I’m an old-school fool who’ll steal a 45 (that’s a record, son) over a compact disc any night of the week, but when labels push lushly packaged CD compilations encompassing dope, hard-to-find original ...

Clyde Stubblefield and Jabo Starks should have been rivals: James Brown hired both of them to do one job. Instead, they stuck together, and laid... The Original Funky Drummers On Life With James Brown ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. James Gadson, a prolific session drummer who played on hit records by the likes of Diana Ross, the Jackson 5, and Bill Withers, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After a career keeping the beat for funk band the Bar-Kays, Columbus drummer Michael Beard died Aug. 25. He was 69 years old. When ...

James Gadson, the drummer most famous for recording funk, soul, and disco classics with Diana Ross, Bill Withers, and Marvin Gaye but whose discography includes sessions with Beck, Kelly Clarkson, and ...

James Gadson — the veteran R&B, soul, funk and rock drummer who played with Bill Withers, Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross, Paul McCartney and many others — has died at the age of 86. Gadson's wife, Barbara, ...

Nov. 18 (UPI) --George Brown, whose funk-inspired drumbeats defined numerous breakaway hits by the Grammy Award-winning band Kool & the Gang, died Thursday at a hospital in Long Beach, Calif. He was ...

MADISON, Wis. — Clyde Stubblefield, whose 20-second drum break to open James Brown's 1970 single "Funky Drummer" became one of hip-hop's most popular samples, died Saturday, Rolling Stone reported. He ...

After a career keeping the beat for funk band the Bar-Kays, Columbus drummer Michael Beard died Aug. 25. He was 69 years old. When Beard was a young man, he was recruited by the Bar-Kays while ...