Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Iconic R&B musician Carl Carlton, known for the hit songs “She’s a Bad Mama Jama (She’s Built, She’s Stacked)” and “Everlasting ...

Using historical Billboard charts and other top song and album lists from the 1970s, Stacker spotlighted 15 of the ...

The 1970s was an interesting time in regard to how the masses chose to label music genres. During this decade, R&B was used as an all-encompassing term to group the styles of soul, funk, and disco.

Pop vocal trio the Bee Gees performing at the Music for UNICEF Concert at the United Nations General Assembly in New York City, January, 1979. The 1970s were an eclectic time for music and cultural ...

Legendary pop/R&B vocalist Roberta Flack, who was launched to stardom in the early ’70s by the Grammy-winning hits “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” and “Killing Me Softly With His Song,” has died ...

R&B in the 1970s was a defining era—one where soul, funk, blues, and disco converged to shape the sound of a generation. Solo stars like Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross, Chaka Khan, and Donna ...

Before crossing over into the more commercial “contemporary” sound of keyboards, synths, and the bass-and-drum pop of the 1980s with the likes of Stephanie Mills, Debarge, and Al B. Sure, 1970s R&B ...

Although bell bottoms and disco didn’t quite survive the ‘70s, many of the decade’s biggest stars are still performing at peak levels. After a bit of whittling and fine-tuning, our team has put ...

Early on in "The Makings of Curtis Mayfield," H.E.R., the 27-year-old R&B pop star who directed the film and appears in it as its interviewer and tour guide, offers a telling observation about her ...

Iconic R&B musician Carl Carlton, known for the hit songs “She’s a Bad Mama Jama (She’s Built, She’s Stacked)” and “Everlasting Love,” has died at 73. His son, Carlton Hudgens II, shared the news of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Legendary pop/R&B vocalist Roberta Flack, who was launched to stardom in the early ’70s by the Grammy-winning hits “The First Time ...