"soloist, Queen C. Anderson. But it was the Queen of Gospel, Mahalia Jackson, who, according to Brewster, ""knew what to do with it. She could throw the verse out there."" Producer Art Freeman insisted Jackson record ""Move on Up a Little Higher""; released in early 1948, the single became the best-selling gospel record of all time, selling in such great quantities that stores could not even meet the demand. Brewster was pastor of East Trigg Avenue Baptist Church, one of the churches where young Elvis Presley studied the ecstatic moves of his gospel heroes. ""Move On Up A Little Higher,"""
"""78 in the Shade"". In early 1978, McCulloch started a band called Wild Horses with Brian Robertson, Jimmy Bain and Kenney Jones, but both McCulloch and Jones left the band soon afterward. In 1979, McCulloch joined the Dukes. His last recorded song, ""Heartbreaker"", appeared on their only album, ""The Dukes"". A melodic, heavily blues-infused guitarist, McCulloch normally used a Gibson SG and a Gibson Les Paul, and he occasionally played bass when McCartney or Laine were playing piano or acoustic guitar. On 27 September 1979, McCulloch was found dead by his brother in his flat in Maida Vale, London. An"
"surroundings which were completely familiar and comforting,"" the room in question, 'The Jungle Room' being ""an example of particularly lurid kitsch."" On August 16, 1977, Presley died in the bathroom at Graceland allegedly of a heart attack. Elvis Presley lay in state in a 900-pound copper-lined coffin just inside the foyer while over 3,500 of Elvis' mourning fans passed by to pay their respects. A private funeral with 200 mourners was held on August 18, 1977 in the house, with the casket placed in front of the stained glass doorway of the music room. Graceland continued to be occupied by"
"Jordan died of a heart attack on February 4, 1975, in Los Angeles. He is buried at Mt. Olive Cemetery in St. Louis, Missouri, the hometown of his wife Martha. Jordan is described by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as ""the Father of Rhythm & Blues"" and ""the Grandfather of Rock 'n' Roll."" He is one of a number of seminal black performers who are often credited with inventing rock and roll, or at least providing many of the building blocks of the music. Jordan was the greatest postwar exponent of the jump blues style, one of the"
"status as outdated rock n' roll icons, with commentary from DuBrow and Banali. On November 25, 2007, Kevin DuBrow was found dead in his Las Vegas apartment. Frankie Banali confirmed the death in an e-mail to Spain's ""The Metal Circus"". Banali wrote: Please respect my privacy as I mourn the passing and honor the memory of my dearest friend Kevin DuBrow. On December 10, 2007, media reports confirmed that DuBrow was pronounced dead on November 25, 2007, and was later determined to have died of a cocaine overdose approximately six days earlier. On January 14, 2008, Banali issued the following"
"eras died within eight weeks of each other in 1977. Elvis Presley, the best-selling singer of all time, died on August 16, 1977. Presley's funeral was held at Graceland, on Thursday, August 18, 1977. Bing Crosby, who sold about 50 million records, died on October 14, 1977. His single, White Christmas, remains as the best selling single of all time, confirmed by the Guinness Records. In addition to the early 70s deaths, in 1970 bands such as Simon and Garfunkel broke-up as did the Beatles, over the next few years Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Everly Brothers and more. Statistically, Led"
"words ""Not to be taken away"" are on the back of the chair. Police determined that there were 32 clomethiazole pills in Moon's system. Six were digested, sufficient to cause his death; the other 26 were undigested when he died. Max Glatt, an authority on alcoholism, wrote in ""The Sunday Times"" that Moon should never have been given the drug. Moon was cremated on 13 September 1978 at Golders Green Crematorium in London, and his ashes were scattered in its Gardens of Remembrance. Townshend convinced Daltrey and Entwistle to carry on touring as The Who, although he later said that"
"murder. Lynch had managed several bands, including the legendary rock group the Nazgûl (named for the evil Ringwraiths in Tolkien's ""The Lord of the Rings""). He was found dead on the 10th anniversary of the Nazgûl's breakup, with his bloody body placed on top of the band's West Mesa, New Mexico concert poster; during that concert, Nazgûl lead singer Patrick Henry ""Hobbit"" Hobbins had been mysteriously murdered. Lynch's high-profile death soon opens the door for a Nazgûl reunion tour, which slowly begins to eerily mirror the events of their original West Mesa tour. With Lynch out of the way, and"
"was arrested on drug-related charges. Once again without a lead vocalist, guitarist Steve Lukather sang lead vocals and became the new front man. Toto played at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1991 and the band recorded ""Kingdom of Desire"", which was released on Columbia Records in most parts of the world and on Clive Davis' label Relativity Records in the United States. Jeff Porcaro died in an accident on August 5, 1992, at the age of 38 while working in his garden. According to the LA Times Report, the Los Angeles County Coroner's office lists the cause of death to"
"Queen Rock Montreal Queen Rock Montreal is a live album by the English rock band Queen. It was released on 29 October 2007 as a double CD, Blu-ray, DVD, and triple vinyl. It was recorded in Montreal, Quebec at the Montreal Forum on 24 November and 25 November 1981, ten years to date before lead singer Freddie Mercury died of AIDS. Allmusic described Queen's performance as being ""deliberately theatrical and often majestic"". This marks the first official release of the film soundtrack to the concert film ""We Will Rock You"" on an audio-only format. Unlike the original video release of"
"single of all time, confirmed by the Guinness Records. The early seventies also marked the deaths of rock legends Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, gospel great Mahalia Jackson and Cass Elliot of the Mamas and the Papas. The decade also saw the plane crash in 1977 in which three members of Lynyrd Skynyrd were killed. Elton John became the decade's biggest solo pop star, releasing diverse styles of music that ranged from ballads to arena rock; some his most popular songs included ""Crocodile Rock"", ""Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"", ""Bennie and the Jets"", ""Philadelphia Freedom"" and ""Don't Go Breaking My"
"and lacking sufficient evidence of the circumstances, recorded an open verdict. Dannemann stated that Hendrix had taken nine of her prescribed Vesparax sleeping tablets, 18 times the recommended dosage. On October 1, 1970, Hendrix was interred at Greenwood Cemetery in Renton, Washington. In 1992, his former girlfriend Kathy Etchingham asked British authorities to reopen the investigation into his death. A subsequent inquiry by Scotland Yard proved inconclusive, and in 1993, they decided against proceeding with the investigation. The American musician Jimi Hendrix (born November 27, 1942) was one of the most influential guitarists of the 1960s. His Rock and Roll"
"It operated until 1985; visitors over the years included Mickey Hart. Rolling Thunder died in 1997 from complications associated with diabetes. He also suffered from emphysema in the later years of his life. Rolling Thunder's given name was John Pope. At times he claimed to be part Cherokee and at other times Shoshone or Hopi. He never provided proof of any Native heritage. He has been accused of cultural appropriation and cited as an example of a non-Native who taught fraudulent, ""Native-style"" ceremonies, often for money. He often claimed to represent the Western Shoshone Nation. Rolling Thunder (person) Rolling Thunder"
"play standing up any more [and] it's hard to hold a Flying V sitting down.” Mack died from ""natural causes"" on April 21, 2016 (age 74) near the Tennessee log-cabin home he had occupied for over twenty years. Burial was in Aurora, Indiana, a few miles from his birthplace. Married and divorced three times, he was survived by five children, two sisters, a brother, eight grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren. Lonnie Mack Lonnie McIntosh (July 18, 1941 – April 21, 2016), known by his stage name Lonnie Mack, was an influential American pioneer of blues-rock music and rock guitar soloing. He"
"the band completed the Canadian leg of its touring. In November 2007, Queens of the Stone Age performed a semi-acoustic set in an underground salt mine in Germany, performing a selection of hits, rarities, covers and an unreleased song named ""Cathedral City."" A DVD of the concert was planned but aside from a trailer promoting the DVD and a number of photographs, no footage of the concert has been released. On July 2, 2008, Queens of the Stone Age's former keyboardist Natasha Shneider died of lung cancer at the age of 52. The news broke with a message posted on"
"ruby. These stones were either part of the Peacock Throne or were in possession of the Mughal emperors. The Akbar Shah Diamond was said to form one of the eyes of a peacock, as did the Koh-i-Noor. The Shah diamond was described by Jean-Baptiste Tavernier as being on the side of the throne. Many of these stones ended up becoming part of the Persian crown jewels or were taken later by the British colonialists. When Nadir Shah was assassinated by his own officers on 19 June 1747, the throne disappeared, most probably being dismantled or destroyed for its valuables, in"
"his grave by the Mount Zion Memorial Fund. The ceremony was presided over by the blues promoter Dick Waterman, and the memorial with McDowell's portrait on it was paid for by Bonnie Raitt. The memorial stone was a replacement for an inaccurate and damaged marker (McDowell's name was misspelled). The original stone was subsequently donated by McDowell's family to the Delta Blues Museum, in Clarksdale, Mississippi. McDowell was a Freemason and was associated with Prince Hall Freemasonry; he was buried in Masonic regalia. Mississippi Fred McDowell Fred McDowell (January 12, 1906 – July 3, 1972), known by his stage name"
"gave up secular music to concentrate on gospel music. After becoming ill in London, she was diagnosed with leukaemia in February 2014. She returned to reggae with performances in Brazil with Lloyd Parks. Her health deteriorated and she died in Kingston's University Hospital of the West Indies on 19 December 2014, from pneumonia contracted during chemotherapy treatments. She was 62 years old. Jones was once described as ""the Billie Holliday of reggae music"". Barbara Jones (singer) Barbara Nation ( – 19 December 2014), better known as Barbara Jones, was a Jamaican singer who had a UK hit single in 1981"
"Led Zeppelin North American Tour 1977 Led Zeppelin's 1977 North American Tour was the eleventh and final concert tour of North America by the English rock band. The tour was divided into three legs, with performances commencing on 1 April and concluding on 24 July 1977. The tour was originally intended to finish on 13 August, but was cut short following the death of Robert Plant's son. This was the first tour embarked on by the band following their enforced lay-off caused by Plant's car accident in Greece in 1975. During this sabbatical, the band had recorded their seventh studio"
"slot by the organizers of the Lollapalooza festival for the 1999 summer season (this time as part of an attempt to resurrect the by-then-defunct festival) which they declined. Instead, the band struck a deal with Hole to co-headline the latter's Beautiful Monsters Tour. Immediately, the joint venture began experiencing problems due to disputes between both groups' leaders. After nine shows (spanning a total of two weeks) the tour imploded, resulting in Hole's departure on March 14, 1999, and the tour being renamed Rock Is Dead. Monster Magnet, who were already opening for Manson, assumed Hole's place on the tour's playbill."
"them and it disappeared from history. On January 21, 1793, Louis XVI was guillotined and Marie Antoinette was guillotined on October 16 of the same year: these beheadings are commonly cited as a result of the diamond's ""curse"", but the historical record suggests that Marie Antoinette had never worn the Golden Fleece pendant because it had been reserved for the exclusive use of the king. A likely scenario is that the ""French Blue"", sometimes also known as the ""Blue Diamond"", was ""swiftly smuggled to London"" after being seized in 1792 in Paris. But the exact rock known as the ""French"
"August 1977, following the death of Elvis Presley, he recorded and released the single ""I Remember Elvis Presley (The King Is Dead)"" as his tribute to the departed 'King'. In UK, it entered the UK Singles Chart on 17 September 1977, had a chart life of 9 weeks and peaked at number four. In his native Netherlands, the record made number one. To extend this success, Ouwens invited The Jordanaires, Presley's original backing vocalists, to record a medley album of 50 Presley songs. It was released in 1981 under the name of 'Danny Mirror & The Jordanaires'. Eddy Ouwens Eddy"
"popular music's most successful artists died within six weeks of each other in 1977: Elvis Presley (on August 16) and Bing Crosby (on October 14). Presley—whose top 1970s hit was ""Burning Love"" in 1972— ranked among the top artists of the rock era, while Crosby was among the most successful pre-rock era artists. The early seventies also marked the deaths of rock legends Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin, and Jimi Hendrix as well as the plane crash in 1977 in which three members of Lynyrd Skynyrd were killed. Music history of the United States in the 1970s Popular music of the"
"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"
"1977, posted by Karl Dallas, she can be heard discussing the upcoming tour and her choice of musicians and material, among other subjects. All tracks credited to Sandy Denny unless otherwise stated Gold Dust (Sandy Denny album) Gold Dust is a live album by the late English folk rock singer Sandy Denny. It documents one of Denny's last public performances and was recorded at London's ""Sound Circus"" venue at the Royalty Theatre, Portugal Street, near Aldwych, London (now the Peacock Theatre) on 27 November 1977. The album features many of her classic songs both as a solo artist and as"
"in support of him in the summer of 2010. The regrouped Toto continued to tour and perform for Mike's benefit during 2011. In September 2012, it was reported in ""Classic Rock"" magazine that he was doing as well as could be expected with his disease, but he was in a wheelchair as the disease was progressing. Porcaro died at his Los Angeles home on March 15, 2015, at the age of 59, from complications of ALS. He was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in the Hollywood Hills of Los Angeles. Mike Porcaro Michael Joseph Porcaro (May 29, 1955 –"
"adults who grew up during the 1940s and early 1950s, and not the rock record-buying youth); his most successful hits of the decade were ""It's Impossible"" (1970) and the Don McLean song ""And I Love Her So"" (1973). Two of popular music's most successful artists died within eight weeks of each other in 1977. Elvis Presley, the best-selling singer of all time, died on August 16, 1977. Presley's funeral was held at Graceland, on Thursday, August 18, 1977. Bing Crosby, who sold about half a billion records, died October 14, 1977. His single, White Christmas, remains as the best selling"
"Paul is dead ""Paul is dead"" is an urban legend and conspiracy theory alleging that Paul McCartney, of the English rock band the Beatles, died in November 1966 and was secretly replaced by a look-alike. In September 1969, American college students published articles claiming that clues to McCartney's supposed death could be found among the lyrics and artwork of the Beatles' recordings. Clue-hunting proved infectious and, within a few weeks, had become an international phenomenon. Rumours declined after a contemporary interview with McCartney was published in ""Life"" magazine in November 1969. References to the legend are still occasionally made in"
"UK singles chart. Campbell died on the morning of 8 September 2016, in a hospital in Miami, Florida, after suffering heart problems, according to his wife. He had reportedly been in poor health for some time after a series of strokes, including one in 2009 that left him unable to walk. Prince Buster Cecil Bustamente Campbell OD (24 May 1938 – 8 September 2016), known professionally as Prince Buster, was a Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer. The records he released in the 1960s influenced and shaped the course of Jamaican contemporary music and created a legacy of work that would be"
"and roll icon Elvis Presley. It ends in 1970, and does not depict the last few years of Presley's career leading to his death in 1977. However, there is an example of incontinuity seeing as the last song Presley performs at his 1970 concert is ""An American Trilogy,"" a song Presley himself did not release, or include in any concerts, until 1972. There is more than one version of this film: a version that starts with Presley's hair being cut when he was called up by the US army, and then death of his mother, with no scenes of his"
"have any rock stars anymore."" In November 2008, Holmes took up MacLean's long-standing offer to make a guest appearance at one of his shows at the Mod Club in Toronto, a club founded by Holmes, and they performed a collection of Platinum Blonde hits. MacLean was found dead on November 24, 2008 of a heart related problem by his sister and recording artist Brock Burford after performing at the Mod Club the night before. His third solo CD, ""Completely"", was released at a concert three days before his death. Kenny MacLean Kenneth Irving MacLean (January 9, 1956 – November 24,"
"revived the Kings of Rhythm in 2001 and released the album, ""Here & Now"", which won him a Grammy nomination. Five years later, his album, ""Risin' with the Blues"", won him his second Grammy Award, his first as a solo artist. On December 12, 2007, Ike Turner was found dead at 11:38 am at his home in San Marcos, California. He was 76. His death was found by the San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office to be from a cocaine overdose, exacerbated by hypertensive cardiovascular disease and emphysema. Turner had been clean for over a decade prior but relapsed in"
"Ronnie McDowell Ronald Dean McDowell (born March 25, 1950) is an American country music artist. He is best known for his 1977 song ""The King Is Gone"", a tribute to Elvis Presley, who had recently died. From that single onward, McDowell charted more than thirty Top 40 hits on the ""Billboard"" country music charts, though he never experienced further pop success after ""The King is Gone."" Two of his singles – ""Older Women"" and ""You're Gonna Ruin My Bad Reputation"" — reached Number One on the country charts, while eleven more reached Top Ten. He has also released more than"