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Headlines from NY Times music obits collected over years

 Litany of Influence



Headlines clipped and saved, from


newspaper pages flattened in scrapbooks, mostly not cut or detached but 


yes, folded, creased, and all that


they scream the importance of branding your life in advance


they tell the importance of age in increments of tens and fragments of those


Nat Hentoff, a Writer, A Jazz Critic and Above All a Provocateur, Dies at 91


Levon Helm, Drummer and Gravel-Throated Singer for the Band, Is Dead at 71


and likely still dead


Hal David, Award-Winning Songwriter, Is Dead at 91


and is probably still dead at 92


Imagine Dying at the age of Something-One


Jack Hardy, 63, Folk Singer and Keeper of the Tradition


Earl Hagen, 88, “Andy Griffith” composer


Wilma Cozart Fine, 82, Record Producer


Levi Stubbs, powerful voice for the Four Tops, dies at 72


Hank Thompson is Dead; Country Singer was 82


Jimmy Giuffre, Imaginative Jazz Artist, Dies at 86


Harold Leventhal, Promoter of Folk Music, Dies at 86


Jack Lawrence, Writer of Hit Songs, Dies at 96


Jim Stewart, 92, Dies; Unlikely Record Maker of Black Soul Music


Yes, if you hadn’t guessed, the headlines are all composed in New York City


in the Land of All That’s Fit To Print u won’t see me there a pity


Dorival Caymmi, Singer of Brazil, is Dead at 94


and is probably still dead at 95


U. Utah Phillips, 73, Folk Troubadour


Bob Brookmeyer, 81, Jazz Master and Mentor


Don Helms, 81, Who Put the Twang in the Hank Williams Songbook


John Martyn, Folk and Jazz Guitarist, Dies at 60


Johnnie Johnson, 80, Dies; Inspired ‘Johnny B. Goode’


Hank Crawford, 74, Prolific Saxophonist


John McGlinn, 55, Restorer of Musicals


Flute Music Wafted in Caves 35,000 Years Ago


Jim Dickinson, 67, Player In Memphis Music Scene


Singer-songwriter Del Shannon dies


Nick Ashford, 70, of Motown Duo, Dies


Stanley Drucker, 93, Longtime Clarinetist For Philharmonic, Dies


Sam Butera, 81, Saxophonist for Louis Prima


Billy Lee Riley, 75, Sun Records Singer


Neal Hefti, Composer of ‘Batman’ for TV, Dies at 85


Bo Diddley, Who Gave Rock His Beat, Dies at 79


Odessa, Civil Rights Voice, Dies at 77


Seattle Bids Tuba Man a Sad Goodbye


Consuelo Vela’zquez Dies; Wrote ‘Besame Mucho’


Gene Pitney, Who Sang of ’60’s Teenage Pathos, Dies at 65


Boots Randolph, the ‘Yakety Sax’ Man, Dead at 80


Chuck Stewart Dies at 89, Jazz Photographer Left His Mark on Album Covers


Rudy Van Gelder, 91, Audio Engineer; Helped Define Sound of Jazz on Record


Chuck Berry, Rock ’n’ Roll’s Master Theorist and Statesman, Dies at 90


these people all seem to have had to do with popular music in the last half of the 20th century


James Brown, the ‘Godfather of Soul,’ Dies at 73


Mickey Baker, Guitarist, Is Dead at 87


Pete La Roca Sims, 74, Postbop Drummer


Earl Carroll, 75, Lead Singer of the Cadillacs


Greg Lake, a Progressive-Rock Icon Of King Crimson Fame, Dies at 69


Jesse Winchester, Singer and Songwriter, Dies at 69


Enduring, With a Half-Smile and a Song


Curly Putman, Songwriter of Heartbreakers, Dies at 85


Giorgio Gomelsky, 81, Rock Music Producer Who Gave the Rolling Stones Their Start


Marie Knight, Rich-Voiced Gospel Singer, Dies at 89


Sam Carr, 83, Delta Blues Drummer


Bob Marcucci, 81, Backer of Fabian and Frankie Avalon


Pinetop Perkins, Delta Boogie-Woogie Master, Dies at 97


Hubert Sumlin, 80, Master of Blues Guitar


Velvet-Voiced Ferlin Husky Dies at 85


Ross Barbour, 82, a Founding ‘Freshman’


Creed Taylor, 93, Dies; Producer Who Shaped Jazz Sound for Decades



Now read this in reverse