Tag: singer

(AURN News) — R&B singer Freddie Jackson, best known for the 1985 hit “You Are My Lady,” died Monday night at 70,…

(AURN News) — Mighty Sparrow, the Trinidadian singer, songwriter and guitarist known as the “king of calypso,” died Sunday at a hospital…

(AURN News) — Rosalind Ashford, an original member of Martha and the Vandellas, has died at 83, according to The Hollywood Reporter.…

(AURN News) — On Sept. 8, 1965, the world lost Dorothy Dandridge, a groundbreaking actress, singer and dancer who helped change the…

(AURN News) — Grammy-winning jazz vocalist Cassandra Wilson, a native of Jackson, Mississippi, has died at 70, according to WLBT. Jackson Mayor…

(AURN News) — On this day 25 years ago, the music world lost Aaliyah, one of R&B’s most influential young stars. On…

(AURN News) — On June 25, 2009, the world lost one of its most iconic entertainers when Michael Jackson died at age…

(AURN News) — According to The New York Times, Clarence Carter, the Southern soul singer and guitarist known for lust-filled hits like…

(AURN News) — On this day 45 years ago, May 11, 1981, singer-songwriter Robert Nesta “Bob” Marley died from skin cancer at…

With hits like “Wait For Love,” “Here and Now,” “Power of Love/Love Power” and “Don’t Want to Be a Fool,” Vandross became…

(AURN News) — Babyface, born Kenneth Edmonds on April 10, 1959, turns 67 today, and his impact on music is undeniable. Born…

(AURN News) — On this day, April 9, 1898, trailblazer Paul Robeson was born in Princeton, New Jersey. One of the most…