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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Ever since George Harrison gathered with Ringo Starr, Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan and Ravi Shankar at Madison Square Garden for the 1971 benefit concert for Bangladesh, philanthropic pop has been a booming business. And in the caring, sharing '90s, a new formula has emerged: the compilation album. Among the best...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Benefit Beat | 6/10/1991 | See Source »

Veteran rockers Eric Clapton, Neil Young and Joe Cocker joined chart-toppers Jon Bon Jovi and Billy Idol as nominees in the best male rock vocalist category...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Collins Racks Up Grammy Nominations | 1/11/1991 | See Source »

...Willie Dixon. But the most eagerly awaited offering is the boxed, two-volume (CD or cassette) set containing all 41 known takes by the legendary Robert Johnson, whose brooding, anguished voice and ringing guitar made him a cult figure for a generation of young rockers. As guitarist Eric Clapton puts it in a copiously annotated accompanying booklet: "I have never found anything more deeply soulful than Robert Johnson. His music remains the most powerful cry that I think you can find in the human voice." Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones is more succinct: "You want to know how good...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Critics' Voices: Oct. 1, 1990 | 10/1/1990 | See Source »

KLZX AM & FM in Salt Lake City serenaded its listeners with "Iraq, Iraq," based on "New York, New York," and "Hussein," sung to Eric Clapton's "Cocaine...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Pop Song Parodies Mock Hussein | 8/17/1990 | See Source »

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