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His expertise on the electromechanical Mellotron helped define the band’s progressive sound in the 1960s and ’70s on albums like “Days of Future Passed.”

The Oscar-winning filmmaker Sam Mendes was given full rights to the band’s music and their life stories for the unusual quartet of films, planned for 2027.

The Höfner violin bass that accompanied the Beatles to fame went missing more than 50 years ago. Two journalists and a Höfner expert were determined to find it.

A self-described voice of “the doomed, the damned, the weird,” he was known for satirical songs like “Elvis Is Everywhere” and “Destroy All Lawyers.”

Her triumphant performance at the Grammy Awards left fans wondering what she has been doing since she left the music world, and whether she might return.

Singing her rousing 1988 hit “Fast Car” live for the first time in years, the elusive folk singer received the reverence and gratitude she’s long earned.

He was half of the twin-guitar attack that drove the influential Detroit band’s live performances and helped set the stage for punk rock.

Adele Springsteen bought her son, Bruce, his first electric guitar and encouraged him to get up and dance. She died on Wednesday at 98.

Bruce Springsteen has long said that his mother was among his greatest influences and credited her with encouraging his musical ambitions.

“She was my savior,” Mr. Wilson, the Beach Boys visionary, said of his wife of 28 years. Their relationship was portrayed in the 2014 film “Love & Mercy.”

He had worldwide success with the disco group Boney M. He was better known for a duo that had hit records but, it turned out, only pretended to sing.

Billy Joel has a new song coming next week. Before it arrives, revisit “The Stranger” and tracks by Juelz Santana, Dick Hyman and more.

Jose (Luis) Vasquez, John (Juan) Mendez and a third person, Simone Ling, were found unresponsive last week. Authorities had not determined a cause but said “possible narcotics” were at the scene.

The singer and guitarist socked away songs grappling with frustration, pain and love during the pandemic. They became her powerful second solo LP, “What Now.”

As the lead singer of the Shangri-Las, she conveyed passion, pathos and toughness — and reached the Top 40 six times while still in her teens.

A guide to the shows onstage now and scheduled to arrive this winter and spring, including “Cabaret,” “Hell’s Kitchen” and “The Outsiders.”

With “Elton John Live: Farewell From Dodger Stadium,” he becomes the 19th person to win all four prestigious entertainment awards.

He and his sister became child stars in the 1950s by making exuberantly unhinged music. “I had so much energy,” he said, “they didn’t know what to do with me.”

The 900 items from his Atlanta home include blue-chip art by Julian Schnabel and Richard Avedon, Versace dinnerware and flamboyant costumes.