Dead Pop Stars

[YoungWillz 21,044]

1 hour ago, Spade_Cooley said:

Oft-picked-by-YW-theme-teamer Rocky Sharpe died December 5 last year, only being mentioned by reliable sources now however.

Sad news.

 

Didn't qualify for my team last year or this (phew!) though I see he was picked up by another team last year and get a loss. Also sad if anyone picked him for 2020.

 

For those who want to enjoy his 1978 #17 hit Rama Lama Ding Dong again: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsU8frpxJPM

[adrian0719 220]

Justin Bieber has Lyme Disease and chronic mono. 

[Toast 16,140]

What is "chronic mono"?  Is one of his speakers not working?

[FixedBusiness 407]

"Also, I dont know if it can make his lyrics any better" 

[Ulitzer95 12,596]

Forgive me if mentioned already...

Les Chadwick, bassist of Gerry and Pacemakers, died on Boxing Day in Sydney from brain cancer.

Liverpool Echo story here. Also mentioned on their official FB page here.

[alt obits guy 3,371]

Bobby Comstock, who had several minor hits in the U.S. in the late 50s/early 60s, has died.  He was 78 or 79.

 

https://www.14850.com/010912270-bobby-comstock/

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTIkelZNjms

 

 

 

[Spade_Cooley 9,525]

Steve Martin Caro, frontman of baroque pop behemoths The Left Banke, has walked away, sans Renee, aged 71.

[Sir Creep 7,070]

6 hours ago, Spade_Cooley said:

Steve Martin Caro, frontman of baroque pop behemoths The Left Banke, has walked away, sans Renee, aged 71.

That whole fucking band dropped like flies in about two years time 

[Phantom 2,533]

41 minutes ago, Sir Creep said:

That whole fucking band dropped like flies in about two years time 

Michael McKean will be the only one left at this rate

[YoungWillz 21,044]

On ‎21‎/‎05‎/‎2010 at 11:24, Spade_Cooley said:

Bret Michaels, in addition to last month's brain haemorrhage, has had a stroke and a hole discovered in his heart.

Bret Michaels getting some skin cancer removed while getting shoulder rotator cuff repaired: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-7899979/Bret-Michaels-56-patch-skin-cancer-removed.html

[Deathray 2,940]

Every time i see this thread updated i get my hopes up someone i've heard of might have gone.

 

Nope just another 70s nobody.

 

[YoungWillz 21,044]

One hit wonder as far as the UK is concerned. Robert Parker, who reached #24 in September 1966 (a very good month imo) the UK Charts with Barefootin',  dead at 89: https://www.fox8live.com/2020/01/19/barefootin-singer-robert-parker-passes-away/

 

Barefootin:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azIytXgdggA

 

 

[Deathray 2,940]

On 18/01/2020 at 22:52, Deathray said:

Every time i see this thread updated i get my hopes up someone i've heard of might have gone.

 

Nope just another 70s  60s nobody.

 

 

[Toast 16,140]

1 hour ago, YoungWillz said:

Barefootin:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azIytXgdggA

 

 

Embedding not working again?  It was for me the other day.

[YoungWillz 21,044]

Another for Deathray's ire.

 

Barry Mayger, namer and founding member of Chicory Tip, dead at 73: https://www.kentonline.co.uk/maidstone/news/founder-of-70s-chart-toppers-dies-220454/

 

Son Of My Father (UK #1 1972): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXsSYS-flOs

[Deathray 2,940]

On 18/01/2020 at 22:52, Deathray said:

Every time i see this thread updated i get my hopes up someone i've heard of might have gone.

 

Nope just another 70s nobody.

 

 

[Sir Creep 7,070]

Chicory Tip?

the fuck?

[Deathray 2,940]

17 minutes ago, Sir Creep said:

Chicory Tip?

the fuck?

[Spade_Cooley 9,525]

First UK #1 single to use a synthesizer, as every trivia buff knows.

[Deathray 2,940]

10 minutes ago, Spade_Cooley said:

First UK #1 single to use a synthesizer, as every trivia buff knows.

 

[Spade_Cooley 9,525]

The door has been opened from the outside, see the position of the key.

[Deathray 2,940]

9 minutes ago, Spade_Cooley said:

The door has been opened from the outside, see the position of the key.

 

Yes...

 

Obviously. Outside has opened the door to remind you it's there!

[JQW 282]

1 hour ago, Spade_Cooley said:

First UK #1 single to use a synthesizer, as every trivia buff knows.

 

Also written by Giorgio Moroder.

[Deathray 2,940]

3 hours ago, Sir Creep said:

Chicory Tip?

the fuck?

 

In all seriousness....

 

Quote

The band formed in 1967, their name having been chosen by Barry Mayger who saw a coffee bottle (probably Camp Coffee) which contained chicory and this was shown on the label. He offered up the name Chicory Tip and it was accepted by the rest of the band. They were signed to CBS Records. They were originally known as The Sonics. The first few singles flopped, although "Excuse Me Baby" (a remake of a minor UK hit for The Magic Lanterns in 1971) secured the band its first appearance on the BBC Television pop music programme, Top of the Pops.

 

Sounds like they but about as much effort into that process as their songs.....

[Phantom 2,533]

5 hours ago, YoungWillz said:

Another for Deathray's ire.

 

Barry Mayger, namer and founding member of Chicory Tip, dead at 73: https://www.kentonline.co.uk/maidstone/news/founder-of-70s-chart-toppers-dies-220454/

 

Son Of My Father (UK #1 1972): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXsSYS-flOs

I remember them.

One of those bands that got a chance to get a hit single, play TOTP then drift in to obscurity and finish up playing nostalgia shows in seaside towns at the local pavilion.