‘You Are My Heaven’ (1979) Propelled by the success of “Closer I Get,” Flack and Hathaway set to work on a second duets collection. Yet Hathaway tragically died at age 33 after the pair had recorded ...

He helped introduce a funkier strain of the music in the 1970s. He also had an impact on hip-hop: His “Everybody Loves the ...

‘The Closer I Get to You’ (1977) Written by Reggie Lucas and James Mtume — members of Flack’s road band who’d go on to form the group Mtume and create the widely sampled early-’80s hit ...

At 84, the drummer whose discography includes credits on more than 600 albums is releasing another by his long-running ...

Roy Ayers, a legendary jazz vibraphonist, keyboardist, composer and vocalist known for his spacy, funky 1976 hit “Everybody ...

It was written by James Mtume and Reggie Lucas and released in 1978 as a single ... chart and peaked at number two in the U.S. chart. Read more: How many band members did New York Dolls have? What we ...

Ayers is survived wife Argerie, and their children Mtume and Ayana Ayers. Jacob Bryant has been covering the entertainment industry since 2015. Before joining The Wrap in 2024, he spent three ...

the Shins, Alabama Shakes, Charles Bradley and William Bell at the eclectic Arroyo Seco Festival in Los Angeles. Ayers is survived by his wife Argerie, and their children Mtume and Ayana Ayers.

early on appearing on shows like Soul Train and headlining an NPR Tiny Desk concert in March 2018. Ayers is survived by his wife Argerie, and their children Mtume and Ayana Ayers.