Merle Haggard
Merle Ronald Haggard (April 6, 1937 – April 6, 2016) was an American country singer, songwriter, guitarist, and fiddler.
Haggard was born in Oildale, California, during the Great Depression.
His childhood was troubled after the death of his father, and he was incarcerated several times in his youth.
After being released from San Quentin State Prison in 1960, he managed to turn his life around and launch a successful country music career.
He gained popularity with his songs about the working class that occasionally contained themes contrary to the prevailing anti-Vietnam War sentiment of much popular music of the time.
Between the 1960s and the 1980s, he had 38 number-one hits on the US country charts, several of which also made the "Billboard" all-genre singles chart.
Haggard continued to release successful albums into the 2000s.
He received many honors and awards for his music, including a Kennedy Center Honor (2010), a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (2006), a BMI Icon Award (2006), and induction into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame (1977), Country Music Hall of Fame (1994) and Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame (1997).
He died on April 6, 2016 — his 79th birthday — at his ranch in Shasta County, California, having recently suffered from double pneumonia.
Haggard's last recording, a song called "Kern River Blues," described his departure from Bakersfield in the late 1970s and his displeasure with politicians.
The song was recorded February 9, 2016, and features his son Ben on guitar.
This record was released on May 12, 2016.
Richard T. Jones
Richard Timothy Jones( born January 16, 1972) is an American actor.
Jones is best known for his portrayals of Laveinio in the dramatic film" The Wood"( 1999) and Mike of the dramatic films" Why Did I Get Married?"( 2007) and" Why Did I Get Married Too?"( 2010).
He is also well known for his role as Bruce Van Exel, court services officer on the CBS television series" Judging Amy" that aired from 1999 to 2005.
Billy Milano
Billy Milano is a Bronx- born heavy metal musician now based in Austin, Texas.
He is the singer and- occasionally- guitarist and bassist of crossover thrash band M.O.D., and he was also the singer of its predecessor, Stormtroopers of Death.
He was also the singer of United Forces, which also featured his Stormtroopers of Death bandmate Dan Lilker.
Dancing On My Own
" Dancing on My Own" is a song by Swedish singer Robyn, taken from her fifth studio album," Body Talk Pt. 1"( 2010).
The song was written and produced by Robyn and Patrik Berger, and was inspired by disco anthems by Ultravox, Sylvester and Donna Summer.
The song was released as" Body Talk Pt. 1"'s lead single on 1 June 2010, in Sweden and the United States.
" Dancing on My Own" is an electronic and dance- pop ballad that speaks of a female protagonist who dances alone in a club while watching her ex-lover with another woman.
" Dancing on My Own" received glowing reviews from critics who compared it s theme of loneliness to Robyn's previous singles" With Every Heartbeat" and" Be Mine!", with some calling it the song of the decade.
The song was premiered live at Swedish TV show" Sommarkrysset" on TV4 5 juni 2010.
The song peaked at the top of the Sverigetopplistan chart, becoming Robyn's first number one in her native country.
The song also reached the top ten in Denmark, Norway, and the United Kingdom.
In the United States, the song managed to reach number three on the Hot Dance Club Songs chart.
" Dancing on My Own" was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording.
The accompanying music video was directed by Max Vitali and sees Robyn walking around alone in a club, and cutscenes of her standing in front of a microphone pole on a stage- like setting.
Robyn has performed the song numerous times, notably on" The Ellen DeGeneres ShowLate Show with David LettermanLate Night with Jimmy Fallon The Tonight Show with Jay LenoDancing on My Own" was also used on television shows such as" Gossip GirlOrange is the New BlackGirls", and" RuPaul's Drag Race".
On 12 September 2010, she performed it at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards with deadmau5.
Calum Scott's 2016 cover of" Dancing on My Own" reached number 2 on the UK Singles Chart.
Pentatonix released a cover version and music video( their first as a quartet instead of a quintet) on August 1, 2017.
Lamman Rucker
Lamman Rucker( born October 6, 1971) is an American actor.
Rucker began his career on the daytime soap operas" As the World Turns" and" All My Children", before roles in Tyler Perry's films
" Why Did I Get Married?
Why Did I Get Married Too?", and" Meet the Browns", and its television adaptation.
In 2016, he began starring as Jacob Greenleaf in the Oprah Winfrey Network drama series," Greenleaf".
Astrid North
Astrid North( Astrid Karina North Radmann; 24 August 1973, Berlin – 25 June 2019, Berlin) was a German soul singer and songwriter.
She was the singer of the German band, with whom she released five Albums.
As guest singer of the band she published three albums.
My Own Kind of Hat
"My Own Kind of Hat" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Merle Haggard.
It was released in September 1979 as the second single from the album "Serving 190 Proof".
The song reached number 4 on the "Billboard" Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.
The song was written by Haggard and Red Lane.
Bernie Bonvoisin
Bernard Bonvoisin, known as Bernie Bonvoisin( born 9 July 1956 in Nanterre, Hauts- de- Seine), is a French hard rock singer and film director.
He is best known for having been the singer of Trust.
He was one of the best friends of Bon Scott the singer of AC/ DC and together they recorded the song" Ride On" which was one of the last songs by Bon Scott.
Caspar Babypants
Caspar Babypants is the stage name of children's music artist Chris Ballew, who is also widely known as the singer of The Presidents of the United States of America.
No More Drama (song)
" No More Drama" is a song by American recording artist Mary J. Blige, taken from her fifth studio album of the same name( 2001).
It was released as the album's second single worldwide( third single in some European markets).
The Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis produced track became another hit for Blige, peaking at number 15 on the" Billboard" Hot 100 and number 9 in the UK.
The single was released on the day of the September 11 attacks.
The song famously samples" Nadia's Theme", currently used as the theme music for the American soap opera" The Young and the Restless".
In the song, Blige calls herself" young and restless" in a further nod to the music sample.
The video for the song won Blige her first MTV Video Music Award for Best R &B Video.
The song was also used as a background theme for both Tyler Perry's" Why Did I Get Married?" and" Why Did I Get Married Too?".

Question: Why did the performer of song My Own Kind Of Hat die?
Answer: pneumonia