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During Redding's five years with Stax Records, he placed a total of 21 singles on the R&B charts, with another 10 charting in the two-year period following his tragic death, December 10, 1967, in a plane crash.

Warren Willis was a student at Davis High School before he left Yakima in the early 1960s.

A recent news conference turned into an epicenter of controversy recently when Phil Braun made comments comparing Dick Clark, the beloved host of "American Bandstand", "Pyramid", and "Dick Clark's Rockin' New ...

Story Created: Nov 13, 2008 at 2:16 PM EST Story Updated: Nov 13, 2008 at 8:24 PM EST SOUTH BEND &mdash It can be hard to say goodbye, but exciting to say hello.

Fifty years ago Joan Crawford reportly wanted to co-produce a half hour dramatic series in which she would host all 39, star in 20, and use guest stars for the remaining 19.

It was fabulous. And even though things would slow down after the Fab Four showed up, Fabian has a reflective, sanguine sort of fatalism about things.

In May, Jimmy Stewart's hometown threw him a 100th birthday party. On Friday, the party continued in a different town.

Mention the name of John Pela and visions of "Saturday Hop," live from the WWL-TV studios on North Rampart Street, come to mind.

Delmarva DJs add unique voices to the Shore; now it's time to meet the people behind the microphone.

Gene Cotton has reunited his recording and touring band American Ace from the late '70s and early '80s to join him for a reunion concert at Christ United Methodist Church, 508 Franklin Road in Franklin, ...

Mary Anderson moved onto my street during my sophomore year. Her long, dark, curly hair, sleepy coffee-bean eyes and light olive skin appeared exotic, a sharp contrast to the rest of us.

Wednesday, October 08, 2008 R.I.P., Lloyd Thaxton Another L.A. broadcasting legend passes away, this time Lloyd Thaxton , who died Sunday of multiple myeloma.

Cedar Cultural Center's 10th and final Nordic Roots Festival features several heroes of fests past.

Pay Day: Looks like it's payday for R&B singer-songwriter Ne-Yo. A Los Angeles Superior Court judge has ordered a concert promoter to pay $700,000 stemming from a lawsuit filed earlier this year.

The Library of Congress will honor Stevie Wonder with its second Gershwin Prize for Popular Song.

While people were still selling apples on street corners, depression-weary St. Louisans were finding solace in the films of two ritzy dancers, Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.

Dick Matousek has made a career for himself as a private eye. Little did Matousek, a longtime Sioux City professional investigator, know that his detecting skills would come in handy for tracing the tangled web ...

Dancing days are here again, and the TV ratings are soaring. Fox's 'So You Think You Can Dance' lured more than 15 million viewers over two days last week, competing with opening night ceremonies for the ...

Until this day the show had been a local show in Philadelphia since 1952, and afterward would run on national TV for 32 years until 1989.

Two days later Paul Anka was at WFIL singing his soon-to-be hit ''Diana'' and the rock and roll world stood up and took notice.