Sir Creep 7,070 Posted September 23, 2016 John D Loudermilk, songwriter on The Nashville Teens' Tobacco Road, I Wanna Live for Glen Campbell and Everything's Alright for the Newbeats amongst many others, has died aged 82. http://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2016/09/22/songwriter-john-d-loudermilk-dead-82/90826022/ Your link is deader than Loudermilk it seems. Google provides no confirming info SC 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,023 Posted September 23, 2016 John D Loudermilk, songwriter on The Nashville Teens' Tobacco Road, I Wanna Live for Glen Campbell and Everything's Alright for the Newbeats amongst many others, has died aged 82. http://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2016/09/22/songwriter-john-d-loudermilk-dead-82/90826022/ Your link is deader than Loudermilk it seems. Google provides no confirming info SC Works for me. Try this one if you like: http://www.rollingstone.com/country/news/tobacco-road-songwriter-john-d-loudermilk-dead-at-82-w441524 News is everywhere, except Louisiana it seems. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,638 Posted September 23, 2016 John D Loudermilk, songwriter on The Nashville Teens' Tobacco Road, I Wanna Live for Glen Campbell and Everything's Alright for the Newbeats amongst many others, has died aged 82. http://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2016/09/22/songwriter-john-d-loudermilk-dead-82/90826022/ Your link is deader than Loudermilk it seems. Google provides no confirming info SC Works for me. Try this one if you like: http://www.rollingstone.com/country/news/tobacco-road-songwriter-john-d-loudermilk-dead-at-82-w441524 News is everywhere, except Louisiana it seems. Loudermilk was no slouch as an artist in his own right, mind: https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dpopular&field-keywords=JOHN+D.+LOUDERMILK Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted October 1, 2016 Richard D. Trentlage, 87, Who Wrote ‘The Oscar Mayer Wiener Song,’ Dies. SC http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/09/30/us/richard-d-trentlage-oscar-mayer-wiener-song-author-dies.html?referer=http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2016/09/30/man-behind-beloved-oscar-mayer-wiener-song-dies-at-87/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,023 Posted October 5, 2016 Rod Temperton, British songwriter and Oscar nominee, has died after a short battle with cancer. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-37565125 Wrote Thriller and Rock With You for Michael Jackson and Yah Mo B There for James Ingram and Michael McDonald. Huge body of work. Here's his UK #2 hit Boogie Nights by Heatwave: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ob9sDpmRuqc Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted October 5, 2016 Aaah, the man that wrote "Got to keep on dancing, keep on dancing Got to keep on dancing, keep on dancing" Respect. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,513 Posted October 5, 2016 The original demo of "Thriller" is better than the released version imho tbh, even if it does reveal how much of a Rick James jack it is. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,129 Posted October 5, 2016 Let's not forget Jacko's brilliant input of "Aaaagghhh!s" and "Urrrgghhh!s" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handrejka 1,903 Posted October 5, 2016 Rod Temperton, British songwriter and Oscar nominee, has died after a short battle with cancer. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-37565125 Wrote Thriller and Rock With You for Michael Jackson and Yah Mo B There for James Ingram and Michael McDonald. Huge body of work. Here's his UK #2 hit Boogie Nights by Heatwave: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ob9sDpmRuqc Unsurprisingly I only really know of him because he penned a couple of numbers for Karen Carpenter's ill-fated solo album. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,638 Posted October 5, 2016 Rod Temperton, British songwriter and Oscar nominee, has died after a short battle with cancer. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-37565125 Wrote Thriller and Rock With You for Michael Jackson and Yah Mo B There for James Ingram and Michael McDonald. Huge body of work. Here's his UK #2 hit Boogie Nights by Heatwave: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ob9sDpmRuqc Unsurprisingly I only really know of him because he penned a couple of numbers for Karen Carpenter's ill-fated solo album. "Ill fated" in the past. To be fair to Rod Temperton he lived long enough to see it claimed as a misunderstood masterpiece. She died thinking it a total failure. You'll find people now willing to claim it alongside Nick Drake albums as an example of how the world got it wrong first time around. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,023 Posted October 12, 2016 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,023 Posted October 30, 2016 Curly Putman, American songwriter who wrote Green Green Grass Of Home and D-I-V-O-R-C-E, has reportedly died aged 85. https://twitter.com/LebanonHistory/status/792778983851032577 Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curly_Putman Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CoffinLodger 1,248 Posted October 31, 2016 Curly Putman, American songwriter who wrote Green Green Grass Of Home and D-I-V-O-R-C-E, has reportedly died aged 85. https://twitter.com/LebanonHistory/status/792778983851032577 Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curly_Putman now buried 6 feet under that green green grass then Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,023 Posted October 31, 2016 Curly Putman, American songwriter who wrote Green Green Grass Of Home and D-I-V-O-R-C-E, has reportedly died aged 85. https://twitter.com/LebanonHistory/status/792778983851032577 Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curly_Putman now buried 6 feet under that green green grass then For interest the BBC Obit: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-37822831 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,586 Posted November 17, 2016 Mentor Williams, writer of 'Drift Away' has er, drifted away, aged 70 (or possibly 69) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,220 Posted December 13, 2016 Jim Lowe, who wrote Green Door is dead at 93. http://www.kspr.com/content/news/Jim-Lowe-radio-host-singer-dies-406083685.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,023 Posted December 13, 2016 Jim Lowe, who wrote Green Door is dead at 93. http://www.kspr.com/content/news/Jim-Lowe-radio-host-singer-dies-406083685.html No, he didn't. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,220 Posted December 13, 2016 Jim Lowe, who wrote Green Door is dead at 93. http://www.kspr.com/content/news/Jim-Lowe-radio-host-singer-dies-406083685.html No, he didn't. Why am I seeing multiple news sources then? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,023 Posted December 13, 2016 Jim Lowe, who wrote Green Door is dead at 93. http://www.kspr.com/content/news/Jim-Lowe-radio-host-singer-dies-406083685.html No, he didn't. Why am I seeing multiple news sources then? He's dead alright. I posted notice of that in Dead Pop Stars. He recorded the first version, but he didn't write Green Door. Look it up. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,220 Posted December 13, 2016 Jim Lowe, who wrote Green Door is dead at 93. http://www.kspr.com/content/news/Jim-Lowe-radio-host-singer-dies-406083685.html No, he didn't. Why am I seeing multiple news sources then? He's dead alright. I posted notice of that in Dead Pop Stars. He recorded the first version, but he didn't write Green Door. Look it up. Ah. I saw the word singer songwriter and thought he wrote the song. Should look a bit more in depth sometimes Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,023 Posted December 13, 2016 Jim Lowe, who wrote Green Door is dead at 93. http://www.kspr.com/content/news/Jim-Lowe-radio-host-singer-dies-406083685.html No, he didn't. Why am I seeing multiple news sources then? He's dead alright. I posted notice of that in Dead Pop Stars. He recorded the first version, but he didn't write Green Door. Look it up. Ah. I saw the word singer songwriter and thought he wrote the song. Should look a bit more in depth sometimes Good lad. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,023 Posted February 3, 2017 Report here of the death at 82 of songwriter and musician John Schroeder, who co-wrote Walkin' Back To Happiness. http://www.cymandeofficial.com/ He also had a UK hit with Johnny Pearson as part of Sounds Orchestral with Cast Your Fate To The Wind: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwLyuaFYMfQ Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Schroeder_(musician) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,023 Posted February 17, 2017 Peter Skellern is dead: http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/peter-skellern-dead-youre-a-lady-singer-dies-musician-aged-69-a7585476.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,434 Posted February 17, 2017 Peter Skellern is dead: http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/peter-skellern-dead-youre-a-lady-singer-dies-musician-aged-69-a7585476.html What a rotten way to pay back my faith in his ability to see 2018... (Or not to reach the Drop 40, to be more accurate...) EDIT - On the bright side, I appear to have added him to my Hartlepool, Hares, DbN and Alt Obits teams. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,220 Posted February 17, 2017 7/20 dead already on my team!!! (Yes, I know Aspin is not getting an obit, but still.) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
