Angus Young has lost two brothers in a month
Sad that David Cassidy and Malcolm Young died of the same thing - complications of dementia.
Keely Smith who had a hit with Louis Prima in 1958 and their cover of "That Old Black Magic" passed away at the age of 89.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/keely-smith-dead-jazz-pop-singer-frequent-louis-prima-collaborator-was-89-1068774 Last edited: 18/12/2017 23:33 Edwin Hawkins has also passed away today.
I love The Cranberries. So young and so sad especially as she leaves 3 kids. RIP.
Also from Chairmen of the Board co-founder Danny Woods at 73. There only chart entry here was the song "Give Me Just a Little More Time" in 1970 (later covered by Kylie Minogue.
http://www.noise11.com/news/r-i-p-danny-woods-of-chairman-of-the-board-1944-2018-20180115 Also my Cranberries singer passing article with Oz chartifacts too.
http://www.monashhq.com.au/cranberries-singer-passes/ It was pretty tough hearing about Dolores' passing. The Cranberries were a big part of my late teens.
Here's my top 5 singles by The Cranberries:
1. Zombie (1994)
2. Ode to My Family (1995)
3. Linger (1993)
4. Salvation (1996)
5. Dreams (1994)
R.I.P.
Jim Rodford , founding member of Argent, and bassist of The Kinks and The Zombies has died, aged 76.
http://time.com/5111689/jim-rodford-dies/ Last edited: 22/01/2018 23:11 Mark Salling, formerly of Glee has been found dead - of an apparent suicide - at the age of 35.
Social media has turned quite hostile over this one - as the circumstances are quite ugly. I'm not going to make any comment.
http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/glee-star-mark-salling-found-dead-at-35-20180130-h0qwuk.html Jóhann Jóhannsson, film composer best known for his work with Denis Villeneuve and on The Theory of Everything, passed away at 48 years old.
http://deadline.com/2018/02/johann-johannsson-dies-obituary-the-theory-of-everything-composer-1202284591/ I love Jeff's recording of "Fool In Love", along with the ID singles.
Ken Dodd at the age of 90.
http://www.noise11.com/news/r-i-p-ken-dodd-1928-2018-20180313 He had a Top 10 hit here in 1965 with "Tears".
That is horrible news. I liked most of his music too and seen him perform a number of times.
R.I.P.
That's sad and unexpected news
28 is way too young! Really sad news
wow, I have no words, how incredibly sad for someone whose life is really only beginning
Devastated.
I'm finding the news particularly tough too. Gone far too soon.
Shocking news to hear this morning, RIP Avicii. Far too young
Way too young to die. Rest in peace
Avicii's family has just released a statement about his death. It's really sad.
https://www.msn.com/en-au/entertainment/music/aviciis-family-has-implied-his-death-was-a-suicide-saying-he-could-not-go-on-any-longer/ar-AAwnPpy?li=AAgfYrC Please call Lifeline on 13 11 14 if you ever need somebody to talk to. It can be a life-saver (speaking from personal experience).
Wow, the worse possible way he could've died. So sad to see someone take their own life
Well damn, especially with him being the same age as me and all.
Four months later and I'm still heartbroken over Dolores O'Riordan. One of my favorite singers ever. RIP
Lead singer of Scottish band Frightened Rabbit Scott Hutchinson has died aged just 36. RIP
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-44079462 Damn. They are one of my favourite bands and have charted many songs on my personal charts.
American rapper XXXTentacion has died at the age of 20.
https://pitchfork.com/news/xxxtentacion-shot-dead-at-20/ wow
Rip
Sad! news.
For all the metal heads out there, the king of skins and legendary Pantera drummer Vinnie Paul has passed away at age 54
https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/obituary/8462386/vinnie-paul-dead-pantera-damageplan-hellyeah Huge legend - just listening to a lot of her songs today and remembering how many are jams. Particularly love that late 60s early 70s period. Such beautiful, timeless songs. R.I.P.
RIP
Ed King, member of Lyryrd Skynyrd, and songwriter of Sweet Home Alabama, of cancer.
He was also a member of 60s psychedelic group Strawberry Alarm Clock.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/ed-king-former-lynyrd-skynyrd-guitarist-and-songwriter-dies-at-age-68 RIP
French veteran singer
Charles Aznavour has died, aged 94.
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-45709214 Australian Charted Singles:
1973 "The Old Fashioned Way" #24
1974 "She" #32
American singer
Bernadette Carroll , formerly of '60s girl-group The Angels has died, aged 74.
The Angels AMR discography:
1963 "My Boyfriend's Back" #29
Conductor and Music Educator Richard Gill has died after a year long battle with cancer. He was 76.
Zac Denton , drummer for The Ocean Party had died, aged 24, from complications relating to a brain cyst.
Too young
Joshua Fauver , former bassist for Deerhunter has died, aged 39.
Lead singer and founding member of Buzzcocks Pete Shelley has died aged 63. Suspected heart attack.
The news of my longtime friend Craig Blair's passing yesterday at only 54 was to say the least a shock to me and my partner, having known Craig since the late 1980's when he and I became fast chart-friends and then eventual best friends, both excelling in our music knowledge and chart histories, for which I will be truly grateful for.
I don't think anyone minds the slight tangent in cases like this, very sorry for your loss bulion
Condolences mate, Losing a friend sucks. Stay strong.
RIP
I'm very saddened to hear of your loss
Bulion
So sorry to hear bulion. My thoughts are with you mate. Condolences to you and your family and friends.
Ray Sawyer, vocalist from popular '70s/'80s rock band
Dr. Hook has died aged 81. My Mum was devastated
RIP.
Dr. Hook discography:
"Sylvia's Mother" #1 May 1972
"The Cover of 'Rolling Stone'" #32 January 1973
"Only Sixteen/The Millionaire" #8 January 1976
"A Little Bit More" #10 August 1976
"If Not You" #69 February 1977
"Walk Right In" #1 May 1977
"What A Way Do Go/Who Dat" #41 September 1977
"More Like The Movies" #93 June 1978
"Sharing The Night Together" #10 October 1978
"When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman" #20 June 1979
"Better Love Next Time" #24 December 1979
"Sexy Eyes" #41 March 1980
"Years From Now" #72 October 1980
"Girls Can Get It" #3 January 1981
"The Wild Colonial Boy" #4 March 1981
"Baby Makes Her Blue Jeans Talk" #11 May 1982
Ray Sawyer solo chart entries:
LOC Entry Date HP WI Titles
AMR 17-Jan-77 49 13 (One More Year of) Daddy's Little Girl
ADE 24-Dec-76 1x2 15 (One More Year of) Daddy's Little Girl
HOB 16-Jun-77 24 11 Love Ain't the Question (Love Ain't the Answer)
AMR = Australian Music Report, ADE = Adelaide, HOB = Hobart
Goodbye to Marmalade lead singer Dean Ford at 72.
http://www.noise11.com/news/dean-ford-of-scottish-band-marmalade-dies-aged-72-20190102?fbclid=IwAR0OBH6te9xorXKP19fT_jLRLiF1HLYPvTfXVldQSvFDznLFMflttAJfTfs LOC Entry Date HP WI Titles
AMR 07-Sep-68 69 7 Lovin' Things
ADE 31-Aug-68 8 11 Lovin' Things
AMR 04-Jan-69 76 4 Wait for Me Mary Anne
ADE 21-Dec-68 10 10 Wait for Me Mary Anne
AMR 18-Jan-69 21 16 Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da
GoS 01-Feb-69 18 10 Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da
SYD 07-Feb-69 1x8 24 Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da (= with The Beatles)
MEL 18-Jan-69 17 6 Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da (= with The Bedrocks/Chris Shakespeare)
BRS 25-Jan-69 4 9 Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da (= with The Bedrocks/Arthur Conley)
ADE 18-Jan-69 1x6 19 Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da (= with The Beatles)
PER 17-Jan-69 2x3 14 Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da (= with Arthur Conley)
HOB 22-Jan-69 1x3 20 Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da (= with all four above mentioned)
AMR 02-Mar-70 47 8 Reflections of My Life
ADE 20-Feb-70 1x2 12 Reflections of My Life
HOB 25-Feb-70 12 8 Reflections of My Life
AMR 25-Oct-71 61 17 Cousin Norman
BRS 19-Nov-71 3 15 Cousin Norman
ADE 15-Oct-71 6 7 Cousin Norman
HOB 25-Nov-71 33 5 Cousin Norman
AMR 05-Jun-72 70 10 Radancer
ADE 26-May-72 4 11 Radancer
PER 02-Jun-72 42 2 Radancer
AMR 16-Aug-76 89 6a Falling Apart at the Seams
HOB 15-July-76 6 17 Falling Apart at the Seams
Last edited: 03/01/2019 03:20 Jimmy Hannan passed at the age of 84.
http://www.noise11.com/news/australian-pop-television-legend-jimmy-hannan-dies-at-age-84-20190108 LOC Entry Date HP WI Titles
AMR 17-May-52 20 1 Detour (Les Welch & His Orch. feat...)
AMR 14-Dec-63 22x2 17 Beach Ball
SYD 13-Dec-63 3 17 "
BRS 25-Jan-64 8 12 "
AMR 21-Mar-64 50 12 Hokey Pokey Stomp / You Make Me Happy
SYD 20-Mar-64 17 13 " / "
BRS 11-Apr-64 14 8 " / "
HOB 27-Mar-64 48 2 "
AMR 19-Dec-64 90 3 Come out Dancin'
MEL 26-Dec-64 42 4 "
BRS 09-Jan-65 36 2 "
AMR 27-Apr-70 49 13 Curly / Sheila Ann
GoS 25-May-70 35 2 "
MEL 09-May-70 28 11 " / "
BRS 16-May-70 13 11 "
HOB 13-May-70 11 12 "
HOB 05-Nov-70 27 6 Thanks
HOB 13-Jan-72 22 8 Love is for the Two of us (with Liv Maessen)
AMR 22-Sep-75 48 7 Chang the Magic Dragon
SYD 26-Sep-75 34 4 "
Last edited: 09/01/2019 00:11 After a 6-month battle with pancreatic cancer, Australian blues musician Chris Wilson has died, aged 62.
American singer-songwriter and 2-time Grammy Award winner
James Ingram has died of brain cancer, aged 66.
James Ingram singles discography:
1983 "Baby, Come To Me" (with Patti Austin) #38
1984 "What About Me" (with Kenny Rogers and Kim Carnes) #49
1987 "Somewhere Out There" (with Linda Ronstadt) #31
1987 "Better Way" #98
1991 "I Don't Have The Heart" #78
Last edited: 30/01/2019 01:24 New Zealand guitarist Peter Posa at the age of 77.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/110347693/the-end-of-an-era-legendary-nz-guitarist-peter-posa-dies-aged-78?fbclid=IwAR10MKIgFpnypSlz7xAAn6VpBBdbcV5H91GZossZIgwBIUV31acAwK8Ke5w Entry Date HP WI Title
16-Nov-63 19x2 19 The White Rabbit
check out the New Zealand charts.com site for more of hits in that country including at No.1 album this century.
Talk Talk Oz Discography:
Entry Date LOC HP WI Titles
21-Jun-92 AMR 33 19 Talk Talk
09-July-82 SYD 46 8 Talk Talk
04-Sep-82 MEL 15 8 Talk Talk
18-Jun-82 PER 38 7 Talk Talk
21-May-84 AMR 73 10 It's My Life
20-July-84 SYD 63 1 It's My Life
21-May-84 BRS 25 8 It's My Life
07-Sep-84 PER 47 2 It's My Life
17-Mar-86 AMR 70 9 Life's What You Make it
04-Apr-86 PER 30 8 Life's What You Make it
RIP Keith Flint. Sad day
Prodigy were amazing. I saw them live four times and still one of the best live shows I have been to. Big loss and he sure will be seen as an iconic artist. I teach a unit about how music changes over the decades and has an influence in our lives and the Prodigy is an artist I use for the 90's and the kids enjoy watching him.
RIP
Entry Date LOC HP WI Titles
19-Jun-94 ARIA 45 16 No Good (Start the Dance)
25-July-94 SYD 37 7 "
25-July-94 BRS 44 1 "
22-Aug-94 ADE 33 3 "
26-Jun-94 PER 24 13 " They mostly perform better in Perth than any other city
09-Oct-94 ARIA 24 23 Voodoo People
10-Oct-94 SYD 19 19 "
10-Oct-94 BRS 18 20 "
10-Oct-94 ADE 6 18 "
02-Oct-94 PER 5 24 "
28-May-95 ARIA 64 8 Poison
29-May-95 BRS 34 3 "
19-Jun-95 ADE 40 1 "
04-Jun-95 PER 35 4 "
14-Apr-96 ARIA 22 15 Firestarter
29-Apr-96 SYD 29 8 "
29-Apr-96 MEL 22 8 " (first charted T50 song in Melbourne)
22-Apr-96 BRS 14 10 "
22-Apr-96 ADE 14 11 "
14-Apr-96 PER 7 12 "
08-Dec-96 ARIA 2 42a Breathe
09-Dec-96 SYD 4 35 "
09-Dec-96 MEL 4 36 "
09-Dec-96 BRS 2 36 "
09-Dec-96 ADE 1x1 39 "
08-Dec-96 PER 1x1 38 "
21-Dec-97 ARIA 43 11 Smack My Bitch Up
15-Dec-97 MEL 33 7 "
22-Dec-97 BRS 38 3 "
22-Dec-97 ADE 22 8 "
21-Dec-97 PER 22 11 "
22-July-02 ARIA 36 9 Baby's Got a Temper
22-July-02 SYD 41 1 "
22-July-02 MEL 30 4 "
22-July-02 BRS 26 1 "
22-July-02 ADE 37 3 "
14-Nov-05 ARIA 79 9a Voodoo People (Pendulum Remix)
02-Mar-09 ARIA 58 4 Invaders Must Die
09-Mar-09 ARIA 83 1 Omen (edit)
Last edited: 05/03/2019 07:44 Dick Dale, 50's & 60's guitarist extraordinaire passes at the age of 81.
http://www.noise11.com/news/guitar-legend-dick-dale-dies-at-age-81-20190318 Entry Date LOC HP WI Titles
13-Sep-63 HOB 22 8 Surfin' and A'Swingin'
16-Nov-63 AMR 93 2 The Scavenger
16-Nov-63 MEL 47 2 The Scavenger
Misirlou is so great, RIP Dick Dale
Scott Walker at the age of 76.
http://www.noise11.com/news/scott-walker-of-the-walker-brothers-dies-at-age-76-20190326 Entry Date LOC HP WI Titles
24-Oct-59 AMR 86 5 I Don't Want to Know (as Scott Engel)
25-Oct-59 HOB 25 5 I Don't Want to Know
06-July-68 AMR 38 9 Joanna
28-Jun-68 SYD 21 10 Joanna
of course he had more hits in the group The Walker Brothers, their biggest being "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore" (HP-22 from April 1966).
Last edited: 26/03/2019 02:34 Ranking Roger of The Beat died yesterday. I only just took his latest song out of my weekly chart last week.
Seattle singer Shawn Smith who was in the band
Brad with Pearl Jam's Stone Gossard has passed away aged 53 after complications with diabetes.
Reportedly passing away on April 5th, a date that has become synonymous with Seattle’s music scene – and not in a good way – Smith’s death shares its date with the death of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain, who passed away April 5 1994, and Alice in Chains singer Layne Staley, who died April 5 2002.
Read more at
https://www.nme.com/news/music/singer-seattle-alt-rock-band-brad-shawn-smith-died-2473480#ZVZRdToxqTMBeIEm.99 Last edited: 07/04/2019 13:47 Add a message (*=mandatory field)
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