NEW YORK (AP) -- Jazz pianist and composer Hank Jones, whose 70-year career included a stint as Ella Fitzgerald's pianist and Marilyn Monroe's accompanist when she sang "Happy Birthday" to President John F. Kennedy, has died, his manager said Monday. He was 91.

Jones, who won a Grammy lifetime achievement award last year and received the National Medal of Arts in 2008, died Sunday night

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DETROIT (Billboard) – David Broza performed with Townes Van Zandt only once, during a Writers in the Round concert in Houston in 1994. After Van Zandt died three years later, the Israeli singer-songwriter was shocked to learn that the Texas music icon had left him a shoe box filled with unreleased poems and lyrics -- and that he wanted Broza to write music to accompany them.

After some initial hesitation -- during which Van

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Holly Robinson Peete has been left "disgusted and offended" after reading John Mayer's full interview with Playboy magazine - even though she was previously thrilled he had called her "gorgeous" during the chat.

The rocker has been mired in controversy following publication of the interview, in which he used the 'N' word when talking about his African-American fanbase, and revealed lurid details about his relationship with ex-girlfriend Jessica Simpson.

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Actress Holly Robinson Peete is thrilled after learning rocker John Mayer has a crush on her. The TV star was singled out as one of the African-American women Mayer called "gorgeous" in a controversial new Playboy magazine article - and the comment has made her year.

She tells Eonline.com, "I'm levitating. There's nothing that makes a 45-year-old mother of four feel better when she's dropping her kids off at school than to get a link on my iPhone that says John Mayer thinks I'm more...

NEW YORK – Just in time for Valentine's Day, Billboard has ranked the 50 sexiest songs by popularity — and Barry White didn't even make the list.

Instead, it's Olivia Newton-John who is tops — her hit "Physical" is No. 1, followed by Rod Stewart's "Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)."

Rounding out the top five: Boyz II Men's ballad "I'll Make Love to You," Next's "Too Close" and Marvin Gaye's "Let's

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NEW YORK (AP) -- Just in time for Valentine's Day, Billboard has ranked the 50 sexiest songs by popularity — and Barry White didn't even make the list.

Instead, it's Olivia Newton-John who is tops — her hit "Physical" is No. 1, followed by Rod Stewart's "Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)."

Rounding out the top five: Boyz II Men's ballad "I'll Make Love to You," Next's "Too Close" and Marvin

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"There have probably been days when I saw 300 vaginas before I got out of bed." Rocker John Mayer likes to start his day by checking out Internet porn.

John insists his reputation as a bad boy and cad is undeserved because he has never treated a girlfriend badly. He told Playboy magazine, "I consider myself a good guy, with the best of intentions. Anyone who has been in a relationship with me would stand by the fact that I've never been callous."

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