On 8 December 1980, John Lennon was shot five times by 25-year-old Mark David Chapman outside The Dakota, the apartment building in New York City where John and Yoko Ono lived. Chapman had been stalking Lennon for days outside the building and asked for an autograph as Lennon walked through the courtyard. Returning from the Record Plant studios where they had been working, John and Yoko had been dropped by […]
2020 American singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Charlie Daniels died age 83 of a hemorrhagic stroke. He is best known for his contributions to Southern rock, country, and bluegrass music and scored the 1979 number-one country hit 'The Devil Went Down to Georgia' He was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry in 2008, the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum in 2009 and the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2016. […]
2022 US singer R. Kelly was sentenced to 30 years in prison for using his celebrity status to sexually abuse children and women. The 55 year old R&B artist was convicted last September in New York of racketeering and sex trafficking crimes. He had faced years of allegations and the judge said he had an "indifference to human suffering". Lawyers for the singer, said he would appeal. Ahead of his […]
2020 Jamaican guitarist Hux Brown died in Oakland, California, aged 75. He featured on many successful rocksteady and reggae records in the 60s and 70s, and was later a member of Toots and the Maytals. 2020 English singer, songwriter and entertainer Vera Lynn died at her home in East Sussex aged 103. She was popular during the Second World War and was widely referred to as the "Forces' Sweetheart" giving […]
2019 American guitarist, singer and songwriter Mike Wilhelm died aged 77. He was best known as a founding member of the influential Bay Area band The Charlatans, who have been widely credited as starting the Haight-Ashbury psychedelic scene during the 1960s. He later played with the bands Loose Gravel and the Flamin' Groovies. 2016 The Beatles' former press officer, Tony Barrow, who coined the term 'The Fab Four' to describe […]
2021 Australian singer-songwriter Anita Lane died age 61. She was briefly a member of the Bad Seeds with Nick Cave and Mick Harvey. Lane released two solo albums, Dirty Pearl (1993) and Sex O'Clock (2001). 2020 Guitarist Scott Taylor died at the age of 58 from a brain tumour. He was a member of the English rock band Then Jerico. 'Big Area' achieved their greatest chart success, peaking at number […]
În urmă cu 50 de ani, când Beatles și-au încetat activitatea, ca și grup, a fost un moment de surpriză și de dezamăgire pentru fani. Paul McCartney este cel care a anunțat desfințarea grupului, ceea ce a făcut lumea să creadă că el este responsabil pentru aceasta. Macca a spus în mod oficial, cine a fost cauza , ca el, John Lennon, George Harrison și Ringo Starr să pornească pe […]
Pe 9 Octombrie 2015, John Lennon ar fi avut 75 de ani. Doar pentru ca el nu mai este printre noi, nu insemana ca nu poate fi celebrat. Ceea ce s-a intimplat la madison square garden, unde mai multe vedete au celebrat aniversarea lui. Acum, la peste 3 ani de la eveniment, acest concert va fi oferit tutor sub forma unui film si a unui album numit "Imagine: John Lennon […]
