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Phoebe Snow, who sang 1975 hit ‘Poetry Man,’ dies

NEW YORK -- Phoebe Snow, a bluesy singer, guitarist and songwriter who had a defining hit of the 1970s with "Poetry Man" but then largely dropped out of the spotlight to care for her disabled daughter, has died.

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