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In 1965, a professional recording was made at the 5-4 Ballroom in Watts, Los Angeles; the recording documented the powerhouse Stax Revue. The recordings sat unissued until 1991-92 when Stax […]

KT Tunstall Scotland-born and Grammy-nominated musician, singer and songwriter KT Tunstall burst onto the scene in 2004 with a bravura and revolutionary solo performance on popular UK program Later… With […]

Davy Jones was – and remains, nearly 14 years after his death – best known as one of The Monkees. The “prefab four” were television and recording stars, with a […]

Three Los Angeles musicians – Gene Clark, David Crosby and Jim (later Roger) McGuinn – started playing together in 1964 as a folk trio. Expanding to a quintet and taking […]

Among his myriad achievements, Ray Charles was the consummate crossover artist. Across the scope of his lengthy career, he made music in a wide variety of styles: r&b, rock ‘n’ […]