Birthdays, Deaths and other announcements

Happy 80th birthday to Roger Waters.

Rudolph Isley, founding member of the Isley Brothers, died on Wednesday October 11th. He was 84.

Happy Birthday to Scorpions Matthias Jabs, 68 years young today!

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Now and Then is the last Beatles song. Written and sung by John, developed and worked on by Sir Paul, George and Sir Ringo, is now finally finished by Paul and Ringo more than four decades later. It will be released worldwide on November 2nd.

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Happy 60th Birthday to Scorpions drummer, Mikkey Dee

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George "Funky” Brown, Kool & The Gang co-founder, and longtime drummer died at age 74 after a battle with cancer. He had retired earlier this year, nearly 60 years after the band began, and revealed that he was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer.

Kool & The Gang sold millions of records with its catchy blend of jazz, funk and soul, in what Brown liked to call “the sound of happiness.” In 1964, Brown helped launch the Grammy-winning group, originally called the Jazziacs, along with such friends as bassist Robert "Kool" Bell, brother Ronald Bell on keyboards and guitarist Charles Smith. After years of relative obscurity, and personnel and name changes, Kool & The Gang broke through in the mid-1970s with "Jungle Boogie" and "Hollywood Swinging" among other songs and peaked in the late '70s-mid 1980s, with hits ranging from "Too Hot," "Ladies Night," and the ballads "Cherish" and "Joanna".... to the up-tempo, chart-topping party favorite "Celebration," now a standard at weddings and other festive gatherings.

Earlier this year Brown produced the band's latest album, "People Just Wanna Have Fun," and released his memoir "Too Hot: Kool & The Gang & Me."

In lieu of flowers, his family has asked that donations can be made in his honor to the Lung Cancer Society of America.

♡ 🌌🎈 Happy '58th' Birthday, Björk! ┌|o^▽^o|┘♪ 🎈🌌 ♡

 Jean Knight who reached #1 on the charts in 1971 with Mr Big Stuff, died from natural causes on November 22. She was 80.

Denny Laine, Original member of the Moody Blues

and Co-Founder of Wings with Sir Paul, died today

at age 79. He sang lead vocals on the Moodys 

break thru hit “Go Now” RIP in Rocker Heaven 

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Little Richard: I Am Everything

Biography / Documentary on the life of Little Richard, now streaming on MAX.  

I really enjoyed the film. There was a lot about his early life that I hadn’t read or heard about.