{"id":130494,"date":"2017-10-09T09:32:11","date_gmt":"2017-10-09T14:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=130494"},"modified":"2017-10-09T09:32:11","modified_gmt":"2017-10-09T14:32:11","slug":"skyliners-jimmy-beaumont-passes-76","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=130494","title":{"rendered":"Skyliners Jimmy Beaumont passes, 76"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-130496\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Beaumontjimmie2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"269\" height=\"216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Beaumontjimmie2.jpg 269w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Beaumontjimmie2-150x120.jpg 150w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Beaumontjimmie2-218x175.jpg 218w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 269px) 100vw, 269px\" \/>MCKEESPORT, Pa. (AP) \u2014 The lead singer of the doo-wop group the Skyliners, who co-wrote the iconic ballad &#8220;Since I Don&#8217;t Have You,&#8221; has died. Jimmy Beaumont was 76.<\/p>\n<p>Beaumont&#8217;s family says he died in his sleep Saturday at his home in McKeesport, Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p>Joe Rock would eventually manage the Skyliners. He was helping promote Beaumont&#8217;s former group, the Crescents, when Rock wrote some lyrics lamenting his girlfriend&#8217;s impending departure for flight attendants&#8217; school out of state. That was 1958, and Beaumont was 18.<\/p>\n<p>Beaumont, of Pittsburgh, set the lyrics to music, and a hit was born.<\/p>\n<p>The song has been covered by Barbra Streisand, Patti LaBelle, Art Garfunkel, Don McLean and even Guns N&#8217; Roses.<\/p>\n<p>The Jaycox-Jaworski Funeral Home in McKeesport is handling arrangements. Beaumont&#8217;s funeral is Friday at Corpus Christi Parish in McKeesport.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MCKEESPORT, Pa. (AP) \u2014 The lead singer of the doo-wop group the Skyliners, who co-wrote the iconic ballad &#8220;Since I Don&#8217;t Have You,&#8221; has died. Jimmy Beaumont was 76. Beaumont&#8217;s family says he died in his sleep Saturday at his home in McKeesport, Pennsylvania. Joe Rock would eventually manage the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":130495,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-130494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-state"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=130494"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130494\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":130497,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130494\/revisions\/130497"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/130495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=130494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=130494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=130494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}