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Kenny Rankin, Melder of Jazz and Pop, Dies at 69
Kenny Rankin, a singer, songwriter and guitarist whose easygoing style straddled the worlds of pop, jazz and folk, died on Sunday in Los Angeles. He was 69 and lived in Los Angeles. The cause was complications of lung cancer, his family said. Singing in a soft, lilting voice and accompanying himself on acoustic guitar, Mr. Rankin ...
Singer-Songwriter Kenny Rankin Dead of Lung Cancer
Kenny Rankin, a brilliant pop vocalist and highly regarded musician-songwriter whose stylings ranged from jazz to pop to the world music influences he picked up as a child in New York, has died of complications related to lung cancer, his record company announced Monday. He was 69. Rankin died Sunday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Mack Avenue ...
Kenny Rankin Dies at 69; Singer-Songwriter's Long Career Almost Defied Categorization
A well-regarded guitarist, he wrote the hit song 'Peaceful' for Helen Reddy and played in Bob Dylan's backup band on the influential 1965 album 'Bringing It All Back Home.' Kenny Rankin, a singer-songwriter and musician whose song “Peaceful" was a hit for Helen Reddy and who had popular covers himself of a pair of Beatles hits, ...
Kenny Rankin Singer-Songwriter's Long Career Almost Defied Categorization Dies
A well-regarded guitarist, he wrote the hit song 'Peaceful' for Helen Reddy and played in Bob Dylan's backup band on the influential 1965 album 'Bringing It All Back Home.' Kenny Rankin, a singer-songwriter and musician whose song “Peaceful" was a hit for Helen Reddy and who had popular covers himself of a pair of Beatles hits, ...
Funeral Arrangements Announced for Blues Singer Koko Taylor
WAKE/VISITATION AND FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR KOKO TAYLOR Wake/Visitation (Lie in State) Thursday, June 11, 2009 4:00 pm - 9:00 pm Rainbow Push Coalition National Headquarters 930 East 50th Street (at Drexel) Chicago, IL 60615 Funeral Services Friday, June 12, 2009 6:00 pm ...
David Carradine Dies at 72; Star of 'Kung Fu'
Carradine was found dead in his hotel room in Bangkok, where he was working on a movie. A Thai newspaper indicates he committed suicide. David Carradine, who became a TV icon in the early 1970s starring as an enigmatic Buddhist monk with a flair for martial arts in “Kung Fu" and more recently played the head ...
Sam Butera 1950s-'60s Tenor Saxophonist with Louis Prima Dies
Tenor sax player Sam Butera joined up with Louis Prima -- a fellow New Orleans native of Italian heritage -- in 1954, and for almost two decades they recorded hit albums for Capitol Records, were nightclub fixtures from Las Vegas to New York and appeared in movies and on television. He was best known for his ...
Koko Taylor: 1928-2009
“QUEEN OF THE BLUES" KOKO TAYLOR 1928 - 2009 Koko Taylor Grammy Award-winning blues legend Koko Taylor, 80, died on June 3, 2009 in her hometown of Chicago, IL, as a result of complications following her May 19 surgery to correct a gastrointestinal bleed. On May 7, 2009, the critically acclaimed Taylor, known worldwide as the ...
Lounge Legend Butera, 81, Dies
Swing saxophonist played with Prima Sam Butera, whose saxophone kept the Strip swingin' for 50 years, died Wednesday in Las Vegas. He was 81. The Louis Prima band, with Butera as his saxophone sidekick, gave Las Vegas a distinctive sound and a freewheeling, all-night image when they made the Sahara lounge “The Wildest Show in Town" ...
Sam Butera, Former Louis Prima Saxophonist, Dies in Las Vegas at Age 81
Sam Butera, the hard-driving, hard-swinging New Orleans saxophonist who was Louis Prima's longtime musical partner, died Wednesday in Las Vegas following a long illness. He was 81. Mr. Butera joined Prima's band in 1954. With singer Keely Smith, they built one of the most popular acts in the golden age of Las Vegas. Mr. Butera cooked ...
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