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Cole learned alto sax at age 10. After playing in bands led by Buddy Rich, Lionel Hampton and Doc Severinsen, Cole formed his own band. He released 45 studio albums and one live album and played on albums by Freddie Hubbard, Anita O'Day, Eddie Jefferson, the Manhattan Transfer and other artists.
Famed jazz saxophonist Richie Cole dies at 72
https://worldmusiccentral.org/2020/0...le-dies-at-72/
Millie Small's heart will never again "go giddyup." In July 1964, her My Boy Lollipop went to number one in Australia, #2 in the US and the UK and #3 in Canada. Her follow-up, Sweet William, stalled at #40 in the US. She released several more singles including remakes of Killer Joe, Honey Hush, See You Later Alligator, Wings Of A Dove, What Am I Living For and I Love The Way You Love but never had another hit.
Millie Small, My Boy Lollipop singer, dies at 73
https://nypost.com/2020/05/06/millie...er-dies-at-73/
Here is her version of the Rocky Fellers' Killer Joe:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNawiKkyCTQ
Simmons wrote eight books, co-founded Weight Watchers magazine and produced three National Lampoon movies, four National Lampoon stage shows, 12 National Lampoon comedy albums and the 1973-74 weekly comedy series The National Lampoon Radio Hour.
Matty Simmons, National Lampoon co-founder and Animal House producer, dies at 93
https://www.latimes.com/obituaries/s...o-founder-dies
Kraftwerk was best known for their 1975 #25 hit Autobahn. The song was 22:43 in length and was cut to 3:28 for release as a single. Many people misunderstood the line "Wir fahren, fahren, fahren auf der Autobahn" as "Fun, fun, fun on the Autobahn." Nope, sorry. It's German for "We drive, drive, drive on the Autobahn (expressway)."
Kraftwerk co-founder Florian Schneider dies at 73
https://www.billboard.com/articles/n...o-founder-dies
Howe was Bad Company's lead singer from 1986 until 1994. During those years, the group's hits included How About That, Holy Water, Stranger Stranger, Boys Cry Tough, Walk Through The Fire, This Could Be The One and If You Needed Somebody. Howe had previously recorded and toured with Ted Nugent.
Bad Company singer Brian Howe dead of cardiac arrest at 66
https://nypost.com/2020/05/07/bad-co...-arrest-at-66/
This is not an illusion. Roy really died. Siegfried and Roy were born in Germany. They emigrated to the United States and became naturalized citizens. From 1990 to 2003 (when Roy got mauled by one of the tigers that were part of their show), they performed at the Mirage in Las Vegas.
Siegfried & Roy illusionist Roy Horn dies of complications from the coronavirus at 75
https://people.com/health/roy-horn-d...llusionist-75/
Little Richard, a flamboyant architect of rock'n'roll, is dead at 87
https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/09/enter...rnd/index.html
Little Richard had 21 top-40 R&B hits, with 14 making the top ten and Long Tall Sally, Rip It Up and Lucille going to number one. Only four of his songs made the top ten on the pop charts: Long Tall Sally, Jenny Jenny, Keep A-Knockin' and Good Golly Miss Molly. In 1972, Little Richard sang lead vocals and played piano on this tribute song by Canned Heat, Rockin' With The King:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbRDx6MTrvM
Wright began singing in her family's gospel group Echoes Of Joy when she was only three. She began recording at 14. Her hits include Clean Up Woman, Dance With Me, Baby Sitter, Secretary, Let Me Be Your Lovemaker and Girls Can't Do What The Guys Do.
R&B singer Betty Wright dies at 66
https://www.latimes.com/obituaries/s...ght-dies-at-66
The Pretty Things formed in 1963 in England and took their name from the 1955 Willie Dixon song Pretty Thing. They released 13 studio albums, 13 live albums and 31 singles. Among their best-known songs are Rosalyn, Cry To Me, Honey I Need, Don't Bring Me Down, Midnight To Six Man and A House In The Country.
Phil May, frontman with The Pretty Things, dies at 75
Singer revered by David Bowie and Jimi Hendrix had complications in hospital following hip surgery.
https://www.theguardian.com/music/20...s-dies-aged-75
Willard is the only human to ever appear in a Disney-Pixar animated film. He played Buy-n-Large CEO Shelby Forthright in WALL-E (2008).
Comic actor Fred Willard of Best In Show and Modern Family dies at 86
He was known for playing clueless characters, including in Fernwood 2 Night and Everybody Loves Raymond.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...es-86-n1208696
Why are so many famous Americans dying this month? They need to stop doing that!
Phyllis George, pioneering sportscaster and former Miss America, dies at 70
https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/16/media...ath/index.html
Peterson, who played blues guitar and Hammond organ, released more than 30 albums. His first album, Our Future, came out when he was only five. It was produced by Willie Dixon and included 1, 2, 3, 4, sung to the tune of James Brown's Please Please Please. Five-year-old Lucky got to perform the song on The Tonight Show and The Ed Sullivan Show.
American blues legend Lucky Peterson dies at 55
https://www.rockandbluesmuse.com/202...on-dies-at-55/
"That's a lovely dress you're wearing, Mrs. Cleaver."
Ken Osmond, Leave It To Beaver star who played Eddie Haskell, dies at 76
https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/ken...or-1234609639/
John "Moon" Martin's Escape From Domination reached #80 on Billboard's album chart in September 1979 and yielded two hit singles, Rolene and No Chance. From 1967 to 1971, Martin was lead singer and guitarist for the country-rock quartet Southwind, who charted with the albums Ready To Ride and Boogie Woogie Country Girl.
Moon Martin dies at 74; musician wrote Bad Case Of Loving You for Robert Palmer
https://bestclassicbands.com/moon-ma...g-you-5-14-20/
Cobb released 20 albums as a bandleader and played drums on more than 100 albums by other artists including Miles Davis, Sarah Vaughan, Dinah Washington, Cannonball Adderley, Nat Adderley, Donald Byrd, Sonny Stitt, Wayne Shorter, John Coltrane, Joe Henderson, Hubert Laws, Art Pepper, Shirley Scott, Bobby Timmons, Phil Upchurch and Wes Montgomery. Whew!
Jazz drummer Jimmy Cobb, last surviving member of Miles Davis Kind Of Blue sextet, dies of lung cancer at 91
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/nat...vy4-story.html
Baxter played steel guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, organ, mandolin and dobro. He played on albums by Bob Dylan, Steve Earle, Ryan Adams, Ben Folds, Kacey Musgraves, R.E.M. and others and released a solo album in 1999.
Bucky Baxter, Bob Dylan's pedal-steel guitarist, dies at 65
https://ultimateclassicrock.com/bucky-baxter-dies/
Wilhelm appeared in more than 150 movies and television series, including 36 episodes of T.J. Hooker, 12 episodes of SeaQuest 2032, 11 episodes of Seinfeld and four episodes of Star Trek: Voyager. (This article erroneously says Wilhem was in only three Star Trek episodes. His fourth appearance, in the 2001 episode Endgame, was uncredited.) Wilhelm co-starred in NBC's 1983 sci-fi miniseries V and the 1984 sequel V: The Final Battle and had roles in F.I.S.T., Private Benjamin, Hercules In New York, The China Syndrome and All The President's Men.
Richard Herd, Mr. Wilhelm on Seinfeld, dies at 87
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ne...was-87-1171494
Kulick auditioned for Kiss in 1972 but lost out to Ace Frehley. Kulick did play lead guitar (uncredited) on four Kiss albums and toured and recorded with Paul Stanley. Kulick's younger brother Bruce was Kiss lead guitarist from 1984 to 1996.
Kiss, Meat Loaf and W.A.S.P. guitarist Bob Kulick dead at 70
https://www.loudersound.com/news/for...ick-dead-at-70
The horror punk band The Misfits formed in 1977 in New Jersey and has released seven studio albums, three live albums and 19 singles. Among their best-known songs are Scream!, Cough/Cool, Horror Business, Die Die My Darling and I Wanna Be A NY Ranger.
Misfits drummer Joey Image dies at 63
https://www.ghostcultmag.com/misfits...s-died-age-63/
Malo formed in 1971 in San Francisco and had only one US hit, Suavecito in 1972, but were very popular in Mexico, Central America and South America, where their hits include Nena, Café, Latin Bugaloo, Oye Mama, Todo Por Ti, Dilo Otra Vez and Moviendome Hacia Afuera.
Jorge Santana, Malo guitarist and brother of Carlos Santana, dies at 68
https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/05/...her-of-carlos/