Although he left Atlanta in the 1980s, the beat went on for Robert Nix, the first drummer of the Atlanta Rhythm Section, a Southern rock band that had several hit records in the 1970s.Read more

The group's hits, such as "Stayin' Alive," helped usher in the disco era.Read more

Archie Peck, the man once described as the Babe Ruth of croquet and the winner of seven national championships in the genteel sport played with exacting precision on lush greenswards, died May 16 at a hospice in West Palm Beach, Fla. He was 76.Read more

NEW YORK — Like the King of Pop or the Queen of Soul, Donna Summer was bestowed a title fitting of musical royalty - the Queen of Disco.Read more

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The bassist helped create the gritty Memphis sound.Read more

Mort Lindsey, a composer and jazz pianist who was a music director for Barbra Streisand and Judy Garland, has died. He was 89.Read more

Pioneering female pilot and Guinness world record holder Evelyn Bryan Johnson has died in Tennessee. She was 102.Read more

His signature sharp-angled women's bob became popular worldwide.Read more

His work overturned the previously staid tradition of American children's literature.Read more

Henri Perrier, an aeronautical engineer who ran the supersonic Concorde program from 1976 until 1989 and was a test engineer for the plane, riding on its first flight in 1969, died at age 82 after a long illness.Read more