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Berle Adams Dies at 92; Co-Founder of Mercury Records and an MCA Executive
Adams booked road dates for big bands in the '40s. At MCA, he was in charge of packaging new TV programs. For two decades he was the sole international distributor of the Emmy Awards. Berle Adams, a onetime big-band booking agent who co-founded Mercury Records in the 1940s and later became a senior executive at MCA ...
Sergei Mikhalkov Dies at 96; Author of Soviet, Russian National Anthems
Sergei Mikhalkov, who wrote the lyrics for the Soviet and Russian national anthems and also persecuted dissident writers as part of the Soviet propaganda machine, has died. He was 96. Mikhalkov, who fathered two noted film directors, died Thursday in a Moscow hospital. A cause of death was not given. He was born March 18, 1913, ...
NEC Mourns the Death of Joseph Maneri, Longtime Faculty, Jazz Legend, Founder of Boston Microtonal Society
Received Honorary Doctorate from NEC in May New England Conservatory is mourning the death of Joseph Gabriel Esther Maneri, a longtime and much beloved faculty member and legendary jazz figure, who died August 24 at age 82. Maneri, who taught at the Conservatory from 1970 to 2007, received an honorary doctorate this past May in recognition ...
Songwriter Ellie Greenwich Dies at 68
Ellie Greenwich, who co-wrote some of pop music's most enduring songs, including “Chapel of Love," “Be My Baby" and “Leader of the Pack," died Wednesday, according to her niece. She was 68. Greenwich died of a heart attack at St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital, where she had been admitted a few days earlier for treatment of pneumonia, ...
Joe Maneri Dies at 82
It is with great sadness the Maneri family would like to announce the death of Dr. Joseph Maneri to the music and wider arts community. Joe passed away Monday, August 24th 2009 in the company of his close family. Joe is survived by his loving wife Sonja, his five children, eight grandchildren and his incredible music ...
Larry Knechtel Bassist, Keyboardist for '70s Soft-Rock Group Bread Dies
Knechtel played keyboards and bass with the Wrecking Crew, a group of L.A. studio musicians, before joining Bread in 1971. His arrangement of 'Bridge Over Troubled Water' won a Grammy in 1970. Larry Knechtel, a member of the 1970s soft-rock group Bread, who had a wide-ranging career as a studio musician, has died. Knechtel died Thursday ...
John E. Carter R&b Tenor in Dells and Flamingos Dies
John E. Carter, R&B lead tenor and two-time inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, died Friday at Ingalls Memorial Hospital in his hometown of Harvey, Ill. He was 75 and had lung cancer. Carter, known for his falsetto, was the last surviving founding member of the doo-wop group the Flamingos, which ...
Lawrence Lucie, Guitarist with Jelly Roll Morton, Dies at 101
Lawrence Lucie, a guitarist whose career began in the early years of jazz and continued into the early years of the 21st century, died Friday in Manhattan. He was 101. His death was confirmed by Sharon Linder, an administrator at the Kateri Residence, the nursing and rehabilitation center in Manhattan where Mr. Lucie lived in recent ...
Jim Dickinson: RIP
Jim Dickinson: RIP Jim Dickinson Famed producer and musician James Luther “Jim" Dickinson died Saturday August 15, 2009 following a triple bypass heart surgery. He was 67. Father to Luther and Cody Dickinson of North Mississippi Allstars, Jim recorded with everyone from Bob Dylan to Big Star and the Replacements to Little Richard and he played ...
Michael Jackson Will Be Buried Aug. 29 at Forest Lawn
Michael Jackson will be buried Aug. 29 at Forest Lawn, his father says. There's been so much chatter about when and where Michael Jackson is going be laid to rest that it is hard to keep up. But now, the pop star's father, Joe Jackson is weighing in, saying his son will be buried Aug. 29, ...
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