Danny Federici, the longtime keyboard player for Bruce Springsteen whose stylish work helped define the E Street Band’s sound on hits from “Hungry Heart” through “The Rising,” died Thursday. He was 58. … Read full obituary
[Bob Kames was] … the man credited with the modern-day version of “Dance Little Bird,” better known as “The Chicken Dance.” He operated his Bob Kames Wonderful World of Music stores here for 42 years. He performed professionally, including a stint with the Lawrence Welk Orchestra. He produced his own television specials and recorded more than 70 albums.
Kames, who had struggled with Alzheimer’s disease in recent years, died Wednesday [April 9, 2008] of prostate cancer. He was 82. … Read full obituary
DALLAS, Ga. — Police are investigating the apparent suicide of a former drummer for Michigan rocker Ted Nugent.
Corporal Brandon Gurley with the Paulding County Sheriff’s department says 59-year-old Clifford Davies was found dead from a gunshot wound in his suburban Atlanta home Sunday. … Read full story
Found dead in an Atlanta hotel room today, April 15, 2008. No obituary links so far but you can read his bio here:
… Costello was born in Philadelphia in 1979 and moved with his family to Atlanta at the age of 9. Soon after, he picked up the guitar. By 14 he had won the Memphis Blues Society’s talent award and was already on the road with his own band. In 1996, the 17 year-old released his first album, Call The Cops. Real Blues Magazine called it “an explosive debut.” Around this time Costello joined up with fellow blues guitarist Susan Tedeschi, touring with her and laying down some exuberant lead guitar work on her Gold-certified Tone-Cool debut Just Won’t Burn. … Read full bio
Lawrence Lloyd Brown Sr., an original member of the legendary Blue Notes, the Philly-based R&B group orignally known as Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, died Sunday of a respiratory condition. He was 63 and lived in North Philadelphia.
Lawrence was still performing with the group until January, when he became ill while singing at the Harrah’s casino, in Chester. … Read full obituary
Cedella Booker, the mother of Jamaican music legend Bob Marley, has died… She was 81. Booker died in her sleep Tuesday night at her home in Miami, apparently from natural causes…
After Norval Marley died in 1955, Booker married an American man and settled in Delaware. She wrote two biographies of her famous son and recorded two albums, “Awake Zion!” and “Smilin’ Island of Song.”… Read full obituary
British jazz drummer, composer and band leader who was always in demand to accompany the great musicians of Britain and the US …
Allan Ganley, jazz drummer, composer and bandleader, was born on March 11, 1931. He died of complications after heart surgery on March 29, 2008, aged 77 … Read full obituary
Sean Levert, son of O’Jays lead singer Eddie Levert, was found dead in a Cleveland, Ohio, jail over the weekend, sources said.
Sean Levert, 39, was being held for allegedly failing to pay about $80,000 in child support. The cause of death was not immediately known.
Sean Levert was a member of the R&B group LeVert with his late brother Gerald Levert and Marc Gordon. Gerald Levert died Nov. 10, 2006 at the age of 40. … Read full obituary
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LONDON, England (AP) — Neil Aspinall, a longtime friend and business associate of The Beatles, has died in New York City at age 66.
Aspinall’s death was announced in a statement from surviving Beatles Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, the widows of John Lennon and George Harrison, and the band’s Apple Corps Ltd. company. … Read full story
The husband of British singer Corinne Bailey Rae has been found dead of a suspected drug overdose, sources said today. Jason Rae, 31, was discovered dead in an apartment in the Hyde Park area of Leeds in northern England. … Read full obituary
MIAMI (AP) — Cuban bassist and composer Israel “Cachao” Lopez, who is credited with pioneering the mambo style of music, died Saturday. He was 89.
Known simply as Cachao, the Grammy-winning musician had fallen ill in the past week and died surrounded by family members at Coral Gables Hospital, spokesman Nelson Albareda said. … Read full obituary
MADRID, Spain (CNN) — A drummer for the Swedish pop group ABBA has died after an apparent accident at his home in Spain, a Civil Guard spokeswoman said Monday.
Ola Brunkert was found dead late Sunday at his home in the town of Arta on Spain’s Mediterranean island of Mallorca, the spokeswoman said.
Police believe Brunkert may have fallen against a glass partition separating his home’s kitchen from the garden, and the glass broke and fatally cut his throat … Read full obituary
March 7, 2008 — John Lennon nicknamed him “Normal”, and under the name “Hurricane” Smith he enjoyed a one-off No1 hit, but it was as plain Norman Smith that he made his mark on the history of popular music.
As George Martin’s engineer and right-hand man, Smith twiddled the knobs, set up the microphones, checked the levels and acted as general factotum on all the Beatles’ recordings between 1962 and 1965, totalling some 150 songs from Love Me Do and She Loves You to Nowhere Man and Norwegian Wood. … Read full obituary
Italy’s Giuseppe Di Stefano, one of the greatest tenors of the 20th century and celebrated singing partner of Maria Callas, has died.
Monika Curth says her 86-year-old husband died Monday morning at his home near Milan from injuries sustained when he was attacked in Kenya in 2004. … Read full obituary
TORONTO (AP) — Blind rock and jazz musician Jeff Healey has died after a lifelong battle against cancer. He was 41. …
The Grammy-nominated Healey rose to stardom as the leader of the Jeff Healey Band, a rock-oriented trio that gained international acclaim and platinum record sales with the 1988 album “See the Light.” The album included the hit single “Angel Eyes.” … Read full obituary
LONDON (AP) — Dave Clark Five lead singer Mike Smith died of pneumonia Thursday, less than two weeks before the band is to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He was 64. …
He was admitted to the intensive care unit Wednesday morning with a chest infection, a complication from a spinal cord injury that left him paralyzed below the ribcage with limited use of his upper body. … Read full obituary
KANSAS CITY, Missouri (AP) — Margaret Truman, the only child of former President Harry S. Truman who became a concert singer, actress, radio and TV personality and mystery writer, died Tuesday. She was 83. … Read full obituary
SAN DIEGO — John Stewart recorded some of pop music’s most acclaimed solo albums, helping create a style that came to be called Americana, but he was always best known for writing the Monkees’ enduring hit “Daydream Believer.”
Stewart, who came to prominence in the 1960s as a member of folk music’s Kingston Trio, died Saturday at a San Diego hospital after suffering a brain aneurism. He was 68. … Read full obituary
DUBLIN, Ireland — Joe Dolan, one of Ireland’s first pop music stars, entertained audiences for decades with Vegas-style showmanship. He died Wednesday from a brain hemorrhage, his family announced. He was 68. … Read full obituary
Former Rogue Wave multi-instrumentalist Evan Farrell died Dec. 23 in Oakland, Calif., from injuries suffered in an apartment fire caused by a space heater. Details are still coming together, but Farrell succumbed from massive smoke inhalation, according to reports. … Read full obituary
TORONTO, Ontario (AP) — Oscar Peterson, whose early talent and speedy fingers made him one of the world’s best known jazz pianists, died at age 82. … Read full obituary
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) — Singer-songwriter Dan Fogelberg, famed for the soaring vocals and elegant instrumentation of tunes such as “Longer” and “A Love Like This,” died on Sunday, three years after being diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer. He was 56. … Read full obituary
Ike Turner, whose role as one of rock’s critical architects was overshadowed by his ogrelike image as the man who brutally abused former wife Tina Turner, died Wednesday at his home in suburban San Diego. He was 76. … Read full obituary
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The death last month of Kevin Dubrow, lead singer for the 1980s heavy metal band Quiet Riot, has been ruled an accidental cocaine overdose. Clark County coroner spokeswoman Samantha Charles confirmed the cause Monday after toxicology results were received Monday.
Dubrow was found dead Nov. 25 at his Las Vegas home. He was 52. … Read full story
Kevin DuBrow, the lead singer of the 1980s heavy metal band Quiet Riot, has died, CNN has confirmed. He was 52.
DuBrow died at his home in Las Vegas, Nevada, according to TMZ.com. The Clark County coroner’s office was examining the body to determine the cause of death, according to TMZ. … Read full obituary
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