Music: Final Exits of 2012

Dave 'Omar' Alexander
http://post-humous.blogspot.com/2012/01/dave-omar-alexander.html

Bulgarian-Born Pianist Alexis Weissenberg Dies at 82
http://post-humous.blogspot.com/2012/01/bulgarian-born-pianist-alexis.html

Bridie Gallagher
http://post-humous.blogspot.com/2012/01/bridie-gallagher.html

US Blues Legend Etta James Dies of Leukemia
http://post-humous.blogspot.com/2012/01/us-blues-legend-etta-james-dies-of.html

Remembering Blues Legend Etta James
http://post-humous.blogspot.com/2012/01/remembering-blues-legend-etta-james.html

John Levy
http://post-humous.blogspot.com/2012/01/john-levy.html

Camilla Williams
http://post-humous.blogspot.com/2012/01/camilla-williams.html

Legendary Soul Train Host Found Dead
http://post-humous.blogspot.com/2012/02/legendary-soul-train-host-found-dead.html

Tributes Pour in for Late Soul Train Creator
http://post-humous.blogspot.com/2012/02/tributes-pour-in-for-late-soul-train.html

Singer Whitney Houston Dead at 48
http://post-humous.blogspot.com/2012/02/singer-whitney-houston-dead-at-48.html

Singer Whitney Houston Memorialized at Pre-Grammy Awards Gala
http://post-humous.blogspot.com/2012/02/singer-whitney-houston-memorialized-at.html

Davy Jones
http://post-humous.blogspot.com/2012/02/davy-jones.html

Remembering Davy Jones
http://post-humous.blogspot.com/2012/03/remembering-davy-jones.html

Bluegrass Legend Earl Scruggs Dead at 88
http://post-humous.blogspot.com/2012/03/bluegrass-legend-earl-scruggs-dead-at.html

Remembering Earl Scruggs
http://post-humous.blogspot.com/2012/03/remembering-earl-scruggs.html

Entertainment Pioneer Dick Clark Dies at 82
http://post-humous.blogspot.com/2012/04/entertainment-pioneer-dick-clark-dies.html

Adam Yauch of The Beastie Boys Dies at 47
http://post-humous.blogspot.com/2012/05/adam-yauch-of-beastie-boys-dies-at-47.html

Chuck Brown, 'The Godfather of Go-Go,' Dies at 75
http://post-humous.blogspot.com/2012/05/chuck-brown-godfather-of-go-go-dies-at.html

Queen of Disco Loses Battle with Cancer
http://post-humous.blogspot.com/2012/05/queen-of-disco-loses-battle-with-cancer.html

Godfather of Go-Go Music Dies
http://post-humous.blogspot.com/2012/05/godfather-of-go-go-music-dies.html

Last Dance for Queen of Disco; Donna Summer Succumbs to Cancer
http://post-humous.blogspot.com/2012/05/last-dance-for-queen-of-disco-donna.html

Disco Era Icon Robin Gibb Dies of Cancer at 62
http://post-humous.blogspot.com/2012/05/disco-era-icon-robin-gibb-dies-of.html

American Folk Legend Doc Watson Dies
http://post-humous.blogspot.com/2012/05/american-folk-legend-doc-watson-dies.html

Robin Gibb to Be Buried June 8
http://post-humous.blogspot.com/2012/06/robin-gibb-to-be-buried-june-8.html

Country Music Pioneer Kitty Wells Dies at 92
http://post-humous.blogspot.com/2012/07/country-music-pioneer-kitty-wells-dies.html

Award-Winning Composer Marvin Hamlisch Dies
http://post-humous.blogspot.com/2012/08/award-winning-composer-marvin-hamlisch.html

Hamlisch Remembered for Iconic Broadway Tunes
http://post-humous.blogspot.com/2012/08/hamlisch-remembered-for-iconic-broadway.html

Legendary US Songwriter Hal David Dies at 91
http://post-humous.blogspot.com/2012/09/legendary-us-songwriter-hal-david-dies.html

Singer Andy Williams, Star of Records and TV, Dies at 84
http://post-humous.blogspot.com/2012/09/singer-andy-williams-star-of-records.html

Pioneering Jazz Musician Dave Brubeck Dies
http://post-humous.blogspot.com/2012/12/pioneering-jazz-musician-dave-brubeck.html

Indian Sitarist Ravi Shankar Dies
http://post-humous.blogspot.com/2012/12/indian-sitarist-ravi-shankar-dies.html

Russian Soprano Galina Vishnevskaya Dies At 86
http://post-humous.blogspot.com/2012/12/russian-soprano-galina-vishnevskaya_13.html

Robin Gibb to Be Buried June 8

The family of Bee Gees member Robin Gibb will hold a funeral for the singer on 8 June.  They released a statement that said, “The funeral will be a private service for close family and friends.”  Gibb’s family is planning a public memorial service for later this year.  Following Robin’s 20 May death, sales of the Bee Gees’ albums and singles increased by 339%.  According to Nielsen SoundScan, the biggest sellers were “Number Ones,” “Saturday Night Fever” and “Ultimate Bee Gees.”

Photo by RobinReigns: Robin Gibb at the Meet & Greet after the Dubai Jazz Festival on 1st March 2008, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Disco Era Icon Robin Gibb Dies of Cancer at 62

British singer Robin Gibb, an iconic voice of the disco era of the 1970s, died Sunday in London after a long fight against cancer. He was 62 years old.

Gibb and his brothers Barry and Maurice formed their band, appropriately named the Bee Gees, for the Brothers Gibb, in the late 1950s.

The band was a success. But the brothers did not become global superstars until disco was born in the mid 1970s, becoming the defining sound of the era.

The Bee Gees sold hundreds of millions of records including the smash hits How Deep Is Your Love, Stayin' Alive, and Night Fever.

The band survived the decline of disco's popularity and broke up when Maurice Gibb died in 2003.

Robin Gibb kept performing until earlier this year. He had been battling liver and colon cancer.

Photo courtesy of AVRO. Robin Gibb (of the Bee Gees) in AVRO's TopPop (Dutch television show), 12 January 1973.