Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jerry Butler, the beloved Chicago soul singer, producer and, later, politician who began his career in the late 1950 singing ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. But H.E.R.’s film, which premiered at SXSW, doesn’t really offer any of that. The musician finds her own way to capture Mayfield, ...

It's an exuberant documentary full of all-star conversations, framed around archival footage of an artist who remains an underappreciated giant. Early on in “The Makings of Curtis Mayfield,” H.E.R., ...

Jerry Butler’s baritone combined the soaring ecstasy of church, the rumbling rhythms of Chicago and the soul of his native Sunflower, Mississippi. Warm and plush but also cool, it won him the nickname ...