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This may be a little late, as we noted that singer/songwriter Peter Sarstedt died last week on January 8th at the age of 75.
The beloved English songwriter was briefly known as Peter Lincoln, before changing it back to his given surname, standing beside his two musician brothers: Eden Kane and Clive “Robin” Sarstedt.
Perhaps his best-known song is ‘Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)?’, which topped the UK charts in 1969.
Sarstedt returned in 2010 due to ill health.
Also, Dick Gautier has passed away at the 85 on January 13th. Although many readers may know Gautier as Hymie the Robot from Get Smart (or possibly as the voice of Rodimus Prime from Transformers The Movie in 1986)... but did you know he started his career as a comic and singer? His singing ability led him to being cast as Conrad Birdie in the original Broadway theatre production of Bye Bye Birdie.
Gautier mostly stuck to voice-over work for cartoons, and would later be recognized as an artist. He wrote several books on the matter, including Drawing and Cartooning 1,001 Figures in Action (Perigee Books) and Creating Comic Characters (Perigee Books).
Gautier died at an assisted living facility in Arcadia, California, following a long illness.
Below are more deaths for the month of January - for the full death list: Musicians who died in 2017.
January (38)
[15 Jan 2017] Thandi Klaasen (South African jazz singer), 86, pancreatic cancer
[15 Jan 2017] Richard Divall (Australian conductor and musicologist), 71
[15 Jan 2017] Greg Trooper (American singer-songwriter), 61, pancreatic cancer
[14 Jan 2017] Yama Buddha (Nepalese rapper), 29, suicide
[13 Jan 2017] Dick Gautier (singer, actor on Get Smart and Bye Bye Birdie), 85
[13 Jan 2017] Mark Fisher (British writer, music journalist for The Wire), 48, suicide
[13 Jan 2017] Muhammad Fachroni (Indonesian singer of Project Pop), 44, diabetes
[13 Jan 2017] Horacio Guarany (Argentine folkloric singer and writer), 91
[13 Jan 2017] Anton Nanut (Slovenian conductor of classical music), 84
[13 Jan 2017] Magic Alex (Greek British engineer for EMI), 74
[12 Jan 2017] Meir Banai (Israeli singer), 55, cancer
[12 Jan 2017] Milton Metz (American radio and television host), 95
[12 Jan 2017] Larry Steinbachek (English keyboardist of Bronski Beat), 56
[11 Jan 2017] Tommy Allsup (American rockabilly and swing musician), 85
[11 Jan 2017] Tony Booth (British poster artist, including The Beatles), 83, cancer
[10 Jan 2017] Buddy Greco (American jazz and pop singer, actor in The Girl Who Knew Too Much and pianist), 90
[09 Jan 2017] Crazy Toones (American rap DJ), 45, heart attack
[09 Jan 2017] Travis Peterson (American music video director), 40
[08 Jan 2017] Buddy Bregman (American arranger, producer, and composer), 86
[07 Jan 2017] Peter Sarstedt (English singer-songwriter), 75, progressive supranuclear palsy
[07 Jan 2017] Eddie Kamae (American musician for Sons of Hawaii), 89
[07 Jan 2017] Jerzy Kossela (Polish guitarist and vocalist Niebiesko-Czarni), 74
[07 Jan 2017] Nat Hentoff (Jazz critic for Village Voice), 91, natural causes
[06 Jan 2017] Johnny Dick (Australian drummer for John Paul Young, Fanny Adams), 73
[06 Jan 2017] Sylvester Potts (American soul singer for The Contours), 78
[05 Jan 2017] Dave Franklin (punk band Vision), 47, unknown
[05 Jan 2017] Géori Boué (French soprano, known for Thaïs opera), 99, not known
[04 Jan 2017] Mike Gaborno (aka Gabby Gaborno; singer of Cadillac Tramps, Manic Hispanic), 51, liver cancer
[04 Jan 2017] Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan (Indian sitar player and composer), 89, cardiac arrest
[04 Jan 2017] Bade Fateh Ali Khan (Pakistani singer), 82, lung disease
[04 Jan 2017] Georges Prêtre (French orchestral and opera conductor), 92
[04 Jan 2017] Vlastimir Trajković (Serbian composer), 69
[03 Jan 2017] Sam Lovullo (producer and casting director for Hee Haw), 88, not given
[02 Jan 2017] Auriel Andrew (Australian country musician), 69
[02 Jan 2017] Barbara Fei (費明儀) (Chinese opera singer), 85
[02 Jan 2017] Anand Yankaran (Chutney singer), suspected heart attack
[01 Jan 2017] Stuart Hamilton (Canadian musician and broadcaster, first music director of Canadian Opera Company’s Ensemble), 87, unknown
[01 Jan 2017] Memo Morales (Venezuelan singer), 79, heart attack
The beloved English songwriter was briefly known as Peter Lincoln, before changing it back to his given surname, standing beside his two musician brothers: Eden Kane and Clive “Robin” Sarstedt.
Perhaps his best-known song is ‘Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)?’, which topped the UK charts in 1969.
Sarstedt returned in 2010 due to ill health.
Also, Dick Gautier has passed away at the 85 on January 13th. Although many readers may know Gautier as Hymie the Robot from Get Smart (or possibly as the voice of Rodimus Prime from Transformers The Movie in 1986)... but did you know he started his career as a comic and singer? His singing ability led him to being cast as Conrad Birdie in the original Broadway theatre production of Bye Bye Birdie.
Gautier mostly stuck to voice-over work for cartoons, and would later be recognized as an artist. He wrote several books on the matter, including Drawing and Cartooning 1,001 Figures in Action (Perigee Books) and Creating Comic Characters (Perigee Books).
Gautier died at an assisted living facility in Arcadia, California, following a long illness.
Below are more deaths for the month of January - for the full death list: Musicians who died in 2017.
January (38)
