You'd be amazed to discover the far-flung field of stars who got their start singing in Rodgers & Hammerstein's shows. Who'd have guessed, for instance, that Jack Soo - the world-weary Sgt. Yemana on T …

What do you call a country outlaw with hardcore punk leanings and a prodigious appetite for lyrical hell-raisin' that makes the term outlaw seem mightily insufficient? Hank Williams III, natural …

Hank III's first release was the mashed-up curiosity Three Hanks: Men with Broken Hearts (1999) - featuring "'Neath a Cold Gray Tomb of Stone" - which finds him in the company of his dad and leg …

Born in St. Louis but raised in Senegal, Akon was torn between two continents until he turned 15 and set up shop in New Jersey. Needless to say, everything was full speed ahead from that point on, as h …

When you have a voice as velvety and versatile as Akon's, it's easy to understand why everyone from 50 Cent (the moonlit melodies of "I'll Still Kill") to Snoop Dogg (the shimmering keys of "Boss' Life …

"Hey, little thing, lemme light your candle," shouts Black Crowes frontman Chris Robinson, blazing it up and then some on the band's breakthrough 1990 cover of the Otis Redding firecracker "Hard to Han …

Like any great musical duo, the Brothers Robinson have their own unique, sometimes volatile, dynamic - it can make for bumps in the road, but it can also catalyze the kind of sonic sparks that make for …

When Ginuwine first showed up at our door - way back in 1996, mind you - with a dozen red roses, a freshly popped bottle of bub, and a smile that'd melt the coldest of hearts, love wasn't the only thin …

Smooth operations aside, even Ginuwine has to leave the bedroom once in a while. And when he does, you'd better believe he can hold it down with the best of 'em. That includes such A-list MCs as Nas (t …