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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 ...
Leo M. Mintz (10 October 1911 – 4 November 1976) was a record store owner in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, who was instrumental in the early establishment, marketing and promotion of rock and roll music. He was born in Cleveland. [1]
Sister Rosetta Tharpe (born Rosetta Nubin, March 20, 1915 – October 9, 1973) [1] was an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. She gained popularity in the 1930s and 1940s with her gospel recordings, characterized by a unique mixture of spiritual lyrics and electric guitar.
Blues musician Robert Johnson, who died in 1938, is one of the earliest popular musicians included by various sources. [ 43 ] [ 44 ] Despite the club's original association with the deaths of popular musicians, later sources began to link actors, artists, athletes, and other celebrities to the 27 Club.
Charles Edward Anderson Berry (October 18, 1926 – March 18, 2017) was an American singer, guitarist and songwriter who pioneered rock and roll.Nicknamed the "Father of Rock and Roll", he refined and developed rhythm and blues into the major elements that made rock and roll distinctive with songs such as "Maybellene" (1955), "Roll Over Beethoven" (1956), "Rock and Roll Music" (1957), and ...
In the first half of this decade, 89 rock stars have died as a result of cancer, surpassing the 79 cancer-related deaths in the 2000s. Comparatively, there have only been 12 overdose-related ...
May 5—Lynn Ellsworth, a renowned guitar-maker whose work was purchased and played by some of the biggest rock -and -roll musicians of the last several decades, died April 27. He was 81. His ...
October 2, 2024: Lithuania: Undisclosed [247] Ken Tobias Singer and songwriter: 79: October 2, 2024: Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada: Brain cancer [248] "Guitar" Greg Gaskins Guitarist for The Sweet Inspirations: early October 2024: Undisclosed [249] Nell Smith Collaborator with The Flaming Lips: 17: October 5, 2024: Car accident [250] Johnny ...