The R&B world has had its share of heartbreak in 2025. And, sadly, another legend’s name has joined the list of those lost in 2025. As the clock quickly winds down on this year, the following is a ...

Carlton was known as “Little Carl” in the mid-1960s when he began his career. He released hits Don’t You Need a Boy Like Me ...

In 1973, James Brown formed an unlikely friendship with the Rev. Al Sharpton, who he met when Sharpton was a young civil ...

The 1960s was a decade of extreme cultural change, and its music captured every bit of the turbulence, hope, rebellion, […] ...

As a member of Stax Records' Booker T. & the M.G.'s, Cropper helped create some of the most important Southern soul music of the '60s. He died Dec. 3. Originally broadcast in 1990.

Holiday playlists change every year, but a handful of Christmas records from the 1950s and 1960s still feel like the season’s ...

Steve Cropper, the lean, soulful guitarist and songwriter who helped anchor the celebrated Memphis backing band Booker T. and the M.G.'s at Stax Records and co-wrote the classics Green Onions, (Sittin ...

Pat Mitchell Worley, president and CEO of the Soulsville Foundation, said Cropper's family told her that Cropper died on Wednesday in Nashville. The foundation operates the Stax Museum of American ...

Steve Cropper, the Rock & Rock Hall of Fame guitarist, singer and producer who helped define the “Memphis soul” sound with ...

Steve Cropper, the influential guitarist and songwriter behind some of soul music's most enduring hits, has died at the age of 84.