RIP Lonnie Simmons, American record producer (“Don’t Stop the Music“).
Lonnie Simmons was an American record producer best-known for co-writing “Don’t Stop the Music” (1978).
In 1981, the song was successfully covered by Bits & Pieces [above].
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RIP Rita Renoir (1934 – 2016)
Via research on the King Mob Echo magazine, which led me to Chris Gray which led me to Conrad Rooks which led me to Chappaqua (in which Rita had a part), it has come to my attention that Rita Renoir has died.
Rita Renoir was a French exotic dancer, sex symbol, nobrow figure and actress.
Above you can see Rita Renoir performing a striptease to Serge Gainsbourg’s “Sois belle et tais-toi“, a song from the album Serge Gainsbourg N°2 (1960).
But…
The clip is actually from from Il mondo di notte numero 3 (1963), a typical mondo film, and the music is actually by Riz Ortolani. The scene is superb.
RIP Andre Lewis
RIP American musician and producer Andre Lewis (1948 – 2012). He played keyboards for The Mothers of Invention after George Duke left.
Under the pseudonym Mandré, he recorded three space funk LPs, concealing his identity with a space helmet (which looks similar to the helmets used by Daft Punk in their “Get Lucky” single.)
He is best-known for the “space funk” composition “Solar Flight (Opus 1)” (above).