Alexi Cory-Smith, co-founder and CEO of London-based catalog firm Bella Figura Music, and formerly an executive at BMG’s U.K. division, has died. She was 58. Related...
Before Alicia Keys was a girl on fire, she was just a teenager who only needed someone to believe in her — and Clive Davis was...
Jimmy Swaggart, who was among the most successful televangelists in the U.S. in the 1980s, died Tuesday (July 1) at the age of 90. He died...
Bobby Sherman, one of the top teen idols of late 1960s and early ’70s, died after a battle with kidney cancer, his wife, Brigitte Poublon, announced...
Cavin Yarbrough, half of the 1980s R&B duo Yarbrough & Peoples, has died at the age of 72. The singer-musician-producer passed away on Thursday (June 19)...
Patrick Walden, former guitarist for the British rock band Babyshambles, has died at the age of 46. The band, fronted by Pete Doherty, announced Walden’s passing...
Ananda Lewis, who had a celebrated run on MTV as a veejay and as the host of shows including Total Request Live and Hot Zone, has...
Alf Clausen, the Emmy-winning composer whose music provided essential accompaniment for the animated antics of The Simpsons for 27 years, has died. His daughter Kaarin Clausen told...
Ronald Fenty, the father of Rihanna, has reportedly died at the age of 70. Fenty passed away following a brief illness, according to Starcom Network News,...
Veteran music journalist Gerry Wood died on Saturday (May 3) in Inverness, Fla. He was 87. Wood was Billboard’s Nashville bureau chief and country editor in 1980 when...