Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
William Earl Owens (September 28, 1935 – April 7, 2021) [1] was an American country music songwriter. He was the uncle of Dolly Parton. [2] Over the course of his career, he wrote or co-wrote more than 800 songs, [3] including “Put It Off Until Tomorrow," which he co-wrote with Parton. The song won the 1966 BMI Song of the Year award. [4]
William John Owen Rowbotham (14 March 1914 – 12 July 1999) was an English actor and songwriter. He is best known for portraying Compo Simmonite in the Yorkshire-based BBC comedy series Last of the Summer Wine for over a quarter of a century. He died on 12 July 1999, his last appearance on-screen being shown in April 2000.
Died of undisclosed illness [107] Steve Priest The Sweet: 72: June 4, 2020: Died of undisclosed cause, after health failure [108] Rupert Hine Record producer from Thinkman, Quantum Jump: 72: June 4, 2020: Wiltshire, England: Undisclosed cause, although he had renal cancer and arrhythmia [109] Frank Bey: 74: June 7, 2020: Glenolden, Pennsylvania ...
Location of death Cause of death Jay Weaver Big Daddy Weave: 42: January 2, 2022: COVID-19 [1] Lewis 'Lew' Jordan The Jordan Brothers: 74: January 3, 2022: Undisclosed causes [2] Jessie Daniels Force MDs: 58: January 4, 2022: Undisclosed causes [3] Calvin Simon Parliament-Funkadelic: 79: January 6, 2022: San Antonio, Florida, U.S. Unknown [4 ...
No cause of death was disclosed. Jennings, who was born in Texas in 1944, wrote tunes that were recorded by Dionne Warwick, Jimmy Buffett , Rodney Crowell, Peter Wolf, Mariah Carey, Faith Hill ...
In 1940, Owens made a live recording of Roosevelt "Grey Ghost" Williams singing "Hitler Blues," a song written by Williams. The song received mention in TIME magazine and was broadcast by BBC Radio on a program hosted by Alistair Cooke in 1940 about the American musical response to World War II. This recording was instrumental to the ...
Singer/songwriter Kris Kristofferson, whose poignant lyrics made him a country music legend and whose rugged good looks led to 1970s Hollywood movie star fame, has died. He was 88. He was 88.
Maurice Williams, the frontman of the doo-wop group the Zodiacs and singer-songwriter behind their 1960 hit song "Stay," has died. He was 86. The North Carolina Music Hall of Fame announced ...