Music
Sylvia Syms, the ebullient vocalist, died in New York City early Sunday during one of the series of performances she had dedicated to Frank Sinatra, who called her “the world’s greatest saloon singer.”
May 11, 1992
Television
Thatcher Finale: Margaret Thatcher’s last days as British prime minister will be re-created in a British television drama this fall.
June 25, 1991
Archives
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West have set the date for their Paris wedding, Us Weekly reports.
March 6, 2014
Entertainment & Arts
William Roy, a cabaret performer who also served as an accompanist and musical director for a number of leading entertainers, has died.
Sept. 6, 2003
Mavis Rivers, Samoan-born jazz singer who recorded several albums for Capitol and Reprise in the 1960s, died Friday at Queen of Angels-Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital.
June 1, 1992
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West set date for Paris wedding
“New York Cabaret Music” is a phrase that suggests (inaccurately) an idiom unto itself, like West Coast Jazz or Third Stream Music.
Feb. 21, 1988
General Categories * Record of the Year: “Kiss From a Rose,” Seal (Trevor Horn, producer) * Album of the Year: “Jagged Little Pill,” Alanis Morissette (Glen Ballard, producer) * Song of the Year: “Kiss From a Rose,” Seal (Seal, artist) * Best New Artist: Hootie & the Blowfish * Pop * Female Pop Vocal: “No More ‘I Love You’s,’ ” Annie Lennox * Male Pop Vocal: “Kiss From a Rose,” Seal * Pop Duo or Group With Vocal: “Let Her Cry,” Hootie & the Blowfish * Pop Vocal Collaboration: “Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?
Feb. 29, 1996
Movies
Mike Hodges pushes film noir to bleak, stylized extremes.
July 2, 2004
The Nelsons were the epitome of life in the ‘50s; their only feature film is now on home video.
Jan. 22, 1998