By the late 1960s, the soul singer was singing behind Ike and Tina Turner, Leon Russell, Joe Cocker, Freddie King, and dating ...

The Rolling Stones retired one of their most popular rock songs due to lyrics that depict the horrors of slavery. The Stones have not played the 1971 hit "Brown Sugar" on their current tour and said ...

The Rolling Stones have retired their classic song "Brown Sugar," which begins with a slave narrative and sexualizes young Black women. Mick Jagger told the Los Angeles Times that the band had phased ...

The Rolling Stones dropped "Brown Sugar" from their concert setlist, saying they fear 21st century fans won't grasp that the tune is about "the horrors of slavery" and not celebrating it. In an ...

Piers Morgan has received backlash after hitting out at the Rolling Stones’ decision to retire their 1971 hit, 'Brown Sugar'. The British rock band has retired the song due to its lyrics in relation ...

In 2021, five decades after the song’s release, The Rolling Stones pulled it from their tour setlist due to the continued backlash caused by its controversial lyrics. The Rolling Stones Cause ...

Imagine everyone in a sold-out stadium singing along joyfully to a tune glorifying slavery, rape, torture and pedophilia, with the entire chorus led by a hyper-gesticulating 75-year-old white male, ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Bobby Keys, a saxophonist and life-long rock 'n roller who played on recordings by Buddy Holly and John Lennon and performed one of the all-time blowout solos on the Rolling Stones' ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Saxophonist Bobby Keys, a lifelong rock ‘n’ roller who toured with Buddy Holly, played on recordings by John Lennon and laid down one of the all-time blowout solos on the Rolling ...