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TRIBUTES
The Gallery below shows some of the greatest artists,songwriters and producers we have ever seen.
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Eva Marie Cassidy February 2 1963 November 2 1996 was an American vocalist and guitarist known for her interpretations of jazz, blues, folk, gospel, country, rock and pop classics. In 1992, she released her first album, The Other Side, a set of duets with go go musician Chuck Brown, followed by the 1996 live solo album titled Live at Blues Alley. Although she had been honored by the Washington Area Music Association, she was virtually unknown outside her native Washington, D C She died of melanoma in 1996.Two years later, Cassidy's music was brought to the attention of British audiences when her versions of Fields of Gold and Over the Rainbow were played by Mike Harding and Terry Wogan on BBC Radio 2. Following the overwhelming response, a camcorder recording of Over the Rainbow, taken at Blues Alley in Washington by her friend Bryan McCulley, was shown on BBC Two's Top of the Pops 2. |
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Ella Jane Fitzgerald April 25 1917 June 15 1996 was an American jazz singer often referred to as the First Lady of Song, Queen of Jazz and Lady Ella. She was noted for her purity of tone, impeccable diction, phrasing and intonation, and a horn like improvisational ability, particularly in her scat singing. After tumultuous teenage years, Fitzgerald found stability in musical success with the Chick Webb Orchestra, performing across the country, but most often associated with the Savoy Ballroom in Harlem. Ale |
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Eva Cassidy |
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Edward James Kendrick December 17 1939 October 5 1992, best known by the stage name Eddie Kendricks, was an American singer and songwriter. Noted for his distinctive falsetto singing style, Kendricks co founded the Motown singing group The Temptations, and was one of their lead singers from 1960 until 1971. His was the lead voice on such famous songs as The Way You Do The Things You Do, Get Ready, and Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me). As a solo artist, Kendricks recorded several hits of his own during the 1970s, including the number one single Keep On Truckin. |
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Earl Van Dyke July 8 1930 September 18 1992 was an African American soul musician, most notable as the main keyboardist for Motown Records in house Funk Brothers band during the late 1960s and early 1970s. Besides his work as the session keyboardist on Motown hits such as "Bernadette" by The Four Tops, "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" by Marvin Gaye, and "Run Away Child, Running Wild" by The Temptations, Van Dyke performed with a small band as an opening act for several Motown artists, and released instrumental singles and albums himself. Several of Van Dyke's recordings feature him playing keys over the original instrumental tracks for Motown hits, others are complete covers of Motown songs. |
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Freddie Mercury born Farrokh Bulsara 5 September 1946 24 November 1991 was a British singer, songwriter and record producer, known as the lead vocalist and co principal songwriter of the rock band Queen. He also became known for his flamboyant stage persona and four octave vocal range. Mercury wrote and composed numerous hits for Queen "Bohemian Rhapsody, Killer Queen,Somebody to Love, Don't Stop Me Now, Crazy Little Thing Called Love, and We Are the Champions. |
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Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra December 12 1915 May 14 1998 was an American singer, actor, and producer who was one of the most popular and influential musical artists of the 20th century. Sinatra's music has been considered timeless by many. He is one of the best selling music artists of all time, having sold more than 150 million records worldwide. |
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Freddie Mercury |
Frank Sinatra |
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Harry Edward Nilsson III June 15 1941 January 15 1994 usually credited as Nilsson, was an American singer-songwriter who achieved the peak of his commercial success in the early 1970s. His work is characterized by pioneering overdub experiments, returns to the Great American Songbook, and fusions of Caribbean sounds. |
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Ian Kevin Curtis 15 July 1956 18 May 1980 was an English musician and singer songwriter. He is best known as the lead singer and lyricist of the post punk band Joy Division. Joy Division released their debut album, Unknown Pleasures, in 1979 and recorded their follow-up, Closer, in 1980.Curtis, who suffered from epilepsy and depression, committed suicide on 18 May 1980, |
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Harry Nillson |
Ian Curtis |
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Jeffrey Scott "Jeff" Buckley November 17 1966 May 29 1997, was an American singer songwriter and guitarist. After a decade as a session guitarist in Los Angeles, Buckley amassed a following in the early 1990s by playing cover songs at venues in Manhattan's East Village, such as Sin-e, gradually focusing more on his own material. After rebuffing much interest from record labelsand his father's manager Herb Cohen, he signed with Columbia, recruited a band, and recorded what would be his only studio album, Grace, in 1994. Rolling Stone considers him one of the greatest singers of all time. |
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John Denver December 31 1943 October 12 1997, known professionally as an American singer songwriter, actor, activist and humanitarian, whose greatest commercial success was as a solo singer, starting in the 1970s. He was one of the most popular acoustic artists of the decade and one of its best selling artists.By 1974, he was firmly established as Americas best selling performer, and All Music has described Denver as among the most beloved entertainers of his era |
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Jeff Buckley |
John Denver |
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