Jennings was a singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. He is
considered one of the pioneers of the outlaw movement in
country music.

Jennings started playing guitar at age eight and performed at
fourteen on KVOW radio, 

In 1958, Buddy Holly arranged Jennings’s first recording session,
a cover of Jole Blon, and hired him to play bass. Jennings gave
up his seat on the ill-fated flight in 1959 that crashed and killed
Holly, J. P. "the Big Bopper" Richardson and Ritchie Valens.

Sly and the Family Stone

Sly Stone (Sylvester Stewart) (March 15, 1943 – June 9, 2025)

Stone, was a musician, songwriter, and record producer who 
was most famous for his role as frontman for Sly and the 
Family Stone.

Left to right: Randy Z, Rick Derringer, Randy Jo Hobbs,
Ronnie Brandon – The McCoys.

Rick Derringer, lead singer of the 1965 smash hit "Hang on
Sloopy,"has died, according to an announcement from his
caretaker, Tony Wilson, and Guitar Player magazine.

Rick Derringer (Richard Dean Zehringer; August 5, 1947 – May 
26, 2025)

 

He revolutionized rock and folk music with songs like
"Blowin’ in the Wind."

With an estimated more than 125 million records sold
worldwide, he is one of the best-selling musicians of all
time and he won the Nobel Prize in Literature. He is 84
years old today

Stevland Hardaway Morris, known professionally as Stevie
Wonder, is a singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer.

He is regarded as one of the most influential musicians of the
20th century. Wonder is credited as a pioneer and influence by
musicians across a range of genres that include R&B, pop, soul,
gospel, funk, and jazz.

Blind since shortly after his birth, Wonder was a child prodigy
who signed with Motown‘s Tamla label at the age of 11.