Music & Entertainment

Singer and songwriter Bobby Charles in the Cajun-country town of Abbeville, LA, and grew up listening to traditional Cajun music. Charles could not read music or play an instrument, but writing songs came easily to him. At age 15, he [...]

Bo Diddley was born on December 30, 1928 in McComb. Bo Diddley studied violin for years, but after hearing the music of blues legend John Lee Hooker, he switched to the guitar. Landing a record contract in 1955, Diddley reached [...]

Riley B. King born in September 16, 1925 known by the stage name B.B. King abbreviation of the nickname “Blues Boy” given to him early on in his musical career. The guitarist cut his first record in 1949. He spent [...]

Aretha Franklin, commonly known as the ‘Queen of Soul’ is a woman with many talents, known as a singer, song writer and pianist, one thing that isn’t widely known about this artist is that she is diabetic. Born in Memphis [...]

The pop-culture icon and diabetes advocate Angie Stone paved the way for other female rap artists as a member of the first all-female group to release a rap record. Today as an African-American woman with Type 2 diabetes, she is [...]

Andrew Lloyd Webber was born in 22 March 1948 British composer of musical theater. He reportedly started composing his own music at the tender age of six and first published a piece at the age of nine. Since then he [...]