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Born: Patricia Louise Holte on 5/24/1944 Died:
R&B singer.
Song(s):
Lady Marmalade (LaBelle, 1974)
On My Own (with Michael McDonald, written by Burt Bacharach with Carole Bayer Sager, 1986)
Song(s):
Need You Now (2009)
Links:
official site
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About: American dance-pop singer/songwriter.
Born: Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta on 3/28/1986 in New York City, NY Died: --
Song(s):
Just Dance (with Colby O’Donis, 2008)
Poker Face (2008)
Bad Romance (2009)
Telephone (with Beyoncé, 2009)
Alejandro (2009)
Born This Way (2011)
Judas (2011)
Album(s):
The Fame (2008)
The Fame Monster (2009)
Born This Way (2011)
The DMDB Blog:
Lady Gaga releases The Fame: August 19, 2008 (8/19/11)
About: Dynamic singer (“Mule Train”) who found favor with black and white audiences and whose popularity lasted well into the rock era. His swirling musical melodramas made him one of the top singing stars of the decade after World War II. To L.A. in the early 1940s. First recorded for Exclusive in 1945. With Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers. Signed to the Mercury Label in 1947.
Born: Frank Paul Lovecchio on 3/30/1913 in Chicago, IL Died: 2/6/2007
Song(s):
That's My Desire (1947)
That Lucky Old Sun (with Judd Conlon's Rhythmaires/Harry Geller's Orchestra/Carl Fischer Orchestra, 1949)
I Believe (1953)
Born: 11/10/1948 in Bournemouth, England Died: --
British guitarist/bassist/vocalist with King Crimson (69-70); Emerson, Lake & Palmer (70-79, 92); solo: 81; Emerson, Lake & Powell (86).
Lambert, Hendricks, & Ross
Album(s):
Sing a Song of Basie (1957)
Scrappy Lambert
Song(s):
Ain't She Sweet (Ben Bernie with Scrappy Lambert & Billy Hillpot, 1927)
Bob Lamm
Song(s):
Near You (with Francis Craig, 1947)
Burton Lane
Album(s):
Finian’s Rainbow (1947) cast
k.d. lang
Song(s):
Constant Craving (1992)
Album(s):
Ingenue (1992)
Thomas Lang
Born: 11/11/1948 Died:
Rock producer for AC/DC, Def Leppard, and Bryan Adams. Also married and produced country star Shania Twain.
Born: 1/31/1921 Died: 10/7/1959
Opera singer.
Album(s):
The Great Caruso (soundtrack, 1951)
The Student Prince (soundtrack, 1954)
Milt and Bill Larsen
Jonathan Larson
Musical theater composer.
Album(s):
Rent (cast, 1996)
The La’s
Song(s):
There She Goes (1989)
Album(s):
The La’s (1990)
The Last Poets
Album(s):
This Is Madness (1971)
Richard Lauder
Song(s):
I Love a Lassie (My Scotch Bluebell) (1907)
Born: 6/22/1953 Died:
American pop singer.
Song(s):
Girls Just Want to Have Fun (1983)
Time after Time (1983)
Album(s):
She’s So Unusual (1983)
The DMDB Blog:
Cyndi Lauper landed Grammy nominations in the Big Four categories: January 10, 1985 (1/10/12)
Bettye LaVette
Born: 9/27/1984
Canadian pop singer.
Song(s):
Complicated (2002)
Girlfriend (2007)
When You’re Gone (2007)
What the Hell (2011)
Wish You Were Here (2011)
Album(s):
Let Go (2002)
Don Law
Gertrude Lawrence
Song(s):
Someone to Watch Over Me (written by George Gershwin, 1927)
Jack Lawrence
Born: 7/8/1935 Died:
American adult contemporary singer.
Born: 1/27/1968 Died: --
American country singer.
LCD Soundsystem
Song(s):
Losing My Edge (2002)
All My Friends (2007)
Album(s):
Sound of Silver (2007)
Lead singer of Duran Duran.
Ernesto Lecuona
Links:
DMDB page
- official site
- Facebook
About: British heavy-metal rock supergroup first known as the New Yardbirds. Their U.S. tour in 1973 broke many box office records. Formed own Swan Song label in 1974. In concert movie The Song Remains the Same in 1976. Led Zeppelin’s most famous song, "Stairway to Heaven," was never released as a single, but is considered one of the most popular album tracks of all time.
Active: 1968-80 Members: Robert Plant (v: 68-80), Jimmy Page (g: 68-80), John Paul Jones (b/k: 68-80), John “Bonzo” Bonham (d – Band of Joy, Led Zeppelin: 68-80; died on 9/25/80, at age 33, of asphyxiation)
Song(s):
Dazed and Confused (1969)
Whole Lotta Love (1969)
Ramble On (1969)
Immigrant Song (1970)
Stairway to Heaven (1971)
Black Dog (1971)
Rock and Roll (1972)
Over the Hills and Far Away (1973)
Kashmir (1975)
Album(s):
Led Zeppelin I (1969)
Led Zeppelin II (1969)
Led Zeppelin III (1970)
Led Zeppelin IV (1971)
How the West Was Won (live, 1972)
Houses of the Holy (1973)
Physical Graffiti (1975)
Presence (1976)
In Through the Out Door (1979)
The DMDB Blog/Facebook Note(s):
Led Zeppelin – Top 50 Songs
The Beginning and End of Led Zeppelin: July 7 (7/7/11)
Born: Huddie William Ledbetter on 1/20/1888 * near Mooringsport, Louisiana Died: 12/6/1949
* Birth date according to 1910 and 1930 United States Census. On his World War II draft registration, Leadbelly listed his birth date as 1/23/1889 and other sources cite even different dates.
About: American blues and folk singer/songwriter and musician. Nickname, which he spelled as Lead Belly, has stories of several possible origins, but is most likely a pronunciation of his last name with a Southern accent.
Was first recorded by archivist John Lomax and his son Alan, who were touring the south to collect field recordings for the Library of Congress. They discovered Leadbelly in prison and made a recording of his petititon for release to the Governor of Texas on the flip side of Leadbelly’s recording of “Goodnight Irene.”
Song(s):
Goodnight Irene (1932)
The Midnight Special (1934)
The House of the Rising Sun (1944)
Album(s):
Negro Sinful Songs (1939)
Last Sessions (1948) box
Born: 12/11/1944 Died:
Country singer.
Song(s):
I'm Sorry (1960)
Born: 7/29/1953 Died:
Canadian rock singer, bassist, and keyboardist with Rush.
The DMDB Blog:
Best-of List: Geddy Lee was born: July 29, 1953 / The Top 59 Rush Songs (7/29/12)
Born: Norma Deloris Egstrom on 5/26/1920 Died: 1/21/2002
American traditional pop singer/songwriter.
Song(s):
Manana Is Soon Enough for Me (1948)
Lover (1952)
Fever (1957)
Is That All There Is? (written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, 1969)
Album(s):
Black Coffee (1953)
Tommy Lee
The Left Banke
Song(s):
Walk Away Renee (1966)
Leftfield
Album(s):
Leftism (1995)
John Legend
Song(s):
Shine (with the Roots, 2010)
Album(s):
Get Lifted (2004)
Michel Legrand
Lotte Lehmann
Tom Lehrer
Album(s):
Song by Tom Lehrer (1953)
Born: 4/25/1933 Died: 8/22/2011
American songwriter and record producer. Most notable work with partner Mike Stoller.
Songs written by Leiber:
Hound Dog (performed by Big Mama Thornton, written with Mike Stoller, 1953)
Hound Dog (performed by Elvis Presley, written with Mike Stoller, 1956)
Searchin’ (performed by the Coasters, written with Mike Stoller, 1957)
Young Blood (performed by the Coasters, written with Mike Stoller, 1957)
Jailhouse Rock (performed by Elvis Presley, written with Mike Stoller, 1957)
Yakety Yak (performed by the Coasters, written with Mike Stoller, 1958)
Kansas City (performed by Wilbert Harrison, written with Mike Stoller, 1959)
Love Potion No. 9 (performed by the Clovers, written with Mike Stoller, 1959)
There Goes My Baby (performed by the Drifters; written by Ben E. King, Lover Patterson, George Treadwell, and Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, 1959)
Spanish Harlem (performed by Ben E. King, written with Phil Spector, 1960)
Stand by Me (performed by Ben E. King, written by King with Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, 1961)
On Broadway (performed by the Drifters, written by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil with Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, 1963)
Is That All There Is? (performed by Peggy Lee; written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, 1969)
The DMDB Blog:
Jerry Leiber, 1933-2011 (8/23/11)
Carolyn Leigh
Mitch Leigh
Album(s):
with Joe Darion (composers) – Man of La Mancha (1965) cast
Iry LeJeune
Song(s):
Evangeline Special (1948)
Love Bridge Waltz (1948)
J.B. Lenoir
Born: 10/9/1940 in Woolton, Liverool, England Died: 12/8/1980
Rock singer/songwriter and guitarist. Founding member of the Beatles. Married Cynthia Powell on 8/23/62; had son Julian Lennon. Divorced on 11/8/68. Met Yoko Ono in 1966; married her on 3/20/69. Had son Sean Lennon. Formed Plastic Ono Band in 1969. To NYC in 1971. Fought deportation from USA from 1972-76 , until he was granted a permanent visa. Shot to death on 12/8/80 in NYC.
Song(s):
Give Peace a Chance (1969)
Instant Karma (We All Shine On) (1970)
Working Class Hero (1970)
Imagine (1971)
Just Like Starting Over (1980)
Album(s):
Plastic Ono Band (1970)
Imagine (1971)
Double Fantasy (with Yoko Ono, 1980)
The DMDB Blog:
John Lennon and Paul McCartney met for the first time: July 6, 1957 (7/6/12)
Born: 12/25/1954 Died:
Scottish rock singer/songwriter with Eurythmics. Later a solo artist.
Album(s):
Diva (1992)
Born: 2/10/1913 in Brooklyn, NY Died: 6/17/1988
Primary vocalist for Tommy Dorsey in the later part of the 1930s.
Song(s):
All the Things You Are (with Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra; written by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II; 1939)
Born: 8/31/1918 Died: 6/14/1986
Musical theater composer.
Album(s):
Brigadoon (with Frederick Loewe, 1947) cast
My Fair Lady (with Frederick Loewe, 1956/1964) cast/ST
Gigi (with Frederick Loewe, 1958) ST
Camelot (with Frederick Loewe, 1960) cast
The DMDB Blog:
My Fair Lady Goes to #1: July 14, 1956 (7/14/11)
My Fair Lady opened on Broadway: March 15, 1956 (3/15/12)
Phil Lesh
Edgar Leslie
Ketty Lester
Song(s):
Love Letters (1962)
Oscar Levant
Tony Levin
James Levin
Adam Levine
Song(s):
Stereo Hearts (Gym Class Heroes with Adam Levine, 2011)
Barbara Lewis
Bobby Lewis
Song(s):
Tossin' and Turnin' (1961)
Donna Lewis
Song(s):
I Love You Always Forever (1996)
Furry Lewis
Song(s):
Kassie Jones (1928)
Born: 7/5/1950 Died:
Pop-rock singer (“Do You Believe in Love?”, “The Heart of Rock and Roll”, “The Power of Love”, “Stuck with You”).
Album(s):
Sports (1983)
The DMDB Blog:
Huey Lewis & the News’ Sports Hits #1: June 30, 1984 (6/30/11)
Born: 9/29/1935 in Ferriday, LA
Early rock and roll singer and pianist. Played piano since age 9, professionally since age 15. Nicknamed "The Killer." First recorded for Sun in 1956. Appeared in the movie Jamboree! in 1957. Career waned in 1958 after marriage to 13-year old cousin, Myra Gale Brown, daughter of his bass player. Made comeback in country music in 1968. Charted 65 country hits, 1957-89. Cousin to country singer Mickey Gilley and TV evangelist Jimmy Swaggart.
Song(s):
Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On (1957)
Great Balls of Fire (1957)
Album(s):
Live at the Star Club, Hamburg (live, 1964)
Leona Lewis
Song(s):
Bleeding Love (2007)
Ramsey Lewis Trio
Song(s):
The In Crowd (1965)
Sam Lewis
Born: Theodore Friedman on 6/6/1892 Died: 8/25/1971
Colorful, long-popular bandleader, clarinetist, singer, and sometimes songwriter (his theme “When My Baby Smiles at Me”) whose showmanship was honed during early years in vaudeville. His famous slogan was “Is everybody happy?”
Song(s):
When My Baby Smiles at Me (1920)
Some of These Days (with Sophie Tucker, 1927)
On the Sunny Side of the Street (1930)
In a Shanty in Old Shanty Town (1932)
Born: 11/24/1956 in Omaha, NE Died:
R&B songwriter.
Born: Wladziu Valentino Liberace on 5/16/1919 in West Allis, WI Died: 2/4/1987
Hungarian-American pianist known for his flamboyancy.
The Libertines
Song(s):
Time for Heroes (2002)
Up the Bracket (2002)
Can’t Stand Me Now (2004)
Album(s):
Up the Bracket (2002)
Liberty X
Song(s):
Just a Little (2002)
Jaki Liebezeit
Lifehouse
Song(s):
Hanging by a Moment (2000)
Alex Lifeson
Enoch Light with Terry Snyder & the All-Stars
Album(s):
Persuasive Percussion (1960)
About: Singer/songwriter. “Among his best known work are songs “Sundown,” “If You Could Read My Mind,” and “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.” He has also had songs recorded by Bob Dylan, Elvis Presley, Sarah McLachlan, Barbra Streisand, Peter Paul & Mary, Harry Belafonte, Jane’s Addiction, Richie Havens, Glen Campbell, Toby Keith, Anne Murray, Nana Mouskouri and George Hamilton IV. SH Five Grammy nominations. 17 seventeen Juno Awards in his native Canada. Inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame.
The Lightning Seeds
Song(s):
Three Lions (Baddiel & Skinner with the Lightning Seeds, 1996)
Born: Jonathan Mortimer Smith on 1/27/1971 Died: --
American rap singer.
Song(s):
Get Low (with the East Side Boyz & Ying Yang Twins, 2003)
Yeah! (Usher with Lil’ Jon & Ludacris, 2004)
Shots (LMFAO with Lil’ Jon, 2009)
Born: 9/27/1979 in New Orleans
Rapper.
Song(s):
Georgia Bush (2006)
Lollipop (with Static Major, 2008)
Down (Jay Sean with Lil Wayne, 2009)
No Love (Eminem with Lil Wayne, 2010)
Drop the World (Lil Wayne with Eminem, 2010)
Look at Me Now (with Chris Brown & Busta Rhymes, 2011)
Mirror (Lil Wayne with Bruno Mars, 2011)
I’m into You (Jennifer Lopez with Lil Wayne, 2011)
Album(s):
Tha Carter III (2008)
Limp Bizkit
Album(s):
Significant Other (1999)
Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water (2000)
Solomon Linda & the Evening Birds
Song(s):
Mbube (1939)
Linkin Park
Song(s):
In the End (2001)
Album(s):
Hybrid Theory (2000)
Meteora (2003)
Lipps Inc.
Song(s):
Funkytown (1980)
Born: 10/22/1811 in Hungary Died: 7/31/1886
Classical composer, pianist, and teacher known for his rhapsodies.
Album(s):
Piano Sonata in B Minor (1853)
Born: 1/8/1940 Died: --
American R&B/doo-wop singer.
Little Eva
Song(s):
The Loco-Motion (written by Carole King & Gerry Goffin, 1962)
Little Feat
Song(s):
Dixie Chicken (1978)
Album(s):
Waiting for Columbus (live, 1978)
Little Jack Little
Song(s):
I'm in the Mood for Love (1935)
Born: James Milton Campbell, Jr. on 9/7/1934 in Inverness, Mississippi Died: 8/4/2005
Blues singer and guitarist.
Born: Richard Wayne Penniman on 12/5/1932 in Macon, GA
R&B/early rock singer and pianist. One of the key figures in the transition from R&B to rock and roll. Talent contest win led to first recordings for RCA Victor in 1951. Worked with the Tempo Toppers from 1953-55. Appeared in three early rock and roll movies: Don’t Knock the Rock, The Girl Can’t Help It, and Mister Rock ‘n Roll; also in the 1986 comedy Down and Out in Beverly Hills. Earned theology degree in 1961 and was ordained a minister. Left R&B for gospel music, 1959-62, and again in the mid-‘70s.
Song(s):
Tutti Frutti (1955)
Long Tall Sally (1956)
Lucille (1957)
Good Golly Miss Molly (1958)
Album(s):
Here’s Little Richard! (1957)
Grooviest 17 Original Hits! (1955-59) G
The Georgia Peach (1955-59) G
18 Greatest Hits (1985) G
Live
Song(s):
I Alone (1994)
Lightning Crashes (1995)
Album(s):
Mental Jewelry (1991)
Throwing Copper (1994)
Jay Livingston
Jerry Livingston
Born: James Todd Smith on 1/14/1968 Died: --
Rap singer.
Song(s):
I Can’t Live without My Radio (1985)
Rock the Bells (1986)
I Need Love (1987)
Goin’ Back to Cali (1988)
Mama Said Knock You Out (1991)
Album(s):
Radio (produced by Rick Rubin, 1985)
Mama Said Knock You Out (1990)
LMFAO
Song(s):
Shots (LMFAO with Lil’ Jon, 2009)
Party Rock Anthem (with Lauren Bennett & GoonRock, 2011)
Sexy and I Know It (2011)
Champagne Showers (with Natalia Kills, 2011)
Sorry for Party Rocking (2011)
The DMDB Blog:
LMFAO’s “Party Rock Anthem” logs its 29th week in the top 10: January 21, 2012 (1/21/12)
Hank Locklin
Song(s):
Please Help Me, I’m Falling (1960)
Born: 3/27/1915 in Turkey Scratch, AR Died: 11/21/2006
Blues guitarist.
Born: 6/29/1910 in New York City, NY Died: 7/28/1969
Musical theater composer.
Album(s):
Guys and Dolls (1950) cast
Born: 6/10/1904 Died: 2/14/1988
Musical theater composer.
Album(s):
Brigadoon (with Alan Jay Lerner, 1947) cast
My Fair Lady (with Alan Jay Lerner, 1956/1964) cast/ST
Gigi (with Alan Jay Lerner, 1958) ST
Camelot (with Alan Jay Lerner, 1960) cast
The DMDB Blog:
My Fair Lady Goes to #1: July 14, 1956 (7/14/11)
My Fair Lady opened on Broadway: March 15, 1956 (3/15/12)
Born: 1/7/1948 Died: --
Pop-rock singer/songwriter with Loggins & Messina and then a solo act.
Song(s):
Footloose (1984)
About: American folklorist and ethnomusicologist known for collecting field recordings of folk music. He and his father, John Lomax, recorded Muddy Waters, Leadbelly, and Woody Guthrie and exposed them to a greater audience.
Born: 1/31/1915 Died: 7/19/2002
Album(s):
Alan Lomax Collection Sampler (1997)
The DMDB Blog:
Alan Lomax Sets Out on His First Field Recordings: July 5, 1933 (7/5/11)
Born: 9/23/1867 in Goodman, Mississippi Died: 1/26/1948
American teacher, pioneering musicologist, and folklorist. Embarked on a expedition with his son, Alan Lomax, in 1933 to make field recordings for the Library of Congress.
Carmen Lombardo
Song(s):
How Deep Is the Ocean? (written by Irving Berlin) (with Guy Lombardo, 1932)
Stars Fell on Alabama (with Guy Lombardo, 1934)
Dave Lombardo
About: The man who became leader of the only dance band ever to sell more than 100 million records. The Lombardo brothers formed their band in 1925 with Guy as leader and Carmen as lead saxophonist and singer. By decade’s end, “The Sweetest Music This Side of Heaven” had settled in for a long stay as one of America’s favorites. It was Guy’s annual New Year’s Eve broadcasts, always climaxed by his theme “Auld Lang Syne” that made him most familiar to modern audiences. Nearly all 1927-40 vocals by Carmen Lombardo.
Born: 6/19/1902 in London, Ontario, Canada Died: 11/5/1977
Song(s):
Charmaine! (with Weston Vaughan, 1927)
How Deep Is the Ocean? (written by Irving Berlin; performed with Carmen Lombardo, 1932)
You’re Getting to Be a Habit with Me (with Bing Crosby, 1933)
Stars Fell on Alabama (with Carmen Lombardo, 1934)
Winter Wonderland (1934)
The Third Man Theme (1950)
Julie London
Song(s):
Cry Me a River (1955)
Lonestar
Song(s):
Amazed (1999)
Hubert Long
Israel “Cachao” López
Born: 7/24/1969 Died:
American Latin-pop singer and actress. Later a judge on TV talent show American Idol.
Song(s):
On the Floor (Jennifer Lopez with Pitbull, 2011)
I’m into You (Jennifer Lopez with Lil Wayne, 2011)
Dance Again (Jennifer Lopez with Pitbull, 2012)
Follow the Leader (Wisin & Yandel with Jennifer Lopez, 2012)
Born: 12/30/1895 Died: 9/20/1975
American jazz/big band leader.
Song(s):
Always (written by Irving Berlin, 1926)
Show Me the Way to Go Home (1926)
Los Del Rio
Song(s):
Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix) (1995)
Los Lobos
Song(s):
La Bamba (1987)
Los Panchos
Album(s):
Mexicantos (1945)
Los Tigres Del Norte
The Louvin Brothers
Album(s):
Da Capo (1967)
Forever Changes (1967)
Lead singer of Hole. Married Kurt Cobain.
Born: Darlene Wright on 7/26/1938 Died: --
American pop/R&B singer who sang “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)” and also fronted the Crystals (actually the Blossoms) on “He’s a Rebel” and Bob B. Soxx & the Blues Jeans on “Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah.”
Monie Love
Song(s):
Ladies First (with Queen Latifah, 1990)
Born: 1/4/1957 Died: --
Country singer.
Born: 11/1/1957
American alt-country singer/songwriter.
Song(s):
Step Inside This House (1998)
Album(s):
Pontiac (1987)
Lyle Lovett and His Large Band (1989)
Joshua Judges Ruth (1992)
I Love Everybody (1994)
Lovin' Spoonful
Song(s):
Do You Believe in Magic? (1965)
Summer in the City (1966)
Jim Lowe
Norman Luboff
Nick Lucas
Song(s):
Tip-Toe Thru the Tulips with Me (1929)
Lucenzo
Song(s):
Danza Kuduro (Don Omar with Lucenzo, 2011)
Born: 9/11/1977 Died:
American rap singer.
Song(s):
Yeah! (Usher with Lil’ Jon & Ludacris, 2004)
Money Maker (with Pharrell Williams, 2006)
Baby (with Justin Bieber, 2010)
Little Bad Girl (David Guetta with Taio Cruz & Ludacris, 2011)
Born: Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie on 11/3/1948
Scottish singer.
Song(s):
To Sir with Love (1967)
Born: 6/6/1902 Died: 7/12/1947
Jazz/big band leader.
Song(s):
For Dancers Only (1937)
Art Lund
Luniz
Song(s):
I Got 5 on It (1995)
Nellie Lutcher
Frank Luther
L.V.
Song(s):
Gangsta’s Paradise (Coolio with L.V., 1995)
Born: 1/31/1956 Died: --
Punk rock singer/songwriter with the Sex Pistols and Public Image Ltd.
Born: 9/30/1942 Died: 2/27/1968 of a drug overdose
Other Members: Herman Santiago and Jimmy Merchant (tenors), Joe Negroni (baritone; died 9/5/1978 at age 37) and Sherman Garnes (bass; died 2/26/1977 at age 36).
Doo-wop group from the Bronx, NY. Appeared in the movies Rock, Rock, Rock and Mister Rock ‘n’ Roll.
Song(s):
Why Do Fools Fall in Love (1956)
I’m Not a Juvenile Delinquent (1956)
Barbara Lynn
Gloria Lynn
Born: 4/14/1935 Died: --
American country singer/songwriter.
Song(s):
Coal Miner's Daughter (1970)
Portland, Oregon (with Jack White, 2004)
Album(s):
Van Lear Rose (2004)
Vera Lynn
Song(s):
Auf Wiederseh’n, Sweetheart (1952)
About: Rock singer/songwriter with Electric Light Orchestra and Traveling Wilburys. Also a producer.
Born: 8/20/1949 Died: 1/4/1986
Irish rock singer and bassist with Thin Lizzy.
Southern-rock group formed in Jacksonville, FL. Named after founding members’ junior high school gym teacher, Leonard Skinner. Ronnie Van Zant, Steve Gaines, and Cassie Gaines died in a plane crash on 10/20/77. Rossington, Collins, Powell, and Wikeson formed the Rossington Collins Band in 1979. Band reformed in 1991 with Ronnie’s younger brother Johnny stepping into the lead role.
Active: 1965-77, 1991- Members: Ronnie Van Zant (v: 65-77), Gary Rossington (g: 65-77,91-), Allen Collins (g: 65-77), Larry Junstrom (b: 65-71, .38 Special), Bob Burns (d: 65-71, 72-75), Billy Powell (k: 71-78,91; Rossington Collins Band: 79-82), Greg Walker (b: 71-72, Blackfoot), Rick Medlocke (d: 71, v – Blackfoot), Leon Wilkeson (b: 72-73,91-01; Rossington Collins Band: 79-82), Ed King (b – Strawberry Alarm Clock; b/g: 73-76; 91-), Artimus Pyle (d: 75-77; 91-93), Steve Gaines (g: 76-77), Cassie Gaines (backing vox), Johnny Van Zant (v: 87-), Randall Hall (g: 91-), Custer (d: 91-94), Mike Estes (d: 93-), Owen Hale (d: 94-).
Song(s):
Sweet Home Alabama (1974)
Free Bird (1974)
Album(s):
Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd (1973)
Second Helping (1974)
Street Survivors (1977)
The DMDB Blog:
Lynyrd Skynyrd members died in a plane crash: October 20, 1977 (10/20/11)
Lyric Quartet
Song(s):
Down Among the Sheltering Palms (1915)
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