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White released four solo albums, nine albums as a member of Country Gazette and five albums as a member of the Nashville Bluegrass Band. He also recorded with Lester Flatt, Mac Wiseman, Doc Watson, Buck White, Clint Black, Marty Stuart, the Kentucky Colonels and others.
Roland White, Nashville Bluegrass Band’s legendary mandolin player, dies at 83
https://outsider.com/entertainment/m...layer-dies-83/
The Funk Brothers were a group of Detroit session musicians who played on almost every Motown recording from 1959 until 1972 when the label moved to Los Angeles. The Funk Brothers won a Lifetime Achievement Grammy Award in 2004, were honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame in 2013 and were inducted into the Rhythm & Blues Hall Of Fame in 2014.
Joe Messina, Motown guitarist and a member of the Funk Brothers, dies at 93
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/en...93/7271120001/
Los Lobos formed in 1973 in East Los Angeles. González left the group in 1976. Their remake of Ritchie Valens' La Bamba went to number one in August 1987. Among their other hits are Will The Wolf Survive, Down On The Riverbed and a remake of Valens' Come On Let's Go.
Francisco González, Los Lobos founding member and guitar-string pioneer, dead at 68
https://www.latimes.com/obituaries/s...custom-strings
Rydell had six top-ten hits and 18 top-40 hits between 1959 and 1963, including Kissin' Time, We Got Love, Wild One, Swingin' School, Volare, Sway, Good Time Baby, I've Got Bonnie, The Cha-Cha-Cha and Forget Him.
Bobby Rydell, 1960s pop idol and star of Bye Bye Birdie, dies at 79
https://variety.com/2022/music/news/...0s-1235225834/
Persoff appeared in several movies including Red Sky At Morning, Voyage Of The Damned and The Greatest Story Ever Told and in more than 100 TV series, TV movies and miniseries, including multiple episodes of Route 66, Playhouse 90, Naked City, Gunsmoke, Mod Squad, Barney Miller, The Untouchables, The Wild Wild West, Mission: Impossible and Marcus Welby, M.D.
Nehemiah Persoff, actor in Some Like It Hot, On The Waterfront and Yentl, dies at 102
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/mo...tl-1235126111/
Allen appeared in 15 movies including Angie, Damn Yankees, Calendar Girl and A League Of Thrir Own. She played Judge Betty Small in four episodes of Soap (1980), Lucy Fearing in 13 episodes of The Fearing Mind (2000-01) and Quintina Blundetto in five episodes of The Sopranos (2004).
Rae Allen, Tony winner and Sopranos actress, dies at 95
https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/...-95/ar-AAVWnvU
Hays played Elizabeth Reynolds in 29 episodes of The Road West, 1966-67, and Kim Hughes in 1,744 episodes of As The World Turns, 1972-2010. She co-starred with Charlton Heston, Maximilian Schell and Leslie Nielsen in the 1968 movie Counterpoint.
Kathryn Hays, longtime As The World Turns actress, dies at 87
https://deadline.com/2022/04/kathryn...87-1234997497/
The Bachelors, originally the Harmonichords, formed in 1957 in Dublin. They had eight top-ten hits in Ireland and seven top-ten hits in the UK, 1962-66. Thir biggest US hits were Diane, Marie, I Believe and No Arms Can Ever Hold You.
The Bachelors' Con Cluskey dies at 81
https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/202...-cluskey-dies/
Gottfried began doing stand-up at age 15. He voiced Iago the parrot in three Aladdin movies and 83 episodes of The Disney Channel's 1994-95 Aladdin series. He also voiced characters in Duckman, Superman, Cyberchase, Problem Child, Bobby's World, Fairly OddParents, Bear In The Big Blue House and many other animated series.
Gilbert Gottfried, iconic comedian, dies at 67 after long illness
https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/...ness-rcna24111
Bloodstone, originally the Sinceres, formed in 1962 in Kansas City, Missouri. They had five top-ten R&B hits, 1973-82: Natural High (which also reached #10 on the Hot 100), Never Let You Go, Outside Woman, My Little Lady and We Go A Long Way Way Back.
Bloodstone lead singer Charles McCormick dies at 75
https://www.soultracks.com/story-cha...loodstone-dies
Dance Gavin Dance formed in 2005 in Sacramento. They've released nine studio albums, three live albums, an EP and 42 singles. Their most recent album, Afterburner, went to number one on Billboard's Top Rock Albums chart in May 2020. Among their best-known songs are Care, We Own The Night, Son Of Robot, Blue Dream, Acceptance Speech and Lemon Meringue Tie.
Dance Gavin Dance bassist Tim Freerick has died
https://www.kerrang.com/dance-gavin-...erick-has-died
Sheridan played Raquel Ochmonek in 31 episodes of ALF, 1986-90, and Helen Seinfeld in 21 episodes of Seinfeld, 1990-98. She also appeared in multiple episodes of Empty Nest, Santa Barbara and The A-Team and co-starred with Paul Campbell, Andy Griffith, Maria Sokoloff and Doris Roberts in the 2009 comedy Play The Game.
Liz Sheridan, actress who played Jerry Seinfeld's TV mom, dead at 93
https://nypost.com/2022/04/15/liz-sh...om-dead-at-93/
Hackford appeared in 25 movies including Swingers, Exit To Eden, Fred Claus and Raising Helen. He played Toby in 10 episodes of HBO's drama series Tremé, 2010-13, and played bounty hunter droid IG-11 in three episodes of the Disney+ series The Mandalorian, 2019.
Rio Hackford, club owner and Jonah Hex actor, dead at 52
https://www.kiro7.com/news/trending/...O26Z3KPXSN6U4/
Hi-Five formed in 1989 in Waco, Texas. They had six top-ten R&B hits including I Like The Way (The Kissing Game), which went to number one on both the R&B chart and the Hot 100 in 1991. Among their other hits are Quality Time, She's Playing Hard To Get and I Can't Wait Another Minute.
Roderick 'Pooh' Clark, original Hi-Five member, dies at 49
https://icecreamconvos.com/roderick-...es-away-at-49/
DJ Kay Slay (Keith Grayson) released six albums, 27 mixtapes and 11 singles. His biggest hit, Too Much For Me, featured Nas, Foxy Brown, Baby and Amerie and reached #53 on the R&B chart in 2003. Among his other hits are Free Again, About That Life, Not Your Average Joe and The Kings Of The Streets. For 20 years he had hosted a weekly early-morning hip-hop program on "Hot 97" WQHT in New York City.
DJ Kay Slay, maven of New York hip-hop, dies from Covid-19 complications
https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/18/enter...cec/index.html
Morse played Bertram Cooper in 59 episodes of Mad Men ( 2007-15), Edwin O'Malley in 14 episodes of City Of Angels (2000) and Robert Dickson in 26 episodes of That's Life (1968-69). Morse starred in the 1961 Broadway play How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying and its 1967 movie adaptation. He also voiced characters in ProStars, Pound Puppies and Teen Titans Go!
Robert Morse, Mad Men and Broadway star, dies at 90
https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/rob...en-1235237688/
Guitar Shorty, born David Kearney, released 12 studio albums and two compilation albums between 1989 and 2019. Among his best-known songs are Go Wild, Hard Life, We The People, My Way Or The Highway, I Wonder Who's Sleeping In My Bed and How Come My Dog Don't Bark When You Come Around.
Legendary blues guitarist Guitar Shorty dies at 87
https://www.guitarworld.com/news/guitar-shorty-obit
Woolfolk was a member of Earth Wind & Fire from 1972 to 1984 and from 1987 to 1993. He is arguably best known for his sax solo on Reasons from the 1975 album That's The Way Of The World.
Andrew Woolfolk, Earth Wind & Fire saxophonist, dies at 71
https://www.soultracks.com/story-and...wind-fire-dies
Susan Jacks and her husband Terry formed the Poppy Family in 1968. The group's third single, Which Way You Goin' Billy, went to number one in Canada in 1969 and #2 in the US in 1970. Among their other hits are Good Friends, No Good To Cry, Where Evil Grows and That's Where I Went Wrong. Terry had a number-one solo hit in 1974 with Seasons In The Sun.
Susan Jacks of the Poppy Family dies at 73
https://www.pugetsoundradio.com/2022...as-died-at-73/
Yellowbird released two albums and 12 singles. He had nine top-40 country hits in Canada, 2007-11, including three top tens: Pickup Truck, I Remember The Music and Bare Feet On The Blacktop.
Alberta country music singer-songwriter Shane Yellowbird dies at 42
https://globalnews.ca/news/8788997/a...ird-dead-cree/