On April 5, 1981, Robert Ernest “Bob” Hite died aged 38. He was musician (harmonica, flute, guitar), singer and songwriter, best known as member and lead singer of the band “Canned Heat”.
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Mike Bloomfield
On February 15, 1981, Michael Bernard “Mike” Bloomfield died aged 38. He was musician (guitar) and songwriter, member of the “Paul Butterfield Band” and “Electric Flag” and played on Dylan’s album “Highway 61 revisited: In 2003 he was ranked at number 22 on “Rolling Stone’s 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time”
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Bill Haley
On February 9, 1981, Bill Haley died aged 56. He was musician (guitar), singer and songwriter, known as the first “Rock ‘n’ Roll” star, in 1955 he scored UK and US No.1 single “Rock around the clock”. During his career he had sold over 60 million records worldwide.
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