ExtraAsuka 1 Posted June 9, 2020 2 hours ago, Gooseberry Crumble said: Indeed you are correct she did in 2006 aged 52. Wow. That young? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,337 Posted June 9, 2020 1 hour ago, ExtraAsuka said: Wow. That young? http://www.mtv.com/news/1528529/june-pointer-the-youngest-pointer-sister-dies-of-cancer/ Sadly yes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SwiftlyVague 79 Posted June 10, 2020 Paul "Tonka" Chapman, guitarist for UFO and Lone Star, being reported dead on twitter. Today was his 66th birthday. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted June 12, 2020 On 09/06/2020 at 22:49, SwiftlyVague said: Paul "Tonka" Chapman, guitarist for UFO and Lone Star, being reported dead on twitter. Today was his 66th birthday. LMAO of all the 1000s of photos that must have been taken of the guitarist for UFO, and THIS is the one they choose. Brilliant! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted June 17, 2020 Yohan (real name Kim Jeong-hwan), a member of the K-Pop band TST, has died. He was 28. No cause of death has been given. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-8430987/K-Pop-star-Yohan-dies-age-28-fans-pay-tribute-TST-singer.html 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted June 17, 2020 Frank Thompson, a trombonist with the Bar-Kays since the 1970s, has died. He'd been battling liver cancer. https://wreg.com/news/longtime-bar-kay-musician-frank-thompson-has-died/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 7,957 Posted June 19, 2020 So, as mentioned occasionally before, Ulitzer's UK charts project sparked me to explore the 50s and beyond of the US Billboard charts and now I've listened to nearly everything that marked the Billboard charts between 1955 and 1959. Maybe a dozen songs were not on YouTube. While I won't be doing anything nearly as comprehensive as Ulitzer's project I thought I'd compile a list of living performers from the era. Not every last living name is here; ie there are some groups with multiple living members that I only list the frontman for. If they charted as part of a band, the band is included in parentheses regardless of whether or not the artist would become better known under a different band name (the living Four Seasons and Simon & Garfunkel are prime examples). 1922 - Ray Anthony 1924 - Jane Morgan 1925 - Bill Hayes 1926 - Tony Bennett 1927 - Dick Hyman, Ed Ames (The Ames Brothers), Harry Belafonte, Teddie Chinery (The Beverley Sisters), Sunny Gale, Mindy Carson, Carol Buschmann (The Chordettes) 1928 - Tommy DeVito (The Four Lovers), Betty Madigan 1929 - Jane Powell, Leroy Van Dyke, April Stevens, Betty Johnson, Margie Needham (The Chordettes), Mitchell Torok 1930 - Peggy King, Joni James, Chris Barber, Chic Hetti (The Playmates) 1931 - Phyllis McGuire (The McGuire Sisters), Jaye P. Morgan, Caterina Valente, John Perkins (The Crew Cuts), Bernie Toorish (The Four Lads), Robert Gordy 1932 - Stonewall Jackson, Ray Perkins (The Crew Cuts), Leon Hughes (The Coasters), Gerry Granahan (Dicky Doo & the Don'ts), Dick Flood 1933 - Lloyd Price, Jimmie Rodgers, Wink Martindale 1934 - Pat Boone, Joey Ambrose (Bill Haley and His Comets), Frankie Valli (The Four Lovers), Chas McDevitt, Huey "Piano" Smith, Dave Burgess (The Champs), Alan Arkin (The Tarriers), Mary Lou Shepherd (The Shepherd Sisters) 1935 - Sanford Clark, Steve Lawrence, Johnny Mathis, Jerry Lee Lewis, Ronnie Hawkins, Jill Corey, Nick Todd, Bobby Bare 1936 - Charlie Gracie, Freddy Cannon, James Darren, Fred Parris (The Five Satins), Otis Williams (The Charms, NOT the Temptations member), Valerie Carr, Tony Dallara, Tony Bellus 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 1938 - Connie Francis, Duane Eddy, Jimmy Clanton, Connie Stevens, Johnny Tillotson, Jerry Fuller, Sandy Nelson, Terry "Buzzy" Johnson (The Flamingos), Bobby Hendricks (The Drifters), Kathy Linden, Charles Patrick (The Monotones), Jesse Lee Turner, Dave "Baby" Cortez, Paul Evans 1939 - Dion DiMucci (Dion and the Belmonts), Phil Spector (The Teddy Bears), Neil Sedaka, Rudolph Isley (The Isley Brothers), Billy "Crash" Craddock, Tommy Facenda, Dianne Lennon (The Lennon Sisters), Frank Maffei (Danny & the Juniors), Beverly Ross (Ronald & Ruby), Warren Davis (The Monotones), Gary Troxel (The Fleetwoods) 1940 - Carol Connors (The Teddy Bears), Frankie Avalon, Johnny Nash, Anita Bryant, Dean Torrence (Jan and Dean), Cliff Richard (Cliff Richard and the Shadows), Smokey Robinson (The Miracles), Priscilla Wright, Jimmy Merchant (The Teenagers), Lillie Bryant (Billy & Lillie), Gary Stites 1941 - Herman Santiago (The Teenagers), Paul Anka, Paul Simon (Tom & Jerry), Art Garfunkel (Tom & Jerry), Little Anthony (The Imperials), Chubby Checker, Johnny Farina (Santo & Johnny), Ronald Isley (The Isley Brothers), Shirley Owens (The Shirelles), Beverly Lee (The Shirelles), Hank Marvin (Cliff Richard and the Shadows), Bruce Welch (Cliff Richard and the Shadows), Vito Picone (The Elegants), Arlene Smith (The Chantels), Peggy Lennon (The Lennon Sisters), Joy Layne 1942 - Bob Gaudio (The Royal Teens), Bobby Rydell, Claudette Rogers Robinson (The Miracles), Patience McIntyre (Patience and Prudence), Emma Pought (The Bobbettes), Robin Luke, Carl Mann 1943 - Fabian Forte, Leslie Uggams, Kathy Lennon (The Lennon Sisters) 1944 - Brenda Lee, Laurie London 1945 - Prudence McIntyre (Patience and Prudence) 1946 - Janet Lennon (The Lennon Sisters), Dodie Stevens, Robert John 1948 - Barry Gordon 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,028 Posted June 25, 2020 Any of our American friends advise which member of The Tornadoes has died? https://www.redlandscommunitynews.com/news/founding-member-of-the-tornadoes-surf-band-dies/article_e5da389a-b6f6-11ea-937a-9f0c7356fc7e.html Can't read due to GDPR. Not the British band, so no hits in the UK, but Bustin' Surfboards was on the Pulp Fiction soundtrack: 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 7,957 Posted June 25, 2020 5 minutes ago, YoungWillz said: Any of our American friends advise which member of The Tornadoes has died? https://www.redlandscommunitynews.com/news/founding-member-of-the-tornadoes-surf-band-dies/article_e5da389a-b6f6-11ea-937a-9f0c7356fc7e.html Can't read due to GDPR. Not the British band, so no hits in the UK, but Bustin' Surfboards was on the Pulp Fiction soundtrack: The Tornado who died is Jesse Sanders. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,028 Posted June 25, 2020 1 minute ago, Death Impends said: The Tornado who died is Jesse Sanders. Cheers! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ObakeFilter 893 Posted June 27, 2020 Graeme Williamson —a co-founder and frontman of Toronto band Pukka Orchestra — has died. The group confirmed Williamson's passing on Facebook, writing that he died in Glasgow, Scotland, with his wife Iris at his side. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SwiftlyVague 79 Posted June 27, 2020 Pete Carr reportedly dead according to twitter at the age of 70. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted June 28, 2020 16 hours ago, ObakeFilter said: Graeme Williamson —a co-founder and frontman of Toronto band Pukka Orchestra — has died. The group confirmed Williamson's passing on Facebook, writing that he died in Glasgow, Scotland, with his wife Iris at his side. Pukka Orchestra's take on the Tom Robinson song Listen to the Radio, which proved to be their biggest hit. Williamson had health problems going back to the 1980s. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,028 Posted June 29, 2020 On 15/01/2020 at 16:06, Spade_Cooley said: Steve Martin Caro, frontman of baroque pop behemoths The Left Banke, has walked away, sans Renee, aged 71. Tom Finn, the last original member of The Left Banke and the last to appear on Walk Away Renee, reportedly dead: https://bestclassicbands.com/tom-finn-left-banke-walk-away-renee-members-6-28-20/ 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,437 Posted June 29, 2020 Bit of off the record news I've kept quiet for a few weeks till the source doesn't twig the forum got it from me. Jet Black of The Stranglers apparently suffered a major stroke towards the end of last year and is now very frail. My source is one of his mutual friends who mentioned it when Dave Greenfield died. 2 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,923 Posted July 13, 2020 On 17/02/2019 at 18:13, msc said: It's been a while since there was a stupidly long list of aging folk. So here is an extended version of that music one, up to 1958, as musicians keep dying in their 60s of late. All genres, put here after Admin Advice. Every single name will QO as and when, and I expect a good... 50% at least to be deadpool fodder within the next 5 years or so. (It ain't an all-encompassing list because duh, that'd be 20, 000 odd names!) - 1914: Eleanor Sokoloff Eleanor Sokoloff prematurely dead at 106. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted July 13, 2020 Rich Priske, bassist for the Matthew Good Band and who also played on some of Good's solo albums, has died. He was 52. https://globalnews.ca/news/7168341/rich-priske-of-matthew-good-band-dead/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,220 Posted July 17, 2020 Ken Chinn, punk rock singer also known as Mr Chi Pig is dead at 57 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted July 19, 2020 Emitt Rhodes, a singer-songwriter and former lead singer of The Merry-Go-Round, has died. He was 70. https://www.brooklynvegan.com/emitt-rhodes-rip/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy 1,684 Posted July 19, 2020 27 minutes ago, alt obits guy said: Emitt Rhodes, a singer-songwriter and former lead singer of The Merry-Go-Round, has died. He was 70. https://www.brooklynvegan.com/emitt-rhodes-rip/ Highly underrated Beatlesque songwriter, RIP sir. Will post a youtube in the songwriters thread - Emitt was the anithesis of a pop star tbh. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
waynet 9 Posted July 20, 2020 11 hours ago, alt obits guy said: Emitt Rhodes, a singer-songwriter and former lead singer of The Merry-Go-Round, has died. He was 70. https://www.brooklynvegan.com/emitt-rhodes-rip/ Fresh as a daisy got to #20 in Perth back in Feb 71 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheKeysOfMarinus 390 Posted July 20, 2020 Emitt was brilliant. A musical hero for me. Really sad about this. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,337 Posted July 27, 2020 https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/denise-johnson-death-primal-scream-songs-age-cause-albums-a9640876.html Denise Johnson singer with Primal Scream has died aged 53. 1 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted July 27, 2020 Joseph B. Jefferson, founder of the Nat Turner Rebellion in the late 1960s, has died. He was 77. Jefferson later went on to co-write 1970s hits for the Spinners, notably their #5 U.S. single "They Just Can't Stop It" The (Games People Play) https://www.inquirer.com/news/obituary-joseph-b-jefferson-nat-turner-rebellion-spinners-philadelphia-20200727.html?utm_source=t.co&cid=Daily+News+Twitter+Account&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=Daily+News+Twitter+Account 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Imelda 621 Posted July 27, 2020 4 hours ago, Gooseberry Crumble said: https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/denise-johnson-death-primal-scream-songs-age-cause-albums-a9640876.html Denise Johnson singer with Primal Scream has died aged 53. Did the vocals for my favourite Primal Scream track, many happy memories from Aberystwyth Uni back in 1998 when this was a regular on my stereo and I had a reputation for being 'Mr Indie'. Never quite converted the unwashed masses at IndieSoc to it though. Unlike Northside 56, jesus that's no age now is it. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
