Dance Macabre

Dance Macabre

Friday 4 September 2015

Some 1950's & 60's Figures

Peggy Jones ~ 75 ~ (AKA Lady Bo) American 1950's 60's guitarist w/Bo Diddly (played on "Hey Bo Diddly", "Bo Diddly Is A Gunslinger" "Roadrunner", and "Aztec", the latter song was billed to Diddly in spite of actually being played by Jones), also sang with Doo-Wop group The Bop-Chords and later with The Jewels and played percussion with Eric Burdon ("San Franciscan Nights"). Was one of the first female Rock n Roll guitarists.

BO DIDDLY ~ "ROADRUNNER":


BO DIDDLY ~ "BO'S BEAT";


Steve Mackay ~ 66 ~ American saxophonist w/The Stooges (on "Fun House"), later w/Violent Femmes, Snakefinger, Commander Cody and Andre Williams

THE STOOGES ~ "1970";


Ben Cauley ~ 67 ~ American trumpet player and singer with 1960's R&B group The Bar-Kays. Played w/Otis Redding, Issac Hayes, Rufus Thomas

THE BAR-KAYS ~ "BAR-KAYS";



OTIS REDDING & THE BAR-KAYS ~ "RESPECT";


OTIS REDDING & THE BAR-KAYS ~ "TRY A LITTLE TENDERNESS";


Frankie Ford, 76, American singer ("Sea Cruise")

FRANKIE FORD ~ "SEA CRUISE";


Wayne Carson Thompson ~ 72 ~ Songwriter with hits for the Boxtops including "The Letter", "Soul Deep", "Neon Rainbow". Also wrote "Always On My Mind", done by Elvis Presley and Willie Nelson

THE BOXTOPS ~ "THE LETTER";


ELVIS PRESLEY ~ "ALWAYS ON MY MIND";


Boomer Castleman ~ 70 ~ Singer-songwriter and guitarist with American 1960's Pysche-Pop band The Lewis & Clark Expedition

THE LEWIS & CLARK EXPEDITION ~ "DESTINATION UNKNOWN";


Bonnie Lou ~ 90 ~ American Country and Rockabilly singer from the 1950's on ("Tennessee Wig Walk", "Seven Lonely Days", "Side Step Two Step", "Freight Train Blues") for King Records

BONNIE LOU - "DROP ME A LINE";


Billy Joe Royal ~ 73 ~ American pop and country singer ("Down in the Boondocks", "Cherry Hill Park", "Burned Like a Rocket" and the original version of "Hush" later covered by Deep Purple)

BILLY JOE ROYAL ~ "DOWN IN THE BOONDOCKS";


BILLY JOE ROYAL ~ "I KNEW YOU WHEN";


BILLY JOE ROYAL ~ "HUSH";


Ray Warleigh ~ 76 ~ Australian-born British Jazz saxophonist and flautist. Played with Alexis Korner, Tubby Hayes, Humphrey Lyttelton, Ronnie Scott, Long John Baldry, John Mayall, Allan Holdsworth, Soft Machine, Georgie Fame, Kenny Wheeler, Mike Oldfield, Nick Drake, and Charlie Watts.

TUBBY HAYES ~ "SUDDENLY LAST TUESDAY";


TUBBY HAYES ~ "IN THE NIGHT";

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