Henry “Carl” Becker was born Dec. 24, 1906. He built up a successful paper-cutting machinery business on Van Dam Street in Long Island City.After a divorce, he married England-born Joan ...

Photographs in illustration by Santiago Felipe/; John Atashian/; Paul Bergen/Redferns/; Gary Null/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal/; BSR Agency/Gentle Look/; Jim McCrary/Redferns/; Michael Putland/; Frank ...

Steely Dan are perhaps most closely associated with the genre tag of yacht rock, but that term wasn't exactly the best descriptor of their sound.

We break down the ill-considered decisions that lead to tracks from the Beatles' "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" to Elton John's "Jamaica Jerk-Off." ...

The folk legend Bob Dylan might have inspired a million musicians, including Steely Dan, but over the years Donald Fagen has fuelled a feud with the star.

Now and again, Donald Fagen and Walter Becker threw us a curveball and gave us something of a more straightforward pleasure. “Pearl of the Quarter,” a country-tinged weeper set in New Orleans ...

It looked for quite some time the legacy of Steely Dan would be confined to the ‘70s, a decade their music helped define. Who could ever have expected that they’d make a grand return, sounding eerily ...

The American rock band, formed by Walter Becker and Donald Fagen, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001 after selling more than 40 million albums worldwide. They've also been ...

In a heart-warming celebration filled with laughter, reminiscence and joy, one family in the area recently marked a momentous occasion as Dorothy Stringer, affectionately known as Dot, celebrated her ...

You can barely see the road from the heat coming off it … you reach down between your legs and ease the seat back … to get ...

Years of Imagining the City Through Music,” a new exhibit at the Museum of the City of New York, celebrates a century of New York’s ...