RIP Kenny Rankin

lynneny

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Is anyone else here familiar with Kenny Rankin's wonderful music? I started listening to him in my late teen years, and he was a big part of what attracted my husband and me to each other.
We both really liked his music , while most of our friends had never heard of him.

We used his "cover" version of "You Are So Beautiful" for our wedding song, and got so see him perform live a few times at a small cafe in our county here when we first moved here. He hadn't been back this way in a number of years though.

He died on June 7th from lung cancer at 69.
It is first in the news today though.

He was about to make a new album - we will miss him a lot.
 
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WOW - so no one has even heard of Kenny Rankin?!?

Am I THAT old, or is it that he was the best kept secret around???

If you are interested, listen to a few of his songs on youtube - he really had a magical voice! He sang a "cover" of Blackbird by the Beatles, and when they were inducted into the Hall of Fame, they asked him to sing it for them at the induction!
 
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