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Ernie Isley, Marvin Isley and brother-in-law Chris Jasper were members of the Isley Brothers from 1973 to 1984. Among the group's hits during that time are That Lady, Fight The Power, For The Love Of You, Harvest For The World, I Wanna Be With You and Between The Sheets. Ernie, Chris and Marvin formed Isley-Jasper-Isley in 1984. Their biggest hit, Caravan Of Love, went to number one on the R&B chart and #51 on the Hot 100 in November 1985.
Legendary Isley Brothers member and soul music star Chris Jasper dies at 73
https://soultracks.com/news-chris-jasper-dies/
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Sad Eyes went to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in October 1979. Robert John's remake of the Tokens' 1961 number-one hit The Lion Sleeps Tonight got to #3 on the Hot 100 in March 1972. Among his other hits are If You Don't Want My Love, When The Party Is Over and remakes of the Mystics' Hushabye, the Newbeats' Bread & Butter and the Four Seasons' Sherry.
Sad Eyes singer Robert John dead at 79
https://ultimateclassicrock.com/sing...ert-john-dead/
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Trachtenberg began appearing in television commercials at age 3. She played Nona Mecklenberg in 14 episodes of The Adventures Of Pete & Pete (1994-96), Dawn Summers in 66 episodes of Buffy The Vampire Slayer (2000-03), Nurse Chloe Payne in 23 episodes of Mercy (2009-10) and Georgina Sparks in 28 episodes of Gossip Girl (2008-12) and starred in the 1996 Harriet The Spy movie, adapted from the 1964 novel by Louise Fitzhugh.
Michelle Trachtenberg of Gossip Girl and Buffy The Vampire Slayer dead at 39
https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/26/enter...ath/index.html
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Hackman and his wife were found dead in their home in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Hackman appeared in 79 movies including Reds, Hoosiers, Bonnie & Clyde, Superman, Superman II, Superman IV, Young Frankenstein, Mississippi Burning, Loose Cannons, Postcards From The Edge, Bite The Bullet, The French Connection, The Poseidon Adventure and I Never Sang For My Father.
Gene Hackman, the Oscar-winning Everyman actor with an edge, dies at 95
https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/27/enter...bit/index.html
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The New York Dolls were together from 1971 to 1976 and released two albums. In 2004, Johansen and original guitarist Sylvain Mizrahi formed a new Dolls group which released three albums before breaking up in 2011. Among the Dolls' best-known songs are Trash, Jet Boy, Subway Train, Teenage News, Looking For A Kiss, Personality Crisis and a remake of the Jayhawks' 1956 hit Stranded In The Jungle. Johansen, under the name Buster Poindexter, had a #45 hit in February 1988 with Hot Hot Hot.
David Johansen, singer from the seminal punk band The New York Dolls, dies at 75
https://apnews.com/article/david-joh...66fe802d914d0#
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Stone was a member of the funk trio The Sequence, which had a #15 R&B hit with Funk You Up in March 1980. Her first solo single, No More Rain In This Cloud, went to number one on the Adult R&B chart and #9 on the R&B/Hip-Hop chart in December 1999. Among her other hits are Sometimes, Brotha, Life Story, Baby (with Betty Wright), I Wanna Thank You (with Snoop Dogg), I Ain't Hearin' U and Wish I Didn't Miss You.
Veteran R&B/soul singer Angie Stone dies in car accident at 63
https://www.spin.com/2025/03/angie-stone-obit/
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The Iveys formed in 1961 in Swansea, Wales, and had a hit in 1969 with Maybe Tomorrow. After Molland joined the group in December 1969, they became Badfinger and had three consecutive top-ten hits, 1970-72: Come & Get It (written by Paul McCartney), No Matter What and Day After Day. Among their other hits are Baby Blue, Hold On, Apple Of My Eye and Love Is Gonna Come At Last.
Joey Molland, guitarist and last surviving member of Badfinger, dies at 77
https://www.billboard.com/music/musi...ry-1235912993/
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Jazz singer/vibraphonist/keyboardist Roy Ayers released 30 studio albums and five live albums. Among his best-known songs are Searching, Running Away, Mystic Voyage, For Real, Red Black & Green, Destination Motherland, Everybody Loves The Sunshine and Love Will Bring Us Back Together.
Jazz and R&B great Roy Ayers dies at 84
https://soultracks.com/news-roy-ayers-dies/
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Brown was a member of the Newcomers, a Memphis quartet who, backed by the Bar-Kays, had a #28 R&B hit and #74 pop hit in October 1971 with Pin The Tail On The Donkey. Brown had six solo R&B hits, 1976-81: I'd Rather Hurt Myself Than To Hurt You, I Wanna Make Love To You, You Says It All (which got to #72 on the Hot 100), I Thought Of You Today, We Ought To Be Doin' It and If I Don't Love You.
Smooth soul singer Randy Brown dies at 72
https://soultracks.com/news-southern...dy-brown-dies/
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Bach played Dr. Ellen Baskin on five episodes of Sirens (1994-95), appeared in 14 episodes of Baywatch (1991-2000) and co-starred in six movies including Castle Rock, Nudity Required and More Than Puppy Love.
David Hasselhoff's ex-wife Pamela Bach dead at 62 of apparent suicide
https://nypost.com/2025/03/06/entert...uicide-report/
