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The Stylistics recruit Shania Twain and The Darkness’ Justin Hawkins for first album in nearly two decades

Shania Twain and The Darkness’ Justin Hawkins set to feature.The legendary Philly soul group were a perennial presence in the album and singles charts in the 1970s, with classic hits including ‘You Make Me Feel Brand New’, ‘I’m Stone In Love With You’, ‘Can’t Give You Anything (But My Love)’ and ‘Can’t Help Falling In Love’.Now, 56 years after their original formation and a full 17 years since their last full-length album ‘That Same Way’, they have announced a brand new record, ‘Falling In Love With My Girl’.The album will be released on February 21, 2025 and will be previewed by its lead single ‘Yes, I Will’, a song co-written and performed by Shania Twain, which will be available on February 14.Vocalist Airrion Love has spoken about working alongside Twain on the track: “I fell in love with Shania Twain the first time I heard ‘You’re Still the One’ – a great song that I still love. When we heard there might be a chance to do something with her we said, “Hell yeah!”Shania herself has also commented: “I’m so happy that this song I wrote ‘Yes, I Will’ has found a home on The Stylistics album.

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Watch Ray Parker Jr., Bill Murray, Ernie Hudson, and Jimmy Fallon perform the ‘Ghostbusters’ theme on classroom instruments

Bill Murray and Ernie Hudson have teamed up to perform the original Ghostbusters theme on Jimmy Fallon – watch their cover below.In celebration of sequel Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire and its world premiere on Thursday (March 14), the trio joined Jimmy Fallon to perform the franchise’s theme tune. They were accompanied by The Roots, who played the theme on various classroom instruments.Parker Jr.

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Jon Batiste to Perform, Mike Stoller to Be Celebrated at Jazz Foundation of America’s Annual Apollo Gala

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic The Jazz Foundation of America has set performers and honorees for its annual “A Great Night in Harlem” benefit, with multiple Grammy winner Jon Batiste among the talent coming to the Apollo Theater and legendary songwriter Mike Stoller among those being honored for a lifetime of work. The concert portions of the March 30 event will be overseen, as always, by drumming great Steve Jordan as the night’s musical director. Batiste will be joined in the performance lineup by a cast that includes Bettye LaVette, Monty Alexander, Ray Parker Jr., Kenny Barron and Robert Cray. Stoller has come back into the pop consciousness in a big way in the past year due to the number of Leiber and Stoller songs featured on the “Elvis” film soundtrack, with the writing due that included Jerry Leiber having been responsible for such career milestones as “Hound Dog” (originally recorded by R&B artist Big Mama Thornton), “Jailhouse Rock,” “Trouble” and many others. (Read Variety‘s 2022 interview with Stoller here.)

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The Masked Singer: Linda Blair and Ray Parker Jr reveal identities during Fright Night episode

Linda Blair voluntarily withdrew and Ray Parker Jr. was unmasked on Wednesday during a double-elimination episode of The Masked Singer on Fox.The 63-year-old star of The Exorcist performed as Scarecrow during the season eight Fright Night episode that also featured Ray, 68, who performed as Sir Bug A Boo, and Snowstorm who advanced to the semifinals.Scarecrow interrupted show host Nick Cannon, 42, before he could reveal the results of audience voting before the first unmasking.

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‘Ghostbusters’ Songwriter and Legendary R&B Artist Ray Parker Jr. Gets Documentary Treatment in ‘Who You Gonna Call?’

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorRay Parker Jr., the R&B star and singer-songwriter best known for the theme from “Ghostbusters,” gets the documentary treatment in “Who You Gonna Call?,” from Sony Pictures Entertainment, which premieres on June 7 — watch the trailer below.As the documentary shows, there’s much more to Parker’s career than that theme song: He had many R&B hits under his own name and as leader of the group Raydio, and in his mid-teens became an in-demand session guitarist, particularly with Motown acts, like Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson, the Temptations and especially Stevie Wonder, even touring with his band when they were the opening act on the Rolling Stones’ legendary 1972 U.S. tour. He later worked with Herbie Hancock, Barry White, Boz Scaggs and many others.

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Ivan Reitman Remembered by ‘Ghostbusters’ Singer Ray Parker Jr.: ‘He Thought It Was a Hit When Nobody Else Did — Including Myself!’

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorRay Parker Jr. had enjoyed a successful career in music when he received a call from his friend Gary LeMel about doing music for a weird film called “Ghostbusters.” Originally a session guitarist in his native Detroit, he recorded and toured with artists like Barry White, Bohannon, the Spinners and Marvin Gaye, and performed on Stevie Wonder’s classic “Talking Book” album and was the guitarist in Wonder’s band on a 1972 tour opening for the Rolling Stones.

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