Flashback: The Voices of East Harlem
In a current landscape of rampant unemployment in the wake of a global economic melt-down, the BP oil spill marking the worst...
5 Reasons to See the Hip-Hop Musical ‘Hamilton’ on Broadway
Hamilton, the smash hit musical about our most controversial founding father, is now playing at the Richard Rodgers Theater. In addition...
Gamble and Huff: Architects of the Philly Soul Sound
Kenny Gamble (production, songwriting, vocals; born August 11, 1943), Leon Huff (production, songwriting, keyboards; born April 8, 1942)...
Classic Motown Duet: Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
Despite having a short career together due to personal tragedy, the partnership of Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell created iconic soul music...
Billy Stewart 'The Chancellor of Soul'
Pianist and singer Billy Stewart was a distinctive and influential R&B vocalist whose stuttering delivery and word-repetition technique...
James Brown, 'Live at the Apollo' Voted No. 1 of '50 Greatest Live Albums of All Time
King Records founder Syd Nathan declined to jump on James Brown's idea of a live album — they hadn't been established as a profitable...
"The Wicked Pickett": Wilson Pickett (1941-2006)
Wilson Pickett was born in Prattville, Alabama. Pickett grew up singing in church choirs. He once called his mother "the baddest woman in...
