She appeared with celebrities such as Redd Foxx, Sammy Davis Jr., Richard Pryor, and Don Rickles, and challenged a law ...

Named after the celebrated soul food, the Chitlin Circuit became a lifeline for several famous Black comedians shut out from ...

Born John Elroy Sanford, Redd Foxx would make a career for himself with his raunchy and frank Black standup comedy style. He perfected the art of the comedy album by creating 50 of them after ...

Quincy Jones produced some of the greatest pop music of the last 50 years, but he also created some of television and film’s ...

Trying to choose 15 songs from Quincy Jones' illustrious career in music is a steep challenge, but you can't go wrong with these.

Donaldson was an onstage personality: always impeccably dressed, he displayed showmanship, exceptional musicianship, and ...

Beyond that, much of the art of timing can ... But they’re storyteller comedians. Redd Foxx was the same way. Moms Mabley was the queen of a reversal. Everywhere you thought she was going ...

Better known as the theme song to Redd Foxx’s NBC television show “Sanford ... From the greatest-selling solo artist album of all time, “Thriller” — the album’s Jackson-penned, mid ...

He also incorporated Latin rhythms in compositions like “Mau Mau”, recorded by the Art Farmer Septet in 1953 ... the opening theme for the Redd Foxx TV comedy Sanford & Son.