Some 1950's & 60's R&B & Soul Singers

Huey Piano Smith - 89 - American R&B pianist & songwriter ("Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu", "Don'tcha Just Know It")

HUEY PIANO SMITH ~ "DON'TCHA JUST KNOW IT";


Charlie Thomas ~ 85 ~ Singer with 1950's & 60's R&B vocal group the Drifters ("There Goes My Baby", "Sweets For My Sweet";

THE DRIFTERS ~ "SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE MOVIES";


THE DRIFTERS ~ "THERE GOES MY BABY";


Barrett Strong - 81 - American singer with Motown ("Money (That's What I Want)") and songwriter ("I Heard It Through the Grapevine", "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone")

BARRETT STRONG ~ "MONEY";


Lillian Walker ~ 78 ~ Singer with 1960's R&B vocal group the Exciters

THE EXCITERS ~ "TELL HIM";


THE EXCITERS ~ "HE'S GOT THE POWER";


Tina Turner - 83 - American Hall of Fame singer ("River Deep – Mountain High", "Proud Mary", "What's Love Got to Do with It") and actress (Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome), eight-time Grammy winner

IKE & TINA TURNER ~ "RIVER DEEP MOUNTAIN HIGH";


IKE & TINA TURNER ~ "PROUD MARY";


TINA TURNER ~ "PRIVATE DANCER";


Katherine Anderson - 79 - Singer with Motown Girl Group the Marvellettes ("Plaese Mr Postman", "Beachwood 4-5789", "Don't Mess With Bill")

THE MARVELETTES ~ "MEDLEY";


THE MARVELETTES ~ "PLEASE MR POSTMAN";


THE MARVELETTES ~ "DON'T MESS WITH BILL";


Chuck Jackson - 85 - American 1960's R&B singer ("Any Day Now", "I Keep Forgettin'", "Tell Him I'm Not Home")

CHUCK JACKSON ~ "ANY DAY NOW";


CHUCK JACKSON ~ "LONELY LONELY MAN AM I";


Toussaint McCall - 89 - American 1960's R&B singer & organist ("Nothing Takes The Place Of You")

TOUSSAINT McCALL ~ "NOTHING TAKES THE PLACE OF YOU";


Floyd Newman - 91 - American saxophonist w/The Mar-Keys (including Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett, BB King, Aretha Frankin, Etta James, Bozz Skaggs, Lulu, Stephen Stills) & The Memphis Horns

ETTA JAMES ~ "TELL MAMA";


OTIS REDDING ~ "MY GIRL" / "RESPECT";


WILSON PICKETT ~ "LAND OF 1000 DANCES";

Some Canadian Figures

Gordon Lightfoot - 84 - Canadian singer-songwriter ("Sundown", "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald", "If You Could Read My Mind") from the 60's onward

GORDON LIGHTFOOT ~ "EARLY MORNING RAIN";


GORDON LIGHTFOOT ~ "WRECK OF THE EDMUND FITZGERALD";


GORDON LIGHTFOOT ~ "SUNDOWN";


GORDON LIGHTFOOT ~ "IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND";


Robbie Robertson - 80 - Canadian guitarist & singer with Ronnie Hawkins & The Hawks and The Band

RONNIE HAWKINS & THE HAWKS ~ "WHO DO YOU LOVE";


THE BAND ~ "THE NIGHT THEY DROVE OLD DIXIE DOWN";


THE BAND ~ "THE WEIGHT";


ROBBIE ROBERTSON ~ "SOMEWHERE DOWN THE LAZY RIVER";


Chad Allen ~ 80 ~ Singer, keyboardist & guitarist with Winnipeg bands Chad Allen & the Expressions, The Guess Who, Chad Allen & The Reflections, Brave Belt

CHAD ALLEN & THE EXPRESSIONS ~ "TOSSIN & TURNIN";


CHAD ALLEN & THE EXPRESSIONS ~ "SHAKIN'ALL OVER";


CHAD ALLEN & THE EXPRESSIONS ~ "I JUST DIDN'T HAVE THE HEART";



Jimmy Ayoub - 70 - Canadian Hard Rock drummer with Mahogony Rush, Ted Nugent, Myles Goodwin

MAHOGANY RUSH ~ "JOHNNY B GOODE";


MAHOGANY RUSH ~ "ALL ALONG THE WATCH TOWER";


MOHOGANY RUSH ~ "I'M A KING BEE";


Myles Goodwin - 75 - Canadian singer, guitarist & composer with 1970's & 80's Classic Rock band April Wine ("I Like To Rock", "Sign Of The Gypsy Queen", "Roller", "Enough Is Enough")

APRIL WINE ~ "I LIKE TO ROCK";


APRIL WINE ~ "ROLLER";


APRIL WINE ~ "SIGN OF THE GYPSY";


APRIL WINE ~ "ENOUGH IS ENOUGH";



Peter Moore - 68 - Toronto Producer & Engineer for the Cowboy Junkies, Jr Gone Wild, Swamp Baby, Hardcore Logo, Sadies, The Band, Ian Tyson, Neil Young, Doughboys, Killjoys, Rough Trade, Silos, Lunachicks, S.C.O.T.S, Garth Hudson, Joni Mitchell, James Taylor, Oscar Peterson, Diana Krall, Neko Case, Bruce Cockburn, Murray McLauchlan, Holly Cole, Bob Wiseman, Finger Eleven, Sloan, Kensington Hillbillies, Parkdale Rebels, John Borra, Parts Found In Sea, Wild Strawberries, Corndogs, Rheostatics, Bourbon Tablernacle Choir, Martha & Muffins, Wild T & The Spirit, Jughead, An April March, Maria Muldair, Saddletramps, Great Speckled Bird, Bobby Charles, Punchbuggy, Cottage Industry, Busted Flush, and more

THE COWBOY JUNKIES ~ "SWEET JANE";


THE COWBOY JUNKIES ~ "MISGUIDED ANGEL";


THE RAZORBACKS ~ "SATURDAY NIGHT";


THE WILD STRAWBERRIES ~ "I DON'T WANNA THINK ABOUT IT";


JR GONE WILD ~ "WHAT'S GOING ON";


ROUGH TRADE ~ "HIGH SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL";


SWAMP BABY ~ "TEXACO BABY";


HARDCORE LOGO ~ "WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU ARE";


Stan Klees - 70's - 1960's producer of Little Caesar & the Consuls, the British Modbeats, Rock Show of the Yeomen, Jack London & the Sparrows, the Big Town Boys, Shirley Matthews

JACK LONDON & THE SPARROWS ~ "IF YOU DON"T WANT MY LOVE";


THE BIG TOWN BOYS ~ "TELL ME NOW";


THE BRITISH MODBEATS ~ "LSD";


Chick Roberts ~ 70's ~ Drummer, guitarist, harmonica player & singer with early sixties Toronto Folk Rock bands the Dirty Shames, The Blues Collar Band, the Lowdown Ways and solo

THE DIRTY SHAMES ~ "BLOWN YOUR MIND";


THE DIRTY SHAMES ~ "JUG BAND MUSIC";


Bobbi Lee Justice (Real name Dan Roach) - 76 - Singer with 1960's Toronto band Bobbi Lee Justice & the Sceptres and the Mynah Birds

BOBBI LEE & THE SCEPTERS ~ "TELL ME ABOUT IT";


THE MYNAH BIRDS ~ "GOING DOWN";


Sebastien Angelo - 70's Toronto keyboard player with 60's band the Lords Of London ("Ice Cream & Cornflakes") and later Spuff, in the 70's Country rosk band Patches & Cowpunk band S.C.A.B and solo under the name Sebastian Country

THE LORDS OF LONDON ~ "CORNFLAKES & ICECREAM";


THE LORDS OF LONDON ~ "TIME WAITS FOR NO ONE";


Robbie Bachman - 69 - Canadian hard rock drummer with Bachman-Turner Overdrive (BTO) and Brave Belt

Tim Bachman - 71 - Canadian guitarist with Bachman-Turner Overdrive (BTO)

BTO ~ "TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS";


BTO ~ "YOU AIN'T SEEN NOTHING YET";


BTO ~ "LET IT RIDE";


BTO ~ "ROLL ON DOWN THE HIGHWAY";


BTO ~ "LOOKING OUT FOR NUMBER ONE";


Terry Juric - 70's - Bassist with 1970's Toronto band Moxy

MOXY ~ "THROUGH THE STORM";


MOXY ~ "SAIL ON";


Jamie Larson - 60's - Bassist with 1970's Toronto band Hellfield and the Mustangs

HELLFIELD ~ "YOU GOT TO ADMIT";


Floyd Sneed - 80 - Canadian drummer with 70's American band Three Dog Night ("Joy To The World", "Mama Told Me Not To Come")

THREE DOG NIGHT ~ "JOY TO THE WORLD";


THREE DOG NIGHT ~ "MAMA TOLD ME NOT TO COME";


Martin Stevens - 69 - Canadian 1970's Disco singer ("Love Is in the Air")

MARTIN STEVENS ~ "LOVE IS IN THE AIR";


MARTIN STEVENS ~ "J'AIME LA MUSIQUE";


Denis LePage - 74 - Canadian musician & songwriter with Disco band Lime ("Your Love")

LIME ~ "YOUR LOVE";


Georgie Fab (real name Robert George Johnson) ~ 70 ~ Hamilton Ontario singer/pianist/guitarist w/Buxton Castle, Rob & The Rockets and solo, songwriter/producer w/Lighthouse, King Biscuit Boy, the Poison Arrows, Sylvain Sylvain, Kim Mitchell

BRUXTON CASTLE ~ "SHORTY McKENNA";


BUXTON CASTLE ~ "RED RED THE ROCKING HORSE";


Bruce Guthro - 61 - Cape Breton Folk Rock singer solo and with Scottish band Runrig

RUNRIG ~ "RHYTHM OF MY HEART";


RUNRIG ~ "THE GREATEST FLAME";


RUNRIG ~ "LOCH LOMAND";


Greg Cannon ~ 60's ~ Hamilton Ontario drummer with the Florida Razors and David Bradstreet

THE FLORIDA RAZORS ~ "BREAK DOWN YOUR DOOR";


David Gavan Baxter ~ 60's ~ Toronto guitarist with 80's New Wave bands The Sharks & Sherry Kean and Country Rock bands Lori Yates & Hey Stella, David Wilcox & The Teddy Bears, Alanis Morrissette, Suzi Vinick, Justin Routledge, Corin Raymond, Tressa Levasseur, Bob Snider & Heather Morgan

DAVID WILCOX;


LORI YATES "MAKE A LIAR OUT OF ME";


Joe Toole ~ 60's ~ Guitarist with 1980's & 00's Toronto bands the Phantoms and the Razorbacks and Ottawa Rockabilly/Honky Tonk bands the Lucky Ron Show and the Bearcats

THE PHANTOMS ~ "TARGET";


THE PHANTOMS ~ "ONE WAY STREET";


Dave Curry - 60's - Guitarist with St Catherines, Ont Blues/Rock bands Willie Mojo & Bluesafire and the Mighty Ducks Blues Band

THE MIGHTY DICKS BLUES BAND ~ "HAMMERED & NAILED";


Dylan Matthews - 50's ~ Guitarist with Hamilton Classic Rock bands Dr Tongue & Hammer Of The Gods

DR TONGUE ~ "ALLY MAY";


Mendleson Joe ~ 70's ~ (Real name Joe Mendleson) Toronto singer guitarist with 1960's & 70's Blues Rock band McKenna-Mendleson Mainline and solo in the 80's

McKENNA-MENDLESON MAINLINE ~ "OUR HOME & NATIVE LAND";


MENDLESON JOE ~ "I THINK I'M LOSING MY MARBLES";


Guido Basso ~ 85 ~ Toronto Jazz trumpet player and band leader with Rob McConnell, Anne Murray, Sophie Milman, Holly Cole, Mel Torme, Peter Appleyard and solo

GUIDO BASSO ~ "IT'S NOT UNUSUAL";


GUIDO BASSO & AL HIRT (w/JOHNNY CASH) ~ "TRUMPET DUEL"


Michael Snow ~ 94 ~ Toronto Jazz pianist with the Canadian Creative Music Collective and solo, artist & experimental filmmaker

MICHAEL SNOW ~ "SNOW VARIATIONS ON DARN IT";


Chris Daniels ~ 70's - UK born Toronto Dixieland Jazz bassist w/the Climax Jazz Band, the New Orleans Connection All-Stars, the Don Valley Stompers, the Happy Pals, the Excelsior Jazz Band

THE CLIMAX JAZZ BAND ~ "THE FAVORITE"


THE CLIMAX JAZZ BAND ~ "JUST A CLOSER WALK";


Edward Koplola ~ 60's - Toronto guitarist with 1970's & 80's Blues band Breathless and 2000's Jazz bands the BTB's and the Niagara Rhythm section

THE BTB's ~ "SONG FOR MY FATHER";


Michael Arthurs - 60 - Toronto Jazz and R&B Sax player

MICHAEL ARTHURS QUARTET;


Mark LaForme - 70's - Hamilton guitarist w/Blues & Country Rock band Next, Stompin Tom Connors and solo

MARK LAFORME BAND ~ "CHAIN OF FOOLS';


MARK LAFORME BAND ~ "IT'S ONLY MAKE BELIEVE";


Richard Laviolette - 41 - Ontario Folk singer with various bands

RICHARD LAVILETTE ~ "COUTRY PARADE FUNERAL SONG";


Marc Roy ~ 39 ~ Toronto and Peterborough Bluegrass singer/guitarist solo and with Crazy Strings

MARC ROY & WILL MEDOWS ~ "GOLD RUSH";


Brian Burke - 50's - Jazz Sax player with Windsor Honky-Tonk & Rockbilly bands the Silvertones and the Squares

BRIAN BURKE ~ "DON'T DREAM IT'S OVER";