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Peggy Jones (later Malone, July 19, 1940 – September 16, 2015), known on stage as Lady Bo in recognition of her relationship with Bo Diddley, was an American musician.A pioneer of rock and roll, Jones played rhythm guitar in Bo Diddley's band in the late 1950s and early 1960s, becoming one of the first (perhaps the first) female rock guitarists in a highly visible rock band, and was ...
Robert James Smith [3] was born in Blackpool on 21 April 1959, the third of four children of Rita Mary (née Emmott) and James Alexander Smith. [4] [5] He came from a musical family, as his father sang and his mother played the piano. [6]
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 in the 1990s.
With the death of Jeff Beck we have lost a wonderful man and one of the greatest guitar players in the world. We will all miss him so much. ... Jeff was a genius guitar player, and me and my band ...
After several demos were recorded, the group disbanded [36] after Berry accepted an offer to join Lake and Keith Emerson in 3; without him, Arista Records dropped GTR. [42] In 1988, the guitar compilation album Guitar Speak on I.R.S. Records was released which features Howe's track "Sharp on Attack". The label organised a UK tour named Night of ...
Entwistle continues to top 'best ever bass player' polls in musicians magazines. In 2000, Guitar magazine named him "Bassist of the Millennium" in a readers' poll. [58] J. D. Considine ranked Entwistle No. 9 on his list of "Top 50 Bass Players". [59] He was named the second best rock bassist on Creem Magazine's 1974 Reader Poll Results. [60]
Tina Turner, the American-born singer who left a hardscrabble farming community and abusive relationship to become one of the top recording artists of all time, died on Wednesday at the age of 83.
When you and I were sweethearts beneath the summer sky; Your hair has turned to silver, the gold has faded too; But still I will remember, where I first met you. (Chorus) Down by the old mill stream Where I first met you, With your eyes of blue, Dressed in gingham too, It was there I knew that you loved me true, You were sixteen, my village queen,