RIP

Grammy-winning singer songwriter JJ Cale has died, aged 74, in a hospital in the La Jolla neighbourhood of San Diego after suffering a heart attack. His songs included Cocaine and After Midnight covered by Eric Clapton and Lynryd Skyndryd's Call Me The Breeze.

Charlatans drummer Jon Brookes has died. He was just 44. Brookes suffered a seizure on stage during a US tour in 2010, and was later diagnosed with a brain tumour. He made his live return at the final date of the band's UK tour the following month, but had been receiving ongoing treatment.

Sid Bernstein, perhaps best known as the promoter who put on The Beatles' legendary Shea Stadium show, died yesterday. He was 95. As well as The Beatles, Bernstein promoted many other artists, including Abba, James Brown, Jimi Hendrix, Duke Ellington, Bobby Darrin and Judy Garland, as well as managing The Rascals.

Veteran British radio DJ David Jacobs had died aged 87. Jacobs, the original host of classic music TV programme 'Jukebox Jury' in the 1960s and an original 'Top Of The Pops' presenter, only stepped down from his weekly Radio 2 show 'The David Jacobs Collection' last month because of ill-health. He will be much missed.

Fritz Rau, the legendary German music promoter, recognised as one of the founding fathers of the European live music business, and who worked with the likes of Miles Davis, Eric Clapton, Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington, The Rolling Stones and Jimi Hendrix, has died aged 83.