January 2, 1998 Nick Venet died in Los Angeles of Burkitt’s lymphoma at age 62
Venet began his music career as a singer and got his first break in 1957 as a rockabilly artist, but
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January 2, 2015 – Little Jimmy Dickens died at the Vanderbilt Medical Center
Cemetery in Nashville. Mixing comedy and an underrated ability as a balladeer, Dickens was famous for his humorous novelty songs,
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January 2, 2014 Jay Traynor died of liver cancer at a hospital
Traynor was a star-struck youth who wanted to break into the music business the first time he saw a rock
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January 3, 1980 Amos Milburn died in Houston
Milburn was an important performer of blues music in the years immediately after World War II. He was one of
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January 3, 2014 – Singer Phil Everly died of complications from lung disease
After learning the news, his brother Don (February 1, 1937 – August 21, 2021) said in a statement, “I loved my
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January 2, 1997 Randy California drowned in the Pacific Ocean at the age of 45
JANUARY 2, 1997 – Spirit guitarist/songwriter RANDY CALIFORNIA (b. February 20, 1951 in Los Angeles, California as Randall Craig Wolfe) drowned in the
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January 4, 2018 – Ray Thomas died at age 74
Fellow band member Lodge said, “Ray was my best pal.. I met Ray when I was 14. We were two young
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January 4, 2011 – Singer Grady Chapman died from congestive heart failure at age 81
Best known as the American lead singer of doo wop group The Robins, Chapman joined the doo-wop group in 1952
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January 4, 1998 – John Gary died at Baylor University Medical Center
Gary became a popular stage and television star during the 1960s because of his soulful, heartfelt singing style and three-octave
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January 4, 2013 – Sammy Johns died at Gaston Memorial Hospital in Gastonia
Johns’ father gave him a guitar when he was nine, and he founded his first band The Devilles as a
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