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The woman who influenced perhaps more influential female singers, among them Bonnie Raitt and Janis Joplin, has died at 78.
Ruth Brown, who toured with everyone who was anyone in the 1950s, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993. Musicians known musicians, and if Brown’s legacy had faded over the decades (despite a mid 1970s comeback), the people playing the songs remembered.
Brown had a heart attack and stroke near her Las Vegas home.
CNN is reporting that Gerald LeVert, part of the quiet storm power trio LeVert, is dead at age 40. LeVert was one of superstar writer/producer David Foster’s favorite go-to acts, and the trio scored four top 40 sons on Billboard’s Hot 100 charts.
The overweight singer was the son of O’Jay’s member Eddie LeVert and reportedly died of a heart attack.
With some strange moments (Faith Hill captured on camera reacting poorly, Keith Urban winning while in rehab), yesterday’s Country Music Awards finally finished with Kenny chesney winning Entertainer of the Year honors.
Hill was seen on camera reacting poorly — and some say in horror — when American Idol winner Carrie Underwood won the Female vocalist award. Meanwhile, Keith Urban sent word from reab in a note that was read to the audience.
But it was Chesney, country’s most salable crossover artist since Garth Brooks, who won the night’s big prize. Rascal Flatts won more awards, but Chesney solidified his hold on country and popular music.
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