Archive for 'Obituary'
Norman Whitfield - R&B’s Invisible Genius
This is a guest post by Paul McGee
It would perhaps be overstating things to say that Norman Whitfield, who died yesterday, was one of the forgotten giants of post-war black pop music, but it’s certainly true that his significance as a writer, producer, arranger and innovator has often been overlooked and undervalued in comparison to [...]
Posted: September 17th, 2008 under Obituary.
Comments: 18
Richard Wright - 1943 - 2008
Oh this is sad. Richard Wright, keyboard player for Pink Floyd died yesterday after a battle with cancer.
As a long-time fan of the band, I’m just so pleased that the four principles managed a final reunion in 2005 for at Live8. After a quarter-century of estrangement and recriminations, it would have been terrible if this [...]
Posted: September 16th, 2008 under Obituary.
Comments: 7
