Dance Macabre

Dance Macabre

Sunday 29 March 2020

Some More Figures From The 50's & 60's

Phil May ~ 75 ~ Singer with 1960's English band The Pretty Things ("Midnight To Six Man", "Roadrunner")

THE PRETTY THINGS ~ "ROAD RUNNER";


THE PRETTY THINGS ~ "MIDNIGHT TO SIX MAN";


THE PRETTY THINGS ~ "DON'T BRING ME DOWN";


THE PRETTY THINGS ~ "LSD";


Max Crook ~ 83 ~ American keyboardist & composer w/Del Shannon ("Runaway", "Hat's Off To Larry", "Stand Up")

DEL SHANNON ~ "RUNAWAY";


FREDDIE & THE FOURGONE CONCLUSIONS w/ MAX CROOK ~ "STAND UP";


Ian Whitcomb ~ 78 ~ English 1960's singer-songwriter ("You Turn Me On") and author

IAN WHITCOMB ~ "YOU TURN ME ON";


IAN WHITCOMB ~ "BE MY BABY";


Brendan Bowyer ~ 81 ~ Irish 1960's singer w/the Royal Showband and solo ("The Hucklebuck")

THE ROYAL SHOWBAND ~ "LOOP DE LOOP


Eddie Cooley ~ 87 ~ American Doo-Wop songwriter ("Fever") and singer ("Priscilla")

EDDIE & THE DIMPLES ~ "FEVER";


Young Jessie ~ 80 ~ American R&B and Doo-Wop singer from the 1950's onward ("I Smell A Rat", "Oochie Coochie", "Hot Dog" (covered by Elvis and Wanda Jackson) and "Mary Lou" (covered by Ronnie Hawkins) later sang with the Coasters ("Searchin", "Young Blood")

YOUNG JESSIE ~ "MARY LOU";


YOUNG JESSIE ~ "HOT DOG";


THE COASTERS ~ "SEARCHIN";


Bobby Lewis ~ 95 ~ American 1950's R&B singer ("Tossin' and Turnin'")

BOBBY LEWIS ~ "TOSSIN & TURNIN";


Millie Small ~ 73 ~ Jamaican 1960's pop singer ("My Boy Lollipop")

MILLIE SMALL ~ "MY BOY LOLLIPOP";


Sonny Cox ~ 82 ~ American Jazz and R&B saxophonist

SONNY COX ~ "ASTRONAUT";


SONNY COX ~ "CHOCOLATE CANDY";


Henry Grey ~ 95 ~ Louisiana Blues piano player & singer w/Sonny Boy Williamson II, Homesick James, Robert Lockwood, Jr., Billy Boy Arnold, Muddy Waters, Johnny Shines, Hubert Sumlin, Lazy Lester, Little Walter Jacobs, Otis Rush, Buddy Guy, James Cotton, Little Milton Campbell, Jimmy Rogers, Jimmy Reed, and Koko Taylor and solo as Little Henry Gray

HOWLIN WOLF ~ "HOW MANY MORE YEARS";


LITTLE HENRY GRAY ~ "MATCHBOX BLUES";


HENRY GRAY ~ "SWEET HOME CHICAGO";


Dušan Vančura ~ 82 ~ Singer, double-bassist and lyricist w/1960's Czech Folk group Spirituál Kvintet

SPIRITUAL KVINTET ~ "SCARBOROUGH FAIR";


Ricky Valance ~ 84 ~ Welsh 1960's pop singer ("Tell Laura I Love Her")

RICKY VALANCE ~ "TELL LAURA I LOVE HER";


Rod Bernard ~ 79 ~ American 1960's R&B singer ("This Should Go On Forever")

ROD BERNARD ~ "THIS SHOULD GO ON FOREVER";


Mark Barkan ~ 85, American songwriter ("Pretty Flamingo" for Manfred Mann, "She's A Fool" for Lesley Gore and "The Tra La La Song (One Banana, Two Banana)" for the Banana Splits

MANFRED MANN ~ "PRETTY FLAMINGO";


THE BANANA SPLITS ~ "TRA LA LA";


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

BILL PURSELL ~ "OUR WINTER LOVE";


Dame Vera Lynn ~ 103 ~ English 1940's pop singer ("We'll Meet Again", "The White Cliffs Of Dover")

VERA LYNN ~ "WE'LL MEET AGAIN";