Roger Hawkins, Muscle Shoals Drummer on Aretha Franklin Classics, Dead at 75. Hawkins was inducted into the Alabama Music Hall of Fame in 1995 and the Musicians Hall of Fame in 2008. Aretha Franklin "Respect" , Wilson Pickett "Land of 1000 Dances" , Percy Sledge "Whe...

By Peter Keepnews Jan. 23, 2024, 11:51 a.m. ET Frank Farian, the German record producer who was best known as the mastermind of Milli Vanilli, the duo that scaled the charts in 1989 but fell from grace when it was revealed that they didn’t do any of the singing on...

Vic Flick, the original guitarist for the legendary James Bond theme for "Dr. No" in 1962, performs the signature tune on the same Clifford Essex Paragon Deluxe used 50 years ago. From the Academy event "The Music of Bond: The First 50 Years" on October 5, 2012 at the...

              Singin' in the Rain             (1952)      (MGM)               West Side Story                (1961)       (United Artists)               The Wizard of Oz              (1939)       (MGM)               The Sound of Music        (1965)       (20th Century...

Dear listening ears/reading eyes, For a long time, I've introduced myself as a banjo player from the Eastern Shore of Maryland. I'm a hiker and an environmentalist. I'm an optimist. I'm loud. I'm still all those things, but I went quiet for a few years. I cut my long...

Fly Anakin's debut studio album ‘Frank’ is out now,