Jeffrey Alan Cook (August 27, 1949 – November 7, 2022)
(Fox News) – Jeff Cook, the guitarist who co-founded the country supergroup Alabama, has died.
The Hall of Famer was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in
2012 and disclosed his diagnosis in 2017.
His rep said He died peacefully in his home in Destin, Florida
Monday.
Johnny Rivers (John Henry Ramistella) is a musician, singer,
songwriter, and record producer, best known for a string of
hit singles between 1964 and 1968, among them "Memphis"
(a Chuck Berry cover), "The Seventh Son", "Secret Agent Man",
"Poor Side of Town" (a US No. 1), and "Baby I Need Your Lovin’"
(a 1967 cover of the Four Tops single from 1964).
Jerry Lee Lewis (September 29, 1935 – October 28, 2022)
Jerry Lee Lewis, the flamboyant rock ‘n’ roll founding father,
swaggering country shouter and 2005 Grammy Lifetime
Achievement Award honoree, died Friday.
Lewis died of natural causes at his home in DeSoto County,
Mississippi, south of Memphis.
On February 28, 2019, Lewis had a minor stroke in Memphis.
He fully recovered after several canceled appearances.
On October 26, 2022, news outlets falsely reported that Lewis
died.
John R. Cash (February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003)
Cash is one of the best-selling music artists of all time,
having sold more than 90 million records worldwide. His
genre-spanning music embraced country, rock and roll, rockabilly, blues, folk, and gospel sounds. This crossover
appeal earned him the rare honor of being inducted into
the Country Music, Rock and Roll, and Gospel Music Halls
of Fame.
PORTLAND, OREGON (1959)
Buddy Holly (Charles Hardin Holley)
(September 7, 1936 – February 3, 1959)
If you took out a map of the United States and traced a line
beginning at New Orleans and running up the Mississippi
River to Memphis, the tip of your finger would pass through
the very birthplace of rock and roll—a region where nearly
every step in its early development took place and where
nearly every significant contributor to that development was
born. But if the foundation of rock and roll was mostly laid
down within 100 miles of the Mississippi River in the mid-
1950s, the blueprint for what would follow required the further contributions of a young man born 700 miles to the west on
this day in 1936: Charles Harden Holley. Writing and performing
under the name Buddy Holly, this Lubbock, Texas, native would
have an influence on rock and roll that would far outlast his
tragically shortened career.
