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
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