Ann Peebles first started performing as a child in her church choir and her family group, the Peebles Choir, who opened for gospel music stars including Mahalia Jackson and the Soul Stirrers, fronted ...

A haunting song released more than 50 years ago was ranked among the “500 Greatest Songs of All Time.” At No. 197 is “I Can’t Stand the Rain,” a 1973 hit by Ann Peebles, a track that continues to ...

BEHIND THE LONG shadow of Al Green, Ann Peebles made brilliant music. She and the soul-pop legend found their most creatively fertile period at Hi Records in the 1970s. Both shared the same producer, ...

“I can’t stand the rain, outside my window / Bringing back sweet memories,” Ann Peebles sang in 1974, and the world of soul and hip hop changed forever. The song those lyrics belong to, “I Can’t Stand ...

Drummer Howard Grimes, a pillar of the Memphis soul scene in the '70s who played with acts like Al Green and Ann Peebles, died on Feb. 12 at age 80. Grimes reportedly died of kidney failure. His death ...

Ann Peebles and Don Bryant’s biggest hit ‘I Can’t Stand The Rain’ was a creative bolt of lightning in a literal downpour. It is a story that has been told and retold so many times it’s a piece of ...

Ann Peebles' 1973 hit "I Can't Stand The Rain" is a classic of Memphis soul, but it's just as known for its weird, blippy electric timbale, meant to mimic the sound of falling rain, as for its ...

Even with a handful of well-known almost classics, Ann Peebles was never a household name. Rather, as a member of the Hi Records roster along with Otis Clay, Syl Johnson, Al Green, and others, she ...

**** Otis Clay, I’ll Treat You Right (Bullseye Blues/ Rounder); **** Ann Peebles, Full Time Love (Bullseye Blues/Rounder): This is R&B; as it used to be. The practitioners may be old hands, but the ...

Soul veteran Don Bryant has released “Is It Over,” the second offering from his forthcoming album You Make Me Feel. The album is a follow-up to Bryant’s triumphant 2017 return-to-form Don’t Give Up on ...