Marvin Gaye’s cover of “I Heard It Through The Grapevine” peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for seven consecutive weeks. In addition to the Hot 100, it also peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard R&B ...

(He’d been nicknamed Chubby by an employer at a grocery market where he worked, while Clark’s wife Barbara added the Checker surname.) Checker started with “The Class,” a 1959 novelty song ...

As the leader of Sly and the Family Stone, Stone inspired generations of listeners with songs that advocated for unity, ...

Gawrsh, there’s a lot of stimulation going on at GoofyCore, the new limited-time activities area at Epcot that’s part of the ...

Manuel Betancourt is an L.A.-based film critic and culture writer. He’s the author of “Hello Stranger: Musings on Modern ...

Paoli’s Chubby Checker, best known for his monster hit from 1960, “The Twist”, has received his first nomination for induction into Cleveland’s Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, writes Dan DeLuca ...

Among a litany of Billboard Hot 100 milestones and achievements, the first artist to reach number one in a band and later solo may surprise you.

Outkast's Andre 3000 surprised fans with a special pop-up flute performance in a parking lot off Metropolitan Parkway in ...

Lenny Waronker says his that receiving the Ahmet Ertegun Award at this year’s Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony ...

It’s both fascinating and a little invasive feeling to look through what’s on the auction block in “The David Lynch ...

Several of the first-time nominees are nostalgic favorites, including ’60s star Chubby Checker, blues rock singer Joe Cocker and the English rock supergroup Bad Company. Other first-time ...

As previously reported, Soundgarden will join Bad Company, Chubby Checker, Joe Cocker, Cyndi Lauper, Outkast and the White Stripes as part of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s 2025 induction ...