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- Singer and bassist Dickie Peterson, best known as frontman of Blue Cheer, dies in Erkelenz, Germany, aged 63. The cause is liver cancer. The band is known in part for its heavier rock cover of “Summertime Blues,” which reached No. 14 on the U.S. chart in 1968. Peterson was the band’s only constant member from 1967 to 2009.