Monday, June 25, 2018

Famous NY disc jockey Dan Ingram dead at 83 Dan Ingram, beloved disc jockey and voice of New York radio over five-decades, passed away on Sunday. Many New Yorkers were first introduced to The Beatles through "The Dan Ingram Show," heard for many years on 77 WABC from 2 to 6 p.m. His wisecracks branded each of the thousands of hits he played with his own unique personality. More Info and Audio  Source: Newsday, NY

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Thursday, June 14, 2018

Former Elvis Presley drummer D.J. Fontana dies at 87 D.J. Fontana, the drummer on early Elvis Presley hits like "Hound Dog," "Jailhouse Rock" and "Heartbreak Hotel," died on Wednesday at 87. Fontana played drums for Presley from 1954 to 1968, on more than 450 recordings. He also played with many other musicians including Paul McCartney, and Ringo Starr on Beaucoups of Blues. Source: Pop Culture

Tuesday, May 15, 2018

Cutting-edge composer, musician and Beatles fanatic dies at 38 Matt Marks, composer, musician and founding member of the contemporary chamber orchestra Alarm Will Sound, died on Friday in St. Louis. A passionate Beatles fan, he contributed one of the group's signature pieces, an eerily accurate arrangement for live performers of the Beatles' Revolution 9. He was 38. Source: New York Times

Thursday, May 10, 2018

Roy Young, who turned down chance to join the Beatles, dead at 83 Roy Young, who has died aged 83, was a rock n' roll star who played with David Bowie and The Beatles. He played with Cliff Richard and The Shadows, and in Hamburg with Ringo Starr and Tony Sheridan, where he became friends with The Beatles and before long he was enlisted to play keyboard and sing backing vocals. Source: Oxford Mail, UK

Friday, March 9, 2018

Friend and colleague of Brian Epstein passes away at 87 Geoffrey Ellis, who worked closely with the Beatles and Brian Epstein during the 60's has passed away, aged 87. Ellis was contacted in 1963 by his childhood friend Epstein to help with the Beatles' first US trip, and left his job to help Epstein manage his quickly expanding business empire, becoming chief administrator of Epstein's NEMS Enterprises. Source: M Magazine, UK

Monday, March 5, 2018

Tower Records founder Russ Solomon dies  Russ Solomon, the bigger-than-life personality who founded Tower Records, died Sunday of a heart attack. He founded Tower Records in 1960 in Sacramento, in less than a decade he had expanded to San Francisco, Los Angeles and beyond. Eventually the company would become a worldwide empire, with stores from New York to Tokyo. Source: KCRA TV, Sacramento

Tuesday, February 13, 2018

Famed publicist Ron Scott dies at 74 Ron Scott, the publicist who represented actors including David Hasselhoff and John Stamos died Saturday in Hollywood. In the 1970s, Scott was hired by Capitol Records to do publicity for acts including Eric Carmen and The Raspberries, Rick Springfield and Blue Swede and for the Ringo Starr album Goodnight Vienna, released in 1974. Source: Hollywood Reporter

Wild-eyed comedian Marty Allen dead at 95 Marty Allen, the frizzy-haired, bug-eyed clown who joined forces with the crooner Steve Rossi to form one of the most successful comedy teams of the 1960s, died on Monday in Las Vegas. Allen and Rossi appeared on the same Ed Sullivan with the Beatles twice, in 1964 and 1965, the first time donning a Beatle wig. Allen was 95. Source: New York Times

Monday, February 12, 2018

Sean Ono Lennon's tribute to late Grateful Dead lyricist John Perry Barlow Among the tributes for John Perry Barlow after his death was one from Sean Ono Lennon, who counted Barlow among his friends. Lennon called the Grateful Dead lyricist and digital pioneer "a master of all trades and a jack of none," and said, "no one will ever come close to the guy, for this grateful and graceful guru was one of a kind." Source: Brinkwire

Monday, January 29, 2018

Ed Sullivan Show's music exec, Robert Arthur, dies Robert Arthur, music coordinator for The Ed Sullivan Show, closely involved with the show's performances by The Beatles and the Rolling Stones, has died, it was reported last week. In 1964, Arthur realized the Beatles wouldn't be heard over the audience's screaming, and ordered boom mikes to be replaced by mikes on floor stands. Source: Best Classic Bands

Monday, January 22, 2018

Tom Petty died of accidental drug overdose, family announces  Tom Petty died of an accidental drug overdose last October, his wife and daughter announced in a Facebook post Friday. The Los Angeles County coroner confirmed Friday that Petty's cause of death was a "multisystem organ failure" due to mixed drug intoxication. His family said Petty suffered from "many serious ailments." Source: CBS News

Monday, December 29, 2014

Joe Cocker: The Beatles connections Joe Cocker first came to fame in the UK in 1968 with his cover of With A Little Help From My Friends, and his performance of that song at Woodstock the following summer rocketed him to world fame. The Beatles were not always thrilled by some of the covers of their songs, but that was not the case with Joe. Source: Beatles News

Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Man who brought Beatles to America to be remembered in NYC On Wednesday, February 12, family, friends and artists will come together to celebrate the life of and to pay tribute to Sid Bernstein, the legendary promoter also known as "the man who brought The Beatles to America" and "The Father of the British Invasion" at The Cutting Room in New York City. Source: Beatles News

Sunday, October 27, 2013

Rock pioneer and human rights supporter Lou Reed passes away Songwriter, vocalist, guitarist and punk-poet Lou Reed died on Sunday at 71. Reed is most recently featured on a new 6-disc DVD box-set for Amnesty International that features him prominently performing alongside Sting, Bono, Bryan Adams, Jackson Browne and Bruce Springsteen. Source: Beatles News Blog

Thursday, January 31, 2013

Davy Jones to be remembered at Monkees convention The one-year anniversary of Davy Jones' passing will be commemorated with a celebration of the former teen idol's life, and his band, at the The David T. Jones Memorial Monkees Convention, March 1-3, 2013 at The Sheraton in East Rutherford, New Jersey. There will be live concert performances and special guest interviews. Source: Beatles News

Monday, June 25, 2012

Imagine the Beatles Tribute remembers Victor Spinetti Neil Burg of Imagine The Beatles Tribute remembers fondly the night they had the pleasure of performing in front of the late Victor Spinetti back in 1995 in Northridge, LA at the Volare Restaurant. Neil says Victor told them that they made him cry when he heard the songs that they performed, especially the songs from Hard Days Night. Source: Beatles News Blog

Tuesday, June 19, 2012

I won an award... It's on the wall in my office The wonderful British character actor Victor Spinetti passed away on Monday at the age of 82. Over the years, I got the chance to spend many hours one on one with Victor. He was the warmest, kindest, most wonderful soul I ever met on this planet. The time I got to spend with him was a wonderful gift which I will never forget. Source: Beatles News Blog

Thursday, September 30, 2010

Another Sgt. Pepper's face passes away Actor and Hollywood legend Tony Curtis has passed away. He was among the actors and famous people that the Beatles admired that were pictured on the cover of the Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album. In March, 2009, he visited Las Vegas to sign autographs and showed up to the event wearing a Sgt. Pepper's t-shirt. Source: Beatles News Blog

Friday, August 27, 2010

Thinking of Brian Today we remember Brian Epstein, who passed away 43 years ago on this day, August 27, 1967. He believed in the Beatles when no one else did and tamed them without changing who they were. It's a crime an accident took Brian from us at such a young age. He was only 32, but he lives on in the hearts of every Beatles fan forever. Source: Beatles News Blog

Sunday, January 17, 2010

George Harrison's nephew passes away Gordon Caldwell, George Harrison's nephew, and son of Louise Harrison, this morning, Sunday, January 17th, 2010 at the age of 52. Louise said, "Gordon, like his uncle George Harrison, was a very spiritual person and was a siddha". Source: Beatles News

Friday, July 17, 2009

Peter Asher says Gordon was the duo's heart and soul In an official statement released today, Peter Asher said of his late partner, "Gordon played such a significant role in my life that losing him is hard to comprehend ? let alone to tolerate. Without Gordon I would never have begun my career in the music business in the first place." Source: Beatles News Blog

Gordon Waller of Peter and Gordon, dead at 64 Sad news for Beatles fans. Gordon Waller, one half of 1960s singing duo Peter & Gordon, passed away early today at age 64, in a hospital near his home in Connecticut. Peter & Gordon had nine Top Forty hits, four of their hits were specially written for them by Paul McCartney. Source: Beatles News Blog

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Indian musician who performed with George Harrison Ali Akbar Khan, the revered Indian-born musician who moved to Marin County and popularized his country's music for successive generations of Americans, died Thursday night. In 1971, he teamed with Ravi Shankar to open George Harrison's 1971 Bangladesh fundraising concert at New York's Madison Square Garden. Source: Beatles News Blog

Thursday, March 26, 2009

The wife of Badfinger's Joey Molland passes away Sad news for Beatles fans and fans of the Apple artists family. Kathie Molland, wife of Badfinger's Joey Molland, passed away in her sleep on Tuesday. Kathie met Joey Molland in 1970 at a Minneapolis night club while Badfinger were on their first American tour. She married Joey two years later in London. Source: Beatles News Blog

Friday, March 13, 2009

The man who brought Beatlemania to America, dead at 91 Former record company executive Alan Livingston died today in Los Angeles at the age of 91. Livingston was the president of Capitol Records at the time the company obtained the exclusive U.S. distribution rights for recordings of The Beatles in December, 1963. Within weeks, Beatlemania exploded in America. Source: Beatles News

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