Reed came up with the group's name, inspired by '50s disc jockeys who called their records platters. The group underwent several lineup changes, even adding a woman singer to become a quintet ...

Oct. 27, 2013 — -- Lou Reed has died at the age of 71, the legendary rock singer's publicist confirmed today to ABC News. The cause of his death Sunday morning was not released. In May Reed ...

The singer's manager said he died after suffering from chronic heart disease. The entire line-up of The Platters had been replaced, apart from Reed who continued to tour and performed up to 200 ...

Longtime local music fans will at least be familiar with Francine Reed’s name. She's been a shining light in the terrific Phoenix jazz and blues scene since the 1970s.

Jerry Reed — songwriter for the likes of Elvis Presley, singer and busy actor in the ’70s and ’80s — died Monday at the age of 71. Best known to movie fans as the truck-driving, hound dog ...

NEW YORK CITY – U.S. singer-songwriter Lou Reed, a pioneer who melded folk music’s lyricism with punk rock’s energy and darkness died Sunday of complications following liver surgery. Reed’s literary ...

In 1953, when bass singer Herb Reed needed a name for the group of four singers he wanted to assemble, he didn’t have to look far for inspiration. A radio disc jockey called the records he was ...

Jerry Reed, a singer who became a good ol’ boy actor in car chase movies like Smokey and the Bandit , has died of complications from emphysema at 71.

Singer-songwriter and guitarist Gary Reed will perform in the historic garden of Macculloch Hall Historical Museum, Sunday, Aug. 12, beginning at 4 p.m. The museum is at 45 Macculloch Ave ...

Our hearts are heavy to report that singer Natina Reed, formerly of R&B trio Blaque, was struck by a vehicle and killed on Friday night (Oct. 26). Reed, 32, was walking across a major roadway in ...

SOUTH BURLINGTON – Bill Reed's world changed in one moment as a graduate student. Fifteen classical singers from around the world were in an Italian-music class at The Juilliard School ...