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Billy Beck, a Youngstown native who now lives in Warren, is the keyboard player for the Ohio Players and cowrote many of its soul / funk hits. He just finished his first gospel album.
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‘Fancy Like,’ featured in catchy Applebee’s commercial, sends Alabama native Walker Hayes over the top
“Fancy Like” has been “the song of the summer,” according to the Today show’s Hoda Kotb and Jenna Bush. (He helped them record their first-ever TikTok video in June.) And if the song has been stuck in your head since it was released in June, you ain’t heard nothin’
Sibley native talks new song, music career | News
NASHVILLE, TN—A vocally gifted Sibley native is on the rise in the music capital of the United States with original melodies evoking her Midwest upbringing and the natural beauty to be found in the region.
Rochelle Riser is a Nashville-based, 29-year-old singer and songwriter who recently recorded and released a
Kentucky native Tom T. Hall, country singer nicknamed ‘The Storyteller,’ dies at 85
Tom T. Hall, the singer-songwriter who composed “Harper Valley P.T.A.” and sang about life’s simple joys as country music’s consummate blue collar bard, has died. He was 85.His son, Dean Hall, confirmed the musician’s death on Friday at his home in Franklin, Tennessee. Known as “The Storyteller” for his unadorned … Read more
Tyler native receives gold record for writing song on John Legend’s Grammy-winning album | News
A 21-year-old Tyler native was honored with a gold record for writing a song featured on John Legend’s 2020 album, “Bigger Love.”
“Conversations in the Dark” was written by Chance Peña and was later sent to singer-songwriter John Legend, who picked up the song, which became the lead single from