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Paul McCartney to Perform at White House, Receive Gershwin Award
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyPaul McCartney, who with John Lennon wrote the songs that helped the Beatles' change the face of rock-and-roll, will perform at the White House on June 2 at the invitation of President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama. McCartney, one of two surviving Beatles (the other is Ringo Starr), will be awarded the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song from the Library of Congress, a honor that commemorates the legendary songwriting of George and Ira Gershwin. He is the third recipient of the award, following Stevie Wonder and Paul Simon. The McCartney concert will be broadcast July 28 on PBS. McCartney, ...
Rock 'n' Roll Generation Has Less Hearing Loss
By David Knowles - AOL News(Jan. 26) -- All that loud rock 'n' roll music may not be so bad for your hearing after all. In fact, after compiling data for people ages 45 to 75, a new study from the University of Wisconsin-Madison has concluded that each successive generation is experiencing hearing loss at lower levels than those in the same age category who came before it. Karen Cruickshanks, the study's primary author, monitored the hearing of 5,300 participants over five-year intervals from 1993 to 2008. Despite the advent of arena rock concerts and amplifiers that go up to 11, Cruickshanks found that men saw a 13 ...
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