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America: A Tribute to Heroes

Index America: A Tribute to Heroes

America: A Tribute to Heroes was a benefit concert created by the heads of the four major American broadcast networks; Fox, ABC, NBC and CBS. [1]

163 relations: A&E (TV channel), Alicia Keys, All That You Can't Leave Behind, America the Beautiful, American Broadcasting Company, American Forces Network, Amy Brenneman, AOL, Asbury Park, New Jersey, BBC One, Benefit concert, BET, Billy Joel, Bob Marley, Bon Jovi, Breathe (Faith Hill album), Bridge over Troubled Water, Bridge over Troubled Water (song), Bruce Springsteen, C'mon, C'mon, Calista Flockhart, Cameron Diaz, CBS, CBS Television City, Celine Dion, Chris Rock, Clint Eastwood, CMT (U.S. TV channel), Comedy Central, Compact disc, Conan O'Brien, Cumulus Media Networks, Dave Matthews, Dave Matthews Band, David A. Stewart, David Foster, Dennis Franz, Discovery Channel, Dixie Chicks, Donny Hathaway, DVD, E!, Eddie Vedder, Enrique Iglesias, ESPN, Everyday (Dave Matthews Band album), Everyday (Dave Matthews Band song), Faith Hill, Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox Sports Networks, ..., Fragile (song), Fred Durst, Freeform (TV channel), Full Moon Fever, FX (TV channel), Galavisión, George Clooney, God Bless America, Goo Goo Dolls, Gospel music, Hallmark Channel, HBO, Hero (Enrique Iglesias song), Hero (Mariah Carey song), Home (Dixie Chicks album), Hope for Haiti Now, I Won't Back Down, IHeartMedia, Imagine (John Lennon song), Interscope Records, Ion Television, Jane Kaczmarek, Jeff Goldblum, Jim Carrey, Jimmy Smits, Joel Gallen, John Lennon, John Rzeznik, Jon Bon Jovi, Julia Roberts, Kelsey Grammer, Lifetime (TV network), Limp Bizkit, Livin' on a Prayer, London, Los Angeles, Lucy Liu, Mariah Carey, Merkin Ball, Mike McCready, MTV, Muhammad Ali, Music Box (Mariah Carey album), My City of Ruins, Natalie Imbruglia, NBC, Neil Young, New York City, New York City Fire Department, New York City Police Department, New York State of Mind, Oxygen, Paramount Network, Paul Shaffer, Paul Simon, PBS, Peabody Award, Peace on Earth (U2 song), Pearl Jam, Pink Floyd, Pop music, Ray Romano, Redemption Song, Richie Sambora, Robert De Niro, Robin Williams, Rock music, Rolling Stone, Sarah Jessica Parker, Sela Ward, September 11 attacks, Sheryl Crow, Showtime (TV network), Simon & Garfunkel, Slippery When Wet, Someday We'll All Be Free, Songs in the Key of Life, Stevie Wonder, Sting (musician), Sundance TV, Syfy, Take 6, Telemundo, Telethon, The Concert for New York City, The Pentagon, The Rising (album), The WB, TLC (TV network), TNT (U.S. TV network), Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, TruTV, Turner South, Turnstile, U2, United Kingdom, United Way of America, United We Stand: What More Can I Give, Univision, UPN, USA Network, VH1, Walk On (U2 song), Wes Borland, Westwood One (1976–2011), Will Smith, Willie Nelson, Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd song), World Trade Center (1973–2001), Wyclef Jean, ...Nothing Like the Sun. Expand index (113 more) »

A&E (TV channel)

A&E is an American digital cable and satellite television television channel.

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Alicia Keys

Alicia Augello Cook (born January 25, 1981), known professionally as Alicia Keys, is an American singer-songwriter.

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All That You Can't Leave Behind

All That You Can't Leave Behind is the 10th studio album by Irish rock band U2.

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America the Beautiful

"America the Beautiful" is an American patriotic song.

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American Broadcasting Company

The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is an American commercial broadcast television network that is a flagship property of Disney–ABC Television Group, a subsidiary of the Disney Media Networks division of The Walt Disney Company.

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American Forces Network

The American Forces Network (AFN) is the broadcast service operated by the United States Armed Forces' American Forces Radio and Television Service (AFRTS, commonly pronounced "A-farts") for its entertainment and command internal information networks worldwide.

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Amy Brenneman

Amy Frederica Brenneman (born June 22, 1964) is an American actress, writer, and producer.

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AOL

AOL (formerly a company known as AOL Inc., originally known as America Online, and stylized as Aol.) is a web portal and online service provider based in New York.

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Asbury Park, New Jersey

Asbury Park is a city in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States, located on the Jersey Shore and part of the New York City Metropolitan Area.

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BBC One

BBC One is the flagship television channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom, Isle of Man and Channel Islands.

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Benefit concert

A benefit concert or charity concert is a type of musical benefit performance (e.g., concert, show, or gala) featuring musicians, comedians, or other performers that is held for a charitable purpose, often directed at a specific and immediate humanitarian crisis.

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BET

Black Entertainment Television (BET, stylised as BET★) is an American basic cable and satellite television channel that is owned by the BET Networks division of Viacom.

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Billy Joel

William Martin Joel (born May 9, 1949) is an American singer-songwriter, composer and pianist.

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Bob Marley

Robert Nesta Marley, OM (6 February 1945 – 11 May 1981) was a Jamaican singer-songwriter who became an international musical and cultural icon, blending mostly reggae, ska, and rocksteady in his compositions.

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Bon Jovi

Bon Jovi is an American rock band from Sayreville, New Jersey.

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Breathe (Faith Hill album)

Breathe is the fourth studio album by American country music artist Faith Hill.

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Bridge over Troubled Water

Bridge over Troubled Water is the fifth and final studio album by American folk rock duo Simon & Garfunkel, released in January 1970 on Columbia Records.

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Bridge over Troubled Water (song)

"Bridge over Troubled Water" is a song by American music duo Simon & Garfunkel.

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Bruce Springsteen

Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen (born September 23, 1949) is an American singer-songwriter and musician, known for his work with the E Street Band.

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C'mon, C'mon

C'mon, C'mon is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter Sheryl Crow, released on April 8, 2002 in the United Kingdom and April 16, 2002 in the United States.

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Calista Flockhart

Calista Kay Flockhart (born November 11, 1964) is an American actress.

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Cameron Diaz

Cameron Michelle Diaz (born August 30, 1972) is a former American actress, producer, author, and fashion model.

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CBS

CBS (an initialism of the network's former name, the Columbia Broadcasting System) is an American English language commercial broadcast television network that is a flagship property of CBS Corporation.

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CBS Television City

CBS Television City, alternatively Television City, is a television studio complex located in the Fairfax District of Los Angeles at 7800 Beverly Boulevard, at the corner of Fairfax Avenue.

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Celine Dion

Céline Marie Claudette Dion, (born 30 March 1968) is a Canadian singer.

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Chris Rock

Christopher Julius Rock III (born February 7, 1965) is an American comedian, actor, writer, producer, and director.

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Clint Eastwood

Clinton Eastwood Jr. (born May 31, 1930) is an American actor, filmmaker, musician, and political figure.

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CMT (U.S. TV channel)

CMT, originally launched as CMTV, is an American basic cable and satellite television channel that is owned by Viacom Global Entertainment Group, a unit of the Viacom Media Networks division of Viacom.

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Comedy Central

Comedy Central is an American basic cable and satellite television channel owned by Viacom Global Entertainment Group, a unit of the Viacom Media Networks division of Viacom.

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Compact disc

Compact disc (CD) is a digital optical disc data storage format that was co-developed by Philips and Sony and released in 1982.

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Conan O'Brien

Conan Christopher O'Brien (born April 18, 1963) is an American television host, comedian, writer, and producer.

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Cumulus Media Networks

Cumulus Media Networks was an American radio network owned and operated by Cumulus Media.

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Dave Matthews

David John Matthews (born January 9, 1967) is a South African-born American singer-songwriter, musician and actor, best known as the lead vocalist, songwriter, and guitarist for the Dave Matthews Band.

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Dave Matthews Band

Dave Matthews Band, also known by the acronym DMB, is an American rock band that was formed in Charlottesville, Virginia in 1991.

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David A. Stewart

David Allan Stewart (born 9 September 1952) is an English musician, songwriter and record producer, best known for Eurythmics, his successful professional partnership with Annie Lennox.

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David Foster

David Walter Foster, OC, OBC (born November 1, 1949), is a Canadian musician, record producer, composer, songwriter, and arranger.

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Dennis Franz

Dennis Franz Schlachta (born October 28, 1944), known professionally as Dennis Franz, is an American actor best known for his role as NYPD Detective Andy Sipowicz in the ABC television series NYPD Blue (1993–2005), a role that earned him a Golden Globe Award, three Screen Actors Guild Awards and four Primetime Emmy Awards.

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Discovery Channel

Discovery Channel (known as The Discovery Channel from 1985 to 1995, and often referred to as simply Discovery) is an American pay television channel that is the flagship television property of Discovery Inc., a publicly traded company run by CEO David Zaslav.

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Dixie Chicks

The Dixie Chicks are an American country music band which has also crossed over into other genres, including pop and alternative country.

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Donny Hathaway

Donny Edward Hathaway (October 1, 1945 – January 13, 1979) was an American jazz, blues, soul and gospel singer, songwriter, arranger, organist, and pianist.

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DVD

DVD (an abbreviation of "digital video disc" or "digital versatile disc") is a digital optical disc storage format invented and developed by Philips and Sony in 1995.

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E!

E! (originally an initialism of Entertainment Television) is an American basic cable and satellite television channel that is owned by the NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment Group division of NBCUniversal, all owned by Comcast.

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Eddie Vedder

Eddie Vedder (born Edward Louis Severson III; December 23, 1964) is an American musician, multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter best known as the lead vocalist and one of three guitarists of the American rock band Pearl Jam.

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Enrique Iglesias

Enrique Miguel Iglesias Preysler (born 8 May 1975) is a Spanish singer, songwriter, actor and record producer.

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ESPN

ESPN (originally an acronym for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is a U.S.-based global cable and satellite sports television channel owned by ESPN Inc., a joint venture owned by The Walt Disney Company (80%) and Hearst Communications (20%).

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Everyday (Dave Matthews Band album)

Everyday is the fourth studio album by Dave Matthews Band, released on February 27, 2001.

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Everyday (Dave Matthews Band song)

"Everyday" is the closing track and third radio single from Dave Matthews Band's album Everyday.

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Faith Hill

Audrey Faith McGraw (née Perry; born September 21, 1967), known professionally as Faith Hill, is an American singer and record producer.

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Fox Broadcasting Company

The Fox Broadcasting Company (often shortened to Fox and stylized as FOX) is an American commercial broadcast television network that is a flagship property of Fox Entertainment Group, a subsidiary of 21st Century Fox.

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Fox Sports Networks

Fox Sports Networks (FSN; formerly known as Fox Sports Net & simply FSN), is the collective name for a group of regional sports networks in the United States that are primarily owned and operated by the Fox Entertainment Group division of 21st Century Fox.

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Fragile (song)

"Fragile" is a song written and performed by English musician Sting from his second studio album...Nothing Like the Sun.

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Fred Durst

William Fredrick Durst (born August 20, 1970) is an American musician and film director.

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Freeform (TV channel)

Freeform is an American cable and satellite television channel that is owned by the Disney–ABC Television Group division of The Walt Disney Company.

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Full Moon Fever

Full Moon Fever is the debut solo studio album by Tom Petty, released on April 24, 1989, by MCA Records.

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FX (TV channel)

FX (originally an initialism of Fox Extended, pronounced and suggesting "effects") is an American basic cable and satellite television channel based in Los Angeles, California, owned by 21st Century Fox through FX Networks, LLC.

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Galavisión

Galavisión is a US-based, Spanish-language cable network owned by Univision Communications, Inc. The network is unrelated to the earlier Mexican channel of the same name, though both broadcast Televisa-produced programming.

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George Clooney

George Timothy Clooney (born May 6, 1961) is an American actor, director, producer, screenwriter, and businessman.

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God Bless America

"God Bless America" is an American patriotic song written by Irving Berlin during World War I in 1918 and revised by him in the run up to World War II in 1938.

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Goo Goo Dolls

The Goo Goo Dolls (originally Sex Maggot) are an American rock band formed in 1986 in Buffalo, New York, by guitarist/vocalist Johnny Rzeznik, bassist/vocalist Robby Takac, and drummer George Tutuska.

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Gospel music

Gospel music is a genre of Christian music.

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Hallmark Channel

The Hallmark Channel is an American cable and satellite television network that is owned by Crown Media Holdings, Inc., which is owned by Hallmark Cards, Inc.

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HBO

Home Box Office (HBO) is an American premium cable and satellite television network of Home Box Office, Inc..

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Hero (Enrique Iglesias song)

"Hero" is a song by Spanish singer Enrique Iglesias from his second English-language studio album Escape (2001).

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Hero (Mariah Carey song)

"Hero" is a song by American singer and songwriter Mariah Carey.

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Home (Dixie Chicks album)

Home is the sixth studio album by American country band Dixie Chicks, released in 2002 on Monument/Columbia Records.

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Hope for Haiti Now

Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief was a charity telethon held on January 22, 2010 from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (January 23, 2010 from 1 a.m. to 3 a.m. UTC).

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I Won't Back Down

"I Won't Back Down" is a song by American rock musician Tom Petty.

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IHeartMedia

iHeartMedia, Inc., formerly CC Media Holdings, Inc., is an American mass media corporation headquartered in San Antonio, Texas.

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Imagine (John Lennon song)

"Imagine" is a song written and performed by English musician John Lennon.

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Interscope Records

Interscope Records is an American major record label.

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Ion Television

Ion Television is an American broadcast, cable, and satellite television network that is owned by Ion Media.

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Jane Kaczmarek

Jane Frances Kaczmarek (born December 21, 1955) is an American actress.

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Jeff Goldblum

Jeffrey Lynn Goldblum (born October 22, 1952) is an American actor.

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Jim Carrey

James Eugene Carrey (born January 17, 1962) is a Canadian-American actor, comedian, impressionist, screenwriter, musician, producer and painter.

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Jimmy Smits

Jimmy Smits (born July 9, 1955) is an American actor.

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Joel Gallen

Joel Gallen is an American television and film director, producer, screenwriter, and founder and president of Tenth Planet Productions.

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John Lennon

John Winston Ono Lennon (9 October 19408 December 1980) was an English singer, songwriter, and peace activist who co-founded the Beatles, the most commercially successful band in the history of popular music.

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John Rzeznik

John Joseph Theodore Rzeznik (born December 5, 1965) is an American musician, singer-songwriter, and producer.

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Jon Bon Jovi

John Francis Bongiovi Jr. (born March 2, 1962), known professionally as Jon Bon Jovi, is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, philanthropist, and actor.

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Julia Roberts

Julia Fiona Roberts (born October 28, 1967) is an American actress and producer.

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Kelsey Grammer

Allen Kelsey Grammer (born February 21, 1955) is an American actor, voice actor, comedian, producer, director, writer, singer, and activist.

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Lifetime (TV network)

Lifetime (previously stylized as lifetime) is an American cable and satellite television channel that is part of Lifetime Entertainment Services, a subsidiary of A&E Networks, which is jointly owned by the Hearst Communications and The Walt Disney Company.

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Limp Bizkit

Limp Bizkit is an American rap rock band from Jacksonville, Florida.

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Livin' on a Prayer

"Livin' on a Prayer" is Bon Jovi's second chart-topping song from their third album Slippery When Wet.

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London

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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Los Angeles

Los Angeles (Spanish for "The Angels";; officially: the City of Los Angeles; colloquially: by its initials L.A.) is the second-most populous city in the United States, after New York City.

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Lucy Liu

Lucy Alexis Liu (born Lucy Alexis Liu Yu Ling, December 2, 1968) is an American actress, voice actress, director, producer, singer and artist.

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Mariah Carey

Mariah Carey (born March 27, 1969 or 1970) is an American singer and songwriter.

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Merkin Ball

Merkin Ball is a two-song single by the American alternative rock band Pearl Jam.

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Mike McCready

Michael David "Mike" McCready (born April 5, 1966) is an American musician who serves as the lead guitarist for the American rock band Pearl Jam.

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MTV

MTV (originally an initialism of Music Television) is an American cable and satellite television channel owned by Viacom Media Networks (a division of Viacom) and headquartered in New York City.

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Muhammad Ali

Muhammad Ali (born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.; January 17, 1942 – June 3, 2016) was an American professional boxer, activist, and philanthropist.

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Music Box (Mariah Carey album)

Music Box is the third studio album by American singer Mariah Carey.

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My City of Ruins

"My City of Ruins" is a 2000 song written and performed by Bruce Springsteen and included on his 2002 album The Rising.

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Natalie Imbruglia

Natalie Jane Imbruglia (born 4 February 1975) is an Australian singer-songwriter, model and actress, naturalised in the UK.

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NBC

The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American English language commercial broadcast television network that is a flagship property of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast.

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Neil Young

Neil Percival Young, (born November 12, 1945), is a Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, producer, director and screenwriter.

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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New York City Fire Department

The New York City Fire Department, officially the Fire Department of the City of New York (FDNY), is a department of the government of New York City that provides fire protection, technical rescue, primary response to biological, chemical, and radioactive hazards, and emergency medical services to the five boroughs of New York City.

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New York City Police Department

The City of New York Police Department, commonly known as the NYPD, is the primary law enforcement and investigation agency within the five boroughs of New York City.

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New York State of Mind

"New York State of Mind" is a song written by Billy Joel which initially appeared on the album Turnstiles in 1976.

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Oxygen

Oxygen is a chemical element with symbol O and atomic number 8.

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Paramount Network

Paramount Network is an American general entertainment cable and satellite channel owned by the Viacom Media Networks division of Viacom.

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Paul Shaffer

Paul Allen Wood Shaffer, CM (born November 28, 1949) is a Canadian singer, composer, actor, author, comedian and multi-instrumentalist who served as David Letterman's musical director, band leader and sidekick on the entire run of both Late Night with David Letterman (1982–1993) and Late Show with David Letterman (1993–2015).

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Paul Simon

Paul Frederic Simon (born October 13, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter and actor.

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PBS

The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is an American public broadcaster and television program distributor.

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Peabody Award

The George Foster Peabody Awards (or simply Peabody Awards) program, named for American businessman and philanthropist George Peabody, honor the most powerful, enlightening, and invigorating stories in television, radio, and online media.

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Peace on Earth (U2 song)

"Peace on Earth" is a song by rock band U2 and the eighth track on their 2000 album All That You Can't Leave Behind.

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Pearl Jam

Pearl Jam is an American rock band formed in Seattle, Washington, in 1990.

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Pink Floyd

Pink Floyd were an English rock band formed in London in 1965.

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Pop music

Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form in the United States and United Kingdom during the mid-1950s.

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Ray Romano

Raymond Albert Romano (born December 21, 1957) is an American stand-up comedian, actor and screenwriter.

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Redemption Song

"Redemption Song" is a song by Bob Marley.

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Richie Sambora

Richard Stephen "Richie" Sambora (born July 11, 1959) is an American rock guitarist, singer, songwriter and producer, best known as the lead guitarist of the rock band Bon Jovi for 30 years.

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Robert De Niro

Robert Anthony De Niro Jr. (born August 17, 1943) is an American actor, producer, and director.

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Robin Williams

Robin McLaurin Williams (July 21, 1951 – August 11, 2014) was an American actor and comedian.

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Rock music

Rock music is a broad genre of popular music that originated as "rock and roll" in the United States in the early 1950s, and developed into a range of different styles in the 1960s and later, particularly in the United Kingdom and in the United States.

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Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone is an American monthly magazine that focuses on popular culture.

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Sarah Jessica Parker

Sarah Jessica Parker (born March 25, 1965) is an American actress, producer, and designer.

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Sela Ward

Sela Ann Ward (born July 11, 1956) is an American actress, author, and producer, best known for her roles on television beginning in the early 1980s.

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September 11 attacks

The September 11, 2001 attacks (also referred to as 9/11) were a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks by the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda against the United States on the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001.

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Sheryl Crow

Sheryl Suzanne Crow (born February 11, 1962) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and actress.

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Showtime (TV network)

Showtime is an American premium cable and satellite television network that serves as the flagship service of the Showtime Networks subsidiary of CBS Corporation, which also owns sister services The Movie Channel and Flix.

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Simon & Garfunkel

Simon & Garfunkel were an American folk rock duo consisting of singer-songwriter Paul Simon and singer Art Garfunkel.

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Slippery When Wet

Slippery When Wet is the third studio album by American rock band Bon Jovi.

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Someday We'll All Be Free

"Someday We'll All Be Free" is a 1973 song by Donny Hathaway from the album Extension of a Man.

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Songs in the Key of Life

Songs in the Key of Life is the eighteenth album by American recording artist Stevie Wonder, released on September 28, 1976, by Motown Records, through its division Tamla Records.

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Stevie Wonder

Stevland Hardaway Morris (né Judkins; born May 13, 1950), known by his stage name Stevie Wonder, is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist.

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Sting (musician)

Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner (born 2 October 1951), known as Sting, is an English singer, songwriter, and actor.

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Sundance TV

Sundance TV (stylized as SundanceTV, formerly known as Sundance Channel) is an American digital cable and satellite television network that is owned by AMC Networks.

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Syfy

Syfy (formerly Sci-Fi Channel and Sci Fi) is an American basic cable and satellite television channel that is owned by the NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment Group division of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast.

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Take 6

Take 6 is an American a cappella gospel music sextet formed in 1980 on the campus of Oakwood College in Huntsville, Alabama.

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Telemundo

Telemundo is an American Spanish-language terrestrial television network owned by Comcast through the NBCUniversal division NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises.

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Telethon

A telethon (a portmanteau of "television" and "marathon") is a televised fundraising event that lasts many hours or even days, the purpose of which is to raise money for a charitable, political or other purportedly worthy cause.

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The Concert for New York City

The Concert for New York City was a benefit concert, featuring many famous musicians, that took place on October 20, 2001 at Madison Square Garden in New York City in response to the September 11 attacks.

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The Pentagon

The Pentagon is the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense, located in Arlington County, Virginia, across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C. As a symbol of the U.S. military, The Pentagon is often used metonymically to refer to the U.S. Department of Defense.

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The Rising (album)

The Rising is the twelfth studio album by American recording artist Bruce Springsteen, released in 2002 on Columbia Records.

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The WB

The WB Television Network (commonly shortened to The WB and short for Warner Bros.) was an American television network that was first launched on broadcast television on January 11, 1995, as a joint venture between the Warner Bros. Entertainment division of Time Warner and the Tribune Broadcasting subsidiary of the Tribune Company, with the former acting as controlling partner.

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TLC (TV network)

TLC (originally an initialism for The Learning Channel) is an American basic cable and satellite television network that is owned by Discovery Inc. Initially focused on educational and learning content, by the late 1990s, the network began to primarily focus towards reality series involving lifestyles, family life, and personal stories.

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TNT (U.S. TV network)

TNT is an American basic cable and satellite television channel owned by Turner Broadcasting System.

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Tom Cruise

Thomas Cruise (born Thomas Cruise Mapother IV; July 3, 1962) is an American actor and producer.

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Tom Hanks

Thomas Jeffrey Hanks (born July 9, 1956) is an American actor and filmmaker.

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Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (alternately Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers) were an American rock band from Gainesville, Florida.

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TruTV

TruTV (stylized as truTV) is an American pay television channel owned by the Turner Broadcasting division of WarnerMedia.

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Turner South

Turner South was an American cable and satellite television network that was owned by the Turner Broadcasting System division of Time Warner.

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Turnstile

A turnstile, also called a baffle gate or turnstyle, is a form of gate which allows one person to pass at a time.

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U2

U2 are an Irish rock band from Dublin formed in 1976.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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United Way of America

United Way of America (now United Way Worldwide) based in Alexandria, Virginia, is a nonprofit organization that works with almost 1,200 local United Way offices throughout the country in a coalition of charitable organizations to pool efforts in fundraising and support.

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United We Stand: What More Can I Give

United We Stand: What More Can I Give was a benefit concert led by Michael Jackson held on October 21, 2001 at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C. The concert was the third major concert held in tribute to the victims of the September 11 attacks.

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Univision

Univision is an American Spanish-language broadcast television network that is owned by Univision Communications.

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UPN

The United Paramount Network (UPN) was an American broadcast television network that launched on January 16, 1995.

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USA Network

USA Network (commonly referred to as simply USA stylized as usa network since 2005) is an American basic cable and satellite television channel that is owned by the NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment Group division of NBCUniversal, itself a subsidiary of Comcast.

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VH1

VH1 (originally an initialism of Video Hits One) is an American cable and satellite television network based in New York City operated by the Viacom Global Entertainment Group, a unit of Viacom Media Networks, a division of Viacom.

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Walk On (U2 song)

"Walk On" is a song by Irish rock band U2.

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Wes Borland

Wesley Louden Borland (born February 7, 1975) is an American rock musician and artist.

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Westwood One (1976–2011)

Westwood One is an American radio network that was based in New York City.

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Will Smith

Willard Carroll Smith Jr. (born September 25, 1968) is an American actor, producer, rapper, comedian, and songwriter.

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Willie Nelson

Willie Hugh Nelson (born April 29, 1933) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, author, poet, actor, and activist.

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Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd song)

"Wish You Were Here" is the title track on Pink Floyd's 1975 album Wish You Were Here.

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World Trade Center (1973–2001)

The original World Trade Center was a large complex of seven buildings in Lower Manhattan, New York City, United States.

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Wyclef Jean

Nel Ust Wyclef Jean (born on October 17, 1969) is a Haitian rapper, musician and actor.

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...Nothing Like the Sun

Nothing Like the Sun is the second solo studio album by English singer-songwriter Sting.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America:_A_Tribute_to_Heroes

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