music

1Jun

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India, Noteworthy, Profiles

Wajid Khan, music composer

Wajid Khan, Bollywood music composer, died on June 1, 2020, from complications due to suspected Covid-19 infection. The composer of Sajid-Wajid fame was admitted to a hospital in Mumbai and was reportedly on ventilator. Wajid, who along with his brother Sajid Khan produced music for many Bollywood hits including Dabangg, Wanted and Jai Ho, had been suffering from kidney problem for the past few years. Sanjay Tandon of the Indian Performing Right Society (IPRS) confirmed the news to a website, saying that he had received a message that he was not well and that he had been hospitalised. Singer Sonu Nigam was among the first A-listers to confirm the news. "Mybrother Wajid left us," he posted on his official Instagram handle sonunigamofficial Sajid-Wajid were the sons of tabla...

19Apr

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Noteworthy, Profiles, United Kingdom

Terry Doran, music manager

Terence James Doran ‑ an English luxury car dealer, pop music manager and music publishing executive, best known for his association with the Beatles – succumbed to Covid-19 on 18 April 2020. With Beatles manager Brian Epstein, he co-owned Brydor Cars in the 1960s, supplying sportscars to many figures in the Swinging London era, including the Beatles and members of the Rolling Stones and the Moody Blues. In 1967, he became the manager of Apple Publishing, the first appointment in the Beatles' Apple Corps business organisation. He also managed the Apple artists Grapefruit and Mary Hopkin. He was a personal assistant to John Lennon and then George Harrison. Throughout the 1970s, he worked as Harrison's estate manager at Friar Park in Oxfordshire and assisted in rest...

8Apr

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Noteworthy, Profiles, United States

Hal Willner, music producer

Hal Willner – an American music producer working in recording, films, TV and live events – passed away after contracting Covid-19 on April 7, 2020. He was best known for assembling tribute albums and events featuring a wide variety of artists and musical styles (jazz, classical, rock, Tin Pan Alley). Willner was born in Philadelphia in 1956. His father and uncle were Holocaust survivors. Willner moved to New York City in 1974 to attend New York University, but did not graduate. In the late 1970s, Willner worked under record producer Joel Dorn, credited as associate producer on Leon Redbone's albums Double Time and Champagne Charlie, and The Neville Brothers' Fiyo on the Bayou. Willner became the sketch music prod...

2Apr

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Noteworthy

Viktar Dashkevich, actor

Viktar Mikalayevich Dashkevich, a Belarusian stage actor, died of Covid-19 on 31 March 2020. He was born in Chashniki District, and died in March 2020 in Vitebsk, after suffering from COVID-19 complications. He had suffered from chronic lung disease for many years. He is buried in the Orthodox Hieorhijeŭskija Cemetery near Ruba.

26Mar

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Italy, Noteworthy, Profiles

Detto Mariano, music publisher

Detto Mariano –an Italian composer, arranger, lyricist, pianist, record producer and music publisher – died on 25 March 2020 after contracting Covid-19. Born Mariano Detto in Monte Urano, Mariano started his career in 1958 but was launched by entering Adriano Celentano's "Clan Celentano", becoming keyboardist in his accompanying group "I Ribelli", sporadic lyricist and official arranger of all the songs of the Clan between 1962 and 1967. He also collaborated with Lucio Battisti, Mina, Milva, Equipe 84. Later he focused on composing numerous film soundtracks, especially comedy films. On 25 March 2020, Mariano died of COVID-19 at the age of 82.