RIP - Music related

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This news makes me sad - hey certainly these 60s music guys are getting older and anything can happen, but, perhaps because of my enjoyment of the TV show as a guys, they are fixed in my consciousness as the young, goofy, scamps of the show. To think that three are gone is a bummer

I'll be listening to the Monkees this weekend too
 
axolotl said:
Apparently, this happened several weeks ago, but I missed it.

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Renowned conductor Bernard Haitink has died at age 92

The Dutch conductor Bernard Haitink had a six-decade career leading major orchestras across Europe, the U.S. and the U.K. He was hailed as a musician's musician, prizing the art well above glamor.
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“He made some 450 recordings of orchestral music and opera, ranging from Mozart's Don Giovanni to a complete cycle of Shostakovich's symphonies, as well as complete cycles of the symphonies by Brahms, Bruckner, Mahler and Beethoven (the last three times: with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the Concertgebouw and the London Symphony Orchestra).”
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We may have missed one or two, so here goes.

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Final note: Musicians who passed in 2021, Part One

As we come to the end of 2021, we remember the people who have moved through the door of life and into our collective unconscious. Musicians, composers, and singers are among the many groups of people that deserve a moment of remembrance as they...
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P. S. I did not know Constance Demby passed this year.
 
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Legendary Platters singer Sonny Turner dies at 82

In Las Vegas, Sonny Turner revived the Platters’ heyday in performances at Suncoast Showroom.
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Turner topped about 100 other singers to assume the role. Turner sang lead on such classics as the 1966 hit “I Love You 1000 Times,” “With This Ring,” a year later, and “Washed Ashore” in 1968.

Turner re-recorded several Platters hits that pre-dated his arrival with the band, including “Only You,” “The Great Pretender” and “The Magic Touch.” He left the band in 1970 to pursue a solo career.
 
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Remembering Ralph Emery, Country Music’s Preeminent Broadcaster...

It was the stars of Nashville and beyond that performed the music that made country music famous. But it was Ralph Emery who served it up all to the public in a way that made made it so easy for everyone to invite it into their homes, and into their hearts.
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Ralph released a few records of his own, like this one:
 
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