Singer of "It's Raining Men" Dies
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Izora Rhodes Armstead, one of the Weather Girls who sang the hit 1980's song "It's Raining Men" died September 16th of a heart failure in San Leandro, a city east of San Francisco. Along with singer Martha Wash, she created three albums as the W...
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Grammy Award-winner Freddie Perren, who produced records for Gloria Gaynor, the Jackson 5 and the "Saturday Night Fever" album, has died. He was 61.
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Country and Western singer Jerry  Scoggins, whose baritone rendition of the theme song of "The  Beverly Hillbillies" became one of television's favorite tunes,  has died in Los Angeles at age 93, his family said on Thursday.
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Acclaimed singer Robert Merrill, the opera baritone who felt equally comfortable on opening night at the Metropolitan Opera House or opening day at Yankee Stadium, has died. He was 85.
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Frankie Laine, the big-voiced singer whose string of hits made him one of the most popular entertainers in the 1950s, died Tuesday. He was 93.
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John Stewart, who wrote the Monkees hit Daydream Believer and was in folk group The Kingston Trio, dies.
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NEW YORK -- Fred Ebb, who lyricist for such hit Broadway musicals as &quot;Chicago&quot; and &quot;Cabaret&quot; and the big-city anthem &quot;New York, New York,&quot; has died of a heart attack.
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US musician Danny Flores, who wrote and sang the 1950s hit song Tequila!, has died at the age of 77.
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US musician who was married to Tina Turner has died at his home in San Marcos, California
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The popular comedian of yesteryears had been suffering from breathing problems for the last several days. He passed away on February 13 in Mumbai.
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US pop star Laura Branigan, who had hits with Gloria and Self Control in the 1980s, dies unexpectedly in her sleep.
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Rod Allen, lead singer of the Fortunes, dies aged 63 after battling liver cancer, it has been announced.
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Hank Medress, the vocalist on The Tokens' hit The Lion Sleeps Tonight, dies of lung cancer at the age of 68.
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Elvis Presley's backing singer Solomon King, who sang with him in The Jordanaires, dies in the US aged 73
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THE legendary country music guitarist Hank Garland, who recorded with Elvis Presley, Patsy Cline and Roy Orbison, has died in Florida, US media reported today.
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Fred Ebb, who wrote the lyrics to  Broadway musical hits including "Cabaret" and "Chicago" and the  words to the Big Apple anthem, "New York, New York," died on  Saturday after a heart attack, his agent said.
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Songwriter Ben Weisman, who helped compose almost 60 songs for Elvis Presley, dies at the age of 85.