As the drummer and one of the lead singers for The Band, Levon Helm helped drive a roots rock revival that’s still going strong today.
Born 1940
-
-
When Kenyan activist Wangari Maathai died last year, she still had work to do.
-
Gray’s silky tenor also was heard on other hits including “The In Crowd” in 1965.
-
At the very top of Comedy Central’s list of all-time greatest stand-up comedians, the funniest of them all, is Richard Pryor.
-
-
Though he’s remembered as a protest singer, Phil Ochs preferred to think of himself as a ‘singing journalist.’ On what would have been his 70th birthday, we share some of …
-
Since John Lennon was murdered outside a New York apartment building on Dec. 8, 1980, there’s been no shortage of fictional Lennons, with IMDB listing no fewer than 33 movies and television …
-
Bruce Lee was the most influential martial artist of the 20th century. In honor of his birthday, we present some of his most memorable scenes.
-
He was called the “King of Rock and Soul.”
-
Anthony Rolfe Johnson became an opera star despite not even being able to read music at age 30…