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FILE - Cher arrives at the premiere of "Chevalier" in Los Angeles on rApril 16, 2023. Cher's holiday album, “Christmas,” releases Friday. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, Filer)

There isn’t much Cher hasn’t done in her career. A Christmas album is new territory, though

There isn’t much Cher hasn’t done in her career. She’s achieved EGOT status. She’s the only artist to have a No. 1 song in each of the past six decades.
 
Joni Mitchell performs at the presentation of the Gershwin Prize, which honors a musician's lifetime contribution to popular music, hosted at DAR Constitution Hall in Washington on Wednesday, March 1, 2023. She is this year's winner. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades)

Joni Mitchell honored with Gershwin Prize at tribute concert

 
This combination of photos shows Missy Elliott, George Michael and Willie Nelson, who are among this year's nominees for 2023 induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. (AP Photo)

Missy, Willie and George Michael among Rock Hall nominees

 
FILE - Cyndi Lauper arrives at the 60th annual Grammy Awards at Madison Square Garden in New York, Sunday, Jan. 28, 2018. Three years after it closed on Broadway, the Lauper- and Harvey Fierstein-created musical “Kinky Boots” returns to New York City. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Cyndi Lauper says ‘Kinky Boots’ offers hope for a new time

 
Joni Mitchell accepts the Person of the Year award at the 31st annual MusiCares benefit gala on Friday, April 1, 2022, at the MGM Grand Conference Center in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Generations sing to Joni Mitchell in pre-Grammys tribute

 
FILE- Joni Mitchell arrives to the Hammer Museum's "Gala In The Garden" taken in Los Angeles on Oct. 10, 2014. Chaka Khan, Cyndi Lauper and Beck and many others will be among those performing in tribute to Joni Mitchell when she’s honored as the 2022 MusiCares Person of the Year by the Recording Academy (Photo by John Shearer/Invision/AP, File)

Khan, Lauper, Beck to play MusiCares Joni Mitchell tribute

Chaka Khan, Cyndi Lauper and Beck will be among those performing in tribute to Joni Mitchell when she’s honored as the 2022 MusiCares Person of the Year by the Recording Academy.
 
Lil Nas X accepts the award for video of the year for "Montero (Call Me By Your Name)" at the MTV Video Music Awards at Barclays Center on Sunday, Sept. 12, 2021, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)

Lil Nas X, Justin Bieber top star-packed MTV VMAs

Lil Nas X won video of the year at Sundays MTV VMAs on a night that Justin Bieber triumphantly returned to the stage as a performer and as winner of the artist of the year.
 
FILE - Singer Gloria Gaynor attends the Angel Ball, hosted by Gabrielle's Angel Foundation for Cancer Research on Oct. 23, 2017, in New York. Gaynor will sing her anthem, "I Will Survive" during the New Year's Eve celebration in Times Square as a celebration of perseverance, honoring essential workers. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Gloria Gaynor to perform at Times Square New Year’s Eve

NEW YORK (AP) — The New Year’s Eve celebration in Times Square will be a celebration of perseverance, honoring essential workers and featuring Gloria Gaynor singing her anthem, “I Will Survive,” organizers said Tuesday.
 
FILE - Video Vanguard award recipient Jennifer Lopez performs at the MTV Video Music Awards in New York on Aug. 20, 2018. Lopez will help bring in the New Year with a headlining performance in New York’s Time Square for “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2021." ABC and dick clark productions announced Tuesday that the pop star will perform live before the icon ball drop on Dec. 31. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, the event will be closed to the public. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

J. Lo, Billy Porter to perform at ‘New Year’s Rockin’ Eve’

NEW YORK (AP) — Jennifer Lopez will help bring in the New Year with a headlining performance in New York’s Time Square for “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2021.”
 
FILE - This May 28, 2019 file photo shows Singer Harry Connick Jr. with his daughter Georgia at a special screening of "Pavarotti" in New York. CBS will air a two-hour special, "United We Sing: A Grammy Salute to the Unsung Heroes" to honor essential workers across America. The special will air June 21 and will follow host Connick Jr. and his filmmaker-daughter Georgia on road trip celebrating and thanking essential workers during the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Harry Connick Jr. honors workers during pandemic road trip

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Singer and actor Harry Connick Jr. has spent a lot of his life on tour buses and traveling from city to city, but even when the pandemic shut down the country, he couldn’t sit still.
 
FILE - This March 12, 2020 file photo shows actor and singer Michael C. Hall performing with his band Princess Goes To The Butterfly Museum in New York. The indie rockers may be in the unenviable position of trying to launch their career during a global pandemic, but they have a few things going for them — they're all seasoned musicians and they have a celebrity. Hall, known from the series "Dexter" is the lead singer. He's joined by keyboardist Matt Katz-Bohen, who has played with Blondie, Cyndi Lauper and Tony Bennett. The drummer is Peter Yanowitz of the bands The Wallflowers and Morningwood. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

Indie rock band led by Michael C. Hall spreads its wings

NEW YORK (AP) — This might one day be a trivia question: Which rock band with a celebrity frontman and a very long name was one of the last acts to play live in New York before the city shut down in 2020?
 
FILE - This Feb. 25, 1998 file photo shows Aretha Franklin after performing "Nessun Dorma" from Puccini's "Turandot" as a last-minute replacement for an ailing Luciano Pavarotti at the 40th Annual ...

After 40 Years, Grammy show producer bows out his way

LOS ANGELES (AP) — With this Sunday’s Grammy ceremony to be his last after 40 years of producing it, Ken Ehrlich could be excused for creating a few moments in the show to look back on his own legacy, which includes creating indelible moments that will live in pop consciousness forever: Aretha Frank
 

Cyndi Lauper wants women to stick together

Cyndi Lauper has urged women in music to “stick together”.

The ‘Time After Time’ hitmaker was honoured with the Icon of the Year Award at Billboard’s 2018 Women in Music event in New York City on Thursday (06.12.18) and reflected on how record labels used to sign “quotas” of female acts but praised the power of “sisterhood” and how much stronger women are w
 
Front row from left, David Rubenstein, 2018 Kennedy Center Honorees Wayne Shorter, Philip Glass, Reba McEntire, Cher, Kennedy Center President Deborah Rutter; back row from left, Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan, Grace Rodriguez, and the 2018 Kennedy Center Honorees, the co-creators of "Hamilton," Thomas Kail, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Andy Blankenbuehler, and Alex Lacamoire pose for the group photo at the State Department following the Kennedy Center Honors State Department Dinner on Saturday, Dec. 1, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

The Latest: Kennedy Center honors for Cher

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the Kennedy Center Honors program (all times local):

10:50 p.m.

The Kennedy Center Honors ceremony wrapped up with an extended tribute to iconic singer and actress Cher.
 

Cyndi Lauper living her country dream

When Cyndi Lauper burst onto the music scene with her 1983 debut album “She’s So Unusual,” everything about her image found Lauper living up to the title, from her quirky speaking voice and eccentric thrift store wardrobe to the fiercely independent mindset that showed itself in pop songs about femi
 

Initial erroneous Tom Petty death reports cause confusion

LOS ANGELES (AP) — For several hours Monday, music lovers believed Tom Petty was dead.

Courtney Love, Talib Kweli, Kid Rock, Cyndi Lauper, Paul Stanley and Lin-Manuel Miranda were among scores of fans posting remembrances on Twitter, where Petty was the top worldwide trending topic Monday afternoon.
 

‘Kinky Boots’ star prepares for high-kicking tour

NEW YORK (AP) — Kyle Taylor Parker is going from backup dancer to leading man — but staying in 6-inch heels.