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December 30, 1998 Johnny Moore died of respiratory failure while en route to a London hospital at age 64
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December 30, 1998 Johnny Moore died of respiratory failure while en route to a London hospital at age 64

Moore, one of the group’s principal vocalists who sang lead on many of the Drifter’s hit singles, is not to

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December 30, 1995 Clarence Satchell died from a brain aneurysm at age 55.
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December 30, 1995 Clarence Satchell died from a brain aneurysm at age 55.

Formed in 1959 as the Ohio Untouchables by singer-guitarist Robert Ward who departed for a solo career some two years

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December 30, 1993 – Songwriter Mack David died at his Rancho Mirage, California home

Best known for his work in film and television, with a career spanning the period between the early 1940s and

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December 30, 2004 Artie Shaw died at his Newbury Park home

Sometimes referred to as the King of the Clarinet, Artie Shaw was one of the leading jazz performers and bandleaders

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January 1, 2013 – Singer Patti Page died in California at age 85

Speaking about her early years in northeast Oklahoma, Patti Page describes the life of a railroad foreman’s family during the

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January 1, 1997 Townes Van Zandt died from health problems

Born into a wealthy oil family, Van Zandt was a third-great-grandson of Isaac Van Zandt (a prominent leader of the

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January 1, 1984 Alexis Korner died of lung cancer

Korner was a major force behind the fledgling 1960s R&B movement in the UK. His group Blues Incorporated with future

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January 1, 1991 Buck Ram aka “Ande Rand,” “Lynn Paul” or “Jean Miles” died in Las Vegas, Nevada at age 83

Ram was one of BMI’s top five songwriters in its first 50 years, alongside Paul Simon, Kris Kristofferson, Jimmy Webb,

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January 1, 2007 – Del Reeves died of emphysema.

The youngest of 11 children, Reeves learned guitar by borrowing his brothers’ instruments while they were serving in World War

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January 2, 2000 Edward Farran died of kidney failure at age 74

Farran’s mother taught piano and his father, who was born in Lebanon, was a tailor and furrier. “Because she had

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