NEW YORK (AP) -- Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, a soulful mezzo-soprano who provided backing vocals on such 1960s classics as "Suspicious Minds" and "When a Man Loves a Woman" and was a featured singer ...

Donna Godchaux of the Grateful Dead at the Uptown Theater in Chicago, 1978 - Paul Natkin/Getty Images Donna Jean Godchaux, who has died aged 78, was a singer with the Grateful Dead during the 1970s; ...

The late Bob Weir was crucial to shaping the sound of the world’s greatest jam band.

As we continue to reflect on the 60 years since the formation of the Grateful Dead, we present this feature which originally appeared in the special programs we created for Fare Thee Well at Soldier ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, a soulful mezzo-soprano who provided backing vocals on such 1960s classics as “Suspicious Minds” and “When a Man Loves a Woman” and was a featured singer ...

Donna Jean Godchaux, a singer best known for her work with the Grateful Dead in the 1970s, has died. She was 78. As a backing artist, Godchaux also appeared on a number of classic hits including Elvis ...

Singer Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, who helped shape the sound of the Grateful Dead during the 1970s and sang backup on No. 1 hits by Elvis Presley and Percy Sledge, died Sunday. She was 78. The singer ...