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Tom Jones: It's Not Unusual
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It’s been a while since we mentioned a musician death. Although there are many deaths, there just didn’t seem to be any big names for the month of April.
If you’re a Pearl Jam fan, you might be sad to hear that American singer, songwriter and musician Shawn Smith of the supergroup Brad had passed away at the age of 53 to a torn aorta.
Personally speaking, the biggest name on the April death list, so far, is Les Reed, who co-wrote (with Gordon Mills) the song “It’s Not Unusual”. The song was originally offered to Sandie Shaw (one of Morrissey’s idols), but she turned down the song.
Of course, the song became a massive hit for then-unknown singer Welsh singer Tom Jones. Listening to the song, it did kind of have that nice Decca sound that was big in the mid-60s.
For the full death list head over to Musicians who died in 2019.
April (44)
[24 Apr 2019] Dick Rivers (French rock and roll singer for Les Chats Sauvages), 74, cancer
[24 Apr 2019] Pedro de Saint Germain (Brazilian singer), 69
[23 Apr 2019] Charity Sunshine Tillemann-Dick (American soprano singer and presenter), 35
[22 Apr 2019] Jim Dunbar (American radio program director for KGO), 89
[22 Apr 2019] Dave Samuels (American percussionist for Spyro Gyra), 70
[21 Apr 2019] Yasmim Gabrielle (Brazilian singer), 17, suicide
[21 Apr 2019] Atli Heimir Sveinsson (Icelandic composer), 80
[20 Apr 2019] Amar Pal (Indian folk singer), 96, heart attack
[20 Apr 2019] Wu Yili (Chinese-Singaporean pianist), 88
[19 Apr 2019] Martin Böttcher (German composer, arranger and conductor), 91
[19 Apr 2019] MC Sapão (Brazilian singer), 40, pneumonia
[17 Apr 2019] Frederick Hemke (American saxophonist), 83
[16 Apr 2019] Jörg Demus (Austrian pianist), 90
[16 Apr 2019] Kent Harris (American songwriter and record producer), 88, cancer
[15 Apr 2019] Les Reed (English songwriter), 83
[15 Apr 2019] Joe Terry (American rock and roll singer for Danny & the Juniors), 78
[14 Apr 2019] Rakhal Chandra Mohanty (Indian music director and singer), 86
[13 Apr 2019] Paul Raymond (English keyboardist and guitarist for Plastic Penny), 73, heart attack
[13 Apr 2019] Hubert Wayaffe (French radio personality and disc jockey), 81
[12 Apr 2019] Dina (Portuguese singer), 62, pulmonary fibrosis
[12 Apr 2019] Johnny Hutchinson (English rock and roll drummer for The Big Three), 78
[12 Apr 2019] Gary Stewart (American music executive and archivist for Rhino Records), 62
[11 Apr 2019] Mus Mulyadi (Indonesian singer), 73
[11 Apr 2019] Ivan Ponomarenko (Ukrainian opera singer), 73
[10 Apr 2019] Earl Thomas Conley (American country music singer-songwriter), 77, cerebral atrophy
[10 Apr 2019] Greg Haymes, aka Sarge Blotto (American singer of Blotto)
[09 Apr 2019] Paul Severs (Belgian singer), 70
[07 Apr 2019] Gino Stefani (Italian jazz musician, musicologist and semiologist), 89
[06 Apr 2019] Jim Glaser (American country music artist), 82, heart attack
[05 Apr 2019] Ib Glindemann (Danish jazz composer and bandleader), 84
[05 Apr 2019] Pastor López (Venezuelan singer-songwriter), 74, stroke
[05 Apr 2019] Samuel Pilafian (American tuba player), 69, colon cancer
[05 Apr 2019] Shawn Smith (American singer, songwriter and musician for Brad), 53, torn aorta
[05 Apr 2019] Davey Williams (American avant-garde guitarist for Curlew), 66, cancer
[05 Apr 2019] Wowaka (Japanese Vocaloid producer and vocalist), 31, heart failure
[04 Apr 2019] Alberto Cortez (Argentine singer and songwriter), 79, gastric haemorrhage
[04 Apr 2019] Marilyn Mason (American concert organist), 93
[04 Apr 2019] Tiger Merritt (American singer and guitarist for Morning Teleportation), 31
[03 Apr 2019] Einar Iversen (Norwegian jazz pianist and composer), 88
[03 Apr 2019] Maurice Pon (French lyricist), 97
[02 Apr 2019] Rick Elias (American musician for A Ragamuffin Band), 64, brain cancer
[02 Apr 2019] Kim English (American house and gospel singer-songwriter), 48, kidney failure
[01 Apr 2019] Caravelli (French conductor and composer for And Satan Calls the Turns), 88
[01 Apr 2019] Armando Vega Gil (Mexican writer, composer, and bassist for Botellita de Jerez), 64, suicide
If you’re a Pearl Jam fan, you might be sad to hear that American singer, songwriter and musician Shawn Smith of the supergroup Brad had passed away at the age of 53 to a torn aorta.
Personally speaking, the biggest name on the April death list, so far, is Les Reed, who co-wrote (with Gordon Mills) the song “It’s Not Unusual”. The song was originally offered to Sandie Shaw (one of Morrissey’s idols), but she turned down the song.
Of course, the song became a massive hit for then-unknown singer Welsh singer Tom Jones. Listening to the song, it did kind of have that nice Decca sound that was big in the mid-60s.
For the full death list head over to Musicians who died in 2019.
April (44)
Great post author. Thank you. Keep it up.
Posted by: Sujoy Chanda | 04/26/2019 at 07:27 AM