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Fans of Taylor Hicks, Season 5 "American Idol," will have a chance to join Hicks for a live video chat tonight, Wednesday, March 23 at 8pm ET/ 5pm PT. The video chat will be broadcast through USTREAM. Hicks has used this site for other chats with his fa
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"When you get into the music business, you get into the germ business as well," laments recording artist and season five "American Idol" winner Taylor Hicks in a phone interview on Friday with G2.
The 30-something Mr. Hicks has been under the weather wit
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Washington Times
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For countless American Idol contenders, a good showing on the country's favorite talent contest has been the start of a very brief career.
Season 5 champ Taylor Hicks is determined that his star will glow for years to come.
"This is a marathon, not a sp
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TampaBay.com | St. Petersburg Times
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While most of the vast "American Idol" viewership was gasping over the shock of seeing the much-touted Adam Lambert in the "bottom three" in terms of votes this week, a previous winner from the show who has been just as polarizing a force turned out as
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The Seattle Times
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When he's in Seattle playing the Teen Angel role in a 5th Avenue Theatre touring production of "Grease," Taylor Hicks will wedge into his schedule a club gig at the Triple Door. On May 27, Hicks will be performing new and old tunes with his own band in
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The Seattle Times
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/musicnightlife/2009146811_zmus29dispatchhicks.html?syndication=rss
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“American Idol” winner Taylor Hicks met backstage at the Orange County Performing Arts Center last night with the two winners of the Register’s “Grease” contest. Hicks, who plays Teen Angel in the touring production of “Grease,” will be appearing
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The Orange County Register
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Attention all members of the Soul Patrol: American Idol season five winner Taylor Hicks is returning to the stage that made him famous. On Wednesday night’s Idol, Taylor will be performing a song from his new CD The Distance. Keep reading for more
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Reality TV Magazine
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A word or two of explanation: Hicks wanted to ease from "American Idol" fame into musical theater with a role that would fit his abilities and wouldn't present him with Shakespearean-sized challenges.
"I'd been offered some roles previously, but I
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"The Soul Patrol" members can rejoice, Taylor Hicks is returning to the American Idol stage.
The fifth-season Idol champ will perform "Seven Mile Breakdown," the latest single from The Distance, his new album, during Wednesday's live
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Reality T World: Reality TV News
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American Idol's final five contestants will perform "standards made famous by members of the original Rat Pack" during next Tuesday's performance episode, according to Fox's publicity department. The following evening, Season 5 champ Taylor Hicks will
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Entertainment Weekly
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These days everyone seems all too eager to beat up on Taylor Hicks. Many people have forgotten the reasons why he won the ultra-competitive fifth season of American Idol. His victory has been written off as some kind of accident, as if he wasn't a
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"American Idol" winner Taylor Hicks and the cast of the GREASE National Tour performed at San Francisco's Hard Rock Cafe on Friday, March 27 to kick off their 4 week engagement in the city.
The Rydell High crew sent us some snapshots of the rockin'
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Broadway World
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It's OK -- you can call it a comeback.
Taylor Hicks is starting over with his new CD "The Distance," released this month. He released it under his own label, Modern Whomp Records, which launched in January.
Hicks became famous by winning the fifth
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Florida Today
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Season 5 American Idol winner, Taylor Hicks, is hoping that his new album, The Distance, will do just that…go the distance. He says his is exactly where he wants to be right now as a musician and a songwriter.
In an interview with the Associated Press,
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Reality TV Magazine
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- The Distance by American Idol alumnus Taylor Hicks, marks a nice rebound from the "Soul Patrol" singer, who just a few short years ago was
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TheCelebrityCafe.com
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There are contrasting album fortunes for two of the seven American Idol champions this week, with original American Idol Kelly Clarkson’s new set topping the chart, while season six champ Taylor Hicks’ second album since his win cannot even make the
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Music Week
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"American Idol" Season 5 winner Taylor Hicks put on a show at the Roxy Theatre on Wednesday night, performing a long set with energetic charisma, reminiscent of Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine, who I saw play the same stage nearly seven years ago. With
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Los Angeles Times
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Craziness exploded in Hollywood last night -- and it all went down mere inches from our cameraman ... and some guy named Taylor Hicks.
The drama started after Taylor's show at the Roxy -- which the "American Idol" WINNER(?) performed in front of an
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TMZ
http://www.tmz.com/2009/03/19/cops-drunk-chicks-and-taylor-hicks/
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There may not ever be another leader of the Soul Patrol, but season five “American Idol” champ Taylor Hicks says he doesn’t mind being compared to Danny Gokey, the bespectacled season seven fan favorite.
“Well, I’d like think I was just a little bit
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Access Hollywood
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It's not a charity show, it's not a fundraiser -- Taylor Hicks concert tickets have now been reduced to a whopping $0.00 -- and it still hasn't sold out.
The season five "American Idol" winner was originally scheduled to perform at The Roxy on Sunset
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TMZ
http://www.tmz.com/2009/03/17/taylor-hicks-tickets-totally-worthless/
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Despite being openly mocked on the show that made him a star, "American Idol" Taylor Hicks isn't hiding in shame. The season five winner came out to perform for the runners at the 13th Annual Susan G. Komen's Race For The Cure event, which raises money
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New York Post
http://blogs.nypost.com/popwrap/archives/2009/03/taylor_hicks_tics.html
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record. ... I am Teen Angel one minute and I'm singing my single ("What's Right is Right") the next so it's never been done before. One minute there's an artist in a role and then the next there is me performing my single every night. Within the
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Inside Bay Area
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Kelly Clarkson promoted her new album "All I Ever Wanted" by appearing on American Idol on their Final 13 episode.
American Idol is not only the No. 1 show in America on a weekly basis, it's alumni are no strangers to the top spot on the singles
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Associated Content
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Has Taylor Hicks become Michael Bolton yet? Oh, maybe that's harsh. Maybe. Still, I can't help thinking that Hicks is co-opting blue-eyed soul in the same calculated way that the Boltster once hitched himself to Otis Redding and Percy Sledge.
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San Diego Union Tribune
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NEW YORK It's OK, you can call it a comeback.
Taylor Hicks is starting over with his new CD, "The Distance," released Tuesday.
He's releasing it under his own label, Modern Whomp Records, which launched in January.
Hicks became famous by winning the
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The Honolulu Advertiser
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Records are rated on a scale of one (awful) to four (classic) stars:
Kelly Clarkson's 2007 album, "My December," was overshadowed by widely publicized record label struggles over creative control, but that wasn't its biggest problem.
Some catchier
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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NEW YORK (AP) Its OK you can call it a comeback.
Taylor Hicks is starting over with his new CD The Distance, out Tuesday. Hes releasing it under his own label, Modern Whomp Records, which launched in January.
Hicks became famous by winning the fifth
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The Delaware News Journal
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...American Idol Taylor Hicks raises his fist as he speaks with Jay Leno, host of the 'Tonight Show with Jay Leno,' at studios in Burbank, Calif. (AP / Kevork Djansezian) NEW YORK -- It's OK -- you can call it a comeback. Taylor Hicks is starting over with his...
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CTV
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Hicks became famous by winning the fifth season of "American Idol." His first, self-titled album went platinum but didn't generate the radio play or hype caused by previous winners like Kelly Clarkson or Carrie Underwood.
The singer says it was a
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If you’re a fan of Taylor Hicks, then this post is for you. We’ve got in our hot little hands a signed copy of Taylor Hicks’ album, “The Distance”.
To enter, just leave a comment on this post and that’s it! The grand prize is a signed copy of his new
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News in Punk
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All I Ever Wanted, Kelly Clarkson: Don't even pretend like you don't want to hear this. The best part? It's pretty great. Read my REVIEW. And expect to hear these songs all summer long.
Love vs. Money, The-Dream: R&B hitmaker returns, this time with
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Houston Chronicle
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Taylor Hicks’ new album, The Distance is a surprising mix of soul, rock, blues, country and even a little Bossa Nova. The Distance is the first album to be released on Hicks’ own label, Modern Whomp Records. The album features an array of notable
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Blues Guitarist Willie King passed away from a Heart Attackethis weekend. He has done a lot for the Pickens County community.
If he was a sports figure I am sure there would be more mention of his passing on AL.COM.
Taylor Hicks is not in the same
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Fifth season American Idol winner Taylor Hicks suffered the usual Idol indignity: Win the show and rush-release a mediocre major-label album. Then get dropped. Hicks returns as an independent artist with The Distance and . . . it's not bad.
It gets off
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Miami Herald
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Like many others, I first heard Taylor Hicks perform on the American Idol stage. I remember being charmed by his easy stage presence and was excited to be hearing something different in a competition that is criticized for churning out more and more of
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Platinum-selling singer/songwriter Taylor Hicks will thrill longtime fans, and inspire new audiences, with the release of his anticipated new studio album, The Distance, on March 10. The album will be released on Hicks' Modern Whomp Records label and
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Starpulse
http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/03/06/taylor_hicks_goes_the_distance_march_10_
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OK, Taylor Hicks fans, try not to lose consciousness when you read this. The Register is holding a contest for which the prize (actually there are two identical prizes) includes a chance to meet the “American Idol” winner.
Hicks is starring in a
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The Orange County Register
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...Theatre Group (STG) presents Taylor Hicks on Wednesday, May 27, 2009 at 8:00pm at the Triple Door. With his raspy, soulful voice and salt-and-pepper hair, Taylor Hicks was one of the unlikeliest contestants to make it to the final round of American Idol, but...
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Broadway World
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...March 10, American Idol champion Taylor Hicks releases his first single to his new album which is going to have a completely different sound than his freshman album did which was released shortly after his big American Idol Season 5 win. Taylor Hicks hopes...
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Reality TV Magazine
http://www.realitytvmagazine.com/blog/2009/02/23/american-idols-taylor-hicks-may-have-a-hit/
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On March 10, American Idol champion Taylor Hicks releases his first single to his new album which is going to have a completely different sound than his freshman album did which was released shortly after his big American Idol Season 5 win. Taylor
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Reality TV Magazine
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Behold the silver fox in winter, getting back to the doleful soul stylings that made Taylor Hicks an unlikely American Idol champion. A suave jazz club performance is mixed with footage of Hicks wandering around the snowy streets of Chicago and finding
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Video Static
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Taylor Hicks, who was named champion of season five of FOX-TV's American Idol, will extend his engagement on the national tour of Grease during the 2009-2010 season.
Hicks plays the role of Teen Angel,
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TheaterMania.com
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I really loved Taylor Hicks when he was on American Idol, so I feel like I have to support him even after his time on the show has ended. What do you think about his new video for "What's Right is Right"? The single will appear on Taylor’s upcoming
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I'm Not Obsessed
http://www.imnotobsessed.com/2009/02/18/first-look-taylor-hicks-whats-right-is-right
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...Hicks, star of the Broadway national tour of GREASETM, will appear on "Live with Regis and Kelly" on Thursday, February 19 and Friday, February 20, 2009. The platinum selling singer and "American Idol" winner will appear as part of Regis and Kelly's "Dating...
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Broadway World
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Taylor Hicks, star of the Broadway national tour of GREASETM, will appear on "Live with Regis and Kelly" on Thursday, February 19 and Friday, February 20, 2009. The platinum selling singer and "American Idol" winner will appear as part of Regis and
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Broadway World
http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/GREASE_Star_Hicks_to_Appear_on_Regis_Kelly_Feb_19_20_20090218
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A music video promoting Taylor Hicks' new song "What's Right Is Right" has been released. Filmed in Chicago and directed by Jake Davis, it mainly provides a look into the crooner performing in a dark lounge with his trademark soulful sound.
"What's
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Aces Showbiz
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...Faith Hill making their hit singles. Planned to be dropped across U.S. on March 10, the record will contain sounds by guitarist Doyle Bramhall II, bassist Nathan East and drummer Abe Laboriel Jr. Taylor Hicks' "What's Right Is Right" music video: ...
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Aces Showbiz
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...Hicks is out with the brand new video for his new single âWhatâs Right Is Rightâ, which just premiered on Yahoo! Music. The clip features the âAmerican Idolâ season five winner performing in a dark lounge with his trademark soulful sound. âWhatâs Right Is...
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Taylor Hicks is out with the brand new video for his new single ‘What’s Right Is Right’, which just premiered on Yahoo! Music. The clip features the ‘American Idol’ season five winner performing in a dark lounge with his trademark soulful sound.
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...and The Soul Patrol, I want to take a moment to talk about the recent news that my label and I have mutually parted ways. Taylor Hicks sort of slipped out of the mainstream, since winning his American Idol crown. Despite winning American Idol 2006, Hicksâ...
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