Spade_Cooley 9,538 Posted January 19, 2017 Loalwa Braz, who provided the vocals for Kaoma's late 80s global chart smash/wedding reception irritant "Lambada" has been found dead inside a burned out car in her native Brazil. She was 63. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted January 21, 2017 Loalwa Braz, who provided the vocals for Kaoma's late 80s global chart smash/wedding reception irritant "Lambada" has been found dead inside a burned out car in her native Brazil. She was 63. Can say I've never heard of the song or band or singer, and maybe that's for the best; however this clearly says she was murdered. SC http://m.hindustantimes.com/music/loalwa-braz-singer-of-international-hit-la-lambada-found-murdered/story-niA7pgcsv0btFwCZqHLQjN.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ankou 17 Posted January 21, 2017 Well, Americans probably don't know the song, but here in Europe it was a big summer hit and topped the charts in many countries like other songs of the same king like Soca Dance, Macarena, the Ketchup Song,... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted January 22, 2017 Well, Americans probably don't know the song, but here in Europe it was a big summer hit and topped the charts in many countries like other songs of the same king like Soca Dance, Macarena, the Ketchup Song,... Yes I gave it an ear and I suspected it had the clout of Macarena over here in the States. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CaptainChorizo 1,983 Posted January 22, 2017 Maggie Roche Folk Singer-songwriter who has been performing since the 70's with her sisters as The Roches, dead at age 65 after a long battle with Breast Cancer. www.youtube.com/watch?v=EA-U5H4VoX8 Hammond Song from the trio's debut album is such a lovely track Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted January 22, 2017 Maggie Roche Folk Singer-songwriter who has been performing since the 70's with her sisters as The Roches, dead at age 65 after a long battle with Breast Cancer. www.youtube.com/watch?v=EA-U5H4VoX8 Hammond Song from the trio's debut album is such a lovely track I posted about 8 hours prior in Old Folkies. I guess the third and fourth words of your posts didn't tip you off. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,655 Posted January 22, 2017 Maggie Roche Folk Singer-songwriter who has been performing since the 70's with her sisters as The Roches, dead at age 65 after a long battle with Breast Cancer. www.youtube.com/watch?v=EA-U5H4VoX8 Hammond Song from the trio's debut album is such a lovely track I posted about 8 hours prior in Old Folkies. I guess the third and fourth words of your posts didn't tip you off. SC FB and the Wiki are both marking this as the end of the band too (they'd been sporadically active at best for 20 years). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thatcher 2,418 Posted January 22, 2017 Pete Overend Watts, bass guitarist and founding member of Mott the Hoople, has reportedly died according to various reports on Twitter and Facebook. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,588 Posted January 22, 2017 Pete Overend Watts, bass guitarist and founding member of Mott the Hoople, has reportedly died according to various reports on Twitter and Facebook. All the old dudes.... 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,228 Posted January 22, 2017 Pete Overend Watts, bass guitarist and founding member of Mott the Hoople, has reportedly died according to various reports on Twitter and Facebook. If that's true, then it would be the first big music death of 2017. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Switch 141 Posted January 22, 2017 Pete Overend Watts, bass guitarist and founding member of Mott the Hoople, has reportedly died according to various reports on Twitter and Facebook. Overend out. 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Redrumours 861 Posted January 23, 2017 Pete Overend Watts, bass guitarist and founding member of Mott the Hoople, has reportedly died according to various reports on Twitter and Facebook. Anymore 69yr olds, this could be another 2016. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thatcher 2,418 Posted January 23, 2017 Pete Overend Watts, bass guitarist and founding member of Mott the Hoople, has reportedly died according to various reports on Twitter and Facebook. BBC Obituary here. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theoldlady 2,306 Posted January 23, 2017 Pete Overend Watts, bass guitarist and founding member of Mott the Hoople, has reportedly died according to various reports on Twitter and Facebook. All this is part of the long-awaited for and to some, the long hoped for, Baby Boomer die-off! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,655 Posted January 23, 2017 Pete Overend Watts, bass guitarist and founding member of Mott the Hoople, has reportedly died according to various reports on Twitter and Facebook. All this is part of the long-awaited for and to some, the long hoped for, Baby Boomer die-off! Mixed feelings mind, I want the three surviving Black Sabs who still tour under that name to live at least nine more days so I can see them Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bladan 293 Posted January 23, 2017 Pete Overend Watts, bass guitarist and founding member of Mott the Hoople, has reportedly died according to various reports on Twitter and Facebook. All this is part of the long-awaited for and to some, the long hoped for, Baby Boomer die-off! Mixed feelings mind, I want the three surviving Black Sabs who still tour under that name to live at least nine more days so I can see them "All rock-and-rollers over the age of 50 look stupid and should retire." –Grace Slick 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,062 Posted January 24, 2017 One hit wonder in the US, Joey Powers, has died aged 82. http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/observer-reporter/obituary.aspx?pid=183683381 Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_Powers Midnight Mary (US Hot 100 #10): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVOL8OhzmDI Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,062 Posted January 24, 2017 Ron Mundy of The Marcels has died. He was 76. http://www.koaa.com/story/34334975/marcels-singer-ronald-bingo-mundy-dies-at-76 Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Marcels Blue Moon (UK #1): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoi3TH59ZEs Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 7,986 Posted January 24, 2017 Ba ba ba ba dang dang dang ding a dong ding... Bluuuuuuuuuuuuuue maaaaaaaaaaaaan. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thatcher 2,418 Posted January 26, 2017 Björn Thelin, bassist in the Swedish band The Spotnicks, has died aged 74. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,655 Posted January 26, 2017 Björn Thelin, bassist in the Swedish band The Spotnicks, has died aged 74. Ah, The Spotniks - employers of Jimmy Nicol when the ex-Beatles drummer couldn't get arrested in his own country Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted January 28, 2017 Adam Ant's FB page says guitarist Tom Edwards found dead. "TOM EDWARDS, GUITARIST AND MUSICAL DIRECTOR FOR ADAM ANT, PASSES AWAY(CHERRY HILL, NJ) January 26, 2017 … Tom Edwards, 41, guitarist and MD for Adam Ant, passed away yesterday from suspected heart failure at Kennedy Hospital in Cherry Hill, NJ. Tom was on tour with the band as part of the North American Kings of the Wild Frontier tour that began two nights ago in Washington DC. He was found unresponsive then rushed to the hospital where he passed away yesterday in the late ...afternoon." SC https://www.facebook.com/antmusicofficial/?fref=nf Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grande Pablo 109 Posted January 28, 2017 Geoff Nicholls of Black Sabbath http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/7669975/geoff-nicholls-black-sabbath-keyboardist-dies-at-68 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,655 Posted January 29, 2017 Re Can losing their drummer - the entire Freakier Zone on Six Music at midnight was given over to a megamix of Can; awesome Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thatcher 2,418 Posted January 31, 2017 Bobby Freeman, an American singer whose #5 hit 'Do You Wanna Dance' went on to be covered by The Beach Boys, Bette Midler and Cliff Richard, has reportedly died aged 76. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
