A short post today noting some milestones in the world of music this week.
Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones turned 80 years old on Wednesday. He and the Stones were pivitol in the counter-culture movement of the 1960s. Their first hit was “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” in 1965 and they went on to score massive hits across five decades including “Brown Sugar”, “Honky Tonk Women”, “Start Me Up” and “Paint It Black”.
The Rolling Stones frontman is still strutting and gyrating in front of packed-out arenas, most recently touring Europe to mark the band’s 60th anniversary.
The icon of 60s counterculture underwent a heart valve replacement in 2019, but his regime of running, kick-boxing, cycling and yoga has maintained his svelte figure and longevity as an energetic showman.
The band completed its 14-date “Sixty” tour last year, although had to cancel one date when Jagger caught Covid.
It was the first time the band had performed without drummer Charlie Watts, who died in 2021.
The Stones have been a band for 60 years.
Born on March 8, 1946, in Scottsbluff, Nebraska, Meisner formed the Eagles in 1971 with Glenn Frey, Don Henley, and Bernie Leadon.
He worked on many of the rock group’s albums, including “Eagles,” “Desperado,” “On The Border,” “One of These Nights,” and “Hotel California.”
Tony Bennett has also died at 96.
Legendary crooner Tony Bennett, known for his smooth voice and popular music, died Friday. He was 96.
Bennett died in his hometown of New York City just two weeks before his birthday, his publicist, Sylvia Weiner, confirmed to Page Six in a statement.
She added that there was no specific cause of death.
Bennett, born in 1926, began singing at age 10.
Over the span of his decades-long career, Bennett released more than 70 albums, sold more than 50 million records worldwide and won 20 Grammys and two Emmys.
He also broke the Guinness World Record for being the oldest person to release an album of new material, at the age of 95 years and 60 days.
He was known for many hits including “I Left My Heart in San Francisco,” “Fly Me to the Moon” and “Steppin’ Out With My Baby” and duetted with Gaga on standards like “Love for Sale” and “Anything Goes.”
Finally, troubled Irish singer Sinéad O’Connor has died at age 56.
Sinéad O’Connor has died at the age of 56 after years of mental health battles, her ‘devastated’ family confirmed.
The Irish Grammy-winning singer, whose cause of death is not yet known, became world famous in 1990 with her heartrending cover of Prince’s Nothing Compares 2 U.
It comes 18 months after the mother-of-four’s son Shane, 17, took his life in January 2022 after escaping hospital while on suicide watch.
At the time of her death, the musician, who changed her name to Shuhada’ Sadaqat in 2018 when she converted to Islam, was thought to be spending her time between Co Roscommon, Ireland, and London.
Have a good weekend.
Wow. I must be getting old. I remember so many of the singers you mentioned when they were in their prime on MTV. Now they are just old or have passed on.
Last night, my husband and I went to an eighties heavy metal night at a local bar. I expected to recognize some of the songs, but apparently they were not my genre (like Billy Joel, Chicago, and The Judds were). When I saw older women dancing and singing along to AC/DC tunes that I didn’t even recognize, I realized that a lot of time had passed. It’s funny to know that you’re now part of history, and that some of that history is even foreign to you.