He was most popular in the times of happy and pretty homemaker wives, the 50s. Ace (1929-1954)įamous by his stage name Johnny Ace was one of the greatest American Rhythm & Blues Singer of all time. However, hours later, his body was found dead on the sidewalk below the window of his 15th-floor room in Essex House hotel. He sure sounded paranoid and delusional to his partner at the time. According to Mtume, just before Hathaway’s mysterious death, he had said that some ‘’white people’’ were trying to kill him and had connected his brain to a machine to steal music and his sound. He won a Grammy award for one of his singles, ‘’Where Is the Love‘’ which scored sky-high in the charts in the 70s. Singer-songwriter by profession Hathaway was once marked as a significant new force in soul music by Rolling Stone magazine in 1970. Legendary blues and American jazz artist Donny Hathaway was born in October 1945. Whether his death was an accident or a suicide has never been resolved.
He suffered from depression, which clearly showed in his lyrics he is said to have died on an overdose of amitriptyline, a prescribed anti-depressant.
Nick was very reluctant about being interviewed or performing live, which narrowed down his commercial success. His debut album, Five Leaves Left, was released in 1969. He signed a contract with Island Records in 1968 while graduating from the University of Cambridge. Nicholas Rodney Drake (1948-1974)īetter known as Nick Drake, he was an English singer-songwriter famous for his gentle guitar-based songs in the 70s. So here we have the top ten revolutionary musicians that catapulted and pole-shifted the culture that existed in their times but unfortunately committed suicide a little too early in their careers. Whatever goes through their heads at that moment of truth, it sure isn’t a pretty sight. Yes, as weird as that sounds, it has happened many times in history.
That’s how some find their way to spirituality and enlightenment and break through to the other side however, some of the bests kill themselves or have killed themselves pointlessly, assuming they shouldn’t be alive anymore. As this continues, they tend to live in a little world of their own making and don’t even bother about what happens outside that illusory paradise. In such times, as any other human would, these talented artists spiral down into depression, finding refuge in alcohol, and cigarettes, abusing drugs and getting hooked on them for long, as it somehow makes them feel secure. However, human beings that devote themselves to this art of making human emotions audible also get caught up in worldly matters of family, love & life some pursue the path to the unknown to find out what the mysteries of nature and the universe have in store and distance themselves from the world in a quest to crack-open the unattainable like it’s no big deal! For some, music comes nearest to silence in terms of expressing the inexpressible for others, it’s more like their body parts, like their ribs, kidneys, or even the heart! Well, what I’m trying to put through is music has been, is, and perhaps will always be the only thing that gives soul to the universe at large, gives wings to our mind, flights to our imagination, and the only true sense of freedom from the haywire world of ours.
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