RIP – Rock In Perpetuity

Mourning the loss of classic rock stars, other musical greats and related figures

Tributes For Allman Brothers Band Legend Dickey Betts

The guitarist and Allman Brothers Band founding member had suffered a stroke in 2018 and never fully recovered

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Clarence ‘Frogman’ Henry, New Orleans R&B Mainstay, Dies at 87

His hit songs have been used in numerous films, including ‘Diner’ and ‘Forrest Gump.’

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John Sinclair—Activist, Writer, Manager of MC5, Subject of Lennon Song—Dead at 82

The counterculture hero was the subject of a song written and recorded by John Lennon

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Steve Harley, Frontman of Cockney Rebel, Dies

The singer-songwriter and guitarist led his band to a #1 U.K. hit with “Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)”

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Eric Carmen, Raspberries Singer of ‘Go All the Way’ and Solo Star, Dies

He led the power pop band to a series of ’70s hits including the infectious “Go All the Way,” and later scored several solo hits including “All By Myself” and “Hungry Eyes”

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Karl Wallinger, World Party Frontman, Dead at 66

World Party’s biggest hit in the U.S. was 1987’s “Ship of Fools.” Like most of their recordings, it was basically a Wallinger solo vehicle.

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Steve Lawrence of Famed Duo, Steve and Eydie, Dies at 88

He earned a #1 pop hit in 1963 and formed a popular singing duo with his wife, Eydie Gormé, for decades. “I implore you to find joy every day”

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Tributes Pour In For Comic Actor, Richard Lewis, 76

A fellow comedic actor called him “a brilliantly funny man who will be missed by all. We needed him now more than ever.”

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John ‘Duff’ Lowe, Bandmate of McCartney, Lennon and Harrison in The Quarrymen, Dies

In 1958, the group—Lennon, McCartney, George Harrison, drummer Colin Hanton, and Lowe, on piano—recorded a pair of songs in Liverpool. Lowe retained the only copy

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David Libert, Founding Member of ’60s Group The Happenings, Dies

He formed the popular group with fellow high school classmates from Paterson, NJ, and later went on to a successful career as a manager

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