The Carpenters (music group)

Frank Pooler dies at 86; choral director mentored the Carpenters

2013-01-25 19:28:00

Frank Pooler, a longtime choral director at Cal State Long Beach who is credited with helping the 1970s pop group the Carpenters develop their signature sound, has died. He was 86. Pooler died Jan. 19 in his Los Alamitos home after a short battle with...

Gil Friesen dies at 75; longtime president of A&M recording label

2012-12-14 19:59:00

A&M Records spent much of the 1960s, '70s and '80s as one of the leading independent labels in the music business, buoyed by a remarkably consistent string of hits from superstar acts, beginning with label co-founder Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass and...

Hal David dies at 91; songwriting partner of Burt Bacharach

2012-09-02 00:00:00

Hal David, the renowned pop music lyricist whose prolific collaboration with composer Burt Bacharach produced a wealth of enduringly memorable hits in the 1960s and early '70s, including "Walk On By," "What the World Needs Now Is Love" and the Oscar-...

Jim McCrary dies at 72; photographer shot Carole King 'Tapestry' cover

2012-05-06 00:00:00

Photographer Jim McCrary was on the verge of shooting one of his most famous images when he stopped to ask singer Carole King if the cat sleeping across the room could be part of the tableau. He remembered the results of a Kodak survey that found...

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...

'The Vow' premiere: Making Channing Tatum, Rachel McAdams cry

2012-02-10 10:32:52

'The Dictator' moves off 'Dark Shadows' release date

2012-04-09 16:39:26

John Lydon, Public Image Ltd. return with first new album in 20 years

2012-04-12 16:38:02

Gladys Horton dies at 65; 'Please Mr. Postman' singer with the Marvelettes

2011-01-28 00:00:00

When a record label's female vocal groups include the Supremes and Martha and the Vandellas, it's easy to see why the Marvelettes are often relegated to footnote status. But the Detroit group has a unique distinction in the saga of Motown Records —...

Elton John & Leon Russell: Keyboard colleagues

2010-10-10 00:00:00

Few people can get away with telling an anecdote about being on safari in Africa and make it sound like a trip to the supermarket. But for Elton John, that's precisely how and where he became inspired to call his keyboard-playing pal Leon Russell after...

Bill Skiles dies at 79; half of the comedy team Skiles and Henderson

2011-05-20 00:00:00

Bill Skiles, the wacky half of the Skiles and Henderson comedy duo, who entertained audiences for five decades with his sound effects, mimicry and improvised musical instruments, died Monday at his home in St. Cloud, Fla. He was 79. The cause was...

The Civil Wars: Marching into the unknown

2011-02-17 16:35:08

The Carpenters Local 201 stands outside Wichita businesses claiming contractors pay unfair wages

2013-02-08 14:38:00

Nominees: "The Carpenters," Avett Brothers "From the Ground Up," John Fulbright "The Lumineers," Lumineers "Babel," Mumford & Sons "Slipstream," Bonnie Raitt Who will win: "Babel," Mumford & Sons Who should win: "Slipstream," Bonnie Raitt Who got shafted: "I Like to Keep Myself in Pain,"

2013-02-07 00:00:00

Scott Smith, of Willington, cuts lumber for a chair rail in one of the auditoriums at the Spotlight Theaters that will open on Front Street in Hartford in early November. Smith works for S.G. Milazzo of Rocky Hill and is a member of Local 43 of the Carpenters Union.

2012-09-21 00:00:00