Died On This Date (February 7, 2009) Blossom Dearie
themusicsover Blossom Dearie
April 29, 1926 – February 7, 2009
Blossom Dearie was a bebop jazz vocalist and pianist who became popular during the 1950s. After a brief time working in New York City, Dearie moved to Paris in 1952 and formed a vocal group. She made her first recordings in France before moving back to the United States in the late ’50s. She soon signed to Verve Records who released her first six albums. Dearie’s popularity began to grow in the U.S. thanks in part to regular early appearances on television’s The Today Show. She also recorded a song that became popular from it’s use in a Hires Root Beer ad campaign. Over the course of her long career, she released many popular albums for the biggest jazz and pop labels in the industry. Dearie continued to be a popular club draw in New York City and London well into the 2000s. Later generations were exposed to her songs thanks to placements in such films as The Squid and the Whale and Kissing Jessica Stein. Blossom Dearie was 84 when she passed away on February 7, 2009.
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Falco was an Austrian singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who scored four massive international hits during the ’80s. His biggest in the U.S. were 1981’s “Der Kommissar” and 1986’s “Rock Me Amadeus.” “Der Kommissar” makes Falco the first to have a German language song go to #1 in the United States. Falco was a gifted musician growing up, so he dropped out of high school at 17 to pursue his calling. In those early days, he sang in a jazz-rock band and later played bass in an Austrian punk band. Following that, Falco released a string of hits that stretched through the early ’90s. On February 6, 1998, Falco was killed when he got into an accident with a bus in the Dominican Republic. He was 40 years old.
