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James “Jim” Gilstrap, the sonorous tenor heard on Stevie Wonder’s “You Are the Sunshine of My Life," has died at 79 years old.

Freddy Cannon, who brought energy to pop radio in the late 1950s and early 1960s, died on July 17 in a California hospice facility. He was 8

Jennifer Finch, longtime bassist with indie-rock act L7 and a tireless booster of the indie-rock scene, died Saturday after a battle with ca

Kevin Keegan, the former England and Newcastle manager who was a member of Liverpool’s serial champions in the 1970s, has died aged 75

New Zealand actor built career as dashing romantic leads and charismatic villains across film and television

Versatile Essex-born hitmaker known for Rhinestone Cowboy, It Only Takes a Minute and many more had been living with Alzheimer’s disease

Welsh singer and Eurovision entrant’s other hits included Footloose soundtrack smash Holding Out for a Hero

Dave Stimson, co-founder of the pioneering ’80s hardcore punk zine and record label Touch & Go, has died. Stimson reportedly passed away Wed

David Clayton-Thomas, the lead singer of Blood, Sweat & Tears whose husky, high-strung tenor on “Spinning Wheel,” “And When I Die” and other

Davis, who discovered many of the defining musicians of the 20th century and helmed major record labels, said he ‘never’ tired of the music

The accomplished musician, who recorded over 70 albums in his career, died peacefully in Germany after a short illness

Musician who spliced jazz, funk and blues, including in a spell on a major label in the early 1980s, was celebrated as ‘fearless’ by his fam

One of the last stars of the bebop generation, Rollins was a genius of melodic invention and improvisation, working with Davis, Monk, Coltra

Ike Willis, the vocalist/guitarist in Frank Zappa's studio and touring band in the late 1970s through the late 1980s had died at age 70.

Tony Wilson, songwriter and bassist for 1970s U.K. soul band Hot Chocolate and co-writer of 1975 funk classic 'You Sexy Thing' has died at 8

David Allan Coe has died, following a life “full of bad luck and misadventure,” and which produced several country classics.

Singer performed hits including Be My Baby with her cousins Ronnie Spector and Estelle Bennett

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