List of 2020s deaths in popular music Wikipedia

Original drummer with Uriah Heep, who played with the band for four years, appearing on their 1970 debut album …Very ’Eavy… Very ’Umble. Singer, actor and the daughter of Elvis Presley, who released three albums between 2003 and 2012. Keyboard player, saxophonist and flautist with US progressive rockers Happy The Man, appearing their albums Happy The Man (1977) and Crafty Hands (1978).

A speedboat accident took singer Kirsty MacColl

Vaughan then boarded a helicopter to fly back to Chicago, but it crashed, killing all four people on board as well as the pilot. One month later, Vaughan’s last album of original material, Family rock stars who have died in the last 10 years Style, was released, a duel album with his brother. Unfortunately, the human body can only take so much sex, drugs, and rock ‘n’ roll. The phrase “Live fast, die young, and leave a good-looking corpse” became reality for many of these rock stars. Performers who seemed like demigods to their fans were still very human and still held the same limitations as their legions of followers. Behind all the glitz and fun, musicians still suffered from depression, dependency on drugs or alcohol, or diseases and other health concerns.

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Longtime drummer with Three Dog Night, who enjoyed 21 US Top 40 hits in the late 60s and 70s. Original guitarist with The Yardbirds, who he co-founded at the age of 15. Left the band after five months, and went on to play with Peter Green and Christine McVie.

Blues

On October 29, 1971, Allman was driving his motorcycle through Macon, Georgia, when he hit a stopped truck. His bike jumped in the air and landed on him, causing internal injures. Though still conscious when he was taken to the hospital, the guitarist died hours later from his injures. On November 11, 1972, bassist Berry Oakley hit a bus on his own motorcycle and died from cerebral swelling. Both men were 24 and are buried next to each other at Rose Hill Cemetery in Macon. At the brink of the ’20s, older artists continue to reshape their legacies.

• Unfortunately, during the early morning of August 27, 1990, his career came to an abrupt end.
• These artists, whose lives were cut short by aviation accidents, remain unforgotten, their music a lasting testament to the talent that was lost.
• The event became known as “The Day the Music Died” and saw the first premature deaths of young and popular musicians in the early history of the genre.
• Twenty-four years later, another legendary guitar player would be murdered.
• UCR honors those we lost over the course of the 2010s, with a look back at the decade’s notable deaths from the world of rock.

David Bowie, Whitney Houston, Prince and others who helped shape the sounds of today

And sometimes, they were just at the wrong place at the wrong time, leading to tragic accidents. US-born singer and keyboard player with British blues rockers Spooky Tooth, who went on to score a solo hit with the 1976 single Dream Weaver. Keyboard player and guitarist with Curved Air, Sky, Matching Mole and short-lived Brian Eno/Phil Manzanera collaboration 801.

Bob Johnson (18 March 1944 – 15 December

(March 25, 1942 — Aug. 16, 2018) From child gospel singer in Detroit to the “Queen of Soul,” Franklin built a career that spanned seven decades. The singer and pianist, a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom and 18 Grammys(among a long list of other honors), was a trailblazer who inspired generations of music lovers. “Swept Away” is an awesomely different and totally unexpected Broadway musical.

• In its first half, the musical recalls the grandeur of Benjamin Britten’s opera “Billy Budd.” Then Rachel Hauck’s set capsizes – the ship really flips over!
• The Band featured (among others) drummer Levon Helm, bassist Rick Danko, and de-facto lead vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Richard Manuel, known for having a very soulful voice and the ability to sing in falsetto.

Known as one of the pioneers of rock ‘n roll, he was a key figure in the genre for seven decades. Dubbed as “The Innovator, The Originator, and The Architect of Rock and Roll”, he died on May 9, 2020 – the cause of his death was related to bone cancer. 2016 started off with the news of David Bowie’s death – the man who gave us several alter egos, who broke the rules in rock, and reinvented himself numerous times in the name of art. Following a lengthy battle with liver cancer for over a year, Bowie passed away at his Lafayette Street home in New York City on January 10. Because he kept his health problems private, both his friends and fans were shocked when the news broke.