Willie Tee, New Orleans Musical Innovator, Dies at 63
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Wilson Turbinton, known as Willie Tee, was a New Orleans keyboardist, singer, songwriter and producer.
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American opera singer Jerry Hadley dies at the age of 55, eight days after an apparent suicide attempt.
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The American singer Frankie Laine, who sang the theme to the TV show Rawhide, dies, aged 93.
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Guitarist Hank Garland, who worked with Elvis Presley and Roy Orbison, dies at the age of 74.
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Johnny Ramone, the lead guitarist with influential U.S. punk rock band the Ramones, died on Wednesday after a five-year battle with prostate cancer, a long-time associate told Reuters.
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Organist Jimmy Smith, who helped  change the sound of jazz by almost single-handedly introducing  the soulful electric riffs of the Hammond B-3 organ, has died  at age 79 at his home in Scottsdale, Arizona, his record label  said on Wednesday.
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The founder of the legendary Bowery punk-rock club died on Tuesday from lung cancer. He was 75.
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Soul star Ike Turner, former husband and musical partner of Tina Turner, dies at the age of 76.
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Friends and family gathered at a church in Harlem, New York, to remember rapper ODB (Ol&#39;Dirty Bastard) on Wednesday. The 35-year-old collapsed and died at a Manhattan recording studio on Sunday after complaining of chest pains.
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Bandleader and clarinetist Artie  Shaw, famed for his recording of "Begin the Beguine" and one of  the giants of the swing era of jazz, died on Thursday at age  94, his manager Will Curtis said.
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Etta Baker, an influential blues guitarist who recorded with Taj Mahal and was awarded by the National Endowment for the Arts, has died, her family said. She was 93.
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Johnny Ramone, the lead guitarist  with influential U.S. punk rock band the Ramones, died on  Wednesday after a five-year battle with prostate cancer, a  long-time associate told Reuters.
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LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Songwriter Billy Davis, who wrote  a number of R&B hits and was part of the creative team behind a  landmark campaign for Coca-Cola, has died.
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One of the most famous American band leaders of the swing era, clarinettist Artie Shaw, dies aged 94.
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Joe Hunter, Motown's first bandleader and a three-time Grammy winner with the Funk Brothers, has died. He was 79.
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ORANGE PARK, FLA. - Hank Garland, a guitarist who played country, rock and jazz with a range of musicians that included Elvis Presley and Charlie Parker, died Monday.
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Carl Wayne, the lead singer of influential 1960s pop group the Move, dies at the age of 61 after battling cancer.