Lil Wayne Released From Jail After Delay

Lil Wayne's First Day of Freedom in Photos
With celebrations scheduled in Las Vegas and Miami, Lil Wayne has big plans for his first weekend of freedom. But his first day out of jail was a private one with his family, judging by a tweet sent late Thursday ("With the family.....perfekto.....R.I.P. Huddy6...Harlem stand up!"). Two photos from yesterday have been made public: one of him leaving jail in a car and another of him sitting beside a computer. [MTV News]

Aerosmith 'Destined' to Make 'Old-School' Album, Drummer Says
Aerosmith drummer Joey Kramer spoke hopefully about the band recording a new album, saying, "My brothers and I are destined to make another record in the next year or so. It's going to be an old-school Aerosmith record. We're going to do it the old way with the whole band [in the same room] and it should be a good one." [Spinner.com]

Country songwriter Ronnie Scaife Dies
Country music songwriter Ronnie Scaife died Wednesday after suffering a brain hemorrhage at his Tennessee home. His hits include Marty Stuart and Travis Tritt's "The Whiskey Ain't Workin," Garth Brooks' "Alabama Clay," Johnny Paycheck's "Me and the IRS" and many others. Scaife was 63. [TheBoot.com ]

Jagger Supports Campaign to Save 100 Club
Mick Jagger has lent his support to the campaign to save London's long-running 100 Club, a punk stronghold that is threatened with closure due to rising costs. Noting that the Rolling Stones didn't pay at the venue until the 1980s, he said, "We never played the 100 Club when we first started. We couldn't get a gig." [Spinner.com]

Divas Set to Dominate MTV Europe Awards
Winners at Sunday's MTV Europe Awards could be deficient in Y-chromosomes, as Lady Gaga and Katy Perry lead the nominees with five each and Eva Longoria hosting. Perry, Ke$ha, Miley Cyrus, Rihanna and Shakira are slated to appear. [Reuters]

U2, Gaga, Metallica, Swift Win Big at Billboard Touring Awards
U2, Lady Gaga, Metallica and Taylor Swift capped off enormously successful touring years by winning the major awards at the 2010 Billboard Touring Awards Thursday night. Rush and Jack Johnson were also honored at the ceremony. [Billboard]

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Song Stories

“Tonight's the Night”

The Shirelles | 1960

The lead cut and title track from this girl group's debut album, "Tonight's the Night" was written by 19-year-old bandmember Shirley Owens, who sings lead, and producer Luther Dixon. The band from Passaic, New Jersey met in high school, first calling themselves the Pequellos. The song's frank thoughts about sexual and emotional surrender was racy for the time, but that didn't stop the Chiffons from cutting a similar version immediately after the original came out. "We were the first female group to write some of our own material," band member Beverly Lee recalls. "We did have some say-so in our writing."

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