An admirer of Nat King Cole, he began as a child performer and as part of a family trio before emerging as a master of...

Small investors in Britain and Ireland have fallen prey to companies selling casks that turn out to be untraceable or nonexistent.

Small investors in Britain and Ireland have fallen prey to companies selling casks that turn out to be untraceable or nonexistent.

Her documentaries, one of which received an Oscar nomination, explored subjects like punk-rock dads and Barbie dolls.

His early hits were filled with sexual innuendo. But he later switched to a soulful political message that resonated in 1970s Jamaica and beyond.

An American who had lived abroad, he sought out books by up-and-coming German writers, while ghostwriting memoirs for rock stars like Paul Stanley.

He provided both the explosive percussion on hits like “Call Me” and the laid-back rhythm on the reggae-influenced “The Tide Is High.”

He was one of four journalists who started the muckraking progressive magazine in 1976. He returned as its editor in chief in the 1990s.

His “Kramer vs. Kramer” won for best picture in 1980, one of many high points in a career that saw him in top jobs, twice,...

He helped turn the Library of Congress into a leading center for research on the history of jazz, and made some surprising discoveries of his...