Male Black singers from the 50s ... which also included elements of jazz, soul, and gospel. Those innovations were recognized with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1987 for outstanding ...

Jerry Butler, a premier soul singer of the 1960s and ... part of the era’s “Great Migration” of Black people out of the South. He loved all kinds of music as a child and was a good enough ...

Angie Stone, the legendary singer-songwriter and pioneering force in R&B, neo-soul and hip-hop, has passed away at the age of ...