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Thomas released four albums and 25 singles. High Energy went to number one on Billboard's Dance/Disco chart in August 1984. Among her other hits are Heartless, Masquerade, How Many Hearts and a remake of the Supremes' 1967 number-one hit Reflections.
High Energy singer Evelyn Thomas dies at 70
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The Four Aims formed in 1953 in Detroit. In 1956, they signed with Chess Records and changed their name to the Four Tops. They later recorded for Red Top and Columbia before signing with Motown in 1963. Among their hits are Ask The Lonely, Bernadette, I Can't Help Myself, Reach Out I'll Be There, It's The Same Old Song, Baby I Need Your Loving, Standing In The Shadows Of Love, When She Was My Girl, Are You Man Enough, 7 Rooms Of Gloom, Still Water (Love) and Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over).
Abdul 'Duke' Fakir, last surviving member of the Four Tops, dies at 88
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Mayall released 35 studio albums, 34 live albums and 44 singles. Among his best-known songs are Hideaway, Room To Move, Don't Waste My Time, Play The Harp, Moving On, Red Sky, Change Your Ways, All Your Love, Snowy Wood, Crawling Up A Hill and Double Crossing Time.
John Mayall, legendary pioneer of British blues, dead at 90
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Moby Grape formed in 1966 in San Francisco and took their name from a silly riddle: "What's big and purple and lives in the ocean? Moby Grape." They've released seven studio albums, two live albums and 11 singles. Among their best-known songs are Omaha, 8:05, Hey Grandma, Can't Be Bad, Going Nowhere. Ooh Mama Ooh and Truly Fine Citizen.
Jerry Miller, Moby Grape lead guitarist and co-founder, dies at 81
https://variety.com/2024/music/obitu...er-1236080127/
The Nelons, originally the Rex Nelon Singers, formed in 1977 in Atlanta. They've released 45 studio albums and four live albums. Among their best-known songs are Beautiful, Come Morning, All Rise, Ain't No Grave, Scars In Heaven, Peace At Last, Bring My Children Home, I'm Gonna Keep Walkin' and We Shall Wear A Robe & Crown. The Nelons were inducted into the Gospel Music Association Hall of Fame in 2016.
Three members of family gospel group The Nelons killed in plane crash
Kelly Nelon Clark, her husband Jason Clark and their daughter Amber Nelon Kistler were headed to the Gaither Homecoming Cruise to Alaska. Four others were killed.
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Cyphers played Sheriff Leigh Brackett in Halloween, Halloween II and Halloween Kills and played Sun Records founder Sam Phillips in the 1979 TV movie Elvis. He appeared in 35 other movies and TV movies including MacArthur, Vigilante Force, Gray Lady Down, The Onion Field, The Executioner's Song and Assault On Precinct 13.
Charles Cyphers, Halloween actor, dies at 85
https://variety.com/2024/film/news/c...en-1236096596/
McCall was a regular on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In in 1968-69 and voiced characters in dozens of animated series including Snorks, Mother Goose & Grimm, Darkwing Duck, The Pebbles & Bamm Bamm Show and The Flintstone Comedy Hour. She and husband/partner Charlie Brill performed in comedy clubs, appeared on many television game shows, released the comedy album From Our Point Of View in 1967 and hosted middays on KFI in Los Angeles in 1975-76.
Mitzi McCall, comic game show cut-up who followed the Beatles on TV, dies at 91
https://extratv.com/2024/08/09/mitzi...tv-dies-at-91/
Salazar appeared in 33 movies including Punchline, Counterpunch, Hot To Trot, Carlito's Way, Trust Me, Walk Proud, Take It Back, Made In Brooklyn, The Black Caesar and The Last Gamble – and he liked to wear mini-skirts!
Ángel Salazar, Chi Chi in Scarface, dies at 68
https://extratv.com/2024/08/11/angel...-chi-obituary/
Virginia "Gena" Rowlands appeared in 51 movies and TV movies including Paulie, Tempest, Tony Rome, Thursday's Child, Hope Floats, Broken English, Playing By Heart, Something To Talk About, Two-Minute Warning, The Betty Ford Story – she played Betty Ford – and A Woman Under The Influence. She won four Emmy awards, two Academy Awards and two Golden Globes.
Gena Rowlands, The Notebook actress, dead at 94
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Among the Greg Kihn Band's hits are Lucky, Love Never Fails, Every Love Song, Happy Man, The Girl Most Likely and a remake of Tommy Roe's 1962 hit Sheila. From 1996 to 2012, Kihn hosted mornings at classic rock "K-Fox" KUFX in San Jose, California.
Greg Kihn, Jeopardy and The Breakup Song hitmaker, dies at 76
https://variety.com/2024/music/obitu...er-1236107843/
Marshall hosted more than 1,700 episodes of The Hollywood Squares, 1966-80, and appeared in 19 movies and TV movies including Annie (1982), Americathon, Ensign Pulver, Rabbit Test, Teddy Bears' Picnic, Happy Anniversary & Goodbye and A Guide For The Married Woman.
Peter Marshall, host of The Hollywood Squares, dies at 98
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv...es-1235975744/
Great White formed in 1979 in Los Angeles. They've released 13 studio albums and nine live albums. Their hits include Rock Me, Save Your Love, Desert Moon, House Of Broken Love, The Angel Song and Once Bitten Twice Shy.
Jack Russell, former Great White singer, dead at 63
https://www.tmz.com/2024/08/15/great...ell-dead-dies/
In 2002, Epstein became a co-producer of the original Broadway production of Hairspray. In 2003, the musical received 13 Tony award nominations and won eight, including best musical, best original score, best actor in a musical (Harvey Fierstein) and best actress in a musical (Marissa Jaret Winokur). The production ran for more than six years. Epstein later produced revivals of A View From the Bridge, Amadeus and The Crucible and the musicals The Wedding Singer and Cry-Baby.
Adam Epstein, Tony-winning producer of Hairspray, dies at 49
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As children, the Chambers Brothers – Joe, George, Lester and Willie – sang in a Baptist church choir. They later performed in music clubs and coffeehouses and signed with Vault Records in 1966. Two years later, they signed with Columbia and reached #11 on the Hot 100 with Time Has Come Today. Among their other hits are Uptown, Are You Ready, Wake Up and remakes of the Isley Brothers' Shout and Otis Redding's I Can't Turn You Loose.,
Joe Chambers of The Chambers Brothers dies at 81
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Hicks was a member of Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys for five years, then spent four years in Porter Wagoner's band, seven years in Judy Lynn's band and 23 years in Ricky Skaggs' band. Hicks also recorded with J.D. Crowe, Kenny Baker, Doyle Lawson, David Osborne and others and released two solo albums, Texas Crapshooter in 1978 and Fiddle Patch in 1998.
Fiddle master, Grammy winner, bluegrass legend Bobby Hicks dies at 91
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Aprea appeared in 43 movies and TV movies including Stingray, Bullitt, Brother, Sunset Park, Crazy Times, New Jack City, The Idolmaker, The Stepford Wives and The Manchurian Candidate. He played Lt. Vince Novelli in 24 episodes of Matt Houston (1982-84) and Manny Vasquez in 12 episodes of Knots Landing (1988) and appeared in more than 400 episodes of Another World (1989-98).
John Aprea, The Godfather Part II and Full House actor, dies at 83
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/john-ap...se-dead-at-83/
Donahue began hosting a talk show in 1967 on WLWD-Channel 2 (now WDTN) in Dayton., Ohio. It went into syndication in 1970 and aired until 1996. His was the first talk show to feature audience participation.
Phil Donahue, talk show host pioneer and father of Marlo Thomas, dies at 88
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Malone released ten studio albums and two live albums and recorded with Diana Krall, Ray Brown, Benny Green, Ron Carter, Natalie Cole, Mose Allison, Kenny Rankin, Gladys Knight, Macy Gray, David Benoit, Freddie Hubbard, B.B. King, Harry Connick Jr. and many others.
Legendary jazz guitarist Russell Malone dies at 60
https://theatlantavoice.com/jazz-gui...l-malone-dies/
Darren had three big hits, Goodbye Cruel World in 1961 and Her Royal Majesty and Conscience in 1962. He co-starred in Gidget, Gidget Goes Hawaiian, Gidget Goes To Rome and The Guns Of Navarone and played Officer Jim Corrigan in 65 episodes of T.J. Hooker, 1983-86.
James Darren, teen idol actor in Gidget films, singer and director, dies at 88
https://variety.com/2024/film/news/j...ek-1236127756/
Quan (real name: Dequantes Devontay Lamar) released nine mixtapes, one album, four EPs and 38 singles (including duets and guest appearances with other artists). Flex {Ooh, Ooh, Ooh), his biggest hit, reached #4 on Billboard's rap chart, #8 on the R&B/hip-hop chart and #26 on the Hot 100 in July 2015. Among his other hits are Choices, Gamble, Walk Thru (featuring Problem) and Type Of Way. He reportedly died of an overdose.
Atlanta rapper Rich Homie Quan dies at 33
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