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Les Paul Passes Away at 94: 1915-2009
The World Has Lost a Remarkable Innovator and Musician New York, NY - August 13, 2009 - Les Paul, acclaimeimed guitar player, entertainer and inventor, passed away today from complications of severe pneumonia at White Plains Hospital in White Plain, New York, surrounded by family and loved ones. He had been receiving the best available treatment ...
Guitar Legend Les Paul: RIP
Guitar Legend Les Paul: June 9, 1915 - August 13, 2009 Legendary guitarist and innovator Les Paul died on Thursday August 13, 2009. He was 94. Paul was a pioneer in developing the solid body electric guitar as well as creating multi-track recording devices. What follows has been taken from gibson.com: Les Paul New York, NY ...
Harold W. Arberg SR. Who put the "Caisson' in the Army Song Passes
After a career as a military musician, Princeton music graduate Harold W. Arberg Sr. later became director of the arts and humanities division of the U.S. Department of Education. Harold W. “Bud" Arberg Sr., who adapted the “Caisson" into the official song of the Army and who later became director of the arts and humanities division ...
Willy Deville, Founder of Punk Group Mink Deville Dies
Willy DeVille, who founded the punk group Mink DeVille and was known for his blend of R&B, blues, Dixieland and traditional French Cajun ballads, has died of pancreatic cancer, his publicist Carol Kaye said today. He was 58. The Oscar-nominated songwriter died at New York's Cabrini Hospital. Mink DeVille, for which DeVille was the principal songwriter, ...
Director John Hughes Has Died of a Heart Attack at Age 59
John Hughes, director of such films as Home Alone, The Breakfast Club, Uncle Buck and Ferris Bueller's Day Off, has died of a heart attack, he was 59 years old. Hughes died suddenly while taking a morning walk in New York City. The writer, director grew up in the Chicago area and directed such hits as ...
Billy Lee Riley Rockabilly Pioneer Dies
Billy Lee Riley dies at 75; rockabilly pioneer did 'Flyin' Saucers Rock and Roll' The raucous performer and songwriter recorded for Sun Records for four years and later worked as a studio musician in L.A. His other big single was 'Red Hot.' Billy Lee Riley, a rockabilly pioneer and songwriter who recorded for the legendary Sun ...
Andy Parle Space Drummer Dies Suddenly at 42
Andy Parle the former drummer from Liverpool, England band Space, died on Saturday, in an incident police have described as “unexplained." He was 42. Parle -- who drummed on Space hits such as 'Neighbourhood', 'The Female of the Species' and 'Me and You Versus the World' -- was crossing the road in Dingle, Liverpool on Saturday ...
Baatin of Detroit's Slum Village Dead at 35
Baatin dies at 35; rapper co-founded progressive hip-hop group Slum Village Born Titus Glover in Detroit, he formed the group with Jay Dee and T3 while in high school. Baatin, a rapper who co-founded the progressive hip-hop group Slum Village, was found dead Saturday morning in Detroit. He was 35. Ty Townson, a family friend, confirmed ...
George Russell, Composer Whose Theories Sent Jazz in a New Direction, Dies at 86
George Russell, a jazz composer, educator and musician whose theories led the way to radical changes in jazz in the 1950s and ’60s, died on Monday in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston. He was 86 and lived in Boston. The cause was complications of Alzheimer’s disease, said his wife, Alice. Though he largely operated behind ...
George Russell, 1923-2009
George Russell died Monday night. Here are some of the facts of his life, outlined by the Associated Press. BOSTON (AP) -- Jazz composer George Russell, a MacArthur fellow whose theories influenced the modal music of Miles Davis and John Coltrane, has died. His publicist says Russell, who taught at the New England Conservatory, died Monday ...
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