RIP – Rock In Perpetuity
Mourning the loss of classic rock stars, other musical greats and related figures
Loretta Lynn, Beloved Country Music Legend, is Mourned
The coal miner’s daughter famously was born in Butcher Hollow, Ky. She earned every country music award imaginable in her six decade career
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Coolio, ‘Gangsta’s Paradise’ Rapper, Dies at 59
The worldwide smash, which he co-wrote with 2 others, earned Stevie Wonder a songwriting credit as it prominently sampled “Pastime Paradise”
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Doobie Brothers’ Founding Drummer, John Hartman, Dies
He became a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2020 when the band was finally inducted after decades of eligibility
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Jim Post, Singer-Songwriter Who Scored ’68 Hit With ‘Reach Out of the Darkness,’ Dies
Recording under the name Friend and Lover, Post and his wife made the top 10 with an optimistic protest anthem.
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Jerry Allison, Last of Buddy Holly’s Crickets, Dead at 82
“JI was a musician ahead of his time,” said a statement on Buddy Holly’s Facebook page, about the drummer who was there from the start.
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Bill Pitman, Wrecking Crew Guitarist, Dies at 102
He also performed on such recordings as “Good Vibrations,” “Be My Baby” and “These Boots Are Made For Walkin'”
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Pogues’ Darryl Hunt Dies: ‘We Are Saddened Beyond Words’
Darryl Hunt first joined the band as a roadie. When their bassist Cait O’Riordan left to join Elvis Costello, Hunt replaced her
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Lamont Dozier, of Motown’s Celebrated Songwriting and Production Team, Dies
With his partners Brian Holland and Eddie Holland, the legend crafted such classics as “Stop! In the Name of Love,” “Reach Out I’ll Be There,” and dozens more
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Judith Durham, Seekers Singer (‘Georgy Girl’), Dead at 79
The Australian folk-rock quartet’s big hits also included “I’ll Never Find Another You” and “A World of Our Own.”
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Jimy Sohns, Shadows of Knight Singer (“Gloria”), Dead at 75
The singer was only 16 when he co-founded the Chicago-based garage-rock band that would record one of the great covers of the ’60s.
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