"Kooning appeared and was turned away by Tremaine, who ironically owned a number of de Kooning's works. Rosenquist recalled: ""at that moment I thought, something in the art world has definitely changed"". Turning away a respected abstract artist proved that, as early as 1962, the pop art movement had begun to dominate art culture in New York. A bit earlier, on the West Coast, Roy Lichtenstein, Jim Dine and Andy Warhol from New York City; Phillip Hefferton and Robert Dowd from Detroit; Edward Ruscha and Joe Goode from Oklahoma City; and Wayne Thiebaud from California were included in the ""New"
"1996, after a long battle with breast cancer. Wendy Wild Wendy Wild, born Wendy Andreiev (August 31, 1956 – October 26, 1996) was an American singer, musician, and artist who in the 1980s was a well-known presence in New York's downtown music and performance scenes. Growing up in Northport, New York, Wild moved to Manhattan in the late 1970s, accompanied by John McLoughlin, who would later become known as the performer John Sex. Throughout the 1980s she performed regularly in Lower Manhattan night clubs and art spaces, including the Lucky Strike, Privates, and Club 57. She would go on to"
"Wendy Wild Wendy Wild, born Wendy Andreiev (August 31, 1956 – October 26, 1996) was an American singer, musician, and artist who in the 1980s was a well-known presence in New York's downtown music and performance scenes. Growing up in Northport, New York, Wild moved to Manhattan in the late 1970s, accompanied by John McLoughlin, who would later become known as the performer John Sex. Throughout the 1980s she performed regularly in Lower Manhattan night clubs and art spaces, including the Lucky Strike, Privates, and Club 57. She would go on to become a fixture at the legendary Pyramid Club,"
"thousands of fans held a vigil in honour of the late rapper at Pittsburgh’s Blue Slide Park in respect to Miller’s 2011 debut album of the same name. Miller was buried at Homewood Cemetery in his hometown of Pittsburgh, in a Jewish funeral. On November 5, 2018, the L.A. County Coroner’s office announced Miller died from an accidental drug overdose due to a ""mixed drug toxicity"" of fentanyl, alcohol, and cocaine. Studio albums Mixtapes EP's Mac Miller Malcolm James McCormick (January 19, 1992 – September 7, 2018), known professionally as Mac Miller, was an American rapper, singer, and record producer."
"also defined the American pop art movement. Members of this next artistic generation favored a different form of abstraction: works of mixed media. Among them were Jasper Johns (1930– ), who used photos, newsprint, and discarded objects in his compositions. Pop artists, such as Andy Warhol (1930–1987), Larry Rivers (1923–2002), and Roy Lichtenstein (1923–1997), reproduced, with satiric care, everyday objects and images of American popular culture—Coca-Cola bottles, soup cans, comic strips. Today New York is a global center for the international art market. The Upper East Side has many art galleries, and the downtown neighborhood of Chelsea is known for"
"l'estate and the 23rd edition of the Sanremo Music Festival. Declined the success, in the second half of the 1980s she moved to Lamezia Terme, where she continued to perform in live events achieving some local success. The night of April 27, 1986 she had to attend a musical event but did not show up; she was found dead the morning later, murdered by stabbing, and with her body disfigured in several parts. The crime remains unsolved. Lolita (Italian singer) Graziella Franchini (5 January 1950 - 27 April 1986), better known as Lolita, was an Italian pop singer. Born in"
"including ""Come Into These Arms Of Love"" (P-Vine, 1981), ""Streets Will Love You"" (Evejim, 1983), and ""Hard To Explain"" (White Ent., 1993). His recordings for the Kent label were reissued on CD. In 2000 he appeared at the Blues Estafette festival in the Netherlands, and in 2001 and 2010 he performed at the Sweet Soul Festival in Porretta, Italy. He died in Houston, Texas in 2011 at the age of 74. Clay Hammond Clay Hammond (21 June 1936 – 4 February 2011) was an American R&B and soul singer and songwriter. As well as recording in his own right, he"
"Men, the soulful, gospel-tinged, R&B act from the 1990s are also from Philadelphia. They had 4 #1 Hot 100 hits including ""I'll Make Love to You"". Other artists from Philadelphia include Jill Scott, The Roots, Eve, Cassidy, Chiddy Bang, Da Youngsta's, Tuff Crew, Beanie Sigel, Freeway, Jedi Mind Tricks, Lil Uzi Vert, Meek Mill, Ms. Jade, Reef the Lost Cauze, Schoolly D, The High & Mighty, and Young Gunz. Rappers Mac Miller and Wiz Khalifa are from Pittsburgh. Mac Miller had a #1 album on the Billboard 200 with Blue Slide Park in 2011. He died in 2018 at age"
"hour before she died. She died at 11:40 PM EST, at St. Luke's–Roosevelt Hospital Center in Manhattan. Composer David Friedman produced her eight albums and a feature DVD under MIDDER Music label. Nancy LaMott Nancy LaMott (December 30, 1951 in Midland, Michigan–December 13, 1995 in New York City) was a singer, popular on the New York City cabaret circuit in the 1980s and breaking out into radio and the national and international scene in the 1990s. Along with Karen Mason, she was the first singer to do a continuous long run at Don't Tell Mama in New York City. She"
"saw the death of Queen frontman Freddie Mercury from AIDS-related pneumonia. Contemporary R&B and quiet storm continued in popularity among adult audiences, which began during the 1980s. Popular American contemporary R&B artists included Celine Dion, Mariah Carey, D'Angelo, Lauryn Hill, Whitney Houston, Brandy, Sade, En Vogue, TLC, Destiny's Child, Toni Braxton, Boyz II Men, Dru Hill, and Vanessa L. Williams. The Tibetan Freedom Concert brought 120,000 people together in the interest of increased human rights and autonomy for Tibet from China. Freddie Mercury, Kurt Cobain, Selena, Tupac Shakur, and The Notorious B.I.G. are the most publicized music-related deaths of the"
"Roy Lichtenstein Roy Fox Lichtenstein (; October 27, 1923 – September 29, 1997) was an American pop artist. During the 1960s, along with Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns, and James Rosenquist among others, he became a leading figure in the new art movement. His work defined the premise of pop art through parody. Inspired by the comic strip, Lichtenstein produced precise compositions that documented while they parodied, often in a tongue-in-cheek manner. His work was influenced by popular advertising and the comic book style. He described pop art as ""not 'American' painting but actually industrial painting"". His paintings were exhibited at"
"Rob Pilatus Robert Pilatus (8 June 1965 – 2 April 1998) was an American-born German model, dancer, and singer. Pilatus was half of the pop music duo Milli Vanilli, the other one being Frenchman Fabrice Morvan. Rob Pilatus was born in New York, the son of an American soldier and a German mother. He was adopted as a baby by a Munich family. Pilatus worked as a model and breakdancer, also appearing as a backing singer with the group Wind at the 1987 Eurovision Song Contest in Brussels, finishing in second place, before joining Fab Morvan in 1988 to form"
"version of Jesus Christ Superstar), and wrote theatrical background music. The ongoing popularity came with a change of lifestyle, including heavy smoking and alcohol, habits his weak heart could not bear. He died of cardiac seizure on 9 September 1984, aged 37. He was buried in the Farkasréti Cemetery in Budapest, an event that was attended by tens of thousands of mourning fans. Péter Máté Péter Máté (4 February 1947 – 9 September 1984) was a Hungarian pop singer, composer, and pianist. He was the composer and performer of nearly 150 songs, achieving cult status in Hungarian pop music. Péter"
"their faces, he gives them larger-than-fiction size. He puts wit into the beauties, fantasy into the rich, depth into the glamorous and adds instant patina to newcomers."" On October 18, 2002, Bernstein died of complications of AIDS at his apartment at the Hotel Chelsea, where he had lived since the early 1960s, at the age of 62. He is buried in Mount Ararat Cemetery in Farmingdale, New York. Bernstein was survived by his brother and sister and companion, Toby Rabiner. Richard Bernstein (artist) Richard Frederick Bernstein (October 31, 1939 - October 18, 2002) was an American artist associated with Pop"
"1987, aged 65, in Chicago. His four released recordings are available on numerous compilation albums, issued both before and after his death. The variant spelling of his first name is due to the different spellings on his two singles. He is not to be confused with (but has been, in literature and record listings, etc.) another blues harmonica player, Willie James Foster (September 19, 1921 – May 20, 2001). Little Willy Foster Little Willy Foster or Little Willie Foster (April 20, 1922 – November 25, 1987) was an American Chicago blues harmonicist, singer, and songwriter. Foster was born in Dublin,"
"Danny Sembello drowned in the Schuylkill River near Philadelphia, on August 15, 2015. He was first reported missing after he went for a swim during a music festival in Manayunk. Danny Sembello Daniel ""Danny"" Sembello (January 15, 1963 – August 15, 2015) was an American songwriter, record producer and multi-instrumentalist. He produced recordings by artists including George Benson and Pebbles, and he had his compositions recorded by Chaka Khan, Jeffrey Osborne, Patti LaBelle (the hit single ""Stir It Up""), Irene Cara, René & Angela, and The Pointer Sisters (the hit single ""Neutron Dance""). In 1986, he won a Grammy Award"
"Alexis Cohen Alexis Cohen (October 17, 1983 – July 25, 2009) was a reality TV show contestant and singer, best known for her appearances on ""American Idol"" where she compared her singing style to vocalists such as Grace Slick, Janis Joplin and Pat Benatar. She was known as ""Glitter Girl"" in the press. In 2009, she died in a hit and run car crash in Seaside Heights, New Jersey. Daniel Bark, aged 27, was later arrested and indicted for drunk and reckless driving, manslaughter and leaving the scene of an accident. Authorities later reported that Bark, who had a previous"
"Fame. Buddy Pepper died of heart failure on February 7, 1993 at his home in Sherman Oaks, California at the age of 70. His survivors included two cousins. Buddy Pepper Buddy Pepper (born Jack Retherford Starkey, April 21, 1922 – February 7, 1993) was an American pianist, songwriter, arranger and actor, known as one of three writers of Billboard's top tune of 1953, ""Vaya Con Dios,"" which has been recorded over 500 times. He also wrote several songs for Universal Pictures' films, including ""Mister Big"" (1943). In 1959, he wrote the title song for the Oscar-winning film ""Pillow Talk"", which"
"in New York City. Performers included Cale, Kim Gordon with Bill Nace, Sharon Van Etten, Meshell Ndegeocello, Stephin Merritt, Peaches, Alison Mosshart, Joan As Police Woman, Greg Dulli, Yeasayer, and Mercury Rev. In 2002, Faust Records released two collections of obscure Nico tracks, ""Reich der Träume"" (Realm of Dreams) and ""Walpurgis-Nacht"" (Walpurgis Night). Nico Christa Päffgen (16 October 1938 – 18 July 1988), known by her stage name Nico, was a German singer, songwriter, musician, model, and actress. She had roles in several films, including Federico Fellini's ""La Dolce Vita"" (1960) and Andy Warhol's ""Chelsea Girls"" (1966). With the insistence"
"pushing her over the balcony."" Another item found in Warhol's boxes at the museum in Pittsburgh was a mummified human foot from Ancient Egypt. The curator of anthropology at Carnegie Museum of Natural History felt that Warhol most likely found it at a flea market. Warhol died in Manhattan at 6:32 a.m. on February 22, 1987 at age 58. According to news reports, he had been making a good recovery from gallbladder surgery at New York Hospital before dying in his sleep from a sudden post-operative irregular heartbeat. Prior to his diagnosis and operation, Warhol delayed having his recurring gallbladder"
"London for their 1991 single ""Papua New Guinea"". American pop singer Fergie later also sampled ""Dawn of the Iconoclast"" for her song ""Hungry"" featuring Rick Ross, featured on her 2017 album, ""Double Dutchess"". The song interpolated the chant with hip-hop beats and vocals from both artists. Within the Realm of a Dying Sun Within the Realm of a Dying Sun is the third studio album by the band Dead Can Dance. It was released on 27 July 1987 by record label 4AD. By this time, Dead Can Dance were predominantly a duo of Lisa Gerrard and Brendan Perry, along with"
"figures. Some groups, such as the Jimi Hendrix Experience and Cream, broke up. Hendrix died in London in September 1970, shortly after recording ""Band of Gypsys"" (1970), Janis Joplin died of a heroin overdose in October 1970 and they were closely followed by Jim Morrison of the Doors, who died in Paris in July 1971. By this point, many surviving acts had moved away from psychedelia into either more back-to-basics ""roots rock"", traditional-based, pastoral or whimsical folk, the wider experimentation of progressive rock, or riff-based heavy rock. Following the lead of Hendrix in rock, psychedelia began to influence African American"
"Category !! Result In 2017, shortly after his 70th birthday, Iggy Pop was made a Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Consul general in Miami on behalf of the French government. Iggy Pop James Newell Osterberg Jr. (born April 21, 1947), known professionally by his stage name Iggy Pop and designated the ""Godfather of Punk"", is an American singer, songwriter, musician, producer and actor. He was the vocalist of influential proto-punk band the Stooges, who reunited in 2003, and is well known for his outrageous and unpredictable stage antics. Iggy Pop's music has encompassed"
"a coma following surgery. He never recovered, and died three years later, in 1978, having been moved back to New Orleans. He was buried in Metairie Cemetery in a gray marble crypt topped by a figure of Gabriel, the trumpeter-angel, sculpted in 1997 by Russian-born sculptor Alexei Kazantsev. The inscription on the crypt's door quotes the lyrics from one of his hits: ""When the end comes, I know, they'll say, 'just a gigolo' as life goes on without me…"" Coronet Records Louis Prima Louis Leo Prima (December 7, 1910 – August 24, 1978) was an American singer, actor, songwriter, bandleader,"
"are rumors that the cause of death was brain aneurysm but there has been no confirmation of that from either the police or the family or reps of Patty's. Patricia Darcy Jones Patricia Darcy Jones (April 2, 1953 – June 16, 2007) was an American rock singer, vocalist and Broadway actress. Patty's dynamic voice led her career spanning from singing at the Paper Moon Cabaret in Greenwich Village to backup singer for Cher as well as singing with artists: Petula Clark, Joe Cocker, Billy Joel, Tom Jones, Darlene Love, Rusty Magee, Melissa Manchester, Bette Midler, Olivia Newton-John, Robert Plant, Todd"
"for a celebrity. The majority was due to the sale of the Sony/ATV catalog. It was the seventh consecutive year since his death in which Jackson's annual earnings were over $100 million. Note 1 Michael Jackson Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American singer, songwriter and dancer. Dubbed the ""King of Pop"", he is regarded as one of the most significant cultural icons of the 20th century and is also regarded as one of the greatest entertainers of all time. Jackson's contributions to music, dance, and fashion, along with his publicized personal life, made"
"(including two in the traditionally-black Soul/R&B category), and two Grammy Awards from eight nominations. George Michael George Michael (born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou, 25 June 1963 – 25 December 2016) was an English singer, songwriter, record producer, and philanthropist who rose to fame as a member of the music duo Wham! and later embarked on a solo career. He was widely known for his work in the 1980s and 1990s, including hit Wham! singles such as ""Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go"" and ""Last Christmas"" and solo albums such as ""Faith"" (1987) and ""Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1"" (1990). Michael achieved"
"in a car at Queens Boulevard and 84th Drive. Chinx was transported to Jamaica Medical Center in Queens with gunshot wounds to his torso, where he was pronounced dead, at age 31. Two men who were already incarcerated on other charges have been re-arrested in connection with the murder. Chinx Lionel Pickens (December 4, 1983 – May 17, 2015), better known by his stage name Chinx (formerly Chinx Drugz), was an American hip hop recording artist from Queens, New York. He was a member of the Rockaway Riot Squad alongside fellow slain rapper Stack Bundles. Chinx later joined French Montana's"
"George Michael George Michael (born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou, 25 June 1963 – 25 December 2016) was an English singer, songwriter, record producer, and philanthropist who rose to fame as a member of the music duo Wham! and later embarked on a solo career. He was widely known for his work in the 1980s and 1990s, including hit Wham! singles such as ""Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go"" and ""Last Christmas"" and solo albums such as ""Faith"" (1987) and ""Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1"" (1990). Michael achieved seven number one singles in the UK and eight number one songs on the"
"covers. On June 14, 2014, soul music singer Bobby Womack would give his final performance before passing away on June 27. Other iconic performers have been Dead & Company (2016), U2 (2017), Lorde (2017) Pearl Jam (2016, 2008), Billy Joel (2015), Mumford and Sons (2015, 2011), Elton John (2014), Jack White (2014), Lionel Richie (2014), The Flaming Lips (2014, 2010, 2007, 2003), Paul McCartney (2013), Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers (2013, 2006), Wu-Tang Clan (2013), Red Hot Chili Peppers (2017, 2012), Radiohead (2012, 2006), Neil Young (2011, 2003), Dave Matthews Band (2010, 2005), Stevie Wonder (2010), Bruce Springsteen (2009), Nine"
"York, and released by Serendipity Recordings, Inc. It included four new songs he wrote during the early 1980s after meeting Dee Workman. The album, including the new songs, is still for limited sale by private collectors, on Amazon.com and eBay. Haymes married Workman on January 26, 1985. His step-daughter from that marriage is film and television actress Eaddy Mays. Haymes and Workman remained married until his death on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) on January 28, 1989. Bob Haymes Robert William Haymes (March 29, 1923 – January 27, 1989), also known by the stage names"
"2011 at his home in Clearwater, Florida. Jimmy Roselli Michael John ""Jimmy"" Roselli (December 26, 1925 – June 30, 2011) was one of the most significant Italian-American pop singers of his time, during an era of competition from such performers as Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Dean Martin, Perry Como, Frankie Laine, Vic Damone, Al Martino, and Jerry Vale. Roselli was born in Hoboken, New Jersey the son of Anna Bernadette Lovella, a seamstress, and Phillip Roselli, a boxer. His mother died two days after he was born and his father abandoned him, leaving him in the care of his aunts"
"2017, Chuck Prophet released the critically lauded album ""Bobby Fuller Died for Your Sins"". Bobby Fuller Robert Gaston Fuller (October 22, 1942 – July 18, 1966) was an American rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist best known for ""Let Her Dance"" and ""I Fought the Law"", recorded with his group The Bobby Fuller Four. Born in Baytown, Texas, Fuller had a maternal older half brother, Jack, and a younger brother, Randy. Fuller moved as a small child to Salt Lake City, Utah, where he remained until 1956, when he and his family moved to El Paso, Texas. His father got a"