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John Morris Rankin 2000 Deaths
John Morris RankinAge: 40 fiddler and pianist credited with reviving an interest in Celtic and ancient Highland Scottish music in North America; in a car accident. In the late 1980s, he drew…Screamin' Jay Hawkins 2000 Deaths
Screamin' Jay HawkinsAge: 70 larger-than-life rock performer whose shows included screams, voodoo, and various reptiles. He's best remembered for his drunken recording of “I Put a Spell on…Ian Dury 2000 Deaths
Ian DuryAge: 57 gravel-voiced musician whose band, the Blockheads, was at the fore of the punk movement. The band's simple yet humorous songs include “Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll”…Stéphane Grappelli 1997 Deaths
Stéphane Grappellijazz violinist The legendary improvisational jazz violinist, who founded the Quintet of the Hot Club in France, helped shape the sound of jazz and influenced scores of…Karlheinz Stockhausen Biography
composerDied: Dec. 5, 2007 (Kuerten-Kettenberg, Germany) Best Known as: German composer of operas and innovative compositions Stockhausen was a German…Koko Taylor Biography
musicianBorn: September 28, 1928Died: June 3, 2009 (Chicago, Illinois, USA) Best Known as: blues singer Born in Tennessee, the daughter of a sharecropper,…Desmond Dekker 2006 Deaths
Desmond DekkerAge: 64 Jamaican musician who helped to introduce ska and reggae to an international audience with his 1969 hit “The Israelites,” which topped the charts in Britain and reached…Billy Preston 2006 Deaths
Billy PrestonAge: 59 R&B keyboardist who, in the 1960s and '70s, was one of the most sought after studio musicians. He played with the Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, and the Red Hot Chili…Arthur Lee 2006 Deaths
Arthur LeeAge: 61 musician whose band, Love, never achieved the fame of the groups it influenced, such as the Doors and the Rolling Stones, but is nevertheless considered a pioneering…Milan Hlavsa 2001 Deaths
Milan HlavsaAge: 49 Czech rock musician who in 1968 established the underground band the Plastic People of the Universe. The group championed human rights and democracy. Several band members…Trending
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