Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rock 'n' roll's godmother, Montgomery native Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton, will finally be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of ...

Thankfully he was rescued from the sinking ship — the Andrea Doria, on which 43 others lost their lives — and brought to shore in New York, where his songwriting partner, Jerry Leiber, awaited him ...

In a 1990 interview with Rolling Stone, songwriter Jerry Leiber said, “I had to write a song for her that basically said “Go f— yourself,” but how do you do it without actually saying it?” “Her” is ...