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7 December: Italian singer Mango died from a heart attack during a concert in Policoro, province of Matera, while performing his song "Oro". [64] 2015: 29 January: conductor Israel Yinon collapsed and died during a concert in Lucerne, Switzerland, in the middle of conducting Strauss's An Alpine Symphony. [65]
Theodore DeReese Pendergrass (March 26, 1950 – January 13, 2010) was an American soul and R&B singer-songwriter. He was born in Kingstree, South Carolina. [2] [3] [4] Pendergrass lived most of his life in the Philadelphia area, and initially rose to musical fame as the lead singer of Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes.
Lead singer for The Four Horsemen: 41: June 18, 1999: Died after a 4-year coma caused by a motorcycle accident in 1995 Kami Malice Mizer: 27: June 21, 1999: Kyoto, Japan: Subarachnoid hemorrhage Jimmy Archer The Wrens: 60's: June 22, 1999: Unknown Bruce Day Pablo Cruise: 48: June 30, 1999: Windsor, California, U.S. Unknown causes [262] Dennis ...
Monument at the crash site of the airplane carrying Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper, and Ritchie Valens; "The Day the Music Died". The following is a list of notable performers of rock and roll music or rock music, and others directly associated with the music as producers, songwriters or in other closely related roles, who have died. The list ...
In other words, if a performer had a heart attack on stage, collapsed, and was taken off stage, dying shortly thereafter, then they should be in this category. However, if a performer died off stage shortly after performing, but showed no evidence of illness or injury during the performance, they probably shouldn't be listed.
The song remained Tork's signature solo number in subsequent Monkees concert tours. In the 2010 VH1 television special Say It Loud: A Celebration of Black Music in America, Smokey Robinson and Bobby Womack both paid tribute to Wilson. Smokey explained that "Jackie Wilson was the most dynamic singer and performer that I think I've ever seen."
Many musicians have been murdered during their active career. Most of the musicians had been shot or stabbed to death. Some of them have received extensive media attention, including the murder of John Lennon in 1980, the killing of Marvin Gaye in 1984, the murder of Selena in 1995, the murder of Tupac Shakur in 1996, the murder of the Notorious B.I.G. in 1997, the murder of XXXTentacion in ...
The issue discussed Gaye's personal life, his music, and his contributions to Motown and popular music. In November 1984, Diana Ross released the tribute song "Missing You". It appeared on Ross' album Swept Away, and later peaked at No. 1 on the Hot Black Singles chart and placed at No. 10 on the Billboard Hot 100.