Having heard the Reading Symphony Orchestra perform admirably in a pair of recent pops concerts — first a New Year’s Eve program featuring a salute to Billy Joel and Elton John, then a Valentine’s Day ...

Lodge shared that he was inspired musically by Link Wray and Billy Vaughn Orchestra, among countless other musicians. “Of course, I loved ‘Rumble’ and ‘Raunchy.’ I was influenced by all of the ...

Vaughn, a big band musician who prospered through the beginning of rock ‘n’ roll with such hits as “Melody of Love” and “A Swingin’ Safari,” died Thursday of cancer in Escondido, Calif. He was 72.