Posted by admin on 13 Mar 2011 | Tagged as: news, RIP
There are songs out there that have seemingly always been there. What would Christmas be without the sounds of “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”? However, according to a report in the Los Angeles Times, the songwriter and lyricist Hugh Martin Jr, who penned the song in 1944 died at his home on March 11, [...]
Posted by admin on 21 Oct 2009 | Tagged as: news
Like many people, I would walk home from school singing daft theme tunes from television. The writer of two of these, the “Addams Family” theme and “Green Acres”, has just died in Los Angeles at the age of 93. Mizzy was the master of silly but catchy tunes, and was kept busy well into his [...]
Posted by admin on 10 Aug 2009 | Tagged as: news
Willy De Ville – Cadillac WalkUploaded by doctor_strangelove. – See the latest featured music videos. There’s a strange lack of obituaries for Willy DeVille, who died on August 6, 2009 of cancer. How could the media miss the passing of such a remarkable singer and writer? De Ville created songs of incredible musical intelligence and [...]