I want to emphasize: NO RELATION TO THE UNITEDHEALTH CEO MURDERER, Luigi Mangione. 😝 😆
A bad week for celebrities.
Rest In Peace, Chuck.
Even though Chuck’s recording career was long over, at his time of death, Chuck’s net worth was still at least $10 Million Dollars. Nothing near Johnny Mathis levels of $200 Million or Yoko Ono levels of $700 Million, but even so, I imagine he passed away in the best state of physical comfort money could buy.
Mangione was a darn good musician, and, the concert I went to of his was terrific. Even tho’ I didn’t know half the tunes at the time, the songs were enjoyable, and the sound quality was possibly the best I’ve ever heard at a large (non-classical music) concert. (The Carpenters’ concert SQ was very good, too. Odd as it might seem, the best ROCK Sound Quality I experienced was Blue Oyster Cult, but, damn, in a smallish venue - I had to wear ear plugs 3 minutes in...!)
RIP Mr. Mangione. A life well lived!
The nine minute 30-ish second version of Feels So Good is One of the best songs of the best decade in recorded music history in my opinion.
RIP
wow - great musician. Godspeed.
Wow - was just playing “Kind of Blue” (Miles Davis), now THAT’S a trumpet player.
Mangione was a prolific musician who played the flugelhorn and trumpet.
Also played keyboards.
Wonderful musician. What a loss...he will be greatly missed. Rest in peace.
Great musician. RIP
In 1975, I was visiting my sister in Georgia. Her boyfriend was Italian and from Rochester. He took us to see Mangione. The album ‘Chase The Clouds Away’ had just come out. I bought the album. We went backstage. I got the entire band to sign the album cover.
So will he be buried with the hat on?
Saw Chuck Mangione in concert; excellent. The warm up for the crowd, was guitarist George Benson, also excellent. A friend and I, plus her younger sister, got all dressed up for the concert. It was a fun night.