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Cash Money for You from the Record Companies
February 18, 2003

This issue includes...

1) Contest Winners
2) Cash Money for You from the Record Companies!
3) Music Crossword Puzzle Mania
4) Music News: Diana, Michael, Bobby, Stevie, and India
5) Concert Dates
6) Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood: Marvin Gaye
7) Ears All Over The World
8) Thanks for Listening!
9) Tell Us What You Think

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1) Contest Winners

Congratulations to William of Madisonville, Kentucky, and Joe from Dallas, Texas, more winners of the Standing in The Shadows of Motown CD.

2) Cash Money for You from the Record Companies!

So you got ripped off by paying $20 for that Vanilla Ice CD way back when. You are as mad a hell, and you can't take it anymore!

If you bought a music CD in the 1990's, you could collect a check with a phone call or a visit to a website we'll tell you about in a second.

As much as $20 could be waiting for you if you purchased a CD between 1995 and 2000. Few consumers are participating in the $143 million class-action settlement against the top five distributors of compact discs (who accepted this rebate remedy because of price fixing allegations).

To get your money, call toll free (number removed), or go to this website:

2021 Update: Class-action settlement has ended.

The deadline is March 3, 2003. So far, only about 2 million people have taken advantage of this free money (if you purchased a CD between 1995-2000).

3) Music Crossword Puzzle Mania

Four new music crossword puzzles have been added to:

2021 Update: Flash puzzles have been sunset.

Have some big fun with these gems. We'll be adding more every month, so visit the site often.

Try your hand at puzzle #4.

4) Music News: Diana, Michael, Bobby, Stevie, and India

Diana Ross

E! cable network just broadcast a 2 hour special on the rise and fall of Diana Ross. The profile of Motown's feisty diva had it's controversial moments. There's police video footage of Diana's recent DUI arrest, showing her pleading with the cops not to issue her a citation.

Among the stars who tell all about Miss Ross: former Supreme Mary Wilson, Martha Reeves, Ashford & Simpson, song writers Holland, Dozier, and Holland, and assorted other characters.

Conspicuous by his absence is Motown founder Berry Gordy Jr. (also missing in action from the recent documentary "Standing In The Shadows of Motown.")

Diana Ross, the E! True Hollywood Story is a must see. There's a lot to learn about the music business, about some of your favorite R&B personalities, and about life.

Here are the encore broadcast times (Eastern)

Monday, February 17, 6p
Tuesday, February 18, 8p
Sunday, February 23, 4p
Monday, February 24, 8p
You may want to tape this one.

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Michael Jackson

Thursday, February 20th, Fox Network will air "Michael Jackson, Take Two: The Interview They Wouldn't Show You." You'll see out-take video from Michael Jackson's personal film crew rather than what the BBC camera crew captured for ABC.

I thought the two hour ABC special (that over 27.1 million people watched in the USA), took advantage of Michael's subdued off-stage persona. The King of Pop was no match for the abrasive British journalist Martin Bashir.

You can find a deposition filed with the Los Angeles Superior Court in a December, 1993 Lawsuit against Jackson at:

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/mjdec1.html

Decide for yourself based on this deposition, what's true, and what's not.

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Bobby Brown

Bobby Brown was sentenced in January to eight days in jail and ordered not to drive for a year after pleading guilty to a 1996 drunken driving charge in DeKalb County, Georgia.

He also faces charges in Atlanta, where he was arrested this past November for possession of marijuana, speeding, and driving without a license or proof of insurance.

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India.Arie and Stevie Wonder

"The Christmas Song," sung by India.Arie and Stevie Wonder, and commissioned by Target Corp., has been nominated for a Grammy.

The track, available only on the Voyage to India.Arie CD's sold exclusively at Target, was also used in TV ads.

The word is that Target officials were shocked to find out that the song had been nominated. Store executives were not aware that Arie's label, Motown, submitted the song for Grammy consideration.

The 45th Annual Grammy Awards are Sunday, February 23rd, at 8pm Eastern.

5) Concert Dates

Jay-Z
Saturday, February 22, 2003
Memphis, TN
9pm
(also Live on the Showtime Cable Network)

Chaka Khan
Saturday, February 22, 2003
Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel, Boston, MA

George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic
Friday, February 28, 2003
House of Blues, Lake Buena Vista, FL

LL Cool J
Friday, February 28, 2003
American Airlines Arena, Miami, FL
7:30pm

Patti Labelle
Saturday, March 1, 2003
Westbury Music Fair, Westbury, NY
8:00pm

George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic
Monday, March 3, 2003
House of Blues, New Orleans, LA
10:00pm

LL Cool J
Friday, March 7, 2003
Reliant Stadium, Houston, TX
7:00pm

Teddy Pendergrass & Chaka Khan
Friday, March 21, 2003
Fox Theatre, Detroit, MI
8:00pm

Santana
Thursday, April 10, 2003
HKCEC Hall 3, Hong Kong, China

Santana,
Sunday, April 13, 2003
Century Hall, Nagoya, Japan

6) Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood: Marvin Gaye

Courtesy of The Archive of Misheard Lyrics at amiright.com

Song: Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)
Artist: Marvin Gaye

The real lyrics:
"Make Me wanna holler
Throw up both my hands"

Misheard as:

"Make Me wanna holler
Throw up on my hands"

Song: I'll Be Doggone
Artist: Marvin Gaye

The real lyrics:

"And if we live to be a hundred years old,
If you ever let that spring turn cold,
Then I wouldn't be doggone,
I'd be long gone"

Misheard as:

"And if we live to be a hundred years old,
If you ever let that spring bird go,
Then I wouldn't be doggone,
I'd be long gone"

7) Ears All Over The World

The top 15 Countries ranked in descending order based upon the total number of hours listened to Powerhouse Radio in January, 2003

1) United States
2) United Kingdom
3) Spain
4) Germany
5) Canada
6) Turkey
7) Sweden
8) Japan
9) Croatia/Hrvastska
10) France
11) South Africa
12) Lebanon
13) Czech Republic
14) Finland
15) Switzerland

The top 15 USA cities ranked in descending order based upon the total number of hours listened to Powerhouse Radio in January, 2003

1) Washington, DC
2) New York City, NY
3) Boston, MA
4) Atlanta, GA
5) Houston, TX
6) Los Angeles, CA
7) Austin, TX
8) Dallas, TX
9) Chicago, IL
10) Philadelphia, PA
11) San Francisco, CA
12) Nashville, TN
13) Cleveland, OH
14) Raleigh-Durham, NC
15) Detroit, MI

8) Thanks for Listening

Thanks for making Powerhouse Radio the #1 listened to R&B station (primary genre R&B) streaming at 28k on Live365!
Remember, there's no registration, and no log-in necessary when you listen to Powerhouse Radio via our website:

2021 Update: Live stream sunset in 2016.

We recommend the Live365 Player (so you can get the song and artist information). If you use the special Live365 Player linked from our site, you get NO ADS in the player.

You can also download our free Windows based software so you can listen in just two clicks direct from your desktop (without going to our website).

2021 Update: The listen app has been sunset.

See you next month,

King

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More 2003 Powerhouse Radio Newsletters:

August -	A Stamp for Marvin Gaye
July -	Luther Vandross Is #1
June -	Earth Wind and Fire, The Promise
April -	Platinum: The Television Show, Hip-hop Armageddon?

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