Levon Helm
Levon Helm, the drummer and singer for the Band, has died, Rolling Stone reports. He was 71.
Helm passed away Thursday in New York after a long battle with throat cancer. "He passed away peacefully at 1:30 this afternoon surrounded by his friends and...
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Jerry Lee Lewis
Jerry Lee Lewis is a newlywed for the seventh time, according to CNN.
The "Great Balls of Fire" singer married his cousin Rusty Brown's ex-wife Judith on March 9 Mississippi. But the story doesn't end there. Lewis was previously (and infamously) married to Rusty's sister Myra Gale Brown in 1958 when he was 23 and she was just 13.
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Paul Shaffer
Most people know Paul Shaffer as the bespectacled bandleader on Late Show with David Letterman. What they may not know is that Letterman's sounding board is also the music director for the annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. In 1986, Shaffer's HoF gig got him noticed by HBO, and he was brought on board as music director for an episode of the Cinemax series Sessions. This, however, would be no ordinary concert. Piano legends Fats Domino, Ray Charles and Jerry Lee Lewis would be sharing the stage at New Orleans' vaunted Storyville Ni
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Chuck Berry: Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll and director Taylor Hackford
While Taylor Hackford is best known for directing dramas like An Officer and a Gentleman, The Devil's Advocate and Ray, his documentaries may be some of his most interesting work. After getting his start as an investigative reporter for public television in Los Angeles, the silver-bearded cineaste went on to helm 1987's
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