Gene McFadden, part of a songwriting team that wrote and recorded the 1979 hit anthem "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now," has died. Gene McFadden, 56; Wrote Hit R&B; Songs in the 1970s - Los Angeles Times ...

Gene Barge, one of the last surviving saxophonists of the golden age of R&B, whose career ran the gamut of 20th-century Black popular music, died on Sunday at his home in Chicago. He was 98.

Gene McFadden, one-half of McFadden & Whitehead, the legendary R&B duo famed for the 1979 pop anthem “Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now,” has died. The 56-year-old succumbed to complications from ...

South Side saxophonist, producer and songwriter Gene Barge, who inspired he Gary U.S. Bonds hit “Quarter to Three,” has died.

The Blues Festival pays tribute to 91-year-old saxophonist Gene “Daddy G” Barge with a set with by his longest-running band, the Chicago Rhythm & Blues Kings.

James Gene Barge was born August 9, 1926, in ... but the R&B being popularized by the likes of James Brown and Hank Ballard also had his ear—and you can hear it on his first single under ...