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Minneapolis-based soul singer, Sonny Knight, has died. He was 69.
We love the retro-soul sound of Knight and is deeply sad to hear about his passing. We’ve been writing about Knight since 2014, but the truth is, he’s been around for over 50 years: “The story goes, if you need a refresher ... Knight recorded his first single with band The Cymbals, in 1965 on New Teenage Records when he was just 17. A stint in the Army, some time spent in the Bay Area, a brief outing with local funk band Haze, and miscellaneous jobs followed, before local group The Valdons were resurrected in 2012 for the initial Secret Stash compilation album, then followed by The Lakers – an overnight success that only took 50 years.”
Earlier on 20 April 2017, we got a press release from their record label, Secret Stash Records, telling us that Sonny Knight was forced to cancel his May 2017 tour because cancer treatment (located in his lung, ribs, and spine). We’d heard a similar story before, when Sharon Jones postponed her tour due to cancer treatment. She was doing well for a while, even think she’s beat it... but ultimately, untimely, she died in November 2016.
Good night, Sonny Knight.
Below are more deaths for the month of June - for the full death list: Musicians who died in 2017.
June (14)
[17 Jun 2017] Sonny Knight (American soul singer, singer of Sonny Knight & The Lakers), 69, cancer
[14 Jun 2017] Luis Abanto Morales (Peruvian singer and composer), 93
[13 Jun 2017] Anita Pallenberg (Italian actress, muse for The Rolling Stones), 73, theguardian.com
[13 Jun 2017] Philip Gossett (American musicologist), 75
[11 Jun 2017] Rosalie Sorrels (American folk singer), 83
[11 Jun 2017] Corneliu Stroe (Romanian drummer and percussionist), 67, heart attack
[07 Jun 2017] Norro Wilson (American country music songwriter and record producer), 79, heart failure
[07 Jun 2017] Jan Høiland (Norwegian singer), 78
[06 Jun 2017] Vin Garbutt (British folk singer), 69, complications from heart surgery
[06 Jun 2017] Sandra Reemer (Dutch singer), 66, breast cancer
[05 Jun 2017] Skipp Pearson (American jazz musician), 79, complications from bone cancer and organ failure
[03 Jun 2017] Educated Rapper (American rapper for UTFO), 54, cancer
[02 Jun 2017] Sir Jeffrey Tate (British conductor, heart attack), 74
[02 Jun 2017] Aamir Zaki (Pakistani guitarist), 49, heart failure
We love the retro-soul sound of Knight and is deeply sad to hear about his passing. We’ve been writing about Knight since 2014, but the truth is, he’s been around for over 50 years: “The story goes, if you need a refresher ... Knight recorded his first single with band The Cymbals, in 1965 on New Teenage Records when he was just 17. A stint in the Army, some time spent in the Bay Area, a brief outing with local funk band Haze, and miscellaneous jobs followed, before local group The Valdons were resurrected in 2012 for the initial Secret Stash compilation album, then followed by The Lakers – an overnight success that only took 50 years.”
Earlier on 20 April 2017, we got a press release from their record label, Secret Stash Records, telling us that Sonny Knight was forced to cancel his May 2017 tour because cancer treatment (located in his lung, ribs, and spine). We’d heard a similar story before, when Sharon Jones postponed her tour due to cancer treatment. She was doing well for a while, even think she’s beat it... but ultimately, untimely, she died in November 2016.
Good night, Sonny Knight.
Below are more deaths for the month of June - for the full death list: Musicians who died in 2017.
June (14)
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