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Fab Four Finale Tops 'Best Final Album' Poll

The Beatles' Abbey Road has been named the Best Final Album in a new online poll. The Fab Four's last release was voted the best swansong album over the Jimi Hendrix Experience's Electric Ladyland in a weekend poll on Rolling Stone magazine's website.

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Celebrity Birthdays, June 19

Happy Birthday to "Without a Trace" actress Poppy Montgomery (1972), Korn guitarist-turned-holy-man Brian "Head" Welch (1970), "American Idol" jugde and singer Paula Abdul (1962),

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Clues To Heath Ledger's Mental State Found In Video & Final Interview

An eerie video featuring Heath Ledger "drowning" himself is offering a few clues into the actor's mental state. The black and white film, which Ledger shot and screened at the Bumbershoot festival in Seattle, Washington last year, featured the troubled actor committing suicide to the soundtrack of tragic singer-songwriter Nick Drake's "Black Eyed Dog."

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Celebrity Birthdays, June 19

Happy Birthday to "Without a Trace" actress Poppy Montgomery (1972), Korn guitarist-turned-holy-man Brian "Head" Welch (1970), "American Idol" jugde and singer Paula Abdul (1962), "Romancing The Stone" actress Kathleen Turner (1954), Heart singer Ann Wilson (1951), British guitarist Nick Drake (1948), "The Cosby Show" actress Phylicia Rashad (1948), Italian actress Pier Angeli (1932; d. 1972), "The Notebook" actress Gena Rowlands (1930), "The Sopranos" matriarch Nancy Marchand (1928; d. 2000), baseball legend Lou Gehrig (1903; d. 1941), and Canadian bandleader Guy Lombardo (1902; 1977).

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Foo Fighters Head Up 'Catch And Release' Soundtrack; Movie On DVD May 8;

When the fiancé of a quirky young girl (played by Jennifer Garner) dies in a tragic accident during his bachelor party, and an equally quirky assortment of friends (including Timothy Olyphant in his first movie role since "Deadwood,"

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"Catch And Release" Soundtrack Features Paul Westerberg, Death Cab For Cutie and Lemonheads

When the fiancé of a quirky young girl (played by Jennifer Garner) dies in a tragic accident during his bachelor party, and an equally quirky assortment of friends (including Timothy Olyphant in his first movie role since "Deadwood," and Clerks II's Kevin Smith) step into the picture to take up her slack, the result is Catch And Release from Sony Pictures, one of the most buzzed-about films of 2007.

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Duncan Sheik's "Brighter/Later: A Duncan Sheik Anthology," Hits Stores Tuesday, Oct. 24

Over the course of four outstanding CDs released between 1996 and 2002, Duncan Sheik established himself as one of the best singer-songwriters working today. Rhino offers a comprehensive overview of the early years of his career with Brighter/Later: A Duncan Sheik Anthology, a two-CD set that showcases the emotional highs and lows of Sheik's songs. The compilation will be available October 24.

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Celebrity Birthdays, June 19

Happy Birthday to "Without a Trace" actress Poppy Montgomery (1972), Korn guitarist-turned-holy-man Brian "Head" Welch (1970), "American Idol" jugde and singer Paula Abdul (1962), "Romancing The Stone" actress Kathleen Turner (1954), Heart singer Ann Wilson (1951), British guitarist Nick Drake (1948), "The Cosby Show" actress Phylicia Rashad (1948), Italian actress Pier Angeli (1932; d. 1972), "The Notebook" actress Gena Rowlands (1930), "The Sopranos" matriarch Nancy Marchand (1928; d. 2000), baseball legend Lou Gehrig (1903; d. 1941), and Canadian bandleader Guy Lombardo (1902; 1977).

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Bayside To Release Acoustic CD/DVD

A musician's life is a landscape filled with cheap, flashy distractions – is it possible to suffer through self-examination and benefit? Working within lush sonic landscapes, Bayside makes documenting faithlessness seem like an exercise in beauty, with rich vocals soaring over rock-solid arrangements spiked with truly imaginative guitar solos.

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Richard Thompson Box Set Due

Fans of guitarist Richard Thompson will be happy to know that on February 7, Free Reed Records and Music will release the 5-disc box set 'RT- The Life and Music of Richard Thompson'. Consisting entirely of unreleased and impossible-to-find recordings, 'RT's' five CDs explore all aspects of Richard's career - band member, solo, duo; composer and interpreter of other people's songs; live, studio and home demo.

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