Today in Music History for March 26: In 1827, composer Ludwig van Beethoven died in Vienna at the age of 57. His works bridged the classical and romantic periods and brought a new depth and emotional ...

Roberta Flack, the R&B singer behind the landmark hits 'The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face' and 'Killing Me Softly With His ...

With Elton John competing for a possible third Oscar on Sunday, March 2, here’s a look at other Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees who’ve won Academy Awards for Best Original Song.

With the first song from his Personal Best, Mould spins us around and removes the blindfold on the darkness of 2025. But gradually we reverse through forty years of music – tracing confident, ...

Roberta Flack, the singer-songwriter behind the landmark hits 'The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face' and 'Killing Me Softly With His Song,' dies. She was 88.

Homophobia was rife, the growing AIDS epidemic ... classics from 1980 to 1989 as well as songs many of us may have forgotten about or even never heard before. For the album, which released its ...

Ms. Flack’s 1969 debut album, “First Take,” contained “The ... and true to my own experience,” Ms. Flack told The Washington Post in 1989. “I am a Black person who sings the way ...

DeBarge released its debut album in 1981, though it didn’t reach ... Soon after Bobby and Chico’s arrests, DeBarge disbanded for good in 1989. Sadly, the family would go on to suffer even ...

Charleson was beloved by fans and used her celebrity to support charities for breast cancer, cystic fibrosis, and AIDS awareness ... a comeback with the 1979 album "Broken English," which earned ...

and Harvey Mason came together on the song that would close Minnie Riperton’s final studio album. Billboard praised the track’s “superlative rhythm bed.” In 1989, Harvey Mason contributed ...

Matthew Sweet was born in Nebraska in 1964, and drew inspiration from the British Invasion bands dominating the charts just ...