RIP – Rock In Perpetuity
Mourning the loss of classic rock stars, other musical greats and related figures
Jane Birkin, Singer-Actress and ’60s ‘It Girl,’ Dies
She earned international acclaim in the ’60s for film roles including Blow-Up and the sexually explicit single, “Je t’aime… moi non plus,” sung in French with her longtime romantic partner, Serge Gainsbourg
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Cynthia Weil is Mourned By Fellow Songwriting Legends
With her husband, Barry Mann, she formed one of the most successful songwriting teams in history with hits that include “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin'”
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Andy Rourke, The Smiths Bassist, Dies at 59
Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr called former bandmate Rourke “a kind and beautiful soul…and a supremely gifted musician.”
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Tim Bachman, Co-Founder of Bachman-Turner Overdrive, Dies
Along with his brothers Randy and Robbie, and Fred Turner, he was there at the very beginning of the Canadian hard-rock band.
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Harry Belafonte, Singer, Actor, Humanitarian, is Mourned
He was instrumental in organizing the vastly successful 1985 all-star recording, “We Are the World,” which raised money for famine relief in Ethiopia
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Sire Records Founder Seymour Stein, Who Signed Talking Heads, Madonna, and The Ramones, Dies
The much-honored exec was an early champion of the punk and new wave music that was breaking out of the downtown New York City clubs
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Ray Shulman, One of 3 Brothers in Prog Rock Band Gentle Giant, Dies at 73
With his brothers Derek and Phil, and several other members, the band released 11 studio albums during the 1970s
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Keith Reid, Procol Harum Lyricist, Dies at 76
“We skip the light fandango”: The man who wrote the words for “A Whiter Shade of Pale,” , and all of the British band’s songs, has passed.
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Wayne Shorter, Saxophonist & Composer Who Co-Founded Weather Report, Dies
He played with such fellow jazz greats as Miles Davis and Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers before going on to form the jazz fusion band
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Bruce Barthol, Country Joe & the Fish Bassist, Dies at 75
Barthol played on the psychedelic group’s first three albums, including the anthemic ‘I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-to-Die.’
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