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The Damned formed in 1976 in London. James was a member from 1976 to 1978 and from 1988 to 1991 and played on two of the band's albums. He co-founded Lords Of The New Church in 1981 and played on four of their albums. James also recorded with the Dripping Lips and the Racketeers and released five solo albums.
Brian James, The Damned's founding guitarist, dies at 70
https://www.brooklynvegan.com/brian-...st-dies-at-70/
Tony! Toni! Toné! formed in 1986 in Oakland, California. They had 12 top-ten R&B hits, 1988-97, and five number ones: Little Walter, The Blues, Feels Good, It Never Rains In Southern California (no, not the Albert Hammond song) and Whatever You Want. Three of their songs were top-ten hits on the Billboard Hot 100: Feels Good, If I Had No Loot and Anniversary.
D’Wayne Wiggins, founding member of Tony! Toni! Toné!, dies at 64
https://variety.com/2025/music/news/...er-1236331390/
Jaffe produced 13 movies, served as executive producer of Madeline and Firstborn and directed Without A Trace.
Stanley R. Jaffe, Oscar-winning Kramer vs. Kramer producer, dies at 84
He was also behind Fatal Attraction (with Sherry Lansing), Goodbye Columbus and The Bad News Bears.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/mo...er-1236159837/
Rivers worked at several stations in Connecticut, co-hosted mornings at WAAF in Worcester, Massachusetts, hosted mornings at "98 Rock" WIYY in Baltimore, spent 25 years in Seattle radio (KISW, KZOK, KJR-FM) and released six albums of song parodies.
Radio host, song parodist Bob Rivers dies at 68
https://www.insideradio.com/free/rad...5a686e3c5.html
Siblings Deniece (lead singer), Delroy, Doris, Stedman and Lorraine Pearson fomed Five Star in 1983 in Romford, England. In the U.K., they had 15 top-40 hits and six top-tens. In the United States, they had nine top-40 R&B hits and three top-tens: Let Me Be The One, Love Take Over and Can't Wait Another Minute. They also had three top-ten hits on the dance chart: All Fall Down, Let Me Be The One and Can't Wait Another Minute.
Five Star singer Stedman Pearson dies at 60
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y9xvg2125o
The Youngbloods formed in 1965 in Greenwich Village, New York. Get Together reached #62 on the Billboard Hot 100 in October 1967. In 1969, after the National Council of Christians & Jews used the song in radio and television commercials promoting unity, Get Together was re-released and would get to #5 in September. Among the Youngbloods' other hits are Grizzly Bear, Sunlight, Euphoria and Darkness Darkness.
Jesse Colin Young, Youngbloods’ frontman and Get Together singer, dies at 83
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ne...er-1236165626/
Gerald Dwight "Wings" Hauser played Lieutenant Hobbs in eight episodes of The Last Precinct (1986) and appeared in 62 movies and TV movies including Homework, Mutant, Deadly Force, Vice Squad, Hear No Evil, Sweet Revenge, A Soldier's Story, Dead Man Walking, No Safe Haven, The Insider, Tales From The Hood, Tough Guys Don't Dance and Who'll Stop The Rain.
Wings Hauser, prolific character actor, dies at 77
https://www.cbr.com/wings-hauser-dead/
Adcock played banjo, guitar and mandolin. During his tenure with the Country Gentlemen, 1959-70, the band released eight studio albums and two live albums. That "classic" lineup of the band was inducted into the Bluegrass Music Hall Of Fame in 1994. Adcock also recorded with Don Reno, Talk Of The Town, IInd Generation and his own group, The Eddie Adcock Band.
Banjo legend Ernie Adcock dies at 86
https://bluegrasstoday.com/bano-lege...adcock-passes/
The Standells formed in 1962 in Los Angeles. Dirty Water, written by their producer Ed Cobb (who also wrote Tainted Love), reached #11 on the Hot 100 in July 1966. Among their other hits are Try It, Why Pick On Me, Can't Help But Love You, Riot On Sunset Strip and Sometimes Good Guys Don't Wear White. Larry's older brother is actor Russ Tamblyn.
Larry Tamblyn, keyboardist for Dirty Water garage rock pioneers The Standells, dies at 82
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/m...it-1235301740/
Huey Williams, the last surviving original member of the Jackson Southernaires, died today, March 24. He was 87. The gospel group from Jackson, Mississippi, released 28 albums between 1969 and 2010. Among their best-known songs are Too Late, Lead Me, Heavy Load, Walk Around Heaven, Can't Make It By Myself, Don't Look Down On A Man and Thank You For My Mansion.
Here is I'll Be Alright from their 1991 album Thank You Mama For Praying For Me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQQgh-4k9QI
Chamberlain starred in 191 episodes of Dr. Kildare, 1961-66, and had a top-ten hit in August 1962 with Theme From Dr. Kildare (Three Stars Will Shine Tonight). He appeared in 43 movies and TV movies including Casanova, Julius Caesar, A Thunder Of Drums, The Music Lovers, The Towering Inferno and The Madwoman Of Chaillot.
Richard Chamberlain, Dr. Kildare and Shogun star, dead at 90
https://nypost.com/2025/03/30/entert...ar-dead-at-90/
Glover, the father of actor/director Crispin Glover, appeared in 53 movies and TV movies including Yuma, Chinatown, Hard Times, Spoiler, Walking Tall, Ghost World, Night Of The Scarecrow, The Big Score and The Over-The-Hill Gang.
Diamonds Are Forever star Bruce Glover dead at 92
https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity...ead-at-age-92/
Between 1964 and 1991, Dick Damron had 36 top-40 country hits in Canada. Fourteen made the top ten and five went to number one: Hitch Hikin', Countryfied, Rise 'N' Shine, On The Road and Susan Flowers.
Canadian country superstar Dick Damron dead at 91
https://musicrow.com/2025/03/canadia...damrom-passes/
In 1977, Nashville label RPA (Record Productions of America) released Damron's Susan Flowers single and A Thousand Songs Of Glory album in the United States. They failed to chart. None of his other records were ever released in the United States. Here is Susan Flowers:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1iOwDz0V2w
Revill voiced characters in dozens of animated series, movies and video games and appeared in 68 movies and TV movies including Matilda, Rumplestiltskin, Intrepid, Mack The Knife, Royal Match, Bunny Lake Is Missing, The Ferret, The Great Houdini, The Headless Ghost and Robin Hood: Men In Tights.
Clive Revill, voice of the Emperor in The Empire Strikes Back, dies at 94
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/mo...or-1236173505/
Freeman released 12 studio albums and two live albums and recorded with Buddy Rich, Shirley Scott, Red Holloway, Gene Ammons, Les McCann, Jimmy McGriff, Richard "Groove" Holmes and others.
George Freeman, a trailblazing jazz guitarist who enjoyed a late-career renaissance, dies at 97
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/...ce-dies-at-97/
Kilmer appeared in 50 movies and TV movies including Tombstone, Top Gun, Batman Forever, Red Planet, Kill Me Again, Wonderland, Blind Horizon, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, American Cowslip, Joe The King, The Saint, The Doors, The Real McCoy and The Island Of Dr. Moreau.
Val Kilmer, film star who played Batman and Jim Morrison, dies at 65
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/m...lmer-dead.html
Tillotson had 15 top-40 hits, 1960-65. Poetry In Motion reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in November 1960. It Keeps Right On A-Hurtin' got to #3 on the Hot 100 and #4 on the country chart in June 1962. Among his other hits are Dreamy Eyes, Jimmy's Girl, Without You, Talk Back Trembling Lips and Send Me The Pillow You Dream On.
Johnny Tillotson, Poetry In Motion singer, dies at 86
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ne...on-1236180170/
Hurley played guitar, fiddle and banjo and released 32 albums. Among his best-known songs are Werewolf, Sweet Lucy, Wild Geeses, It Must Be Gelatine, O My Stars, Sweedeedee, You Got To Find Me, Hog Of The Forsaken and Automatic Slim & The Fat Boys.
Michael Hurley, underground folk legend and singer-songwriter, dies at 83
https://pitchfork.com/news/michael-h...er-dies-at-83/
Dennis The Menace, based on Hank Ketcham's comic strip, aired on CBS from October 1959 to July 1963. Jay North was paid $500 per episode.
Jay North, star of original Dennis The Menace TV show, dies at 73
https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/jay...ce-1236361237/
Blondie formed in 1974 in New York City. Burke replaced original drummer Billy O'Connor in 1975. Blondie broke up in 1982 and reunited in 1997. They've had four number-one hits: Heart Of Glass, Call Me, The Tide Is High and Rapture.
Blondie drummer Clem Burke dies at 70
https://www.billboard.com/music/musi...ry-1235940454/