AP - Aug 6, 2009
More than 40 years after his tragic, violent death, Sam Cooke is still known as the legendary soul and gospel singer who penned A Change is Gonna Come, which found a new audience with the election of...
More »Reuters - Nov 30, 2004
Jazz label Concord Records, riding high with Ray Charles last release, has sealed its acquisition of Fantasy Records, whose extensive holdings include the Creedence Clearwater Revival catalog. Details...
More »Reuters - Jun 18, 2004
It is no wonder that the debut album from Ricky Fante is titled Rewind. The R&B singer s music harks back to 1960s soul. Rewind, which Virgin Records releases July 13, includes first single It Ain...
More »Reuters - Jun 10, 2004
Ray Charles was one of American music s great innovators, blending the gospel of the black church with the sensuality of the blues to create an emotionally raw genre called soul. He died on Thursday...
More »AP - Mar 29, 2004
As a child, Denzel Washington would go to the Apollo Theater to check out his favorite performers. I actually sat out in the audience a few times with my mother, recalled Washington, remembering when...
More »Reuters - Feb 14, 2004
His sonorous verse introducing sweet soul music was the precursor to rap. But legendary radio air personality Magnificent Montague will forever be tied to the slogan that inadvertently became the anthem...
More »AP - Jan 23, 2004
On January 23rd, 1958, Brunswick Records released Maybe Baby backed with Tell Me How by The Crickets. In 1970, singer Judy Collins was denied permission to sing her testimony at the Chicago Seven trial...
More »Reuters - Dec 4, 2003
They may have passed on to that great concert hall in the sky, but artists such as Warren Zevon , George Harrison , Johnny Cash and his wife still managed to pick up multiple Grammy nominations on Thursday...
More »AP - Dec 4, 2003
Complete list of nominees in 105 categories announced Thursday for the 46th annual Grammy Awards, to be presented Feb. 8 in Los Angeles: 1. Record of the Year: Crazy in Love, Beyonce featuring Jay-Z...
More »AP - Nov 18, 2003
When the spirit moves him, the Rev. Al Green throws his head back to laugh, clapping his hands and stomping his feet. His producer, Willie Mitchell, who helped Green craft some of the great soul albums...
More »Reuters - Nov 17, 2003
Arthur Conley, known for his 1967 hit Sweet Soul Music, died Monday in Ruurlo, The Netherlands, after a battle with cancer. He was 57. Conley was born in Georgia and started his music career as the...
More »USRN - Jan 22, 2001
(1/22/01, 7 a.m. ET) - Today (January 22) marks what would have been legendary soul singer Sam Cooke s 70th birthday. Born in Clarksdale, Mississippi, in 1931, he was one of seven children born to parents...
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