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Her hit recordings included blues, standards, novelties, pop covers, and even a version of Hank Williams' "Cold, Cold Heart" (R&B Number 3, 1951). At the same time as her biggest popular success, she also recorded sessions with many leading jazz musicians, including Clifford Brown and Clark Terry on the album Dinah Jams (1954), and also ...
Herbert Paul Gilley (October 1, 1929 – June 16, 1957) was an American country music lyricist and promoter from Kentucky. In his lifetime, he was little known as a songwriter, but decades after his death by drowning at age 27, he was identified more widely as likely having written the lyrics to a dozen famous songs, including two that were hits for Hank Williams: "Cold, Cold Heart" and "I'm ...
Williams adapted the melody for the song from T. Texas Tyler's 1945 recording of "You'll Still Be in My Heart," written by Ted West in 1943. [4]In the Williams episode of American Masters, country music historian Colin Escott states that Williams was moved to write the song after visiting his wife Audrey in the hospital, who was suffering from an infection brought on by an abortion she had ...
Name Age Date Location Cause of death Jeff Golub: 59: January 1, 2015: New York City, New York, U.S.: Progressive supra-nuclear palsy [1]: Little Jimmy Dickens: 94: January 2, 2015
Heart attack Doc Pomus: 65: March 14, 1991: Manhattan, New York City, U.S. Lung cancer Chris Austin Country singer and Fiddler/Guitarist for Ricky Skaggs and Reba McEntire's road bands: 27: March 16, 1991: Otay Mountain, San Diego, California, U.S. Plane crash [55] Joey Cigainero Keyboardist for Reba McEntire's road band: 27: March 16, 1991
7 December: Italian singer Mango died from a heart attack during a concert in Policoro, province of Matera, while performing his song "Oro". [64] 2015: 29 January: conductor Israel Yinon collapsed and died during a concert in Lucerne, Switzerland, in the middle of conducting Strauss's An Alpine Symphony. [65]
Colin Petersen, the original Bee Gees drummer who was credited on four of their albums, has died aged 78.. Representatives for the Australian musician and former child actor confirmed that he died ...
During the early 1950s, Davis found some moderate success as a vocalist, releasing several singles including "Object of My Affection" and "Crazy Heart." The late 1950s was a transitional period in Davis' career. He found himself in New York City working as a producer for the MGM label. He also made an important contact in Nashville with Fred ...