Louis Armstrong was more than just a jazz pioneer. The incredibly talented musician also had a peculiar habit, one that made his life what's been described as "one of the most well documented private lives of any American artist."
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The Doobie Brothers have won Grammy Awards, sold nearly 50 million records, and been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Here's their story.
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In his book, Lawrence recounts adventures and death-defying self-mythologizing during his time as a British intelligence officer working to take down the Ottoman Empire during World War I. Thanks to the 1962 film starring Peter O'Toole, it's even more difficult to separate fact from fiction.
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Everyone needs a little help from their friends. Even a legend like Ella Fitzgerald. The singer gained popularity in the 1940s, performing jazz and classics in small clubs. But despite her talent, racial barriers and her looks held back her career. Until she became friends with Marilyn Monroe.
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As one of the first all-female rock bands, The Runaways proved to the world that women could rock as hard as men could.
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Starr married his first wife, Maureen Starkey, in 1965 after Maureen found out she was pregnant, and the two remained together for a decade. But what happened?
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There was one accomplishment that Armstrong's biographers believed he never achieved: fatherhood. But in 2012, a woman from Florida put that belief in doubt.
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Following the death of Garcia in 1995, the surviving members had made a point of retiring the name The Grateful Dead in their band mate's honor, according to CNN, with the group performing under names such as The Other Ones in the years after, until deciding in 2003 to bill themselves as The Dead.
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The pair put out hit song after hit song, including "It's Gonna Work Out" and "Poor Fool." Tina and Ike worked with record producer Phil Spector. The duo covered "Proud Mary," announcing their entrance into the pop world. But underneath all that success was a marriage that was becoming a nightmare.
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Armstrong described Capone as "a nice, little cute fellow, like some professor who has just come out of college to teach." But Louis would eventually find himself with other dangerous players in the seedy criminal underworld of the Roaring Twenties.
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The Village People made some of the happiest music ever, with hits like "Y.M.C.A." Here are the tragic stories of the individuals behind the Village People.
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It seems to be a common situation within the world of A-list celebrities: lots of rock stars want to be movie stars, and lots of movie stars want to be rock stars. It turns out that even Keanu Reeves couldn't resist the urge to walk off the soundstage and onto the arena stage.
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Polyandry, when a woman takes two or more husbands, has been found in many cultures throughout history. In the 18th and 19th century, for instance, women in China ruled the roost and sometimes took more than one husband. Who knew the 1800s could be so progressive?
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A concert ought to be a fun night out, but occasionally, the entertainment fades and tragedy emerges. Here are several times fans died at concerts.
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Generations have given rap their own spin, evolving their techniques and the sound of the music in the process. Can it really be fair to compare the early innovators to those more technically advanced who emerged decades later, thanks to the influence of those that came before them?
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Dave Grohl has managed to use his success to move around into oceanfront properties, including his new house in Hawaii during the pandemic.
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Led Zeppelin was set to play a show in Copenhagen, Denmark. They'd made an important Danish enemy in the past: Eva Von Zeppelin.
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Although the broadcast honored the truly big names in country music who died this year, such as Charlie Daniels, Mac Davis, and Kenny Rogers, the show failed to mention three other legends that country music lost in 2020: John Prine, Jerry Jeff Walker, and Billy Joe Shaver.
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The multi-talented singer and songwriter Kenny Rogers worked in the music business for over six decades, achieving international success with hits like "Lucille," "Islands In The Stream," and of course, his iconic single, "The Gambler." This is how Kenny Rogers' music career started.
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The Bee Gees are musical legends who made their mark in the 1970s, becoming prime artists of the disco era. This is the tragic real-life story of the Bee Gees.
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Kelly, born George Kelly Barnes in 1895, started his life of crime as a bootlegger. He was the last person you'd think would become a criminal. Born to a relatively wealthy family in Memphis, Tennessee, he attended Mississippi State University (some records said he went to Mississippi A&M).
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As Karen Carpenter struggled to overcome her eating disorders, she found love -- or so she thought.
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Kehew has the dream job of occasionally being allowed into the Warner Bros. vault where the label keeps its decades of musical recordings. The warehouse, "this Indiana Jones-sized place," is full of recordings of musicians ranging from Jimi Hendrix to Madonna to Green Day and, of course, Van Halen.
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Nina Simone is known as one of the most prolific vocalists and pianists of 20th-century American music. This is Nina Simone's tragic real-life story.
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Huey Lewis & the News were the kings of music for a few precious years in the 1980s. Here's a look at the real-life story of Huey Lewis.
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Musician Lenny Kravitz is known for producing several hit albums such as Are You Gonna Go My Way. Here are just a few fascinating facts about his life.
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John Phillips lead the iconic '60s group Mamas & the Papas. Underneath all the glitz and glamour, however, was immense turmoil, pain, and a lot of darkness.
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