Bo Diddley
On 03/02/2010,
In Rhythm&Blues, Wax Facts,
By RareSoul Staff
Ritchie Valens
Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper, three legendary singers died in a plane crash today (February 3, 1959) near Clear Lake, Iowa, while traveling to Moorhead, Minnesota to perform a concert.
Holly, 22, had chartered the plane because he was fed up with the miserable conditions on the “The Winter Dance Party” tour. The conditions were so dire that Holly’s drummer Carl Bunch was frostbitten in his feet while on the tour. (continue reading RareSoul.com)...
Rick James and Neil Young
Rick James was born James Ambrose Johnson.
He was raised by his mother in a family of eight boys and four girls.
James only had vague recollections of his father, who he labeled a womanizer he “wished” he could “kill.” (continue reading RareSoul.com)...