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« Reply #1401 on: October 05, 2016, 01:34:52 PM » |
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Thriller songwriter Rod Temperton dies http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-37565125Rod Temperton, the British songwriter best known for Michael Jackson's Thriller and Rock With You, has died.
In a statement, Jon Platt, chairman music publisher Warner/Chappell, said he died in London last week at the age of 66 following "a brief aggressive battle with cancer".
His other songs included Off The Wall, Give Me The Night, Sweet Freedom, Always & Forever and Boogie Nights.
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« Reply #1402 on: October 05, 2016, 02:01:54 PM » |
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Thriller songwriter Rod Temperton dies http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-37565125Rod Temperton, the British songwriter best known for Michael Jackson's Thriller and Rock With You, has died.
In a statement, Jon Platt, chairman music publisher Warner/Chappell, said he died in London last week at the age of 66 following "a brief aggressive battle with cancer".
His other songs included Off The Wall, Give Me The Night, Sweet Freedom, Always & Forever and Boogie Nights.
"His family is devastated and request total privacy," Mr Platt said. is imho completely irresistible & one of the great singles of the 70s. RIP Mr Temperton |
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« Reply #1403 on: October 05, 2016, 02:26:48 PM » |
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Boogie Nights is imho completely irresistible & one of the great singles of the 70s. RIP Mr Temperton
Amen to that. Jules |
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« Reply #1404 on: October 05, 2016, 05:05:55 PM » |
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He wrote some of my favourite music. If I need cheering up Boogie Nights does it every time. Thriller will have me singing along and dancing like a zombie. Rock With You was a dancefloor filler in my "disco" days (I miss them!!) RIP Rod x Just found this! Says all you need to know about the 70s disco scene in the UK  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9AbllzWQRQ&index=6&list=RDEMjyH6Wkkzk4epfJ3aGL1c2w |
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« Reply #1406 on: October 05, 2016, 11:11:08 PM » |
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One of Cleethorpes greatest sons. RIP
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« Reply #1407 on: October 06, 2016, 09:54:02 AM » |
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« Reply #1408 on: October 10, 2016, 11:45:05 AM » |
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Just read on fb of the passing, after a short illness, of Angus R Grant of Shooglenifty.  |
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« Reply #1409 on: October 10, 2016, 11:59:22 AM » |
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Sad to hear that.
Shooglenifty were meant to be headlining the Southdowns Folk Festival which I attended recently, but cancelled due to personal reasons.
I guess we now know why😥
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« Reply #1410 on: October 10, 2016, 01:33:37 PM » |
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Only 49, sounds like he was quite a character.
Lovely tribute on their website.
RIP.
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« Reply #1411 on: October 10, 2016, 03:02:23 PM » |
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Seemed older than that....quite a surprise to find that out. RIP
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« Reply #1412 on: October 24, 2016, 05:26:13 PM » |
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Bobby Vee aged 73.. My fave when I was 14 |
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« Reply #1413 on: October 24, 2016, 06:15:59 PM » |
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You don't get too many clean-cut looking chaps like this these days do you? RIP Bobby
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« Reply #1414 on: October 24, 2016, 06:45:57 PM » |
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I think I'm correct, in that he changed his name to Vee from Velline, at the suggestion of a certain Bob Dylan.
RIP Bobby Vee.
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« Reply #1415 on: October 24, 2016, 06:55:51 PM » |
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Pete Burns of Dead Or Alive fame
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« Reply #1416 on: October 24, 2016, 06:57:38 PM » |
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And news just in - Pete Burns, Dead or Alive singer, Celebrity Big Brother contestant and serial plastic surgery consumer. Heart failure at the age of 57. I have to say he lived a life, not sure it's one many of us would have wanted to live, but he was unique. 2016 is still taking them Edit: I think we posted together Bill |
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« Reply #1417 on: October 24, 2016, 07:00:12 PM » |
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Indeed!
A rather sad figure of late.
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« Reply #1418 on: October 25, 2016, 10:10:56 PM » |
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Bobby Bragg, Cropredy Compere Extraordinaire, died this morning. Pancreatic cancer took him.
As reported by his son, Matt, on Facebook.
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« Reply #1419 on: October 25, 2016, 10:20:41 PM » |
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Bobby Bragg, Cropredy Compere Extraordinaire, died this morning. Pancreatic cancer took him.
As reported by his son, Matt, on Facebook.
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