His song “I Can’t Stand the Rain” has been covered by Tina Turner and Seal and sampled by Missy Elliot. Legendary soul singer ...

Don Bryant co-wrote “I Can’t Stand the Rain” with and for Ann Peebles, his wife of more than 50 years. Soul singer-songwriter Don Bryant has died at age 83. Bryant’s family announced the news in an ...

John Doyle executive director of Memphis Rock ‘n’ Soul Museum says the music world is mourning the loss of a legendary ...

R&B icon Don Bryant, who died Dec. 26, had returned to the spotlight in recent years with releases that earned him his first ...

The world feels the loss of a legendary artist. They have touched countless people around the world with their art form. Artists live on through those they leave behind and in what they create that ...

Don Bryant, pioneering singer-songwriter on the Memphis soul scene, died on Dec. 26 at age 83, his family announced.

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook “I can’t stand the rain, outside my window / Bringing back sweet memories,” Ann Peebles sang in ...

Melvin Van Peebles, the influential indie filmmaker who helped spawn the Blaxploitation genre with his 1971 film Sweet Sweetback’s Baadassss Song, has died at the ...

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Melvin Van Peebles, the groundbreaking playwright, musician and movie director whose work ushered in the “Blaxploitation” wave of the 1970s and influenced filmmakers long after, has died. He was 89.

Melvin Van Peebles, the groundbreaking filmmaker behind “Sweet Sweetback’s Baadassss Song,” and father of director and actor Mario Van Peebles, has died. He was 89. “Sweet Sweetback” was a ...