Taylor Hill/Getty Images; Susan Joy BalinARETHA FRANKLIN The music world lost many major artists in 2018, but perhaps none more beloved or impactful than the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, who died of pancreatic cancer at her
© 2011 Mary McCartneyIn September of 2018, Paul McCartney released Egypt Station, his first album in five years. It became McCartney’s first album to reach #1 on the Billboard 200 since 1982’s Tug of War. Nearly all
Waring Abbott/Getty ImagesRay Sawyer, former lead singer of the pop-rock act Dr. Hook, has died at the age of 81, the Page Six gossip site reports. According to his publicist, Sawyer passed away in Daytona Beach, Florida,
Bobby Helms (Michael Ochs Archives/ Getty Images)The 2018 holiday season has seen a variety of old Christmas hits make history on the Billboard Hot 100, and this week was no exception: Three songs that appear in the
Alex Bailey TM & © 2018 Twentieth Century Fox Film CorporationFor eight years, Queen guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor tried to bring the story of their famous band and its beloved late frontman, Freddie Mercury,
Müller-Schneck/ullstein bild via Getty ImagesJimi Hendrix was honored in 2014 with his own U.S. postage stamp, and now the late guitar legend has had an actual post office named after him near his hometown of Seattle. The
Credit: Jill FurmanovskyPink Floyd drummer Nick Mason has been appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire — or CBE — by Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, as part of the U.K. monarch’s annual New Year’s
Mike Colucci; Austin LordAs the world prepares to celebrate the arrival of 2019, a variety of veteran music acts will ring in the New Year onstage tonight. Among the stars scheduled to play concerts perform on December
Udo Spreitzenbarth; Jeff Dow It’s time to ring in the New Year, and with 2019 arriving at midnight tonight, a couple of well-known musicians have shared their plans for the year with ABC Radio. The Beach Boys
Ben Gibson/Rocket Entertainment; Terry Wyatt; Doltyn SneddenThis year, several legendary pop and rock artists either announced or mounted farewell tours, including Elton John, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Paul Simon, Bob Seger and KISS. In January, Elton held a press