Some Ska Punks

Alec Baillie ~ Bassit with New York Ska Punk bands Agent 99, Choking Victim and Leftover Crack

LEFTOVER CRACK ~ "ROCK THE 40oz";


LEFTOVER CRACK ~ "SYSTEM FUCKED";


AGENT 99;


Dan Morrison ~ Drummer w/Australian Sk Punk band Area 7

AREA & ~ "START MAKING SENSE";


AREA 7 ~ "SECOND CLASS CITIZEN";


Luis Cesar Aguirre ~ Guitar & keyboard player with Mexican Ska band El Estramboticos

LOS ESTRAMBOTICOS ~ "TAMAGOCHI";


LOS ESTRAMBOTICOS ~ "LA CERVEZA Y EL DOLOR";

Some More Country Singers

Margie Bowes ~ 79 ~ American country music singer from the 1950's onward

MARGIE BOWES & THE WILBURN BROS ~ "SEND ME THE PILLOW THAT YOU DREAM UPON";


MARGIE BOWES ~ "FOOL NUMBER ONE";


MARGIE BOWES ~ "PART TIME BABY";


Charley Pride ~ 86 ~ Country singer ("Kiss an Angel Good Mornin'", "Is Anybody Goin' to San Antone", "Help Me Make It Through The Night") from the 1960's onward

CHARLIE PRIDE ~ "ALL I HAVE TO OFFER YOU IS ME";


CHARLIE PRIDE ~ "DOES MY RING HURT YOUR FINGER";


CHARLIE PRIDE ~ "HELP ME MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT";


Tony Rice ~ 69 ~ Country, Bluegrass & Jazz guitarist with The tony Rice Unit, JD Crowe & New Smith, Jerry Garcia, Norman Blake, Ricky Scaggs, Bela Fleck, David Grisman, Chris Hillman

JD CROWE & THE NEW SOUTH ~ "NINE POUND HAMMER";


JD CROWE & THE NEW SOUTH ~ "SIN CITY";


TONY RICE & RICKY SCAGGS ~ "THE SOUL OF MAN";


Mac Davis ~ 78 ~ Country singer/songwriter ("Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me", "It's Hard To Be Humble", and sonrwriter for Elvis (, "In the Ghetto", "Don't Cry Daddy", and "A Little Less Conversation")

MAC DAVIS ~ "BABY DON'T GET HOOKED ON ME";


MAC DAVIS ~ "IN THE GHETTO";


MAC DAVIS ~ "WHY DON'T WE ALL GET STONED";


Charlie Daniels ~ 83 ~ American Hall of Fame country singer-songwriter and musician ("The Devil Went Down to Georgia"

THE CHARLIE DANIELS BAND ~ "THE DEVIL WENT DOWN TO GEORGIA";


THE CHARLIE DANIELS BAND ~ "THE ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL";


BILLY JOE SHAVER ~ 81 ~ Texas singer/sogwriter with Elvis Presley, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, David Allan Coe and solo

BILLY JOE SHAVER ~ "RAGGED OLD TRUCK";


BILLY JOE SHAVER ~ "BLACK ROSE";


Jerry Jeff Walker - 78 - American singer-songwriter ("Mr. Bojangles")

JERRY JEFF WALKER ~ "MR BOJANGLES";


KT Oslin ~ 78 ~ American C&W singer/songwriter of the 1980's & 90's ("Eighties Ladies")

KT OSLIN ~ "80's LADIES";


KT OSLIN ~ "DO YA";


Norris Bennett ~ 85 ~ Banjoist with Black String Band the Ebony Hillbillies

THE EBONY HILLBILLIES ~ "WANG DANG DOODLE";


Hal Ketchum - 67 - American country singer-songwriter ("Small Town Saturday Night", "Past the Point of Rescue", "Hearts Are Gonna Roll")

HAL KETCHEM ~ "SMALL TOWN SATURDAY NIGHT";


Doug Supernaw ~ 60 ~ American C&W singer/songwriter

DOUG SUPERNAW ~ "I DON'T CALL HIM DADDY";


DOUG SUPERNAW ~ "RENO";

A Few Japanese Musicians

Shiro Kishibe ~ 71 ~ Guitarist with late 1960's & 70's Japanese Group Sounds band The Tigers

THE TIGERS ~ "ANYBODY'S ANSWER";


Maisa Tsuno ~ 29 Guitarist with Japanese band Akai Ko-En

AKAI KO-EN;


AKAI KO-EN ~ "


AKAI KO-EN ~ "NOW ON AIR";


Toshinori Kondo ~ 71 ~ Japanese jazz trumpeter w/Bill Laswell, John Zorn, Fred Frith, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Kazumi Watanabe, Herbie Hancock, Peter Brotzman, Eugene Chadborne and Praxis
TOSHINORI KONDO ~ "BLACK DANCE";


TOSHINORI KONDO ~

More Rockers From The 50's & 60's

Little Richard ~ 87 ~ Iconic 1950's New Orleans R&R singer/pianist ("Tutti Frutti", "Keep A Knockin", "Lucille")

LITTLE RICHARD ~ "TUTTI FRUTTI";


LITTLE RICHARD ~ "KEEP A KNOCKING";


LITTLE RICHARD ~ "LUCILLE";


Simeon Coxe ~ 82 ~ Singer/songwriter electronic player w/pioneering 1960's New York electronic band the Silver Apples

THE SILVER APPLES ~ "OSCILLATIONS";


THE SILVER APPLES ~ "WATER";


THE SILVER APPLES ~ "I HAVE FOUND LOVE";


Jimmy Winston ~ 75 ~ English keyboardist with the Small Faces

THE SMALL FACES ~ "I'VE GOT MINE";


THE SMALL FACES ~ "WHATCHA GONNA DO A BOUT IT";


Brian Locking ~ 81 ~ English rock bass guitarist w/Instro Guitar band The Shadows ("Apache") & Cliff Richards ("Do You Wanna Dance)

CLIFF RICHARDS & THE SHADOWS ~ "MOVE IT";


THE SHADOWS ~ "APACHE";


Dave Munden ~ 76 ~ Drummer & singer with UK 1960's band the Tremelos

THE TREMELOES ~ "HERE COMES MY BABY";


THE TREMELOES ~ "SUDDENLY YOU LOVE ME";


THE TREMELOES ~ "YELLOW RIVER";


Jimmy Rabbitt ~ Texas C&W singer/songwriter with Waylon Jennings & David Allen Coe, radio D and singer w/1960's Garage band Positively 13 O'Clock

POSITIVELY 13 O'CLOCK ~ "PSYCHOTIC REACTION";


Roy Head ~ 79 ~ Texas 1960's R&R singer ("Treat Her Right")

ROY HEAD ~ "TREAT HER RIGHT";


ROY HEAD ~ "TEENAGE LETTER";


TOMMY DEVITO ~ 92 ~ Singer/guitarist with 1950's Doo Wop group Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons ("Walk Like A Man", "Big Girls Don't Cry"

FRANKIE VALLI & THE FOUR SEASONS ~ "WALK LIKE A MAN";


FRANKIE VALLI & THE FOUR SEASONS ~ "BIG GIRLS DON'T CRY";


FRANKIE VALLI & THE FOUR SEASONS ~ "SHERRY";


Len Barry ~ 78 ~ American 1960's Pop singer with Doo Wop group and solo ("1-2-3", "Bristol Stomp")

LEN BARRY & THE DOVELLS ~ "BRISTOL STOMP";


LEN BERRY ~ "1,2,3";


LEN BERRY ~ "LIKE A BABY";


Carl Mann ~ 78 ~ American rockabilly singer with Sun Records "Mona Lisa"

CARL MANN ~ "LET'S PRETEND";


Chad Stuart ~ 79 ~ Singer with 1960's English folk/pop duo Chad & Jeremy ("Summer Song", "Yesterdays Gone"

CHAD & JEREMY ~ "SUMMER'S SONG";


CHAD & JEREMY ~ "JEREMY'S SONG";


Terry Porter ~ 70's ~ Drummer for 1960's American Psyche band The Lemon Pipers ("My Green Tamborine"), later music executive & agent

THE LEMON PIPERS ~ "MY GREEN TAMBORINE" & "RICE IS NICE;


THE LEMON PIPERS ~ "NO HELP FROM ME";


Ronnie Peel ~ 74 ~ Australian guitarist and singer with 1960's & 70's UK band Thunderclap Newman ("Something In The Air")

THUNDERCLAP NEWMAN ~ "SOMETHING IN THE AIR";


Leslie West ~ 75 ~ American guitarist & singer with 1960's & 70's groups the Vagrants and Mountain ("Mississippi Queen")

THE VAGRANTS ~ "OH THOSE EYES";


MOUNTAIN ~ "MISSISSIPPI QUEEN";


Guitar Crusher (real name Sidney Shelby) ~ 89 ~ American blues singer/guitaris/harpist from the 1950's onward

THE GUITAR CRUSHER ~ "I CAN'T HELP IT";


THE GUITAR CRUSHER ~ "THE MONKEY";


Stan Kesler - 92 - American Sun Records studio musician, songwriter ("I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone", "I Forgot to Remember to Forget") and producer w/Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Warren Smith, Charlie Feathers, James Carr, Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs ("Wully Bully")

ELVIS PRESLEY ~ "I'M LEFT YOU'RE RIGHT SHE'S GONE";


SAM THE SHAM & THE PHARAOHS ~ "WULLY BULLY";


SAM THE SHAM & THE PHARAOHS ~ LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD";


Pepe Salvaderi ~ Guitarist and singer with Italian 1960's & 70's pop band Dik Dik

DIK DIK ~ "CALIFORNIA DREAMING";


DIK DIK ~ "WHITER SHADE OF PALE";


Stefano D'Orazio ~ 72 ~ Italian percussionist w/1960's & 70's Pop band Pooh

POOH ~


Laszlo Benko ~ 77 ~ Keyboradist with 1960's & 70's Hungarian Psyche & Prog band Omega

Tamás Mihály ~ 73 ~ Hungarian bassist with 1960's & 70's Hungarian Psyche band Omega

OMEGA ~ "GYONGYHAJU LANY";


OMEGA ~ "REGI CSIBESZEK";


Ossi Runne ~ 93 ~ Finnish trumpeter, orchestra leader and composer

ANN-CHRISTINE NYSTROM & OSSI RUNNE ORCH ~ "PLAYBOY";


OSSI RUUNE ~ "PATRICIA";


Phillis McGuire ~ 89 ~ Singer with 1950's Pop vocal group the McQuire Sisters ("Sincerly", "Sugartime")

THE McGUIRE SISTERS ~ "YOU BELONG TO ME";


THE McGUIRE SISTERS ~ "SUGAR TIME";


THE McGUIRE SISTERS ~ "SINCERLY";

Some African & Jamaican Musicians

Toots Hibbert ~ 77 ~ Jamaican singer w/Toots and the Maytals ("Pressure Drop")

TOOTS & THE MAYTALS ~ "54-46 THAT'S MY NUMBER";


TOOTS & THE MAYTALS ~ "PRESSURE DROP";



TOOTS & THE MAYTALS ~ "FUNKY KINGSTON";


Lynford Hux Brown ~ 75 ~ Jamaican guitarist w/Jimmy Cliff, ("The Harder They Come"), Toots & the Maytals, the Melodians and Paul Simon

JIMMY CLIFF ~ "THE HARDER THEY COME";


Albert Griffiths - 74 - Jamaican reggae musician with 1960's Ska band The Gladiators

THE GLADIATORS ~ "JAH WORKS";


Joseph Shabalala ~ 78 ~ South African singer with Ladysmith Black Mambazo who sang on Paul Simon's "Graceland" album

LADYSMITH BLACK MAMBAZO ~ "AMAZING GRACE";


LADYSMITH BLACK MAMBAZO ~ "THE LION SLEEPS TONIGHT";


PAUL SIMON & LADYSMITH BLACK MAMBAZO ~ "DIAMONDS ON THE SOULS OF THEIR SHOES";


Tony Allen, 79, Nigerian drummer (Fela Kuti, The Good, the Bad & the Queen, Rocket Juice & the Moon)

FELA KUTI & EGYPT 80 ~ "BEAST OF NO BURDON";


Kofi B ~ Ghanaian highlife singer

KOFI B ~ "YAW DOMPRE";
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Prince Kudakwashe Musarurwa ~ 31 ~ Zimbabwean Afro-Jazz singer-songwriter
PRINCE K. MUSARURWA ~ "NYAMATSATSE";


Kizito Mihigo, 38, Rwandan gospel singer, organist and peace activist

KIZITO MIHIGO ~ "AMAHORO Y'IMINA";


Manu Dibango ~ 86 ~ Saxophonist with 1970's Cameroonian Afro Jazz group Soul Makossa

SOUL MAKOSSA;


John Nzenze ~ 80 ~ Kenyan Afro-Jazz singer/guitarist from the late 60's onward

JOHN NZENZE ~ "NI VIZURI KUO";


Hachalu Hundessa ~ 33 ~ Ethiopian pop singer (assassinated)

HACHALU HUNDESSA ~ "MALAAN JIRA!";


Bob Andy ~ 75 ~ Jamaican 1960's Reggae singer w/The Paragons ("The Tide Is High") and Bob & Marcia

THE PARAGONS ~ "THE TIDE IS HIGH";


Apple Gabriel ~ 68 ~ Jamaican reggae singer w/Israel Vibration

APPLE GABRIEL & ISRAEL VIBRATION ~ "WALK THE STREETS OF GLORY";


Delroy Washington ~ 67 ~ British-Jamaican reggae singer

DELROY WASHINGTON ~ "JAH WONDERFUL";

Some Jazz Figures

Viola Smith ~ 107 ~ Big Band drummer in all-girl band Frances Carroll & Her Coquettes and Ada Leonard & Her All-Girl Band from the 1940's onward, known as the "Female Gene Krupa", also played with Chic Webb & Ella Fitzgerald

FRANCES CARROLL & HER COQUETTES;


ADA LEONARD & HER ALL-GIRL BAND:


McCoy Tyner ~ 81 ~ Jazz pianist w/John Coltrane, Rashaan Roland Kirk, Art Blakey, George Benson, Donald Byrd, Art Farmer, Freddie Hubbard, Joe Henderson, Hank Mobley, Lee Morgan, Sonny Rollins, Wayne Shorter, Sonny Stitt, Stanley Turentine and solo

JOHN COLTRANE QUARTET ~ "MY FAVORITE THINGS";


JOHN COLTRANE QUARTET ~ "IMPRESSIONS";


MCCOY TYNER QUINTET ~ "ATLANTIS";


Cleveland Eaton ~ 80 ~ American jazz bassist w/Ramsey Lewis & Count Basie

RAMSEY LEWIS TRIO ~ "THE IN CROWD";


Eugene Wright ~ 97 ~ Bassist with the Dave Brubeck Quartet

DAVE BRUBECK ~ "BLUE RONDO A'LA TURK";


DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET ~ "TAKE FIVE";


Jimmy Cobb ~ 91 ~ American jazz drummer w/Miles Davis Quintet, John Coletrane, Cannonball Adderley, Wes Montgomery, Sarah Vaughan, Dinah Washington

MILES DAVIS ~ "SO WHAT";


JOHN COLETRANE ~ "STARDUST";


Jymie Merritt ~ 93 ~ American jazz bassist w/Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, Chet Baker, Sonny Clark, Lee Morgan, Max Roach, Jimmy Witherspoon, Wayne Shorter, The Forerunners

ART BLAKEY & JAZZ MESSENGERS ~ "MOANIN";


Harry Grimes ~ 87 ~ American Free Jazz bassist w/Albert Ayler, Don Cherry, Mose Allison, Lee Konitz, Roy Haynes, Shafi Hadi, Gerry Mulligan, Sonny Rollins, Pharaoh Sanders, Archie Shepp, Shirley Scott, Cecil Taylor, Lennie Tristano, McCoy Tyner and bandleader on ESP Records

SONNY ROLLINS ~ "LOVE LETTERS";


SONNY ROLLINS, DON CHERRY, HARRY GRIMES & BILLY HIGGINS;


Gary Peacock ~ 85 ~ American Jazz bassist w/Albert Ayler, Paul Bley, Keith Jarrett, Bill Evans, Ralph Towner, Shorty Rogers, Ravi Shankar

GARY PEACOCK w/ SHORTY ROGERS;


Herman Green ~ 90 ~ Memphis jazz and blues saxophonist w/BB King & John Coletrane

HERMAN GREEN;


Hal Cornbread Singer ~ 100 ~ American R&B and Jazz saxophonist & band leader from the 1940's onward w/Duke Ellington, Jay McShann, Lonnie Johnson, Eddie Cleanhead Vinson, Milt Buckner, Earl Fatha Hines, Roy Eldrich, Hot Lips Page and solo

HAL SINGER & RED ALLEN ~ "HAL SINGER'S BOOGIE";


HAL SINGER ~ "AUTUMN LEAVES";


Claude Bolling - 90 - French jazz pianist, band leader and composer (Suite for Flute & Jazz Piano Trio)

CLAUDE BOLLING ~ "RAG TIME";


Harold Betters - 92 - American jazz trombonist and band leader from the 1950's solo and with Ray Charles, Max Roach, Dizzy Gillespie, Stanley Turrentine, Roy Eldridge, and Sonny Rollins

HAROLD BETTERS ~ "RAM-BUNK-SHUSH";


HAROLD BETTERS ~ "STAND BY ME";


HAROLD BETTERS ~ "TALL GIRL";


Stanley Cowell - 79 - American jazz pianist, from the 1960's onward w/Rasaan Roland Kirk, Marion Brown, Max Roach, Bobby Hutcherson, Clifford Jordan, Heath Bros, Sonny Rollins and Stan Getz played with trumpeter Charles Moore and others in the Detroit Artist's Workshop Jazz Ensemble and trumpeter Charles Tolliver & Music Inc, also co-founder of Strata-East Records

CHARLES TOLLIVER & MUSIC INC ~ "PRAYER FOR PEACE";


Giuseppi Logan ~ 84 ~ American Free Jazz saxplayer on ESP Records

GIUSEPPI LOGAN ~ "DANCE OF SATAN";


Danny Ray Thompson ~ 72 ~ American Jazz sax player with Sun Ra

SUN RA ~ "RETROSPECTIVE" & "FACE THE MUSIC";


SUN RA ~ "TAKE THE A TRAIN";


Overton Berry ~ 84 ~ Seattle based Soul Jazz pianist from the sixties onward

OVERTON BERRY ~ "HEY JUDE";


Cándido Camero ~ 99 ~ Cuban Jazz and Disco conga player and percussionist with Dizzy Gillespie and Stan Kenton and solo band leader

CANDIDO CAMERO ~ "MANTECA";


Jimmy Heath ~ 93 ~ American saxophonist with Jazz Fusion group the Heath Bros from the 1970's onward

THE HEATH BROS ~ "THERE'S A TIME & PLACE";


Othella Dallas ~ 95 ~ American Jazz singer & dancer

OTHELLA DALLAS;


Frank Kimbrough ~ 64 ~ American Post Bop Jazz pianist from the 1970's onward

FRANK KIMBROUGH ~ "ALABAMA SONG";


Wolfgang Dauner ~ 84 ~ German Jazz fusion pianist w/the Joki Freund Sextet in the 1960's and the United Jazz & Rock ensemble from the 1970's onward

JOKI FREUND SEXTET ~ "CARAVAN";


Richard Teitelbaum ~ 80 ~ American Avant Garde and Jazz Electronic player & composer w/Anthony Braxton and George Lewis

RICHARD TEITELBAUM ~ "DER GOLEM";

Some More Rockers From The 1950's & 60's

Peter Green ~ 72 ~ Singer/guitarist with the Original Fleetwood Mac, John Mayal's Blues Breakers and Splinter Group

PETER GREEN & FLEETWOOD MAC ~ "RATTLESNAKE SHAKE";


PETER GREEN & FLEETWOOD MAC ~ "BLACK MAGIC WOMAN";


Jan Savage ~ 77 ~ guitarist with American Garage Band The Seeds
THE SEEDS ~ "CAN'T SEEM TO MAKE YOU MINE";


THE SEEDS ~ "PUSHING TOO HARD";


THE SEEDS ~ "MR FARMER";


Pat Fairley ~ 76 ~ Scottish bassist and singer w/ 1960's band Marmalade

MARMALADE ~ "I SEE THE RAIN";


MARMALADE ~ "REFLECTIONS OF MY LIFE";


MARMALADE ~ "OBLADI OBLADA";


Wanye Fontana ~ 74 ~ British 1960's Pop singer with the Mindbenders ("The Game Of Love")

WAYNE FONTANA & THE MINDBENDER ~ "THE GAME OF LOVE";


WAYNE FONTANA & THE MINDBENDERS ~ "A GROOVY KIND OF LOVE";


WAYNE FONTANA & THE MINDBENDERS ~ "JUST A LITTLE BIT TOO LATE";


Al Rex ~ 91 ~ Bassist with Bill Haley & the Comets

BILL HALEY & THE COMETS ~ "ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK";


BILL HALEY & THE COMETS ~ "SEE YOU LATER ALLIGATOR";


BILL HALEY & THE COMETS ~ "GOOFIN' AROUND";


Fluke Holland ~ 85 ~ 1950's Tennessee Drummer with Carl Perkins & the Perkins Bros Band and Johnny Cash & The Tennessee 3

JOHNNY CASH ~ "FOLSUM PRISON BLUES";


JOHNNY CASH ~ "RING OF FIRE";


CARL PERKINS ~ "BOPPIN THE BLUES";


Emitt Rhodes ~ 70 ~ American Pop musician & songwriter w/The Palace Guard, The Merry Go Round and solo

EMITT RHODES ~ "REALLY WANTED YOU";


Eddie Daniels ~ 70's ~ 1950's R&R and R&B singer/songwriter solo and with Jewel & Eddie (featuring Jewel Akens and Eddie Cochran) and later the Platters

JEWEL & EDDIE ~ "OPPORTUNITY";


JEWEL & EDDIE ~ "DOING THE HULLY GULLY";


Barry St John (real name Liz Thompson) ~ 76 ~ Scottish 1960's pop singer ("Come Away Melinda") later backup singer with Pink Floyd, Bryan Ferry, Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel, Elton John, Kevin Coyne, John Cale, Whitesnake

BARRY ST JOHN ~ "CRY LIKE A BABY";


Juliette Greco ~ 91 ~ French pop & caberet singer & girl friend of Miles Davis

JULIETTE GRECO ~ "SAINT-GERMAINE-DES-PRES";


JULIETTE GRECO ~ "SOUS LE CEIL DES PARIS"

Some More Figures From The Punk & New Wave

Walter Lure ~ 71 ~ Guitarist with Johnny Thunders' Heartbreakers

JOHNNY THUNDERS & THE HEARTBREAKERS ~ "BORN TO LOSE";


JOHNNY THUNDERS & THE HEARTBREAKERS ~ "CHINESE ROCKS";


George Cabaniss ~ Guitarist with Cleveland Punk bands Hammer Damage, The Dead Boys and Stiv Bators

HAMMER DAMAGE ~ "LAUGH";


STIV BATORS ~ "EVIL BOY";


Joey Image ~ 63 ~ Drummer with New Jersey Punk bands The Misfits (classic lineup) and the Undead

THE MISFITS ~ "HORROR BUSINESS";


THE MIFITS;


Steve "Thee Slayer Hippy" Hanford – Drummer for Portland Oregon Punk band Poison Idea

POISON IDEA ~ "PUNISH ME";


Pierre Kezdy ~ 58 ~ Bassist with American Pun bands Naked Raygun, Pegboy, Strike Under

NAKED RAYGUN ~ "PEACEMAKER";


NAKED RAYGUN ~ "HOME";


PEGBOY ~ "REACTION";


Bones Hillman ~ 62 ~ New Zealand bassist with New Wave bands The Swingers and Suburban Reptiles and Midnight Oil

THE SWINGERS ~ "ONE GOOD REASON";


THE SWINGERS ~ "IT'S NOT WHAT YOU DANCE IT'S HOW YOU DANCE IT";


THE SWINGERS ~ "COUNTING THE BEAT";


MIDNIGHT OIL ~ "THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS";


Don Martin ~ Bassist with New Zealand band Mi-Sex

MI SEX ~ "COMPUTER GAMES";


MI SEX ~ "BUT YOU DON'T CARE";


MI SEX ~ "SPACE RACE";


Dave Kusworth ~ 60 ~ Singer/guitarist with 1980's English Post-Punk band the Jacobites

THE JACOBITES ~ "DON'T EVER LEAVE ME";


THE JACOBITES ~ "CAN'T YOU SEE";


Vern Rumsey ~ 47 ~ American bassist (Unwound, Fitz of Depression, Household Gods) and recording engineer

FITZ OF DEPRESSION;


Jerry Venemann ~ Drummer w/LA Punk band Delirium Tremens

DELIRIUM TREMENS ~ "WASTED";


Chet "JR" White ~ 40 ~ San Francisco bassist with Indie band Girls and record producer

GIRLS ~ "LUST FOR LIFE";


Paul Dokter ~ 59 ~ Dutch singer and guitarist w/ Guitar Pop band The Serenes

THE SERENES ~ "THE ABIDING PLACE";


Tony Lewis ~ 62 ~ English bassist, singer and songwriter with New Wave Pop band The Outfield ("Your Love")

THE OUTFIELD ~ "YOUR LOVE";


THE OUTFIELD ~ "SINCE YOU'VE BEEN GONE";


Blue Gene Tyranny ~ 74 ~ Pianist/composer w/the Stooges, Laurie Anderson, John Cage, Carla Bley & Peter Gordon

PETER GORDON & BLUE GENE TYRANNY - "MACHO MUSIC";


Harold Budd ~ 84 ~ American avant-garde composer, pianist and poet with Brian Eno, John Cage, The Cocteau Twins, Albert Ayler & John Foxx

BRIAN ENO & HAROLD BUDD ~ "LATE OCTOBER";

Some Toronto Artists

Neil Peart ~ 67 ~ Drummer with Toronto classic Heavy Prog band Rush ("New World Man","The Spirit Of Radio", "Tom Sawyer", "Closer To The Heart", "Subdivisions")

RUSH ~ "FLY BY NIGHT";


RUSH ~ "CLOSER TO THE HEART";


RUSH ~ "TOM SAWYER";


RUSH ~ "SUBDIVISIONS";


James O'Leary (AKA James Younger) ~ 58 ~ Toronto guitarist/singer with 1980's Hard Rock bands Goddo, Toys In The Attic and the Younger Brothers

GODDO ~ "SO WALK ON";


GODDO ~ "TOUGH TIMES/COCK ON";


Mike St Denis ~ Guitarist w/1970's & 80's Toronto rock band Segarini

SEGARINI ~ "YOU GOTTA HAVE POP";


Doug Platt ~ Guitarist with 1970's Hard Rock bands Bayb and 1980's Serbo-Canadian Metal band the Warriors

BAYB ~ "I'M FINDING LOVE";


THE WARRIORS ~ "FANTASY/REALITY";


Doug Baynham ~ Vocalist with 1980's Toronto bands Bayb, Mach IV, Urgent and Dirty White Boys

URGENT ~ "KILLER LOVE";


MACH IV ~ "EVELANE";


DIRTY WHITE BOYS ~ "HOT BLOODED";


doug Dinsey Inglis ~ 50's ~ Drummer with 1980's band the Blushing Brides

THE BLUSHING BRIDES ~ "WATCH YOU TALKING ABOUT";


Sally Cato ~ 60's ~ Singer with 1980's Toronto punk bands the Doncasters, the Androids and then Glam Metal band Smashed Gladys

SMASHED GLADYS;


SMASHED GLADYS ~ "ANYTHING YOU WANT";


Rod Brown (aka Rae Rae Willis) ~ Toronto singer/guitarist/dj with 1980's hard rock band The Imposibles

THE IMPOSSIBLES;


Sheen Martin ~ Guitarist with 1980's Oakville Hardcore Punk band Hype;

HYPE ~ "BURNED";


Lex Gore ~ Singer with Toronto Hardcore band Adaptive Reaction & manager for the BFG's

ADAPTIVE REACTION ~ "RADIO DARKNESS";


Mike Sydney ~ Bassist with Toronto punk bands Maximum RnR, Strange Heroes and the Snowdens and solo

MAXIMUM RNR;


Chris Reed ~ Singer/Guitarist with Toronto Hard Rock bands Fat Mob and the Reed Effect

THE REED EFFECT ~ "DOWN";


THE REED EFFECT ~ "NO WAY OUT OF HERE";


Graeme Williamson ~ Scottish/Canadian singer w/1980's Toronto New Wave band the Pukka Orchestra ("Listen To The Radio", "Cherry Beach Express")

THE PUKKA ORCHESTRA ~ "LISTEN TO THE RADIO";


Gerry McGee ~ 58 ~ Scottish born singer with 1980's Pop Metal band Brighton Rock

BRIGHTON ROCK ~ "WE CAME TO ROCK";


BRIGHTON ROCK ~ "CAN'T WAIT FOR THE NIGHT";


Denny DeMarchi ~ 57 ~ Keyboardist with 80's Power ballad band Alias, the Cranberries and Dolores O Roirdan,

ALIAS ~ "MORE THAN WORDS CAN SAY";


ALIAS ~ "HAUNTED HEART";


George Reinecke ~ Singer/Guitarist with 1990's indie band Busted Flush, also played with Tav Falco and Alex Chilton

BUSTED FLUSH ~ "SHINE";


ALEX CHILTON & GEORGE REINECKE ~ "LITTLE LATIN LUPE LOU";


Doug Chappell ~ Bassist with 1960's Toronto band Richie & The Midnights "Oh Charlena"

RICHIE KNIGHT & THE MIDNIGHTS ~ "HOMEWORK";


Roly Greenway ~ Bassist with 1970s band Crowbar ("Oh What A Feeling")

CROWBAR ~ "RAB";


Jay Jackson ~ 1960's R&B singer


Elyse Weinberg ~ 74 ~ Toronto 1960's Folk singer/songwriter

ELYSE WEINBERG ~ "OH DEED I DO";


Mike Malihini Scott ~ Hawaiian steel guitarist

MIKE MAHLIHINI SCOTT & THE HAWAIIANAIRES;


Holly Clark ~ 27 ~ Calgary born, Hamilton based singer songwriter

HOLLY CLARK ~ "FAKE ROMANCE";

Musical Deaths From COVID-19

John Prine ~ 73 ~ American Grammy Award winning singer-songwriter ("Sam Stone", "Angel from Montgomery")

JOHN PRINE ~ "SAM STONE";


JOHN PRINE ~ "ANGEL FROM MONTGOMERY";


JOHN PRINE ~ "WHEN I GET TO HEAVEN";


Adam Schlesinger ~ 52 ~ Emmy winning Singer/songwriter/guitarist with 1990's Indie band Fountains of Wayne ("Stacey's Mom") and songwriter ("That Thing You Do")

FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE ~ "STACEY'S MOM";


FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE ~ "HEY JULIE";


Matthew Seligman ~ 64 ~ English new wave bassist w/Bruce Woolley & the Camera Club ("Video Killed The Radio Star), The Soft Boys ("Underwater Moonlight"), Thomas Dolby ("She Blinded me With Science", "One of Our Submarines Are Missing"), Thompson Twins, the Dolphin Bros, David Bowie, Robyn Hitchcock, Stereo MC's, The Waterboys, Sinéad O'Connor, Transvision Vamp, Morrissey, Tori Amos, Kimberley Rew and Alex Chilton

BRUCE WOOLEY & THE CAMERA CLUB ~ "CLEAN CLEAN";


THE SOFT BOYS ~ "ONLY THE STONES REMAIN";


THOMAS DOLBY ~ "SHE BLINDED ME WITH SCIENCE";


THOMAS DOLBY ~ "ONE OF OUR SUBMARINES";


Harold Budd ~ 84 ~ American avant-garde composer, pianist and poet with Brian Eno, John Cage, The Stooges, Cocteau Twins, Albert Ayler & John Foxx

BRIAN ENO & HAROLD BUDD ~ "LATE OCTOBER";
Alan Merrill ~ 69 ~ American Singer/songwriter with 1960 bands The Kaleidoscope, The Rayne, Watertower West and the Left Banke and 70's rock bands The Arrows ("I Love Rock & Roll"), Vodka Collins, Runner, later w/Rick Derringer, Stevie Winwood, Mick Taylor and solo

THE ARROWS ~ "TOUCH TOO MUCH";


THE ARROWS ~ "I LOVE ROCK & ROLL";


THE ARROWS ~ "MY LAST NIGHT WITH YOU";


VODKA COLLINS ~ "PINK SOUP";


Lou Kouvaris ~ 66 ~ Guitarist with American 1970's & 80's Metal band Riot

RIOT ~ "FIRE DOWN UNDER";


RIOT ~ "BLOOD STREETS";


Detto Mariano ~ 82 ~ Italian Keyboardist & composer with 1960's band I Ribelli and solo, later also a producer
I RIBELLI ~ "KEEP ON DANCING";


I RIBELLI ~ "PUGNI CHIUSI":


Sergio Bassi ~ 69 ~ Italian folk singer-songwriter

SERGIO BASSI ~ "IMPRESSIONI";


Joe Diffie ~ 61 ~ Grammy winning American country singer-songwriter ("Home", "Third Rock from the Sun", "Pickup Man")

JOE DIFFIE ~ "BIGGER THAN THE BEATLES";


JOE DIFFIE ~ "SHIPS THAT DON'T COME IN";


Lee Konitz ~ 92 ~ American jazz composer and alto saxophonist w/Chet Baker, Wayne Marsh, Stan Getz, Miles Davis, Gerry Mulligan, Gil Evans, Art Farmer, Paul Bley, Bill Frisell, Chick Corea, Lennie Tristano, Stan Kenton, Charles Mingus, Dave Brubeck, Max Roach

LENNIE TRISTANO w/LEE KONITZ & WAYNE MARSH;


BILL EVANS & LEE KONITZ ~ "HOW DEEP IS THE OCEAN" & "BEAUTIFUL LOVE";


BILL EVANS & LEE KONITZ ~ "MY MELANCHOLY BABY";


Mike Longo ~ 83 ~ American Jazz pianist with Dizzy Gillespie, Lee Konitz and solo

DIZZY GILLESPIE & MIKE LONGO ~ "DING-A-LING";


Ellis Marsalis Jr. ~ 85 ~ New Orleans jazz pianist & band leader, father of Wynton and Brantford

ELLIS MARSALIS & KENNY KIRKLAND ~ "JUST THE TWO OF US";


ELLIS & WYNTON MARSALIS ~ "MOZARTIN";


Wallace Roney ~ 59 ~ American jazz trumpeter and bandleader w/Dizzy Gillespie, Art Blakey, Chick Corea, Joey DeFrancesco

WALLACE ROONEY ~ "ROUND MIDNIGHT";


Jacques Pellen - 63 - French jazz guitarist

JACQUES PELLEN ~ "MORO SONG";


Trini Lopez ~ 83 ~ American Pop & Folk singer ("If I Had A Hammer") and actor

TRINI LOPEZ ~ "IF I HAD A HAMMER";


Marcelo Peralta ~ 59 ~ Argentine Jazz saxophonist

MARCELO PERALTA ~ "WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED LOVE";


Aurlus Mabélé ~ 66 ~ Congolese singer and composer, AKA the King Of Soukous

AURLUS MABELE ~ "EMBARGO";


AURLUS MABELE ~ "LIST ROUGE";


Hamdi Benani ~ 77 ~ Algerian musician and singer

Manu Dibango ~ 86 ~ Cameroonian Afro Jazz sax player and band leader

MANU DIBANGO ~ "WOA";


Preacher Jack Coughlin ~ 80 ~ American Blues & R&R pianist/singer from the 1960's onward

PREACHER JACK;


Bruce Williamson ~ 49 ~ American singer w/reformed version of The Temptations

Troy Sneed ~ 52 ~ American gospel singer

TROY SNEED ~ "MY HEART SAYS YES";


Bert Olav Holmquist ~ 86 ~ Swedish Big Band Jazz trombonist with James Last, Quincy Jones, Manhattan Transfer, Abba

JAMES LAST ORCH ~ "ROCKY THEME";


Hal Willner ~ 64 ~ American music producer for TV shows "Saturday Night Live", "Stay Awake" and tribute albums to Kurt Weill, Thelonious Monk, Leadbelly

Christophe ~ 74 ~ French singer-songwriter ("Aline")

CHRISTOPHE ~ "ALINE";


Cristina ~ 64 ~ American 1980's dance singer ("Disco Clone", "Is That All There Is?" "Baby You Can Drive My Car")

CRISTINA ~ "YOU CAN DRIVE MY CAR";


CRISTINA ~ "TICKET TO THE TROPICS";


Alberto Carpani ~ 64 ~ Italian 1970's Disco singer

ALBERTO CARPANI ~ "FOR YOUR LOVE";


Gangsta Rid (real name Paul Devoux) ~ Rapper with 1990's Hip-Hop groud Boo-Yah Tribe

BOO-YAA TRIBE ~ "RAID";


Nashom Wooden ~ 50 ~ American singer & drag performer w/electronic group The Ones and actor

THE ONES ~ "FLAWLESS";


Black & Mild ~ 44 ~ New Orleans Bounce Music DJ

BLACK & MILD ~ "SURE THING";


Kiing Shooter ~ 24 ~ American rapper

KIING SHOOTER ~ "SAY LESS";


Fred the Godson - 35 - American DJ and rapper

FRED THE GODSON ~ "FREE STYLE";


Ty ~ 47 ~ British rapper

Ciro Pessoa ~ 62 ~ Brazilian singer-songwriter (Titãs, Cabine C) and poet

CIRO PESSOA;


Dobby Dobson ~ 78 ~ Jamaican reggae singer and record producer ("The Loving Pauper")

DOBBY DOBSON ~ "THE LOVING PAUPER";


Aldir Blanc ~ 73 ~ Brazilian songwriter

Fabiana Anastácio ~ 45 ~ Brazilian Christian Contemporary singer

Vinicio Franco - 87 - Dominican merengue singer-songwriter

Kishen Bholasing ~ 35 ~ Surinamese singer & percussionist

KISHEN BHOLASING;


Yoshio ~ 60 ~ Japanese/Mexican pop singer from the 1970's & 80's

YOSHIO ~ "EL REENCUENTRO";


Cosmas Magaya ~ 67 ~ Zimbabwean mbira player

David Corrêa ~ 82 ~ Brazilian singer-songwriter

Angel D'Mayo - 65 - Argentine guitarist (Vox Dei, Charly García)

Claudio Garbolino ~ 54 ~ Argentine keyboardist

Víctor Víctor ~ 71 ~ Dominican 1970's singer-songwriter/guitarist with Nueava Forma

Óscar Chávez - 85 - Mexican singer, songwriter and actor from the 1960's onward

OSCAR CHAVEZ ~ "MACONDO";


Dragan Vučić ~ 65 ~ Macedonian composer and singer

Reynaert ~ 65 ~ Belgian 1980's Pop singer

David Refael ben Ami ~ 70 ~ Israeli singer

Bill Mack ~ 88 ~ American country music disc jockey (WBAP) and songwriter ("Blue", "Drinking Champagne"), Grammy winner (1997)

BILL MACK & WILLIE NELSON ~ "DRINING CHAMPAGNE";


Jim Radford ~ 92 ~ English folk singer-songwriter, peace activist and WW2 veteran

Bill Pursell ~ 93 ~ Session pianist who had a couple of soft pop instrumental hits in the early sixties

BILL PURSELL ~ "OUR WINTER LOVE";


Fou Ts'ong - 86 - Award winning Chinese-born British pianist

Brian Pattison ~ Metal writer, zine publisher and guitarist with Buffalo Thrash band Anthropic

ANTHROPIC;


ANTHROPIC;

Some Canadian Artists

Ken Chi Pig ~ Singer w/Alberta 1980's & 90's Hardcore Punk band SNFU

SNFU;


SNFU ~ "ERIC'S HAD A BAD DAY";


SNFU ~ "REALITY IS A RIDE ON THE BUS;


SNFU ~ "I FORGET";


John Fenton ~ ~ Guitarist with 1970's &80's Ottawa Punk band the Action

THE ACTION ~ "DOWNTOWN";


Barry Allen ~ 1970's Alberta singer/songwriter, also played with Wes Dakus in the 60's

BARRY ALLEN ~ "LOUISIANA MAN";


BARRY ALLEN ~ "LAYLA";


BARRY ALLEN ~ "AFTERGLOW";


Rich Priske ~ 52 ~ Canadian bassist w/the Real Mackenzies, Art Bergmann, DSK, ShoCore, Chrome Dog, Bif Naked and Mathew Good Band

THE REAL MACKENZIES ~ "MAINLAND";


THE REAL MACKENZIES ~ "DUE WEST";


THE REAL MACKENZIES ~ "DRINK SOME MORE";


THE MATTHEW GOOD BAND ~ "HELLO TIME BOMB";


Denny DeMarchi ~ 57 ~ Keyboardist with Toronto 1980's Power Ballad band Alias, later with the Cranberries and Dolores O'Riordan solo

Buddy Cage ~ 73 ~ Pedal steel guitarist from the 1960's onward w/New Riders of the Purple Sage, Great Speckled Bird (Ian & Sylvia Tyson), Bob Dylan, Anne Murray, David Bromberg, Brewer & Shipley

IAN & SYLVIA TYSON ~ "CRAZY ARMS";


NEW RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE ~ "TRUCK DRIVING MAN";


NEW RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE ~ "I DON'T NEED NO DOCTOR";


Bob McNiven ~ Singer/guitarist with Toronto C&W band Whiskey Jack

WHISKEY JACK ~ "FIDDLIN' MAN"


WHISKEY JACK ~ "THE HOCKEY SONG"


WHISKEY JACK ~ "I DREAM ALONE"


Laura Smith ~ 67 ~ Canadian Folk and Celtic singer ("My Bonnie")

LAURA SMITH ~ "MY BONNIE";


Bill Dowey ~ Calgary Blues singer & guitarist

BILL DOWEY THE BLUES DEVILS ~ "SEVENTH SON";


James Cameron ~ 26 ~ Kitchener Country singer/songwriter with the Bareback Riders and solo

JAMES CAMERON;


JAMES CAMERON ~ "PEOPLE ARE CRAZY";


Sean Cunnington ~ 51 ~ Milton, Ontario guitarist/songwriter

CARLA MULLER & SEAN CUNNINGTON ~ "I'VE GOT EVERYTHING";


Rene Claude ~ 80 ~ Quebec singer & actress

RENE CLAUDE ~ "LE DEBUTE LE TEMPS NOUVEAU";


RENE CLAUDE ~ "VIENS FAIRE OU TOUR";


Jean Nichol ~ 75 ~ Quebec 1970's Folk & Pop singer

JEAN NICHOL ~ "SANS TOI";


JEAN NICHOL ~ "OH LADY MARY";


Hugh Fraser ~ 62 ~ Canadian Jazz trombonist, pianist, composer & bandleader with the Vancouver Ensemble of Jazz Improvisation (VEJI)

HUGH FRASER & VEJI;


Lucille Starr ~ 82 ~ Country & Pop singer from the 1950's onward w/ Bob & Lucille and solo

BOB & LUCILLE ~ "EEENIE MEENIE MINEY MOE";


BOB & LUCILLE ~ "DREAM BABY";


LUCILLE STARR ~ "THE FRENCH SONG";


Robin Seymour ~ 94 ~ American/Canadian disc jockey, host of 1960's TV Pop shows Swingin' Time and Teen Town

"SWINGIN' TIME" ~ 1966;


"SWINGIN' TIME";


Gail Manning ~ Manager with 1970's Toronto Punk band The Curse and publicist for Teenage Head