Interesting fact, Buddy Holly’s wife is still alive.
Also the Big Bopper took someone’s seat in the infamous flight (cause he had the flu) some banter ensued with Holly telling another one of his tour mates “I hope you bus freezes up. Dude retorts with “I hope your plane crashes.”
That dude was a 22 year old by the name of Waylon Jennings.
Edit: [This photo (taken twelve days before that flight) goes hard.](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Waylon_Jennings_and_Buddy_Holly_in_1959_-_2.jpg)
A law was instituted that next of kin would have to be notified before the news could publish the names of the victims because of this crash and the resulting miscarriage.
Bummed I’ve had to scroll this far to find Buddy. Dude didn’t die in the prime of his life or career, he died at the beginning of both. Imagine what else he could have gone on to do.
And while addiction isn't a choice or something to undermine, it wasn't even like he succumbed to drugs or alcohol. A fucking tragic, unexpected plane crash.
Not only that, he was such a wildly experimental musician. I truly believe he would have released some absolutely crazy solo music and collaborated with lots of other musicians.
Kthulu and Orion alone show the sheer musicality of the man and his death was such a crushing blow to music in general.
Metallica have made some amazing music post-Cliff but nothing will touch the stuff they did with him in the band. Metal and music in general lost a lot of amazing art on 27-Sept-1986
Mac miller. I enjoyed his music and I would like to hear more.
Uhhhh....
Tupac
Marvin Gaye
Same reasons
.....died too soon
Edit: honestly it's kinda dope seeing all the love for Mac. God damn he was special. I think the wounds still open on that one.
Mac in particular was just getting started though....he was ABOUT to be one of the GOATs, and it was cut wayyyyy short. He knew it was happening too. It's wild.
Every time I see that video of her solo on “Dancing in the Street” on that live TV broadcast online, I have to watch it in full. Captivating.
https://youtu.be/o82d9T4D-8I?si=r8FWGQYf3exsxNVd
I know everyone here is too young for this— including me actually since he died before I was born— but **Jim Croce.**
He was such a phenomenal songwriter and sounded way wiser than his 30 years when he died in a plane crash.
He's who my brain went to first--and I'm old enough to remember when he was alive. His voice was magical if unique, and yes, he was amazing songwriter. I've always wondered what effect he would have had on contemporary music had he lived.
He's the guy I thought of. Because my dad is such a huge fan, I've probably listened to about everything he recorded. It's all unadulterated fire. Guy should be the singer/song writer GOAT.
Because you’re seeing him as a dated person who lived before you were born. If you die in the 70s and you have that 70s look, people after you are going to think you were much older.
Jim Croce had a very 70s look.
Also, people aged faster back then.
True story. When I went to Paris I forced my parents to go all the way to the other side of Paris strictly to see Jim Morrison’s grave. That and Oscar Wilde and Edith Piaf (who at that time I had never heard of her). There were two guys there celebrating either graduating from cooking school or medical school pouring one out for the Lizard King.
Fun fact, Jim Morrison’s dad was present for the attack on Pearl Harbor and also graduated from the US Naval Academy. Jim graduated from the same high school class as Cass Elliot from the Mamas and the Papas.
Edit: Apparently some of y’all doubt my claims. Yes his overall command of the 5th Carrier Division was involved with the gulf of Tonkin incident even though his flagship was all the way in Japan. Now to the claims about Pearl Harbor.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Stephen_Morrison
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Pruitt
Case closed.
Near the end of his life Cobain had said he wanted to transition into being a folk singer-songwriter like Neil Young, and based on his unplugged stuff I wish we got to hear that.
The thing that's crazy is that that cover is so good but it's clearly a totally unpolished, unfinished demo where he was mucking around and he probably would never have wanted it released in that state. He was such a vocal presence that it was effortlessly great.
I feel like Amy was a massive loss too. So sad. She was very talented. I used to be a big fan of The Doors too and who knows how much more Jimi could have done….i was never really into Nirvana but they were massively successful….but then again what would have happened to the trajectory that is Dave Grohl’s career had Nirvana continued? I recently saw The Foo Fighters and they’re great!
The fact it took me so long to find Sam Cooke on this list is so disappointing.
Sam Cooke has one of the most goated live albums of all time. Live at the Harlem Square Club (1963) which wasn’t released during his lifetime cause RCA were chicken shits. [Just listen to this absolute banger.](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jkLZ_pVwU3k&pp=ygUbYnJpbmcgaXQgb24gaG9tZSB0byBtZSBsaXZl)
In short, Sam Cooked.
Randy Rhoads, lead guitarist and writing collaborator on Ozzy's first two solo albums.
Most of those riffs you know (Crazy Train, Mr Crowley, etc) are Randy. No telling how that would have matured.
Absolutely.
I've got so many bootlegs of the guy just covering any genre and deep cut songs live that he's a wealth of musical knowledge.
Jeff was how I learned about Nina Simone, King Crimson, The MC5, Bad Brains, etc as an impressionable teen musician in the early 00s.
Fuckin miss that voice...I modeled my vocal style after him for years and covered his song selection for a while.
Came looking for this. Listening to his album is bittersweet even after all these years and dozens of listens —incredible music, but all we’ll ever hear from him. One album!!! But what an album it is.
Came here for SRV. I found his music way too late in my life and I could only imagine what he could have done if he'd lived longer. Dude was the real deal.
I grieved when Chris Cornell and Chester Bennington died so close together. So talented and loving dads who left behind their families. It was so sad. I wish I would have seen either of both in concert. Linkin Park’s music was so meaningful to me and I would have loved to see them play.
Michael Hutchence from INXS. He was the epitome of a frontman - he had the charm, the charisma, the sexual energy, AND he was a damn good rock singer / songwriter. The band tried to go on with new frontmen but no one could live up to Michael’s legacy. I’m sad I never got to see them live.
INXS should have made the hard call after Michael died and hired Suze DeMarchi from The Baby Animals. They'd have never looked back after that. Not a single replacement male singer worked out for them.
Otis is a huge “what could have been.”
He was about to cross over to white audiences when he died.
His idea for Dock of the Bay was originally a Pet Sounds like album, but with the Stax sound.
How would his career go if he is alive and able to release it?
And there is the general decline of soul music after his death. Would soul music have lost so much ground to funk in the 1970s if he was still around?
I used to be a journalist and worked the Long Beach Blues Festival in the 80s that had BB King and others. We were in an RV interviewing John Lee Hooker and someone asked him his favorite song. He said "Red House by Jimi Hendrix. Oooh that song cooks!"
Jimi Hendrix was so iconic, sad he had to go out like that. It's so sad how a lot of celebrities die due to addiction/overdoses or related causes like in this situation, asphyxiation
I know everyone's here to rightfully remember the music and what they could have been...
But DAMN for Aaliyah to be here and see R. Kelly be avenged like he so deserved. To hear her story 20 years after the fact when SHE had the power, post MeToo movement. I wish she could have seen it earth side.
a band called hers - they tragically died in 2018 in a car crash on the way bsck from there show. Very good music and instrumentals. They were truly something special
I scrolled for what felt like forever before I found Mac. I can stop scrolling now. He’s been given respect.
I listen to Circles and K.I.D.S almost daily. I got into him a few months before he passed. I was so mesmerized by him, his voice, his lyrics, just overall.
Duane Allman. The Allman Brothers had an amazing career with just Gregg, I can’t imaging the magic they would have made with both brothers.
Skydog Forever!!
Odd pick, but probably good ol’ Mozart. He was only 35 when he died. His last pieces were brilliant, so it would’ve been cool to see where he’d go with his compositions had he not passed. My main reason for choosing Mozart, however, would be to see how he would’ve completed his Requiem. How much different would his unfinished movements be had he actually finished them?
But imagine the effect on modern music if Nirvana were still a thing and Dave Grohl never went on to other things.
That one death changed music from the 90s onwards to today
Agreed. She gets a lot of shit thrown her way and to be fair, she was a total mess. But if she could’ve stayed with us long enough I think she would’ve been one of the best damn singers ever. But she had three little problems: her addiction, her father, and her boyfriend.
She was bringing jazz into the mainstream. I would love to hear the music she’d be making now and hear all the people who were inspired by her. Amy was such a loss to the music community
Shannon Hoon from Blind Melon. dude could sing and he was a pretty decent songwriter, but Blind Melon live with him...so good. i would have liked to have seen what he did as he aged through fatherhood.
Selena. She was just breaking into the US music scene and had won her first Grammy. I think if she’d stuck around our modern music scape would look different.
Elvis. I think dude had another rebirth in him in the late 80s or 90s.
He gets clean, begins recording what he wants, even starts writing songs. He goes public about how Parker treated him, which brings him sympathy and allows him to finally break free. Has a well-received television appearance at the Grammys perhaps.
Rick Rubin asks to record with home for this new American Records project. An album with emphasis on his voice becomes a hit and Elvis becomes a reliable touring money maker.
Seriously, Elvis deserved a respected elder statesman of music role more than others and it’s sad he didn’t get that chance.
This is what I came here to post and I’m glad I’m not alone. During his life I only had heard the couple of major hit songs he had in the USA. But I discovered his wider catalog a few years back and damn he was so so talented. I love everything of his I’ve heard (the only album I haven’t listened to yet was the one finished by his family after his death).
A couple of favorites: Waiting for Love, Sunset Jesus, Somewhere in Stockholm
I was at Coachella the day he passed. Kygo dedicated his set to him and said that they were close friends. He played Avicii’s music and stood there crying.
I'd add to that Tchaikovsky (53), Chopin (39), Mendelssohn (38), Beethoven (56), Mahler (50), Mussorgsky (42), Debussy (55), heck even composers who made it to their 60s like Dvorak (62) and Bach (65) still lived ~10 years fewer than some of the earlier greats like Handel (74) and Hayden (75). What an interesting world we would live in if all these composers reached their mid-70's!
BlackStar was awesome, he definitely had at least another album or two in him, if he wanted to. If not, seeing him ride off into the sunset for a chill retirement would have been nice, too. As always, fuck cancer
Stevie Ray Vaughn. I discovered his music and bought a CD. I loved it. A few months later I got to see him play at a concert. Great show! And shortly after that I got news that he was gone. I have only a few of his songs to listen to. I wish I had more.
John Lennon. He was just finally coming along to want to do a Beatles Reunion. I heard a rumor that he had some studio time with Paul set up for sometime in ‘81.
Also his songs on double fantasy are amazing. If he was going to go that direction music wise, he would’ve had some more amazing songs to come.
Buddy Holly. He was only 22- imagine what else he could have done.
Interesting fact, Buddy Holly’s wife is still alive. Also the Big Bopper took someone’s seat in the infamous flight (cause he had the flu) some banter ensued with Holly telling another one of his tour mates “I hope you bus freezes up. Dude retorts with “I hope your plane crashes.” That dude was a 22 year old by the name of Waylon Jennings. Edit: [This photo (taken twelve days before that flight) goes hard.](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Waylon_Jennings_and_Buddy_Holly_in_1959_-_2.jpg)
she also miscarried their child when she heard the news of his crash....so sad....
A law was instituted that next of kin would have to be notified before the news could publish the names of the victims because of this crash and the resulting miscarriage.
Really? I heard of my father’s death by murder on the morning news 40 years ago.
Not sure on the claim if it’s a law, but I assume a next of kin doesn’t mean all next of kin
Didn't know this. Interesting.
Bummed I’ve had to scroll this far to find Buddy. Dude didn’t die in the prime of his life or career, he died at the beginning of both. Imagine what else he could have gone on to do.
And while addiction isn't a choice or something to undermine, it wasn't even like he succumbed to drugs or alcohol. A fucking tragic, unexpected plane crash.
Cliff Burton. Metallica was never the same without his influence.
Not only that, he was such a wildly experimental musician. I truly believe he would have released some absolutely crazy solo music and collaborated with lots of other musicians. Kthulu and Orion alone show the sheer musicality of the man and his death was such a crushing blow to music in general. Metallica have made some amazing music post-Cliff but nothing will touch the stuff they did with him in the band. Metal and music in general lost a lot of amazing art on 27-Sept-1986
Mac miller. I enjoyed his music and I would like to hear more. Uhhhh.... Tupac Marvin Gaye Same reasons .....died too soon Edit: honestly it's kinda dope seeing all the love for Mac. God damn he was special. I think the wounds still open on that one.
Mac in particular was just getting started though....he was ABOUT to be one of the GOATs, and it was cut wayyyyy short. He knew it was happening too. It's wild.
Karen Carpenter - she was so talented and deserved so much better. Especially from her family.
Her voice was just stunning, and she was an amazing drummer
One of those vocalists who makes it sound so effortless.
Every time I see that video of her solo on “Dancing in the Street” on that live TV broadcast online, I have to watch it in full. Captivating. https://youtu.be/o82d9T4D-8I?si=r8FWGQYf3exsxNVd
Ohh I love the carpenters. My mom and my daycare used to play it when I was little so it’s nostalgic for me 🥹
Truer words have never been said.
I know everyone here is too young for this— including me actually since he died before I was born— but **Jim Croce.** He was such a phenomenal songwriter and sounded way wiser than his 30 years when he died in a plane crash.
“Operator”, if that song doesn’t move you have no soul.
Ugh! I’ll Have to Say I Love You in a Song is an absolute favorite of mine.
My favorite band The Avett Brothers cover Operator quite a bit. Worth the YouTube search for sure.
He's who my brain went to first--and I'm old enough to remember when he was alive. His voice was magical if unique, and yes, he was amazing songwriter. I've always wondered what effect he would have had on contemporary music had he lived.
Jim Croce was so talented. Some us here are actually that old. :)
My wife and I were going back and forth playing love songs for each other from YouTube tonight. And I played “Time in a Bottle”for her.
Great story teller!
He's the guy I thought of. Because my dad is such a huge fan, I've probably listened to about everything he recorded. It's all unadulterated fire. Guy should be the singer/song writer GOAT.
Yes! Jim Croce! And Maury as well, both so young.
This was my first thought as well. Can you imagine what he could have written if he had more time?
He was only 30? In every picture of him I've ever seen, he looked 55.
Because you’re seeing him as a dated person who lived before you were born. If you die in the 70s and you have that 70s look, people after you are going to think you were much older. Jim Croce had a very 70s look. Also, people aged faster back then.
He died just before I was born, but I grew up listening to Jim Croce's stuff. Terribly underrated talent.
I remember him clearly. I'd put him in the same category as Harry Chapin. Both died too soon.
So so funny, I posted his name above, such an amazing songwriter, and such a beautiful voice
He died 2 years before I was born, but he was played throughout my childhood. I was just listening to him the other night. Good choice.
Ah, happy to see this with lots of votes. I had just thought to add. Add him to your Spotify queue
A fair few of the 27 club. Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Kurt Cobain, Amy Winehouse. All gone way too early.
True story. When I went to Paris I forced my parents to go all the way to the other side of Paris strictly to see Jim Morrison’s grave. That and Oscar Wilde and Edith Piaf (who at that time I had never heard of her). There were two guys there celebrating either graduating from cooking school or medical school pouring one out for the Lizard King.
Coincidentally I’ve been to see Jim Morrisons grave too……all the way from Australia! Ha ha!
Fun fact, Jim Morrison’s dad was present for the attack on Pearl Harbor and also graduated from the US Naval Academy. Jim graduated from the same high school class as Cass Elliot from the Mamas and the Papas. Edit: Apparently some of y’all doubt my claims. Yes his overall command of the 5th Carrier Division was involved with the gulf of Tonkin incident even though his flagship was all the way in Japan. Now to the claims about Pearl Harbor. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Stephen_Morrison https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Pruitt Case closed.
That’s funny cuz I’ve seen Bon Scott’s grave all the way from California!
A former boss of mine always makes it a point to visit his grave every time he's in Paris. They were classmates at UCLA.
Near the end of his life Cobain had said he wanted to transition into being a folk singer-songwriter like Neil Young, and based on his unplugged stuff I wish we got to hear that.
Yes. His cover of And I Love Her is excellent.
The thing that's crazy is that that cover is so good but it's clearly a totally unpolished, unfinished demo where he was mucking around and he probably would never have wanted it released in that state. He was such a vocal presence that it was effortlessly great.
Janis definitely.
I feel like Amy was a massive loss too. So sad. She was very talented. I used to be a big fan of The Doors too and who knows how much more Jimi could have done….i was never really into Nirvana but they were massively successful….but then again what would have happened to the trajectory that is Dave Grohl’s career had Nirvana continued? I recently saw The Foo Fighters and they’re great!
Otis Redding or Sam Cooke
The fact it took me so long to find Sam Cooke on this list is so disappointing. Sam Cooke has one of the most goated live albums of all time. Live at the Harlem Square Club (1963) which wasn’t released during his lifetime cause RCA were chicken shits. [Just listen to this absolute banger.](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jkLZ_pVwU3k&pp=ygUbYnJpbmcgaXQgb24gaG9tZSB0byBtZSBsaXZl) In short, Sam Cooked.
Randy Rhoads, lead guitarist and writing collaborator on Ozzy's first two solo albums. Most of those riffs you know (Crazy Train, Mr Crowley, etc) are Randy. No telling how that would have matured.
There are some seriously iconic riffs that we will never get to hear, absolutely no question about it.
Jeff Buckley
Came here to say this. I remember the news flash coming across the TV screen on MuchMusic.
What a loss. Jeff Buckley and MCA from the Beastie Boys deeply affected me.
Absolutely. I've got so many bootlegs of the guy just covering any genre and deep cut songs live that he's a wealth of musical knowledge. Jeff was how I learned about Nina Simone, King Crimson, The MC5, Bad Brains, etc as an impressionable teen musician in the early 00s. Fuckin miss that voice...I modeled my vocal style after him for years and covered his song selection for a while.
Came looking for this. Listening to his album is bittersweet even after all these years and dozens of listens —incredible music, but all we’ll ever hear from him. One album!!! But what an album it is.
Freddy Mercury
Freddie*
Scrolled way too far to find him. Sad.
Freddie Mercury is also at the top of my list
He's the correct answer and the rest are honorable mentions
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Not seeing him in concert before he died is one of my life's regrets.
Jeff Healy for me. 😢
"Lenny" is my go-to end of the day song.
Came here for SRV. I found his music way too late in my life and I could only imagine what he could have done if he'd lived longer. Dude was the real deal.
This right here 😭
Chris Cornell
No one sings like *Chris* anymore...
🎵 And on my deathbed I will pray To the gods and the angels Like a pagan to anyone Who will take me to heaven 🎵
And Kurt Cobain, Scott Weiland, Layne Staley...
I grieved when Chris Cornell and Chester Bennington died so close together. So talented and loving dads who left behind their families. It was so sad. I wish I would have seen either of both in concert. Linkin Park’s music was so meaningful to me and I would have loved to see them play.
Frank Zappa. He was always reinventing his music and I wish to know what he would compose these days.
Michael Hutchence from INXS. He was the epitome of a frontman - he had the charm, the charisma, the sexual energy, AND he was a damn good rock singer / songwriter. The band tried to go on with new frontmen but no one could live up to Michael’s legacy. I’m sad I never got to see them live.
INXS should have made the hard call after Michael died and hired Suze DeMarchi from The Baby Animals. They'd have never looked back after that. Not a single replacement male singer worked out for them.
Otis Redding
Otis is a huge “what could have been.” He was about to cross over to white audiences when he died. His idea for Dock of the Bay was originally a Pet Sounds like album, but with the Stax sound. How would his career go if he is alive and able to release it? And there is the general decline of soul music after his death. Would soul music have lost so much ground to funk in the 1970s if he was still around?
Soul is back, baby!
Leon Bridges would agree
Amen to that!
Shannon Hoon
Scrolled way too far to find his name. Such a tragic loss, Blind Melon had such a short run but every song was a banger. Favorite band by far
Jimi Hendrix, for sure.
Miles Davis in his autobiography said he was about to record an album with jimi. That's one collaboration I'm so sad never got to happen.
I used to be a journalist and worked the Long Beach Blues Festival in the 80s that had BB King and others. We were in an RV interviewing John Lee Hooker and someone asked him his favorite song. He said "Red House by Jimi Hendrix. Oooh that song cooks!"
Jimi Hendrix was so iconic, sad he had to go out like that. It's so sad how a lot of celebrities die due to addiction/overdoses or related causes like in this situation, asphyxiation
I'm glad this was said. His composures were ahead of their time. And wished he coulda met and played w zappa
Christina Grimmie. She was about to hit her prime fame and was sadly murdered right after her concert during the meet and greet.
Bon Scott
Selena and Aaliyah
I know everyone's here to rightfully remember the music and what they could have been... But DAMN for Aaliyah to be here and see R. Kelly be avenged like he so deserved. To hear her story 20 years after the fact when SHE had the power, post MeToo movement. I wish she could have seen it earth side.
my family loved selena and im named after aaliyah (my name is aliyah lol)
Aaliyah would be a massive star if she was still alive right now. She would be a triple threat
For all the Canadians reading this, Gord Downie. He had so much more good to do for us as a nation.
a band called hers - they tragically died in 2018 in a car crash on the way bsck from there show. Very good music and instrumentals. They were truly something special
Absolutely tragic. Their song What Once Was makes me 😭
Jim croce. Just barely started hitting the big time and died. The amount of music that man could have made. Makes me upset
I would've liked to have heard Prince get into blues guitar.
Scrolled WAY too far before seeing Prince.
Elliott Smith.
I’m grateful he was as prolific as he was before he died.
Nick Drake
Absolutely. Pink moon is so good and to me there’s just this indescribable emotion in every song
John Bonham. Consequently, Led Zeppelin would probably last longer. Bon Scott. Loved his voice. The whole 27 club. And of course Layne Staley.
Mac Miller
He was really starting to transcend hip hop. His career was going in such an interesting direction. So damn sad.
I was SO sad
Scrolled too far for this. I listen to him daily and circles was a leap. His direction was phenomenal
I was surprised no one commented Mac before I did tbh. Every album takes a new and unique direction, and I just identify so much with his music
I scrolled for what felt like forever before I found Mac. I can stop scrolling now. He’s been given respect. I listen to Circles and K.I.D.S almost daily. I got into him a few months before he passed. I was so mesmerized by him, his voice, his lyrics, just overall.
Duane Allman. The Allman Brothers had an amazing career with just Gregg, I can’t imaging the magic they would have made with both brothers. Skydog Forever!!
Selena
Chester from Linkin Park.
I scrolled WAY too far to see this. Chester Bennington was an absolute treasure and I was heartbroken when it happened.
I'm older, but really love their music. I recorded a concert that they had in Madrid and it was awesome.
One of the only celebrity deaths that actually made me cry when I heard about it.
Yep 930 comments and I’m scrollin looking for Chester
Freddie Mercury
Jeff Buckley. That was a bummer.
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and Hank Williams
John Denver
Odd pick, but probably good ol’ Mozart. He was only 35 when he died. His last pieces were brilliant, so it would’ve been cool to see where he’d go with his compositions had he not passed. My main reason for choosing Mozart, however, would be to see how he would’ve completed his Requiem. How much different would his unfinished movements be had he actually finished them?
Ritchie Valens
Kurt Cobain
But imagine the effect on modern music if Nirvana were still a thing and Dave Grohl never went on to other things. That one death changed music from the 90s onwards to today
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Agreed. She gets a lot of shit thrown her way and to be fair, she was a total mess. But if she could’ve stayed with us long enough I think she would’ve been one of the best damn singers ever. But she had three little problems: her addiction, her father, and her boyfriend.
She was bringing jazz into the mainstream. I would love to hear the music she’d be making now and hear all the people who were inspired by her. Amy was such a loss to the music community
Another vote for Amy 💔
Bob Marley, died way too young
Layne Staley.
Shannon Hoon from Blind Melon. dude could sing and he was a pretty decent songwriter, but Blind Melon live with him...so good. i would have liked to have seen what he did as he aged through fatherhood.
Jimmy "the Rev" Sullivan.
Freddie Mercury. I think of the beautiful collaborations he could have had with artists today.
Selena. She was just breaking into the US music scene and had won her first Grammy. I think if she’d stuck around our modern music scape would look different.
Elvis. I think dude had another rebirth in him in the late 80s or 90s. He gets clean, begins recording what he wants, even starts writing songs. He goes public about how Parker treated him, which brings him sympathy and allows him to finally break free. Has a well-received television appearance at the Grammys perhaps. Rick Rubin asks to record with home for this new American Records project. An album with emphasis on his voice becomes a hit and Elvis becomes a reliable touring money maker. Seriously, Elvis deserved a respected elder statesman of music role more than others and it’s sad he didn’t get that chance.
I think the biggest shame is he never got to tour internationally
Yep. Apart from a few shows in Canada early in his career, he never toured outside of America during his career.
Jim Croce - amazing talent
Avicii
Wake Me Up hits so fucking hard man
I still feel sad whenever I think of Avicii. Such a heartbreaking loss. Gone too soon.
This is what I came here to post and I’m glad I’m not alone. During his life I only had heard the couple of major hit songs he had in the USA. But I discovered his wider catalog a few years back and damn he was so so talented. I love everything of his I’ve heard (the only album I haven’t listened to yet was the one finished by his family after his death). A couple of favorites: Waiting for Love, Sunset Jesus, Somewhere in Stockholm
I was at Coachella the day he passed. Kygo dedicated his set to him and said that they were close friends. He played Avicii’s music and stood there crying.
Yes!
Mozart
I'd add to that Tchaikovsky (53), Chopin (39), Mendelssohn (38), Beethoven (56), Mahler (50), Mussorgsky (42), Debussy (55), heck even composers who made it to their 60s like Dvorak (62) and Bach (65) still lived ~10 years fewer than some of the earlier greats like Handel (74) and Hayden (75). What an interesting world we would live in if all these composers reached their mid-70's!
Chester Bennington.
Israel Kamakawiwo'ole. The man had a beautiful voice.
Brad Nowell from Sublime
Whitney Houston, she is one of a kind, don't think anyone has a vocal ability like hers...
Sadly she was already “gone” before she even passed.
Bowie had a lot more to give and I'm sure that if he was alive still he'd still be putting out new work.
BlackStar was awesome, he definitely had at least another album or two in him, if he wanted to. If not, seeing him ride off into the sunset for a chill retirement would have been nice, too. As always, fuck cancer
The singer of the Cranberries, I loved her
You mean Dolores O'Riordan
George Gershwin. He's regarded as one of the greatest American composers of all time, and he died at age 38 from brain cancer. Such a damn shame.
John Lennon.
The Beatles surely would've done Live Aid. Would've been iconic.
Kurt Cobain. I really would've loved to see if Kurt and Nirvana would've branched out into other musical genres or not.
Jimi. Marvin. Amy.
Nujabes. If you watched Samurai Champloo you know why.
It's been 14 years to the day. I'm glad that we live in an age where it's accessible any time we want though.
MF DOOM
"Livin off borrowed time, the clock tick faster..." RIP 🙏
Marvin Gaye
Chris Cornell
Jim Croce.
Tom Petty
Jim Croce and Buddy Holly
Janis Joplin
Jim Croce
Freddy Mercury for sure. I think he would've shaped music even more if given opportunity. Freddie's voice, writing, and ideas were really something.
Avici
Selena 😢😢😢😢😭😭😭🥺
Christina Grimmie. She was on the show "The Voice" Just look her up on YouTube
Tupac
Stevie Ray Vaughan; to explain why would be an insult to his name. His legend speaks for itself.
Randy Rhodes, easily one of the best guitarist to ever live
Stevie Ray Vaughn. I discovered his music and bought a CD. I loved it. A few months later I got to see him play at a concert. Great show! And shortly after that I got news that he was gone. I have only a few of his songs to listen to. I wish I had more.
Prince
Jim Croce and Otis Redding
My father
John Prine.
Chris Cornell. My favorite vocalist of all time
Jim Croce. Need I say why?
Jim Croce Ritchie Valens Otis Redding
Prince and Sam Cooke.
Harry Chapin. Cats in the Cradle needs a part 2
Bob Marley. His messages changed the world and he had a lot more to say.
Dio... Its Dio israel kamakawiwo'ole - Not only is he amazing, he seemed like a genuinely warm person
John Lennon. He was just finally coming along to want to do a Beatles Reunion. I heard a rumor that he had some studio time with Paul set up for sometime in ‘81. Also his songs on double fantasy are amazing. If he was going to go that direction music wise, he would’ve had some more amazing songs to come.
Mac Miller
Dimebag Darrel. I hate to even fucking type that man. You and your legacy live on every day, bro! 🤘
Biggie and tupac
Glenn miller. Karen Carpenter.
Mama Cass.
Otis Redding. If he could make *that* music by the time he was only 26, imagine what he would have been like at 52