A two-day Joplin Juneteenth Heritage Festival featuring a free performance by national pop and rap performer Tone Loc and other performers will be held June 19-20 by the East Town Dreams District.

The Washington Wild Things and PathWays of Southwestern Pennsylvania Inc. have expanded their ongoing multi-year partnership to unveil a new sensory-safe room at EQT Park. The room, which occupies the ...

Like many kids born in the early 2000s, my first introduction to motorsport came through the movie “Cars.” I’ve seen that movie more times than I want to admit, and some of my earliest childhood ...

More stories by Kevin P. Chip Taylor, the Songwriters Hall of Fame member who penned tracks for artists such as Johnny Cash and Aretha Franklin, died on March 23 at the age of 86. Born James Wesley ...

Chip Taylor, the songwriter behind the Troggs’ rock hit “Wild Thing” and the uncle of actor Angelina Jolie, has died. He was 86. Taylor died Monday in hospice care, according to Page Six, citing ...

Chip Taylor, the singer/songwriter known for hits like ‘Wild Thing’ and ‘Angel of the Morning’, has died. He was 86. The Grammy-nominated artist’s children Kris and Kelly announced their father’s ...

The brother of the actor Jon Voight, he wrote songs for Frank Sinatra, Janis Joplin, Anne Murray and, with “Angel of the Morning,” Juice Newton. By Hannah Ziegler See more of our coverage in your ...

Train Wreck Records, the label Taylor founded, announced he died Monday, March 23. No cause of death was disclosed, though singer-songwriter Billy Vera, a longtime collaborator, said in a social media ...

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Chip Taylor, who was Yonkers-born James Wesley Voight and the songwriter of “Wild Thing," which was performed by the Troggs and then in an incendiary version by Jimi Hendrix, has died. He was 86.

Yonkers songwriter Chip Taylor is dead at 86. Taylor, who was born James Wesley Voight, is famous for penning the Troggs’ 1966 rock classic “Wild Thing” as well as “Angel of the Morning,” which Juice ...

Train Wreck Records, which Taylor founded in 1997, confirmed his death. The songwriter is survived by his wife, children and brother, actor Jon Voight Ilana Kaplan is a Staff Editor at PEOPLE. She has ...