Birth name Lawrence Horton Occupation(s) Drummer | Years active 1972–1987 Name Yogi Horton | |
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Born October 1, 1953 ( 1953-10-01 ) Instruments Drums, Background Vocals Died June 8, 1987, New York City, New York, United States Genres Funk, Jazz, Rock music, Rhythm and blues Associated acts Aretha Franklin, Luther Vandross, John Lennon, Yoko Ono, David Byrne, Debbie Harry, Diana Ross, Kenny G Similar People Luther Vandross, Don Was, Diana Ross, David Byrne, Jerry Harrison | ||
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Lawrence "Yogi" Horton, October 1, 1953 - June 8, 1987), was an American R&B, funk, jazz and rock drummer. Horton worked and recorded as a session and touring drummer with a wide variety of musicians such as Aretha Franklin, Luther Vandross, John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Ashford & Simpson, David Byrne, Deborah Harry, Hall & Oates, Diana Ross, Kenny G and The B-52's, among numerous others. His first recording was on Dave "Baby" Cortez's 1972 album Soul Vibration.
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Horton recorded an instructional videocassette in 1983, which was released by DCI. Titled "The History of R&B/Funk Drumming", it is considered to be "one of the very first instructional type videos of its kind." The video is long out of print, but majority of the record can still be viewed on YouTube as of July 2017..
Horton who suffered from Manic Depression tragically took his own life on June 8, 1987 when he jumped to his death from a 17-floor hotel window in New York shortly after performing in a Luther Vandross concert.
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