busbee, born Michael James Ryan in Walnut Creek, California, wrote more than 120 songs including Try (P!nk), My Church (Maren Morris), Dark Side (Kelly Clarkson), Summer Nights (Rascal Flatts), People Loving People (Garth Brooks), Don't Stop (5 Seconds Of Summer) and two top-ten country-hits for Lady Antebellum, You Look Good and Our Kind Of Love.
busbee, Grammy-nominated songwriter and producer, dies at 43
https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/30/enter...cli/index.html
Jessye Mae Norman began singing at age four, earned a degree in music from Howard University and earned a master's degree from the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance. In 1972, she debuted at La Scala, singing the title role in Aida. Norman released more than 80 albums. She favored the music of Strauss, Mahler and Wagner.
Jessye Norman, Grammy-winning opera singer, dies at 74
https://variety.com/2019/music/news/...es-1203354121/
From 1959 to 1965, Watkins played guitar with Dr. Feelgood & The Interns. a sextet led by Willie "Piano Red" Perryman. They had two hits in 1962, Dr. Feelgood and Right String But The Wrong Yo-Yo. The B-side of Dr. Feelgood was Mr. Moonlight, which was written by guitarist Roy Lee Johnson and would soon be recorded by the Hollies, the Beatles and the Merseybeats. Watkins later played alongside James Brown, Ray Charles, B.B. King, Otis Redding and Koko Taylor. She released her first album when she was 60. Three more would follow.
Atlanta blues musician Beverly "Guitar" Watkins dies at 80
https://www.ajc.com/news/breaking-ne...7LcbI2XbPwJGO/
McGrath released eight albums. The first was a duet album with Don Potter in 1969; the most recent came out in 2012. McGrath wrote songs for Kenny Rogers, Chely Wright, Chad Austin, Chalee Tennison, Earl Thomas Conley and other artists. He co-wrote Come Some Rainy Day, which became a #14 country hit for Wynonna in March 1998. McGrath was born in Rochester, New York and was inducted into the city's Music Hall Of Fame in 2012.
Singer-songwriter Bat McGrath dies at 73
https://www.democratandchronicle.com...ds/3837286002/
In 1990, bassist/vocalist Kim Shattuck left the all-female rock band The Pandoras and co-founded a punk-rock band, The Muffs. They released seven studio albums and 12 singles. Among their best-known songs: Big Mouth, Sad Tomorrow, End It All, Lucky Guy, Outer Space, Weird Boy Next Door and a remake of Kim Wilde's Kids In America. Following Shattuck's death today, The Muffs disbanded.
Kim Shattuck, lead singer of The Muffs, dies at 56
https://www.etonline.com/kim-shattuc...d-at-56-133659
Zaslove was an animator and producer/director for dozens of animated movies and tv series including Popeye, DuckTales, Darkwing Duck, Woody Woodpecker, Mr. Magoo, Roger Ramjet, The Smurfs and George Of The Jungle. He also worked on A Charlie Brown Christmas and was co-creator of Chip & Dale's Rescue Rangers.
Veteran animator Alan Zaslove dies at 92
https://www.animationmagazine.net/pe...ies-at-age-92/
Only on television could a widowed nurse raising a young boy own a mansion-sized home. A phone call between Julia and Dr. Chegley included this exchange: "Did they tell you I'm colored?" "What color are you?" "Why, I'm Negro." "Have you always been Negro or are you just trying to be fashionable?"
Diahann Carroll, pioneering actress on Julia and Dynasty, dies at 84
https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/di...-84/ar-AAIigez
Giordani, born Marcello Guagliardo in Sicily, sang in opera houses throughout Europe and the United States, including more than 200 performances with the New York Metropolitan Opera. He had leading roles in Carmen, Faust, Don Carlo, La Bohème, Romeo Et Juliette and many other productions.
Marcello Giordani, tenor of beauty and heft, dies at 56
https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news...-56/ar-AAIlddh
Peter Edward Baker was a member of Blues Incorporated and the Graham Bond Organisation before co-founding Cream with Eric Clapton and Jack Bruce in 1966. Their hits include Badge, Crossroads, I Feel Free, White Room, Strange Brew, Anyone For Tennis and Sunshine Of Your Love.
Ginger Baker, Cream co-founder and drummer, dies at 80
Baker was known as rock's first superstar drummer.
https://www.thewrap.com/ginger-baker...am-dies-at-80/
Charles Elmer "Rip" Taylor Jr. was known for his wild clothing, his toupee, his handlebar mustache and his confetti throwing. Wow, what a great legacy! Taylor was a semi-regular panelist on various television game shows, was a regular on The Brady Bunch Hour, appeared in two episodes of The Monkees and voiced characters in several animated films and tv series.
Rip Taylor, flamboyant comic and host of The $1.98 Beauty Show, dies at 84
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ne...was-84-1196673
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