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Irrfan Khan, Chadwick Boseman: The stars we lost in 2020, in their own words SECTIONS Irrfan Khan, Chadwick Boseman: The stars we lost in 2020, in their own wordsNew York Times Last Updated: Dec 28, 2020, 12:13 PM IST Share Agencies The artists on this list could help us better understand the time we’re living through, or at least help us get through it with a smile or cathartic cry. It’s always difficult to lose a favorite actor or a beloved musician. But in 2020, a year of crisis upon cr...

The music that got these Bostonians through 2020 By James Sullivan Globe correspondent,Updated December 28, 2020, 3:53 p.m. Email to a Friend YolaWilly Sanjuan/Invision/AP If music is what feelings sound like, then here’s hoping you had more than your share of music in your life this year. Because we were all up in our feelings. Whether it was that one certain song, a beloved old album as comforting as mashed potatoes, or a playlist that matched your frustration or lifted you out of it, yo...

One of those lives was Bronx rapper  Fred The Godson. Many were also concerned about the future of music artists this year after months of shootings and deaths that claimed the lives of promising artists such as late Brooklyn rapper  Pop Smoke and other legendary artists.  On a brighter note, 2020 also saw a mixture of misunderstood artists in the music industry and formerly underrated artists get recognition, including  Lil Baby and Meanwhile, musicians such as  Teyana Taylor�...

The Recording Academy has unveiled the 29 recordings that will be ushered into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2021, and several legendary country acts are in the mix. Kenny Rogers "The Gambler" single recording is on the list, as is Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris Trio album. The signature hit of a legendary, cross-genre career, Rogers "The Gambler" came out in 1978. Songwriter Don Schlitz wrote the song two years prior, and country legend Bobby Bare also cut a version before Roger...

By Keefer Dec 21, 2020 1970 - A stretch limousine carrying Elvis Presley pulled up outside the White House in Washington, D.C. The driver handed over a letter from Elvis addressed to President Nixon requesting a meeting to discuss how the King of Rock and Roll could help Nixon fight drugs. The President agreed to give Presley a Narcotics Bureau badge - but only after learning that the chief of the narcotics bureau had turned down the same request earlier that day and told Presley the only pers...

The Artists We Lost in 2020, in Their Words Dec. 22, 2020 It’s always difficult to lose a favorite actor or a beloved musician. But in 2020, a year of crisis upon crisis, some of those losses were especially painful, brought on by a pandemic that killed hundreds of thousands of people in the United States alone. The artists on this list could help us better understand the time we’re living through, or at least help us get through it with a smile or cathartic cry. Here is a tribute to them, ...

Trio (1987) Hot Buttered Soul by Isaac Hayes. “We are proud to announce this years diverse roster of Grammy Hall of Fame inductees and to recognise recordings that have shaped our industry and inspires music-makers of tomorrow," said Harvey Mason Jr, interim president and chief executive of the Recording Academy. "Each recording has had a significant impact on our culture, and it is an honour to add them to our distinguished catalogue." Here are five other songs inducted into the 2021 Grammy...

GRAMMY Hall Of Fame Welcomes Iconic Recordings As Their 2021 Inductions Inductees include Bruce Springsteen, We Are The World, and Dont Stop Believing.by TV News Desk Today the Recording Academy® welcomes the 2021 inductees for the distinguished GRAMMY Hall Of Fame®, continuing its ongoing commitment to preserving and celebrating timeless recordings. This years additions recognize a diverse range of both single and album recordings at least 25 years old that exhibit qualitative or historical...

Recordings by Irma Thomas, Dr. John named to Grammy Hall of Fame Dr. Johns 1973 album "In the Right Place" and Irma Thomas 1964 recording of "Time Is On My Side" have been added to the Grammy Hall of Fame. Credit: AP Author: Dominic Massa / WWL-TV Updated: 10:41 AM CST December 21, 2020 NEW ORLEANS — Recordings by New Orleans music legends Irma Thomas and Dr. John have been named to the Grammy Hall of Fame by the Recording Academy. The 2021 Hall of Fame inducte...

What do Dr. John’s “In the Right Place” album, Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin’,” the Village People’s “Y.M.C.A.,” the Beastie Boys’ “License to Ill” and the Irma Thomas version of “Time Is On My Side” have in common? The Grammy Hall of Fame, which now includes more than 1,100 works, honors recordings with “qualitative or historical significance.” To be eligible for consideration by the nominating committee...