Although the Sadies released roughly 20 records throughout their career, the band became best known for their transcendent live shows. The quartet displayed its range of influences, from country & western to folk-punk to Sixties garage rock. “My favorite Sadies…
Rolling Stone first reported Betty Davis’s death in a news statement. In the statement, the reporter said, it is with great sadness that I share the news of the passing of Betty Davis, a multi-talented music influencer and pioneer rock…
Samuel Lay (March 20, 1935 – January 29, 2022) was an American drummer and vocalist. From the late 1950s, the blues and R&B musician Samuel Lay played alongside Bob Dylan, Little Walter, Howlin’ Wolf, Paul Butterfield Blues Band, and many others. He was…
Howard Hesseman, who made a career by portraying off-the-wall characters, none more popular than the disc jockey Johnny Fever on the sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati, has died. He was 81. Hesseman died Saturday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles of complications…
According to his family, the top Argentine singer Diego Verdaguer died of COVID-19 complications. The Argentine singer-songwriter Diego Verdaguer had romantic hits such as “Corazón de Papel,” “Yo te amo,” and “Volveré”. He had more than 50 million copies of…
Dean Taylor was shy, leaned into unusual melodies and offbeat storylines, and was one of the few white performers on the Black-owned label. And despite lending his pen as co-writer on Motown hits and soaring to the top of the…
Dallas Frazier was born in Spiro, Okla., on Oct. 27, 1939. At age 12, he was already writing songs. He also won a talent competition hosted by Ferlin Husky. By age 14, Frazier was recording for Capitol Records. In 1960,…
James Michael Tyler, 59, best known as the coffee shop manager Gunther on the hit show “Friends,” died peacefully at his home on Sunday, according to his representative Toni Benson. “The world knew him as Gunther (the seventh “Friend”), from…
