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Inspired to play clarinet after hearing Benny Goodman on the radio in 1935, Yaged worked as a sideman with Red Allen, Coleman Hawkins, Charlie Shavers, Phil Napoleon, Doug Duke, Cozy Cole and Jack Teagarden before forming his own band in 1956. He released only three albums and two singles but continued to perform – until now.
New York clarinetist Sol Yaged dies at 96
https://syncopatedtimes.com/sol-yage...-passed-at-96/
Grumpy Cat's image appeared on hundreds of products including calendars, posters, greeting cards, coffee mugs, shirts, shoes, keychains, balloons, notebooks and iPhone cases. Two of my favorite Grumpy Cat "quotes": "Roses are red. Violets are blue. Go away." "I had fun once. It was awful."
Grumpy Cat, the Arizona feline whose frown launched a meme-based industry, dies at 7
https://www.azcentral.com/story/ente...me/3704842002/
In 1952, Wouk's The Caine Mutiny won a Pulitzer Prize for "distinguished fiction." His books have been published in 27 different languages. Several of his novels were turned into movies or television miniseries.
Herman Wouk, author of The Caine Mutiny, War & Remembrance, The Winds Of War, Marjorie Morningstar, dies at 103
https://variety.com/2019/film/news/h...ar-1203218745/
Sammy, the father of comedian Pauly Shore, was the opening act for Elvis Presley, Tony Bennett, Tony Orlando, Barbra Streisand, Glen Campbell and many other performers in Las Vegas.
Sammy Shore, Comedy Store co-founder and comedian, dies at 92
https://www.etonline.com/sammy-shore...d-at-92-125500
Edmonds was a brother of Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. After 7's hits include Can't Stop, Ready Or Not, Heat Of The Moment, Nights Like This, Kickin' It, Baby I'm For Real and Til You Do Me Right.
After 7 vocalist Melvin Edmonds dead at 65
http://sandrarose.com/2019/05/rip-af...ds-dead-at-65/
The electronic band Alabama 3 formed in 1995 in London and has released 12 albums. Their 1997 song Woke Up This Morning became the theme song of HBO's 1999-2007 series The Sopranos.
Jake Black, Alabama 3 singer and co-writer of The Sopranos theme song, has died
https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbi...-the-sopranos/
Woke Up This Morning:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9W3A34TTxFU
Waïte starred in the 1968 British drama Joanna and was married to John Phillips of The Mamas & The Papas from 1972 to 1985. One of their two children is singer/actress/model Bijou Phillips.
Geneviève Waïte, actress, singer and former model, dies at 71
https://deadline.com/2019/05/genevie...71-1202622269/
The Mad Lads formed in 1964 in Detroit and had three top-20 R&B hits: Don't Have To Shop Around, I Want Someone and I Want A Girl. Among their other hits are Whatever Hurts You and a 1969 version of Jimmy Webb's By The Time I Get To Phoenix.
John Gary Williams, lead singer of R&B group The Mad Lads, dies at 73
https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment...dies-63326634m
Caridi also appeared in Car Wash, Brewster's Millions and The Money Pit, had a recurring role on Fame and Phyllis and played a detective on NYPD Blue from 1993 to 1999.
Carmine Caridi, actor in two Godfather movies, dies at 85
https://variety.com/2019/film/news/c...or-1203227839/
Murphy wrote Jeannie C. Riley's Good Enough To Be Your Wife and co-wrote Ronnie Milsap's He Got You, Crystal Gayle's Half The Way and Patricia Conroy's Bad Day For Trains. He was inducted into the Canadian Country Music Hall Of Fame in 2012.
Ralph Murphy, veteran singer, songwriter, producer and music publishing executive, dies at 75
https://variety.com/2019/biz/news/ra...77-1203227755/
Ron Banks, Willie Ford and Larry Reed founded the Dramatics (originally known as the Dynamics) in 1964. Among their hits: In The Rain, Be My Girl, Fell For You, Me & Mrs. Jones, Shake It Well, You're Fooling You, Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get and Hey You Get Off My Mountain.
Dramatics co-founder Willie Ford dies at 68
https://eurweb.com/2019/05/28/we-rem...rd-dies-at-68/
Redbone released 13 studio albums and four live albums. Among his best-known songs: Lazy Bones, Polly Wolly Doodle, So Relax, Sweet Lorraine, Ain't Misbehavin' and My Little Grass Shack, a duet with Ringo Starr. Redbone also voiced Leon the Snowman in the 2003 Will Ferrell movie Elf and duetted with Zooey Deschanel on Baby It's Cold Outside, which played during the closing credits.
Tin Pan Alley singer-guitarist Leon Redbone dies at 69
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ne...-at-69-1214415
Glover released five albums as a member of blues-folk trio Koerner, Ray and Glover. He also wrote articles for Crawdaddy, Creem, Hit Parader, Rolling Stone and other music publications and taught Mick Jagger to play harmonica.
Minnesota blues hero Tony Glover, an influence on Bob Dylan and the Rolling Stones, dies at 79
http://www.startribune.com/minnesota...-79/510605432/
Alternative-rock band Guadalcanal Diary formed in 1981 in Marietta, Georgia and took its name from the title of a 1943 memoir written by International News Service war correspondent Richard Tregaskis, who had spent six weeks with the Marines at Guadalcanal during World War II. Guadalcanal Diary released five albums, one EP and nine singles. Among their best-known songs: Fade Out, Trail Of Tears, Get Over It, Pretty Is As Pretty Does and a remake of the Beatles' And Your Bird Can Sing.
Jeff Walls, guitarist for Guadalcanal Diary, Hillbilly Frankenstein and The Woggles, has died
https://www.pastemagazine.com/articl...y-hillbil.html
At age 13, Stewart took drama classes in Los Angeles and lived in an apartment with her grandmother. Character actor Henry O'Neill also lived in the building and arranged for Stewart to appear in the 1937 movie Wells Fargo. Thus began an 80-year acting career. Stewart had roles in 66 movies including Utah, Tucson Raiders, The Oregon Trail, Alias Billy The Kid, Son Of Zorro, Dead Man's Gold and Sheriff Of Redwood Valley. She also appeared in 77 episodes of television series including Gunsmoke, Lassie, Ironside, Seinfeld, Peter Gunn, The Gene Autry Show, The Roy Rogers Show and Have Gun – Will Travel.
Western B-movie actress Peggy Stewart dies at 95
https://thelifeandtimesofhollywood.c...years-in-film/
Chicago radio/stage/movie actress Roslyn Alexander, born Roslyn Yastrow, died May 30 at age 94. She had roles in several movies including Child's Play, Rent-A-Cop, The Naked Face and 30 Miles From Nowhere. She also appeared in two episodes of Chicago Fire and one episode of Chicago Hope. The Dead People page says she died May 31. It's wrong.
https://www.dead-people.com/Roslyn-Alexander
The 13th Floor Elevators formed in 1965 in Austin and released four albums and seven singles before breaking up in 1969 after Roger "Roky" Erickson was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. (Too much LSD, I'd say.) Their first single, You're Gonna Miss Me, reached #55 on the Hot 100 in October 1966. In the early 1980s, Erickson released two albums with his new group The Aliens. He also recorded solo.
13th Floor Elevators lead singer Roky Erickson dies at 71
https://variety.com/2019/music/news/...71-1203230465/
Browning appeared in more than 20 movies and tv series in New Zealand and played Damrod in two Lord Of The Rings movies. He also voiced characters in four Power Rangers series.
Award-winning actor Alistair Browning dies after battle with cancer
https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainmen...le-with-cancer
Bongo Rock reached #14 on the Hot 100 in June 1959. A year later, Epps reached #78 with Bongo Bongo Bongo. He released several more singles including Blue Bongo, Bongo Hop, Bongo Boogie, Bongo Shuffle and Bongos In Pastel but never had another chart hit. Obviously, where record buyers were concerned, two bongo records were more than enough. Epps also played on Say Yeah, a 1965 single by Andre Franklin.
Preston Epps, percussionist who had a hit with Bongo Rock, dies at 88
https://rapida.co/preston-epps-percu...ck-dies-at-88/
Bongo Rock: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBZJlVeEVeI
Punk-rock band Fitz Of Depression formed in 1987 in Olympia, Washington and has released three albums and three EPs plus eight singles including Seemingly Vague and a remake of Tommy Tutone's 867-5309/Jenny. Dees, whose real last name was Nelson, also played bass with another Olympia group, The Stuntmen.
Fitz Of Depression frontman Mikey Dees has died
https://pitchfork.com/news/fitz-of-d...dees-has-died/