Mickey Gilley, Who Helped Inspire ‘Urban Cowboy,’ Dies At 86

Loretta Lynn ad Mickey Gilley performed a duet at the Academy of Country Music Awards in 1976.

NEW YORK (AP) — Country star Mickey Gilley, whose namesake Texas honky-tonk inspired the 1980 film “Urban Cowboy” and a nationwide wave of Western-themed nightspots, has died. He was 86. Gilley died Saturday in Branson, […]

Mickey Gilley, who helped inspire ‘Urban Cowboy,’ dies at 86 : NPR

Mickey Gilley, who helped inspire 'Urban Cowboy,' dies at 86 : NPR

Singer Mickey Gilley in 2015 at the 50th Academy of Country Music Awards. Jason Merritt/TERM/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Jason Merritt/TERM/Getty Images Singer Mickey Gilley in 2015 at the 50th Academy of Country Music […]

Tove Lo’s “No One Dies from Love”: Stream the New Single

Tove Lo's "No One Dies from Love": Stream the New Single

Tove Lo is back today with the new single “No One Dies from Love.” Co-written with her frequent collaborator Ludvig Söderberg, the sizzling dance floor anthem arrives with an eye-catching music video. Punctuated by staggering […]

Harold Livingston, risk-taking pilot and Hollywood screenwriter who helped Israel get on its feet, dies

Harold Livingston, risk-taking pilot and Hollywood screenwriter who helped Israel get on its feet, dies

He wrote the screenplay for “Star Trek: The Motion Picture,” episodes of “Mission Impossible” by the handful and novels that explored the changing world in the aftermath of World War II. But Harold Livingston had […]

Klaus Schulze, German electronic music pioneer, dies aged 74 | Music

Schulze circa 1972.

Klaus Schulze, the German multi-instrumentalist whose work with drones, pulses and synthesisers was hugely influential on generations of electronic music makers, has died aged 74. Frank Uhle, managing director of Schulze’s label SVP, wrote: “We […]

Radu Lupu, celebrated Romanian pianist, dies at age 76 : Deceptive Cadence : NPR

Radu Lupu, celebrated Romanian pianist, dies at age 76 : NPR

An undated portrait of the late Romanian pianist Radu Lupu. Lupu died Sunday at age 76 in Lausanne, France. Erich Auerbach/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Erich Auerbach/Getty Images An undated portrait of the late […]

Radu Lupu, celebrated Romanian pianist, dies at age 76 : NPR

Radu Lupu, celebrated Romanian pianist, dies at age 76 : NPR

An undated portrait of the late Romanian pianist Radu Lupu. Lupu died Sunday at age 76 in Lausanne, France. Erich Auerbach/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Erich Auerbach/Getty Images An undated portrait of the late […]

Cristiano Ronaldo Announces Twin Baby Tragically Dies, ‘We Will Always Love You’

Cristiano Ronaldo Announces Twin Baby Tragically Dies, 'We Will Always Love You'

Absolutely devastating news from Cristiano Ronaldo and longtime GF Georgina Rodríguez … the couple just announced their baby boy — a twin — tragically passed away. Ronaldo and Rodríguez had been expecting twins. Cristiano made […]

Art Rupe dies: Music mogul helped launch Little Richard

Art Rupe dies: Music mogul helped launch Little Richard

Record man Art Rupe, who started a small Boyle Heights-based independent label called Specialty Records in 1946 and went on to help launch the careers of artists including Little Richard, Sam Cooke, Percy Mayfield and […]

Charnett Moffett, expansive bassist who could challenge legends, dies at 54 : NPR

Charnett Moffett, expansive bassist who could challenge legends, dies at 54 : NPR

Jazz bassist Charnett Moffett. Courtesy of the artist hide caption toggle caption Courtesy of the artist Jazz bassist Charnett Moffett. Courtesy of the artist Bassist Charnett Moffett, a stylistically agnostic staple of the jazz scene […]

Francisco González, Los Lobos founding member, dies at 68

Francisco González, Los Lobos founding member, dies at 68

In 1975, KCET aired a half-hour concert featuring a hot new local band. As an opening shot of the downtown skyline segued into a slice-of-life montage of East Los Angeles, a twinkling harp played over […]