Dead Pop Stars

[Kenny 283]

9 hours ago, YoungWillz said:

Phil Spalding, bassist most notably with the band Toyah (before she went solo), reportedly dead: https://www.instagram.com/p/CoUcmOHIJ1r/?igshid=YTgzYjQ4ZTY%3D

 

@Death Impends Spalding was a DDP pick for me years ago, so List of the Missed, if not picked this year.

 

This would have been the vid I would have posted:

 

 

 

That's just awful!

 

It's not surprising that she now just plays with her boobs on YouTube.

[ladyfiona 2,589]

Not dead yet but Madonna is certainly not wanting to age gracefully and is being compared to Pete Burns:

 

 

[Slackhurst Broadcasting 374]

She's getting to look like Julie:

 

 

[gcreptile 10,978]

Took a while, but here's the Charlie Thomas QO:

https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/21300005/charlie-thomas-dead-drifters-legend/

[Ulitzer95 12,654]

20 minutes ago, gcreptile said:

Took a while, but here's the Charlie Thomas QO:

https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/21300005/charlie-thomas-dead-drifters-legend/

The timing isn't coincidental. The NY Times released an obituary last night which actually contained a date of death (something that was missing from his Soul Tracks "obit"). Easier for the British press to wait on a more reputable U.S. media outlet to do all the research for them.

[The Old Crem 3,606]

1 hour ago, Ulitzer95 said:

The timing isn't coincidental. The NY Times released an obituary last night which actually contained a date of death (something that was missing from his Soul Tracks "obit"). Easier for the British press to wait on a more reputable U.S. media outlet to do all the research for them.

Particularly as the Sun’s obit is written by a foreign news reporter (Rather than showbiz one) who likely regularly checks the NYT for stories.

[YoungWillz 21,055]

 

[Joey Russ 7,228]

4 hours ago, Ulitzer95 said:

The timing isn't coincidental. The NY Times released an obituary last night which actually contained a date of death (something that was missing from his Soul Tracks "obit"). Easier for the British press to wait on a more reputable U.S. media outlet to do all the research for them.

If the US media could report on Floyd Sneed that’ll be appreciated. Him getting basically nothing here is absolutely stunning 

[ObakeFilter 905]

Steve Sostak, the saxophonist and vocalist for Chicago-based indie/experimental projects such as Sweep The Leg Johnny, Check Engine, and ZZZZ, has died. He was 49.

https://www.stereogum.com/2213119/steve-sostak-sweep-the-leg-johnny-zzzz-dead/

[OneManJury 84]

2 minutes ago, ObakeFilter said:

Steve Sostak, the saxophonist and vocalist for Chicago-based indie/experimental projects such as Sweep The Leg Johnny, Check Engine, and ZZZZ, has died. He was 49.

https://www.stereogum.com/2213119/steve-sostak-sweep-the-leg-johnny-zzzz-dead/

Zzzzz indeed.

[YoungWillz 21,055]

Barrie Corbett, aka Barry Corbett, British musician and songwriter whose main success was in Europe as part of the duo Barry And Eileen with If You Go, reportedly dead: https://www.harrogateadvertiser.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/heritage/tribute-to-harrogate-music-legend-who-has-died-after-decades-of-hits-with-the-smurfs-and-appearing-with-the-beatles-4018649

 

Wrote choons for The Smurfs after Father Abraham went his own way to produce songs separately from the cartoon series.

 

Warning - excess of cheese follows:

 

 

[YoungWillz 21,055]

On 21/01/2022 at 20:44, msc said:

 1934 – Tom Springfield, Chas McDevitt, Peter Dickinson, Geoffrey Grey, Sir Harrison Birtwistle, Marilyn Horne, Huey “Piano” Smith, Frankie Valli, Pat Boone, Dave Grusin, Sir Roger Norrington, Barron Anthony, Vince Hill, Ray Walker, Nana Mouskouri

Huey "Piano" Smith reportedly dead: https://www.nola.com/entertainment_life/new-orleans-rock-n-roll-pioneer-huey-piano-smith-dies/article_1a451915-0f9f-5e14-a98d-c1372185dc62.html

 

 

[YoungWillz 21,055]

Huey Piano Smith last picked in 2020: http://www.derbydeadpool.co.uk/deadpool2020/celebs_S.html#smithu

[Death Impends 7,979]

Picked the wrong 50s Louisianan R&B singer on my team!

[Summer in Transylvania 2,188]

American R&B singer Chuck Jackson (Wiki) reportedly dead aged 85.

 

 

[Death Impends 7,979]

2 hours ago, Summer in Transylvania said:

American R&B singer Chuck Jackson (Wiki) reportedly dead aged 85.

 

 

 

Had namechecked him in the Bacharach obit a couple of weeks ago as he was one of the earliest beneficiaries of Bacharach's songwriting!

[justonecornetto 951]

Bruce Barthol, bass guitarist with Country Joe & The Fish dies aged 75

[YoungWillz 21,055]

Mentioned over a decade ago, but it's being reported that Stateside songstress Bettye Swann has died: https://www.soultracks.com/story-bettye-swann-dies

 

Topped the US R &B charts and made #21 in the Billboard Hot 100 in 1967 with Make Me Yours:

 

Never picked for the DDP afaik.

[Ulitzer95 12,654]

3 hours ago, YoungWillz said:

Mentioned over a decade ago, but it's being reported that Stateside songstress Bettye Swann has died: https://www.soultracks.com/story-bettye-swann-dies

 

Topped the US R &B charts and made #21 in the Billboard Hot 100 in 1967 with Make Me Yours:

 

Never picked for the DDP afaik.

Being denied all over Facebook, including from Kent Records, her family/friends. Seems a similarly/same named woman in North Carolina has died and some confusion has arisen.

Pretty irresponsible of Soul Tracks to do that write up as even they speculate in their article as to whether she's actually dead...

[YoungWillz 21,055]

1 minute ago, Ulitzer95 said:

Being denied all over Facebook, including from Kent Records, her family/friends. Seems a similarly/same named woman in North Carolina has died and some confusion has arisen.

Pretty irresponsible of Soul Tracks to do that write up as even they speculate in their article as to whether she's actually dead...

Well, I did say "reported" - always my get out. 

 

In the words of Frank Spencer, MMM Bettye!!

[Ulitzer95 12,654]

Just now, YoungWillz said:

Well, I did say "reported" - always my get out. 

 

In the words of Frank Spencer, MMM Bettye!!

Interestingly, it seems the real Bettye Swan has been ill for over a decade...

[tracy 2,411]

Ron Altbach, known as a co-founder of the band King Harvest and for his work writing and producing with the Beach Boys, reportedly died on Monday:

 

[Spade_Cooley 9,536]

Just an addendum, but it's always worth mentioning that "Dancing In The Moonlight" is probably the only top 10 single ever written about recovering from your wounds after being attacked during an actual terrorist incident where eight American tourists were shot dead.

[Ulitzer95 12,654]

On 20/02/2023 at 16:03, Summer in Transylvania said:

American R&B singer Chuck Jackson (Wiki) reportedly dead aged 85.

 

 

Guardian obit.

[maryportfuncity 10,647]

7 hours ago, Spade_Cooley said:

Just an addendum, but it's always worth mentioning that "Dancing In The Moonlight" is probably the only top 10 single ever written about recovering from your wounds after being attacked during an actual terrorist incident where eight American tourists were shot dead.

 

 

So, the line about "chocolate stains on my pants" is because he shat himself in the face of mass deaths, oh wait a minute...my bad!