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At age 85 Tony Bennett is having one of the best years of his career. He has earned his first #1 album, his 17th Grammy Award, and it is the 50th anniversary of an iconic hit song.

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Glee's Mercedes Sings Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You" Tonight

Tuesday February 14, 2012

It was not originally planned this way, but tonight's episode of Glee titled "Heart" will be dedicated to the memory of Whitney Houston and include one of her iconic songs. The character of Mercedes will sing "I Will Always Love You" in response to her romantic entanglements on the show. The completed episode including this performance was delivered to the Fox network the day before the untimely death of Whitney Houston. With Whitney Houston's music already dominating the charts, "I Will Always Love You" will likely become one of the bestselling songs from the show Glee. Among other songs that will be performed tonight are the Gym Class Heroes hit "Stereo Hearts" and the B-52s' "Love Shack"

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Madonna Has the Hottest Song For the Week In Swiftly Changing Charts

Tuesday February 14, 2012

With all of the events of recent days, a week ago seems now nearly a month ago in music chart time. However, when it was all tallied up for the entire week, Madonna comes out on top as having the hottest chart song. Just behind her are two songs making massive chart waves of their own. Read all the details in this week's Top 10 Hot Pop Songs chart.

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Valentine's Day Is Tony Bennett Day

Tuesday February 14, 2012

In honor of the 50th anniversary of the recording of the iconic "I Left My Heart In San Francisco," the city of San Francisco has declared Valentine's Day 2012 to be Tony Bennett Day. He will be honored in a ceremony at City Hall and "I Left My Heart In San Francisco" will be played at noon over public address systems in Union Square and Hallidie Plaza. Google is also featuring Tony Bennett today with his recording of "Cold, Cold Heart" providing the music for the Google animated Valentine's Day doodle. At the age of 85, Tony Bennett won his 17th Grammy Award this past Sunday when his album Duets II was honored as the Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album. He became the first artist ever to have a span of 50 years between his first Grammy Award and his most recent.

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Gotye Tops This Week's UK Pop Music Charts

Monday February 13, 2012

Australian singer Gotye continues his worldwide chart success as the single "Somebody That I Used To Know" reaches the top in the UK. Two true pop and rock legends are making appearances in the upper reaches of sales of singles and albums. However, one pop legend seems to be struggling on the singles chart. Read the details in James Masterton's coverage of the UK pop music charts.

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