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5 Big Singers Who Died Without Much Fanfare - Part 3 - Rock History Book
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- 5 Big Lead Singers Who Died Without Much Fanfare - Rock History Book - Part 3
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Benjamin Orr was a LEGEND...Though he didn’t get the recognition he deserved he was quite the musician and lived his life doing what he loved most, performing and making great music with THE CARS and his solo project THE LACE album...Believe me when I say he was deeply admired and loved by many 😍🎶♥️💯
Thank you for recognizing Benjamin Orr! He was a Cleveland guy through and through. I still can’t believe it took the Rock Hall of Fame 14 years after the band’s initial eligibility date (2004) to induct The Cars.
All of us from the area will be mad about that
The Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame is a joke.
Loved Orr's singing. Stay The Night and Drive are two of my all time faves.
The hall of Fame really is a joke.
@@andreadeamon6419 What about Eric Carmen (solo career/song writer)or as a member of the Raspberries?? These guys are waaaay overdue to be in the RRHOF IMO!! Speaking of local Cleveland talent.
Thank you for including Benjamin Orr! It kills me when I find out that people thought Ric Ocasek sang all the Cars songs. I love both their voices but ... come on! My favorite songs off their albums were Ben's! "Just What I Needed", "Bye Bye Love", Moving In Stereo", "All Mixed Up", "Let's Go", "Drive" and "Candy-O" were all BEN!! (So many more!)
All my favorite songs were from Beautiful Gorgeous Ben I like Ric Ocasek also but Ben is my ultimate favorite handsome guy 😍
Ric wrote them all.
Beautiful Benjamin Orr, RIP. I love my beloved Cars.
And what about Jack Bruce a genius as a composer and bas player and a Great Great Singer .and ofcourse startede cream wiht Ginger and eric
They were and always will be a great, great band
And Ric Ocasek
RIP Benjamin Orr. Just a beautiful singer, wonderful musician (bass player and drummer), and a gorgeous man.
I don't care who missed his passing. I missed him. There's the kind of looking wig hair, but I don't care. The cars didn't sound like any other band. I saw them and the video TV stage was wrong and stupid. I saw their drummer play in a super human style because I guess he was trying to keep up with a studio drum machine. The cars were amazing. Drive me home my car family.
I loved Benjamin Orr! He was a beautiful man with an incredible voice. Let’s Go is still one of my favourite songs and it’s Ben in the video singing it and playing guitar that makes it timeless:) R.I.P. wonderful man.🌹
Benjamin Orr is still being honoured and remembered by all of his many his fans from all around the world, also despite having passed away 20 years ago I meet music lovers who had never heard of him and become fans and another generation of fans is born. What a legacy this amazing musician left behind. He battled cancer with such courage and continued doing what he loved (which was performing live with his band Big People) until he did not have enough strength left which was just weeks before his passing. Benjamin, we still hear what you're playin' .Warm regards from Tasmania, Tia
No one ever mentions Greg Lake, from Emerson, Lake and Palmer. He was amazing. And Keith Emerson killed himself the same year. No one seems to talk about him either. Two huge talents, gone.
So the three members of Emerson Lake and Powell (!) are gone by now. Great vocalist indeed !
Benjamin Orr was always my favorite member of The Cars. Even though the slow ballad song Drive was the only number one single from The Cars, Benjamin Orr sang a lot of the fun songs and the most haunting songs by The Cars. Benjamin Orr's solo album The Lace is by far much better than any solo Ric Ocasek album. The album is definitely not what you would expect for Benjamin Orr. But I love the album and I'm glad that he made it! If you've never heard it, give it a try I think you'll love it!
I remember when Ben Orr died. I knew he had cancer. Broke my heart!
I was 15 when he died, I remember my dad being so sad about it because he was such a fan.
I still listen to The Lace to this day. He left us way too soon..
Benjamin Orr was so strikingly handsome and loved his vocals on “Drive”😞😭
Ben Orr was the definition of a rock star
My missus reckons he's the hottest rock star of all time.
I worked with Chris Orzechowski, Ben's ex in the 70's. She supported him through the lean years, and then he dumped her. I appreciate his musicianship, but his gratitude or lack thereof left a bit to be desired. We worked at Strawberries in Framingham, MA and everyone loved Chris. I hope you are still among the living, Chris! Love, Cork
RIP Benjamin Orr. Pancreatic cancer is a horrible monster disease!
@@corkcamden9878 you only heard one side of the story.
I got that impression from reading the book “Let’s Go” also the podcast about the Cars . In 1978 he met a makeup artist Judith who later became his second wife in 1990. He was still married to Kris but it sounds like he struck up a relationship withJudith at that time. The book implied that Ben was enjoy female attention .
His
Benjamin Orr is so overlooked. Really glad to see him mentioned. And I always really liked Laura Nyro's singing as well as the songs she wrote.
Thank you for talking about and including Eric Wolfson. I am a huge Alan Parsons fan.
I love the song Drive.
I am a huge fan of Benjamin Orr and I always be When I heard he had cancer it just broke my heart 💔 Loved Benjamin with all of my heart ❤️❤️❤️😘😘😘
Ben Orr. He was a lot more than just a pretty face. If you're considering other candidates, look no further than Steve Marriot, late of The Small Faces and Humble Pie. What a voice, now lost to time . I hadn't realised he had passed until years after his death.
He was and always will be, to me, the greatest vocalist/guitarist who ever graced this world. RIP my Tin Soldier.
One of the most underrated guitar players of all time - Terry Kath - Chicago
without question!!!!
I agree that he was an underrated guitarist (his lead solo on "25 or 6 to 4" is amazing) but his death, probably because of its bizarre nature, was relatively widely reported in Australia at the time.
Absolutely
When Jimi Hendrix says you're the best... you ARE the best!
@@chrisb1953 Wasn't he the guy who said, " The gun's not loaded. Here, I'll prove it." And put it to his head, pulled the trigger, BAM?
Orr's death has to be the most under-reported of all. As a huge Cars fan I can't even recollect how I first came to know about it. Ric Ocasek's death was widely reported.
Same here. Huge Cars fan and didn't know he had died at the time, but now I know why. It was Two weeks after I moved in my current residence 20 plus years ago. Musta had too much going on.
Orr's death was reported at the time. The New York Times actually did a pretty long obituary.
That's because Ocasek wrote most of the songs, Orr, who wasn't a particularly good bass player but a decent singer rather was the poster boy of the band, as he said himself at one time.
I remember a co worker told me the lead singer of the cars died 2000 he gave me the impression that it was Ric Ocasek how clueless that guy was I later find it was Ben Orr and I been a longtime fan of the cars knew that both Ric and Ben did the lead vocals thank you for giving Ben Orr recognition he deserves I know Ric got a bit more when he passed away. If your seeking singers who did not get much fanfare I’d add Eddie Money on the list he was mentioned only briefly but not much more after that Ric Ocasek went days later and was the talk of the town for days
I was just listening to Drive. Benjamin Orr voice was like silk!
Absolutely loved his solo album “The Lace”. The whole album is wonderful ending with “This time around”. So much heartfelt soul in this song. My favorite song on the album.
Stay the night was popular in 1986. I was in 4th grade when that song came out. I am curious to know if he was Catholic. He was buried in St. Patrick's Cemetery. Cool that he was from Ohio.
Phil Lynott of Thin Lizzy. Legendary rock star. Not a whole lot of fanfare either.
He's getting more recognition as the years pass. There is a documentary out on him called Songs For While I'm Away.
He is considered a legend in Ireland
Phil Lynot awesome man I Love him. Had the Prince look long before Prince was even around.
Ever been to Ireland?
@@jdogg3737 yes
The Greatest frontman of all time!
I don't know if it was a true quote...
"I sing the good songs and Benjamin sings the great ones." - Ric Ocasek
I heard that Ocasek was asked what his favorite Cars songs were, and he said “The ones Ben sang”.
Thank you for recognizing the great Benjamin Orr. From the Cars to his solo masterpiece The Lace, he was amazing!
Laura Nyro, who was Kate Bush before there was a Kate Bush, was widely mourned when she passed. She had a huge fanbase.
Lead singer for the band Hot Chocolate has several hit singles in US but scores in the UK. He left Hot Chocolate in 1985.
*Errol Brown* (November 12, 1943 - May 6, 2015 - Age: 71)
Both Pete Ham and Tom Evans of Badfinger
They were phenomenal and highly underrated!! Badfinger was one of the best bands in history. Play them all the time...especially the apple lps..Thanks
Maybe one of the biggest rock tragedies
Yes please give pete and Tommy their due
Noo, it was so notorious case, some people thought that some of Beatles died.
@@groverbaker6404 Joey Molland is my neighbor and helped out on a record we made about five years ago...Here is talking about some Badfinger stuff... th-cam.com/video/Ro15lwyJskA/w-d-xo.html
Ray Thomas from the Moody Blues passed away a few years ago. Mike Smith, the lead singer of the Dave Clark Five died twelve years ago I think.
Thanks for remembering Sandy Denny after all these years.
as long as we listen to there great music they will not be forgotten!
Well said
How about Kirsty MacColl? She sang on the Christmas classic "Fairytale of New York" with the Pogues. Was tragically killed by a speed boat while swimming in Mexico.
Who?
There was a lot of fanfare for Kirsty McColl's' death
@@TheWacoKid1963 yes, especially since she gave up her own life to save her kids by pushing them away from the boat propeller.
@@TheWacoKid1963 perhaps in the u.k, but it was merely a side note in North America.
Maurice White - writer, singer, force behind Earth, Wind and Fire
Toy Caldwell, James Dewar, Mariska Veres. Toy Caldwell is also under-appreciated as a guitarist, he's my all-time favorite guitarist. But Toy was also an incredible singer singing Marshal Tucker's biggest hit, "Can't You See", "Everyday I Have The Blues", and the smokin' hot "I Hear the South Calling Me" from his solo record, and all the Tucker songs he sang on his solo tours (he wrote all the great Tucker classics, but sang them really well with his own group). Toy was a triple-threat... great guitarist, great singer, great song-writer. James Dewar is my favorite all-time singer, although highly under-rated, he sang on the masterpiece Robin Trower albums "Bridge of Sighs" and "For Earth Below" as well as many other incredible Trower albums. Mariska Veres was just plain hot!.... singing the classic "Venus" and many other great songs with the Shocking Blue.
James Dewar! OMG what a voice!
Laura Nyro was a highly creative songwriter but also a very, very good singer and piano player. One of my favorites. Worth a listen.
Ginger Baker and Jack Bruce of Cream. Clive Burr of Iron Maiden. Steve Clark of Def Leppard. Leslie West of Mountain. John Entwistle of The Who. Ronnie Montrose
Laura Nyro was a genius and a visionary. Check out the perfect combination of Fire and Ice when Duane Allman, another visionary, backs her on lead guitar on the song 'Beads Of Sweat'. They both left too soon.
I remember the day I heard the bone jarring news about Ben's death. The radio station played "Moving In Stereo" on my car's radio. After that the DJ announced the sad news.
Tom Fogarty from Credence Clearwater Revival.
Carl Wilson of The Beach Boys. He passed in his early fifties. He had such an amazing voice. I can hear music.
I believe his mother said he had the voice of an angel. When you hear him sing God Only Knows, she's totally right.
He got quite some "fanfare" though....
Carl died in early 1998.
Sandy Denny, Englands greatest female vocalist ever. Such a tragedy she died so young with so much left unfulfilled. Still sadly missed by all who loved her music.
Yes, she had an amazing voice. What they failed to mention, is that she died as a result of a brain anurism.
Bassist, Michael Steele (the Bangles) is also a huge Sandy Denny fan. She covered accoustically 'North Star, the Grassman, and the Raven' in '94 with her band Crash Wisdom. Then she sang it again, along with 'Banks of the Nile' in '98, at the Sandy Denny Tribute Concert in NYC.
I think she's the greatest female vocalist full stop.
Michael Been of The Call (1950-2010). He wrote some amazing stuff, his passionate vocals were awesome, and he could slap the strings right off the bass. In addition to his music, he leaves us the legacy of his son, Robert Levon Been, lead singer of Black Rebel Motorcycle Club.
Great group of people all who are supremely missed. Harry Nilsson and Warren Zevon would be 2 good people to feature for Part 4. Zevon even wrote a great song for the Turtles (Outside Chance).
Agree with both
Harry Nilsson was arguably the greatest singer of his generation, had a three and a half octave range, and was so close with John Lennon and Ringo Starr that he would have taken Paul's spot if he went ahead and left the band; sadly is mostly forgotten now.
I'm a huge fan of Warren Zevon but I'm not sure I would say he died without much fanfare . His final album was a star-studded project, and David Letterman featured him as his only guest for an entire show.
Ben Orr fantastic musician wonderful man.
Drive and Stay the Night. 2 perfect Benjamin songs.
Joe Cocker, Alvin Lee, Billy Jones, Hughie Thomasson, Johnny Winter. Alvin Lee was a great singer as well as guitarist. Check out "Woodstock". Speaking of "Woodstock", we really didn't hear much about Joe Cocker when he passed either. Billy Jones and Hughie Thomasson, both known for their incredible guitar playing with the Outlaws, but also both were great signers too. And one more guy who played at Woodstock... Johnny Winter, another great guitarist who could sing great too. And then there was Jimi Hendrix, who rarely gets credit for his great lead vocals... but I guess we can't really say he passed without any fanfare.... but I still insist, Jimi was very under-rated as a singer.
Nicolette Larson, best known for her hit Gonna Take a Lotta Love.
Etta James, who died a few weeks before Whitney Houston, without all the coverage and fanfare that Whitney had.
Whoops! You already covered Nicolette.
I do miss Benjamin Orr but am grateful for the time he spent on Earth. His looks and voice were mesmerizing (e.g., "Drive"), but he could really rock you, too!!
Mark Hollis of Talk Talk
It was a sad day when Mark died🥀. He was a genius and creative force for music. RIP Mark Hollis 💐
Man, Mark was so great. RIP.
Andrew Gold. It was years after the fact that I even found out.
thank you for mentioning him
So true! I didn't find out until a few years after he passed. Just loved so many of his songs.
Sandy Denny.. What an amazing powerful haunting voice. Her material with Fairport Convention is so good. She just couldn't shake her personal demons. R.I.P.
Orr definitely helped give the Cars girl appeal. Cool voice. Amazing how the years have zoomed on by. RIP.
Philip Lynott for sure. Completely under appreciated singer and songwriter. A legend in Ireland. I will eventually go to Dublin to see his statue I pray. My favorite band of all time, Thin Lizzy.
1. Al Wilson "Show & Tell"
2. Annette Snell (oh please cover this remarkable singer who could sing circles around Ms. Ross!)
3. Tony Destra drummer for Cinderella
4. Alan Murphy of Level 42
5. Oliver
6. Wendy O. Williams
7. Rob Fisher of Naked Eyes
Wendy O Williams .... Uhmmmmmm.... Well..... You see.... How can I put this diplomatically.....
Hi John. Thanks for your videos. I'd suggest Chrissy Amphlett for your next one, lead singer of the Divinyls. Sad ending for a great singer, had both cancer and MS. Good to see Eric Woolfson acknowledged. I certainly mourned his passing. Always love listening to his syrup smooth singing on Nothing Left To Lose and Sooner Or Later.
Yes! Sandy Denny was fantastic in The Fairport Convention. I'm American but I learned about her in MOJO Magazine. Her legacy is immense in the U.K. and her other band Fotheringay is also great. And Laura Nyro deserves more recognition.
I agree. Both died so young but Laura really had an amazing songwriting career.
I always loved the songs "Eli's Coming" and "Stoney End." I never knew Ms. Nyro wrote them. I also love "Time" and "Eye in the Sky," sung by Woolfson. Thank you for this video.
I never thought Eric Wolfson got the credit he deserved for his contribution to The Alan Parsons Project. I’ve missed Sandy Denny for years.
Agreed about Eric. I think he sang lead on most of the APP songs that charted, but more people give credit to Lenny Zakatek, who only had two that I know of.
The first few years of Todd Rundgren’s solo career were, basically, an homage to Laura Nyro. Runt and The Ballad of Todd Rundgren, specifically.
Hello It's Me is basically Todd channeling Laura...
Laura Nyro sounds intetesting. I'm going to check her out now.
R.I.P
It seems like Benjamin Orr sang The Cars biggest hits.
Singer Mia Zapata of The Gits was a tragic story if you want to look into that one. Also Dave Williams, lead singer of Drowning Pool
I watch the story of Mia’s murder on Forensic Files reruns
I was blessed to have seen the Cars in the very early 1980s in Providence Rhode Island and Ben was awesome. He didn't miss one note that night and sang 70 % of the songs that night. Great concert from a great band.
I saw them near Washington, D.C. during the same time period - must have been the same tour. I agree - Ben was Awesome - Great concert from a great band!
Thanks for your Part 3 of this great series, and indeed your wonderful Rock History Book.
You may consider adding Dobie Gray( a much under-rated, but talented singer) to your Part 4 of Lead Singers who died etc. Thanks again.
Dobie Gray was in "The in crowd," until he let himself drift away.
Phil Lynott of Thin Lizzy, another vote. My older brother bought their Jailbreak LP when we were in high school and it became one of my favorite albums of all time. Their biggest hit (Boys are Back in Town) was maybe the 3rd or 4th best track on the album, though certainly had a great hook and deserved the success it had. If I ever make it to Ireland I'm definitely going to visit his gravesite and pay my respects.
Ben Orr R.I.P my old friend. Miss you
Paul Hester from Crowded House and Split Enz and as others have mentioned, Stuart Adamson from Big Country. Two immensely talented artists who both unfortunately died by suicide.
Sandy Denny; a sad story, but what a wonderful voice and a great songwriter. Although she died so young, 43 years ago this month, her legacy lives on with all the female artists who were influenced by her. American singer-songwriter Alela Diane recently wrote and recorded a beautiful tribute; 'Song for Sandy'.
How could anybody not give fanfare Benjamin Orr he was a wonderful singer one of my favorite on the cars I love this song Stay the Night may he rest in peace I know he's in heaven which all the others entertainers such good ones as BJ Thomas Illusionist Siegfried and Roy the actress Tawny Kitaen they will all be missed rest in peace everyone👼💞
Joel Diamond was a great friend and producer songwriter to Benny Mardones. When Benny died last year, Joel put together some incredible stuff as a tribute.
I love The song "Drive." Along with "You Might Think." There are other artists who died without ANY fan fare. They did not reach the height of fame as these as song writer nor singer. That was because of the type of music they sang. Could you do one on the sixties genre of what was called Bubble Gum music? Many artists fit that category. I still like that music and I just want to know how many of the artists have died and which ones have died. Most of them did not get to this level of fame.
I was surprised that Ben Orr actually sang a couple of my favorite Cars songs. I thought that the late Ric Ocasek did all the singing.
Orr and Ocasek had similar voice. For the longest time I thought Ocasek sang everything.
Harry Chapin and Rob Grill
Without Eric Woolson there would be no Alan Parsons Project..
He and Alan Parsons
Please recognize Jimi Jameson of Survivor! He was a great singer. I appreciate you recognizing Ben Orr. I never heard he passed away, until about ten years after he had died. He sang all of my favorite Car’s songs.
Laura Nyro is probably the most influential songwriter in contemporary music. She is revered in the music industry, but remains relatively obscure with the public. See Nyro TH-cam discussions by Elton John, Todd Rundgren, Alice Cooper, Narada Michael Walden and Sara Bareilles. The recent mega hit Drivers Licence by Olivia Rodrigo is based on Nyro's You Don't Love Me When I Cry (1969). The recent hit Runner by the band Tennis references 4 Nyro songs. Several tribute songs have been written for Nyro starting with Todd Rundgren's Baby Lets Swing (1970) to Mean Streets (2014) by Tennis. Nyro came from the Bronx.
Lonesome Dave, Foghat .
And Savoy Brown before that.
I just recently found out that Laura Branigan passed away from LYMPHOMA at age 52...my age! She was still vivacious and had so many more songs left in her, I'm sure!!
Stuart Adamson of Big Country (1958-2001). He was a brilliant singer, guitarist, and songwriter. Big Country never had as much success as they deserved. There was some media cover when Stuart died, but he’s mostly forgotten now. A total shame.
Wonderful singer and entertainer. RIP Stuart.
A friend of mine took a Greyhound 250 miles to go see Stuart Adamson perform in Nashville around 2000 or so only to find out the show was cancelled because he killed himself.
he was depressed of something. people with good lives do not commit suicide or else they do not know people love them.
Patty Donahue comes to mind, for me. A life long smoker, it finally caught up with her, and she died of lung cancer in 1996. Another is Demis Roussos, who died of cancer in 2015. A life cut short was the singer Louise Dean, who was killed in a hit and run accident 1995. Although she only had a couple of small hits in the UK, she was immensely talented. She was only 24.
Sid Barrett original singer for Pink Floyd
I don't know if this will generate much care from the general population, but one of the greatest musicians in the arena of avant-garde progressive rock jazz fusion world ambient music, Tony Duhig, co-founder of the criminally-overlooked underground British band Jade Warrior, passed from our world in, I believe, late 1990. I think it was a heart attack, but I know there is more to the story. Tony's widow, Camilla Duhig, is a good friend of mine and can be reached on Facebook. Please give Jade Warrior's music a listen and give Tony the loving tribute he so richly deserves. Thank you. ✌️💜
1) Gerry Rafferty
2) Tony Lewis (The Outfield)
3) David Byron (Uriah Heep)
4) Bob Hite (Canned Heat)
5) Greg Lake (ELP)
Not necessarily in this order of course...
But another one I definetely would add in one of the "Only the good die young" episodes is Trish Keenan, the somehwat moody sounding singer of the British band Broadcast, known for "Come on let's go" etc. (1968-2011)
Benjamin Orr's death was a heartbreaker. The Cars were never the same. Saw him towards the end. Suddenly realized why the Cars were no more. He looked terrible. Such a good looking guy . Cancer is a devastating disease.
Three members of The MC5 have left us with little fanfare, including Fred 'Sonic' Smith and Michael Davis, but since the focus is on lead singers, Rob Tyner should easily be included on one of your future lists.
PICK for part 4 - Patty Santos who sang White Bird for It's a beautiful Day.
Unforgettable voice on white bird you never forget...
One of the best guitarist but was more known for the blues he sang.
*Gary Moore* (April 4, 1952 - February 6, 2011 - Age: 58)
Please do a spot on Andrew Gold, a personal favourite !! Thanks
Some great picks! On the subject of Alan Parson I would add my favorite APP singer Chris Rainbow!
James Dewar. Bass and Vocals in Robin Trower.
An excellent obit list.I was unaware of some of them.
Great.I will check out the prior installments.
RIP Benjamin Orr...pancreatic cancer is a monster!😢
Nice work JB. It’s been a few years but part of me died when John Whetton of Asia died.
Great topic, John, as a tribute to those gone, but not forgotten.
Chris Bell, from Big Star. Just an amazing songwriter and singer.
Was fortunate to see APP about 2 years ago in Atlantic City. Been a huge fan from day one. Don't Answer Me will always be my favorite.
When a singer plays second fiddle to a bigger name in the band they often get overlooked even in death.
Layne Staley - Alice in Chains
Jerry Cantrell
Brad Delp - Boston
Tom Scholz
Carl Wilson - The Beach Boys
Brian Wilson
Brian Connolly, Sweet. Iconic song. Many were not aware who he was or that he passed.
My second mention would be Jani Lane of Warrant. Listen again and get beyond the hair band cliche. Jani was a hell of an underrated rock song writer who died too young.
The Ramones!!! Gaba Gaba Hey!!!
While known more for their guitar slinging than their singing ... what about Gary Moore, Alvin Lee, and Peter Green. Ronnie Hammond of the “Atlanta Rhythm Section” was a huge loss that went unnoticed as was the loss of the great John Wetton (one of my top 5 favorites). Also (and you mentioned it recently) Rusty Young.
I didn’t know John Wetton had passed 🥺
Pete Green got a fair bit of coverage.
I heard Sweet Blindness at 11 yrs old.song never left my head.
Listening to their music and talking about them does keep them all alive. Phil Lynott from Thin Lizzy, Wendy O Williams from the plasmatic‘s and even Joey and Johnny Ramone.