Tina Turner: legendary rock’n’roll singer dies aged 83 | Tina Turner

Tina Turner performs in Cologne, Germany, in January 2009.

Tina Turner, the pioneering rock’n’roll star who became a pop behemoth in the 1980s, has died aged 83 after a long illness. She had suffered ill health in recent years, being diagnosed with intestinal cancer […]

Jerry Lee Lewis, notorious US rock’n’roll star, dies aged 87 | Jerry Lee Lewis

Jerry Lee Lewis and Myra Brown in May 1958.

Jerry Lee Lewis, the rock’n’roll pioneer who became one of the most infamous figures in popular music, has died aged 87, his publicist has said. He died of natural causes at his home in DeSoto […]

Elvis Presley as Willy Wonka? The films the King of Rock’n’Roll almost made | Movies

Sidney Poitier and Tony Curtis in The Defiant Ones, directed by Stanley Kramer.

According to Baz Luhrmann’s biopic, Elvis Presley’s dream was to be a great actor. But his Hollywood ambitions were frequently stifled by his controlling manager, Colonel Tom Parker (played by Tom Hanks). A key scene […]