Drummer Howard Grimes, the backbone of Memphis soul, dies at 80
His beats on songs including Al Green's "Let's Stay Together" served as a crucial foundation for the burgeoning Memphis soul sound of the 1970s.
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Ian McDonald, founding member of King Crimson and Foreigner, has died
The multi-instrumentalist initially came blazing onto the scene with his saxophone on the opening cut of King Crimson's first album, In the Court of the Crimson King. He died Wednesday at age 75.
Snoop Dogg now owns Death Row Records
"It feels good to have ownership of the label I was part of at the beginning of my career and as one of the founding members," the 50-year-old rapper and mogul said.
Betty Davis, funk pioneer and fashion icon, dies at 77
The incandescent, influential funk musician Betty Davis died on Wednesday. She made a string of albums in the mid-1970s that helped to shape stylish, Afrofuturist strains of funk and hip-hop.
People who work at Dollywood will soon be eligible for free tuition
The Dolly Parton amusement park's parent company will fund all tuition and fees for select programs. "Their futures should be grown with love, not loans," Herschend Enterprises CEO Andrew Wexler says.
With streaming services and digital downloads, why would anyone buy cassette tapes?
Audio cassette tapes are selling well — even though they don't sound very good and they are not as retro cool as vinyl records.
George Crumb, an influential and deeply American composer, has died at age 92
The Pulitzer Prize winner, whose music enveloped everything from the horrors of the Vietnam War to the calls of humpback whales, died Sunday.
Popular Bollywood singer, Lata Mangeshkar, dies at 92
Lata Mangeshkar recorded more than 25,000 songs for Indian movie musicals. She died in Mumbai, where she had been hospitalized with pneumonia and COVID-19.
Syl Johnson, Chicago soul singer widely sampled in hip-hop, is dead at 85
The singer's 1968 hit "Different Strokes" became a popular hip-hop sample used by artists like Wu-Tang Clan, Public Enemy and Kanye West.
Lata Mangeshkar, the sweetheart of Bollywood, dies at 92
She was one of the most famous and beloved playback singers. She recorded songs used in movie soundtracks, which generations of actresses would then lip-sync onscreen.