Mic drop: The 2024 RIP thread for musicians

[dixiehack]

Country music division: Ain't Going Down Til The Sun Comes Up got me popped for 20-ish miles over the 55 limit on I-59. Cop let me off when I explained I was on my way to move-in day at Alabama, as verified by all my worldly possessions visible through the hatchback glass.

 

[Matt1735]

Liam Payne, formerly of One Direction, falls off building in Buenos Aries. Dead at 31.

 

[Twirling Time]

Liam Payne, formerly of One Direction, falls off building in Buenos Aries. Dead at 31.

Just got that news alert. Damn.

 

[swingline]

Where was Putin?

 

[Twirling Time]

Fireballs vocalist Jimmy Gilmer dies at 83

"Sugar Shack" was Billboard's #1 song for 1963 and the last American hit before Beatlemania.

"Sugar Shack" was No. 1 for 5 weeks and indeed the top song of 1963, but Dale & Grace and Bobby Vinton were definitely American and had No. 1 hits between "Sugar Shack" and "I Wanna Hold Your Hand."

My mom told me that Grace Broussard of Dale & Grace lived across the street from us in Baton Rouge when I was a kid, but I have no recollection of her. Sadly, I can't track any definitive biographical info on her because there must be 10,000 Grace Broussards in Southern Louisiana.

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

Liam Payne, formerly of One Direction, falls off building in Buenos Aries. Dead at 31.

"falls off"

 

[Twirling Time]

I'd love to visit Argentina as a tourist, but I'll be staying in a ranch house, ta very much.

 

[micropolitan guy]

Liam Payne, formerly of One Direction, falls off building in Buenos Aries. Dead at 31.

"Which way did he fall?"

"One direction."

Too soon?

 

[Matt1735]

"Which way did he fall?"

"One direction."

Too soon?

I was going to make the wrong direction joke when I posted, but couldn't do it. Thank you for stepping up!

 

[three_bags_full]

"Which way did he fall?"

"One direction."

Too soon?

Damn, that's savage.

 

[dixiehack]

"Which way did he fall?"

"One direction."

Too soon?

I wonder if one of those mesothelioma lawyers could get me a settlement for the way newsroom humor has warped my ability to function in polite society.

 

[Matt1735]

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