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Rawls was born in Chicago on December 1, 1933, and raised by his grandmother in the Ida B. Wells projects on the city's South Side.He began singing in the Greater Mount Olive Baptist Church choir at the age of seven and later sang with local groups through which he met Sam Cooke, who was nearly three years older, and Curtis Mayfield.
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 in the 2000s. The list gives their date, cause and location of death, and their age.
Colin Vearncombe (26 May 1962 – 26 January 2016), [3] [4] known by his stage name Black, was an English singer-songwriter. He emerged from the punk rock music scene and achieved mainstream pop success in the late 1980s, most notably with the 1986 single " Wonderful Life ", which was an international hit the next year.
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]
Nearly three decades after emerging, he’s still a powerhouse, performing some of his most popular songs at the Super Bowl LVIII halftime show — including “Yeah!,” “OMG” and “U Got It ...
William Everett Preston (September 2, 1946 – June 6, 2006) [2] was an American keyboardist, singer and songwriter whose work encompassed R&B, rock, soul, funk, and gospel. Preston was a top session keyboardist in the 1960s, backing Little Richard , Sam Cooke , Ray Charles , the Everly Brothers , Reverend James Cleveland , the Beatles and the ...
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.
In 1945, he co-hosted a radio show called Buck and Britt. [11] Co-host Theryl Ray Britten and Owens also played at local bars, where owners usually allowed them and a third member of their band to pass the hat during a show and keep 10% of the take. [11] They eventually became the resident musicians at a Phoenix bar called the Romo Buffet. [11]