Sixto Rodriguez was a rock star who didn't even know it for years. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "SUGAR MAN") SIXTO RODRIGUEZ: (Singing) Sugar man. SIMON: Released two albums in the early 1970s. They went ...

Sixto Rodriguez, the cult folk rock hero from Detroit who found success beyond the Motor City long unknown even to himself, died Tuesday, according to his friends and family. He was 81. “It is with ...

Who were the most important American songwriters after Woodstock? Bob Dylan, Neil Young and Rodriguez. Everyone knew that where I was growing up, among the malcontent teenagers of white suburbia in ...

US singer and musician Sixto Rodriguez, seen here performing in Paris in 2013, had hits including "Sugar Man" and "I Wonder" - Copyright AFP PIERRE ANDRIEU US singer ...

Singer-songwriter Sixto Rodriguez, who was catapulted from Detroit obscurity to global acclaim by the Oscar-winning documentary “Searching for Sugar Man,” has died at 81. Rodriguez passed away Tuesday ...

Sixto Rodriguez, the Detroit, Michigan-born singer and star of the documentary Searching for Sugar Man, has died according to a post on his Facebook page. Rodriguez was 81 years old. At the time, many ...

The post Sixto Rodriguez, Subject of the Documentary Searching for Sugar Man, Dead at 81 appeared first on Consequence. Sixto Rodriguez, the Detroit musician who found surprise success in South Africa ...

A remembrance of musician Sixto Rodriguez. The singer-songwriter was catapulted to stardom, late in life, with the documentary, "Searching for Sugar Man." SIXTO RODRIGUEZ: (Singing) Sugar man. SIMON: ...

SIMON: Released two albums in the early 1970s. They went nowhere in America. But in South Africa, he became a megastar. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "SUGAR MAN") RODRIGUEZ: (Singing) For a blue coin, won't you ...