List Of Deceased Motown Artists

The andantes (motown records) b. This is a list of musicians who died of drug overdose along with the date, age at time of death, location, and name of the drug.

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Raising the dead motown artists.

List of deceased motown artists. its so hard to say goodbye to yesterday from boyz ii men. This a capella rendition of the song, which was originally made for the cooley high soundtrack in 1975, is a timeless classic from the 90s motown era. But hitsville seemed to lose more than its fair share of talents before its era ended.

She was known for her eccentric hippie style and psychedelic rock music. Mary wells (the queen of motown; Three of their singles made it into the top 20 in the billboard hot 100, with free bird at number 19, whats your name at number 13 and sweet home alabama at number 8.

This list is sorted by date of death. Harry chapin was such a sweeping talent and cut such a swath of influence as a human being that his tragic, brutal death in an auto accident on the long island expressway has long resonated deeply for music fans and the world at. Now on board are little stevie wonder, marvin gaye, the supremes, the temptations and martha & the vandellas, as well as the miracles and mary wells.gordy and his team put together a package of artists to tour the country as the motortown revue.

You'll see the musical skills they are most famous for. These are the dead [b][i]in my collection[/i][/b]. We feel it is part of our mission to pay tribute to the legacies of thest all time greats.

Rob bauer (gordy records) j. Regularly i won't list them as producer and composer, because most of them did. Waring abbott / getty images.

Often considered the 'godfather of gangsta rap, eazy e was a member of n.w.a and died of complications from aids. An awful lot of motown artists have died young. Sadly a plane crash in 1977 killed three of the band members, ronnie van zant, steve gaines, and backup singer cassie gaines.

List rules vote up the artists who best exemplify the motown sound. One of our saddest jobs at soultracks is to inform soultrackers about the deaths of soul music artists. Its a success, drawing black and white audiences and demonstrating musics integrating power.

I believe janice was the best female vocalist of the 1960's rock scene. This is a list of artists signed to motown or one of its many subsidiaries. Musicians who (already) left the stage of life.

On this page we provide a list of those artists who have died during 2017, and a link to our tributes to them. 29, 2019) by billboard staff. Head over to our picks for the best funeral songs for mom if you need more ideas.

Maybe it's had to do with the burdens of the music business. Riley clemmons) [capitol cmg] michael w. He was born on may.

They are shown in the order of the date we reported on their deaths Mason james louis mason, age 84, died on april 2, 2019 at sunset house after a long and courageous struggle with alzheimer's. Early motown star mary wells of my guy fame died the following year of throat cancer.

In 1959, motown records is home to many music legends, like stevie wonder, marvin gaye, and gladys knight. Founded by berry gordy jr. That means i will list one or more instruments they played mainly.

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