Archive for Sadness

Mercedes Sosa

Posted in Music with tags , on October 4, 2009 by meanlittlebumblebee

Before heading out for tonight’s ENE taping at Cobra I just wanted to post a video of the great Argentinian folk singer Mercedes Sosa doing one of my favorite songs of all time, Gracias a la Vida. The NY Times reports she died at the age of 74 after a two week hospitalization for liver failure and subsequent cardiac arrest. She was dubbed the “voice of Latin America” and was a true diva through and through.  The Times article tells her story much better than I ever could.  A great voice forever silenced, may she rest in peace.

Ny Times Article

Wikipedia

Last FM/Mercedes Sosa

Ellie Greenwich

Posted in Music with tags on August 26, 2009 by meanlittlebumblebee

Ellie Greenwich passed away today at the age of 68 after suffering a massive heart attack. This is #3 today (Ted Kennedy and Dominick Dunne being the other two). I give up.  She wrote Be My Baby which went on to become a hit in the 1963 for The Ronettes.  Also came in at #22 for Rolling Stone’s 500 greatest songs of all time. RIP Ellie. Check out her full wiki bio HERE.