By Melinda Newman Aretha Franklin’s estate ... decisions about her own body,” the song’s “Freedom” refrain plays. Billboard has learned that Franklin’s estate reached out to the ...

Songs turning 50 that are as amazing today as they were in 1974 Steely Dan - “Rikki Don't Lose That Number” This one came ...

Quincy Jones, who passed away Sunday, helped produce Michael Jackson’s albums “Off The Wall,” “Thriller,” and “Bad.” ...

We came from the school where we didn't think about money or fame, just being a great musician," Jones said.Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. The ...

Told in four different New Year's Eves in the mid 1960s, John, Terry, Debbie, Steve and Laurie deal with adulthood, the Vietnam war, peace rallies, and relationships. Woody Allen hosts a ...

A year later, Aretha Franklin noted its ... “O Mary Don’t You Weep,” which was an inspiration for “Bridge Over Troubled Water,” is a song that has also been widely recorded, including ...

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Acclaimed vocalist Thomas Claxton has assembled another supergroup of music industry session legends for his latest “Me, Myself, & Us” concert series. Drummer Steve Ferrone, bassist Will Lee, and ...

A Smithsonian curator reflects back on the artistic legend, a "Renaissance man" with 28 Grammys to his name, who died Sunday ...

Everyone knows Jones helped Jackson. The producer also made great records for Chaka Khan, George Benson and plenty other ...

The ten songs here don’t touch upon all the territory Houston ... “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman,” Aretha Franklin (1967) Arriving toward the end of a remarkable year that saw ...