On April 30, 2015, Ben E. King died aged 76. He was singer, one of the lead singers of the soul vocal group “Drifters”, best known as the singer and co-composer of “Stand by Me”, song number 25 on the “RIAA’s” list of “Songs of the Century”.
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Steve Marriott
On April 20.1991, Stephen Peter “Steve” Marriott died aged 44. He was musician (guitar), songwriter and producer, leader of Small Faces (The) and Humble Pie. In 2012, Marriott was inducted posthumously into the “Rock and Roll Hall of Fame” as a member of Small Faces (The).
Clark Terry
On February 21, 2015, Clark Terry died aged 94. He was musician (trumpet, flugehorn) and composer, pioneer of the flugehorn in Jazz, educator, and “NEA Jazz Masters” inductee. His career spanned more than seventy years and in which he played with Charlie Barnet (1947), Count Basie (1948–1951), Duke Ellington (1951–1959) and Quincy Jones (1960). He is among the most recorded Jazz musicians ever.
Steve Strange
On February 12, 2015, Steve Strange died aged 55. He was singer and songwriter, best known as the lead singer and frontman of the group “Visage”. Since the late 70’ was also a prominent nightclub host and promoter, one of the leading figures behind the New Romantic movement in the 1980.
Kim Gordon: Girl In A Band
On February 24, 2015, “Harper Collins Publishers” released “Girl in a Band”, the Kim Gordon autobiography. She was founding member of “Sonic Youth” and one of the most important women in the Rock’n’Roll history. Written after the breakdown of her marriage with Thurston Moore and “Sonic Youth” split, Gordon’s autobiography is story of extraordinary person and a great artist.
Demis Roussos
On January 25, 2015, Artemios “Demis” Ventouris Roussos died aged 68. He was musician (bass guitar, guitar, trumpet), singer and songwriter, before starting successful international career as a singer, he was member of “Aphrodite’s Child” a progressive rock group that also included Vangelis.
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