Prince

Because, apparently, the Prince-esque influence marinating in the funky groove and hook to In Our Heads lead single "Night and Day" just wasn't enough of a titillating blend of Hot Chip with His Purple Majesty, the UK electro-boogie faves took their fondness for the Purple Rain superstar to the next level during a recent stop at Zane Lowe's BBC Radio 1 program. Read More

Even though she didn't win the first season of X-Factor U.S., contestant Stacy Francis has plans to go forward with her music career. Read More

The Library of Congress is adding a batch of new recordings, such as Donna Summer 's "I Feel Love ," The Sugarhill Gang 's "Rapper's Delight," Prince 's Purple Rain and the Grateful Dead 's May 8, 1977, performance at Cornell University. Read More

When X Factor season 1 finalist Stacy Francis was handed Prince 's classic "Purple Rain" to sing during the competition's early weeks, the "Over 30s" standout says she quite simply "freaked out."Read More

The Purple Rain hitmaker's appearance at Bennett's Lane Jazz Club was kept a secret from guests, and Prince's arrival on stage at 2am was greeted by cheers. Read More

In the early thirties, during the golden era of Broadway, the story goes that Fred Astaire did a screen test for the movie studio RKO. Read More

Donna Summer's hit "I Feel Love" is joining The Grateful Dead's famous 1977 Barton Hall concert as sounds of cultural significance, among 25 additions that are being announced Wednesday, May 23, 2012 by the Library of Congress as part of its National Recording Registry. Read More

A week after the death of Donna Summer , the singer has joined the performers who work has been judged "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" and preserved in the archives of the Library Of Congress, as part of the United States National Recording Registry. Read More

America's archived history just got a little noisier: 25 sounds that shaped the American cultural landscape are being inducted into the National Recording Registry. Read More

Six days after her death, Donna Summer's futuristic techno hit "I Feel Love" has been selected for induction into the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress, it was announced Tuesday. Read More