Laura Lynch was the founding upright bass player for the country music band, but left just prior to their significant success
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Although she never made the Billboard charts, she was highly respected and consistently prolific for more than 50 years.
The Rock Hall member had been in-and-out of hospitals, most recently for a collapsed lung
The singer, guitarist, writer, producer and leader of the multi-Platinum selling rock band shaped and directed the group from its earliest beginnings
MacGowan fronted the ’80s Celtic-rock band that scored with songs such as “Dirty Old Town” and “Fairytale of New York.”
The Bronx-born guitarist, songwriter and band leader helped lead the transition from glam rock to punk
The New Orleans native held the #1 spot for five weeks in 1971 on the Billboard R&B chart, and reached the top of the pop singles chart of competitor Record World
The co-writer of such huge R&B/pop hits as “Celebration,” “Ladies Night” and “Jungle Boogie” was still active in 2023.
The singer, songwriter and guitarist’s first recordings with musical partner Phil Seymour in the mid-1970s pre-dated the genre
With his siblings Ronald and O’Kelly, he founded the celebrated R&B group who wrote and/or recorded such classics as “Shout,” “Twist and Shout” and “It’s Your Thing”