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Papa Charlie McCoy (1909–1950) – Delta blues musician and songwriter ; Mississippi Fred McDowell (1904–1972) – Delta blues musician and songwriter (Born in Rossville, Tennessee, resided in Como) L. C. McKinley (1918–1970) – guitarist, singer ; Scott McQuaig (1959) – country music singer and songwriter
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.
This is a list of lists of deaths of notable people, organised by year. New deaths articles are added to their respective month (e.g., Deaths in January 2025 ) and then linked below. 2025
Taylor, who retired in 2010 and returned home to live in Mississippi, died on Nov. 23. Buffett and Taylor were friends, after having met at The University of Southern Mississippi in the early 1970s.
His wife reportedly collected just half of Ross's fee because he had failed to do a full show. [29] 1983: Musician Rebop Kwaku Baah died of a cerebral haemorrhage while performing in Stockholm, Sweden. 1984: Pianist and singer Tuts Washington died while performing at the World's Fair in New Orleans on 5 August 1984. [30]
Jazz musicians from Mississippi (62 P) M. Musical groups from Mississippi (4 C, 16 P) S. Singers from Mississippi (2 C, 108 P) Songwriters from Mississippi (2 C, 128 P)
Electric blues musician, one of a very small number of blues musicians to play the mandolin. [23] Louise Johnson. Singer and pianist. [24] Robert Johnson (May 8, 1911, Hazlehurst, Mississippi – August 16, 1938). Singer-songwriter and guitarist, recognized since the 1960s as a master of Delta blues and an important influence on many rock ...
The Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters recognized 11 people with ties to Mississippi for their contributions to the arts. These MS artists, writers and musicians were honored for their ...