The votes are in and next year's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame class will include Neil Diamond, Alice Cooper, Tom Waits, Darlene Love and Dr. John. Leon Russell will be receive The Award For Musical Excellence (formerly the sideman category) and industry legends Jac Holzman and Art Rupe will ...

Malcolm John Rebennack (aka Dr. John) is a boogie-woogie pianist who made his mark in the late 1950s playing sessions with Joe Tex, Frankie Ford and Professor Longhair. In the late 1960s he started a long and productive solo career, peaking with his 1973 hit single "Right Place Wrong Time." ...

Long before Marilyn Manson, Ziggy Stardust and KISS, Alice Cooper invented theatrical rock. The original Alice Cooper band (consisting of Glen Buxton, Michael Bruce, Dennis Dunaway and Neal Smith) scored enormous hits with "School's Out," "I'm Eighteen" and "No More Mr. Nice Guy" before they broke up in 1976. Lead ...

Producer Teddy Riley — who worked with Michael Jackson in the 1990s and produced three songs on Michael — said today he has more songs "in my computer, waiting for [Jackson's estate] to push the button." One of those is "Blue Gangsta," which leaked recently and is probably the funkiest ...

In the six years since his death, Stieg Larsson has become the world's bestselling author — and its most enigmatic. He is the prize product of what RS contributor Nathaniel Rich calls "Stieg Larsson Industries," a high-powered publicity machine that continues to pump life into the mysteries surrounding the author ...

In a wide- ranging interview on Sirius' Shade 45 radio show this morning, Lil Wayne talked about the first single off his forthcoming album Tha Carter IV, "6'7"", which hit the internet this afternoon. "It's a monster," said Wayne. "But hopefully, it shows people where I'm at lyrically — Better ...

NBC is taking on American Idol and Simon Cowell's upcoming X Factor with a new singing competition called The Voice of America, based on a Dutch TV show called The Voice of Holland. and its new show will be a collaboration with that show's creator, John de Mol, and reality-TV ...

American Idol is continuing its efforts to revive its sagging ratings for its 10th season: Along with new judges Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler, the show will be bringing in some hitmakers to mentor the contestants. Approximately 60 auditioning contestants recently traveled to Las Vegas to rehearse Beatles songs. Joining ...

Levon Helm, former drummer and vocalist for The Band, was hospitalized on Saturday with a cold but is expected to make a full recovery and be released within the next few days, according to his manager. The ailment caused him to miss Saturday's Midnight Ramble concert at his Woodstock, New ...

Glee's pop culture domination continued Tuesday morning with the announcement that the show had gotten five Golden Globe nominations, easily leading the TV category and besting eight other shows — including 30 Rock, Dexter, Mad Men and Modern Family — that each scored three. The show's nominations include best actor ...