WASHINGTON — John Wrory Ficklin was 7 when he learned that his father, the son of a slave, was important. It was 1963, and ...
As a kid growing up at Butler Place, Ray Sharpe fell in love with R&B and country music, an unusual mix at the time for a young aspiring musician.
In a 2024 interview with the Something Else! webzine, Thomas suggested that “Sara” has more enduring appeal than Starship’s other two chart-topping hits—“We Built This City” and 1987’s “Nothing’s ...