Topic: MILESTONES
DAKOTA STATON, a highly regarded jazz vocalist known for her soulful interpretations and for her bluesy 1957 album "The Late, Late Show," has died. details
Singer and actress BETTY HUTTON, whose stage credits ranged from Two for the Show in 1940 to Annie in 1980, died on March 11 2007 of colon cancer at her Palm Springs home. Details
BOBBY ROSENGARDEN was a jazz drummer who worked with musicians from Igor Stravinsky to Jimi Hendrix but became best known for making musical wisecracks as the bandleader on “The Dick Cavett Show.” MORE
RAY EVANS was an American songwriter. He was a partner in a composing and songwriting duo with Jay Livingston, known for the songs they composed for films. Evans wrote the lyrics and Livingston the music for the songs. He died on the 42nd anniversary of the death of Nat King Cole, who had made Evans and Livingston's "Mona Lisa" so famous. Biography
FRANKIE LAINE, the big-voiced singer whose string of hits made him one of the most popular entertainers in the 1950s, died Tuesday, 6 FEB 2007. He was 93....details. | BIO/VIDEO
BARBARA McNAIR, who starred opposite Elvis Presley and Sidney Poitier and became one of the first black women to to host her own television variety show ( See Video), has died at 72. McNair died on Sunday FEB 4, 2007 after a long battle with throat cancer, husband Charles Blecka told Reuters. McNair, who started singing in church as a girl, was still performing as recently as late last year.......more | BIO/PHOTO/DISCOGRAPHY/YouTube Video