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John Paul Jones (born John Baldwin; 3 January 1946) [1] is an English musician, songwriter, and record producer who was the bassist and keyboardist for the rock band Led Zeppelin. He was a session musician and arranger when he formed the band with Jimmy Page in 1968.
Morgan Dana Harrington (July 24, 1989 – October 17, 2009) was a 20-year-old Virginia Tech student who disappeared from the John Paul Jones Arena while attending a Metallica concert at the University of Virginia (UVA) in Charlottesville, Virginia. Her remains were discovered three months later in rural farmland.
The band comprised Robert Plant (vocals), Jimmy Page (guitar), John Paul Jones (bass and keyboards), and John Bonham (drums). With a heavy, guitar-driven sound and drawing from influences including blues and folk music, Led Zeppelin are cited as a progenitor of hard rock and heavy metal.
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.
Quincy Jones, who expanded the American songbook as a musician, composer and producer and shaped some of the biggest stars and most memorable songs in the second half of the 20th century, has died.
The song was composed by Charles Fox with lyrics by Paul Williams, and became Jones’s signature track. Jones was married six times. From 1967 to 1969, he was married to actor Jill St John.
The song was a spoken word routine to the Hotlegs backing, in the vein of "Ringo" by Lorne Greene, and got to number 41 in the charts at the end of 1970, but a complaint from John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin (on the basis that the American release printed his name as J.P. Jones) [8] led to a reprinting of labels and the single lost momentum.
Jones died on Sunday, Nov. 3 at his home in Los Angeles, surrounded by his family. Legendary musician Quincy Jones has died. He was 91.. Jones’ publicist, Arnold Robinson, confirmed to PEOPLE ...