Journals Of Life. Online memorials. Virtual memory books of people who died on (11/17/2006

Ruth Brown (January 30, 1928 – November 17, 2006) was an American pop and R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, composer and actress noted for bringing a pop music style to R&B music...
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Red Garland (William Garland)

05/13/1923 - 04/23/1984

William "Red" Garland (May 13, 1923 – April 23, 1984) was an American hard bop jazz pianist whose block chord style, in part originated by Milt Buckner, influenced many forthcoming pianists in the...
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Maxwell Lemuel Roach

01/10/1924 - 08/16/2007

Maxwell Lemuel "Max" Roach (January 10, 1924 – August 16, 2007) was an American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer.

Lorenzo Aitken

04/22/1927 - 07/17/2005

Lorenzo Aitken (April 22, 1927 – July 17, 2005), better known as Laurel Aitken, was a singer and one of the originators of Jamaican ska music . He is often referred to as the "Godfather of ska

Syd Barrett

01/06/1946 - 07/07/2006

Syd Barrett (6 January 1946 – 7 July 2006), born Roger Keith Barrett, was an English singer-songwriter, guitarist and painter. He is most remembered as a founding member of psychedelic/progressive rock band Pink Floyd, providing major musica...
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Janis Lyn Joplin

01/19/1943 - 10/04/1970

Janis Lyn Joplin (January 19, 1943 - October 4, 1970) was an American blues-influenced rock singer and occasional songwriter with a distinctive voice. Joplin released four albums as the front woman for several bands from 1967 to a posthumous relea...
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Laura Ann Branigan

07/03/1952 - 08/26/2004

Laura Ann Frances Branigan (July 3, 1952 – August 26, 2004) was an American singer-songwriter and actress of Italian and Irish ancestry. She is best known in the United States for her 1982 Platinum-cer...
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Tex Beneke (Gordon Lee Beneke)

02/12/1914 - 05/30/2000

Gordon Lee Beneke (February 12, 1914 - May 30, 2000), professionally known as Tex Beneke, was an American saxophonist, singer, and bandleader. His career is a history of associations with bandleader Glenn Miller and former musicians and singers wh...
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Arthur Art Tatum

05/13/1909 - 11/05/1956

Arthur "Art" Tatum, Jr. (October 13, 1909 – November 5, 1956) was an American jazz pianist and virtuoso. He was nearly blind. Tatum is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest jazz pianists of all tim...
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Ted Lewis (Theodore Leopold Friedman)

06/06/1892 - 08/25/1971

Theodore Leopold Friedman, better known as Ted Lewis (June 6, 1892 – August 25, 1971), was an American entertainer, bandleader, singer, and musician. He led a band presenting a combination of jazz, hokey comedy, and...
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Freddie Hubbard (Frederick Dewayne Hubbard)

04/07/1938 - 12/29/2008

Frederick Dewayne "Freddie" Hubbard (April 7, 1938 – December 29, 2008)was an American jazz trumpeter. He was known primarily for playing in the bebop, hard bop and post bop styles from...
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Lou Rawls (Louis Allen Rawls)

12/01/1933 - 01/06/2006

Louis Allen "Lou" Rawls (December 1, 1933 – January 6, 2006) was an American soul, jazz, and blues singer.

Nina Simone

02/21/1933 - 04/21/2003

Eunice Kathleen Waymon (February 21, 1933 – April 21, 2003), also known by her stage name Nina Simone, was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger, and civil rights activist widely associated with jazz music. Simone aspired to...
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Dorothy Michelle Provine

01/20/1935 - 04/25/2010

Dorothy Michelle Provine (January 20, 1935 – April 25, 2010) was an American singer, dancer, actress, and comedienne.

Aaliyah Dana Haughton

01/16/1979 - 08/25/2001

Brooklyn-born and Detroit-raised R&B singer Aaliyah hit the big time in her early teens with a spate of hit records before she embarked at the ripe old age of twenty on a film acting career. A losing appearance on "Star Search" at ag...
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