As we head into December 2025, both Brenda Lee and Bobby Helms are in the Top 5 on Billboard’s Holiday 100 — for 1958’s ...

For all the nay-sayers and Scrooges out there, Christmas pop is an annual scourge of the high street and TV advertising from ...

If you're noticing a pattern, it's because the best Christmas songs do indeed fall into the specific subgenre "divas singing about wanting their lover for Christmas". "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home ...

Meghan Markle posted a video on Instagram this week in which the Duchess of Sussex showcases her personal playlist of ...

This Day in History: December 10, 1967, Soul musician, South Georgian dies in plane crash DAWSON, Ga. (WALB) - On December 10 ...

The death of Booker T. & the M.G.s’ guitarist Steve Cropper is something of an end of an era for soul and rock and roll.

The British band Fine Young Cannibals seemingly disappeared at the height of success -- a double-platinum album and ...

Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers popularised a song that was covered by singers ranging from James Brown to Bruce Springsteen ...

Steve Cropper, who got his start at Stax Records in Memphis, would ultimately help define the sound of soul music.

The Jane Barnes Band is back on the road with Jimmy and Mahalia Barnes, performing across five Australian states in 2026.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Steve Cropper, the lean, soulful guitarist and songwriter who helped anchor the celebrated Memphis backing band Booker T. and the M.G.’s at Stax Records and co-wrote the classics ...