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Bob Dylan was 79 on 5/24

 

Stevie Nicks is 72 today 5/26

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

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

 

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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.

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So sad. Terrible way to go. Have ALWAYS

loved Kool&the Gang, actually I’m listening

to them right now. May he RIP 🎼😢

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Happy 60th Birthday to Scorpions drummer, Mikkey Dee

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“When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.” - Jimi Hendrix
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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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Do NOT imagine this is John's song; it is dip Paul's attempt to revive a career he never had...


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Phil Harris, actor and showman, to John Fogerty of CCR: “If I’d known I’d live this long, I’d have taken better care of myself.”
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Happy Birthday to Scorpions Matthias Jabs, 68 years young today!

 

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

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Happy 80th birthday to Roger Waters.

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Gary Wright of “Dreamweaver” fame is dead 

at 80. Another one in rocker heaven. RIP 🎼🙏😢

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Isn’t it sad, and strange, how it seems to happen in waves. 😢

 

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So true. It has been a bad week for rockers

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Steve Harwell, former lead singer and frontman for

Smash Mouth is dead at 56. RIP in rocker heaven

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Happy Birthday to Rudolph Schenker, founding member of Scorpions, 75 today!

 

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For those of you who like Grace Potter ( or those who have never heard her), she will be CBS Saturday Morning on Aug. 26th. She will be performing songs from her new album "Mother Road".

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Rockin’ Happy Birthday to Ian Gillan, 78 today 💜

 

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Dolly Parton’s new single from the album, Rockstar, dropped yesterday. Many of the tracks are with special guests. My favorite song is the final track.

 

Let it Be, Dolly with Paul and Ringo

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Happy #65 to the amazing Madonna!

Rock on 🎼💜

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Robbie Robertson of The Band

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He was 80 when he died.

Another great musician gone.

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Happy 65th Birthday to Bruce Dickinson, Iron Maiden 

 

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Randy Meisner, Eagles founding member, has

passed away at age 77. May he RIP in rocker

heaven 😢🙏

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Sinéad O'Connor Dead at 56. 😔

 

 Sinéad O'Connor, the Irish singer whose legacy with hits like "Nothing Compares 2 U" was complicated by her outspoken dedication to various social issues and a series of mental health struggles, has died. She was 56.

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Happy 80th Birthday to the amazing Mick

Jagger! Long may he rock! 🎼💜🎂🎉🎈💋

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Happy 76th BD to the amazing Don Henley 🎼💜🎂

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Legendary performer Tony Bennett has died at 96

May he RIP 🎼😢🙏

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Happy 75th birthday to Yusaf Islam (Cat Stevens).

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Happy 76th BD to the amazing Carlos Santana

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