Hamilton Frederick Bohannon (March 7, 1942 – April 24, 2020), [2] often credited and known professionally simply as Bohannon, was an American drummer, percussionist, band leader, songwriter, arranger, and record producer, who was one of the leading figures in 1970s funk and disco music. [3]

Cullen Bohannon is the main protagonist of AMC's Hell on Wheels. A former Confederate States Army Captain and slave owner from Meridian, Mississippi. After returning home from the war, Cullen discovered that his wife and son had been slaughtered by Union soldiers.

May 2, 2020 · Hamilton Bohannon, a drummer whose disco records propelled people onto dance floors in the 1970s and ’80s, and then lived on as popular samples for major hip-hop artists, died on April 24...

Apr 27, 2020 · Hamilton Bohannon, disco legend known for “Let’s Start the Dance” and “Foot Stompin’ Music,” died Friday at the age of 78.

Apr 24, 2020 · American disco producer, songwriter, arranger, and bandleader. Born 7 March 1942, in Newnan, Georgia, USA; died 24 April 2020. Moved to Detroit in the early 1960s and worked as sideman for Stevie Wonder between 1965 and 1967 and became arranger for all of Motown ’s top acts.

Apr 27, 2020 · Hamilton Bohannon, a Newnan native with an outsize influence on pop music, died Friday, April 24, according to the Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office. He was 78.

Apr 25, 2020 · Hamilton Bohannon, one of the great musicians of the disco era, died on Friday. He was 78. The Newnan Times-Herald, a local newspaper in Newnan, Ga., where Bohannon was born, reported the news...

Apr 25, 2020 · Newnan music legend Hamilton Bohannon passed away Friday at the age of 78. Bohannon was a percussionist, band leader, songwriter and record producer, who was one of the leading figures in 1970s disco music.

Apr 25, 2020 · The percussionist, bandleader, and music producer who started his music career as the drummer for a young Stevie Wonder in the mid-1960s died on Friday, April 24, as the Newnan...

May 11, 2020 · Hamilton Bohannon, drummer, songwriter and bandleader, died on April 24th 2020 aged 78. Bohannon is an artist who isn’t particularly well known outside of soul and disco but who had a subtle influence on the development of disco and therefore on the development of house and techno too.