Vince Hill, Whose Sound of Music Cover Edelweiss Reached No 2, Dies at 89

THE GUARDIAN: Pop singer recorded a number of hits in 1960s and 1970s came up with 1983 general election song It’s Maggie for Me

Vince Hill performing with Lulu alongside Margaret Thatcher at the Conservative Trade Unions conference in April 1979. Photograph: Graham Wood/ANL/Shutterstock
British pop singer Vince Hill, who reached No 2 in the UK charts in 1967 with a cover of The Sound of Music song Edelweiss, has died at the age of 89.

Hill died peacefully at home in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire on Saturday, according to a statement on his website. He had worked with leading lights from the world of entertainment including Dame Barbara Windsor, Dame Vera Lynn, Tony Christie and Cilla Black.

The statement said: “Vince created a musical legacy … He and his tunes will remain forever in our hearts.” It added that he was a “one of a kind” and a “wonderful guy” who was “loved universally” and asked that people respect the privacy of his friends and family. » | PA Media | Sunday, July 23, 2023

Charlie Watts, Bedrock Drummer for the Rolling Stones, Dies at 80

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Mr. Watts, who had no taste for the life of a pop idol, was an unflashy but essential presence with the band and brought to it a swinging style.

Charlie Watts in 1965. “As much as Mick’s voice and Keith’s guitar, Charlie Watts’s snare sound is the Rolling Stones,” Bruce Springsteen wrote. | George Wilkes/Hulton Archive, via Getty Images
Charlie Watts, whose strong but unflashy drumming powered the Rolling Stones for over 50 years, died on Tuesday in London. He was 80.

His death, in a hospital, was announced by his publicist, Bernard Doherty. No other details were immediately provided.

The Rolling Stones announced earlier this month that Mr. Watts would not be a part of the band’s forthcoming “No Filter” tour of the United States after he had undergone an unspecified emergency medical procedure, which the band’s representatives said had been successful.

Reserved, dignified and dapper, Mr.Watts was never as flamboyant, either onstage or off, as most of his rock-star peers, let alone the Stones’ lead singer, Mick Jagger. He was content to be one of the finest rock drummers of his generation, playing with a jazz-inflected swing that made the band’s titanic success possible. As the Stones guitarist Keith Richards said in his 2010 autobiography, “Life,” “Charlie Watts has always been the bed that I lie on musically.”

While some rock drummers chased after volume and bombast, Mr. Watts defined his playing with subtlety, swing and a solid groove. » | Gavin Edwards | Published: Tuesday, August 23, 2021; Updated: Wednesday, August 24, 2021

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