Birthdays, Deaths and other announcements

[BobH07]

June 16::

Lamont Dozier.           79

Eddie Levert (.O' Jays).  78

James Smith (Stylistics)  70

Gino Vannelli.       68

[BeatleloverKT]

Also born June 16th:

Robbin Thompson (early member of

Springsteen’s band), deceased

Peppy Castro (The blues magoos)

Ian Mosley (Marillion)

Garry Roberts (Boomtown Rats&others)

Tupac Shakur, deceased

John Newman (Love me again)

[BeatleloverKT]

Last night I watched both episodes of

Laurel Canyon. Such a great show, 

loved learning things about the music

behind the scenes. Thank you to 

@BobH07 for the suggestion!

[BobH07]

June 17

Barry Manilow.        77

[BeatleloverKT]

Also born June 17th:

Paul Young (Mike&the Mechanics)

Gregg Rolie (Santana, Journey)

Mike Buck (Fabulous Thunderbirds)

Philip Chevron (Pogues), deceased

Jello Biafra (Dead Kennedy’s)

Bap Kennedy (worked with Van Morrison,

Mark Knopler), deceased

[BobH07]

For SiriusXm subscribers, you can vote for your favorite  American artists of the 60s and their songs will be featured on 60s on 6 beginning July 3rd at noon.

You can vote for 20 at Siriusxm.com/American60s.

Good luck narrowing it down to 20!!

[BeatleloverKT]

I just voted. Gotta wonder who came up
with the  list considering Beatles and

Dave Clark Five were noticably not listed.

But there were many one hit wonders and

some I’d never even heard of. I’ll be

curious to see if my 20 make the cut 😎

[BobH07]

The voting is only for American artists for the 4th.

they will be playing songs from the top 200.

[BeatleloverKT]

Oops must of missed that 🤪

[BobH07]

June 18

Paul McCartney.           78

John Evans (Box Tops)   72

Dizzy Reed (Guns N Roses). 57

Nathan Morris (Boyz II Men)   49

Blake Shelton.    44

[BeatleloverKT]

Happy Birthday to Sir Paul McCartney,

who is 78 today! He gets his own special

mention from me because I could of been

his wife lol   Rock on Paul!! 🥰😍

[BeatleloverKT]

Also FYI regarding Sir Paul’s musical career:

1. He is the most successful rock
composer of all time.

2. Has scored 21 US #1 and 17 UK #1 singles.

3. Has scored over 30 US&UK solo top

40 hit singles.

4. Has written and co-written 188 charted

records, 91 of which reached the top 10

and 33 made it to #1 totaling 1,662 weeks

on the chart. Amazing!!

[MaVolta]

@BobH07   -  I watched the Laurel Canyon documentary, and enjoyed it very much. Thanks for mentioning it. I loved the music from that era. They were fabulous songwriters and musicians who really cared for their craft. You don't see that anymore. 

In a similar vein:  Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice  

It is a documentary by CNN Films, and is currently available for rent on Prime Video and YouTube TV.  At some point, Amazon will probably move it to the Prime free list. I saw it on CNN when it was released, and it is an excellent presentation of her entire career. 

[BobH07]

@MaVolta 

I have seen the Linda Ronstadt show and enjoyed it very much.

I like many other young men of that time had a crush on her.

Such an amazing voice!!

[BeatleloverKT]

Also born July 17th:

Mick Tucker (Sweet), deceased

Wolfgang Flur (Kraftwerk)

Ron Ashton (Iggy Pop), deceased

Mike Vale (Tommy James&the Shondells)

Damon Harris (Temptations), deceased

Chet McCracken (Doobie Brothers)

Phoebe Snow, deceased

[BobH07]

July 17

Spencer Davis               81

Geezer Butler.                71

(Black Sabbath)

Fran Smith Jr                 68

(Hooters)

Regina Belle                   57

Luke Bryan.                    44

[BeatleloverKT]

Also born July 16th:

Tony Jackson (Searchers), deceased

Desmond Dekker (Aces), deceased

Thomas Boggs (Boxtops)

Mark McIntee (Divinyls)

Luke Hemmings (5 Seconds of Summer)

[BobH07]

July 16

William Bell.          81

Ruben Blades        72

Stewart Copeland   68

(Police)

[BeatleloverKT]

Also born July 15th:

Peter Banks (Yes)

Jeff Carlisi (38 Special)

Alicia Bridges

[BobH07]

July 15

Millie Jackson           76

Peter Lewis.               75

(Moby Grape)

Linda Ronstadt.         74

Artimus Pyle.              72

(Lynyrd Skynyrd)

Marky Ramone.          68

Joe Satriani.                64

Jason Bonham.          54

[AARPLynne]

@BobH07, thanks for letting me know about the issue. Happy to help and I'm glad everything is back to normal!

[BobH07]

The original word association is fixed.

A special thanks to Lynne at AARP!!

[MaVolta]

@BeatleloverKT  -  Thanks for mentioning the Eagles concert. I'll look for it on YT. 

[BeatleloverKT]

Also born on July 14th:

Woody Guthrie, deceased

Jim Gordon (session drummer& writer,

Beach Boys, Clapton, others)

Tommy Mattola (Sony records)

Andy Newmark (John Lennon, Bowie, others)

Bob Casale (Devo)

Bob Birch (session bassist, Clapton,

Sir Elton, others, deceased

Taboo (Black eyed peas)

Ruben Studdard (American Idol)

[BeatleloverKT]

I watched on ESPN last night The Eagles

in concert Live at the Forum from 2018.
In the new line up now is Vince Gill and

Glenn Freys son Deacon, who looks and

sounds a lot like his Dad. They did a nice

tribute to Glenn and performed all

their hits. It was an excellent show

and it’s on YouTube also. 

[BobH07]

July 14

Chris Cross          68

(Ultravox)

Ellen Reid             54

(Crash Test Dummies)

Dan Reynolds.      33

(Imagine Dragons)

[BeatleloverKT]

I saw that. Killed himself. Depression is a

horrible disease. No one is immune sadly

[MaVolta]

Sad news today:  Benjamin Keough, son of Lisa Marie Presley and musician, Danny Keough, has died at the age of 27. He was the grandson of Elvis and Priscilla Presley. No details have been made public. As one might imagine, the family is devastated.  RIP.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/12/us/benjamin-keough-elvis-presley-grandson-death/index.html

[BobH07]

July 13

Roger McGuinn.         78

Louise Mandrell.        66

Mark Mendoza.          64

(Twisted Sister)

Will Champion.           42

(ColdPlay)

[BeatleloverKT]

Also born July 12th:

Howie Casey (worked with Sir Paul,

Wings,Chuck Berry, The Who)
Eric Carr (Kiss), deceased

Billy&Bobby Alessi (Alessi Brothers)

Dominic Howard (Muse)