Top 10 Musicians Who Became Famous After They Died

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    These artists may be gone, but their work will live on forever. For this list, we’ll be looking at musicians who were largely ignored during their lives, but eventually achieved greatness… posthumously. Our countdown includes Nick Drake, Otis Redding, Johann Sebastian Bach, and more! Do any of these musicians have a special place in your heart? Sing us a few lines of your favorite song from them in the comments.
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  • @WatchMojo
    @WatchMojo  2 года назад +35

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    Do any of these musicians have a special place in your heart? Let us know in the comments.

    • @whitleysdollhouse877
      @whitleysdollhouse877 2 года назад +2

      Otis Redding

    • @verosikamayday6284
      @verosikamayday6284 2 года назад +3

      It wasn't on the list but Bradley Nowell of Sublime

    • @tonywest9695
      @tonywest9695 2 года назад +1

      I could never choose a favourite song. I've decided my single favourite song is 'One of these things first' by Nick Drake is my single favourite song.

    • @duncan3998
      @duncan3998 2 года назад +1

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    • @JediasHertz
      @JediasHertz 2 года назад +1

      An ideia to you guys of WatchMojo, a series of "Top 10 small artists that you'll like to know" to help small and indepedent artists and bands, you can make a form to find those artists all over the globe and put some photos of them, cover arts, and parts of songs. That'll be very cool, helpfull and probably a good audience. if you need any help, I'm up for that.

  • @kyleh0122
    @kyleh0122 2 года назад +359

    I was thrilled to see Israel Kamakawiwo’ole on this list, and even more thrilled to see you pronounce his name correctly. His version of Over The Rainbow is one of the most beautiful recordings I’ve ever heard. And his deeper cuts have so much to offer as well. It’s where he really shows off his natural talent. From what I understand, he is still considered a sorely-missed and well-loved figure in Hawai’i today.

    • @Alfofthyefax
      @Alfofthyefax 2 года назад +5

      I first heard Iz on the "Meet Joe Black" soundtrack and absolutely had to find out why I'd never heard of him before, only to find out he'd already passed away. Then I watched his funeral and was broken hearted. It's devastating that he'll never know how so very loved he is, even outside of Hawaii.

    • @mike04574
      @mike04574 2 года назад +1

      I’d put Otis ahead of Israel just based and otis’s impact

    • @Plumeria808
      @Plumeria808 2 года назад +2

      OMG ME TOO! I said holy shit he pronounced it correctly!!! 😂

    • @GeorgeSemel
      @GeorgeSemel 2 года назад +2

      @@Alfofthyefax Thru the movie "Meet Joe Black" a very very fine remake of Death Takes a Holiday, I became acquainted with the Voice and music of IZ. His version of Over the Rainbow would make Judy Garland very proud. I spent time out in Hawaii for my work, after about a week I was bored out of my mind. I was just not the island sort. Beautiful place at least the parts I was at.

    • @lindahandley5267
      @lindahandley5267 2 года назад +3

      His version is other wordly beautiful. 🌈

  • @JamesDavis-sh9gh
    @JamesDavis-sh9gh 2 года назад +271

    You may have forgotten that the Otis Redding wrote and recorded "Respect" in 1965. In 1967, the year he passed, he lived to see Aretha cover it and, we'll you know the rest. He just accepted it as Aretha's tune for the rest of his life.

    • @0fficialdregs
      @0fficialdregs 2 года назад +2

      if i was her, i would at least give his family a little bit of money for helping reach stardom with the song.

    • @KevyNova
      @KevyNova 2 года назад +11

      @@0fficialdregs I’m sure him and his family got plenty of royalties from her cover.

    • @KevyNova
      @KevyNova 2 года назад +5

      I was surprised to see him on this list because he was quite famous when he died, although “Dock Of The Bay” was his first #1 song.

    • @alexandercanella4479
      @alexandercanella4479 2 года назад +3

      How could he not? She took his good song and turned it into a legendary song!

    • @0fficialdregs
      @0fficialdregs 2 года назад

      @@KevyNova well im glad they probably did. hopefully they donated it to a good cause, fingers cross

  • @brettbarden1133
    @brettbarden1133 2 года назад +121

    Missing Bradley Nowell of Sublime - they weren’t quite mainstream when he died of overdose in May 1996, then the “Sublime” album was released 2 months later with megahits like “What I Got” and “Santeria” which are now considered classics

    • @rancidbhoy
      @rancidbhoy 2 года назад +9

      Bradley was a massive loss to music
      Will always love the Band sublime

    • @franklloyd3264
      @franklloyd3264 2 года назад +14

      Thought for sure he be on the list

    • @assmane999
      @assmane999 2 года назад +14

      Definitely deserves to be high on the list. Sublime is now considered one of the very best bands of the 90’s, and Bradley never really got to experience that recognition.

    • @detronbrian
      @detronbrian 2 года назад +6

      I was searching the comments for Sublime (Bradley Nowell) before I commented. I agree, would have been a good addition to the list

    • @flibbidyx2
      @flibbidyx2 2 года назад +4

      100%. Sublime did have a regional following and could regularly be heard on the radio in southern California, but they didn't truly reach national/international fame until after Bradley's death.

  • @diannes3804
    @diannes3804 2 года назад +76

    I’m surprised you missed Jim Croce, who was killed in a plane crash in the 1970s. His songs, such as Time in a Bottle, Operator, and Bad Bad Leroy Brown became huge hits just months later.

    • @Fouroclocklover38
      @Fouroclocklover38 2 года назад +4

      Jim Croce was already famous when he Died.

    • @cardenco
      @cardenco 2 года назад +5

      “I got a name” was a hit shortly after his death, and of course others of his songs became more popular, but he was already established as a singer/songwriter when he died, so much so that he was considering taking a long break to be with his wife and son.

    • @jamesclendon4811
      @jamesclendon4811 2 года назад +7

      Yes, he was already famous when he died, and became more famous afterwards, almost exactly the same as Otis Redding.

  • @shaneanderson3995
    @shaneanderson3995 2 года назад +228

    Israel Kamakawiwoʻole's rendition of Somewhere Over the Rainbow is the anthem of Hawai'i. It literally oozes tropical vibes and would be a tragic playlist without it. Also, excellent pronunciation of his name up to the ole, bravo.

    • @kriskay5020
      @kriskay5020 2 года назад +4

      every time I hear the song I think of a tropical island with a bunch of people just chillin in the sun

    • @shaneanderson3995
      @shaneanderson3995 2 года назад

      @@kriskay5020 /shaka

    • @PapaBear816
      @PapaBear816 2 года назад +2

      @@kriskay5020 Now if only Apple Mountain Records wasn't such a bullshit company with his music and likeness.

    • @ashleydowney1222
      @ashleydowney1222 2 года назад +1

      Every time I hear this song. It reminds me of the 90s commercial where the little girl and her mom are baking cookies. It was a tearjerker and Somewhere over the Rainbow is playing in the background.

    • @angrymuppet4209
      @angrymuppet4209 2 года назад +2

      The first time I heard this version was on ER in the 90's sometime when Mark went to Hawaii to die. He was listening to it on a Walkman when he died I think.. I cried like a baby and loved loved loved this song ever since.

  • @mmakilla2615
    @mmakilla2615 2 года назад +299

    Who else gets goosebumps from listening to over the rainbow?

    • @DavidStarrUSA
      @DavidStarrUSA 2 года назад +9

      😭😭 yup, emotions indeed.

    • @KekeDalton
      @KekeDalton 2 года назад +7

      Always. It’s something about it

    • @ashleydowney1222
      @ashleydowney1222 2 года назад +2

      Every time ever since I was a girl.

    • @werthmelissa
      @werthmelissa 2 года назад +6

      Oh yes! And even the music video for it has over 1.1 billion views online!

    • @joy5816
      @joy5816 2 года назад +2

      Yess!

  • @silgen
    @silgen 2 года назад +97

    Otis Redding was already on his way to greatness before he died after he was a smash hit at the Monterrey Pop festival. Your glaring omission is the wonderful Eva Cassidy.

    • @Justindedwards215
      @Justindedwards215 2 года назад +4

      Right dude that was a weird choice..yes "sitting on the dock of a bay" is a masterpiece and simply amazing but his other stuff was great and fairly well known before he died he just didn't have his biggest hit till he died.

    • @RedStretchLimo
      @RedStretchLimo 2 года назад +4

      I second that notice of omission. She deserves notice. And was she the only woman left out?

    • @KabobHope
      @KabobHope 2 года назад +5

      I saw the title and came looking for Eva Cassidy, but got to this comment first. She definitely belongs on this list.

    • @johnd6535
      @johnd6535 2 года назад

      Seriously even Jeff Buckley was famous

    • @Greg_D99
      @Greg_D99 2 года назад +1

      I was absolutely shocked that Eva wasn't on this list.

  • @OceanWolf808
    @OceanWolf808 2 года назад +48

    My dad took care of Israel Kamakawiwo'ole at Queen’s Hospital a few years before he passed. RIP to one of the greatest sons of Hawai'i. Aloha.

    • @vanessastegall
      @vanessastegall 2 года назад

      🤙🤙🤙🤙🤙🤙🤙

    • @civilwildman
      @civilwildman 2 года назад

      If memory serves, he more or less helped represent his people and raised awareness for their struggles at that time.

    • @eauhomme
      @eauhomme 2 года назад +1

      Watching the clip that is shown here, he is taking supplemental oxygen while singing. His incredible weight was what killed him, and it took his brother, similarly sized, several years earlier while they were part of the group the Makaha Sons. In one of his albums is a spoken word part where he discusses the effects of his weight on his health.

  • @ladariusmcdonald
    @ladariusmcdonald 2 года назад +54

    Selena. I feel like Selena became popular internationally after her murder because the average English speaking listener probably had no idea who she was before her murder and came to know her because of how high profiled the murder case was. Her murder, her posthumous crossover album Dreaming of You, and her biopic are what brought her music massive attention in the English speaking music mass and her popularity continued to grow even larger among the diversity of listeners (both latin and English) decades since her tragic murder.

    • @Fouroclocklover38
      @Fouroclocklover38 2 года назад +4

      Her Murder was how I first heard of her.

    • @ErickFreemanTheSkateboardGuy
      @ErickFreemanTheSkateboardGuy 2 года назад +1

      she had a fan club

    • @meluk6991
      @meluk6991 2 года назад +4

      Anything for Salinas!!!

    • @eauhomme
      @eauhomme 2 года назад +1

      @@ErickFreemanTheSkateboardGuy Her fan club president, Yolanda Saldivar, was the one who murdered her. Selena found out she had been embezzling from the proceeds from the fan club merchandise sales and fired her, and Saldivar shot her when she came to pick up financial records.

    • @MistressKarma6969
      @MistressKarma6969 2 года назад

      I agree with u 100 percent

  • @werthmelissa
    @werthmelissa 2 года назад +74

    You forgot to mention Eva Cassidy! She was very painfully underrated! One of my favorites from her was a lovely cover of Time After Time! I only heard of her after watching Msmojo's Top 10 Female Singers Gone Too Soon and she was in the Honorable Mentions.

    • @mandyb4140
      @mandyb4140 2 года назад +3

      Totally agree, Time after Time is one of my favourite songs of all time, I normally don't like cover versions of songs but Eva totally makes it sound excellent.

    • @bknsty14
      @bknsty14 2 года назад +4

      Eva’s “Autumn Leaves” is one of the best things I’ve ever heard.

    • @IanThaddiam
      @IanThaddiam 2 года назад +1

      I just dropped her name in, too. Wonderful, moving artist.

    • @RedStretchLimo
      @RedStretchLimo 2 года назад +4

      An unforgivable omission.

    • @amputeeright
      @amputeeright 2 года назад +4

      I had the distinct privilege of seeing her live. It was a seminal experience, and she was a lovely person.

  • @tyleriguana
    @tyleriguana 2 года назад +6

    So happy to see Braddah Israel Kamakawiwo’ole be on this list and how you pronounced his name correctly, a lot of people get that wrong and it's understandable because not everyone knows about Olelo Hawai'i. He was so sweet and caring and only wanted the world to love each other and to spread aloha to others.

  • @trexadvent4726
    @trexadvent4726 2 года назад +133

    These musicians will live on through their music forever

    • @flamoby
      @flamoby 2 года назад

      My friend's mom loved that song. They played it at her funeral and I broke down crying. I wasn't even that close with her mom but it made me think of her.

    • @jackmoore8284
      @jackmoore8284 2 года назад

      Again, Mojo, y'all forgot one: Jerry Garcia. And another one: Kurt Cobain. crosses Myself

  • @blugreen123
    @blugreen123 2 года назад +34

    The first name that comes to mind is Eva Cassidy. She died in the late 90's. One of the most incredible singers who ever lived. 🙁

    • @ashleydowney1222
      @ashleydowney1222 2 года назад

      Never heard of her.

    • @lynettepatten904
      @lynettepatten904 2 года назад +4

      @@ashleydowney1222 Look up her story. She died so young because she ignored symptoms because she didn't have health coverage. My favorite folk singer.

    • @werthmelissa
      @werthmelissa 2 года назад +4

      She was so painfully underrated! First heard of her after watching msmojo's Top 10 female singers gone too soon and she was in the Honorable mentions of it. I listened to some of her music and it was lovely! My favorite song was a cover of Time After Time!

    • @kendrarasberry3078
      @kendrarasberry3078 2 года назад

      That was so sad.

    • @eauhomme
      @eauhomme 2 года назад +1

      @@ashleydowney1222 Local Washington DC musician who had skin cancer that spread and killed her. She didn't have any insurance, so she never got the symptoms checked, and she had done some physical labor when she felt some pain in her hip so she figured she had pulled a muscle or something. It was actually the spread of cancer to her bones. She died just before RUclips made music easier to distribute and posthumously her music began appearing there, where many people, myself included, found her.

  • @jdmulloy5500
    @jdmulloy5500 2 года назад +106

    what about bradley nowell from sublime, a year after he died his band became one of the biggest bands in the world and they are still a huge influence on modern music

    • @ELEcomments
      @ELEcomments 2 года назад +2

      Yes very very sad

    • @tonigrant2295
      @tonigrant2295 2 года назад +7

      I kept waiting for him to be mentioned too. In my opinion Sublime is one of the best bands that became popular in the 90’s. Their self titled album is still one of my most listened to.

    • @Catchumzzz
      @Catchumzzz 2 года назад +3

      Who?

    • @captainsquiggs
      @captainsquiggs 2 года назад +2

      Same thing I was thinking

    • @stephiis8882
      @stephiis8882 2 года назад +3

      I like Sublime as much as the next former pothead, but just about everyone knows about Bradley's tragic story at this point and I'm kinda happy they didn't mention him. It gave them room to talk about other musicians that many people have never heard of. And I also hate to say it... but the majority of Sublime songs are covers and they didn't do much original work besides adding ska vibes to other's work. I feel the guys on this list deserve it more.

  • @sabinebottone2452
    @sabinebottone2452 2 года назад +28

    I always loved Jeff Buckley‘s music and I was only five days old when he died. When I was a teenager I found out that my aunt used to live a block away from a woman who was his girlfriend around the time of his death.

  • @IndigoJo
    @IndigoJo 2 года назад +54

    I remember Jeff Buckley's Grace being released and it wasn't exactly ignored. It wasn't a huge hit, but people knew about it, it was quite prominently displayed in record shops and it was prominently reviewed in all the music magazines here in the UK. It got to number 31 in the album charts. At the time he died, people were always asking when he was going to release a new album.

    • @DinsdalePiranha67
      @DinsdalePiranha67 2 года назад +4

      I remember when Grace came out as well. It wasn't really my cup of tea musically - I was and still am more a fan of heavy rock and metal - but I know a great voice when I hear one. And Jeff Buckley had a great voice. I'm not talking simply about his vocal prowess either.

    • @Hiediho2337
      @Hiediho2337 2 года назад +7

      I got to see him with a friend on the Grace tour and didn’t know much about his music. It’s one of those moments that I am thankful I accepted the invitation. Buckley had a way of emoting when he sang that is comparable to Patsy Cline. He was a rare one…

    • @Revelwoodie
      @Revelwoodie Год назад

      Yeah, that song "Last Goodbye" was a mid-level hit, at least it was where I lived. Before the internet, everything was driven by radio airplay, so an artist's success was much more regional than it is today.

  • @BabiesKillYou
    @BabiesKillYou 2 года назад +7

    You really feel Nick Drake's soul in his music, he was the perfect mix of melancholy and jazzy folk.

  • @KeikilaniKai86
    @KeikilaniKai86 2 года назад +7

    Having family from the islands, I’ve listened to IZ my whole life. 35 years later, I’m a mom and have played IZ for my son since the day he was born. His music will live on forever. Such a beautiful soul! Hoomaha i ka lani IZ! Aloha mau loa! 🌺❤️

    • @KeikilaniKai86
      @KeikilaniKai86 2 года назад +2

      @@vgbcp3rs0na41 rest in heaven and forever loved.

  • @Jakew9
    @Jakew9 2 года назад +37

    Jeff Buckley is the most deserving of anyone! His emotional display is none-like anyone. Grace is and will go down as one of the best records ever made!

    • @andysalem3955
      @andysalem3955 2 года назад +5

      Exactly

    • @originaltommy
      @originaltommy Год назад

      I've never really gotten over his passing. I agree with David Bowie.....Grace is THAT desert island album.

  • @saffa2326
    @saffa2326 2 года назад +16

    I bought, and loved, Nick Drake's records when they were released and cried when he died. In my circle he was famous.

    • @eauhomme
      @eauhomme 2 года назад +2

      The Dream Academy's song "Life in a Northern Town" was based on Nick Drake. Songwriters Nick Laird-Clowes and Gilbert Gavriel were major fans.

  • @COMPFUNK2
    @COMPFUNK2 Год назад +3

    It’s amazing that Otis Redding had such a seasoned vocal at the age of 26; he sang like an old soul.

  • @thebrandolorian9037
    @thebrandolorian9037 2 года назад +9

    You can feel the emotion
    in every word Otis sings in "These Arms of Mine". It's one of my favorite songs. Try a Little Tenderness too.

  • @MartyWilson100
    @MartyWilson100 2 года назад +6

    James Jamerson (1936-1983), the session bass player for Motown in the 60's and 70's. Celebrated today as one of the greatest and most influential bass players ever, if not the most influential. He died poor, ill and alcoholized, largely forgotten.

  • @deathcabunlucky6107
    @deathcabunlucky6107 2 года назад +7

    One that was missed is Richie Vallens, who died in a plane crash at 17 years old; remembered for writing "La Bamba".

    • @gerryd1953
      @gerryd1953 2 года назад

      La Bamba was a folk song from the 1800s. And Richie Valens was a big star when he died

  • @babybro70
    @babybro70 2 года назад +5

    Robert Johnson was a legendary influential icon. Nick Drake, Jeff Buckley & Tim Hardin all had really beautiful music that deserves to be heard & admired. Otis Redding was popular esp, in the UK & w/Soul fans. I have all these artists music & everything Otis Redding did.

  • @ARIXANDRE
    @ARIXANDRE 2 года назад +65

    Darn, I wish Jeff Buckley and Nick Drake were with us, still making beautiful music.

    • @razzprince2877
      @razzprince2877 2 года назад +5

      Grace is a one of a kind album. It sounds like every genre yet couldn't be put into a genre at all, no album has captured the heavenly sound of Grace (If you know of any, id love suggestions)
      Favourite album of all time ❤

    • @lindseygiles9303
      @lindseygiles9303 2 года назад

      Yes

  • @schaperart
    @schaperart 2 года назад +4

    Tim Buckley should have been on this list - he released 9 studio albums across a variety of genres before his death at 28
    -- his vocal talent and range is absolutely unmatched

  • @DavidStarrUSA
    @DavidStarrUSA 2 года назад +14

    You're nobody till you're gone. Sad, but true 🌺

    • @Gomba13
      @Gomba13 2 года назад

      That's pretty much not true. Do you only listen to dead people? In modern civilization, everyone becomes more famous after they die. The younger they die, the bigger the boost in fame when they do.

  • @thomasbyers9153
    @thomasbyers9153 2 года назад +13

    “American Dad’s” Roger dressed up as Izzy was a hilarious moment.

  • @matthewdrummond1340
    @matthewdrummond1340 2 года назад +3

    I wish the world had more Otis Redding.

  • @mack1305
    @mack1305 2 года назад +9

    Need to add Eva Cassidy to the list. She was incredible and taken too soon.

  • @Plumeria808
    @Plumeria808 2 года назад +7

    RIP “Braddah IZ” i grew up with his music. Such a gentle and humble soul.

  • @michaelbullock8011
    @michaelbullock8011 2 года назад +1

    Great video and I enjoyed it and OTIS REDDING is one of my favorite Soul singers and have a blessed night

  • @FURBjr
    @FURBjr 2 года назад +1

    This is a good list. Some I knew, many I didn't. Thanks for helping me discover new music.

  • @Ebergerud
    @Ebergerud 2 года назад +3

    Bach junkie here. I cannot think of a major Bach work that was not performed during his life. What we're really lucky about is that his son was able to preserve so much of his work - alas not all. At least one passion is lost and certainly smaller works. And his major job was the music director of the school associated with Leipzig's major Lutheran Church - ThomasKirche. I'm not sure he was quite unknown - he met Frederick the Great (his aforementioned son Carl played for Frederick's court orchestra) and whipped up the brilliant "Musical Offering" as a kind of thank you. So Bach was certainly well known in Germany - a kind of local hero. He was not an impresario and did no operas, so Handel was more famous in their almost simultaneous lifespans. But Handel was one of the first first composers that gained a reputation that crossed national boundaries. Haydn and Mozart broke that barrier - Rossini and Beethoven shattered it.

  • @noahroangoldwing
    @noahroangoldwing 2 года назад +5

    RENT is my favorite musical. Thank you, Jonathan Larson

  • @shells_elements
    @shells_elements 2 года назад +12

    Jeff Buckley is a staple of my music collection. There will never be another like him.

  • @Rainman316pwns
    @Rainman316pwns 2 года назад +13

    Nick Drake was so ahead of his time. Beautiful music.

  • @jacobdrolet4262
    @jacobdrolet4262 2 года назад

    Totally amazing video watch mojo and fantastic job too

  • @standupphilosopher7059
    @standupphilosopher7059 2 года назад +6

    Jeff Buckley is🤴 David Bowie, Brad Pitt famous and infamous ❤️his music 🎶🎶 was unlike anything else. His voice something imagined from heaven Rolling stone has Mr. Buckley on their top 50 list of best albums of all time. His death came when I was pregnant with my daughter her middle name is Grace. The only album I listened to at the time. His death was a shock and I was sad for the music lost but for a life lost much to early 🏊🥺💕💕💕

  • @dragonpullman23
    @dragonpullman23 2 года назад +13

    Iz may have the most well known version of "Over The Rainbow" today. Certainly his version more quickly comes to mind than Judy Garland's original version of that song for me.

    • @maximnable605
      @maximnable605 5 месяцев назад

      But I always prefer the Judy version tho

  • @tmsskits
    @tmsskits 2 года назад +1

    Thank you for including Nick Drake, one of my all time favourites

  • @whenfatkillsfat803
    @whenfatkillsfat803 2 года назад +6

    I actually remember Last Goodbye on MTV a few years before his death.

  • @RavenHowl
    @RavenHowl 2 года назад +3

    The "Toccata and Fugue" still gives me goosebumps, and I can't thank Mr. Walt Disney enough for making me discover it through "Fantasia"

  • @LvBMusik
    @LvBMusik 2 года назад +20

    Bizet and Bach would be considered composers rather than musicians. They did play instruments and were somewhat known for performing, but they were really known for their compositions.

    • @fartwrangler
      @fartwrangler 2 года назад +4

      Um . . . composers ARE musicians.
      And Bach in addition to playing violin, lute, and a number of other instruments, Bach was considered a virtuoso organist, reknown as a performer, improvisor and teacher of the instrument.

    • @luckybag6814
      @luckybag6814 2 года назад +1

      Also, Bach was in demand as a consultant on organ design.
      But he didn't compose that cello tune. It was improvised by Gounod over the keyboard piece by J.S.Bach which was being played.
      Not as big a star in his day as Telemann, but really Bach was well recognised before his death.

    • @LvBMusik
      @LvBMusik 2 года назад

      @@fartwrangler That’s a fair argument. Bach was well-known as a musician in his day, but the way that the list was going was that they were saying that he wasn’t a famous musician until after he died, which didn’t happen. I think that the list was mentioning him more regarding the music he composed and then him being famous for that after he died. That’s my interpretation of this list.

    • @LvBMusik
      @LvBMusik 2 года назад

      @@luckybag6814 I definitely agree with you about Bach not being as big in his day as Telemann, but both are amazing. Thank you for your comment.

    • @parsifal40002
      @parsifal40002 2 года назад

      And great composers they were!!

  • @JudeanIsrealite
    @JudeanIsrealite 2 года назад

    This was great, thank you!

  • @harrymccooter
    @harrymccooter 2 года назад +1

    Nick Drake has some of the most beautiful songs I’ve heard. The guitar picking and the sound he made with it is so hard to replicate. Truly a great loss to this world.

  • @ArchangelJaceAscended
    @ArchangelJaceAscended 2 года назад +1

    Israel Kamakawiwo’ole. I used to listen to his version of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" on Disney's Pandora station while rocking/feeding my daughter when she was a baby. It always makes me tear up when I hear it.

  • @justlikebck5162
    @justlikebck5162 2 года назад +26

    Somewhere over the rainbow is literally known all around the world crazy to think he never knew how many ppl he touched

    • @Dani-ICU-RN
      @Dani-ICU-RN 2 года назад

      Ohhhh, I think he knows♡.
      ⛅🌈☁️🌠🙏🏻🌈

  • @sweatysam6264
    @sweatysam6264 2 года назад +15

    Johann Sebastian Bach world class composure and took literally the longest to get his recognition. Damn for once in a very long time I agree. 👍 😆

    • @sweatysam6264
      @sweatysam6264 2 года назад +2

      @Zsuzsi Raáb Well this wasn't an argument about who was better but who didn't get recognition and Mozart did while he was alive Bach didn't. I dare you to compose 😂 hell you can't even read.

  • @jayonblagg3363
    @jayonblagg3363 2 года назад +1

    I had Live at Sine and Grace when Jeff Buckley died. I just lucked into picking then out at this record store near college. I even played Buckley for my wife on our first date. She thought it was a little until So Real. I just listen to Grace yesterday.

  • @janicehubbell7666
    @janicehubbell7666 2 года назад +3

    Missing: Eva Cassidy. She was exceptional across so many genres that the recording studios didn’t know what to do with her because they were so genre driven. She died way too young and all her fame came posthumously, starting in England.

  • @default5790
    @default5790 2 года назад

    “Somewhere over the rainbow, way up high”
    Such a good tune from Izzy. I was on holiday in Samoa in 2018 and that song was on rotation regularly wherever we cruised. You just can’t beat cruising around in Paradise pre covid with that beautiful tune in the background. I can’t wait til this covid stuff is all over and we can all travel again.

  • @newthrash1221
    @newthrash1221 2 года назад +4

    Honorable mentions easily should have had brad nowell and elliot smith. I mean, I don't understand how elliot smith isn't on the actual list.

  • @OtherThanIntendedPurpose
    @OtherThanIntendedPurpose 2 года назад +3

    Robert Johnson was the first member of the 27 club, 31 years before it became popular.

  • @sjw4life546
    @sjw4life546 2 года назад +3

    I would add Rosetta Tharpe to my list

  • @briankelly8697
    @briankelly8697 2 года назад +1

    Robert Johnson was a great blues guitar player and rhe way he sings, "I went down to the crossroads and fell down on my knees," is just unique, won't ever be another...

  • @Ajmeade78
    @Ajmeade78 2 года назад +1

    Thanks for putting my uncle Arthur on here ❤

  • @GoddessPallasAthena
    @GoddessPallasAthena 2 года назад +2

    Thank you for including classical music which is often treated as some other THING.

  • @jamesdraper884
    @jamesdraper884 2 года назад +8

    Eva Cassidy should definitely be on this list

  • @JOVIJOLEE
    @JOVIJOLEE 2 года назад

    Wow I recognize the voice! I heard "One of these things first" in "Seven Pounds," one of my favorite movies. I have always liked the song, but never knew who the artist really was, never looked him up...I just jammed the song! Nick Drake died so young, it makes me sad, bless his heart.

  • @chrishomberg7659
    @chrishomberg7659 2 года назад +4

    EVA CASSIDY is sorely missing from this list. I'm shocked she was omitted.

  • @joandondero1736
    @joandondero1736 2 года назад +2

    Tim Harden - “If I Were a Carpenter” & “..If I listened long enough to you, I’d tell the world,...(I don’t know the title of that 🎵 🎶 song)....but both are heart warming. ❤️

  • @andysalem3955
    @andysalem3955 2 года назад +16

    I wish JEFF BUCKLEY was still here

  • @KevyNova
    @KevyNova 2 года назад +2

    I would add Danny Cedrone, who played the guitar solo on Bill Haley’s “Rock Around The Clock” and other songs. He fell down a flight of stairs behind a stage and broke his neck before the band got famous. A year after his death, “Rock Around The Clock” became the first Rock & Roll record to top the charts and his guitar solo influenced everyone including Jimi Hendrix.

  • @viliguns
    @viliguns 2 года назад +3

    Love and miss you Braddah Iz. Happy to see him on the list. He had a great influence to the people of Hawaii.

  • @melanieryan128
    @melanieryan128 2 года назад +2

    Jeff Buckley ♥️ I was a fan and fortunate enough to see him once in a small venue. It was devastating when and how he died. Such a gorgeous human and artist. He had so much more to do.

  • @georgevalley1319
    @georgevalley1319 2 года назад +12

    Jeff Buckley is one of the greatest artists of all time imo

    • @jamesclendon4811
      @jamesclendon4811 2 года назад

      One of the 1000 greatest, surely.

    • @georgevalley1319
      @georgevalley1319 2 года назад

      @@jamesclendon4811 not a fan?

    • @jamesclendon4811
      @jamesclendon4811 2 года назад

      @@georgevalley1319 I've got nothing against him, but let's not get carried away. "One of the greatest of all time" seems a little rich. You added "imo," so if it's your opinion that he is, who am I to argue?

    • @georgevalley1319
      @georgevalley1319 2 года назад +3

      @@jamesclendon4811 I respect your opinion too and it's entirely possible that we have completely different tastes in music. But if I may, I would just like to list a few things that make him one of the best for me. For one, his voice is beautiful, especially in his studio recordings, he definitely had a wider vocal range than most other artists. Another thing is his versatility, he could do alt. rock, folk rock, r&b, etc. and incorporate other genres at the same time (for instance Lover...come over is very blues influenced). I would also argue he had a very defined style (there's honestly too many things about his music that are influencing me to say this, so I'm just not gonna get into it, sry if this leaves you dissatisfied). He also was very good at writing original songs while also making cover songs his own. The last thing I'll say is that even tho his discography is very small, I would call Grace one of the best albums that I have ever heard. Its entirely possible that you've heard many more than I have, but again, this is my opinion. You don't have to respond to this if you don't want to, doesn't really matter to me, but I just wanted to put this out here in case you cared.

  • @travish6427
    @travish6427 2 года назад +2

    Nick Drake is criminally underrated.

  • @mlggamer5296
    @mlggamer5296 2 года назад +7

    Wait Larson is the one who made the 525 600 minutes song? I didn't know that

  • @JackTejada
    @JackTejada 2 года назад

    Thank you WatchMojo por introducing me to Nick Drake. I'll be forever grateful.

  • @KJ.85
    @KJ.85 2 года назад +1

    You missed the mark with Otis Redding and Bach. 'The dock of the bay' wasn't Redding's 'claim to fame' nor was any of Bach's music. They were widely known before their deaths, especially Bach. He was the musician for Prince Leopold, composed music for multiple churches along with a student ensemble, and gained further prestige due to his honorary positions while also holding 1 of them for 27 years until his death.

  • @maddavid2159
    @maddavid2159 2 года назад +1

    Nice video!

  • @yvetteihemesinwa2981
    @yvetteihemesinwa2981 2 года назад

    "Sitting on the dock of the bay, watching the tides roll away. I'm just sitting on the dock of the bay, wasting time...". I used to hear these lyrics on my dad's car radio, having no idea who Otis Redding was. Now that I do, it's so tragic that he was gone too soon.

  • @SexyButCurious
    @SexyButCurious 2 года назад +4

    Jeff Buckley death is so sad. For both him and his dad died so damn young.

    • @schaperart
      @schaperart 2 года назад +1

      Tim Buckley is probably the greatest male rock/folk/jazz/blues/funk singer of all time - not even Jeff could match that voice

  • @lelonfurr1200
    @lelonfurr1200 2 года назад +4

    BACH was very well known even before his death
    he has remained in the heavens for 200+yrs

  • @joeyruss3933
    @joeyruss3933 2 года назад +4

    Surprised there was no mention of Ian Curtis from Joy Division. Would’ve thought that would’ve been an easy pick given that fame for the band didn’t really happen until New Order

    • @OnlyGoodMusic_
      @OnlyGoodMusic_ 3 месяца назад

      joy division was already famous before new order, it was after curtis' death, but joy division became famous before new order

  • @eaman304
    @eaman304 2 года назад +6

    "I've been loving you too long to stop now..."

  • @thegreyman4920
    @thegreyman4920 2 года назад +2

    Bradley Nowell of Sublime should be on here. They became superstars shortly after he died.

  • @dannybuttafuoco9529
    @dannybuttafuoco9529 2 года назад +19

    Rest In Peace Jeff Buckley, you will forever be missed.

  • @christophermerlot3366
    @christophermerlot3366 2 года назад +3

    Bach was a genius, one of the gods. I may be a lifelong metalhead but I want the Stokowski arrangement of Komm, susser Tod played at my funeral.

  • @zadescrivner
    @zadescrivner 2 года назад +4

    No mention of Eva Cassidy? 😢

  • @mlggamer5296
    @mlggamer5296 2 года назад

    Now I know about Johann Sebastian Bach because I would have to know this dude when I learned my piano in my theory. Other than him I really only knew Otis Redding but it seems to me that some of these works are familiar to me. Although I only knew about Rent thanks to your it's a good list episode

  • @RENTnerd87
    @RENTnerd87 2 года назад +1

    So happy that Jonathan Larson was included, he was literally the first person I thought of when I saw the title of this video

  • @MoonLoonie69
    @MoonLoonie69 2 года назад +6

    You're never truly loved until after your death. Sad truth. :'(

    • @kendrarasberry3078
      @kendrarasberry3078 2 года назад

      Rob Schneider sort of said that about Norm MacDonald…

  • @trishbirchard1270
    @trishbirchard1270 2 года назад

    Witnessed poor Tim Hardin struggle to complete a set at the Main Point in Bryn Mawr, circa 1971; such a loss . And many thanks to you for including George's Bizet - every town has a Carmen , non ?

  • @keithwilliams7275
    @keithwilliams7275 2 года назад +2

    Omg!! Mojo You forgot about Eva Cassidy! She's at the top of the list.

  • @Ajaws
    @Ajaws 2 года назад +3

    Pink moon is amazing, it’s sad Nick Drake couldn’t see that album become incredible

    • @OnlyGoodMusic_
      @OnlyGoodMusic_ 3 месяца назад

      There are photos of Françoise Hardy with Nick Drake albums while he was still alive

  • @jennyrose9454
    @jennyrose9454 2 года назад +7

    Eva Cassidy and Jeff Buckley are my faves. He drowned mysteriously and she died of melanoma.

    • @BeeWhistler
      @BeeWhistler 2 года назад +1

      I'd understood that his drowning wasn't so much mysterious as it was drunken.

    • @jennyrose9454
      @jennyrose9454 2 года назад

      @@BeeWhistler was he? Idk

  • @joermnyc
    @joermnyc 2 года назад +4

    I would have put Andy Wood from Mother Love Bone in as an honorable mention, “Chloe Dancer/Crown of Thorns” is a masterpiece.

  • @omariwalker1006
    @omariwalker1006 2 года назад +2

    Nujabes would be number one for me. I was a fan before he passed away but I'm happy that his name is more widespread now!

    • @Ocapela215
      @Ocapela215 2 года назад +1

      This guy knows the worldwide impact

  • @mlggamer5296
    @mlggamer5296 2 года назад +2

    I know about Carmen overture! I remember when I was a kid before my grandmother owned a BlackBerry that was her ringtone. That's when I came to know it anyway

  • @marciaware-wilder2184
    @marciaware-wilder2184 2 года назад

    great list...you need to do a part 2, and include Eva Cassidy.

  • @freddiemolinajr.8397
    @freddiemolinajr.8397 2 года назад

    Good video watch mojo is a good channel

  • @Ciscokid_5446
    @Ciscokid_5446 2 года назад +19

    Rip Bradley nowell of sublime. a real one that was somehow left out.

  • @WithScienceAsMySheperd
    @WithScienceAsMySheperd 2 года назад +1

    @11:30 , since 2000 I've been a fan of Jeff Buckley.
    A friend played 'Grace'. Now I know that the best rendition of "Hallelujah" composed by Leonard Cohen, is sung by Jeff Buckley. Period.
    "...but you don't really care for music, ... do you?"

  • @elainephilly
    @elainephilly 2 года назад +1

    Otis would have been a star. He died in a plane crash stuck to his seat. Very sad. He and Janis would have made some beautiful music.

  • @Starchild1980
    @Starchild1980 2 года назад

    Glad to see Arthur Russell getting recognition.....rest in power!!❤❤

  • @muffassa6739
    @muffassa6739 2 года назад

    I so enjoyed this video you sure got it right 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣