Level 42 formed in 1979 on the Isle of Wight. Gould's brother Phil was the band's original drummer. Among their hits: Something About You, Lessons In Love, Starchild, World Machine and Running In The Family.
Rowland 'Boon' Gould, guitarist and founding member of Level 42, dies at 64
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-e...-a8894631.html
Reccardi did animation and layout on Ren & Stimpy, Samurai Jack, Dexter's Laboratory, The Simpsons, The Powerpuff Girls, Wander Over Yonder, The Lego Movie, Hotel Transylvania 3 and many other animated movies and tv series. He also was a composer, bassist and guitarist and performed on several movie soundtracks. He appeared (uncredited) as one of the studio musicians in the 2015 Brian Wilson biopic Love & Mercy.
Chris Reccardi, leading animation industry artist, dies at 54
https://www.cartoonbrew.com/rip/chri...54-173590.html
Who could ever forget Chewbacca's most memorable movie lines? "Grrowrrrrr!" "Awwrr-awr-awr!" "Gggwarrrhhwww!" "Wagrrrrwwghhhhh!"
Peter Mayhew, best known for playing Chewbacca in five Star Wars films, dies at 74
https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/...74/3656732002/
The Seldom Scene formed in 1971 in Bethesda, Maryland. They've released 17 studio albums and three live double albums. Among their best-known songs: Wait A Minute, Song For Life, Different Roads, Little Georgia Rose and Big Train From Memphis. Starling was a member of the group from 1971 to 1978 and in 1993-94. The current incarnation of the band has none of the original members.
John Starling, co-founder of 'new grass' bluegrass group The Seldom Scene, dies at 79
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local...57b_story.html
Chuck Cecil worked at small stations in San Luis Obispo and Klamath Falls before coming to Los Angeles in 1952, where he spent 60 years in radio (KFI, KGIL, KPRZ, KPCC, KLON, KKJZ). In 1956, he began hosting The Swingin' Years, a weekly program featuring 1930s-40s swing and big-band music. It went into syndication in 1973 and ran until 2016. At its peak, it was heard on more than 300 stations nationwide. For more than 20 years, Cecil also hosted the weekly Big Band Countdown program for the American Forces Network.
Chuck Cecil, host of The Swingin’ Years, dies at 97
https://syncopatedtimes.com/chuck-ce...host-has-died/
Dancer/choreographer/author/comedian Norma Miller died today. She was 99. Known as "The Queen of Swing," Miller was best known as a Lindy Hop dancer. The dance, named for aviator Charles Lindbergh, originated in Harlem and was largely improvisational. Miller performed with dance troupes in the US, Europe and South America and danced in six movies including Hellzapoppin' and the Marx Brothers' A Day At The Races. She was also a friend of Redd Foxx and appeared in several episodes of Sanford & Son.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norma_Miller
From Harlem to Herrang: An original Lindy Hopper blooms in Sweden
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/10/a...ma-miller.html
Perry played Fiona "Pickles" Sorrell, the wife of Morey Amsterdam's character in two episodes of The Dick Van Dyke Show. She also appeared in episodes of Dallas, Benson, Bewitched, Newhart, Adam-12, My Three Sons, The Lucy Show, The Andy Griffith Show and many other series. She was married to Disney animator Art Babbitt from 1967 until his death in 1992.
Barbara Perry, actress on The Dick Van Dyke Show, dies at 97
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ne...was-97-1207532
Cobb co-wrote Sandy Posey's I Take It Back, the Tams' Be Young Be Foolish Be Happy, Atlanta Rhythm Section's Champagne Jam and the Classics IV's Spooky, Stormy, Traces and Everyday With You Girl.
J.R. Cobb, founding member of Classics IV and Atlanta Rhythm Section, dies at 75
https://www.ajc.com/blog/music/atlan...enmZ5AY6pAADP/
No known medical conditions – and he died in his sleep at 38. Eek!
Troy Dean Shafer, star of DIY Network's Nashville Flipped, dies at 38
https://www.thewrap.com/troy-dean-sh...ed-dies-at-38/
Zoologists Jim Fowler and Marlin Perkins began co-hosting Wild Kingdom in 1963. Perkins left in 1986 due to health problems and Fowler hosted solo until 1988. Always accompanied by a snake, chimpanzee, marmoset, kinkajou or other animal, Fowler was a frequent guest on The Today Show and The Tonight Show.
Jim Fowler, longtime host of Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom, dies at 87
https://www.ketv.com/article/jim-fow...ge-87/27418564
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