Join Grammy-winning superstar Babyface for his All White Soul Sessions in Gauteng this weekend, featuring classic hits and a ...

They came from two very different worlds. The couple that wrote one of Aretha Franklin’s greatest songs never met the singer who would turn the composition into a classic. Carol Joel Klein—later to ...

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Born JoAnne Deborah Byron in 1947 into a family of strivers in Queens, she split her time between her mother’s home in New ...

Carlton is best known for his 1981 single, a grooving ode to the female form that's enjoyed a long life in popular culture.

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The United States government called her one of the world’s most-wanted terrorists. Assata Shakur called herself a ...

The failed expedition was one of the grimmest chapters in the history of Arctic exploration. Researchers aim to shed light on its mysterious fate. On paper, the expedition seemed to lack for little.