{"id":31101,"date":"2024-12-24T12:04:41","date_gmt":"2024-12-24T12:04:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/the-year-in-music-2024-phil-lesh-dickey-betts-quincy-jones-among-the-music-greats-we-lost-this-year\/"},"modified":"2024-12-24T12:04:41","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T12:04:41","slug":"the-year-in-music-2024-phil-lesh-dickey-betts-quincy-jones-among-the-music-greats-we-lost-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/the-year-in-music-2024-phil-lesh-dickey-betts-quincy-jones-among-the-music-greats-we-lost-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"The Year in Music 2024: Phil Lesh, Dickey Betts, Quincy Jones among the music greats we lost this year"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It\u2019s always sad when our favorite musicians pass away, and in 2024 we had to do say goodbye to several\u00a0artists who made a huge impact on music.<\/span><\/p>\n

Grateful Dead\u00a0<\/strong>fans were shocked when it was announced that bassist\u00a0Phil Lesh\u00a0<\/strong>died on Oct. 25 at 84. Lesh, who cofounded the iconic jam band with\u00a0Jerry Garcia<\/strong>,\u00a0Bobby Weir<\/strong>,\u00a0Ron \u201cPigpen\u201d McKernan\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Bill Kreutzmann\u00a0<\/strong>in the San Francisco Bay Area in 1965, co-wrote several of the band’s iconic tunes, including “Truckin'” and “Box of Rain.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Another great loss to the music world happened on\u00a0April 18 when\u00a0Allman Brothers Band\u00a0<\/strong>founding member\u00a0Dickey Betts\u00a0<\/strong>died at the age of 80.<\/span><\/p>\n

Betts, who cofounded the group in 1969 along with brothers\u00a0Duane\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Gregg Allman<\/strong>,\u00a0Berry Oakley<\/strong>,\u00a0Butch Trucks\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Jaimoe Johanson<\/strong>,\u00a0wrote and sang lead on songs like \u201cRamblin\u2019 Man,\u201d their only top-10 hit, and \u201cBlue Sky.” He also composed their well-known instrumentals, including \u201cJessica” and \u201cIn Memory of Elizabeth Reed.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

And on\u00a0<\/span>Nov. 3,\u00a0legendary music producer Quincy Jones<\/strong>\u00a0passed away at the age of 91. Jones was the producer behind Michael Jackson<\/strong>\u2019s hit albums Off The Wall<\/em> and Thriller.<\/em>\u00a0He\u00a0was nominated for 80 Grammy Awards, of which he won 28, during his decadeslong career.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Here’s a list of many of the music figures who died in 2024, in chronological order:<\/span><\/p>\n

Jan. 4: Actor\/musician\u00a0David Soul<\/strong>, who had a hit with \u201cDon\u2019t Give Up On Us,\u201d 80<\/span><\/p>\n

Jan. 19:\u00a0Mary Weiss<\/strong>, lead singer of the\u00a0Shangri-Las<\/strong>, 75<\/span><\/p>\n

Jan. 23:\u00a0Frank Farian<\/strong>, German record producer who founded\u00a0Milli Vanilli<\/strong>, 82<\/span><\/p>\n

Jan. 23:\u00a0Melanie Safka<\/strong>, best known for her breakthrough appearance at Woodstock and her #1 hit \u201cBrand New Key,\u201d 76<\/span><\/p>\n

Feb. 7:\u00a0Henry Fambrough<\/strong>, the last surviving original member of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame R&B group\u00a0The Spinners<\/strong>, 85<\/span><\/p>\n

March 11:\u00a0Eric Carmen<\/strong>, best known for hits like “Hungry Eyes” and “All By Myself,” 74<\/span><\/p>\n

April 24:\u00a0Mike Pinder<\/strong>, keyboardist, vocalist and founding member of\u00a0The Moody Blues<\/strong>, 82<\/span><\/p>\n

April 30: Guitar great\u00a0Duane Eddy<\/strong>, who had 15 top-40 singles throughout the late ’50s and early ’60s, 86<\/span><\/p>\n

May 1:\u00a0ELO\u00a0<\/strong>keyboardist\u00a0Richard Tandy<\/strong>, who appeared on all of ELO\u2019s records since 1973\u2019s\u00a0<\/span>ELO 2<\/span><\/em>, 76<\/span><\/p>\n

May 12: Saxophonist\u00a0David Sanborn<\/strong>, who performed and recorded with a whole host of musicians, including\u00a0David Bowie<\/strong>,\u00a0James Taylor\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Eric Clapton<\/strong>, 78<\/span><\/p>\n

May 24:\u00a0Iron Butterfly\u00a0<\/strong>founder and lead vocalist\u00a0Doug Ingle<\/strong>, who cowrote their signature song, “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida,” 78<\/span><\/p>\n

July 22:\u00a0Duke Fakir<\/strong>, founding member of the\u00a0Four Tops<\/strong>, 88<\/span><\/p>\n

July 22:\u00a0John Mayall<\/strong>, British blues and rock musician, and mentor to\u00a0Eric Clapton, who was posthumously inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame this year, 90<\/span><\/p>\n

Aug. 13:\u00a0Greg Kihn<\/strong>, best known for hits like \u201cJeopardy\u201d and \u201cThe Breakup Song,\u201d 75<\/span><\/p>\n

Sept. 6:\u00a0Will Jennings<\/strong>, writer of such songs as \u201cUp Where We Belong” and \u201cMy Heart Will Go On,” 80<\/span><\/p>\n

Sept. 17:\u00a0JD Souther<\/strong>, solo artist and co-writer of many hits for the\u00a0Eagles<\/strong>, like “Best of My Love,” “New Kid in Town,” “Heartache Tonight” and “Victim of Love,\u201d 78<\/span><\/p>\n

Sept. 28:\u00a0Kris Kristofferson<\/strong>, singer, songwriter and actor, best known for such songs as \u201cMe and Bobby McGee,” “Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down” and “Help Me Make It Through the Night,” 88<\/span><\/p>\n

Oct. 6:\u00a0Johnny Neel<\/strong>, a member of the\u00a0Allman\u00a0Brothers Band\u00a0<\/strong>and the\u00a0Dickey Betts Band<\/strong>, 70<\/span><\/p>\n

Oct. 7:\u00a0Cissy Houston<\/strong>, the mother of\u00a0Whitney Houston\u00a0<\/strong>and a singer in her own right, 91<\/span><\/p>\n

Nov. 13:Shel Talmy<\/strong>, the producer who oversaw seminal early recordings by\u00a0The Who\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0The Kinks<\/strong>, 87<\/span><\/p>\n

Nov. 14:\u00a0Peter Sinfield<\/strong>,\u00a0King Crimson\u00a0<\/strong>songwriter and lyricist, 80<\/span><\/p>\n

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It\u2019s always sad when our favorite musicians pass away, and in 2024 we had to do say goodbye to several\u00a0artists who made a huge impact on music. Grateful Dead\u00a0fans were shocked when it was announced that bassist\u00a0Phil Lesh\u00a0died on Oct. 25 at 84. Lesh, who cofounded the iconic jam bandRead More →<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,4],"tags":[7,134,317,114,315,316,142,106],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31101"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31101"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31101\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}