Sunday is jazz day, and today we celebrate the music of one of my favorite artists of any genre. There have been a lot of icons to die in the last month or so, but Eddie Palmieri holds a place in my life far above any of them. I have written about Palmieri before in … Continue reading In Memoriam: Eddie Palmieri
Category: In Memoriam
In Memoriam: Tom Lehrer
Tom Lehrer died on July 26, 2025. He was 97 years old. I learned of Lehrer while spinning vinyl as a college deejay in the late 1980s. Prior to his long life after music (he was a professor at UC-Santa Cruz for 30 years), he was a political and social satirist who recorded in the … Continue reading In Memoriam: Tom Lehrer
In Memoriam: Chuck Mangione
Sunday is jazz day. Chuck Mangione died on July 24, 2025. He was a pioneer in jazz fusion during the 1970s and was best known for his hit song "Feels So Good." He was also regularly featured on the show King of the Hill as the spokesperson for the Mega Lo Mart. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FExBwfQHXlE Chuck Mangione … Continue reading In Memoriam: Chuck Mangione
In Memoriam: Ozzy Osbourne
Ozzy Osbourne died on July 22, 2025. There will be thousands of retrospectives about the importance of Ozzy over the next few days, and they will all be more meaningful than anything I could write. I'll just say that "Bark at the Moon" has always been my favorite solo Ozzy tune since I bought it … Continue reading In Memoriam: Ozzy Osbourne
In Memoriam: Connie Francis
Connie Francis died on July 17, 2025. I have been writing the Radio Faux Show for over 4 years, and Francis has been spotlighted several times during this time. Here is what I wrote when I first spotlighted Francis in Radio Faux Show Volume 1, Number 32 (October 10, 2021): Female Artists from A to … Continue reading In Memoriam: Connie Francis
Bobby Sherman: “Julie, Do Ya Love Me”
Former teen idol Bobby Sherman died on June 24, 2025 at age 81. Sherman leveraged his stardom into a brief career as a musician and actor in the early 1970s before settling into a real world career as a paramedic and deputy sheriff. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dU_oN4En3Dk&list=OLAK5uy_mR2vIGEglb9Arv9LQ7gJDCUpWSVsTV91E&index=6
In Memoriam: Al Foster
I don't believe in the urban legend that celebrity deaths come in groups of 3 but if one wants to believe it then there is no better evidence than the fact that 3 legendary musicians all died in the last few weeks, and all at the age of 82. Al Foster died on May 28, … Continue reading In Memoriam: Al Foster
In Memoriam: Brian Wilson
Brian Wilson died on June 11, 2025 at the age of 82. Coming only 2 days after the death of Sly Stone (also at the age of 82), this is a sad week in pop music history. The influence of Brian Wilson's 1960s work with The Beach Boys can't be understated. He was a production … Continue reading In Memoriam: Brian Wilson
In Memoriam: Sly Stone
Sylvester "Sly Stone" Stewart died on June 9, 2025 at the age of 82. Everyone knows the music of Sly Stone, even if they are unaware that he is the artist responsible for the music they are hearing. He was that kind of artist - a musical genius who shaped all music to come. Although … Continue reading In Memoriam: Sly Stone
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