Dead Pop Stars

[YoungWillz 21,055]

Fred Lewis, percussionist with and founding member of US band Lakeside, reportedly dead: https://www.facebook.com/solarrecordsuk/posts/pfbid0bqHGgQQhMpStJxW3ucXGSBKiJP7ienZCKnN9P2mSyLTz3RZ8jV4ywXKN3ttkS5twl

 

Probably best known for their US R&B hit Fantastic Voyage from 1980, which subsequently dented the UK charts as a sample of the similarly titled number by Coolio in 1994:

 

 

[TomTomTelekom 3,728]

British singer and songwriter Roger Whittaker,  who had a number one hit song in 1970 called New World in the Morning and is known for his trademark whistling ability, died at 87 years:

https://www.bild.de/unterhaltung/leute/leute/roger-whittaker-87-tot-saenger-starb-in-suedfrankreich-85451812.bild.html

 

[YoungWillz 21,055]

15 minutes ago, TomTomTelekom said:

British singer and songwriter Roger Whittaker,  who had a number one hit song in 1970 called New World in the Morning and is known for his trademark whistling ability, died at 87 years:

https://www.bild.de/unterhaltung/leute/leute/roger-whittaker-87-tot-saenger-starb-in-suedfrankreich-85451812.bild.html

 

Up on his website: https://www.rogerwhittaker.com/

 

I picked him last year iirc. I have quite the strike rate of former TOTP picks this year.

[YoungWillz 21,055]

For some reason, I find Durham Town my favourite of his songs: 

 

 

[gcreptile 10,978]

42 minutes ago, TomTomTelekom said:

British singer and songwriter Roger Whittaker,  who had a number one hit song in 1970 called New World in the Morning and is known for his trademark whistling ability, died at 87 years:

https://www.bild.de/unterhaltung/leute/leute/roger-whittaker-87-tot-saenger-starb-in-suedfrankreich-85451812.bild.html

 

Oh wow.... HUGE name in Germany among the.... well...80+ year old crowd.

But I still wouldn't be surprised if he went on another "farewell tour".

[TQR 14,399]

My grandad always liked his music, presumably because his hearing aids never fucking worked properly.

[time 8,617]

42 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

Up on his website: https://www.rogerwhittaker.com/

 

I picked him last year iirc. I have quite the strike rate of former TOTP picks this year.

Another of my former Roger & Out team. They're doing quite well this year.

[Evil Grimace 359]

1 hour ago, time said:

Another of my former Roger & Out team. They're doing quite well this year.

 

QO for Roger Whittaker

Roger Whittaker: Durham Town folk singer dies at 87

[maryportfuncity 10,647]

Posts above are all the excuse I need to re-post Roger's freakiest moment, delicious in a surreal kind of way: 

 

[La Tombe 354]

3 hours ago, TomTomTelekom said:

British singer and songwriter Roger Whittaker,  who had a number one hit song in 1970 called New World in the Morning and is known for his trademark whistling ability, died at 87 years:

https://www.bild.de/unterhaltung/leute/leute/roger-whittaker-87-tot-saenger-starb-in-suedfrankreich-85451812.bild.html

 

If he died in France..the French media have not report his death yet, It was a huge music star 

[Lord Fellatio Nelson 6,219]

5 hours ago, TomTomTelekom said:

British singer and songwriter Roger Whittaker,  who had a number one hit song in 1970 called New World in the Morning and is known for his trademark whistling ability, died at 87 years:

https://www.bild.de/unterhaltung/leute/leute/roger-whittaker-87-tot-saenger-starb-in-suedfrankreich-85451812.bild.html

 

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Toast 16,144]

I thought of him the other day when there was talk about people who had their own TV shows.  I couldn't remember if he did or not, and anyway I thought he died years ago.

[Joey Russ 7,228]

1 minute ago, Lord Fellatio Nelson said:

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Funny thing, today I was just commenting on your absence in a group dm I’m on. Of course you would show back up the moment I made the comment. It’s sods law after all

[Lord Fellatio Nelson 6,219]

1 minute ago, Joey Russ said:

Funny thing, today I was just commenting on your absence in a group dm I’m on. Of course you would show back up the moment I made the comment. It’s sods law after all

Well, I will be in and out etc.

[time 8,617]

1 hour ago, Toast said:

I thought of him the other day when there was talk about people who had their own TV shows.  I couldn't remember if he did or not, and anyway I thought he died years ago.

I posted his 87th birthday not 6 months ago.

[Toast 16,144]

I don't really bother with the birthday thread.

[Youth in Asia 1,087]

5 hours ago, maryportfuncity said:

Posts above are all the excuse I need to re-post Roger's freakiest moment, delicious in a surreal kind of way: 

 

What a great song. What was freaky about it?

I always assumed he was American, never realised he was British.

 

[Perhaps 1,423]

Prudence McIntyre, one half of sister singing duo Patience and Prudence dead according to this obituary.

 

[lilham 757]

On 16/09/2023 at 23:03, lilham said:

Irish Grinstead from the girl group 702 died at age 43.

It was announced in December 2022 that she was taking a step back for severe medical issues.

Identical twin sister Orish passed away in 2008 at 27 of kidney failure.
Older sister LaMisha posted the news on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/CxRsLNWsB3x/?ref=AuRMtgCxzUDtk

702 had the hit single "Where My Girls At" in 1999 which peaked at #4 on the Billboard Top 100.

NYT obituary: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/18/arts/music/irish-grinstead-702-dead.html

[Youth in Asia 1,087]

The duet you didn't know you need:

 

[maryportfuncity 10,647]

6 hours ago, Youth in Asia said:

What a great song. What was freaky about it?

I always assumed he was American, never realised he was British.

 

 

 

It's mildly freaky at best - but that's - kinda - the point. Roger was so straight it's a bit surreal to see him tackle a song with a psychedelic guitar in the background. 

[Spade_Cooley 9,536]

7 hours ago, Perhaps said:

Prudence McIntyre, one half of sister singing duo Patience and Prudence dead according to this obituary.

 

 

[Marlborough 5]

8 hours ago, Youth in Asia said:

What a great song. What was freaky about it?

I always assumed he was American, never realised he was British.

 

Actually born in Kenya to British parents but didn’t move to Britain until he was 23 and his first recording was done in 1962

[TQR 14,399]

7 hours ago, Youth in Asia said:

The duet you didn't know you need:

 

 

Believe me, we don't.

[Bentrovato 1,088]

7 hours ago, Youth in Asia said:

The duet you didn't know you need:

 

The pinnacle of 1980s music. A top ten hit I think.