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Naomi Judd, of Grammy-winning duo The Judds, dies at 76

Naomi Judd, the Kentucky-born singer of the Grammy-winning duo The Judds and mother of Wynonna and Ashley Judd, has died.
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“The Judds were to be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame on Sunday and they had just announced an arena tour to begin in the fall, their first tour together in over a decade.”
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Naomi Judd died by suicide after long battle with mental illness: report

Naomi’s daughters, Ashley Judd and Wynonna Judd, announced their mother’s death at age 76 in an emotional statement this weekend.
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Mickey Gilley, the country singer whose club inspired 'Urban Cowboy,' dies at 86

In addition to his music career, Gilley was also famous for being the face of a nightclub that pushed Texas cowboy culture into a global spotlight.
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Born in Mississippi and raised in Louisiana, Gilley's family included artist Jerry Lee Lewis and televangelist Jimmy Swaggart as cousins. He learned to play piano as a child and began his professional music career in the 1950s when he recorded his first single, "Ooh Wee Baby."
 
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Mickey Gilley, the country singer whose club inspired 'Urban Cowboy,' dies at 86

In addition to his music career, Gilley was also famous for being the face of a nightclub that pushed Texas cowboy culture into a global spotlight.
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Born in Mississippi and raised in Louisiana, Gilley's family included artist Jerry Lee Lewis and televangelist Jimmy Swaggart as cousins. He learned to play piano as a child and began his professional music career in the 1950s when he recorded his first single, "Ooh Wee Baby."
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Mickey was a so-so recording artist but a terrific entrepreneur. I went to Gilley's once, during the height of Urban Cowboy mania. It was like a huge warehouse on the outskirts of Houston, filled with tourists eager to touch the mechanical bull and buy overpriced beer. :meh: I was very happy to return to the good ol' Palomino when I got back. :worm:
 
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When I was young in the 1970s, I thought "Summer Breeze" was the dampest, wet blanket of a song. The Isley Brothers were ingenious in seeing the potential for converting it to a funk/R&B classic, and their version made me appreciate the original song's melody and nice guitarwork. Now I love the original too.
 
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When I was young in the 1970s, I thought "Summer Breeze" was the dampest, wet blanket of a song. The Isley Brothers were ingenious in seeing the potential for converting it to a funk/R&B classic, and their version made me appreciate the original song's melody and nice guitarwork. Now I love the original too.
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MELLINEMAL SNOWFLAPPS!
In before Rick can say that would make a great band name.

P. S. Now tell me you didn't like "Hummingbird," you Commie scalawag!

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Texas Music Legend Bobby Flores Has Died

Few voices ever graced the Western traditions of Texas music so eloquently, and perhaps nobody ever brought such compositional prowess to the music and with a host of instruments as Bobby Flores. Known as a side man to some of country music's most famous artists, as well as an accomplished solo...
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Bobby Flores was a Texas legend who never aspired to national fame. Despite a massive talent as both a vocalist and multi-instrumentalist, he was content to stay in Texas with his family.

Here's Bobby in his native habitat, keeping the Ray Price Shuffle alive.


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Joel Whitburn, Legendary Chart Historian and Reference Book Author, Dies at 82

The Record Research founder and publisher of the ‘Top Pop Singles’ book series saw his studies become critical reference material for much of the industry.
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It's a sad Saturday with two big obituaries to post. Joel Whitburn's Billboard music chart books had a huge impact on the study of recorded music. The Billboard obit naturally emphasizes his role in the industry but his work also served as a roadmap for innumerable collectors over the years. It even spawned "The Whitburn Project", a gray market effort to collect and share every chart single in a variety of genres.

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The Whitburn Project: 120 Years of Music Chart History - Waxy.org

For the last ten years, obsessive record collectors in Usenet have been working on the Whitburn Project — a huge undertaking to preserve and share high-quality recordings of every popular song since the 1890s. To assist their efforts, they’ve created a spreadsheet of 37,000 songs and 112 columns...
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Joel personally acquired every chart single to insure complete accuracy. In the 70's and 80's, he sold his extras in a series of closely watched set sales. I was lucky enough to find dozens of ultra rare C&W singles long before eBay or Discogs came along.

When I was in college, I had way too much free time. Before his country chart book came out, I went to the Los Angeles Public Library in DTLA. They had a complete run of Billboard in the stacks so I duplicated Whitburn's chart research from 1944-1950. In the process I learned a hell of a lot about country music history and acquired a great respect for the amount of effort Whitburn poured into his life's work.

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Joe Messina, Funk Brothers Guitarist on Myriad Motown Classics, Dead at 93

Prolific musician worked on hits by Marvin Gaye, the Temptations, Diana Ross and the Supremes, and more
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Born and raised in Detroit, Messina began his career as a jazz guitarist in his hometown, doing live and studio gigs, commercial work, and appearing regularly on television. He had stints in the house band at ABC television studios in Detroit, while he also played on the popular Detroit-based TV show, The Soupy Sales Show; these gigs gave Messina the chance to play with jazz legends like Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, and Dizzy Gillespie.
 
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