Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - In this Oct. 8, 2017 file photo, singer Jerry Lawson performs the song "Lay Down" at a life celebration and statue ...

Jerry Lawson, longtime leader of The Persuasions, died in Phoenix this week. Lawson died in hospice care on July 10 at age 75, according to the Associated Press. His career with the famed a cappella ...

The sound of Barenaked Ladies' voices will be front and center next month, when Ladies and Gentlemen: Barenaked Ladies and the Persuasions is released. By Gary Graff The sound of Barenaked Ladies‘ ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lawson fronted the iconic a cappella group for over 30 years Jerry Lawson, the original lead singer for iconic a cappella group ...

Jerry Lawson, who for four decades was the lead singer of the eclectic cult-favorite a cappella group the Persuasions, has died. By Associated Press Jerry Lawson, who for four decades was the lead ...

Update, 5/22/2015, 4:30 PM: A representative of Jamie xx told Billboard that Hayes' claims were incorrect—the Persuasions sample was cleared before the release of "I Know There's Gonna Be (Good Times) ...

Kevin Hearn, the Barenaked Ladies keyboardist, is an avid a cappella fan and a devotée of the veteran vocal group the Persuasions. So when Hearn met the Persuasions by chance and became fast friends ...

The Barenaked Ladies have a career that spans almost 30 years. Their music is everywhere, from commercials to The Big Band Theory's theme song. And while members have come and gone, their hits like ...

Brooklyn a cappella group the Persuasions are suing Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group, Capitol Records, Sony/ATV Music Publishing, and Concord Music Group for alleged unpaid royalties spanning ...

For four decades the Persuasions have been keeping alive the art of a cappella music and they do much more than just the do-wop and gospel tunes you'd expect. The Persuasions jump through genres as ...

Jerry Lawson is best known as providing the buttery lead vocal for the flagship doo-wop-cum-gospel-cum-soul-cum-beep-bop a cappella group the Persuasions. But after forty-one years, twenty-one albums, ...