Author: by Best Classic Bands Staff

Jeff Beck, considered by many to be one of the greatest guitarists of all time, died yesterday, January 10, 2023, in Surrey, England, at 78, of bacterial meningitis. His family shared the news of his passing via his publicist. The two-time inductee of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame was 78. The family’s brief statement: “On behalf of his... Read More

Charlie Watts live outdoors, with his jazz combo, at Lincoln Center in NYC, 2012 – Photo by Jeff Tamarkin, used with permission. By Best Classic Bands Charlie Watts, the drummer for the Rolling Stones, died today (August 24, 2021).  He had turned 80 on June 2. His spokesman wrote, “It is with immense sadness that we announce the death of... Read More

By Best Classic Bands Dusty Hill, the bassist and a lead singer for ZZ Top, has died. His bandmates Frank Beard and Billy Gibbons announced Wednesday, July 28, 2021 that he passed in his sleep at his Houston, Tex. home at age 72. ZZ Top were in the midst of a tour when Hill suddenly took a leave of absence. At... Read More

By Best Classic Bands Staff B.J. Thomas, the award-winning pop, country and gospel singer, died today (May 29, 2021) at his home in Arlington, Texas, at the age of 78, from complications due to stage four lung cancer. Doctors had first diagnosed Thomas in March. At that time he was receiving treatment in a local health care facility in Texas. His death... Read More

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