The singer and TV host, whose career encompassed country, pop, and gospel music, would become known for his hit songs "Sixteen Tons" and "The Shotgun Boogie".

The physician and cardiologist is best known as the creator of the once popular Atkins Diet.

A look at some commonly confused words in the English language.

Part of the Norman Lear pantheon of shows, television's first African American two-parent family sitcom was a spin-off of Maude, which was in turn spun off from All in the Family.

The women's wrestling pioneer and multiple-time NWA champion helped to increase the popularity of the sport during and after World War II.

The singer-songwriter-musician and disk jockey, born J.P. Richardson, was one of the four victims of "The Day The Music Died" in 1959.

The rock and roll pioneer died in a plane crash just eight months into his music career.

One of the core figures of early rock and roll, the Texas-born singer-songwriter's promising career was cut short by death in a plane crash in 1959, at only 22 years of age.

Fast facts about Lucille Ball and Bing Crosby.

Considered one of the greatest wrestling heels (or villains) of all time, the WWE Hall of Famer was a one-time NWA World Junior Heavyweight Champion, and went on to manage The Iron Sheik, Nikolai Volkoff, and Ray Stevens, among others.