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Jerry Cole Guitarist/ Songwriter Space Age Surf Music
Jerry Cole, a guitarist and songwriter who released several surf music albums in the 1960s and recorded with prominent bands such as the Beach Boys and the Byrds, died of a heart attack May 28 at his Corona home, said his wife, Gale. He was 68. With his own group, the Spacemen, Cole released four albums ...
Bill Finegan, 1917-2008
Bob Brookmeyer sent this message today: Bill Finegan passed peacefully on today with his son James and his daughter Helen by his side. He was a hero, a dear friend and one of the most gifted arrangers we have ever had. Somewhere an orchestra sounds better. Finegan was an arranger who gave Glenn Miller, ...
Alton Kelley Artist Created Psychedelic Posters for Rock Dies
Alton Kelley, a San Francisco graphic artist whose psychedelic posters and album covers captured the mood and music of the Grateful Dead, the Steve Miller Band, Journey and other top rock 'n' roll groups of the '60s and '70s, has died. He was 67. Kelley died Sunday at his home in Petaluma, Calif., according to publicist ...
Hugh Jarrett Elvis Presley's Back Up Singer Dies
Hugh Jarrett, 78, a member of Elvis Presley's backup singing group the Jordanaires, died Saturday at an Atlanta hospital from injuries suffered in a March car accident. The Jordanaires formed as a gospel quartet in 1948. Six years later Jarrett, who sang bass, joined the group, which caught Presley's attention after performing on “Arthur Godfrey's Talent ...
Mel Ferrer Star of Sun Also Rises Dies
Mel Ferrer, the tall, darkly handsome star of such classic films as Lili, War and Peace and The Sun Also Rises, as well as producer and director of movies starring his then-wife, Audrey Hepburn, has died at age 90. Ferrer died Monday at a Santa Barbara convalescent home, his son Mark Ferrer said on Tuesday. He ...
Bo Diddley Beat Marked Rock 'N' Roll
Diddley's swaggering stage presence influenced artists including James Brown, Mick Jagger and Jimi Hendrix. A primal guitar sound and stage swagger influenced music from Elvis to rap. But he never got the full rewards of a pioneer. Primal rock and blues musician Bo Diddley, who helped cast the sonic template of rock more than 50 years ...
Bo Diddley Dead at 79
Legendary Guitarist Bo Diddley Dead at 79 Bo Diddley Bo Diddley, legendary guitarist and founding father of rock & roll, died on Monday (June 2) after months of prolonged health issues. He was 79. Diddley died of heart failure in his Archer, Florida home. He had suffered a heart attack in August, three months after suffering ...
Bo Diddley His Life and Times
Bo Diddley, a founding father of rock 'n' roll whose distinctive ”shave and a haircut, two bits” rhythm and innovative guitar effects inspired legions of other musicians, died Monday after months of ill health. He was 79. Diddley died of heart failure at his home in Archer, Fla., spokeswoman Susan Clary said. He had suffered a ...
Bo Diddley Dies
Rock Pioneer Bo Diddley Dies at age 79 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A spokeswoman says rock pioneer Bo Diddley has died. The spokeswoman says Diddley died of heart failure today. He had suffered a heart attack in August 2007, three months after suffering a stroke while touring in Iowa. Doctors said the stroke affected his ...
Robert H. Justman Star Trek Creative Force Dies
Robert H. Justman, a producer who was one of the creative forces behind the original “Star Trek" television series of the 1960s as well as the 1980s-era “Star Trek: The Next Generation," has died. He was 81. Justman died Wednesday at his Los Angeles home of complications from Parkinson's disease, his son Jonathan said. Justman's death ...
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