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Broadway-bound ‘Personality’ opens in Chicago. Lloyd Price changed pop music but do people remember...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 11 months agoIn 1953, a year before Bill Haley’s “Rock Around the Clock,” 19-year-old Lloyd Price sat down at the piano at the Fish ‘n’ Fry, a popular Kenner, Louisiana, sandwich joint owned by his mother ...
Hank Aaron, Bob Dole, Cicely Tyson, John Madden: Remembering notables who died in 2021
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSocial influencers, for good or sometimes bad, have been with us long before Instagram and TikTok...
Review: ‘Personality: The Lloyd Price Musical’ has a story worth hearing and songs from the early...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 10 months agoFor anyone who cares about the provision of live and classy nights out on Michigan Avenue, “Personality: The Lloyd Price Musical” is a very positive development this summer. Not only do theatergoers ...
Our Chicago theater top 10 for summer 2023: From a Pinter play to ‘The Who’s Tommy’
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 11 months agoFrom a Pinter play to the music of Lloyd Price to the kid who sure plays a mean pinball, Chicago theater has enough excitement to rival NASCAR or Lolla this summer without any need to close ...
Today in History: May 3, Margaret Thatcher elected
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoToday in History Today is Tuesday, May 3, the 123rd day of 2022. There are 242 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On May 3, 1979, Conservative Party leader Margaret Thatcher ...
Art Rupe, whose Specialty record label made a star of Little Richard and launched the career of Sam...
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 2 years agoArt Rupe, who has died aged 104, was not prone to creating a legend around himself, but he was one...
Gris-gris enigma: can a new posthumous release shed light on the elusive genius of Dr John?
The Guardian via Yahoo News UK· 2 years agoHow did a middle-class white kid break into New Orleans’ feverish 1950s R&B scene and enjoy a wildly...