April 17
Wings lost half its heart today in 1998 when Linda McCartney died at 56 after battling breast cancer, ending the life of Paul's photographer wife whose keyboard playing and harmonies had been essential to his post-Beatles career while critics derided her limited musical abilities… Rock and roll suffered one of its earliest tragedies on this day in 1960 when Eddie Cochran died at 21 after a taxi crash in England, the "Summertime Blues" singer's death alongside Gene Vincent's career-ending injuries robbing rockabilly of one of its most promising voices… Hard rock mourned a bizarre murder today in 1983 when Mountain bassist Felix Pappalardi was shot dead by his wife Gail Collins, ending the life of the producer and musician whose work with Cream and his own band had defined early heavy metal before domestic violence turned fatal… We remember the Brill Building's most powerful mogul Don Kirshner on his birthday today in 1934, the music publisher ...
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