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Luigi Creatore, who with his cousin Hugo Peretti wrote and produced iconic hits for such stars as Elvis Presley, Sam Cooke, Perry Como, Sarah Vaughan, Della Reese, Jimmie Rodgers, Patti Page and many others, including the Tokens' Lion Sleeps Tonight, Presley's Can't Help Falling in Love and Wild in the Country, and Cook's Another Saturday Night and Twistin' the Night Away, died of pneumonia at a Boca Raton hospice on Sunday, Dec. 13.He was 93.

The Hank Williams biopic I Saw the Light has added The West Wing actor Bradley Whitford and fellow Emmy-winner Cherry Jones to its cast.

Whitford will play iconic songwriter and music publisher Fred Rose, who co-wrote with Williams such classic tunes as "Kaw-Liga" and "I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive." He also penned numerous songs recorded by other artists including the Willie Nelson hit, "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain" and "Deed I Do," by Sophie Tucker. With entertainer Roy Acuff, Rose formed Acuff-Rose, one of the most...

Welcome back to the latest installment of Rolling Stone's Everything Index, where we rank the week's pop-culture power players, none of whom have to wait in line for iPhones. That's what assistants are for.

Speaking of, if you're feeling woozy today, congrats: you've either been infected with iOS 8, or a rare respiratory virus currently terrifying the Midwest. Don't worry, we've got you covered regardless, as both Apple's big announcement and the Ev-D68 enterovirus made this week's countdown. So did One Direction, Taylor Swift and the Olive Garden, two of which...

The tireless Ken Burns has a new project in the works for PBS -- "Country Music," a multi-episode documentary slated for 2018. It will be directed by Burns, who'll produce alongside writer Dayton Duncan, Burns' longtime producing partner. "Country Music" will chronicle the history of a uniquely American genre, from southern Appalachia to Texas, California honky-tonks to Nashville's Grand Ole Opry. "For over a century, country music has been a pivotal force in American culture, expressing the hopes, joys, fears and hardships of everyday people in songs lyrical, poignant and honest," said PBS President Paula A. Kerger. "It is fitting that we have two of America's master storytellers, Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan, tell the story on film of an art form that for generations has told America's story in song." "Country Music" will look at artists like the Carter family, Jimmie Rodgers, Bob Wills,Hank Williams, Loretta Lynn, Johnny Cash,...