Celebrity death thread 2022

Blair was married to David Nelson from 1961 to 1975 and appeared in 28 epsiodes of The Adventures Of Ozzie & Harriet. She also appeared in 12 movies including Hell Bound, Lone Texan, The Rabbit Trap, A Fever In The Blood and Island Of Lost Women.


And she was Playboy's January 1957 Playmate Of The Month.

 
James Jay Barnes had three R&B hits in 1966-67: Real Humdinger reached #18, Baby Please Come Back Home reached #9 and Now That I Got You Back got to #44. He had previously been a member of the Holidays with Edwin Starr and Steve Mancha. I'll Love You Forever was a #7 R&B hit for them in June 1966.

 
Margolin played Deputy Mitch Mitchell in 24 episodes of Nichols, 1971-72; Angel Martin in 32 episodes of The Rockford Files, 1974-79; and Jack Welsh in 26 episodes of Tom Stone, 2002-04. He also appeared in multiple episodes of Ensign O'Toole, Occasional Wife, That Girl, It Takes A Thief, Bret Maverick and Mom P.I. and in 29 movies including Class, Arbitrage, Futureworld, Death Wish, The Hoax, The Gambler and Don't Just Stand There.

 
Badalamenti composed the score for 47 movies. He won a Grammy award in 1990 for best pop instrumental for
the Twin Peaks theme and he composed the opening theme for the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.

 
Eikhard released 18 albums and had 15 chart hits in Canada including It Takes Time, Smiling Wine, Something In Your Face and a remake of Fleetwood Mac's Say You Love Me. She wrote Something To Talk About, which became a #5 hit in 1991 for Bonnie Raitt. Eikhard had first offered the song to Anne Murray – who turned it down.

Award-winning singer-songwriter Shirley Eikhard dead at 67

 
The Velvelettes quintet formed in 1961 in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Their first hit, Needle In A Haystack, reached #31 on the R&B chart and #45 on the Hot 100 in November 1964. Their follow-up, He Was Really Sayin' Somethin', reached #21 on the R&B chart and #64 on the Hot 100 in February 1965. Bananarama had a minor hit with a remake of He Was Really Sayin' Somethin' in 1982.

 
Savoy Brown, originally Savoy Brown Blues Band, formed in 1965 in London. They've released 33 studio albums and 11 live albums. Their hits include I'm Tired, Tell Mama, Hellbound Train, Run To Me, Train To Nowhere and Lay Back In The Arms Of Someone.

 
Gracie had released five unsuccessful singles for the Cadillac and 20th Century labels before becoming the first artist to sign with Cameo, a Philadelphia label launched in 1956. Butterfly, his debut single, was number one for two weeks in April 1957. (A version by Andy Williams had hit number one two weeks earlier.) Gracie's next single, Fabulous, reached #16 in June 1957.

 
Gracie had released five unsuccessful singles for the Cadillac and 20th Century labels before becoming the first artist to sign with Cameo, a Philadelphia label launched in 1956. Butterfly, his debut single, was number one for two weeks in April 1957. (A version by Andy Williams had hit number one two weeks earlier.) Gracie's next single, Fabulous, reached #16 in June 1957.

So you are saying the song "Butterfly" was #1 for Gacie and Andy Williams? In 1957 which is in the rock era? In the other thread you list the first occurrence of such as in 1963. What technicality disqualifies "Butterfly" from that list?
 
I mentioned songs that were number-one hits for two different artists several years apart. The two versions of Butterfly were on the chart at the same time. Also in 1957, there were two number-one versions of Young Love, by Sonny James and Tab Hunter. A version by the Crew-Cuts reached #17. Six other artists recorded Young Love in 1957, including Leon Payne, Tommy Steele and Mickey Mouse Club Mouseketeer Darlene Gillespie.
 
The Specials formed in 1977 in Coventry, England. They've released nine studio albums and five live albums. Among their hits are Gangsters, It's You, Rat Race, Ghost Town and Free Nelson Mandela. Terry Hall was a member of the Specials from 1977 to 1981 and from 2008 to 2022 and he co-wrote Our Lips Are Sealed, a 1981 hit by the Go-Go's.

 
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