I get these deaths from the Music Oldies site.
DENNY "CLAPS" CONN, 86
Died September 2, 2015. Drummer and vocalist for the Playmates. So-founded the group while at the University of Connecticut. Had hits with "Jo-Ann (#19-1958), "Don't Go Home (#22-1958) "What Is Love" (#15-1959) and their biggest hit, that great "Beep Beep" (#4-1958). You know, the great "race" between the little Nash Rambler and the Cadillac.
The group charted four times for Roulette Records before breaking up in 1965. He was married to his first wife, Joanne for 58 years. For whom the first single was named.
BEN CAULEY, 67
Died Sept. 21, 2015, Founding member and trumpet player with the Bar-Kays and the only survivor of the 1967 Wisconsin plane crash that killed Otis Redding and most of the group. "Soul Finger" (#17-1967).
Being an account of some things I'm interested in, what I'm doing, and reflections on my past, especially music.
Listen to this man. Seven years of college, you know. Trying to reason with 2020 and, now, 2022.
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