Three days after celebrating his 75th birthday, Billy Bass Nelson, a bassist and guitarist for the groups Parliament and Funkadelic, died.

The long-unavailable 1967 reunion album Together Again from Dion & The Belmonts has returned to streaming, capturing a pivotal moment in the group’s history.

George Clinton, while working as a barber, recruited him. Mr. Nelson went on to name the group and, with his bandmates, to be ...

Billy “Bass” Nelson was 75 years old. Actor Demond Wilson passed away on Jan. 30 in his California home due to complications ...

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There’s something magical about sliding onto a worn vinyl stool at a classic American diner, where the coffee is bottomless and breakfast is served all day. The West Side Diner in Providence stands as ...

More than picking up just a hit, Golden World Records scored a secure foundation in spring 1964 when its release, “(Just Like ...

You’ve probably been sharing music with your kids or grandkids, or walked past walls plastered with Korean boy band posters, and thought: what happened here? Where did the real male stars go? Well, ...

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Short songs were a defining characteristic of pop music in the 1960s. But imagine if these classics were a little longer.

Tommy Steele and Big Mama Thornton are among the most underappreciated classic rock icons in the history of music.

On this day (January 9) in 1968, Loretta Lynn stepped into the Bradley’s Barn studio to record “Fist City.” It was the title track and second single from her 1968 album. In April, it spent a week at ...