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12/15/21-Joe Simon Dies

  Hear Joe Simon on "The Lost 45s! Source: Billboard Joe Simon, Chart-Topping R&B Singer, Dead at 85 Simon became an ordained minister after walking away from secular music. Courtesy of David Simon Joe Simon, a Grammy-winning R&B singer whose hits included 1969’s “The Chokin’ Kind” and 1972’s “Power of Love” and was sampled in OutKast’s “So Fresh, So Clean” and other hip-hop classics, died Monday (Dec. 13) in his […]

todayDecember 15, 2021

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12/14/21-Les Emmerson dead

f   Hear Les Emmerson on "The Lost 45s! Source: Rolling Stone Les Emmerson, frontman of the Canadian rock group Five Man Electrical Band and writer of the hippie-era anthem “Signs,” died last Friday, Dec. 10, CTV News reports. He was 77. Emmerson’s wife, Monik Emmerson, confirmed his death, saying, “He had underlying health conditions that made him additionally vulnerable to Covid.” She added that Emmerson had been in-and-out of […]

todayDecember 14, 2021

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12/14/21-James Brown estate sold

Source: music-news.com James Brown's music assets have been sold for $90 million (£68 million). Executives at Primary Wave, a publishing and management company, announced on Monday that they have purchased assets from the late singer's estate. Though the company bosses did not comment on specifics surrounding the monumental deal, a source speaking to Rolling Stone alleged they bought "the entirety of Brown's publishing, master income stream, and name and likeness […]

todayDecember 14, 2021

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12/10/21-Michael Nesmith Dead

Hear Mike Nesmith on "The Lost 45s! Micky Dolenz @TheMickyDolenz1 I’m heartbroken. I’ve lost a dear friend and partner. I’m so grateful that we could spend the last couple of months together doing what we loved best – singing, laughing, and doing shtick. I’ll miss it all so much. Especially the shtick. Rest in peace, Nez. All my love, Micky Source: Rolling Stone Monkees singer and guitarist Michael Nesmith, a […]

todayDecember 10, 2021

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12/10/21-Ralph Tavares passes

Hear Ralph Tavares on "The Lost 45s! Ralph Tavares, the eldest of the five brothers in the Grammy-winning R&B singing group Tavares, has died. Source: ANDREW DALTON/AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES -- Ralph Tavares, the eldest of the five brothers in the Grammy-winning R&B singing group Tavares, whose hits included “It Only Takes a Minute” and “Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel," has died. Tavares died at his home in […]

todayDecember 10, 2021

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12/4/21-Simon LeBon on Duran Duran

Source: music-news.com Duran Duran “didn’t start off as friends”. Singer Simon LeBon admitted his relationship with the rest of the band – which currently also includes Nick Rhodes, John Taylor and Roger Taylor – has changed a lot over the years and even their differences help make the ‘Reflex’ group as good as they are. He told the Big Issue magazine: “Duran Duran didn’t start off as friends – we […]

todayDecember 4, 2021

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11/29/21-ABBAtars in Vegas?

Source: music-news.com ABBA are reportedly the subject of a fierce bidding war between Las Vegas venues for a potential 2024 avatar residency. The iconic Swedish group - comprising Benny Andersson, 74, Agnetha Faltskog, 71, Bjorn Ulvaeus, 76, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad, also 76 - just made a triumphant comeback, claiming a number one album with 'Abba Voyage', which features their first new music in almost 40 years, while they've also earned […]

todayNovember 29, 2021

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“We Had Joy, We Had Fun” – Barry’s Book!

We Had Joy, We Had Fun: The Lost Recording Artists of the Seventies by Barry Scott, Faber & Faber Publishing Currently Sold Out! Read Spotlight Chapters on: The Partridge Family, Barry White and The Osmonds! Some Of The Artists Interviewed In We Had Joy, We Had Fun: The Partridge Family/David Cassidy & Susan Dey Sonny & Cher KC & The Sunshine Band The Osmonds Bee Gees Captain & Tennille Olivia […]

todayNovember 29, 2021

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