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Big Daddy Weave formed in 1998 in Mobile, Alabama. They've released ten albums and 30 singles. Six of their songs – Alive, Redeemed, Overwhelmed, The Only Name, My Story and Every Time I Breathe – went to number one on Billboard's Christian Adult Contemporary chart.
Jay Weaver, member of Big Daddy Weave, dies after Covid-19 battle
https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/04/enter...vid/index.html
The Force MD's – the initials stood for "Musical Diversity" – had four top-ten R&B hits in the 1980s: Tears, Tender Love, Touch & Go, and the number one Love Is A House.
Jessie Lee Daniels, founding member of the Force MD's, dies at 58
https://www.billboard.com/music/musi...ry-1235015809/
Bogdanovich directed 17 feature films including Paper Moon, Daisy Miller, Noises Off, Texasville, They All Laughed and What's Up, Doc? He played therapist Elliot Kupferberg in 14 episodes of The Sopranos, 2000-07.
Peter Bogdanovich, Oscar-nominated director of The Last Picture Show, dead at 82
https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/06/enter...ary/index.html
Poitier starred in 41 movies including Blackboard Jungle, No Way Out, The Defiant Ones, Porgy & Bess, To Sir With Love, Lilies Of The Field, In The Heat Of The Night, Let's Do It Again, Uptown Saturday Night, A Raisin In The Sun, Guess Who's Coming To Dinner and They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
Sidney Poitier, Oscar-winning actor and Hollywood's first Black movie star, dies at 94
https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/07/enter...ath/index.html
Among the many songs written by Bergman and her husband Alan are Sleep Warm, Nice 'N' Easy, Someone In The Dark, Moonlight, It Might Be You, The Windmills Of Your Mind, All His Children, Love Is Where You Are, In The Heat Of The Night, You Don't Bring Me Flowers, How Do You Keep The Music Playing and What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life.
Marilyn Bergman, Oscar-winning lyricist of The Way We Were, dies at 93
https://variety.com/2022/music/news/...st-1235149611/
Hickman played Chuck MacDonald in 148 episodes of The Bob Cummings Show, 1955-59, and starred in 148 episodes of The Many Loves Of Dobie Gillis, 1959-63. He also appeared in several movies including Cat Ballou, Ski Party, How To Stuff A Wild Bikini, Dr Goldfoot & The Bikini Machine and Rally 'Round The Flag, Boys!
Dwayne Hickman, The Many Loves Of Dobie Gillis star, dies at 87
https://www.yahoo.com/now/dwayne-hic...180449676.html
Saget was also the uncredited narrator on 206 episodes of the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother, 2005-14, and produced 41 episodes of his Bob Saget's Here For You podcast, 2020-21.
Bob Saget, comedian and Full House star, dies at 65
The former America's Funniest Home Videos host was found at his hotel in Orlando.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ne...se-1235072029/
James Mtume formed the funk group Mtume in 1973 in Philadelphia. They had seven top-40 R&B hits in the 1980s. Juicy Fruit topped the chart for eight weeks in June-July 1983. Among their other hits were Breathless, Give It On Up, You Me & Me and Would You Like To Fool Around.
Jazz and R&B musician James Mtume dies at 76
https://amsterdamnews.com/news/2022/...ies-at-age-76/
The Parliaments formed in 1955 in Plainfield, New Jersey, and had a 1967 hit with I Wanna Testify. The group, named after a brand of cigarettes, evolved into Parliament in 1968. Their hits include Flash Light, Bop Gun, Chocolate City, Up For The Down Stroke and Tear The Roof Off The Sucker.
Calvin Simon, Parliament-Funkadelic co-founder, dead at 79
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/m...at-79-1281504/
Indiana Wants Me went to number one in Canada and #5 in the US in November 1970. Taylor had four other top-40 hits in Canada. He also co-wrote the Supremes' Love Child and I'm Livin' In Shame and the Four Tops' All I Need and I'll Turn To Stone.
Indiana Wants Me singer R. Dean Taylor dies at 82
https://www.soultracks.com/story-r-dean-taylor-dies