Dead Pop Stars

[Sly Ronnie 917]

1 hour ago, maryportfuncity said:

Never knew this, then

 

BBC had asked the Four Tops to do Top of the Pops (Loco in Acapulco being a chart hit late in 1988). had they not done the show they'd have perished on the plane that hit Lockerbie. 

 

 

So that's John Lydon and the Four Tops that could have perished on that flight then? Instead it was a bloke from Cockney Rebel. What was it, a specially chartered pop star plane?

[Sir Creep 7,071]

On 14/01/2023 at 16:27, Paul Bearer said:

I suppose this might be the correct thread to post this.

Yukihiro Takahashi of Yellow Magic Orchestra has died.

It’s the exact correct thread.  Thanks for placing it here.

 

[maryportfuncity 10,684]

9 hours ago, Sly Ronnie said:

 

So that's John Lydon and the Four Tops that could have perished on that flight then? Instead it was a bloke from Cockney Rebel. What was it, a specially chartered pop star plane?

 

 

It was Paul Jeffreys - from Cockney Rebel, Be-Bop Deluxe, The Electric Eels and one or two others: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Jeffreys

 

 

 

[DCI Frank Burnside 3,891]

Christy Dignam receiving palliative care

 

 

https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2023/0116/1346964-family-confirm-christy-dignam-receiving-palliative-care/

[msc 18,543]

Between this and Odjick, is this going to be the year of the old DDP names being cleared out? Watch out for passing snowmobiles, Ryan Buell!

[Death Impends 8,043]

Can confirm the DDP got completely bored of him.

 

At least if Scott Thorson somehow dies this year, 10 of you picked him. I joked he was dying on the DDP News Ticker in the final days of the year, which given it seemingly inspired people to pick him, almost makes me feel bad. Almost.

[The Old Crem 3,636]

Quite surprising someone with a life limiting condition for years didn’t get one single team to pick him.

[Joey Russ 7,267]

Just now, The Old Crem said:

Quite surprising someone with a life limiting condition for years didn’t get one single team to pick him.

He was an extreme over-exaggerator. He was definitely ill but never really as ill as he claimed (until now)

[The Old Crem 3,636]

Doris, Swedish pop singer has died 75.

[Sir Creep 7,071]

3 minutes ago, The Old Crem said:

Doris, Swedish pop singer has died 75.

Wasn’t her Day.

[Spade_Cooley 9,637]

 

May have been overplayed in the mid-00s "hey look I discovered some obscure Europop, how wacky" era, but undeniably a great, great song.

[harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy 1,708]

1 hour ago, Spade_Cooley said:

 

May have been overplayed in the mid-00s "hey look I discovered some obscure Europop, how wacky" era, but undeniably a great, great song.

Matt Berry and Emma Noble covered Doris’s equally ‘groovy’ Beatmaker for his Toast in Tinseltown. I should give the album a listen when my kitschometer goes down a bit.

[YoungWillz 21,229]

Alan Darby, sometime guitarist and lead singer with British band Fashion, reportedly dead: 

During his tenure, they reached #69 in the UK charts in February 1984 with Eye Talk and promoted the single on Razzmatazz: 

 

[YoungWillz 21,229]

Top Topham, founding member of and guitarist with The Yardbirds (being replaced by Eric Clapton), reportedly dead: 

 

[Perhaps 1,429]

That would've been a great gay pornstar name.

 

Even more so if they were a bottom.

[Sir Creep 7,071]

1 hour ago, YoungWillz said:

Top Topham, founding member of and guitarist with The Yardbirds (being replaced by Eric Clapton), reportedly dead: 

 

never heard of him even with this obit.  Another miss for Gris Gris, despite the fact he was unknowable.

FTR that’s two of four (?) Yardbird guitarists.  Jimmy and Eric better watch their backs.

[maryportfuncity 10,684]

Not sure if this is Singles Chart, Old Folkies or Dead Pop Stars fodder but...

 

78 year old Strawb Dave Cousins (two big hits though he didn't write their biggest) was too ill to attend an honourary degree ceremony on Friday. He has - frankly - looked very rough in a few candid recent pictures that have shown up on social media. 

 

Link to official site: https://www.strawbsweb.co.uk/

[Sir Creep 7,071]

On 24/01/2023 at 17:28, maryportfuncity said:

Not sure if this is Singles Chart, Old Folkies or Dead Pop Stars fodder but...

 

78 year old Strawb Dave Cousins (two big hits though he didn't write their biggest) was too ill to attend an honourary degree ceremony on Friday. He has - frankly - looked very rough in a few candid recent pictures that have shown up on social media. 

 

Link to official site: https://www.strawbsweb.co.uk/

mpfc, you seem troubled and confused; let me try to help.
If a person had a pop hit single you are to place the obit in the Pop thread.

If a person had a country hit single you are to place the obit in the Country thread.

If a person had a jazz hit single you are to place the obit in the Jazz   (Didn’t Wake Up) thread.

If a person had a heavy metal hit single you are to place the obit in the Heavy Metal (Stairway/Highway) thread.

If a person had a classical hit single you are to place the obit in the classical (Minimalists) thread.

If a person had a folk hit single you are to place the obit in the Folk thread.

If a person had a prog rock hit single you are to place the obit in either of the Prog (Close to the End/Next Piper) threads.

If a person had a punk/new wave hit single you are to place the obit in the Punk/Wavers thread.

 

Its all very, very easy, and I canna imagine why you would ever post a musical obit in the Singles Chart thread, which really serves no purpose, as I have shown.

SirC

[TQR 14,462]

Well said by a tool who gets threads wrong more often than right.

[time 8,677]

[Toast 16,234]

54 minutes ago, Sir Creep said:

mpfc, you seem troubled and confused; let me try to help.
If a person had a pop hit single you are to place the obit in the Pop thread.

If a person had a country hit single you are to place the obit in the Country thread.

If a person had a jazz hit single you are to place the obit in the Jazz   (Didn’t Wake Up) thread.

If a person had a heavy metal hit single you are to place the obit in the Heavy Metal (Stairway/Highway) thread.

If a person had a classical hit single you are to place the obit in the classical (Minimalists) thread.

If a person had a folk hit single you are to place the obit in the Folk thread.

If a person had a prog rock hit single you are to place the obit in either of the Prog (Close to the End/Next Piper) threads.

If a person had a punk/new wave hit single you are to place the obit in the Punk/Wavers thread.

 

Its all very, very easy, and I canna imagine why you would ever post a musical obit in the Singles Chart thread, which really serves no purpose, as I have shown.

SirC

 

If it's so easy, why are you advising people to post jazz musicians in the Blues thread (Didn't Wake Up This Morning) rather than in Death By Jazz?

[lilham 766]

8 hours ago, Sir Creep said:

mpfc, you seem troubled and confused; let me try to help.
If a person had a pop hit single you are to place the obit in the Pop thread.

If a person had a country hit single you are to place the obit in the Country thread.

If a person had a jazz hit single you are to place the obit in the Jazz   (Didn’t Wake Up) thread.

If a person had a heavy metal hit single you are to place the obit in the Heavy Metal (Stairway/Highway) thread.

If a person had a classical hit single you are to place the obit in the classical (Minimalists) thread.

If a person had a folk hit single you are to place the obit in the Folk thread.

If a person had a prog rock hit single you are to place the obit in either of the Prog (Close to the End/Next Piper) threads.

If a person had a punk/new wave hit single you are to place the obit in the Punk/Wavers thread.

 

Its all very, very easy, and I canna imagine why you would ever post a musical obit in the Singles Chart thread, which really serves no purpose, as I have shown.

SirC

Crappers for rap. But where does r&b go?

[YoungWillz 21,229]

On 14/03/2022 at 06:01, alt obits guy said:

Barry Bailey, guitarist with the Atlanta Rhythm section, has died. He was 73.

 

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/barry-bailey-atlanta-rhythm-section-dead/

 

 

Dean Daughtry, keyboards with Atlanta Rhythm Section, now being reported dead: https://www.al.com/life/2023/01/dean-daughtry-70s-southern-rock-hitmaker-with-atlanta-rhythm-section-has-died.html

 

Only one left from the group that hit the UK Charts.

 

 

[ObakeFilter 965]

On 30/05/2022 at 18:37, Captain Hemlock said:

Dave Navarro has had long COVID since December.

 

https://www.nme.com/news/music/dave-navarro-has-been-sick-with-long-covid-since-december-3236142

 

Dave Navarro is still missing out shows while struggling with post-covid symptoms.

 

https://www.brooklynvegan.com/dave-navarro-sitting-out-more-janes-addiction-dates-josh-klinghoffer-to-replace-him

[YoungWillz 21,229]

On 20/06/2020 at 00:43, Death Impends said:

1937 - Tommy Sands, Don Everly (The Everly Brothers), Jerry Allison (The Crickets), Charlie Thomas (The Drifters), Santo Farina (Santo & Johnny), Clarence "Frogman" Henry, Joe Rivers (Johnnie & Joe), Phil Cracolici (The Mystics), Jerry Keller

Charlie Thomas of The Drifters has reportedly died aged 85: https://www.soultracks.com/story-charlie-thomas-drifters-dies

 

Last original member and a DDP pick.

 

Lead on Sweets For My Sweet and When My Little Girl Is Smiling.

 

RIP. End of an era.