Drummer Bob Burns, one of the founding members of Lynyrd Skynyrd, died April 3, 2015 in a car accident in Cartersville, Georgia. He was 64.
Wayne Carson, songwriter of two of The Top 500 Songs of the Rock Era*--"The Letter" by the Box Tops and "Always On My Mind" by Willie Nelson, died July 20, 2015 of congestive heart failure in Franklin, Tennessee at the age of 72.
Natalie Cole died December 31, 2015 in Los Angeles of congestive heart failure at age 65.
The talented daughter of the great Nat "King" Cole burst onto the scene in 1975 with "This Will Be".
Cole scored 17 hits in her career, including the Top 10's "This Will Be", "I've Got Love On My Mind", "Our Love", "Pink Cadillac" and "Miss You Like Crazy".
Don Covay died in his sleep at age 78 after suffering a second stroke on January 31, 2015 in Valley Stream, New York. (Note: some websites report that Covay died on January 30, and some sites claim he died in Franklin Square, New York, but the correct date is January 31 and the correct place of death is Valley Stream, according to the newspaper 'The New York Times'. The newspaper 'The Washington Post', 'NPR' and 'Rolling Stone' magazine claim Covay died at age 76, but every other major source--'The New York Times' and 'Billboard', as well as Covay's publicist, say he died at age 78.)
Luigi Creatore (left), part of the songwriting team Hugo
& Luigi with cousin Hugo Peretti, died December 13, 2015 from complications of pneumonia in Boca Raton, Florida at age 93.
Creatore and Luigi wrote "Can't Help Falling In Love" for Elvis Presley and English lyrics for the Tokens classic "The Lion Sleeps Tonight", among many others.
Ervin Drake, who wrote songs recorded by Elvis Presley, Barbra Streisand, Frank Sinatra ("It Was A Very Good Year", Diana Ross, Perry Como, Billie Holiday and Duke Ellington, died January 15, 2015 of bladder cancer in Great Neck, New York at age 95.
Tim Drummond, bassist of Bob Dylan, Crosby, Stills & Nash and Neil Young, who also worked with B.B. King, James Brown, Eric Clapton, Jewel, Joe Cocker and Miles Davis, died January 10, 2015 at the age of 74 in St. Louis County, Missouri.
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