Pop Icon's Death, New Star's Unexpected Success Among Events that Marked 2009 in Rock, Pop, R&B

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Quote :: While new acts such as Lady Gaga and Adam Lambert compete for market share, several prominent US artists left us in 2009. Gone are electric guitar pioneer Les Paul; jazz singer Blossom Dearie; female blues singer Koko Taylor; jazz bassist Wayman Tisdale; guitarist Ron Asheton of the pioneering punk-rock band The Stooges; Estelle Bennett of the legendary girl group The Ronettes; singer-songwriter Jay Bennett of the band Wilco; Mary Travers, of the folk trio Peter, Paul, and Mary; poet and rock singer Jim Carroll; and DJ AM, who survived a fiery 2008 plane crash with Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker.