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After a few false starts, I am ready to take my place on the internet by blogging about something that I love - Old School Music. The music that I have the love affair with is mostly from from the 1960s and 1970s with a smattering of late 1950s and e
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Allen Klein, 77, Dies; Managed Music Legends
Allen Klein, a music executive who managed the business affairs of Sam Cooke, the Rolling Stones and, for a short time, the Beatles, and who was both admired and feared for his reputation as a fierce ...
Fayette Pinkney, Soulful Singer With the Three Degrees, Dies at 61
July 1, 2009 By WILLIAM GRIMES Fayette Pinkney, an original member of the Three Degrees who lent her strong, soulful voice to the 1970s hits “When Will I See You Again?” and “T.S.O.P. (The Soun...
What has Michael Jackson meant to you? Share your thoughts here.
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Michael Jackson, Pop Icon, Is Dead at 50
This photo depicts the Jackson5 I grew up with and the Michael Joe Jackson (center) that entertained me with his sweet tenor from my school daze up until today! This morning, for example, I lis...
Barry Beckett, Muscle Shoals Musician, Dies at 66
By BRUCE WEBER Published: June 16, 2009 Barry Beckett, an Alabama-born keyboardist who helped create the distinctly Southern amalgamation of rhythm and blues, soul and country that became known as the...
Bob Bogle of The Ventures Dies at 75
June 17, 2009 By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Bob Bogle, the lead guitarist and co-founder of the rock band The Ventures, known for 1960s instrumental hits like “Walk, Don’t Run,”...
Huey Long, Guitarist for Ink Spots, Dies at 105
June 13, 2009 – New York Times By WILLIAM GRIMES Frank Davis and his Louisiana Jazz Band were booked to play at the Rice Hotel in Houston in 1925. The banjo player never showed. For Huey Long, ...
Koko Taylor, Blues Queen, Dies at 80
June 3, 2009 Filed at 6:08 p.m. ET By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CHICAGO (AP) — Koko Taylor, a sharecropper’s daughter whose regal bearing and powerful voice earned her the sobriquet “Quee...
Buddy Montgomery, Jazz Pianist and Vibraphonist, Dies at 79
May 22,2009 By PETER KEEPNEWS Buddy Montgomery, a jazz pianist and vibraphonist best known for his work with the guitarist Wes Montgomery, his older brother, died on May 14 at his home in Palmdale, C...
Randy Cain, member of the Delfonics, dies at 63
Posted on Sat, Apr. 11, 2009 By Dan Gross Philadelphia Daily News RANDY CAIN, who was a founding member of Philly soul band the Delfonics and who sang on such hits as “La La Means I Love You,&#...
Nancy Overton, Singer for the Chordettes, Is Dead at 83
April 11, 2009 By DENNIS HEVESI Nancy Overton, who joined the pop group the Chordettes in 1958 and melded her mellifluous low tones into their barbershop-quartet-like harmonies on some of their later ...
Bud Shank, Jazz Saxophonist, Is Dead at 82
By BRUCE WEBER Published: April 7, 2009 Bud Shank, an alto saxophonist and flutist who helped propel cool-school West Coast jazz to prominence in the 1950s and fostered the melding of American and Bra...
Uriel Jones, a Motown Drummer, Dies at 74
March 26, 2009 By BEN SISARIO Uriel Jones, a drummer with the Funk Brothers, the studio musicians at Motown Records who played without credit on virtually every hit during that label’s heyday in the...
Nashville R&B icon Ted Jarrett dead at 83
Mon Mar 23, 2009 5:23pm EDT NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) - Songwriter and producer Ted Jarrett, whose 1957 hit “You Can Make It If You Try” turned him into a rhythm and blues icon, has d...
Daydream Believer songwriter dies
John Stewart, who wrote the Monkees hit Daydream Believer and was a member of folk group The Kingston Trio, has died. The 68-year-old suffered a massive stroke or brain aneurysm in San Diego on Frida...
Antoinette K-Doe, 66, Who Turned Club Into Shrine to Husband, Dies
By WILLIAM GRIMES Published: February 28, 2009 The first Baby Dolls showed up early Tuesday at Ernie K-Doe’s Mother-in-Law Lounge in New Orleans, ready for Mardi Gras. Outfitted in satin bonnets and...
Snooks Eaglin, R&B Singer and Guitarist, Dies at 72
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: February 19, 2009 NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The R&B singer and guitarist Snooks Eaglin, who counted platinum-selling rockers among his fans, died here Wednesday. He ...
Louie Bellson, Dynamic Jazz Drummer, Dies at 84
By NATE CHINEN Published: February 17, 2009 Louie Bellson, a crisp and dazzling drummer who worked with many of the major figures of the swing era and a gracious entertainer who made frequent appearan...
Billy Powell, Keyboardist for Lynyrd Skynyrd, Dies at 56
I just got through watching Kid Rock’s Grammy performance and midway through it he paid his respects to Lynard Skynad keyboard player Bill Powell. Somehow his passing in January escaped me. Oh...
Dewey Martin, 68, of Buffalo Springfield, Dies
By BLOOMBERG NEWS Published: February 7, 2009 Dewey Martin, the drummer for Buffalo Springfield, the short-lived but influential 1960s California rock band that spawned the careers of Neil Young and S...
Jazz great Freddie Hubbard dead at 70
LOS ANGELES – Freddie Hubbard, the Grammy-winning jazz musician whose style influenced a generation of trumpet players and who collaborated with such greats as Ornette Coleman, John Coltrane and Son...
Singer, Actress Eartha Kitt Dies
By POLLY ANDERSON, AP posted: 4 MINUTES AGO on PopEater NEW YORK (Dec. 25) - Eartha Kitt, a sultry singer, dancer and actress who rose from South Carolina cotton fields to become an international symb...
Former Classics IV singer Dennis Yost dies at 65
LISA CORNWELL, Associated Press Writer Mon Dec 8, 11:30 pm ET CINCINNATI – Dennis Yost, lead singer of the 1960s group the Classics IV, has died in an Ohio hospital. He was 65. Yost died Sunday ...
Odetta, Voice of Civil Rights Movement, Dies at 77
Breaking News Alert The New York Times Tuesday, December 2, 2008 — 11:48 PM ET By TIM WEINER Published: December 2, 2008 Odetta, the singer whose deep voice wove together the strongest so...
Mitch Mitchell, drummer for Hendrix, found dead
By MARY HUDETZ – 1 hour ago PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Mitch Mitchell, drummer for the legendary Jimi Hendrix Experience of the 1960s and the group’s last surviving member, was found dead in his ...
Singer Miriam Makeba dies at 76
Music icon called ‘Empress of African Song’ By ASSOCIATED PRESS Miriam Makeba, the South African singer who wooed the world with her sultry voice but was banned from her own country for mo...
Jheryl Busby dies at 59; music executive led revival of Motown Records
By Claire Noland November 6, 2008 Jheryl Busby, a music executive who led a revival of Motown Records while president and chief executive of the company from 1988 to 1995, was found dead Tuesday in a ...
Lloyd Thaxton dies at 81; zany host of popular TV dance show
Lloyd Thaxton, the host of a popular Los Angeles TV dance show in the 1960s who memorably injected a visual zaniness into his daily rock ‘n’ roll party for teenagers, died Sunday. He was 8...
Singer Dee Dee Warwick dies at 63
Artist performed with older sister Dionne By ASSOCIATED PRESS Dee Dee Warwick, a soul singer who won recognition for both her solo work and her performances with her older sister Dionne Warwick, has d...
Alton Ellis, Jamaican Singer, Dies at 70
By ROB KENNER Published: October 16, 2008 Alton Ellis, the smooth Jamaican singer and songwriter known as the Godfather of Rock Steady, died early Saturday morning (local time) in London. He was 70 ...
