He played the trumpet with Lionel Hampton, produced albums ('Thriller'), songs ("We Are the World," "It's My Party"), films ('The Color Purple') and TV shows ('Fresh Prince of Bel-Air'), scored movies ...

The Cure's long-awaited album dropped on Friday, and the CD and vinyl versions quickly rose to the top of Amazon's best-selling list.

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Quincy Jones' historic career ranged from producing Michael Jackson’s record-setting “Thriller” to prize-winning film and ...

In 2008, the final episode of “Total Request Live” aired on MTV. The show was revived in 2017.

Quincy Jones, who expanded the American songbook as a musician, composer and producer and shaped some of the biggest stars and most memorable songs in the second half ... and immense pride in knowing ...

Back in 2012, the pop star explained how a black-and-white photo of two people from decades ago inspired her to write the upbeat love song ... ‘50s and ‘60s,” she told The Wall Street ...

Who could have imagined that a simple article in The New York Times would set off a chain reaction that solidified The ...

Patti Smith Group guitarist Lenny Kaye is “Celebrating 60 Years of Rock & Roll & Literature” with a solo show Nov. 8 at Small ...

Don Henley’s melancholy, uncanny ‘The Boys of Summer’ might be the ultimate song of the 1980s, says Toby Manning ...

In Saturday's GI Maker's Mark Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf at Del Mar, the Europeans come to town riding a five-year win ...

Released in 1962, " Monster Mash " was inspired by the novelty "dance craze" songs of the early 60s. Pickett, a horror film enthusiast, did an impression of Boris Karloff (famous for playing ...