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Compiled by George Graham
As broadcast on WVIA-FM 12/27/2000
Time once again for another feature of our annual year-end wrapup, our radio
obituary page, noting the passing of people from the music world, whom we lost
during 2000. As usual, a few are household names, while many others are people
whose influence is perhaps better known than their names, and whose passing the
commerical media largely ignores. I'll read them in chronological order of
passing. We'll start with one from the very end of last year, whom we did not
get a chance to report at the time.
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Curtis Mayfield, composer, soul artist, 56, 12/26/99
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Nat Adderley, jazz cornetist, 68, 1/2/2000
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Will "Dub" Jones, bass voice with Coasters 71, 1/16/2000
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Gene Harris, jazz pianist, 66, 1/17/2000
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Lyn Halliday, jazz saxophonist, 1/25/2000
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Gus Johnson, jazz drummer, band leader, 86, 2/6/2000
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"Lonesome" Dave Peverett, vocalist from Savoy Brown and Foghat, 56, 2/7/2009
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Lord Kichener (Aldwyn Roberts), calypso innovator, 77, 2/11/2000
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William Oliver Swofford, pop vocalist ("Good Morning Starshine"), 56,
2/12/2000
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"Screamin'" Jay Hawkins, 70, 2/12/2000
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Ofra Haza, Israeli singer, 41, 2/21/2000
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Frank "Pee Wee" King, co-author of "The Tennessee Waltz, 86, 3/7/2000
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Ian Dury, British New Wave artist, 57, 3/27/2000
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Heinz Burt, bassist with the Tornadoes ("Telstar"), 57, 4/7/2000
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Johnny "Ace" Harris, painist with the Ink Spots, 83. 4/25/2000
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Vicki Sue Robinson, pop singer, 45, 4/27/2000
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Jonah Jones, jazz trumpeter, 91, 5/3/2000
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Tex Beneke, jazz band leader associated with Glenn Miller, 86. 5/29/2000
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Tito Puente, Latin jazz luminary, 77, 5/31/2000
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Johnnie Taylor, soul/disco performer, 62, 5/31/2000
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Joe Puma, jazz guitarist, 72, 5/31/2000
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Paul Griffin, session pianist w/ Steely Dan & others, 62, 6/14/2000
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James Hill, baritone with the fairfield Four, 83, 7/6/200
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D. Allen Woody, bassist from Allmand Bros. & Gov't Mule, 44, 8/26/2000
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Ben Orr, born Ben Orzechowski, of the Cars, 53, 10/3/2000
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Don Brooks, studio harmonica player, 53, 10/25/2000
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Winston Grennan, drummer, reggae innovator, HGM veteran, 56, 10/27/2000
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Steve Allen, TV personality, composer of hundreds of songs, 78, 10/30/2000
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Jimmie Davis, "singing governor" of Louisiana, composer of "You Are My
Sunshine", 101, 11/5/2000
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Hoyt Curtin, created music for Flintstones and other Hanna-Barbera cartoons,
78, 12/3/2000
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Kirsty MacColl, British singer-songwriter, 41 (of boating accident),
12/18/2000
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Roebuck "Pops" Staples, patriarch of the Staples Singers, 85, 12/19/2000
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Rob Buck, guitarist with 10,000 Maniacs, 12/20/2000
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Victor Borge, pianist, comedian, 91, 12/23/2000
Dates not available:
Stanley Turrentine, jazz saxophone great
Dave Shogren, founding member of the Doobie Brothers
Baden Powell, Brazilian guitarist, songwriter, 63
Jack Mitzsche, producer, rock artist
Zeke Manners, wrote "Pennsylvania Polka"
Doris Kenner-Jackson, member of the Shirelles
Joe Higgs, reggae singer and innovator
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