2025

Roberta Flack, ’70s R&B Vocalist Known for ‘Killing Me Softly,’ Dies at 88

Legendary pop/R&B vocalist Roberta Flack, who was launched to stardom in the early ’70s by the Grammy-winning hits “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” and “Killing Me Softly With His Song,” has died.....Read more

R.I.P. soul and disco star Gwen McCrae

(February 21, 2025) It has been a difficult start to 2025, and it just got more challenging, as we sadly pass on the news of the death of soul and disco star Gwen McCrae. She was 81......Read more

Jerry 'Iceman' Butler DEAD AT 85

Jerry "The Iceman" Butler, a legendary R&B singer and long-time Illinois politician, has died......Read more

‘Long live memories of D Brown’

Songwriter and producer Mikey Bennett remembers the first time that he collaborated with Dennis Brown, affectionately dubbed the Crown Prince of Reggae......Read more

‘Soul Man’ Sam Moore, the Miami R&B legend who sang for six presidents, has died at 89

Sam Moore, the towering tenor of the Sam & Dave soul music duo whose mid-1960s hits “Soul Man” and “Hold On, I’m Comin’ ” soundtracked the lives of countless fans and then heard in film and TV for generations, died Friday at a Miami hospital, his wife Joyce Moore said........Read more

 

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