When a new year rolls around, most of us look forward to it and eagerly let the old one slip away. That is not what happens here.
This site exists for the purpose of reminding you of the “old days” and that makes it important to recognize the musicians we lost in the previous year.
In 2021, the world lost so many music greats and today we’re going to begin a long tribute to those artists. Not every month had a lot of losses (as you’ll see tomorrow) but in Part 1, we’ll take a look at seven legends we lost in January.
Gerry Marsden (Gerry & The Pacemakers) Jan. 3
Tim Bogert (bassist with Vanilla Fudge) Jan. 13
Phil Spector (Teddy Bears and iconic producer) Jan. 16
Jimmie Rodgers (American pop singer) Jan. 18
James Purify (James & Bobby Purify) Jan. 22
Hilton Valentine (guitarist with The Animals) Jan. 29
Grady Gaines (saxophonist with Little Richard) Jan. 29
Memories … That’s What We’re All About
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2021 Music Deaths / Part 1
Gerry & The Pacemakers – Vanilla Fudge
Teddys Bears – Jimmie Rodgers
James & Bobby Purify – Animals
Little Richard
Happy New Year Ray! It is going to be a good year for us all. This medley starts us off well!
Thank you, Marty and Happy New Year!
Beautifully said, Don.
To know him is to love him!! Honey Comb be my baby!! I’m your Puppet!! I love these songs!! It’s a shame to lose these great talents!! Fantastic choices Ray!! So keep us knockin!! Somehow Ray these tunes all have a similar message!! Is this part of your master plan to take over our minds!! Love ya Happy New Year!!!
Happy New Year, Fred! I’m glad you enjoyed the memories but I assure you I have no plans to take control of everyone’s mind before I learn how to get my own under control! 😉
Love Ya!
what a wonderful medley, is sad that we lost so many BUT their contribution to some of the best music in history (my opinion) will live on!!
Thanks, Penny. Yes, the world lost a LOT of music greats last year but their music will live on forever (and I’m here to do what small part I can to make sure that happens)! 🙂
It’s good that we see how lucky we are to be able to look forward to the New Year. Seeing the list of individuals who are no longer here to celebrate the New Year helps us put our issues in perspective.
We were blessed to have benefited from their talent …. thanks for reminding us that we are much more fortunate than many ….
Rock this Day my friend ….. looking forward to tomorrow’s selections … I’m sure it will include a degree of sadness that they are no longer here….
Thank you, Barbara. Most of these artists provided the soundtrack of our youth. Without them, I can’t imagine what life would have sounded like.
Rock This Day … because we are never promised tomorrow.
Oh my goodness, how the memories flow! To dedicate to all of those who are lost and yet remain on recordings is a gift. We are also very lucky to have been around when these recordings were made. I love that we have included not just vocalist but musicians who played instruments that were so pronounced in lots of the songs that you’ve chosen. I can tell this is going to be a wonderful series of tributes, as only you can do it Ray! Thank you so much for enriching our lives yet one more time!
Thank you, Sandy. As I have said before during this series, I just couldn’t leave out the lesser known instrumentalists who were part of our younger years. I’m so glad you enjoyed this! ❤️