Frankie Beverly performs during day 2 of the Cincinnati Music Festival at Paul Brown Stadium on July 25, 2015 in Cincinnati, Ohio. (Photo by Stephen Cohen/Getty Images) That the music of Frankie was ...

FILE - Maze featuring Frankie Beverly, right, performs during the Essence Music Festival at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Sunday, July 5, 2009. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File) NEW ORLEANS ...

Singer and songwriter Frankie Beverly — founder of the R&B band Frankie Beverly and Maze — died Wednesday. Beverly, whose real name was Howard Stanley Beverly, was 77. The native Philadelphian wrote ...

Frankie Beverly and Maze, the band he co-founded, have provided the soundtrack to generations of lives. Summer, a season that rarely passes without the sound of his soulful voice, is concluding on a ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Frankie Beverly, who with his band Maze inspired generations of fans with his smooth, soulful voice and lasting anthems including “Before I Let Go,” has died. He was 77. His family ...