Manzarek’s often-haunting keyboards complemented the lead singer JIm Morrison’s baritone and helped to set the mood for some of rock’s most enduring songs. ►
Farewell to guitarist and vocalist Bob Welch, guitarist Pete Cosey, BMI president Frances Williams Preston, The Platters’ Herb Reed, folk musician Arthel ‘Doc’ Watson, polka great Eddie Blazonczyk and saxophonist Andrew Love. ►
The Rev. Ernest Douglas Warren, one of the two surviving founding members of The Spaniels, the rhythm and blues vocal group who scored a national hit with the original “Goodnite, Sweetheart, Goodnite” in 1954, has died. ►
Obituaries for drummer and singer Levon Helm of The Band, Men At Work’s Greg Ham, TV host and entrepreneur Dick Clark and amplifier designer Jim Marshall. ►
Musicians and industry leaders are mourning the loss of Dick Clark. Nicknamed “America’s Oldest Teenager,” Clark died April 18, 2012, following a heart attack. ►
Farewell to artists and innovators Johnny Otis, Etta James, Jimmy Castor, Frank MIlano, Bob Weston, Robert Dickey, Ed Roman, Sam Rivers and Sean Bonniwell. ►
Farewell to Barbara Orbison, Dobie Gray, Billie Jo Spears, Bert Schneider, Thomas Roady, Don DeVito, Willard Tyler Sr., Howard Tate, Al Vega, John Larson, Barry Llewellyn, Paul Motian and Cesaria Evora. ►