Lenesha Randolph: “Take My Hand. Precious Lord” Randolph, who performs with her brother Robert Randolph’s band, provides the voice of Mahalia Jackson, who famously sang the Thomas Dorsey gospel classic at Martin Luther King Jr.’s funeral (it was his favorite song), an event portrayed ...
She also sang many modern Bengali songs, both in the film and non-film genre. Birthplace: Bangladesh, Faridpur District William Foulke Dec. at 42 (1874-1916) William Henry "Fatty" Foulke (12 April 1874 – 1 May 1916; sometimes spelled Foulk, Foulkes) was a professional cricketer and ...
Though she sang gospel in church and worked as a backup singer, her career did not take off until she was 40, with the release of a single, “Damn It’s Hot.” As she sang on “I’m Still Here,” despite her show-stopping talent, she was continuously turned down by music executive...
On Friday nights there were what were called ‘sessions’ at the Lemon Squeezer in Victory Park. A band called The Staccatos sang ‘Cry to me’ and the Peanut Butter Conspiracy closed the evening with ‘In the Midnight Hour.” Eventually my mother gave up trying to stop me listening to p...
Robert John sang "Sad Eyes". Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Robert John, the singer behind the Grammy-nominated 1979 song "Sad Eyes" died Feb. 24, his son Michael Pedrick confirmed toRolling Stone. John was 79. Pedrick said his father had still been recovering from a stroke he had a few...
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Judith Durham, the Australian folk-music icon who sang lead on the Oscar-nominated single "Georgy Girl" with the Seekers, has died at the age of 79. Durham died Friday at Alfred Hospital in Melbourne as a result of complications from a long-standing chronic lung disease, according to a ...
He sang on four Skid Row albums during his tenure with the group. 18 of 99 John Langley John Langley. Todd Oren/Getty Langley, best known for his creation of the hit series Cops, died on June 26 due to a heart attack. He was 78 years old. TMZ confirmed that Langley was compe...
Nick in “Santa Claus: The Movie,” and the mayor in Mel Brooks’ “Blazing Saddles.” In a 2014 interview Huddleston told the Santa Fe New Mexican that he’d originally turned down the role in “Blazing Saddles” because he only had a few lines. Brooks then called the actor directly,...