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Dinah Washington (/ ˈ d aɪ n ə /; born Ruth Lee Jones; August 29, 1924 – December 14, 1963) was an American singer and pianist, one of the most popular black female recording artists of the 1950s. [1]
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 ...
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 ...
Guitarist/singer Johnny "Guitar" Watson collapsed and died onstage during a performance in Yokohama, Japan. The cause of death was a heart attack. 1997: English actor Anthony Wheeler died by strangulation while playing Judas Iscariot at a performance of Jesus Christ Superstar in Chalkidiki, Greece. He hanged himself after failing to attach the ...
Name Age Date Location Cause of death Long John Hunter: 84: January 4, 2016: Phoenix, Arizona [1]Robert Stigwood Manager for The Bee Gees, Cream: 81: January 4, 2016: London, England [2] [3]
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
The Dallas, Texas music community honored Williams and his legacy with a multi-venue music festival named "Stage Fest". Stage Fest was held in downtown Dallas' Deep Ellum district on August 14, 2007, the fifth anniversary of his death, and played in seven Deep Ellum venues including Club Dada, The Curtain Club, The Lizard Lounge, The Darkside Lounge, Red Blood Club, Reno's Chop Shop, and Tomcat's.
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 [58] Joey Cigainero Keyboardist for Reba McEntire's road band: 27: March 16, 1991