Not’s stunning first single, “Walk With You,” a moving new song about...
THE WHO SET TO ROCK SUPER BOWL XLIV HALFTIME SHOW
11/30/2009
NEW GREATEST HITS COMPILATION FROM THE WHO SPANS THE RECORDING CAREER TO DATE OF THE WORLD’S PREMIER ROCK AND ROLL BAND “More than any other band, The Who are our role models.” --U2’s Bono For many, the World’s Greatest Rock...
This week's trivia question
11/25/2009
On this day in Dean Martin history...November 25, 1974, Dean made his final recordings for Reprise, which would not be released until 1978. What was the title of the eventual album? A) The Nashville Sessions B) It’s Magic C) Dino D) Once In A While....
Recipe for Dean's favorite zuppe (soup)
11/20/2009
Recipe for pasta fagiole. 2 Tablespoons extra virgin olive oil 1 med onion finely chopped 2 (15 oz cans) cannellini beans 6 cups of water Salt and pepper to taste 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon 8 oz tuberini or salad macaroni...
DEAN MARTIN, THE KING OF COOL, GETS COLLECTIBLE, DIGITAL AND SWINGIN’ WITH NEW LICENSING PARTNERSHIPS, WEBSITE E-COMMERCE AND A HOLIDAY ALBUM FEATURING “WINTER WONDERLAND – THE SWINGIN’ YULETIDE MIX”
11/18/2009
SANTA MONICA, CA - November 18, 2009 – Dean Martin, the iconic singer who defined cool, smooth, and suave expands into the collectible and digital universes with new partnerships announced today on the heels of a fresh just-in-time-for-the-holidays...
Friday's trivia question
11/13/2009
Ken Lane was Dean’s pianist for over 30 years. What was Ken’s real first name? A) Klaus B) Kelvin C) Kermit D) Kreskin. And the answer is... C) Kermit.
Friday night trivia question...
11/6/2009
Do you know who conducted Dean’s 1958 album Sleep Warm? That’s right, it was none other than Frank Sinatra.
LIONSGATE REINVENTS THE SOUNDTRACK WITH MAD MEN CHARACTER AM RADIO PLAYLISTS
10/27/2009
SET FOR EXCLUSIVE ITUNES RELEASE OCTOBER 27th ON VERVE RECORDS FIVE-SONG PLAYLISTS INSPIRED BY POPULAR MAD MEN CHARACTERS FEATURE ELLA FITZGERALD, SMOKEY ROBINSON, DEAN MARTIN, THE PLATTERS AND MORE Lionsgate Television...
HIDDEN-IN-THE-VAULT JACKSON 5 RECORDINGS DEBUT ON I WANT YOU BACK! UNRELEASED MASTERS
10/6/2009
Stunning Vocals By A Young Michael Jackson Heard For The First Time On Single-CD Set Celebrating J5 40th Anniversary Hear the full length track on www.jackson5.com There had never been an act like the Jackson 5 before and there...
KEANE Hopes and Fears - Deluxe Edition Release Date: 11/17/09
10/6/2009
”…a surprising pleasure…irresistible.” –Rolling Stone On May 10th, 2004 Interscope Records released ‘Hopes and Fears’, selling over 5.8 million copies worldwide, and landing a top 10 spot on the Billboard 200. The album was also voted one of the “Best...
SHERYL CROW’S TUESDAY NIGHT MUSIC CLUB - DELUXE EDITION ADDS CD OF PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED TRACKS AND OTHER RARITIES PLUS DVD OF CLASSIC VIDEOS AND A NEW TOUR DOCUMENTARY TO ONE OF ROCK’S MOST POPULAR ALBUMS
10/6/2009
The spectacular debut album that launched Sheryl Crow into rock music consciousness has been expanded both musically and visually for the 2CD/1DVD Tuesday Night Music Club – Deluxe Edition (A&M/UMe), released November 17, 2009. Along with the original...
MORRISSEY B-SIDES ALBUM SWORDS TO BE RELEASED NOVEMBER 3rd
9/28/2009
WEST COAST TOUR starts November 29th in Seattle “Here’s a guy with a plan. Ever since the 1980s, he’s always known what he wants to sing about.” – The New York Times “Articulate, broodingly charismatic…” –Rolling Stone ...
There's No Hiding In The Spotlight; SHOWTIME(R) to Premiere Bon Jovi: WHEN WE WERE BEAUTIFUL
9/24/2009
First-Ever Bon Jovi Documentary Explores a Band's Journey through 25 Years of Brotherhood Premieres Saturday, October 24th at 9 PM ET/PT on SHOWTIME LOS ANGELES, CA – (September 24, 2009) – Bon Jovi has built one of the biggest success stories in...
ANTHRAX’S METAL CLASSIC AMONG THE LIVING DIGITALLY REMASTERED FOR THE FIRST TIME AND EXPANDED FOR CD+DVD DELUXE EDITION WITH BONUS TRACKS AND CONCERT FILM “OIDIVNIKUFESIN”
9/18/2009
TWO-CD CAUGHT IN A MOSH: BBC LIVE IN CONCERT, WITH TWO 1987 U.K. CONCERTS, ALSO MAKES U.S. DEBUT “Unmistakable riffs, mindf**k drumming and classic songs--they’ve opened too many doors to mention. Badasses.” --Dave Grohl, Foo...
Dan Fogelberg's Love In Time on USA Today's Fall Music Calendar
9/18/2009
The singer/songwriter completed these recordings while battling cancer in 2006, placed them in a safe deposit box and asked his wife to release them after his death. He died in late 2007 at age 56. He polished early rough demos for this swan song and...
U2: THE UNFORGETTABLE FIRE REMASTERED
9/18/2009
“this ain’t mere genius, this is rock ‘n’ roll” - Kerrang, October 1984 U2’s fourth album, The Unforgettable Fire has been remastered and will be released by Mercury Records on October 27, 2009. This special edition marks 25 years since the...
CAN’T GET ENOUGH OF BARRY WHITE: LEGENDARY MAESTRO'S 65th CELEBRATED WITH NUMBER ONES GREATEST HITS COLLECTION AND 5-DISC UNLIMITED RARITIES BOX SET
9/4/2009
Barry White’s deep, mesmerizing voice, romantic rhythms and satiny late-night love songs elevated the singer-songwriter-producer into a global icon. In celebration of his phenomenal career, Hip-O/UMe in association with the Barry White estate will...
CELEBRATING THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CARPENTERS’ RECORDING DEBUT, THE TWO-CD 40/40 FEATURES 40 OF THE DUO'S BEST-LOVED RECORDINGS
9/1/2009
In 1969, Karen and Richard Carpenter signed to A&M Records and released their debut album. Forty years later, the Carpenters are recognized not only as the most successful brother-sister act in music history and one of the best-selling acts of all-time...
NIRVANA’S LEGENDARY NEVER-BEFORE-RELEASED 1992 READING CONCERT SET TO DEBUT IN NOVEMBER
9/1/2009
“Nirvana headlining at Reading in 1992 was something you had to see, and if you didn’t see it then it was something you pretended you saw.” --Kerrang (October 2003) “The staggering energy and intensity radiating from the stage never let...
Universal Motown Presents Michael Jackson: The Remix Suite
8/24/2009
Over 20 BRAND NEW Remixes of Michael Jackson & The Jackson 5! Michael Jackson: The Remix Suite [Series] is a collaborative celebration of the music industry's top producers remixing the best of Michael Jackson & Jackson 5 classics! Featured...
Berry Gordy and Other Motown Legends Remember Michael Jackson
6/27/2009
“I am shocked beyondwords. It’s like adream - a bad dream. This cannot be! Howcan Michael Jackson not be here? As a kid, Michael was alwaysbeyond his years. He had aknowingness about him that was incredible. When I first heard him...
Michael Jackson - Hello World- The Complete Motown Solo Collection
6/27/2009
We are all terribly saddened by the recent loss of legendary Motown artist, Michael Jackson. Coincidentally, this great celebration of his early solo career was already in production for a June 30th, 2009 release through Hip-O Select. Please keep...
STATE FARM & JACKSON 5 -I'LL BE THERE
6/17/2009
View what we’re calling the Minus Mix of the legendary Jackson 5’s “I’ll Be There”. This new mix was inspired by State Farm’s new commercial and the stripped down version of the song we provided. To see the moving visuals of State Farm’s message,...
TWO-CD THE WHO SELL OUT - DELUXE EDITION
6/4/2009
One of rock’s most innovative concept albums from one of the most influential bands in music history, an homage to pop-art that includes The Who’s highest charting U.S. hit, “I Can See For Miles,” 1967’s The Who Sell Out has been remastered from the...
BARBRA STREISAND 3-DISC DVD SET
5/28/2009
Barbra Streisand is world renowned for thrilling audiences with her magical performances, her supreme vocal talent and setting box office records. Now fans can get front row seats to the best of Barbra Streisand captured in Streisand The Concerts, a new...
BOB MARLEY’S SONGS RE-IMAGINED
5/28/2009
B is for Bob, a collection of Bob Marley’s most beloved songs re-imagined for kids, will be released June 23 by UMe/Island/Tuff Gong. The international musical legend’s eldest son, four-time Grammy winner Ziggy Marley, executive produced the album, which...
PYROMANIA & ADRENALIZE DELUXE EDITIONS
5/28/2009
Def Leppard, one of only five rock groups who can claim two separate original 10-million-plus selling albums, (as certified by the R.I.A.A.) are set to release Deluxe Editions of the classic albums Pyromania and Adrenalize (Bludgeon Riffola/Island/UMe) on...
R.E.M.’S CLASSIC SECOND ALBUM, RECKONING, REISSUED
5/28/2009
Reckoning “confirms R.E.M. as one of the most beautifully exciting groups on the planet.” wrote NME in 1984. R.E.M.’s second full-length album also prompted The Washington Post to proclaim that “there isn’t an American band worth following more than...
Yusuf - Roadsinger - Pre-Order Now
4/24/2009
Yusuf, the artist you grew up knowing as Cat Stevens, is releasing his newest studio album, roadsinger, on May 5. The 11 song suite is a return to form, picking up the continuum of Stevens’ classics like Tea for the Tillerman, Teaser and the Firecat and...
Uriel Jones
3/24/2009
Funk Brother, Uriel Jones, died today, Tuesday March 24, 2009. Uriel was the last of the surviving principal Motown house band drummers. He moved up the line with the late Richard "Pistol" Allen, filling in for (the also deceased) Benny Benjamin. He...
Lifetime Achievement Award
1/29/2009
Dean Martin was presented with a Lifetime Achievement award during the ceremony of the 51st Annual Grammy Awards on his lasting contribution to music industry. On the recipient's list for the honor, he was joined by Brenda Lee, The Four Tops, Blind Boys...
Levi Stubbs Dies – Comments from Berry Gordy
10/17/2008
I am deeply saddened to hear of the passing of my friend, Levi Stubbs. It is not only a tremendous personal loss for me, but for the whole Motown family, and people all over the world who were touched by his rare voice and remarkable spirit. ...
Levi Stubbs Dies - Comments from Lamont Dozier and <br> Brian and Eddie Holland
10/17/2008
"One of the great singers of this contemporary time is no longer with us, but his voice will be forever. Levi Stubbs was one of the most emulated and respected vocalists of our time. Levi was a beautiful individual spiritually and helped a lot of people...
10 Motown Artist Definitive Collections on sale Sept. 23
9/18/2008
Definitive Collections from Diana Ross & The Supremes, Debarge, Four Tops, Gladys Knight & The Pips, Jr. Walker & The All Stars, Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, The Marvelettes, Mary Wells, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, and The Temptations in stores...
