Monday, 4 October 2021

Sue Thompson (1925-2021) of 'Sad movies (Make me cry)' & 'Norman'

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Sue Thompson, who after more than a decade of moderate sucess as a country singer found pop stardom in the early 1960s with hook-laden novel...
Monday, 23 August 2021

Don Everly (1937-2021) of Everly Brothers dies at 84

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Phil is the blonde one; Don Everly 's on the right.  Nashville, Tennessee - Don Everly, the elder of the two Everly Brothers, the ground...
Tuesday, 27 July 2021

Laura Nyro (1947-1997)

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Laura Nyro in New York in 1968 .  Laura Nyro: the phenomenal singers’ singer the 60s overlooked Elton John idolised her and she wrote hits...
Monday, 7 June 2021

B.J. Thomas (1942-2021)

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  B.J. Thomas , ‘ Raindrops keep fallin’ on my head ’ singer, dies at 78 By Bill Friskics-Warren 30 May 2021 B.J. Thomas, a country and pop ...
Saturday, 1 May 2021

Duke Ellington

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Duke Ellington may not be exactly 60s or 70s but he was everything... and besides, I'm proud to say I saw Duke Ellington in person in th...
Tuesday, 16 March 2021

Sally Grossman, the girl on the cover of Bob Dylan's 'Bringing it all back home' (1965)

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  Sally Grossman , immortalized on a Dylan album cover, dies at 81 She picked out a red outfit and struck a relaxed pose on the cover of “ B...
Tuesday, 2 March 2021

Alan Freed the man who created the name Rock'n'Roll

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  Alan Freed at the microphone of New York's WINS at the height of his popularity. Freed was born on 16 December 1921.  Ed Sullivan, 5.7...