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Known for his liquid bass tones and flawless diction, he appeared in 88 roles, many of them comic, over 1,672 performances at the Metropolitan Opera. Paul Plishka, an American singer [...]

Byline: Catherine Shoard Take That will perform the single Greatest Day at the Bafta film awards later this month, while the actor Jeff Goldblum will play piano during the in [...]

Byline: Daniel Lavelle Fans of the singer Linda Nolan have gathered as her funeral took place in Blackpool. People applauded as a hearse, carrying a pink glittery coffin lined with [...]

The singer, who died on Thursday at 78, spent decades in the spotlight exercising a very specific and subversive power. In March 1964, at a swinging London party, Marianne Faithfull [...]

A fresh-faced singer in the 1960s, she went on to experience more than her share of hard times before emerging triumphant in the '70s. Marianne Faithfull, who went from being [...]

Byline: By, Kerri-Ann Roper and Casey Cooper-Fiske PA Marianne Faithfull, the renowned singer and actress, has passed away at the age of 78, according to a spokesperson. Known for hits [...]

Byline: By, Kerri-Ann Roper & Holly Clarke Marianne Faithfull has died at the age of 78. The singer and actress rose to fame in the 1960s for her song 'As [...]

Byline: By, Zoe Delaney Sir Mick Jagger has paid tribute to his ex-girlfriend Marianne Faithfull following her death at the age of 78 being announced on Thursday night. The Rolling [...]

Byline: By, Zara Woodcock Marianne Faithfull, best known for the song As Tears Go By, has passed away aged 78. A spokesperson said of Marianne, who was often dubbed as [...]

Byline: Graeme Tiffany My friend Bill Cox, who has died aged 83, was a youth worker and founder member of the Federation for Detached Youth Work. He worked for more [...]

Byline: By, Joel Leaver The musician Barry Goldberg, who was involved in a career defining performance by Bob Dylan, has died. It's been announced that keyboardist Barry passed away, aged [...]

Byline: Chris Wiegand The actor Joan Plowright, who was celebrated for her long career in theatre and film, has died at the age of 95, her family have announced. Plowright [...]

Byline: [CREDIT]ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK -- Anita Bryant, a former Miss Oklahoma, Grammy-nominated singer and prominent booster of orange juice and other products who became known over the second half [...]

Byline: Anthony Hayward In 1971, when the BBC chat show Parkinson began, its host, Michael Parkinson, asked his friend Laurie Holloway to be the musical director. 'I unfortunately had to [...]

Byline: Brian Murphy Sam Moore, whose vocals added punch and spunk to the electrifying musical duo Sam & Dave that powered through the 1960s with hits including 'Soul Man' and [...]

Byline: By, Daniel Bird Peter Yarrow has died after battling bladder cancer. The singer-songwriter, best known as one-third of folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary, passed away on Tuesday, aged [...]

Byline: Laura Snapes Peter Yarrow, vocalist with US folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary, has died aged 86. The cause was bladder cancer, which Yarrow had been battling for four [...]

Byline: By, Demetria Osei-Tutu & Zara Woodcock Brenton Wood, the singer famed for his 1967 hit The Oogum Boogum Song, has passed away at the age of 83. The beloved [...]

Byline: By, Mia O'Hare & Lauren Haughey & Mia O'Hare Wayne Osmond, a member of the iconic music group The Osmonds, has passed away aged 73. He died peacefully on [...]

Byline: Kelsey Ables Wayne Osmond, a singer, guitarist and a founding member of the Osmonds family band, has died. He was 73. His brothers Donny and Merrill Osmond wrote on [...]

Byline: By, Mia O'Hare The Osmonds star Wayne Osmond has passed away at the age of 73, his family confirmed. He died on New Year's Day, leaving behind a legacy [...]

Byline: By, Mia O'Hare Singer Wayne Osmond has died at the age of 73. The Osmonds star's family has confirmed he died on New Year's Day. 'Wayne Osmond, beloved husband [...]

He was a founding member of the family pop group, whose slew of hits in the 1970s included the No. 1 record “One Bad Apple.” Wayne Osmond, an original member [...]

Byline: Adrian Horton Wayne Osmond, the smooth baritone of pop group the Osmond Brothers and later the Osmonds, has died at the age of 73. Osmond died at a hospital [...]

Byline: Sian Cain Australian country music singer Chad Morgan, who was known as the 'Sheik of Scrubby Creek' after one of his most famous songs, has died aged 91. Known [...]

The Barrett Sisters were a Chicago institution, known for their tight harmonies and joyful performances. She was the last one standing. Rodessa Barrett Porter, the last living member of the [...]

Byline: John Keenan Richard Perry, who has died aged 82 from cardiac arrest, was one of the most successful record producers of the last 50 years. Among his best known [...]

Byline: Naveen Kumar If you needed to pay a stranger to call you, you could hardly have done better than a voice like Linda Lavin's. That was the premise of [...]

Byline: Guardian sport Puerto Rican boxer Paul Bamba has died at the age of 35, his manager, the R&B singer Shaffer 'Ne-Yo' Smith, announced Friday. The news comes less than [...]

Byline: Mick O'Hare Syd Hynes, who has died aged 80 after a short illness, gained notoriety by becoming the first player to be sent off in rugby league's Challenge Cup [...]

She sang the famous refrain ''Le freak, c'est chic'' on one of the biggest hits of the disco era and was a sought-after vocalist for many prominent artists. Alfa Anderson, [...]

Byline: By, Mia O'Hare Punk rock icon Casey Chaos has died at the age of 59. Cleopatra Records founder Brian Perera confirmed the news of the lead singer of band [...]

Byline: Katie Cornthwaite My uncle, Jeremy Walker, who has died aged 67 of cancer, dedicated his life to inspiring young musicians and performers. As director of music at Westminster Under [...]

Byline: Francis Harvey My father, David Harvey, was a classics lecturer at Exeter University who co-founded and chaired the Exeter Bach Choir. An accomplished musician, primarily a pianist and organist, [...]

Byline: John Fordham A squint through the metal fence around Martial Solal's tree-shrouded villa, in Chatou, the suburb of Paris known as the ' ville des impressionistes ', could have [...]

Byline: Harrison Smith Ángela Álvarez, who died Dec. 6 at 97, always dreamed of becoming a professional singer. Growing up in Cuba before the revolution, she played the piano and [...]

As ambassador to Thailand and Turkey, and later as president of the Carnegie Endowment, he pushed for making human rights central to foreign policy. Morton I. Abramowitz, a longtime U.S. [...]

His dozens of songs included ''Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien,'' a powerful anthem of redemptive love that became one of Piaf's signature songs. Charles Dumont, who wrote the music for [...]

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican musical legend Paquita la del Barrio, known for her powerful voice and fierce defense of women, died at her home in Veracruz early Monday at [...]

Byline: Jennifer Hauser, CNN (CNN) -- Atlanta (CNN) — Singer, song writer and actress Marianne Faithfull has died, her spokesperson confirmed to CNN Thursday. 'It is with deep sadness that [...]

Byline: Telegraph Obituaries Claire van Kampen, who has died from cancer aged 71, was a pianist, composer and playwright who made arrangements of Tudor-era music for the BBC TV series [...]

Byline: Catherine Wu By Catherine Wu Published Jan. 13, 2025, 11:45 p.m., last updated Jan. 13, 2025, 11:46 p.m. William 'Bill' Mahrt Ph.D. '69, associate professor of music since 1980, [...]

Byline: KAREN BUTLER Jan. 11 (UPI) -- Beloved R&B singer Sam Moore has died at the age of 89. His wife and longtime manager, Joyce Moore, told The New York [...]

NEW YORK (AP) — Anita Bryant, a former Miss Oklahoma, Grammy-nominated singer and prominent booster of orange juice and other products who became known over the second half of her [...]