Several more have passed this summer of 2025.
These individuals have been in Delaney & Bonnie and co-founded Derek & the Dominos; played Dee in What’s Happening!! (1976–1979); was nicknamed “Superlungs”, and turned down lead singer for Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple; and was a pioneering musician in the realm of Contemporary Christian Music.
Cause we were barely seventeen
And we were barely dressed
Michael Lee Aday was born Marvin Lee Aday on September 27, 1947, in Dallas, Texas. He got the nickname “Meatloaf” as he gained weight playing defensive tackle for Thomas Jefferson High School.
