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The Iconic Memphis Label Behind Music’s Most Soulful Stars

“We were flying by the seat of our pants,” Stax legend William Bell recently recalled of the early days of the venerable label that tracked the...

19.05.2024 30

The Daily Beast

Jeff Slate

Ringo Starr Says the Beatles’ ‘Let It Be’ Film Had ‘No Real Joy’—Until Now

“I was always moaning about the original film, because there was no real joy in it,” Ringo Starr recalls to The Daily Beast of the 1970...

08.05.2024 50

The Daily Beast

Jeff Slate

How Stan Smith Became Hip Hop’s Most Unlikely Icon

“I think every community embraced that shoe: hustlers, drug dealers,” Pharrell Williams says near the beginning of the new documentary Who Is Stan...

05.05.2024 40

The Daily Beast

Jeff Slate

The Swashbuckling Woman Who Helped Invent The Rolling Stones

“Why do you want to talk about Brian?” Alexis Bloom, the co-director, with Svetlana Zill, of the new documentary Catching Fire: The Story of Anita...

04.05.2024 20

The Daily Beast

Jeff Slate

How Anger Fueled Prince’s Masterful ‘Musicology’

When Prince released his 28th studio album, Musicology, in 2004, it was hailed as a remarkable return to form. Though he’d released a steady stream...

21.04.2024 8

The Daily Beast

Jeff Slate

John Cleese Sets the Record Straight on ‘Monty Python’ Lore

Fifty-five years after he became a star on the groundbreaking British sketch comedy series Monty Python’s Flying Circus , John Cleese has hardly...

01.01.2024 50

The Daily Beast

Jeff Slate

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