NEW YORK — Rod McKuen, the husky-voiced poet and performer whose music, verse and spoken-word recordings in the 1960s and ’70s won him Oscar nominations and made him one of the best-selling poets in ...

The tables were all full, and I sat on the floor, my back against the rear wall of Ali’s Coffee House at 63rd Street and Kostner Avenue in Chicago. It was amateur night on a Friday, and I was waiting ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Rod McKuen, the husky-voiced "King of Kitsch" whose avalanche of music, verse and spoken-word recordings in the 1960s and '70s overwhelmed critical mockery and made him an ...

Rod McKuen, the husky-voiced “King of Kitsch” whose music, verse and spoken-word recordings in the 1960s and ’70s won him an Oscar nomination and made him one of the best-selling poets in history, has ...

He turned out hundreds of songs and poems and records, including the Academy Award-nominated song "Jean" for the 1969 film 'The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.' By The Associated Press Rod McKuen - P 2015 ...