Author: by Best Classic Bands Staff

Charley Pride, whose rich baritone voice and impeccable song-sense altered American culture, died today (December 12, 2020) in Dallas, Tex., of complications from Covid-19. The country music legend was 86. Born a sharecropper’s son in Sledge, Mississippi, on March 18, 1934, Pride emerged from Southern cotton fields to become country music’s first Black superstar and the first Black member of the Country... Read More

Sean Connery, the legendary actor best known for his role as James Bond, died this morning (Oct. 31), his family has revealed. The BBC reports that he had died overnight in his sleep, while in the Bahamas. Connery had turned 90 on August 25. No cause of death has yet been revealed, though the BBC indicated that “he had been... Read More

Spencer Davis Group 1966 | L-R – Muff Windwood, Spencer Davis, Pete York, and Steve Winwood Spencer Davis, the multi-instrumentalist who lent his name to the British band that logged two top 10 hits in America in 1967, “Gimme Some Lovin’” and “I’m a Man,” died on Oct. 19, according to several British websites. The cause was pneumonia. He was... Read More