Fred Hess was born on September 3, 1944, Abington, Pennsylvania and died on October 26, 2018. He was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. He grew up in New Jersey and studied at Trenton State College. Hess’s early experiences include studies with saxophonist Phil Woods, a stint with bandleader Fred Waring, and composing music for the ..
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Enrico de Jesus Puno was born on February 13, 1953, in Manila and died on October 30, 2018. He was better known as Rico J. Puno. He was a Filipino singer, comedian, actor and television host. Rico J. Puno was credited as a pioneer-promoter of original Filipino music. Puno started the trend of incorporating Tagalog ..
Elder Roma Wilson was born on December 22, 1910, in Hickory Flat, Mississippi, United States and died on October 25, 2018. He was an American gospel harmonica player and singer. He served as a clergyman, Wilson discovered he had a degree of notability later in his life, having previously been unaware of interest in his ..
Cornelius “Sonny” Fortune was born on May 19, 1939, and died on October 25, 2018. He was an American jazz saxophonist. Fortune played soprano, alto, tenor, and baritone saxophones, clarinet, and woodwind. In the wake of moving to New York City in 1967, Fortune recorded and seemed live with drummer Elvin Jones’ gathering. During 1968, ..
Frederick Segrest was born on December 21, 1926, and died on October 27, 2018. He was known professionally as Freddie Hart. He was an American country musician and songwriter. Freddie Hart was popular for his chart-topping country song and lone pop hit “Easy Loving,” which won the Country Music Association Song of the Year award ..
Richard James Gill was born on November 4, 1941, and died on October 28, 2018. He was an Australian conductor of choral, orchestral and operatic works. Gill was known as a music educator and for his advocacy for music education of children. He was brought up in the Sydney suburb of Eastwood where he went ..
Theodore Jones was born on September 19, 1984, in New Orleans and died on October 29, 2018. He was better known by his stage name Young Greatness. Greatness was an American rapper from New Orleans. He was popular for his 2015 single “Moolah”, which peaked at number 85 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Young ..
Charles Dee “Hurl” Wilson was born on July 31, 1948, in Wichita Falls, Texas and died on October 17, 2018. He was an American jazz alto saxophonist. He started playing saxophone at age 11 and drove his very own trio while still in secondary school. Wilson went to North Texas State University and has since ..
Todd ‘Youth’ Schofield was born on May 15, 1971, and died on October 27, 2018. He was an American guitarist. He best known for his work with Warzone, Murphy’s Law and Danzig. Youth experienced childhood in New York City and began playing as youthful as 12 years of age (thus the name Youth) in a ..
Terēzija Broka, also known as Terēze Broka was born on September 30, 1925, in Viļāni parish, Latvia and died on October 22, 2018. He was a Latvian conductor, educator and culture worker. He was awarded the Order of the Three Stars in 1995 for promotion of Latgalian culture. He was chief conductor in three successive ..