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"I finally had to ask the road crew to get him off the stage, he was messing it all up." Suzi Quatro's stories of Alice Cooper, Iggy Pop, Joan Jett, Phil Lynott, Peter Frampton, Chrissie Hynde and more

Suzi Quatro shot Alice Cooper, sang with Donovan, starred on Happy Days and toured with Noddy Holder and Phil Lynott: These are just a few of her stories

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Liam Payne, Sven-Goran Eriksson and Maggie Smith among those mourned in 2024

Here are some of the well-known people who died in 2024.

The Independent UK

“They didn’t understand how important image was – they started the thing about us being academic geeks. It really hurt us”: The Zombies on living large, inheriting the Beatles’ studio and staff, and being prisoners in a concert hall

Colin Blunstone and Rod Argent look back on finding fame in their teens and experiencing the highs and lows of the music industry over six decades

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Mary Weiss obituary

Lead singer of the 1960s group the Shangri-Las who had several hits including the US chart-topping Leader of the Pack

The Guardian - UK

Mary Weiss brought streetwise realism to the Shangri-Las – and let 60s girl groups flirt with danger

Weiss’s piercing voice gave the trio’s songs about bad boys – with their unusually high body count – a lasting punch

The Guardian - UK

Legendary lead singer of the Shangri-Las, Mary Weiss, passes away at 75

Mary Weiss, lead singer of the Shangri-Las, a legendary girl group from the 1960s, has passed away at 75. She was an icon of the era and left a lasting imp...

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Mary Weiss, lead singer of The Shangri-Las, has died

With the 1960s pop girl group, Weiss found fame as a 15-year-old. She died on Friday, according to her husband.

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32 Classic Songs Featured In Goodfellas

Scorsese is a master at using music in his movies and his pinnacle is Goodfellas. It's classic banger after classic banger in the iconic mob film.

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