Dead Pop Stars

[Joey Russ 7,268]

On 17/04/2019 at 06:03, Bibliogryphon said:

Thinking of the NOW albums which have got to the point where there are more than 100. I got to thinking about the original NOW album (released in 1983) and created a list of 20 potential Deathlist picks.  This is not comprehensive as I have omitted members of groups outside of recognisable lead singers.

 

The only dead solo artist from NOW ONE is Malcolm McLaran.

 

1.       Phil Collins (b.1951)

2.       Simon Le Bon (b.1958)

3.       Limahl (b.1958)

4.       Glenn Gregory (b.1958)

5.       Harry Wayne Casey (b.1951)

6.       Bonnie Tyler (b.1951)

7.       Boy George (b.1961)

8.       Mike Oldfield (b.1953)

9.       Rod Stewart (b.1945)

10.   Paul Young (b.1956)

11.   Tina Turner (b.1939)

12.   Phil Oakey (b.1955)

13.   Howard Jones (b.1955)

14.   Peabo Bryson (b.1951)

15.   Roberta Flack (b.1937)

16.   Tracey Ullman (b.1959)

17.   Lynn Goldsmith (Will Powers) (b.1948)

18.   Robert Smith (b.1959)

19.   Jim Kerr (b.1959)

20.   Suggs (b.1961)

 

If we don't get some action soon I might have to look at some of the other NOW albums

Peabo Bryson has suffered a heart attack.

[YoungWillz 21,245]

9 minutes ago, Joey Russ said:

Peabo Bryson has suffered a heart attack.

That would be hilarious if his 1983 singing partner outlives him...…..cos I have her on my team! *laughs hysterically*

[Spade_Cooley 9,638]

Level 42 guitarist Boon Gould dead at 64.

 

The sun goes down

[YoungWillz 21,245]

53 minutes ago, Spade_Cooley said:

Level 42 guitarist Boon Gould dead at 64.

 

The sun goes down

Yes, a miss for my 1983 TOTP theme team. Bugger. Not a hint in my researches that he was ill. Now removed from my 1984, 1985, 1986 and 1987 lists.

 

Ah well, here is that UK 1983 #10 hit:

 

 

[Paul Bearer 6,134]

5 hours ago, Spade_Cooley said:

Level 42 guitarist Boon Gould dead at 64.

 

The sun goes down

Now just level. 

[Joey Russ 7,268]

J. R. Cobb, guitarist and songwriters for groups such as Classic IV and the Atlanta Rhythm Section is dead at 75.

[Sir Creep 7,071]

Stephen I. Diener, a longtime music and entertainment executive who served as president of ABC Records in the 1970s and led in its sale to MCACorporation in 1979, died at this home in Coral Gables, Florida on April 30. He was 80.
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[Bibliogryphon 9,652]

So with everything being really dull on the Deathlist front I have now got round to NOW That's What I Call Music Vol III.

 

NOW THREE

 

1.       Midge Ure (b.1953)

2.       Paul Weller (b.1958)

3.       Alison Moyet (b.1961)

4.       Andrew Ridgeley (b.1963)

5.       Gary Glitter (b.1944)

6.       David Sylvian (b.1958)

7.       Roger Taylor (Queen) (b.1949)

8.       Roger Taylor (Duran Duran) (b.1960)

9.       Jimmy Sommerville (b.1961)

10.   Kathy Sledge (b.1959)

11.   Andy Mcluskey (b.1959)

12.   Neil Arthur (b.1958)

13.   Joseph Saddler (Grandmaster Flash) (b.1958)

14.   Terry Hall (b.1959)

15.   Linda Womack (b.1953)

16.   Siobhan Fahey (b.1958)

17.   Lawrence Donegan (b.1961)

18.   Claudia Brucken (b.1963)

19.   Martha Walsh (b.1953)

20.   Alannah Currie (b.1957)

 

It is beginning to get difficult without repeating so going forward I might have to double up a few albums if I can't get a proper 20. You might notice a few groups are getting into their second and third tier members. I have also disregarded anyone who does not have a wiki entry.

[Toast 16,240]

Keith Flint inquest.
 

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Prodigy star Keith Flint died by hanging and had cocaine, alcohol and codeine in his system at the time, an inquest heard today.

The 49-year-old was found dead at his home in the Essex hamlet of North End on March 4.

Essex Senior Coroner Caroline Beasley-Murray recorded an open conclusion, saying: 'Was he just larking around and it all went horribly wrong?'

 

 

Never heard it called that before.

[maryportfuncity 10,688]

20 hours ago, Toast said:

Keith Flint inquest.
 

 

Never heard it called that before.

 

Yeah, that confused me when I heard it on the radio. Got me wondering briefly if it was some auto-erotic failure but given the actual hanging (i.e. not the David Carradine/Michael Hutchence off a door handle with your cock out scenario) I'm guessing it's a suicide but the lack of a note and chaotic nature of his lifestyle means a coroner can't be certain he meant it.

 

[msc 18,557]

ftr Michael Hutchence didn't auto-erotic himself, he was a depressive who hung himself because he had brain damage from an incident in Holland and thought Bob Geldof's lawyers were taking his kids off him. His last few weeks are an all too familiar music tale of someone with demons completely falling off the deep end. Paula Yates hung to the accidental death belief thing like a crutch in the midst of her own spiral, but nah, he meant to do himself in.

[maryportfuncity 10,688]

1 hour ago, msc said:

ftr Michael Hutchence didn't auto-erotic himself, he was a depressive who hung himself because he had brain damage from an incident in Holland and thought Bob Geldof's lawyers were taking his kids off him. His last few weeks are an all too familiar music tale of someone with demons completely falling off the deep end. Paula Yates hung to the accidental death belief thing like a crutch in the midst of her own spiral, but nah, he meant to do himself in.

 

 

Oh, my bad on that one.

 

Carradine was a crank off too far though, right?

[YoungWillz 21,245]

Report of the death of Chuck Barksdale of The Dells, US group who seemingly only had one UK chart single. But it is a good one.

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4274460/

 

UK #15 (1969) Love Is Blue (I Can Sing A Rainbow)

 

[time 8,682]

5 hours ago, YoungWillz said:

Report of the death of Chuck Barksdale of The Dells, US group who seemingly only had one UK chart single. But it is a good one.

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4274460/

 

UK #15 (1969) Love Is Blue (I Can Sing A Rainbow)

 

"heavenly transition"? 

[alt obits guy 3,386]

Melvin Edmonds, the vocalist of the group After 7 and the brother of producer Kenny 'Babyface' Edmonds, has died.  He was 65.

 

https://www.indystar.com/story/entertainment/music/concerts/2019/05/19/after-7-vocalist-and-north-central-alum-melvin-edmonds-dies-65/3732983002/

 

[Spade_Cooley 9,638]

Alabama 3's The Reverend D. Wayne Love has died, apparently following a performance at the Highpoint Festival. If you're wondering what he did in Alabama 3's most famous song.... the answer is nothing, his verse is cut out in the edit used for The Sopranos' theme tune.

[Joey Russ 7,268]

On 28/09/2006 at 12:31, maryportfuncity said:

I've just discovered that Preston Epps - b 1931 - arguably the world's leading bongo player, is still alive and - until recently - gigging.

Preston Epps is not alive anymore.

[Bibliogryphon 9,652]

NOW FOUR was released in November 1984 and was the first of the albums not to go to #1 on the UK Album chart

 

1.       Girgio Moroder (b.1940)

2.       Eugene Wilde (b.1961)

3.       Rockwell (Kennedy Gordy)(b.1964)

4.       Ray Parker Jr (b.1954)

5.       John Waite (b.1952)

6.       Lionel Richie (b.1949)

7.       Elton John (b.1947)

8.       Julian Lennon (b.1963)

9.       John Deacon (b.1951)

10.    Francis Rossi (b.1949)

11.    Bono (Paul Hewson) (b.1960)

12.    Fergal Sharkey (b.1958)

13.    Kim Wilde (b.1960)

14.    Bonnie Pointer (b.1950)

15.    Martyn Wade (b.1956)

16.    Phil Gould (B.1957)

17.    Joe Leeway (b.1955)

18.    Martin Brammel (b.1957)

19.    Mick Talbot (b.1958)

20.    Mark Brzezicki (b.1957)

[Spade_Cooley 9,638]

On 21/05/2019 at 19:51, Spade_Cooley said:

Alabama 3's The Reverend D. Wayne Love has died, apparently following a performance at the Highpoint Festival. If you're wondering what he did in Alabama 3's most famous song.... the answer is nothing, his verse is cut out in the edit used for The Sopranos' theme tune.

Latest Popbitch explains how he went:

 

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If it makes the news any easier to bear, we’re happy to tell you that he at least went out on a high. He spent a fair bit of the set snorting coke off someone’s shoulder at the back of the stage while the band was playing.

 

[maryportfuncity 10,688]

On 22/05/2019 at 05:27, Joey Russ said:

Preston Epps is not alive anymore.

 

 

AAhhhh, shit!

 

Summat of a fan and I've inflicted his magnum opus Bongos Around the World on a few unsuspecting souls over the years (pretty much what you'd imagine - the backing band change the style to different ethnic sounds and Preston pumps out suitable bongos over the top to respond to each new innovation). John Peel was also prone to playing the odd bit of Preston.

[mollyafox 460]

Latin pop star Gabriel Diniz has died at the young age of 28 due to a plane crash. 

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/781907/Gabriel-Diniz-dead-plane-crash-girlfriend-birthday-song-Jenifer-Salvador-bahia-brazil

[maryportfuncity 10,688]

1 hour ago, mollyafox said:

Latin pop star Gabriel Diniz has died at the young age of 28 due to a plane crash. 

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/781907/Gabriel-Diniz-dead-plane-crash-girlfriend-birthday-song-Jenifer-Salvador-bahia-brazil

 

 

Didn't he just record a cover version of I Feel Like Buddy Holly?

[FixedBusiness 407]

16 minutes ago, maryportfuncity said:

 

 

Didn't he just record a cover version of I Feel Like Buddy Holly?

Yes, by the rock group Wheezer.

[Skinny kiltrunner 553]

2 hours ago, FixedBusiness said:

Yes, by the rock group Wheezer.

Weezer, but watever. 

[FixedBusiness 407]

14 hours ago, Skinny kiltrunner said:

Weezer, but watever. 

The song is called (only) Buddy Holly, so I was adding extra letters in there. On purpose.