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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. The list ...
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 1960s. The list gives their date, cause and location of death, and their age.
Greg "Fingers" Taylor, who partnered with Jimmy Buffett on many of the entertainer's most popular songs, has died. ... He was inducted into the Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame in 2012.
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 ...
List of deaths in popular music 2016 Succeeded by 2017: Name Age Date Location ... Ellisville, Mississippi, U.S. Natural causes: Vanity Vanity 6: 57: February 15, 2016:
Mississippi Delta blues [49] Peg Leg Howell: 1888 1966 Georgia Country blues [50] Alberta Hunter: 1895 1984 Tennessee Classic female blues [51] Mississippi John Hurt: 1894* 1966 Mississippi Country blues [52] Jim Jackson: 1890* 1937* Mississippi Country blues [53] Papa Charlie Jackson: 1890* 1950* Louisiana Country blues [54] Skip James: 1902 ...
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 ...