Bobby Darin, Domenico Modugno, Gwen Guthrie, Kim English, Dan Hartman, Loleatta Holloway, Peter Tosh, Yvonne Fair

David Ruffin, Melvin Franklin, Eddie Kendricks, Paul Williams (The Temptations), Levi Stubbs. Obie Benson, Lawrence Payton (Four Tops), Ronnie Spector, Estelle Bennett (Ronettes), Teddy Pendergrass, Jackie Wilson

Bing Crosby!

Louise Dean

Lou Reed also came to mind this morning.

Joe Strummer singer for The Clash

Billy Mackenzie singer for The Associates

Edited November 16, 20231 yr by TheSnake

Intrigued to know what this project is now there's such a big list of names collated!

Intrigued to know what this project is now there's such a big list of names collated!

Wardy mentioned it in his opening post!

 

What they achieved in their career, however short or long, will be told in the form of a playlist I am working on to capture as many names as possible, no limits to the numbers.

Presumably the playlist will be entitled ‘people who were dead influential’

Presumably the playlist will be entitled ‘people who were dead influential’

 

:lol: I shouldn't have laughed

Thanks to seeing him in Gezza's thread, not sure if he's been mentioned yet.. Gene Pitney!

Scatman John

Paul Johnson

Daddy Stovepipe

 

of those not yet mentioned:

 

Ryuichi Sakamoto </3 sadly lost earlier this year

Andrew Weatherall (influential DJ but could use/cite his remixes of Primal Scream for Screamadelica like “Loaded”)

Loleatta Holloway - I mean, for “Love Sensation” ALONE

Diane Charlemagne - Manchester vocalist on 90s classics “Inner City Life” (DnB) and “The Key: The Secret”

MF DOOM - iconic rapper/producer

Tony Allen - one of greatest ever drummers, was in The Good, the Bad & the Queen - so maybe “Herculean” from them?

 

I was gonna say Carol Kaye too, but thankfully she's still alive!

Darryl Pandy (singer of the first house song in the UK charts, 'Love Can't Turn Around' by Farley Jackmaster Funk)

Nick Kamen

by "fallen" you mean dead? or no longer relevant?

 

Nobody seems to die these days! They all seem to "pass away" or "leave us". Or we "lose them". Apparently it's so as not to upset the bereaved. Personally I think it's a load of bollocks.

Edited November 29, 20231 yr by Shaky Fan

Nobody seems to die these days! They all seem to "pass away" or "leave us". Or we "lose them". Apparently it's so as not to upset the bereaved. Personally I think it's a load of bollocks.

 

Of all the things to get a bee in your bonnet about, seriously.

Of all the things to get a bee in your bonnet about, seriously.

 

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