Chuck Berry & Some 1950's & 60's Figures

Chuck Berry ~ 90 ~ One of the major 1950's R&R Singer/Guitarist/Songwriter ("Roll Over Beethoven", "Maybelline", "No Particular Place To Go", "Sweet Sixteen", "Tulane", "Johnny B Goode"

CHUCK BERRY ~ "JOHNNY B GOODE";


CHUCK BERRY ~ "SWEET LITTLE SIXTEEN";


CHUCK BERRY ~ "MAYBELLINE";


CHUCK BERRY ~ "NO PARTICULAR PLACE TO GO";


Tommy Allsup ~ 86 ~ American Rockabilly & Western Swing Guitarist w.Buddy Holly, Bob Wills, Richie Valens, The Big Bopper, Roy Orbison, Willie Nelson, The Ventures

BUDDY HOLLY ~ "LOVE'S MADE A FOOL OF YOU";


Sonny Geraci ~ 69 ~ Singer with American 1960's Garage band The Outsiders ("Time Won't Let Me") and 1970's Soul group Climax ("Precious & Few")

THE OUTSIDERS ~ "TIME WON'T LET ME";


Pete Shotton ~ 75 ~ British washboardist and percussionist w/1960's Skiffle band The Quarrymen, later played with the Beatles

THE QUARRYMEN ~ "THAT'LL BE THE DAY";


THE QUARRYMEN ~ "IN SPITE OF ALL THE DANGER";


Lonnie Brooks ~ 83 ~ American blues guitarist and singer w/Chess, Mercury, recorded w/Jimmy Reed, Jr Wells

LONNIE BROOKS ~ "YOU'RE USING ME";


LONNIE BROOKS ~ "FIGUREHEAD";


THE QUARRYMEN ~ "THAT'LL BE THE DAY";


Sylvester Potts ~ 78 ~ American 1960's soul singer w/The Contours ("Do You Love Me")

THE CONTOURS ~ "DO YOU LOVE ME";


Bobby Freeman ~ 76 ~ American R&B singer and songwriter ("Do You Want to Dance")

BOBBY FREEMAN ~ "DO YOU WANNA DANCE";


BOBBY FREEMAN ~ "COME ON & SWIM";


Clem Curtis ~ 76 ~ Trinidadian-born British singer w/1970's Soul group The Foundations "Build Me Up Buttercup"

THE FOUNDATIONS ~ "BUILD ME UP BUTTERCUP";


Rosie Hamlin ~ 71 ~ American singer w/early 1960's Girl Group Rosie and the Originals ("Angel Baby")

ROSIE & THE ORIGINALS ~ "ANGEL BABY";


Ben Speer ~ 86 ~ Singer with the Nashville Southern Gospel group the Speer Family from the 1920's to the 1990's

THE SPEER FAMILY ~ "I'M A CHILD OF THE KING";


THE SPEER FAMILY ~ "HEAVEN'S JUBILEE";


THE SPEER FAMILY ~ "CITY OF GOLD";


And two members of the famed 1960's session band The Wrecking Crew;
Tony Terran ~ 90 ~ American trumpeter and session musician w/The Wrecking Crew, Chet Baker, Lalo Schifrin, The Baja Marimba Band, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, The Bee Gees, Ray Charles, Chicago, Nat King Cole, Perry Como, Bob Dylan, Ella Fitzgerald, Benny Goodman, Bob Hope, Michael Jackson, Eartha Kitt, Peggy Lee, Madonna, Dean Martin, Elvis Presley, Bonnie Raitt, Linda Ronstadt, Diana Ross, Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, The Tijuana Brass, Tom Waits, Nelson Riddle, Henry Mancini, Jerry Goldsmith, John Williams, Elmer Bernstein, Johnny Mercer

Lyle Ritz ~ 87 ~ American bassist and ukulelist w/The Wrecking Crew

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