maryportfuncity 10,646 Posted June 13, 2020 8 hours ago, Slackhurst Broadcasting said: What does Rose West look like now? Has there been a picture taken of her since 1995? Found this on Facebook! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Miracle Aligner 249 Posted June 13, 2020 11 hours ago, Slackhurst Broadcasting said: What does Rose West look like now? Has there been a picture taken of her since 1995? She's still alive? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,646 Posted June 13, 2020 4 hours ago, Miracle Aligner said: She's still alive? Hell yeah - though no longer renting rooms thank fuck! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handrejka 1,904 Posted June 13, 2020 On 01/06/2020 at 21:28, Lord Fellatio Nelson said: This is an interesting point, I mean, there must be people out there that look a bit like Jimmy Savile and Rose West etc. What a curse that would be! We had a teacher who looked a lot like Rolf Harris, his nickname was Didge, after didgeridoo. I often wonder of he still does. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lord Fellatio Nelson 6,218 Posted June 13, 2020 3 hours ago, Handrejka said: We had a teacher who looked a lot like Rolf Harris, his nickname was Didge, after didgeridoo. I often wonder of he still does. I think he would have shaved his beard off and binned his wobble board. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,602 Posted June 21, 2020 On 18/04/2020 at 08:51, harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy said: How strange, almost spooky - I sang Ai No Corrida two days ago on a karaoke app, unaware that he co-wrote it, that he'd died, or that he even existed in the first place (thought it was just Chaz's song). And co-writing Boardwalk in his teens too! Though it kinda suggests he was born in 1950 on the net, that's surely wrong and it was actually mid-1940s, unless he was 13 when penning it? Either way, impressive. Not that it matters, but he (Kenny Young) was born 14-4-41, and died on his 79th birthday. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,046 Posted July 2, 2020 Max Crook, co-writer of - and keyboard player on - Del Shannon's smash Runaway, dead aged 83: http://delshannon.com/ 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,620 Posted July 2, 2020 27 minutes ago, YoungWillz said: Max Crook, co-writer of - and keyboard player on - Del Shannon's smash Runaway, dead aged 83: http://delshannon.com/ I wonder what the cause of death was? I WAH-WAH-WAH-wonderrr. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,046 Posted July 2, 2020 7 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said: I wonder what the cause of death was? I WAH-WAH-WAH-wonderrr. From what I've seen on t'internet, I understand he had some form of cancer. Still, 83 is a good age, outlived Del Shannon by thirty years. I see from his Wiki he also played keyboards on Brian Hyland's April 1971 UK #42, Gypsy Woman. No getting away from it, though, Runaway is probably one of the best enduring choons ever. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy 1,689 Posted July 2, 2020 17 minutes ago, YoungWillz said: No getting away from it, though, Runaway is probably one of the best enduring choons ever. The verse's classic descending chord sequence was borrowed and slowed down by Lennon for I'll Be Back,. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 7,976 Posted July 2, 2020 Sad loss. Runaway captures lostness so brilliantly and Crook's keyboards are a big part of that. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,046 Posted July 10, 2020 On 30/05/2011 at 11:14, Davey Jones' Locker said: Had a sudden urge to listen to some old '50s rock 'n' roll songs today and started wondering how many of the originals were left alive, given that so many, from Buddy Holly and Richie Valens, to Eddie Cochrane, to Ricky Nelson to Johnny Burnette to Frankie Lymon, met sticky ends one way or another. Franny Beecher (member of Bill Haley's Comets) - born 1921 Scotty Moore (Elvis' guitarist) - born 1931 Gaynel Hodge (founding member of the Platters) - born 1937 Dick Dale - born 1937 Don and Phil Everley - born 1937 and 1939 Duane Eddy - born 1938 Connie Francis - born 1938 Dion - born 1939 (had heroin problems back in his day) Jerry Naylor (bloke who replaced Buddy Holly as leader of the Crickets after the latter's demise) - born 1939 Glenn Hardin (pianist for Elvis, Ricky Nelson and Buddy Holly) - born 1939 Chubby Checker - born 1941 Fabian - born 1943 Bobby Vee - born 1943 Brenda Lee - born 1944 ... so overall, most of these chaps are still relatively young, even though it seems like an eternity since they were ruling the airwaves. Not sure if that Franny Beecher bloke is the last surviving Comet. If so, he would be an interesting one to have on next year's DeathList. Report of the death of Gaynel Hodge back in June, posted here as co-writer of Earth Angel: https://www.bmi.com/news/entry/bmi-mourns-the-loss-of-gaynel-hodge Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy 1,689 Posted July 19, 2020 Quick re-mention of the passing of much-talented cult-songwriter Emitt Rhodes. with a 'video' Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom 2,533 Posted August 22, 2020 Larry LaPole who penned many tunes for The Trashmen, such as "King of the Surf", "My Woodie", "Sleeper", "Dancing with Santa", "A Bone", "Think It Over", Wild Cat Loose in Town, Congratulations to Me""Lost Angel" .has passed away. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,344 Posted August 24, 2020 American singer songwriter Justin Townes Earle has died aged 38. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MarcJWallace 270 Posted September 10, 2020 Ronald "Khalis" Bell of Kool and the Gang, writer of some of their greatest hits such as Ladies Night and Celebration - dead aged 68. https://variety.com/2020/music/obituaries-people-news/kool-and-the-gang-ronald-khalis-bell-dies-dead-1234764420/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy 1,689 Posted September 10, 2020 10 hours ago, MarcJWallace said: Ronald "Khalis" Bell of Kool and the Gang, writer of some of their greatest hits such as Ladies Night and Celebration - dead aged 68. https://variety.com/2020/music/obituaries-people-news/kool-and-the-gang-ronald-khalis-bell-dies-dead-1234764420/ Well, co-writer with seven and eight others respectively. I like to think he came up with the horn riff for the latter, at least. I wonder what they'll do if and when his brother Bob dies; carry on as ...The Gang or get a new Kool in to replace him? Oh yes it's Hades Night... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted September 15, 2020 Al Kasha, a two-time Oscar winning songwriter, has died. He was 83. Kasha co-wrote hit ballads for “The Poseidon Adventure” (The Morning After) and “The Towering Inferno” (We May Never Love Like This Again). https://variety.com/2020/music/obituaries-people-news/al-kasha-dead-oscar-winner-songwriter-morning-after-poseidon-adventure-1234770001/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,046 Posted September 22, 2020 On 12/10/2016 at 23:21, YoungWillz said: Robert Bateman, songwriter in the Motown era, who co-wrote Please Mr Postman, has died of a heart attack aged 80. http://www.freep.com/story/entertainment/music/2016/10/12/robert-bateman-motown-dead-80-obituary/91942908/ Here are The Marvelettes with his song Playboy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HBf5DMV0qk Georgia Dobbins, another co-writer of Please Mr Postman, reportedly dead: https://www.soultracks.com/story-georgia-dobbins-dies She was a founding member of The Marvelettes but was forced to leave by her father before they signed for Tamla Motown. 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted October 8, 2020 Ray Pennington, a country music songwriter known for writing the Waylon Jennings song "I'm a Ramblin' Man", and for founding the Step One Records label, has died. He was 86. Pennington was killed in a house fire. https://www.newschannel5.com/news/one-killed-in-house-fire-in-sumner-co 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,972 Posted October 24, 2020 Jerry Jeff Walker, best known for writing the classic "Mr. Bojangles" is dead at 78: https://www.savingcountrymusic.com/country-songwriting-legend-jerry-jeff-walker-has-died/ 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomTomTelekom 3,727 Posted October 24, 2020 22 minutes ago, gcreptile said: Jeffrey Jeff Walker, best known for writing the classic "Mr. Bojangles" is dead at 78: https://www.savingcountrymusic.com/country-songwriting-legend-jerry-jeff-walker-has-died/ Sad news, I always loved this song. Mr. Bojangles was recorded by so many artists, including Frank Sinatra, Neil Diamond, Robbie Williams, Billy Joel, Bob Dylan and so on. Rest in peace, icon of country music 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,046 Posted December 27, 2020 Report of the death of Geoff Stephens who formed The New Vaudeville Band (one for @Ulitzer95), who wrote so many hits of the 1960s and 1970s it's painful: I'm going to single out There's A Kind Of Hush, The Crying Game, Winchester Cathedral and You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me, but read his Wiki for more. IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0827020/ Tim Rice seems to have reported this as long ago as Christmas Eve. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,620 Posted December 27, 2020 8 minutes ago, YoungWillz said: Report of the death of Geoff Stephens who formed The New Vaudeville Band (one for @Ulitzer95), who wrote so many hits of the 1960s and 1970s it's painful: I'm going to single out There's A Kind Of Hush, The Crying Game, Winchester Cathedral and You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me, but read his Wiki for more. IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0827020/ Tim Rice seems to have reported this as long ago as Christmas Eve. Thanks YW. I’ll update it later. Here’s a FB post from yesterday which gives us a death date of Christmas Eve. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lord Fellatio Nelson 6,218 Posted December 27, 2020 The Crying Game is a big favourite of mine. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
