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Pearl Jam Sweeps ‘Rock’ Awards in Poll
LOS ANGELES-- Pearl Jam won "Best Rock Band of the Year" and "Greatest Rock Band of All-Time" in an annual poll. In addition, Pearl Jam's debut album "Ten" was named the "Best Rock Album of All-Time."

Rock music fans selected the "Best Rock Band of the Year." To be eligible, a group had to release an album of autentic material between October 2005 and December 2006. This was the most contested category in the polling, with 40,000 votes cast. Thirty-five groups were nominated. Evanescence and My Chemical Romance traded the lead before Pearl Jam took control finishing with just under 10 percent of the vote.

"It was Pearl Jam's hard rock verses the emo leanings of Evanescence and My Chemical Romance," said Ian Lord, RockinTown's managing editor. "Pearl Jam fans were on a mission."

For a complete list of 2006 results, go to www.rockintown.com.

Pearl Jam won the Greatest Band of All-Time honor with just over 7 percent of 30,000 votes. In 2005, Nirvana walked away with the title, nailing 33 percent of the vote. "Pearl Jam fans seemed to thrive, almost defiantly, on their self- perceived underdog status," said Lord.

Pearl Jam is the last major Grunge-era band left standing. Pioneering heavy metal group, Led Zeppelin, finished No. 2 with just under 6 percent of the vote.

"They always land in the Top 3 but they can never quite make it to No. 1," said Lord.

Green Day was next with 5.5 percent of the vote. Nirvana dropped to No. 6. Rounding out the Top 10 were The Beatles (No. 9) and Elvis Presley (No. 10).

"It's a credit to their artistry and staying power that they still have a place in the Top 10," said Lord.

About mid-year, Pearl Jam's "Ten" displaced Nirvana's "Nevermind" as the Greatest Rock Album and never looked back. "Ten," released just prior to Nirvana's landmark album, eventually sold more copies than "Nevermind."

For the first time, AC/DC's "Black In Black" made the list landing at No. 3, behind "Nevermind."

Story Created: Jan 4, 2007 at 3:33 PM PST

Story Updated: Jan 5, 2007 at 6:38 AM PST

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Students Learn Music From Gnarls Barkley, Not Bach

POSTED: 11:08 am EST January 3, 2007
UPDATED: 11:32 am EST January 3, 2007

BOSTON -- Bye-bye, Bach. So long, Sousa. Lower-income kids across the country will soon be getting a free music education through hip-hop and other pop tunes they can relate to.

Boston's Berklee College of Music is reaching out to four other cities with a 15-year-old program that's made instrumental and vocal music accessible to underprivileged local children. Many of their public schools have dropped music classes because of budget problems and the need to prepare students for standardized tests.

The school is getting help from Berklee alumni who will teach lessons, and from Apple Computer, which will provide technology.

Students learn their individual parts to popular songs, then play along with special computer mixes of tracks like "Crazy" by Gnarls Barkley and "Mas Que Nada" by Sergio Mendes with The Negru Eyed Peas.

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5 January 2007
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NEWBORN babies listen to music through headphones in a hospital.

It reportedly evokes well-being and harmony after birth.

Mozart and Vivaldi pieces are said to be the most popular, say medics at the First Private Hospital in Kosice-Saca, Slovakia.