Former heavyweight champion Joe Frazier died Monday night at the age of 67 after a brief battle with liver cancer. (Nov. 7)
Pipes FC said
4:44 PM, 11/08/11
Rapper Heavy D Dead at 44
Rapper Heavy D died today after being rushed to a Los Angeles hospital. He was 44 years old. His cause of death was not immediately known.
Heavy D, born Dwight Arrington Myers, was one of the most influential rappers of the 1990s. He was the leader of the hip-hop trio Heavy D & the Boyz, which gained mainstream fame for the theme song for the TV show In Living Color. (The song was first In Living Color, Heavy D & the Boyz later recorded a new theme, Cause Thats the Way You Livin When Youre in Living Color.) Heavy D also rapped on Michael Jacksons Jam and Janet Jacksons Alright.
In recent years, Heavy D focused more on TV and movie appearances. He made a cameo in Eddie Murphy and Ben Stillers new film, Tower Heist. Heavy D performed at Octobers BET Awards, his first live performance in 15 years.
In pop culture, Heavy D is also remembered for his mention in the Notorious B.I.G.s 1994 hit single Juicy with the lyric Saltn'Pepa and Heavy D up in the limousine.
Hoghead Bob said
8:12 PM, 11/08/11
Pipes FC wrote:
Rapper Heavy D Dead at 44
Rapper Heavy D died today after being rushed to a Los Angeles hospital. He was 44 years old. His cause of death was not immediately known.
Heavy D, born Dwight Arrington Myers, was one of the most influential rappers of the 1990s. He was the leader of the hip-hop trio Heavy D & the Boyz, which gained mainstream fame for the theme song for the TV show In Living Color. (The song was first In Living Color, Heavy D & the Boyz later recorded a new theme, Cause Thats the Way You Livin When Youre in Living Color.) Heavy D also rapped on Michael Jacksons Jam and Janet Jacksons Alright.
In recent years, Heavy D focused more on TV and movie appearances. He made a cameo in Eddie Murphy and Ben Stillers new film, Tower Heist. Heavy D performed at Octobers BET Awards, his first live performance in 15 years.
In pop culture, Heavy D is also remembered for his mention in the Notorious B.I.G.s 1994 hit single Juicy with the lyric Saltn'Pepa and Heavy D up in the limousine.
Man those rappers don't have a very long self life.
Pipes FC said
8:04 AM, 11/09/11
Hoghead Bob wrote: Man those rappers don't have a very long self life.
I think it has a lot more to do with the "Heavy" part of his life than it did the rapping part.
Troll said
1:19 PM, 11/09/11
Pipes FC wrote:
Smokin' Joe Frazier dies at 67
Former heavyweight champion Joe Frazier died Monday night at the age of 67 after a brief battle with liver cancer. (Nov. 7)
Freddie and I pass by his old gym when going to Cambodia. That is the NEC/Del Air Branch to the left.
Buckethead said
5:48 PM, 11/16/11
Doyle Bramhall
Bluesman collaborated with Stevie Ray Vaughan
Doyle Bramhall, 62, a blues singer, drummer and songwriter best known for his collaborations with the late guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan, died Saturday at his home in Alpine, Texas, the Houston Chronicle reported. The cause was not given.
Bramhall wrote or co-wrote numerous songs recorded by Vaughan, including "The House Is Rockin'," "Life by the Drop," "Scratch-N-Sniff" and "Tight Rope."
In Texas he was a draw on his own, a bandleader with a gritty and soulful blues voice that greatly influenced the way Vaughan sang.
Bramhall was born Feb. 17, 1949, in Dallas. He said in interviews that his older brother was an early influence on his musical tastes.
"In the early '60s he had four or five friends who'd come over and listen to these great old blues albums," Bramhall told the Houston Chronicle in 2007. "I'd sit outside his bedroom door and listen to Muddy [Waters] and B.B. [King] and Lightnin' Slim and Lightnin' Hopkins."
In high school Bramhall started a band called the Chessmen featuring Jimmie Vaughan, Stevie Ray's older brother, on guitar; the group once opened for Jimi Hendrix when he played Dallas.
By the 1970s Bramhall was keeping the beat in Texas Storm, which featured both Vaughan brothers and became popular on the club scene in Austin, Texas. Stevie Ray Vaughan died in a helicopter crash in 1990.
Bramhall later released a handful of solo albums. His son, Doyle II, plays guitar with Eric Clapton's band.
Evil Tu said
8:36 PM, 11/16/11
One of the last remaining munchkins just died. 93 years old. He lived such a short life! sad!
Snippy said
9:37 PM, 11/16/11
I don't care who you are, that's funny.
Freddie Krueger said
5:02 AM, 11/17/11
A short Bohemian Cheapskate.
Cy Valley said
3:05 PM, 11/18/11
Catch a Falling Star songwriter Pockriss dead at 87 By Anita Gates / New York Times News Service Published: November 17. 2011 4:00AM PST
Lee Pockriss, who wrote the music for mid-20th century pop hits like Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini, Catch a Falling Star and Johnny Angel, died on Monday at his home in Bridgewater, Conn. He was 87.
His death was confirmed by his nephew Adam Pockriss.
Perry Como made a hit of the gentle ballad Catch a Falling Star (Put it in your pocket/Save it for a rainy day), which Pockriss wrote with Paul Vance, in 1957. Shelley Fabares introduced Pockriss and Lynn Duddys wistful love song Johnny Angel (I dream of him and me/And how its gonna be) as her teenage character on the family sitcom The Donna Reed Show in 1962.
Spinner reports that Andrea True, the singer behind the classic 1976 disco hit "More, More, More" died Nov. 7 in Kingston, N.Y., of undisclosed causes. She was 68.
Find: What were the best disco songs of the '70s?
True had one of the weirder and more interesting life stories of any hit-making singer. Born in Nashville, True had attempted to launch a career as a legitimate actress before becoming a full-time porn star, a career she returned to after her music career ended.
She recorded "More, More, More" while stranded in Jamaica, where she'd filmed a commercial. After that one hit, she recorded a few other singles and released her last album in 1980. Before her death, she was working as a drug counselor and astrologer.
CBS commentator Andy Rooney dies at 92
http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/05/us/obit-andy-rooney/index.html?hpt=hp_t1
Smokin' Joe Frazier dies at 67
Former heavyweight champion Joe Frazier died Monday night at the age of 67 after a brief battle with liver cancer. (Nov. 7)
Rapper Heavy D Dead at 44
Rapper Heavy D died today after being rushed to a Los Angeles hospital. He was 44 years old. His cause of death was not immediately known.
Heavy D, born Dwight Arrington Myers, was one of the most influential rappers of the 1990s. He was the leader of the hip-hop trio Heavy D & the Boyz, which gained mainstream fame for the theme song for the TV show In Living Color. (The song was first In Living Color, Heavy D & the Boyz later recorded a new theme, Cause Thats the Way You Livin When Youre in Living Color.) Heavy D also rapped on Michael Jacksons Jam and Janet Jacksons Alright.
In recent years, Heavy D focused more on TV and movie appearances. He made a cameo in Eddie Murphy and Ben Stillers new film, Tower Heist. Heavy D performed at Octobers BET Awards, his first live performance in 15 years.
In pop culture, Heavy D is also remembered for his mention in the Notorious B.I.G.s 1994 hit single Juicy with the lyric Saltn'Pepa and Heavy D up in the limousine.
Man those rappers don't have a very long self life.
I think it has a lot more to do with the "Heavy" part of his life than it did the rapping part.
Freddie and I pass by his old gym when going to Cambodia. That is the NEC/Del Air Branch to the left.
Bluesman collaborated with Stevie Ray Vaughan
Doyle Bramhall, 62, a blues singer, drummer and songwriter best known for his collaborations with the late guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan, died Saturday at his home in Alpine, Texas, the Houston Chronicle reported. The cause was not given.
Bramhall wrote or co-wrote numerous songs recorded by Vaughan, including "The House Is Rockin'," "Life by the Drop," "Scratch-N-Sniff" and "Tight Rope."
In Texas he was a draw on his own, a bandleader with a gritty and soulful blues voice that greatly influenced the way Vaughan sang.
Bramhall was born Feb. 17, 1949, in Dallas. He said in interviews that his older brother was an early influence on his musical tastes.
"In the early '60s he had four or five friends who'd come over and listen to these great old blues albums," Bramhall told the Houston Chronicle in 2007. "I'd sit outside his bedroom door and listen to Muddy [Waters] and B.B. [King] and Lightnin' Slim and Lightnin' Hopkins."
In high school Bramhall started a band called the Chessmen featuring Jimmie Vaughan, Stevie Ray's older brother, on guitar; the group once opened for Jimi Hendrix when he played Dallas.
By the 1970s Bramhall was keeping the beat in Texas Storm, which featured both Vaughan brothers and became popular on the club scene in Austin, Texas. Stevie Ray Vaughan died in a helicopter crash in 1990.
Bramhall later released a handful of solo albums. His son, Doyle II, plays guitar with Eric Clapton's band.
One of the last remaining munchkins just died. 93 years old. He lived such a short life! sad!
Catch a Falling Star songwriter Pockriss dead at 87
By Anita Gates / New York Times News Service
Published: November 17. 2011 4:00AM PST
Lee Pockriss, who wrote the music for mid-20th century pop hits like Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini, Catch a Falling Star and Johnny Angel, died on Monday at his home in Bridgewater, Conn. He was 87.
His death was confirmed by his nephew Adam Pockriss.
Perry Como made a hit of the gentle ballad Catch a Falling Star (Put it in your pocket/Save it for a rainy day), which Pockriss wrote with Paul Vance, in 1957. Shelley Fabares introduced Pockriss and Lynn Duddys wistful love song Johnny Angel (I dream of him and me/And how its gonna be) as her teenage character on the family sitcom The Donna Reed Show in 1962.
http://www.bendbulletin.com/article/20111117/NEWS0107/111170392/
© 'More, More, More' singer Andrea True dies at 68
Nov. 22, 2011, 6:42 PM EST
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Spinner reports that Andrea True, the singer behind the classic 1976 disco hit "More, More, More" died Nov. 7 in Kingston, N.Y., of undisclosed causes. She was 68.
Find: What were the best disco songs of the '70s?
True had one of the weirder and more interesting life stories of any hit-making singer. Born in Nashville, True had attempted to launch a career as a legitimate actress before becoming a full-time porn star, a career she returned to after her music career ended.
She recorded "More, More, More" while stranded in Jamaica, where she'd filmed a commercial. After that one hit, she recorded a few other singles and released her last album in 1980. Before her death, she was working as a drug counselor and astrologer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTsTIS-8III
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Never mind.
-- Edited by Cy Valley on Wednesday 23rd of November 2011 11:19:30 AM