With his resounding baritone and courtly manner, he led the Impressions before beginning a solo career, recording songs like “Only ... other guys — Joe Tex, James Brown and the Isleys ...

David Bowie famously sang about “Changes” in 1971, and true to his word, he turned and faced the strange on his 1975 LP “Young Americans.” Making a galactic journey from glam-rock to his ...

He promised law and order. Instead, his scandal-ridden mayoralty became a symbol — and engine — of the city’s chaos.

Roberta Flack, who inspired generations of singers with her subtle folk/jazz/blues storytelling that captured romance.

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Getting into the soulful stylings of the incomparable James Brown? These four songs are essential listening for any fan.

James Brown, the trailblazing Godfather of Soul who passed in 2006, places a new song on a Billboard chart for the first time ...

Kendrick Lamar and Mustard did this with the record “ Not Like Us, ” which is currently one of the most popular songs in the world. Curiously enough, throughout music history, most of the songs that ...

Sly Stone's daughter, Phunne Stone, recalled what it was like growing up with the funk artist in a new documentary titled "Sly Lives! (aka the Burden of Black Genius)." ...

Although they are rivals on the Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics, LeBron James and Jaylen Brown were picked to play on the same team at the 2025 NBA All-Star Game in San Francisco ...