Ivory Joe wrote and released “Empty Arms” in 1957. It reached No. 2 on the Billboard R&B chart. More than a decade later, country singer Sonny James took the song to No. 1 in the early 1970s. James ...

These one-hit wonders from the 1970s have tragic backstories that just might break your heart. I know mine sure did.

As the pioneering frontman of the legendary group Sly & the Family Stone, Sly Stone, who died Monday (June 9) at age 82, blazed a trail that merged funk and R&B with tastes of rock and soul for an ...

I could easily get addicted to live albums, perhaps I am already. I know some people don’t rate them at all. Often they tend ...