Which singer who sang '24 Hours From Tulsa' died April 2006 at the age of 65?
"Twenty Four Hours from Tulsa ""Twenty Four Hours from Tulsa"" is a song written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, about a traveling man who detours to a romance in a motel and ends up never returning home, which was a hit for Gene Pitney. Its success in the UK, peaking at #5, enabled Pitney to become an international star. In the US, Pitney peaked at #17 on the 7 December 1963 Hot 100 and #2 on the 6 December 1963 WLS Silver Dollar Survey. The twists of the song's lyrics (the protagonist, just 24 hours from reaching home, falls"
"Kayla Parker Kayla Denise Parker-Tolbert (June 29, 1971 – April 21, 2007) was an American gospel and R&B singer and songwriter. As a songwriter, producer and background singer, she has worked with a number of gospel and R&B musicians, including CeCe, BeBe and Vickie Winans, Brandy, Anthony Hamilton, Michelle Williams of Destiny's Child and Mark Kibble of Take 6. Her television appearances included ""Oprah"", ""Late Show with David Letterman"" and ""The Tonight Show with Jay Leno"", and her songs were performed on ""Good Morning America"", CNN, BET and TBN among others. She was born Kayla Denise Parker to Richard and"
"album, ""Adiós"", was released on June 9, 2017. Glen Campbell Glen Travis Campbell (April 22, 1936 – August 8, 2017) was an American singer, guitarist, songwriter, television host, and actor. He was best known for a series of hit songs in the 1960s and 1970s, and for hosting a music and comedy variety show called ""The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour"" on CBS television, from January 1969 until June 1972. He released over 70 albums in a career that spanned five decades, selling over 45 million records worldwide, including twelve gold albums, four platinum albums, and one double-platinum album. Born in"
"Burton, died after suffering from renal cancer. On December 13, 2018, Wilson died at her home in Pioneertown, California after a long battle with kidney cancer. She was 81 years old. Chronological: Nancy Wilson (jazz singer) Nancy Sue Wilson (February 20, 1937 – December 13, 2018) was an American singer whose career spanned over five decades, from the mid–1950s until her retirement in the early–2010s. She was notable for her single ""(You Don't Know) How Glad I Am"" and her version of the standard ""Guess Who I Saw Today"". Wilson recorded more than 70 albums and won three Grammy Awards"
"to replace his aorta and aortic valve. After the procedure, he experienced surgical complications and remained hospitalized until his death on March 2, 2018 at the age of 48. Brandon Jenkins (musician) Brandon Dean Jenkins (June 7, 1969 – March 2, 2018) was an American singer-songwriter and philanthropist. He was part of the Red Dirt music genre. Jenkins performed in the Texas and Oklahoma regions, and he toured Europe on several occasions. He often played 150 shows per year and shared the stage with Sunny Sweeney, Zane Williams, Cory Morrow, Deana Carter, Pat Green, Willie Nelson, The Mavericks, and Kevin"
"Glen Campbell Glen Travis Campbell (April 22, 1936 – August 8, 2017) was an American singer, guitarist, songwriter, television host, and actor. He was best known for a series of hit songs in the 1960s and 1970s, and for hosting a music and comedy variety show called ""The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour"" on CBS television, from January 1969 until June 1972. He released over 70 albums in a career that spanned five decades, selling over 45 million records worldwide, including twelve gold albums, four platinum albums, and one double-platinum album. Born in Billstown, Arkansas, Campbell began his professional career as"
"honoree of the two-hour television special ""An Evening of Country Greats: A Hall of Fame Celebration"" in 1996, and two classic Travis performances were included in the four-part PBS television documentary ""American Roots Music"" in 2001, available in CD and DVD formats. 1. Soundies Distributing Corporation (1946) 2. Snader Transcriptions (1951) Merle Travis Merle Robert Travis (November 29, 1917 – October 20, 1983) was an American country and western singer, songwriter, and guitarist born in Rosewood, Kentucky. His songs' lyrics often discussed both the lives and the economic exploitation of American coal miners. Among his many well-known songs are ""Sixteen"
"Center on September 7, 2016, at the age of 79. He had also suffered from prostate cancer and diabetes. Clifford Curry Clifford Curry Jr. (November 3, 1936 – September 7, 2016) was an American beach music, soul music, and R&B singer. Curry was born on November 3, 1936 in the Bearden neighborhood of Knoxville, Tennessee. Curry's career began in high school and he was a member of several groups, including The Echoes, The Five Pennies (for whom he wrote a 1956 release, ""Mr. Moon""), Hollyhocks (1957), and the Bubba Suggs Band (1957–1964). As Sweet Clifford he recorded for the Nashville-based"
"Earl Gaines Earl Gaines, Jr. (August 19, 1935 – December 31, 2009) was an American soul blues and electric blues singer. Born in Decatur, Alabama, he sang lead vocals on the hit single ""It's Love Baby (24 Hours a Day)"", credited to Louis Brooks and his Hi-Toppers, before undertaking a low-key solo career. In the latter capacity he had minor success with ""The Best of Luck to You"" (1966) and ""Hymn Number 5"" (1973). Noted as the best R&B singer from Nashville, Gaines was also known for his lengthy career. Gaines was born in Decatur, Alabama, in 1935. After moving"
"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"
"Europe due to ill health, and he died in Nashville on the last day of that year, at the age of 74. Earl Gaines Earl Gaines, Jr. (August 19, 1935 – December 31, 2009) was an American soul blues and electric blues singer. Born in Decatur, Alabama, he sang lead vocals on the hit single ""It's Love Baby (24 Hours a Day)"", credited to Louis Brooks and his Hi-Toppers, before undertaking a low-key solo career. In the latter capacity he had minor success with ""The Best of Luck to You"" (1966) and ""Hymn Number 5"" (1973). Noted as the best"
"10, 2017 at the age of 92. Linda Hopkins Linda Hopkins (December 14, 1924 – April 10, 2017) was an American actress and blues and gospel singer. She recorded classic, traditional, and urban blues, and performed R&B and soul, jazz, and show tunes. Born Melinda Helen Matthews in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, the second child of the Reverend Fred Matthews, Sr. and Hazel Smith, Hopkins grew up in the section of New Orleans known by the locals as ""Zion City"". She went to school in ""Gert Town"" which bordered the Xavier University of Louisiana. Known as ""Lil Helen Matthews"""
"Del Reeves Franklin Delano Reeves (July 14, 1932 – January 1, 2007), better known as Del Reeves, was an American country music singer, best known for his ""girl-watching"" novelty songs of the 1960s including ""Girl on the Billboard"" and ""The Belles of Southern Bell"". He is also known for his 1968 trucker's anthem, ""Looking at the World Through a Windshield"", which demonstrated he was capable of more than just novelty songs. He became one of the most successful male country singers of the 1960s. Reeves was born in Sparta, North Carolina, on July 14, 1932. He was named after Franklin"
"and died on March 24, 2007, aged 66, during surgery. Henson Cargill Henson Cargill (February 5, 1941 – March 24, 2007) was an American country music singer best known for the socially controversial 1968 Country No. 1 hit ""Skip a Rope"". His music career began in Oklahoma in clubs around Oklahoma City and Tulsa. He earned national recognition after getting a Nashville producer to agree to produce ""Skip a Rope"". Cargill had a number of Top 20 hits including ""Row Row Row"" (1968), ""None Of My Business"", and ""The Most Uncomplicated Goodbye I Ever Heard"" (1970). Later hits included ""Some"
"October 4, 2014, aged 76. His funeral, held at the Cathedral of the Rockies in Boise, Idaho, was attended by, amongst others, former Idaho Governor Dirk Kempthorne. Carl ""Carlo"" Driggs, Paul Revere & the Raiders' longest-serving lead singer (a 20-year-plus span), was formerly lead vocalist for Kracker, a band that toured Europe as an opening act for (and had their albums distributed outside America by) the Rolling Stones. He followed this with his tenure in the Latin/disco group Foxy, who scored a No. 1 hit on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart (No. 9 on ""Billboard"" Hot 100) with ""Get Off"","
"Memphis"" (1996) and ""All in Time"" (1999). However, with no immediate follow-up available, Preston lost momentum. After moving to Title Tunes, he released ""Be with Me Tonight"" (2006). Shannon played at Memphis in May in both 2008 and 2011. In February 2012, Shannon appeared on season two of ""The Voice"", singing ""In the Midnight Hour"". He was a regular performer at B.B. King's Blues Club in Memphis. Shannon's most recent album release was ""Dust My Broom"" (2014). Preston died of cancer on January 22, 2018 in Memphis, Tennessee, at the age of 70. Preston Shannon Preston Shannon (October 23, 1947"
"84 and was survived by her husband of 40 years, Edward Swiedler. Carol Richards Carol Swiedler (Stage name Carol Richards or Carole Richards), (June 6, 1922 – March 16, 2007) was an American singer, radio and television performer, remembered for her duets with Bing Crosby on the hit single ""Silver Bells"" and on the song ""Sunshine Cake."" The daughter of George and Martha Vosburgh, Richards was born Carol June Vosburgh in Harvard, Illinois. She had three siblings. Her father worked for the Northwestern Railroad. She began performing at age 4, but within a couple of years her mother thought she"
"10, 1987 at age 67, in Kirkland, Washington. Marion Hutton Marion Hutton (born Marion Thornburg; March 10, 1919 – January 10, 1987) was an American singer and actress. She is best remembered for her singing with the Glenn Miller Orchestra from 1938–1942. She was the sister of actress and singer Betty Hutton. Born as Marion Thornburg in Fort Smith, Arkansas, she was the elder sister of actress Betty Hutton. They were raised in Battle Creek, Michigan. The sisters' father abandoned the family when they were both young; he later committed suicide. Their mother worked a variety of jobs to support"
"Tijuana on December 3, 1966, at the age of 34. His ashes were scattered off Waikiki. In 1973, Elvis Presley gave the Aloha From Hawaii concert which raised $75,000 for the Kui Lee Cancer Fund, which had been created shortly before the concert by Hawaii veteran newspaper columnist Eddie Sherman, to fund the cancer research going on at the University of Hawaii. Kui's widow Nani Lee Meadows also died of cancer, on April 12, 2008. Kui Lee Kuiokalani ""Kui"" Lee (July 31, 1932 – December 3, 1966) was a singer-songwriter, and the 1960s golden boy artist of Hawaii. Lee achieved"
"Danny Flowers Daniel W. ""Danny"" Flowers (born 1948, Henderson, North Carolina) is an American songwriter, recording artist, and guitarist who is best known for his own songs that have been hits for other musicians. These included ""Tulsa Time"" for Don Williams and Eric Clapton; ""Back in My Younger Days"" for Don Williams; ""Gulf Coast Highway"" for Emmylou Harris, Willie Nelson, and Nanci Griffith (co-written with Griffith and James Hooker); and ""Before Believing"" from Harris' ""Pieces of the Sky"". Flowers has also enjoyed a solo recording career including the 2007 album, ""Tools for the Soul"". From that album, ""I Was a"
"Janis Joplin Janis Lyn Joplin (January 19, 1943 – October 4, 1970), nicknamed ""Pearl"", was an American rock, soul and blues singer and songwriter, and one of the most successful and widely known female rock stars of her era. After releasing three albums, she died of a heroin overdose at the age of 27. A fourth album, ""Pearl"", was released in January 1971, just over three months after her death. It reached number one on the ""Billboard"" charts. In 1967, Joplin rose to fame during an appearance at Monterey Pop Festival, where she was the lead singer of the then"
"of 48 at College Hospital in Newark, New Jersey, from inhaling carbon tetrachloride while refinishing the hardwood floors of his home; though his death has been alternatively attributed to food poisoning. Tommy Tucker (singer) Tommy Tucker (born Robert Higginbotham; March 5, 1933 – January 22, 1982) was an American blues singer-songwriter and pianist. He is best known for the 1964 hit song, ""Hi-Heel Sneakers"", that went to No. 11 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart, and peaked at No. 23 in the UK Singles Chart. He was born Robert Higginbotham, to Leroy and Mary Higginbotham, the fifth of eleven children,"
"music in 2004, singing ""If I Could Turn Back The Hands Of Time"". A stroke in September 2004 ended his career and, following complications, he died in a Chicago hospital on February 9, 2005 at the age of 66. He left a widow, Ann, to whom he had been married for over 40 years, and several children and grandchildren. Tyrone Davis Tyrone Davis (born Tyrone D. Fettson or Tyrone D. Branch, May 4, 1938 – February 9, 2005) was an American blues and soul singer with a long list of hit records over more than 20 years. Davis had three"
"2012, Teene was severely injured in Tyler, Texas, when the bicycle he was riding struck a tow truck. He died as a result of the accident, on March 9, 2012. He was 70 years old. Terry Teene Terry Teene (February 1942 – March 9, 2012) [sometimes alternatively spelled as ""Terry Teen""] was an American musician, vocalist, songwriter, and entertainer, most commonly known for the early 1960s novelty hit ""Curse of the Hearse"". According to the Rockabilly Hall of Fame, he recorded over 300 distinct songs and played on 100 or more released recordings, performing as a ""major artist"" on 25"
"of the song ""King of Alabama"" by Brent Cobb. Wayne Mills (singer) Jerald Wayne Mills (August 17, 1969 – November 23, 2013) was an American country musician, known for touring with the Wayne Mills Band for over 15 years and playing alongside Blake Shelton, Jamey Johnson and 2006 American Idol winner, Taylor Hicks. During his career Mills released five studio albums (with a sixth unreleased) and two live albums. He also had seven top 20 songs in Europe from 2008 to 2010, including a chart topper in Belgium in 2009. During his education at Wallace State Junior College in Hanceville"
"Nancy Wilson (jazz singer) Nancy Sue Wilson (February 20, 1937 – December 13, 2018) was an American singer whose career spanned over five decades, from the mid–1950s until her retirement in the early–2010s. She was notable for her single ""(You Don't Know) How Glad I Am"" and her version of the standard ""Guess Who I Saw Today"". Wilson recorded more than 70 albums and won three Grammy Awards for her work. During her performing career Wilson was labeled a singer of blues, jazz, R&B, pop, and soul, a ""consummate actress"", and ""the complete entertainer"". The title she preferred, however, was"
"is survived by her mother, daughter, three sisters, a brother, and three grandchildren. Vesta Williams Mary Vesta Williams (December 1, 1957 – September 22, 2011) was an American singer-songwriter, who performed across genres such as pop, jazz, adult contemporary and R&B. Originally credited as Vesta Williams, she was simply known as Vesta beginning in the 1990s. She was known for her four–octave vocal range. She once sang ""The Star-Spangled Banner"" for the Los Angeles Lakers game opener using all four of those octaves. Although Williams never had any albums certified gold nor any Top 40 hits on the ""Billboard"" Hot"
"(March 18, 2005) at the age of 50, due to a heart condition. Her album ""Oasis"" was finally released in the U.S., posthumously. Starpoint Starpoint was an American R&B sextet from Maryland that began recording in the 1980s, releasing a string of solid albums first on the Casablanca sub-label Chocolate City, and later on Elektra. While the band's earlier albums, especially 1980's ""Keep on It"" were more funk than R&B, vocalist Renée Diggs brought the R&B elements to the forefront with her powerful vocals which had both presence and sophistication, coupled with near perfect pitch and very pleasing tone. Starpoint's"
"WAOK, she died in Atlanta in 1995 at the age of 64. Zilla Mays Zilla Florine Mays (September 1, 1931 – September 19, 1995), later Zilla Mays Hinton, was an American R&B and gospel singer who became a popular radio DJ and community leader in Atlanta. She was the first African-American female radio announcer in Georgia, and only the third in the United States. She was born in Atlanta, Georgia, and started singing in church. By her teens, she had started performing with her brother's band, the Roy Mays All Stars, which later became the Willie Mays Blues Caravan. (""Willie"""
"Terry Stafford Terry LaVerne Stafford (November 22, 1941 – March 17, 1996) was an American singer and songwriter, best known for his 1964 U.S. Top 10 hit, ""Suspicion"", and the 1973 country music hit, ""Amarillo by Morning"". Stafford was also known for his Elvis Presley sound-alike voice. Stafford was the only son of William Nathan ""Bill"" Stafford (1921–2011), a United States Navy veteran of World War II and a construction worker, and the former Juanita J. Roach (1919–2001). He had two sisters, Linda Williams of Amarillo and Judy Snead of Hendersonville, Tennessee. He, like his mother, was born in rural"
"Victoria Williams Victoria Williams (born December 23, 1958) is an American singer, songwriter and musician, originally from Shreveport, Louisiana, although she has resided in Southern California throughout her musical career. She is noted for her descriptive songwriting talent, which she has used to immerse the listener of her songs into a vivid feeling of small-town, rural Southern upbringing and life. Her best-known songs include ""Crazy Mary"", and ""Century Plant"", and much of her work finds inspiration in nature, (""Weeds"", ""Century Plant,"" ""Why Look at the Moon""), everyday objects (""Shoes,"" ""Frying Pan"") and the unseen, as in ""Holy Spirit"". Williams was"
"historian Kathryn Burke gives a positive account of Owens. Credence Clear Water Revival refers to Buck Owens in the first verse of their song “Lookin’ Out My Back Door”. Buck Owens Alvis Edgar Owens Jr. (August 12, 1929 – March 25, 2006), professionally known as Buck Owens, was an American musician, singer, songwriter and band leader who had 21 No. 1 hits on the ""Billboard"" country music charts with his band the Buckaroos. They pioneered what came to be called the Bakersfield sound, named after Bakersfield, California, the city Owens called home and from which he drew inspiration for what"
"Jason Molina Jason Andrew Molina (December 30, 1973 – March 16, 2013) was an American musician and singer-songwriter. Raised in northern Ohio, he came to prominence performing and recording as Songs: Ohia, both in solo projects and with a rotating cast of musicians in the late 1990s. Beginning in 2003, he would garner a further indie following for his releases with the band Magnolia Electric Co. Molina had a prolific career between his two musical projects and solo releases, producing a total of sixteen studio albums, eight EPs, and numerous singles. His overall discography was noted by critics for blending"