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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 1980s. The list gives their date, cause and location of death, and their age.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 16 January 2025. English musician and singer-songwriter (1955–2019) For other uses, see Mark Hollis (disambiguation). Mark Hollis Hollis in 1988 Background information Birth name Mark David Hollis Born (1955-01-04) 4 January 1955 Tottenham, London, England Died February 2019 (2019-02-00) (aged 64) [a ...
Norman Jeffrey Healey (March 25, 1966 – March 2, 2008) [1] was a Canadian blues, rock and jazz guitarist, singer and songwriter who attained popularity in the 1980s and 1990s. He reached No. 5 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart with " Angel Eyes " and reached the Top 10 in Canada with the songs "I Think I Love You Too Much" and "How Long Can ...
The accompanying music video was written, directed, and edited by Russell Mulcahy. It was the first music video shown on MTV in the US, airing at 12:01 a.m. on 1 August 1981, and the first video shown on MTV Classic in the UK on 1 March 2010. The song has received several critical accolades, such as being ranked number 40 on VH1's "100 Greatest ...
He was one of the most influential blues guitarists of the 1980s, described by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as "the second coming of the blues". Vaughan spent his last days performing with his band Double Trouble as the opening act for Eric Clapton at Alpine Valley Music Theatre, thirty miles (50 km) southwest of Milwaukee. After the concert ...
Ruben Armand "Benny" Mardones (November 9, 1946 – June 29, 2020) [1] was an American pop/rock singer and songwriter who was best known for his hit single "Into the Night", [2] which hit the top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart twice, in 1980 (#11) and again in 1989 (#20).
Terri Kathleen Nunn (born June 26, 1961) is an American singer and actress. She is known as the vocalist of the 1980s new wave and synth-pop band Berlin . Biography
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.