Sal Valentino was washed up. "No one called in a long time," he says. "No one knew where I was." There were even reports of his death. "My mother laughs every time she hears that," the 63-year-old ...

In 1920s Kansas City, hotel ballrooms, restaurants and nightclubs teemed with crowds excited to hear the region’s signature jazz sound and eager to take advantage of the city’s lax alcohol prohibition ...

Beau Brummell celebrated 80 years of the club’s affinity for perfection in attire, culture, social correctness and the highest standards of Carnival ball affairs recently in the Mardi Gras Ballroom of ...

Beau Brummell celebrated 79 years of the club’s affinity for perfection in attire, culture, social correctness and the highest standards of Carnival ball affairs recently in the Mardi Gras Ballroom of ...

Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4760638/4760639" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Rock ...

Even so, any American band trying the UK for size was entering a crowded market. Making a mark would be hard. The Who’s “My Generation” was a powerful presence in November 1965. So were Small Faces’s ...