Dean Taylor was shy, leaned into unusual melodies and offbeat storylines, and was one of the few white performers on the Black-owned label. And despite lending his pen as co-writer on Motown hits and soaring to the top of the U.S. charts with his single “Indiana Wants Me,” the Toronto-raised
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NEW YORK (AP) — Meat Loaf, the heavyweight rock superstar loved by millions for his “Bat Out of Hell” album and such theatrical, dark-hearted anthems as “Paradise By the Dashboard Light,” “Two
Actress Carol Speed, known for her roles in films during the blaxploitation
Dallas Frazier was born in Spiro, Okla., on Oct. 27, 1939. At
Dean Taylor was shy, leaned into unusual melodies and offbeat storylines, and was one of the few white performers on the Black-owned label. And despite lending his pen as co-writer on Motown
NEW YORK (AP) — Meat Loaf, the heavyweight rock superstar loved by millions for his “Bat Out of Hell” album and such theatrical, dark-hearted anthems as “Paradise By the Dashboard Light,” “Two
Actress Carol Speed, known for her roles in films during the blaxploitation era in the ’70s, has died. According to her obituary, she died on January 14 in Muskogee, Oklahoma. She was 76
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