Died On This Date (September 19, 2010) Earland Edwards aka The Doug Of Edwards / Popular San Francisco Jazz Radio Host
themusicsover Earland Edwards
1930 – September 19, 2010
Earland Edwards was a San Francisco area radio personality who, as The Doug Of Edwards, hosted a popular jazz program, Ear Tyme, on Pacifica Radio KPFA-FM. It has been reported that Edwards never missed, and was never late for, his Sunday afternoon show since it began back thirty years earlier. Prior to that, Edwards spent ten years on KPOO, another popular San Francisco station, where he played jazz records and hosted live on-air performances. He also set up and broadcasted live from local shows at times. He was also socially active throughout the Bay area, supporting many worthwhile causes. Earland Edwards was 80 when he passed away on September 19, 2010.
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Known professionally as Arrow, Alphonsus Cassell was a highly resected West Indies Soca and Calypso singer-songwriter. Cassell was still a child when he began singing back in the mid-60s and by the time he was 18, he recorded his first record. In 1982, he released a song entitled “Hot Hot Hot,” which became the biggest selling Soca song in history. Five years later, the New York Doll’s David Johansen had a pop hit with it under his alterego of Buster Poindexter. Cassell continued to release hits through the ’80s and ’90s. He continued to perform through the later years of his life. On September 15, 2010, Alphonsus Cassell died of cancer at the age of 60.