Dance Macabre

Dance Macabre

Tuesday 23 August 2022

More Rockers From The 50's & 60's


Jerry Lee Lewis ~ 87 ~ Classic 1950's R&R and C&W singer/pianist ("Great Balls Of Fire", "Breathless", "Whole Lot Of Shakin Going On", "High School Confidential")

JERRY LEE LEWIS ~ "WHOLE LOTTA SHAKIN";


JERRY LEE LEWIS ~ "GREAT BALLS OF FIRE":


JERRY LEE LEWIS ~ "SHE EVEN WOKE ME UP TO SAY GOODBYE";


JERRY LEE LEWIS ~ "CRAZY ARMS";


Jerry Allison - 82 - American Hall of Fame drummer w/Buddy Holly & The Crickets and songwriter ("That'll Be the Day", "Peggy Sue") later with Eddie Cochran, the Everly Brothers, Lee Dresser, Waylon Jennings, Cnway Twitty, Bobby Vee, Johnny Burnette

BUDDY HOLLY & THE CRICKETS ~ "THAT'LL BE THE DAY";


BUDDY HOLLY & THE CRICKETS ~ "PEGGY SUE";


BUDDY HOLLY & THE CRICKETS ~ "OH BOY";


THE CRICKETS ~ "MY LITTLE GIRL";


THE CRICKETS ~ "TEARDROPS FALL LIKE RAIN";


Sonny West - 85 - American songwriter/singer/guitarist ("Oh, Boy!", "Rave On", "Rockahula Baby"), member of Elvis Presley's band

SONNY WEST ~ "RAVE ON";


Charlie Gracie ~ American 1950's Rockabilly singer

CHARLIE GRACIE ~ "COOL BABY";


CHARLIE GRACIE ~ "BUTTERFLY";


Roddy Jackson ~ 79 ~ California Rockabilly dinger, sax & piano player

RODDY JACKSON ~ "I'VE GOT MY SIGHTS SET SOMEONE NEW";


Dan Seals ~ 79 ~ Singer/songwriter with 1970's Soft Rock duo Seals & Croft ("Summer Breeze"), previously sax player with The Champs ("Tequila"), Eddie Cochran, Glen Campbell, Dean Beard

THE CHAMPS ~ "TEQUILA";


THE CHAMPS ~ "TOO MUCH TEQUILA";


Brian Cassar - 86 - British 1960's singer and guitarist w/Cass and the Cassanovas, Casey Jones and the Engineers

CASEY JONES & THE ENGINEERS ~ "COME ON & DANCE";


CASEY JONES & THE ENGINEERS ~ "DON'T HA HA";


Dino Danelli - 78 - Drummer with 1960's US band The Rascals

THE RASCALS ~ "GOOD LOVIN";


THE RASCALS ~ "GROOVIN";


Jim Sohns ~ 75 ~ Singer with 1960's Chicago Garage band The Shadows Of Knight ("Gloria", "Shake", "Gonna Make You Mine", "Someone like Me")

THE SHADOWS OF KNIGHT ~ "GLORIA";


THE SHADOWS OF KNIGHT ~ "SHAKE";


THE SHADOWS OF KNIGHT ~ "IT'S A LONG TIME COMING";


Danny Kalb ~ 80 ~ Guitarist with 1960's New York Blues Rock band the Blues Project and later with Steffan Grossman and various solo accoustic projects

THE BLUES PROJECT ~ "STEVE'S SONG";


THE BLUES PROJECT ~ "WAKE ME SHAKE ME";


Jim Schwall ~ 79 ~ Singer/guitarist for the 1960's Chicago Blues band and ochestral band the Siegel-Schwall Band

THE SIEGEL-SCHWALL BLUES BAND ~ "CORINA";


THE SIEGEL-SCHWALL BLUES BAND ~ "HUSH HUSH";


Svenne Hedlund - 77 - Singer with 1960's Swedish bands (Hep Stars, Idolerna, Svenne and Lotta)

THE HEP STARS ~ "BRAND NEW CADILLAC";


THE HEP STARS ~ "NO RESPONSE";


THE HEP STARS ~ "DON'T";


Yitzhak Klepter - 72 - Singer-songwriter and guitarist with Israeli 1960's & 70's bands The Churchills & Kaveret

THE CHURCHILLS ~ "TOO MUCH IN LOVE TO HEAR";


Sandy Edmunds ~ 74 ~ New Zealand/Australian 1960's Pop singer

SANDY EDMUNDS ~ "YOU KEEP ME HANGING ON";


SANDY EDMUNDS ~ "SUNNY";


SANDY EDMUNDS & CLIMAX ~ "FRESH GARBAGE";


Jim Stewart - 92 - American Hall of Fame record producer, co-founder of Stax Records, home of classic 60's R&B; Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Eddie Floyd, Booker & the MG's, Rufus & Carla Thomas, William Bell, Albert King, Johnny Taylor, Gus Cannon

OTIS REDDING ~ "TRY A LITTLE TENDERNESS";


SAM & DAVE ~ "SOUL MAN";


EDDIE FLOYD ~ "KNOCK ON WOOD";


BOOKER & THE MG's ~ "GREEN ONIONS";


RUFUS THOMAS ~ "WALKING THE DOG";


ALBERT KING ~ "OH PRETTY WOMAN";


GUS CANNON ~ "GOING ROUND THE MOUNTAIN";


Lamont Dozier - 81 - R&B Songwriter/producer for Motown Records w/Martha and the Vandellas, The Supremes, The Four Tops, The Isley Brothers, later Alison Moyet, Phill Collins, Debbie Gibson, Peabo Bryson, Joss Stone. In the early sixties singer w/ The Romeos, The Voice Masters, Ty Hunter and The Voice Masters:

LAMONT DOZIER ~ "FISH AIN'T BITING";


MARTHA & THE VANDELLAS ~ "HEAT WAVE";


THE SUPREMES ~ "WHERE DID OUR LOVE GO";


William "Prez" Tyus - 80's - American Doo-Wop singwriter ("I'm So Young" & "Every Day Of The Week" for the Students, later covered by the Ronettes & Beach Boys)

THE STUDENTS ~ "EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK";


Mable John - 91 - American R&B singer ("Your Good Thing (Is About to End)")

MABLE JOHN ~ "YOUR GOOD THING IS ABOUT TO COME TO AN END";


Art Laboe ~ 97 ~ Los Angeles radio DJ, record producer (Sandy Nelson "Teen Beat", Preston Epps "Bongo Rock") record label owner of Original Sounds, show promoter from the 1940's to the 60's

SANDY NELSON ~ "TEEN BEAT";


PRESTON EPPS ~ "BONGO ROCK";


Bertha Barbee-McNeal - 82 - American singer with 1960's R&B vocal group The Velvelettes

THE VELVELETTES ~ "MEDLEY";


THE VELVELETTES ~ "BATMAN";


J. J. Barnes - 79 - American Motown R&B singer

JJ BARNES ~ "OUR LOVE IS IN THE POCKET";


Jim Post ~ 82 ~ American Folk Rock singer (Friend & Lover) and songwriter ("Reach Out of the Darkness")

FRIEND & LOVER ~ "REACH OUT OF THE DARKNESS":


Lasse Lönndahl - 94 - Swedish 1960's Pop singer and actor

LASSE LONNDAHL ~ "EVERYBODY LOVES SOMEBODY SOMETIMES";