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The name of music writer Peter Guralnick may not resonate with rock music fans the way names like Lester Bangs and Richard Meltzer do, likely because his work is informal, thoughtful, and restrained compared to that of many of his self-aggrandizingly, flamboyantly gonzo contemporaries from the early days of rock writing coming into its own. For example, his scholarly ‘90s Elvis Presley biographies Last Train to Memphis, Careless Love, and the mind-bogglingly granular Elvis Day by Day serve…

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So much black talent has been lost at too-young of ages. It's easy to muse over what these superstars could have went on to achieve in their already stellar careers, had the universe extended them more time. Here is a list of other black artists who died too young.

Soul singer James Brown sings in to a vintage microphone as he performs onstage in 1962 in New York, New York.

28K views · 8.8K likes | MissMissyPhillly🎼🎹🎸 on Instagram: "Marvin Gaye (Singer, songwriter) was born on April 2nd 1939. What’s Going On is the eleventh studio album by American soul singer Marvin Gaye. It was released on May 21, 1971, by the Motown Records subsidiary label Tamla. Recorded between 1970 and 1971 in sessions at Hitsville U.S.A., Golden World, United Sound Studios in Detroit, and at The Sound Factory in West Hollywood, California, it was Gaye’s first album to credit him as…

Major Harris, lead singer of The Delfonics, died last week at the age of 65.

UMe/Motown's 'Let's Get It On: Deluxe Edition'