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Nancy Sinatra, Dave Navarro, Sugar Hill Gang and others appeared before Howard Berman's (the "representative from Hollywood") House subcommittee yesterday in Washington, imploring Congress to impose performance fees on radio.  Berman is the author of legislation that would require all radio stations to pay the RIAA member record companies at least $5,000 a year for playing its records. The rates would be higher for stations who bill over $1.25 m...