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Adam Sweeting

December 2021

  • David Lasley in a 1960s publicity photo from the Detroit record label Bell Records

    David Lasley obituary

    Singer-songwriter whose four-octave vocal range made him one of the most sought after backing singers in American music

November 2021

  • Photographer Mick Rock uses a point and shoot camera to photographer the photographers at the Uncut Ray-Ban Wayfarer Sessions event, on Nov. 15, 2006 at Irving Plaza in New York. Photographer Mick Rock, whose iconic portraits of rock stars saw him dubbed "the man who shot the 70s," has died. He was 72. A statement posted Friday on Rock's official social media accounts said "it is with the heaviest of hearts that we share our beloved psychedelic renegade Mick Rock has made the Jungian journey to the other side." No cause of death was given. (AP Photo)

    Mick Rock obituary

    Personal photographer to David Bowie who was also known as the Man Who Shot the 70s
  • Summerfest Music Festival, Day 1, Milwaukee, USA - 28 Jun 2017<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Daniel Deslover/Zuma Wire/REX/Shutterstock (8886794t) The Moody Blues - Graeme Edge Summerfest Music Festival, Day 1, Milwaukee, USA - 28 Jun 2017

    Graeme Edge obituary

    Drummer and poet who was a co-founder of the Moody Blues
  • Ronnie Wilson, right, with his brothers, Robert and Charlie, in the Gap Band around 1980

    Ronnie Wilson obituary

    Musician and songwriter with the Gap Band whose funk-soul hits of the 1970s and 80s included Oops Up Side Your Head

September 2021

August 2021

  • Watts On Drums<br>Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts playing during rehearsals for ABC's 'Thank Your Lucky Stars' TV pop music show, 11th November 1964. (Photo by Terry O'Neill/Iconic Images/Getty Images)

    Charlie Watts obituary

    Dapper and elegant drummer who was the rock-steady heartbeat of the Rolling Stones
  • FEIS Festival, Finsbury Park, London, Britain - 18 Jun 2011<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Rosie Allt/REX/Shutterstock (1350789m) Nanci Griffith FEIS Festival, Finsbury Park, London, Britain - 18 Jun 2011

    Nanci Griffith obituary

    American folk-country singer and songwriter best known for Love at the Five and Dime and her album Other Voices, Other Rooms
  • 13th Annual Race to Erase MS - "Disco Fever to Erase MS" - Show<br>Robert "Kool" Bell and Dennis "DT" Thomas of Kool & the Gang (Photo by Jason Merritt/FilmMagic)

    Dennis ‘Dee Tee’ Thomas obituary

    Saxophonist, frontman and founding member of the American funk band Kool & the Gang

July 2021

  • ZZ Top in concert at Place du Palais in Monaco, Monaco - 05 Jul 2010<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Syspeo/Sipa/REX/Shutterstock (8451112k) American rock band ZZ Top, singer bassist Dusty Hill ZZ Top in concert at Place du Palais in Monaco, Monaco - 05 Jul 2010

    Dusty Hill obituary

  • In This Moment In Concert - Charlotte, North Carolina<br>CHARLOTTE, NC - JUNE 30: Drummer Joey Jordison of Vimic performs at The Fillmore Charlotte on June 30, 2017 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Jeff Hahne/Getty Images)

    Joey Jordison obituary

  • Biz Markie in the recording studio in New York, 2018.

    Biz Markie obituary

  • Peter Zinovieff<br>Inventor Peter Zinovieff, working on a synthesizer in his office, England, November 13th 1963. (Photo by Kaye/Express/Getty Images)

    Peter Zinovieff obituary

May 2021

  • FILE: Singer BJ Thomas Dies At Age 78<br>FILE - MAY 29: Singer BJ Thomas, known for "Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head" and "I'm Hooked On A Feeling," has died at age 78 after a battle with lung cancer. UNSPECIFIED - CIRCA 1970: Photo of B.J Thomas Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images

    BJ Thomas obituary

    Singer who enjoyed huge success with Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head, written for the film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
  • Max Mosley

    Max Mosley obituary

    Ruthless Formula One supremo who weathered scandal and transformed motor sport into a global spectacle
  • Lloyd Price<br>FILE - This March 14, 2011 file photo, shows Lloyd Price appears backstage at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony, in New York. The New Orleans mainstay and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer has died. Price was known for such hits as “Lawdy Miss Clawdy” and “Stagger Lee.” His wife Jackie said he died Monday, May 3, 2021 in New Rochelle, N.Y. (AP Photo, File)

    Lloyd Price obituary

    American singer best known for his 1950s hits Lawdy Miss Clawdy and Personality who set up his own music publishing business

April 2021

  • Barry Mason in 1966

    Barry Mason obituary

    Songwriter whose hits included Tom Jones’s Delilah and Edison Lighthouse’s Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)
  • Jim Steinman performing with Meat Loaf at the Tower theatre in Philadelphia, 1978

    Jim Steinman obituary

    Composer and songwriter who masterminded Meat Loaf’s Bat Out of Hell, one of the biggest-selling albums of all time
  • DMX performing in 2001.

    DMX obituary

    Rap star and actor who embodied the edgy and lawless life depicted in his work

February 2021

  • Louis Clark conducting

    Louis Clark obituary

    Keyboard player with the Electric Light Orchestra who went on to create the Hooked on Classics series with the Royal Philharmonic
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