Douglas Glenn Colvin (September 18, 1951 – June 5, 2002), better known by his stage name Dee Dee Ramone, was an American musician. He was the bassist, occasional lead vocalist and a founding member of the punk rock band the Ramones. Throughout the band's existence, he was the most prolific lyricist and composer, writing many of their best-known songs, such as "53rd & 3rd", "Chinese Rock", "Commando", "Wart Hog", "Rockaway Beach", "Poison Heart" and "Bonzo Goes To Bitburg" (also known as "My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down").
Dee Dee was the band's lead vocalist until original drummer Joey Ramone took over lead vocalist duties. He was then the band's bassist from 1974 until 1989, when he left to pursue a short-lived career in hip hop music under the name Dee Dee King, releasing the album Standing in the Spotlight in 1989. He soon returned to his punk roots and released four more solo albums featuring brand-new songs, many of which were later recorded by the Ramones. He toured the world playing his new songs, Ramones songs and some old favorites in small clubs, and continued to write songs for the Ramones until 1996, when the band retired.
Dee Dee was addicted to drugs, particularly heroin, for much of his life. He began using drugs as a teenager and continued to use for the majority of his adult life. He died from a heroin overdose on June 5, 2002, at the age of 50.
Bővebben...A 1951. szeptember 18. egy kedd volt a ♍ csillagjegy alatt. Ez volt az év 260 napja. Az Egyesült Államok elnöke Harry S. Truman volt.
Ha ezen a napon születtél, akkor 74 éves vagy. Az utolsó születésnapod 2025. szeptember 18., csütörtök, 254 napja volt. A következő születésnapod 2026. szeptember 18., péntek napon lesz, 110 nap múlva. 27 283 napot élt, vagy körülbelül 654 804 órát, vagy körülbelül 39 288 263 percet vagy körülbelül 2 357 295 780 másodpercet.
Date: 19 September 1951
Amer Bar Assn com urges US adherence to UN conv defining newsmen's rights in foreign countries; Prof Choice explains details; S Brown opposes some provisions
Date: 19 September 1951
Govt shuns decision on banning Tass reprs from Cong press galleries
Date: 18 September 1951
M E Tydings holds individual ownership of news sources threat to freedom
Date: 18 September 1951
Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES
Govt plans press control law to take effect with independence; publishers fear restoration of pre-war Govt domination
Date: 18 September 1951
NYC deliverers union seeks early trial of its suit to strike 9 words on seniority from pact with NYC publishers
Date: 18 September 1951
US to place large arms orders in W Eur countries to aid their econ
Date: 19 September 1951
D M Lacy named chief of 145 centers in 69 foreign countries
Date: 19 September 1951
Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES
Rio de Janeiro Correio da Monha lauds wide news coverage; repts Sunday issue struck cow on head and killed it