- Born
- Died
- Nickname
- Dyke
- Arlester "Dyke" Christian was born in Buffalo, New York on June 13, 1943. In 1965 he sang and played bass guitar with the Blazers, the backing band for The O'Jays. The group was stranded in Phoenix, Arizona, when the O'Jays couldn't pay them. The group decided to continue to play music to raise money to get home, changing their name to Dyke and the Blazers. "Dyke" was inspired by the experience and wrote "Funky Broadway" to go with a dance he invented. Dyke and the Blazers toured heavily and appeared at major venues as a result this hit song. Christian was shot and killed in Phoenix, Arizona. He was just 27 years old.
- IMDb mini biography by: onlooker
- Dyke is a member of the infamous "27" club, which includes artists like Robert Johnson, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Kurt Kobain, Amy Winehouse and other famous musicians, who died at the age of 27.
- Lead singer of Dyke and the Blazers.
- Christian was shot and killed by a man named Clarence Daniels. The shooting was ruled self-defense.
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