Music Obits from 'The Independent'

By Spencer Leigh

Click On the appropriate obituary underlined in blue below:

Neil Aspinall
Beatles' friend and road manager who became the boss of Apple

Bob Bogle
Guitarist with the Ventures

 

Barry Cowsill
The rain, the park and several other things

Chris Curtis
Drummer with the Searchers

Denny Doherty
Lead singer of the Mamas and the Papas

Freddie Garrity
Freddie & the Dreamers

Georgia Gibbs
Singer of 'Ring Of Fire' and 'Tweedle Dee'

Johnny Grande
Original member of Bill Haley and His Comets

Eric Griffiths
One of John Lennon's Quarry Men

Connie Haines
"Little Princess of the Air" who sang romantic duets with Sinatra despite uneasy relationship

Cliff Hall
Singer with the pioneering multiracial folk group, the Spinners.

Russ Hamilton
Liverpool singer/songwriter who had a hit in the US before the Beatles.

Paul Hester
Drummer with Crowded House

Pookie Hudson
Lead singer of the Spaniels

Sneaky Pete Kleinow
"The Jimi Hendrix of the steel guitar"

Frankie Laine
Keep rollin', rollin', rollin'.

Huey Long
Guitarist and singer for the Ink Spots

William F. Ludwig II
Populariser of Ludwig drums

Pete McGovern
In My Liverpool Home

Freddie Marsden
Drummer with Gerry & the Pacemakers

Hank Medress
Singer with the Tokens on hits including 'The Lion Sleeps Tonight'

Angela Morley
Composer and arranger who worked with Scott Walker and scored 'Dynasty' and 'Dallas'.

 

Dave Mount
Drummer with Mud

Tony Osborne
Drummer at the heart of rock'n'roll

Earl Palmer
Drummer at the heart of rock'n'roll

Denis Payton
Saxophonist with the Dave Clark Five

Wilson Pickett
Soul singer associated with In The Midnight Hour, Mustang Sally and Land Of 1,000 Dances

Gene Pitney
24 Hours From Tulsa

Billy Preston
Singer/keyboardist whom John Lennon sought to recruit permanently to the Beatles

Nick Reynolds
Musician whose work with the Kingston Trio paved the way for Bob Dylan

Ron Richards
Record producer who worked with the Beatles, the Hollies, Gerry and the Pacemakers and Ella Fitzgerald

Lita Roza
Liverpool's first Number One performer

Shel Silverstein
Sylvia's lover

Jo Stafford
Multi-million-selling hit singer who with 'You Belong to Me' was the first woman to top the UK charts

John Stewart
Former member of Kingston Trio, writer of Daydream Believer, hit recorder of Gold

Alan Sytner
Founding owner of the Cavern

Billy Walker
US country star

Vince Welnick
Last Grateful Dead keyboardist

Link Wray
Famed for his instrumental, Rumble (1958).

Rick Wright
Keyboard player with Pink Floyd