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Marie Knight Dies at 84; Gospel Vocalist Sang with Sister Rosetta Tharpe

September 4, 2009

Marie Knight was best known for her gospel duets with Sister Rosetta Tharpe, including “Up Above My Head" and “Didn't It Rain." She toured with the gospel legend in the late 1940s and made a late-in-life comeback as a solo artist. Marie Knight, a gospel singer who came to fame singing duets with gospel-music star Sister ...

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Michael Jackson Laid to Rest

September 3, 2009

Michael Jackson will be buried today, September 3rd, 7 PM at Forest Lawn, Glendale. A private ceremony will be held as the icon is laid to rest at the sprawling cemetery's Holy Terrace section, in the Great Mausoleum. Plans for the burial have been the subject of much debate for weeks. Some family members said they ...

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Chris Connor, Jazz Singer Whose Voice Embodied a Wistful Cool, Dies at 81

September 3, 2009

Chris Connor, the great jazz singer whose lush, foggy voice and compressed emotional intensity distilled a 1950s jazz reverie of faraway longing in a sad cafe, died on Saturday in Toms River, N.J. She was 81 and lived in Toms River. The cause was cancer, her publicist, Alan Eichler, said. A singer who used little vibrato ...

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Eddie Higgins, 1932-2009

September 3, 2009

Eddie Higgins died on August 31st of lung cancer. Those who knew him called him by his given name, Haydn. He was a pianist of uncommon sensitivity, taste, subtlety and adaptability. He was equally accomplished and enthusiastic working with singers (his wife is Meredith d'Ambrosio), traditional bands (he unabashedly enjoyed the Sacramento Jazz Jubilee) and fiery ...

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Chris Connor (1927-2009)

September 3, 2009

Chris Connor, a breathy jazz singer whose powerful caressing voice could ignite a big band as easily as steam up a trio or quartet, died on Saturday of cancer in Toms River, N.J. She was 81. Unfairly compared over the years to June Christy and Anita O'Day--both of whom preceded her in Stan Kenton's big band--Chris ...

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Jesse Fortune Chicago Blues Singer Passes

September 2, 2009

Jesse Fortune, 79, a veteran Chicago blues singer, died Monday after collapsing on stage while performing at a West Side club. He was pronounced dead at Mt. Sinai Hospital, and an autopsy showed he died of coronary atherosclerosis. Fortune, better known as the “Fortune Tellin' Man," was born and raised in Mississippi. In 1952 he migrated ...

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Chris Connor Dies at 81; Big-Band and Solo Jazz Singer

September 1, 2009

She was known for 'All About Ronnie,' which she did as part of the Stan Kenton Orchestra. She became a soloist in the 1950s and had hits with 'Trust in Me' and 'About the Blues.' After recording hits with the Stan Kenton Orchestra, Chris Connor became a soloist who often worked with small groups. Some of ...

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Richard Moore Dies at 83; Cinematographer and CO-Founder of Panavision

September 1, 2009

In 1953 he teamed with Robert Gottschalk to start Panavision, which revolutionized film in the 1970s with a hand-held studio camera that could record sight and sound simultaneously. Moore's Aug. 16 death at his home in Palm Springs was age-related, said his son, Stephen V. Moore. His cinematography credits include “Winning" in 1969, “Myra Breckinridge" and ...

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Rip Gospel Legend Marie Knight dies

August 31, 2009

This sad news just in from M.C. Records (via Bob Corritore); this is their announcement verbatim: With heavy hearts, M.C. Records announces the death of gospel legend Marie Knight. She died in New York City on August 30, 2009 due to complications from pneumonia. Marie first came to prominence in 1946 when she met and started ...

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Last of the Vo-Cool School: Chris Connor, 1927-2009

August 31, 2009

There's a report today on the Yahoo Songbirds listserv that singer Chris Connor, , passed away Saturday at the age of 81. Connor was one of the last living singers from the big-band era, and the last of the original, so-called “vo-cool school” of vocalists that included Anita O’Day, Mel Torme, and June Christy–singers noted for ...