Somehow, the 1940s are almost a century away. The decade, which saw the world go to war for a second time and the fall of the German Nazis, was also an exhilarating time for music. In some ways, it ...

Frank Sinatra poses with an NBC microphone for a portrait to publicize one of his many 1940s radio programs. On July 27, 1940, Billboard magazine published its first “music popularity chart” listing ...

This story is a preview of "Timeless Tickets," a new series highlighting the most significant concerts to take place in the Quad-Cities. We're aiming to find the biggest show in every year from 1960 ...

Join Gary Thomas and his jazz quartet The Tom-Toms, for the 70th anniversary celebration of the release of two seminal Frank Sinatra albums "Songs for Young Lovers" and "Swing Easy", in his cabaret ...

Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr. were the kind of friends who felt more like family, and sometimes they fought like it too. The music icons met in the 1940s, later becoming part of the legendary Rat ...

Frank Sinatra was as smooth with his jazz as he was with the ladies. The crooner became one of the world's most influential musicians and entertainers, rising to fame in the 1940s. Known as Ol' Blue ...