Amy Winehouse & Tony Bennett

Amy Winehouse’s last music video - “Body and Soul” - a duet with Tony Bennett recorded at Abbey Road studios in London was released today, on what would have been her 28th birthday.

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Dionne Bromfield + Mark Ronson sing Valerie @ V Festival

We are glad to see that Dionne Bromfield is recovering after the passing of her godmother who launched her career and aided her throughout. This is a lovely little rendition of the Mark Ronson cover of “Valerie” at the V Festival.

Amy Winehouse’s autopsy results say there were no drugs involved!

Amy Winehouse’s autopsy results showed no signs of drug overdose. “Toxicology tests showed there were no illegal substances in Amy Winehouse’s body when she died last month at age 27, her spokesman said Tuesday. In a statement, he added that alcohol was present, but that it could not be determined what part if any it played in her death.”

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A pill portrait of Amy Winehouse

By artist Jason Mercier.

R.I.P Amy Winehouse

Amy Winehouse was found dead in her London apartment. Winehouse’s discography is a short one containing only two albums, 2003′s Frank and 2006′s Back to Black. Back to Black spawned the international hits “Rehab” and “You Know I’m No Good”. It won five Grammy awards and sold 10 million albums worldwide. Her retro Motown sound mixed with contemporary and often raunchy lyrical content made for an explosive combination, one that captured the attention of fans and critics alike.

While right now the focus will be on Winehouse’s very public decline into drug and alcohol abuse, it is ultimately her music which will live on.

Here is the original Icemen track that Mark and Amy sampled for this jam. It features a young James Marshall (a.k.a. Jimi Hendrix). Sadly Jimi was another brilliant artist that died at 27 (Club 27).

The Icemen – My Girl She’s A Fox