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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 1970s. The list gives their date, cause and location of death, and their age.
Powell collaborated with Lise Lyng Falkenberg on his biography since 2006, in part using the notebooks and diaries he kept due to his problems with short term memory following his 1973 accident. [7] The biography, titled Look Wot I Dun – My Life in Slade was released via the publisher Music Sales Ltd in October 2013.
Robert Wyatt (born Robert Wyatt-Ellidge, 28 January 1945 [3] [4]) is an English retired musician.A founding member of the influential Canterbury scene bands Soft Machine and Matching Mole, [5] he was initially a kit drummer and singer before becoming paraplegic following an accidental fall from a window in 1973, which led him to abandon band work, explore other instruments, and begin a 40-year ...
Jim Seals, who as part of the duo Seals and Crofts crafted memorably wistful 1970s hits like “Summer Breeze” and “Diamond Girl,” died Monday at age 80. No cause of death was immediately given.
The band's debut single, "Another Bish", was released on January 15, 2021. [8] [9] On April 16, 2021, Softcult released their first EP, Year of the Rat, through Easy Life Records. [7] [10] [11] The duo's second EP, Year of the Snake, "encompasses our feelings towards the cutthroat capitalist society we live in and the problems that need to be ...
The band's first studio work was as the house band for George Harrison's three-disc set All Things Must Pass (1970). Gordon then played on Derek and the Dominos' 1970 double album Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs and also played with the band on subsequent U.S. and UK tours. The group split in spring 1971 before they finished recording their ...
Bryon, who served as the "Saturday Night Fever" band's drummer starting in 1973 and through the height of its disco renaissance, died at 76. The Bee Gees' former keyboardist Blue Weaver, who also ...
John Barbata (April 1, 1945 – May 8, 2024) was an American drummer who was active especially in pop and rock bands in the 1960s and 1970s, both as a band member and as a session drummer. Barbata served as the drummer for The Turtles , Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young , Jefferson Airplane (for its final album and tour only), and Jefferson Starship ...