In receiving the honor, King joined other artists including John Fogerty, the Jacksons, the Bee Gees, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Paul Simon, Brian Wilson, Willie Nelson, James Brown, Carlos Santana, and Dolly Parton who have been recipients of the award.

Photos from the 60th Annual BMI Pop Awards

Peter Noone, who first burst onto the music scene in 1964 as lead singer for Herman’s Hermits, performed that band’s King penned first single, “I’m Into Something Good,” in a musical tribute to King. He was joined in the tribute by Colbie Caillat performing “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow” and up-and-comer Hailey Reinhart, who sang “Beautiful.”

Throughout her more than half century career in music, King has received a total of 31 BMI songwriting awards in varying genres including pop, R&B and country.

– Brad Haynes, SUNNY-FM, Orlando, Florida

What can we expect from Chicago when their tour with the Doobie Brothers comes to DTE August 1^st? Will Robert be singing a Doobies song? “We’ll do more than that – we’re actually gonna play at least a 45 minute set, the two bands together. So I’m gonna get to sing ‘Takin It To The Street’ and ‘Rockin Down The Highway’…and they will be singing ’25 Or 6 To 4’…so it’s really kind of a guitar fest!”

Robert Lamm Songs: The JVE ReMixes will be released June 1 and it will be like nothing you’ve ever heard before. Seriously, you’ll be wondering if producer John Van Eps has ruined beloved Chicago classics. What will your reaction be when you hear the deconstruction of favorites like “Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is” and others? Robert told me, “My fear is that the Chicago website is going to be rife with complaints about what I’ve done!” Keep in mind these are Robert Lamm’s own songs so he has allowed all this tinkering. “My favorite piece is ‘Saturday In The Park’ where he’s taken a lyric that describes an idyllic weekend in the park to sort of something that refers to (I think) Occupy Wall Street.”

CD Track Listing:

1. Beginnings

2. Saturday In The Park

3. 25 Or 6 To 4 (latin)

4. Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?

5. Questions 67 & 68

6. It's A Groove, This Life

7. Another Rainy Day In New York City

8. You're My Sunshine Everyday

9. On The Equinox

10. 25 Or 6 To 4 (dance)

The top five are:
1. Jennifer Lopez
2. Oprah Winfrey
3. Justin Bieber
4. Rihanna
5. Lady Gaga

To see the complete list visit http://www.forbes.com/celebrities/

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Last week near the University of Washington somebody smashed out the window of a parked Jeep. But here’s the kicker. Nothing was stolen out of the Jeep. But something was actually added.

The bad guy tossed a dozen flour tortillas on the floor of the SUV and fled. Cops are still scratching their heads over this one but at least they have a sense of humor.

The police department issued this official statement about the caper:  “The Seattle Police Department would like to take this opportunity to remind car prowlers that you shouldn’t break into something that’s nachos.” Okay closed circuit to Seattle cops. Don’t give up your day jobs!

By the way we’ve been to Seattle several times and we have never even gotten a glimpse of Mt. Rainier pictured above. The sky has always been obscured by clouds. I’m beginning to think it’s nothing more than a publicity stunt! They must photo shop pictures of a snow capped mountain into shots like these to make Seattle look extra nice!

During the Beach Boys’ live broadcast, fans will also have the opportunity to order their new album. According to the QVC website, all orders will be shipped out on June 5 regardless of when the order is placed. However, if one does order tonight during the special, the album will be paired with a bonus CD including 11 tracks of the Beach Boys’ greatest hits.
Along with the album, there is also a new book being published about the Beach Boys on June 1, Fifty Sides of The Beach Boys: The Songs that Tell Their Story by Mark Dillon.
According to the description, it says this book tells the story behind 50 of the band’s greatest songs from the perspective of group members, collaborators, fellow musicians, and notable fans. There are chapters that feature certain songs, such as “Kokomo,” “Barbra Ann” and “Fun Fun Fun.” It is filled with new interviews with music legends such as Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Alan Jardine, Alice Cooper and Al Kooper, and commentary from a younger generation such as Matthew Sweet, Carnie Wilson, Daniel Lanois, Cameron Crowe, and Zooey Deschanel.
-Kate Murphy / 98.5 WNCX

In the reverse photo the Beatles walk right to left and Paul is wearing leather sandals.
See the photo here

The photo has been in the hands of a private collector who has decided to put it up for auction at the London-based Bloomsbury auctions. Sarah Wheeler, a music specialist from Bloomsbury told The Sun about the picture, saying, “Macmillan had 10 minutes to do the shoot and he took six photographs of the Beatles walking backwards and forwards across the zebra crossing.

“He was standing up a ladder to take the pictures. In the one we have Paul McCartney is wearing sandals and in the image that was finally used he is barefoot.

“The photo has been called an icon of the 1960s. I think the reason it became so popular is its simplicity. It’s a very simple, stylized shot and is a shot people can relate to.

“The Beatles walked forwards and backwards three times and by pure chance a VW Beetle is in the background. That car is now in a museum.”

The image is also signed by Macmillian, who died in 2006. The 18×18 print is one of only 25 made from the original frame.

-Garret Heinrich 98.7 KLUV

1970: Several months before Cooper got his first taste of musical success with the single “I’m Eighteen,” the Alice Cooper group appeared in the drama Diary of a Mad Housewife, performing as themselves at a loft part in the film.

1978: If you were a music star in the late 1970s, chances are you were tapped for a cameo in the musical film interpretation of The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. Peter Frampton and the Bee Gees led the brigade, but Alice Cooper made an appearance playing a villain named the Sun King, after the Abbey Road song of the same name.

On the set of musical comedy Sextette, Cooper wasn’t the only rock’n'roller. Ringo Starr had a supporting role in the Mae West/Tony Curtis film, while Cooper made a brief appearance as a waiter.

1980: The largely forgotten rock’n'roll film Roadie gave Meat Loaf his first starring role, but a music movie wouldn’t be complete without a few more rock stars thrown in. Alice Cooper had a handful of scenes playing himself – some of which involve his fondness for snakes – in Roadie, as did Blondie, Roy Orbison and Hank Williams Jr. Cooper also performed a handful of songs in the film’s concert scenes, including “Pain.”

1984: In Spanish horror flick Monster Dog, Cooper plays the lead role of rock star Vince Raven, who leads his entourage to his murder-struck hometown for a video shoot.

1987: In John Carpenter’s horror flick Prince of Darkness, Cooper plays “Street Schizo,” a murder whose weapon of choice is a bicycle.

1991: Though Cooper goes uncredited, he played Freddy Krueger’s father in the 1991 slasher film Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare, the sixth film in the Freddy Krueger series.

1992: Among his cameos, Cooper’s appearance in the original Wayne’s World film is likely his most memorable. After Wayne and Garth attend Alice’s concert – a scene in which he performs 1992 single “Feed My Frankenstein” – they go backstage to chat with Cooper. He shocks them not with any crazy stunts, but rather, by presenting a history lesson on the city of Milwaukee.

2001: Seth Green horror flick The Attic Expeditions got an authentic touch via Cooper, who took his straight jacket costume to the next level in the role of mental patient Samuel Leventhal.

2009: In the 2009 vampire-themed dark comedy Suck, Cooper joined a slew of rock stars including Iggy Pop, Henry Rollins, Alex Lifeson of Rush and more in guest appearances. Cooper played a vampire bartender in the Canadian film.

2010: Cooper makes an appearances as himself in the 2010′s Horrorween, a horror film with a sci-fi slant that also included cameos from William Shatner and Flavor Flav.

2012: Though Cooper’s appearance in Dark Shadows was certainly not his first cameo, it may be his most elaborate. At the film’s premiere, Cooper performed “No More Mr. Nice Guy” with its star Depp and Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler and Joe Perry (who also appeared with Cooper in Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band). And Cooper sits at the centerpiece of a soundtrack stacked with ’70s music stars: The Moody Blues (with “Nights in White Satin”), Black Sabbath (with “Paranoid”), The Carpenters (with “Top of the World”), Barry White (with “You’re the First, the Last, My Everything”) and more. The soundtrack drops this Tuesday (May 22).

–Jillian Mapes, CBS Local

Now the property is listed for sale for £2 million.

The Telegraph reports the pool where Jones drowned is still there, as are the panes of colored glass Jones installed inside the house. Also, a pink fluorescent light tube that he put in one of the bathrooms is still working. A statue of Christopher Robin remains in the garden along with a Winnie The Pooh sundial commissioned by Christopher’s mother, Daphne.

Alastair Johns purchased the property in 1970 and is now selling.  He said “By and large, the Jones fans are rather nice. They almost always contact us first, to make an appointment, and unlike the Winnie-the-Pooh crowd, they don’t think they can just walk in here, as of right.”

“The numbers of callers increases every time there’s a new Winnie-the-Pooh film, or someone is looking to reopen the investigation into Jones’s death,” says Alastair. “For the most part, though, it’s quite manageable, about a dozen people per year.”