Some books give Smith's birthdate as Dec. 8, 1925, but more recent sources cite 1928 as his birth year. Regardless, the late musician always delivered the goods, even as the beats behind him changed.

Chicago Bears’ 1985 “Super Bowl Shuffle” documentary will explore the Grammy-nominated hit that reached #41 on Billboard charts. Chicago Bears players are getting their moment in the spotlight once ...

Zach Top is slated to perform his song "Guitar" at the 2025 CMA Awards, and the lyrics describe his lifelong fascination with music. Zach Top is a 28-year-old country singer-songwriter and guitarist.

When his family moved from West to East Oakland, Calif., young D’Wayne Wiggins had to make new friends amid a tsunami of ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- One of the common criticisms of the Broadway musical “Wicked” is that its best songs are in Act I, leaving Act II to feel like a bit of letdown. By that logic, the same concern ...

Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande bring the film adaptation of Wicked to a dramatic close in the sequel, Wicked: For Good. Directed by Jon M. Chu, the film adapts the second half of the stage musical, ...

A giant of Jamaican music, he gained international renown through the 1972 film “The Harder They Come,” and helped establish reggae’s themes of struggle, resistance and uplift. By Ben Sisario Much ...

Alice and Ellen Kessler, twin dancers and singers who launched their career in the 1950s and performed with Fred Astaire, Frank Sinatra and Harry Belafonte, among others, have died, police in Germany ...

This article first appeared on GuruFocus. Cathie Wood's Ark Invest detailed several moves in its Wednesday trading update, showing a wider rotation across its technology holdings. The largest purchase ...

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical: Brandon Victor Dixon was nominated but did not win. Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical: Adrienne Warren was ...