Billy Joel almost didn't include "Just The Way You Are" on his 1977 album 'The Stranger', which became a commercial hit.

The Beach Boys co-founder and legendary songwriter Brian Wilson has died at the age of 82. SIGN UP FOR DECIDER DIGEST FOR ...

It wasn’t so long ago that the San Diego County Fair was known as the Del Mar Fair. And it wasn’t so long ago that the fair’s Grandstand Stage hosted concerts by Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan, Bruno Mars, ...

Linda Ronstadt, Brenda Lee, Roy Orbison, B.B. King, Joan Baez, Al Green, the Pointer Sisters, and many more. “David Briggs was one of those guys who if you erased his contributions to American ...

It’s enough for most people to go down a dark path into everything from drug abuse to alcoholism, but Linda Ronstadt found one of her most dangerous ... but there were also people like the Grateful ...

“My guests were Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt. The three of us really got comfortable with just us, our voices and guitars. The result was some of the most unspoiled, pure country music I ...

He began training as a fighter, which led to several gigs as a bodyguard for the likes of Mick Jagger and The Rolling Stones, ABBA, James Taylor, and Linda Ronstadt. It was Ronstadt who encouraged ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — Former Tucson Police Chief Peter Ronstadt, brother to famed Tucson singer Linda Ronstadt, has died. He was 82. Ronstadt became the chief of police in 1981, after serving ...

Although Linda Ronstadt was proud to sing for anyone who would hear her ... When every country-tinged song that she sang dealt with getting one’s heart broken or working in dead-end jobs, it would ...

Linda Ronstadt’s musical love life Linda Ronstadt came up in the male-dominated folk scene of the late ’60s and early ’70s, and unsurprisingly she had relationships with some of her musical ...

JD Souther, the man who co-wrote hit songs for James Taylor, Linda Ronstadt and his pals in the Eagles, died Tuesday at age 78. Souther, whose given name was John David, died peacefully at his ...

Photo: Mark Davis/WireImage 2012 John David “JD” Souther, a prolific songwriter and musician who helped shape the country-rock sound that took root in Southern California in the 1970s with his ...