Father of Bobby McFerrin (Don't Worry, Be Happy) was the first black man to sing solo at the Met. picked by tomphoolry 3 years ago

Robert Plant and Terry Pratchett are among those Knighted in the New Year's Honours List. picked by pocksucket 10 months ago

Sen. Robert C. Byrd, a former member of the Ku Klux Klan and a one-time opponent of civil rights legislation, endorsed Barack Obama for the Democratic presidential nomination on Monday. picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago

Political columnist Robert Novak, a diehard conservative, pugilistic debater and proud owner of the "Prince of Darkness" monikor, has died after a battle with brain cancer. picked by nateebiinature 3 months ago

In a statement, the singer said: "Contrary to a spate of recent reports, Robert Plant will not be touring or recording with Led Zeppelin. Anyone buying tickets online to any such event will be buying bogus tickets. picked by Bornbad 1 year ago

Robert Burden's artwork (drawings, paintings) mainly concerns toys. picked by bornbad 5 months ago

Robert Zemeckis is brokering a deal with Disney and Apple Corp. to remake Yellow Submarine with 3D motion capture technology. picked by Bornbad 3 months ago

Scotland'sfavorite son, Robert Burns was born Jan 25th, 1759. He is renowned for his poetry and songs, many of which are popular to this day. Help celebrate his birthday by making some haggis and giving Davbob an upvote. picked by 2manyusernames 10 months ago

Robert Johnson, called the "Grandfather of Rock 'n' Roll" by many had a huge influence on a number of your favorite musicians. Sadly, only 2 photos of him are known to exist. Here is a story about what may be a third photo of a man who Eric Clapton called, "the most important blues musician who ever lived" picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago

A demonstration of how expectations can be formed, communications directed and patterns established from Bobby McFerrin at the World Science Festival. picked by pocksucket 3 months ago

Robert Plant received a royal honor from Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace on Friday, putting the former Led Zeppelin front man one notch above his old band mate Jimmy Page. picked by Bingo 4 months ago

A look at Robert Rodríguez and Quentin Tarantino's upcoming 2007 horror flick, Grind House. This looks awesome!!! picked by shredtone 3 years ago

Guy Ritchie, Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law equals awesome. picked by orfnerwerdna 6 months ago

Please read it all the way to the end. Priceless. Who needs to stay awake during English class when you're rich and famous? picked by tomphoolry 3 years ago

He apparently got confused and thought he was signing on to play with some super heroin. picked by afeldman 3 years ago

Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones today confirmed that following the success of their O2 gig earlier in the year they will reform again for a full tour.

Without Robert Plant.

That's right - Planty has ruled himself out of the game as he is promoting his solo work so JPJ and Jimmy Page have been auditioning replacements picked by pocksucket 1 year ago

Scientists are using the giant Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope (GBT) to go prospecting in a rich molecular cloud in our Milky Way Galaxy. They seek to discover new, complex molecules in interstellar space that may be precursors to life. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

The York Walmart Supercenter hosted its first wedding Saturday when Crystal Newsome and Robert “Vick” Vickrey exchanged vows amid hanging baskets and seasonal foliage in the lawn and garden department. picked by nateebiinature 1 month ago

This weekend just gone marks the 20th birthday of the internet worm, which Robert Tappan Morris created on November 2nd 1988. picked by AutumnLotus 12 months ago

Ever wonder? We don't hear much about him, but he's still putting out the ocassional recording. Here is his latest album, "Raising Sand," a new project and partnership with 20-time Grammy Award winning artist Alison Krauss. Due to be released in October 2007 on Rounder Records. Hardly Led Zep, but interesting nonetheless. picked by ogri2003 2 years ago