This jazz and studio guitar great played on hundreds of recordings — including Phil Spector's "River Deep-Mountain High" and "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'," Julie London's "Cry Me A River," and many of the Coasters' hits — and was known for beig one of the weirdest dudes in the business.

Name
Barney Kessel
Birthday
October 17, 1923
Age
80
Died on
Thursday, May 6th, 2004
Famous
Confirmed
Tuesday, April 28th, 1998
Barney Kessel
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Guess the Stiff!

Here's the story
Of a lovely lady
Who was bringing up three very lovely girls
All of them had hair of gold
Like their mother
And then she died of heart failure

(d) November 24th, 2016