Eikhard released 18 albums and had 15 chart hits in Canada including It Takes Time, Smiling Wine, Something In Your Face and a remake of Fleetwood Mac's Say You Love Me. She wrote Something To Talk About, which became a #5 hit in 1991 for Bonnie Raitt. Eikhard had first offered the song to Anne Murray – who turned it down.
Award-winning singer-songwriter Shirley Eikhard dead at 67
https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainmen...hard-1.6686939
The Rascals, originally the Young Rascals, formed in 1965 in Garfield, New Jersey. They had 13 top-40 hits and three number ones: Good Lovin', Groovin' and People Got To Be Free.
Dino Danelli, drummer for the Rascals, dies at 78
https://www.njarts.net/dino-danelli-...the-age-of-78/
The Velvelettes quintet formed in 1961 in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Their first hit, Needle In A Haystack, reached #31 on the R&B chart and #45 on the Hot 100 in November 1964. Their follow-up, He Was Really Sayin' Somethin', reached #21 on the R&B chart and #64 on the Hot 100 in February 1965. Bananarama had a minor hit with a remake of He Was Really Sayin' Somethin' in 1982.
Motown singer Bertha Barbee-McNeal of The Velvelettes dies at 82
https://www.soultracks.com/story-ber...ee-mcneal-dies
Savoy Brown, originally Savoy Brown Blues Band, formed in 1965 in London. They've released 33 studio albums and 11 live albums. Their hits include I'm Tired, Tell Mama, Hellbound Train, Run To Me, Train To Nowhere and Lay Back In The Arms Of Someone.
Savoy Brown founder Kim Simmonds dies at 75
https://bluesrockreview.com/2022/12/...ies-at-75.html
Gracie had released five unsuccessful singles for the Cadillac and 20th Century labels before becoming the first artist to sign with Cameo, a Philadelphia label launched in 1956. Butterfly, his debut single, was number one for two weeks in April 1957. (A version by Andy Williams had hit number one two weeks earlier.) Gracie's next single, Fabulous, reached #16 in June 1957.
Charlie Gracie, early rocker who hit #1 with Butterfly, dies at 86
https://bestclassicbands.com/charlie...uary-12-18-22/
The Specials formed in 1977 in Coventry, England. They've released nine studio albums and five live albums. Among their hits are Gangsters, It's You, Rat Race, Ghost Town and Free Nelson Mandela. Terry Hall was a member of the Specials from 1977 to 1981 and from 2008 to 2022 and he co-wrote Our Lips Are Sealed, a 1981 hit by the Go-Go's.
Terry Hall, lead singer of The Specials, dead at 63
https://nypost.com/2022/12/19/terry-...als-dead-at-63
McBain played yacht owner Daphne Dutton in 45 episoides of Surfside 6, 1960-1962; Pink Chip Stamps factory owner Pinky Pinkston in four episodes of Batman, 1966-67; and author Diana St. Clair in the 1967 Elvis Presley movie Spinout. She also appeared in multiple episodes of General Hospital, Days Of Our Lives, Burke's Law, 77 Sunset Strip and The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
Diane McBain, actress in Surfside 6 and Spinout, dies at 81
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/mo...ut-1235286200/
Bell co-wrote and produced several hits for the Delfonics (Didn't I, I'm Sorry, La La Means I Love You, Trying To Make A Fool Of Me, Ready Or Not Here I Come), the Stylistics (Break Up To Make Up, Stop Look Listen, Rockin' Roll Baby, Betcha By Golly Wow, You Are Everything, You Make Me Feel Brand New, I'm Stone In Love With You, People Make The World Go Round) and the Spinners (The Rubberband Man, I'll Be Around).
Thom Bell, Philadelphia soul icon, dies at 79
https://www.billboard.com/music/musi...ad-1235191212/
Tyson wrote Four Strong Winds, Someday Soon, Red Velvet, Summer Wages, The French Girl and many other songs. He had 21 top-40 country hits in Canada but none ever charted in the United States.
Ian Tyson, Canadian folk music icon who penned Four Strong Winds, dead at 89
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calga...t-89-1.6699778
Penny appeared in 28 shorts, movies and TV-movies including Forrest Gump, My Cousin Vinny, Mississippi Burning, Sweet Home Alabama and The Legend Of Bagger Vance and played Alvin Epps in seven episodes of In The Heat Of The Night, 1990-93.
Bob Penny, bit actor in numerous Hollywood films, dies at 87
https://www.aol.com/bob-penny-bit-ac...021951485.html
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