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Sinead O’Connor: Police issue statement after Irish singer’s death

Musician’s family was alerted after she was found ‘unresponsive’

The Independent UK · Jul 28, 2023

Morrissey lashes out at tributes to Sinead O’Connor: ‘You praise her now only because it’s too late’

‘You hadn’t the guts to support her when she was alive and she was looking for you,’ claims former Smiths singer

The Independent UK · Jul 28, 2023

Sinead O’Connor: Police issue statement after Irish singer’s death

Musician’s family was alerted after she was found ‘unresponsive’

The Independent UK · Jul 27, 2023

‘The Number Ones’ explores 20 No. 1 hits that ‘ruptured’ music from the Beatles to Soulja Boy

While plucking the 20 most momentous Billboard No. 1 hits over six-plus decades, music critic Tom Breihan skipped over no shortage of notable Georgia artists, from Gladys Knight and Ray Charles, to R.E.M. and OutKast.

Tribune News Service · Dec 21, 2022

Story of the song: Nothing Compares 2 U by Sinead O’Connor

From The Independent archive: Robert Webb on a discarded Prince song that packed an emotional punch for the Irish singer

The Independent UK · Nov 25, 2022

Making the radical case for Sinéad O'Connor: She was right all along

Thirty years ago this month, Sinéad O'Connor tore up a picture of Pope John Paul II on "Saturday Night Live," effectively destroying her mainstream career with a single act of protest against the Catholic Church.

Los Angeles Times · Oct 10, 2022

So which decade was better? Battle of the 1960s v the 1980s

Pattie Boyd, face of the swinging 60s, last week said that, in truth, the 80s were better. We asked two Observer writers who grew up in those decades to fight it out…

The Guardian - UK · Oct 9, 2022

Mo Ostin, longtime Warner records chairman, dies at 95

Mo Ostin, a self-effacing giant of the music business who with rare integrity presided over Warner Bros

The Independent UK · Aug 2, 2022

Mo Ostin, US record exec who signed Jimi Hendrix and the Kinks, dies aged 95

Headhunted by Frank Sinatra, the head of Warner/Reprise oversaw classic releases by the likes of Neil Young, Fleetwood Mac and Prince

The Guardian - UK · Aug 2, 2022

William Hart, Delfonics lead singer and songwriter, dies aged 77

Hart was the primary songwriter for the Philadelphia sweet-soul group, who recorded with Thom Bell and were covered by Prince and Aretha Franklin

The Guardian - UK · Jul 15, 2022