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RIP J. J. Lionel (1947 – 2020)

La danse des canards” (1981)

J. J. Lionel was a Belgian musician whose song “La danse des canards” (1981) is one of the best-selling singles ever in France.

There is popular music and and then there is “danse des canards” popular, almost as popular as “Hava Nagila”.  

Both are songs everyone knows but no one can remember where it originates.

RIP Ennio Morricone (1928 – 2020)

“Ma Non Troppo Erotico” (1971)

Ennio Morricone was an Italian composer, a veritable monument.

He composed over 400 scores for cinema and television, as well as over 100 classical works.

“Dies Irae Psichedelico” (1968)

He is best known for the characteristic sparse and memorable soundtracks of Sergio Leone’s spaghetti westerns: “Man with a Harmonica” from Once Upon a Time in the West and the theme to “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly”. The first has a haunting harmonica and the second an immediately recognizable flute/whistle.

When I compiled the Jahsonic 1000, I also included “Dies Irae Psichedelico” (1968) and “Ma Non Troppo Erotico” (1971).

RIP Milton ‘I ❤ NY’ Glaser (1929 – 2020)

Milton Glaser was an American graphic designer.

His designs include the I ❤ NY logo, the psychedelic Bob Dylan poster, and the logos for DC Comics and Brooklyn Brewery.

To Inform and Delight: The World of Milton Glaser

Glaser was the subject of the 2008 documentary film To Inform and Delight: The World of Milton Glaser.

RIP Lewis John Carlino (1932 – 2020)

Lewis John Carlino (1932 – 2020) was an American screenwriter known for several films.

In our book, he wrote the screenplay to Seconds (1966), a film about an ordinary and unfulfilled man who wants a second life and is reborn in a new body.

‘Orgy’ scene

There is an ‘orgy’ scene (above) which was supposedly only included in European films, a practice which was common at that time.

There are plenty of surreal images.