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Etta James dies at 73; acclaimed blues and R&B singer

2012-01-20 16:06:00

Etta James, the earthy blues and R&B singer whose anguished vocals convinced generations of listeners that she would rather go blind than see her love leave, then communicated her joy upon finding that love at last, died Friday. She was 73. She died at...

Ledisi, Questlove, Mark Bradford pay tribute to Diana Ross

2012-02-10 11:06:03

Gene McDaniels dies at 76; pop singer and songwriter

2011-08-02 00:00:00

Gene McDaniels, who emerged as a pop singing star in the early 1960s with hits such as "A Hundred Pounds of Clay" and "Tower of Strength" and a decade later wrote Roberta Flack's No. 1 hit "Feel Like Makin' Love," has died. He was 76. McDaniels, whose...

Live review: Katy Perry at the Nokia Theatre

2011-08-06 16:37:25

Live review: Adele, Wanda Jackson at the Greek Theatre

2011-08-16 16:35:48

Russ Courtnall, Paris Vaughan seek buyer for Thousand Oaks home

2011-08-25 11:10:00

Former professional hockey player Russ Courtnall and his wife, actress Paris Vaughan, have listed their home in Thousand Oaks for sale at $8.5 million. The Lake Sherwood house, completed in 2010, has 8,450 square feet on a single level. The modern...

Fayrene 'Faye' Treadwell dies at 84; former Drifters manager

2011-06-02 00:00:00

Fayrene "Faye" Treadwell, the former manager of the Drifters who won a longtime legal battle to stop promoters from infringing on the classic rhythm-and-blues vocal group's trademark name, has died. She was 84. Treadwell, one of the first female...

Bill Cosby, jazz connoisseur

2011-06-08 16:33:26

Hot Property: Singing over a 'bird street' sale

2011-09-10 00:00:00

Christina Aguilera has sold her Sunset Strip-area house for $4,653,815. The Midcentury Modern, built in 1960, is in the celebrity-populated "bird streets." The 6,500-square-foot post-and-beam house has a recording studio, a screening room and walls of...

Critic's Notebook: Who really owns Gershwin?

2011-05-01 00:00:00

"Who says that only Americans know how to play Gershwin?" asks Gramophone magazine this month as it hails a new Gershwin CD from the Leipzig Gewandhaus, the German orchestra that calls itself the world's oldest. "By this time possibly nobody," the British...

Herman Leonard dies at 87; photographer chronicled mid-century jazz scene

2010-08-16 00:00:00

Herman Leonard, a photographer best known for his iconic images of such jazz greats as Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington and Miles Davis, has died. He was 87. Leonard died Saturday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, a family spokeswoman said. No...

George Shearing dies at 91; jazz pianist

2011-02-15 00:00:00

George Shearing, the elegant pianist who expanded the boundaries of jazz by adding an orchestral sensibility and a mellow aesthetic to the music, has died. He was 91. Shearing died Monday of congestive heart failure at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York,...

Thomas Saunders is the coordinator of the Carr's Beach Id Project at Walbrook Library. He is pictured in his home with a lot of Baltimore memorabilia.

2011-10-12 00:00:00

In an undated photo, Lena Horne makes a radio appearance. Critic Don Heckman has said that Horne was "one of the legendary divas of popular music" a singer who "belonged in the pantheon of great female artists that includes Ethel Waters, Billie Holiday , Ella Fitzgerald , Sarah Vaughan and Carmen

2010-05-10 13:46:42