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SINGER/SONGWRITER HAS DIED AT 83

Astrud Gilberto | Discografía | Discogs

Astrud Gilberto, the Brazilian singer best known for her
smooth performance of "The Girl from Ipanema," died
Monday from undisclosed causes at her home in
Philadelphia.

Paul Ricci, a family friend and musician, confirmed her
death in a Facebook post.

“The Girl from Ipanema” won a Grammy in 1965 for record
of the year and Gilberto received nominations for best new
artist and best vocal performance.

Jazz Artists Photo Gallery - Vocalists
Astrud Gilberto(Astrud Evangelina Weinert)
(29 March 1940 – 5 June 2023)

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HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY

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Eric Clapton: One of the Most Influential Guitarists of All Time ~ vintage everyday

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Celebrity Update: Eric Clapton

Eric Patrick Clapton is an English rock and blues guitarist,
singer, and songwriter. He is regarded as one of the most
successful and influential guitarists in rock music. He
ranked second in Rolling Stone‘s list of the "
100 Greatest
Guitarists of All Tim’
and fourth in Gibson‘s "Top 50
Guitarists of All Time". He was also named number five
in Time magazine’s list of "The 10 Best Electric Guitar
Players" in 2009. Clapton is 78 years old today.

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SINGER/SONGWRITER HAS DIED AT 81

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David Van Cortlandt Crosby
(August 14, 1941 – January 19, 2023)

(FOXNews) – David Crosby, a founding member of The Byrds
and Crosby, Stills & Nash, has died after a long illness.

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MEMBER OF THE MODERNAIRES HAS DIED

Alan Copeland - Photograph Signed | Autographs & Manuscripts | HistoryForSale Item 309422

Alan Copeland | The Panamerican School of Music
Alan Robert Copeland (October 6, 1926 – December 28, 2022)

(Hollywood Reporter) – Alan Copeland, the songwriter, Grammy-
winning arranger and ultra-smooth vocalist known for his many
years with The Modernaires and performances on Your Hit Parade
and The Red Skelton Hour, died December 28 in an assisted living
facility in Sonora, California. He was 96.

As recently as this fall, Copeland was still singing and playing
keyboards in a quartet called
Now You Hazz Jazz.

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The Alan Copeland Singers - If Love Comes With It (Vinyl, US, 1969) For Sale | Discogs

So It Goes! Singles of the '50s - The Modernaires | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic

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CANADIAN SINGER/SONGWRITER IS DEAD

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Shirley Rose Eikhard (7 November 1955 – 15 December 2022)

(AP) – Shirley Eikhard, the singer-songwriter who penned Bonnie
Raitt’s 1991 hit
‘Something to Talk About,’ has died. She was 67.

Eikhard’s publicist Eric Alper confirmed her death, telling the AP
that she passed away on Thursday due to complications from
cancer at the Headwaters Health Care Centre in Orangeville,
Ontario.

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