Nat King Cole

Bebo Valdes, Cuban pianist and composer, dies at 94

2013-03-22 16:21:00

Bebo Valdes, the legendary Grammy-winning Cuban pianist, composer and father of his equally accomplished pianist son, Chucho Valdes, has died in Sweden at 94. During his artistic prime, in the 1940s and '50s, the elder Valdes ranked among the key...

Tony Lip dies at 82; character actor known for mob roles

2013-01-07 00:00:00

Tony Lip, 82, a veteran character actor known for playing mob roles on "The Sopranos" television show and in films, died Friday at a hospital in Teaneck, N.J. Family members told New Jersey's Record newspaper that Lip, a resident of Paramus, N.J., had...

Angus Scrimm, ‘Phantasm’s’ Tall Man, still a striking presence

2013-01-25 17:53:19

Southern California Close-Ups: Pasadena and environs

2012-06-05 10:30:00

First published on Nov. 27, 2011. Revised and expanded in early 2012. It's 1922, and nothing much is up in Pasadena. Not among the orange groves, not along the leafy streets. Just as the little old ladies like it. But wait. Down in the Arroyo Seco, a...

Universal's bid for EMI music division approved

2012-09-21 13:36:00

Regulators in the U.S. and Europe on Friday approved Universal Music Group’s $1.9 billion acquisition of the music division of EMI Group Ltd., giving the Los Angeles-based music company control of the Beatles music catalogue and the iconic Abbey...

Von Freeman dies at 88; jazz tenor saxophonist with singular sound

2012-08-17 00:00:00

Von Freeman was revered as a tenor saxophonist but was never a major star, worshiped by critics but perpetually strapped for cash. He seemed to purposely avoid commercial success. When trumpeter Miles Davis phoned Freeman in the 1950s looking for a...

Maria Cole dies at 89; singer was widow of Nat King Cole

2012-07-13 00:00:00

Maria Cole, the widow of music legend Nat King Cole and the mother of singer Natalie Cole whose own singing career included a stint as vocalist for Duke Ellington's orchestra in the mid-1940s, has died. She was 89. Cole died Tuesday at a hospice in...

Bob Henry dies at 92; TV producer and director

2012-03-23 00:00:00

Bob Henry, an Emmy Award-winning television variety-show producer and director who produced Nat King Cole's groundbreaking musical variety program in the 1950s and helped make Flip Wilson a household name as the producer of his hit comedy-variety show...

L.A.'s greatest sports moments No. 12: Dodgers' first game in L.A.

2011-12-05 16:33:36

5 beloved Christmas carols: Listen and deck the halls

2011-12-07 16:32:59

Album review: Paul McCartney's 'Kisses on the Bottom'

2012-02-06 16:36:39

Time for Mitt Romney to change his tunes

2012-03-09 16:36:49

If you appreciate the days when pop music meant Nat King Cole singing "Unforgettable" or Frank Sinatra crooning "Strangers in the Night," then you'll want to head to Akoo Theatre to check out Johnny Mathis.

2012-12-05 12:49:00

Nat "King" Cole and Ruby Dee relax on the set of "St. Louis Blues" at Paramount Pictures in Hollywood on Oct. 28, 1957.

2012-11-23 16:40:00

The legendary singer died of lung cancer in 1965. He was 45.

2012-09-05 08:37:46