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Singer, Songwriter KENNY RANKIN Dead at 69

By Mal W. on  From musicnewsnet.com
MUSIC NEWS - Kenny Rankin, 69,  New York-based singer/ songwriter who early in his career was one of the contributors  Bob Dylan’s 1965 classic Bringing It All Back Home , passed away on Sunday, June 7, 2009 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre in Los Angeles as a result complications related to lung cancer after learning of the cancer only three weeks ago.  Rankin was signed to a contract with Decca Records while still in his teens, then switched to Columbia Records, where he was asked to join...Read Full Story

RIP: Kenny Rankin

By JC on  From jackrabbitcafe.blogspot.com
Rankin is in the center above. From the Los Angeles Times: Kenny Rankin, a singer-songwriter and musician whose song "Peaceful" was a hit for Helen Reddy and who had popular covers himself of a pair of Beatles hits, has died. He was 69. Rankin died Sunday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. The cause of death, according to his management company, was lung cancer, which was diagnosed three weeks ago. His career, which spanned more than five decades, almost defied categorization. A...Read Full Story

Singer-songwriter Kenny Rankin dead of lung cancer

By currentnews on  From current-news.org
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Kenny Rankin, a brilliant pop vocalist and highly regarded musician-songwriter whose stylings ranged from jazz to pop to the world music influences he picked up as a child in New York, has died of complications related to lung cancer, his record company announced Monday. He was 69.Read Full Story

Kenny Rankin -- Singer-songwriter passes at 67

By Jake on
Kenny Rankin was singer-songwriter who worked with artists such as Bob Dylan. He passed away from lung cancer on June 8, 2009 at the age of 67. From an AP article: A spokesman for Kenny Rankin's record label says the veteran singer-songwriter has died of lung cancer. He was 67. Mack Avenue Records spokesman Don Lucoff says Rankin died Sunday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. The cause of death was lung cancer. In a career spanning 50 years, Rankin worked with such artists as Bob Dylan, wrote...Read Full Story

KENNY RANKIN CATALOG OUT TODAY– (6 TITLES BY LATE SINGER-SONGWRITER ON SLY DOG RECORDS)

By mvremix on  From mvremix.com
MACK AVENUE RECORDS RELEASES SIX TITLES BY THE LATE SINGER-SONGWRITER KENNY RANKIN ON THE SLY DOG IMPRINT Four Titles Digitally Re-Mastered From Original Tapes MIND-DUSTERS FAMILY LIKE A SEED SILVER MORNING INSIDE THE KENNY RANKIN ALBUM Kenny Rankin Today, the Mack Avenue label imprint Sly Dog Records releases six titles by singer-songwriter Kenny Rankin (who died in Los Angeles from lung cancer on June 7, 2009 at 69); Mind-Dusters, Family, Like A Seed, Silver Morning, Inside...Read Full Story
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