Some More 50's & 60's Rockers

Dickie "Be-Bop" Harrell - 82 - Rockabilly drummer with Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps ("Be-Bop-A-Lula")

GENE VINCENT & THE BLUE CAPS ~ "BE-BOP-A-LULA";


GENE VINCENT & THE BLUE CAPS ~ "LOTTA LOVIN";


GENE VINCENT ~ "DANCE TO THE BOP";


Connie Guybo Smith ~ 84 ~ Rockabilly bassist with Eddie Cochran ("Summertime Blues", "Someting Else", "C'Mon Everybody") and Glen Glenn ("Everybody's Moving")

EDDIE COCHRAN ~ "20 FLIGHT ROCK";


EDDIE COCHRAN ~ "SUMMERTIME BLUES";


EDDIE COCHRAN ~ "C'MON EVERYBODY";


EDDIE COCHRAN ~ "SOMETHING ELSE";


GLEN GLENN ~ "EVERYBODY'S MOVIN";



Jack Earls ~ 89 ~ Tennessee Rockabilly singer with Sun Records ("Slow Down", "Let's Bop")

JACK EARLS ~ "LET'S BOP";


Johnny Powers ~ 83 ~ Detroit 1950's Rockabilly singer, with Sun Records

JOHNNY POWERS ~ "LONG BLONDE HAIR";



Billy The Kid Emerson ~ 97 ~ 1950's Rock & Roll singer with Sun Records ("Red Hot")

BILY THE KID EMERSON - "RED HOT";


Bill Rice - 84 - American Rockabilly and Country music singer and songwriter

BILL RICE ~ "RED HAIR & GREEN EYES";


Wee Willie Harris - 90 - UK 1950's Rock & Roll singeer, pianist & bassist

WEE WILLIE HARRIS ~ "WHOLE LOTTA SHAKIN";


WEE WILLIE HARRIS ~ "I GO APE";


Larry Chance - 82 - Singer with American Doo Wop group The Earls ("Remember Then")

THE EARLS ~ "REMEMBER THEN";


Bob Feldman - 83 - American songwriter w/The Angels ("My Boyfriend's Back"), Strangeloves", "I Want Candy" & "Nightime") and record producer w/The McCoys ("Hang On Sloopy", "Caralin"), Link Wray, Dion, The Belmonts, The Merseys

THE ANGELS ~ "MY BOYFRIEND'S BACK";


THE STRANGELOVES ~ "I WANT CANDY";


THE McCOYS ~ "HANG ON SLOOPY";


Mike Maxfield - 79 - English songwriter and guitarist with 1960's band The Dakotas ("The Cruel Sea") and Billy J Kramer

THE DAKOTAS ~ "THE CRUEL SEA";


BILLY J KRAMER & THE DAKOTAS ~ "FROM A WINDOW";


BILLY J KRAMER & THE DAKOTAS ~ "LITTLE CHILDREN";


Ritchie Routledge - 73 - Singer and guitarist w/British band The Cryin' Shames ("Sugar & Spice")

THE CRYAN SHAMES ~ "SUGAR & SPICE";


Les McGuire - 84 - Keyboardist with 1960's UK band Gerry & The Pacemakers ("Ferry Cross The Mersey", "I Like It", "Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying", "You'll Never Walk Alone")

GERRY & THE PACEMAKERS ~ "I LIKE IT";


GERRY & THE PACEMAKERS ~ "FERRY CROSS THE MERSEY"


GERRY & THE PACEMAKERS ~ "DON'T LET THE SUN CATCH YOU CRYING":


Royston Ellis - 82 - English writer and Beat poet, often backed by the Shadows and the Beatles

ROYSTON ELLIS & THE SHADOWS;


Jon Povey - 80 - British keyboarist with the Pretty Things, Bern Elliott and the Fenmen

THE PRETTY THINGS ~ "ROADRUNNER";


THE PRETTY THINGS ~ "MIDNIGHT TO SIX MAN";


THE PRETTY THINGS ~ "COME SEE ME";


THE PRETTY THINGS ~ "ROSALYN";


Denny Laine - 79 - English guitarist w/The Moody Blues and Paul McCartney & Wings and songwriter ("Mull of Kintyre")

THE MOODY BLUES ~ "I HAVEN'T REALLY THE TIME";


THE MOODY BLUES ~ "GO NOW";


WINGS ~ "JET";


WINGS ~ "LIVE & LET DIE";


Brian Godding - 78 - Welsh guitarist with 1960's Psyche bands Blossom Toes, Centipede

BLOSSOM TOES ~ "YOU";


BLOSSOM TOES;


BLOSSOM TOES ~ "POST CARD";


Stu James - 77 - Singer w/British band The Mojos and music executive

THE MOJOS ~ "EVERYTHINGS ALRIGHT";


THE MOJOS ~ "NOBODY BUT ME";


Luc Smets - 76 - Singer, composer and keyboardist w/1960's Belgian band The Pebbles

THE PEBBLES ~ "YOU BETTER BELIVE IT";


Pete Brown - 82 - Beat English poet, singer w/Piblokoto & Battered Ornaments, lyricist w/Cream ("I Feel Free", "Sunshine of Your Love", "White Room")

PETE BROWN & PIBLOKOTO ~ "GOLDEN COUNTRY KINGDOM";


Raymond Froggatt - 81 - 1960's English singer/songwriter ("Callow-la-vita", "Big Ship", "Rachel")

RAYMOND FROGGATT ~ "CALLOW LA VIDA";


Rita Lee - 75 - Singer with 1960's Brazilian Psyche band Os Mutantes

OS MUTANTES ~ "BAT MACUMBA";


OS MUTANTES ~ "PANIS ET CIRCENES";


OS MUTANTES ~ "MISTERIOSAS ROSAS BRANCAS";


Julio Anderson ~ 74 ~ Bassist with Chilean 1960's Psyche band Los Jaivas

LOS JAIVAS ~ "MIRA NINITA";


LOS JAIVAS ~ "LA PONDEROSA MUERTA";


Cynthia Weil - 82 - Grammy winning American Hall of Fame songwriter w/the Brill Building w/the Righteous Bros ("You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin"), The Animals ("We've Gotta Get Out Of This Place"), Paul Revere & The Raiders ("Kicks"), The Drifters ("On Broadway"),the Crystals ("Uptown"), Max Frost ("Shapes Of Things To Come")

MAX FROST & THE TROOPERS ~ "THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME";


THE ANIMALS ~ "WE GOTTA GET OUT OF THIS PLACE":


PAUL REVERE & THE RAIDERS ~ "KICKS";


THE RIGHTEOUS BROS ~ "YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVING FEELING";


THE DRIFTERS ~ "ON BROADWAY";


THE CRYSTALS ~ "UPTOWN";


Tommy Talton - 74 - American guitarist with 1960's bands We the People, Cowboy also later with Gregg Allman, Paul Butterfield, the Allman Brothers Band, Bonnie Bramlett, Clarence Carter, Corky Laing, Billy Joe Shaver, Dickey Betts, Kitty Wells, Martin Mull, Johnny Rivers

WE THE PEOPLE ~ "MY BROTHER THE MAN";


Terry Kirkman - 83 - American singer and woodwind player & composer with 1960's California Pop band The Association ("Cherish", "Everything That Touches You", "Never My Love")

THE ASSOCIATION ~ "TIME FOR LIVING";


THE ASSOCIATION ~ "ALONG COMES MARY";


THE ASSOCIATION ~ "NEVER MY LOVE";


Ray Hildebrand - 82 - American 1950's Pop singer w/Paul & Paula ("Hey Paula", "Young Lovers")

PAUL & PAULA ~ "HEY PAULA";


PAUL & PAULA ~ "FLIPPED OUT OVER YOU";


April Stevens - 93 - American Grammy winning 1950's & 60's Pop singer with Nino Tempo ("Deep Purple", "Whispering", "Lover Man")

APRIL STEVENS ~ "LOVER MAN";


APRIL STEVENS & NINO TEMPO ~ "DEEP PURPLE" & "WHIPERING";


CHARLIE RICH & APRIL STEVENS ~ "MOHAIR SAM" / "NO HAIR SAM";


Conny Van Dyke - 78 - American singer with Motown Records and actress (Hell's Angels '69, W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings, Framed)

CONNY VAN DYKE ~ "THE WORDS WON'T COME";


Jane Birkin - 76 - English-French model, actress & singer ("Je t'aime... moi non plus")

JANE BIRKIN & SERGE GAINSBOROUGH ~ "JE T'AIME";


Vince Hill - 89 - English 1960's Pop singer ("Edelweiss", "Take Me To Your Heart Again")

VINCE HILL ~ "EDELWEISS";
VINCE HILL ~ "HELP ME MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT";


George Maharis - 94 - American actor (Route 66, Exodus) and singer ("Teach Me Tonight")

GEORGE MAHARIS ~ "TEACH ME TONIGHT";

Some Worldbeat Figures

Harry Belafonte - 96 - Jamaican-American Calypso singer ("The Banana Boat Song", "Jump in the Line"), actor and Civil Rights activist from the 1950's onward

HARRY BELAFONTE ~ "THE BANANA BOAT SONG";


HARRY BELAFONTE ~ "JAMAICAN FAREWELL";


HARRY BELAFONTE & ODETTA ~ "A HOLE IN THE BUCKET";


HARRY BELAFONTE ~ "LA BAMBA";


Lester Sterling - 87 - Jamaican Ska saxophonist w/The Skatalites, Byron Lee and the Dragonaires

THE SKATALITES ~ "THE GUNS OF NAVARONE";


BYRON LEE & THE DRAGONAIRES ~ "JAMAICAN SKA";


Lord Creator - 87 - Trinidadian-born Jamaican singer-songwriter ("Kingston Town")

LORD CREATOR ~ "KINGSTON TOWN";


Junior English - 71 - Jamaican reggae singer

JUNIOR ENGLISH ~ "THE WAY WE WERE";


Peter Austin - 78 - Singer w/Jamaican Reggae & Rocksteady bands The Clarendonians and the Soul Lads

THE CLARENDONIANS ~ "SUNSHINE";


THE CLARENDONIANS ~ "DARLING FOREVER";


THE SOUL LADS ~ "FUNNY";


Michael Cooper - 71 - Keyboardist with Jamaican Reggae bands Inner Circle & Third World

THIRD WORLD ~ "NOW THAT WE FOUND LOVE";


THIRD WORLD ~ "JAH JAH CHILDREN MOVING UP";


Bernie Pitters - 70's - Jamaican born Toronto Reggae keyboardist and producer with Toots & The Maytals, Leroy Sibbles, Ishan Band, Sly & Robbie, Human Rights & Bruce Cockburn

TOOTS & THE MAYTALS ~ "SWEET & DANDY";


Benjamin Obadiah Iqbal Zephaniah - 65 - Jamaican/English Dub Poet, singer, author and actor

BENJAMIN ZEPHANIAH ~ "TALKING TURKEY";


Denyse Plummer - 69 - Trinidadian Calypso singer

DENYSE PLUMMER ~ "NAH LEAVING";


Teté Caturla - 85 - Singer with Cuban vocal group Cuarteto d'Aida from the 1950's & 60's

CUARTETO D'AIDA - "CACHITA";


Germano Mathias - 88 - Brazilian samba singer

GERMANO MATHIAS:


GERMANO MATHIAS;


Juca Chaves - 84 - Brazilian singer and comedian

JUCA CHAVES ~ "BRASIL JÁ VAI À GUERRA";


Tito Fernández - 80 - Chilean singer-songwriter

TITO FERNANDEZ ~ "CANTOR DEL CAMINOS";


Dora María - 89 - Mexican folk singer

DORA MARIA ~ "SI TU TAMBIEN TE VAS";


DORA MARIA ~ "TABASCA";


Carlos Camacho - 73 - Singer with 1960's Puerto Rican vocal group Los Hispanos

LOS HISPANOS - "ADONAY";


Ismaïla Touré - 73 - Singer & musician with Senegalese band Touré Kunda (Talking Heads, Carlos Santana)

TOURE KUNDA ~ "EMMA";


TOURE KUNDA ~ "TOURE KUNDA";


Rigo Star - 68 - Congolese soukous guitarist and composer

RIGO STAR ~ "HMMAGE";


Mama Diabaté - 63 - Guinean singer and musician

MAMA DIABATE;


Stella Chiweshe - 76 - Zimbabwean singer and mbira player

STELLA CHIWESHE ~ "RWAVASEKURU";

Some Country & Folk Singers

Calvin Newton ~ 93 ~ Singer with 1950's American White Gospel groups the Blackwood Brothers, the Sons Of Song and the original Oakridge Boys

THE BLACKWOODS BROS ~ "SWING DOWN";


THE BLACKWOOD BROS ~ "THAT OLD COUNTRY CHURCH";


THE SONS OF SONG ~ "THE OLD GOSPEL SHIP";


THE OAK RIDGE BOYS ~ "WELCOME HOME MY CHILD";


Tommy Smothers - 86 - American Folk singer/guitarist & comedian with the Smothers Brothers

THE SMOTHERS BROS ~ "


THE SMOTHERS BROS ~ "BOIL THAT CABBAGE DOWN";


Alan Arkin - 89 - American actor and singer with 1960's Folk group the Tarriers

THE TARRIERS ~ "BANANA BOAT SONG";


THE TARRIERS ~ "RAW HIDE";


Bobby Osborne - 91 - Bluegrass mandolinist & singer

THE OSBORNE BROS ~ "WORRIED MAN BLUES";


THE OSBORNE BROS ~ "ROCKY TOP";


THE OSBORNE BROS ~ "RUBY";


Jesse McReynolds - 93 - American Bluegrass mandolinist and singer w/Jim & Jesse

JIM & JESSE ~ "TRUCK DRIVING MAN";


JIM & JESSE ~ "I WONDER WHERE YOU ARE TONIGHT";


JIM & JESSE ~ "OLD SLEW FOOT";


Ray Pillow - 85 - American Country singer/songwriter with Jean Shepard

RAY PILLOW & JEAN SHEPARD ~ "MR DO-IT-YOURSELF";


Buck Trent - 85 - South Carolina banjo player and inventer of the electric banjo, "Hee Haw" performer

BUCK TRENT ~ "BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS";


BUCK TRENT & ROY CLARK ~ "DUELING BANJOS";


Mervin Shiner - 102 - American country singer ("Why Don't You Haul Off and Love Me", "Peter Cottontail)

MERVIN SHINER ~ "BIG SHOT";


Jimmy Buffett - 76 - American singer-songwriter ("Margaritaville", "Cheeseburger in Paradise")

JIMMY BUFFETT ~ "MARGARITAVILLE";


JIMMY BUFFETT ~ "CHEESBURGERS IN PARADISE";


Joy McKean - 93 - Australian Country singer ("The Lights On The Hill")

JOY McKEAN ~ "THE LIGHTS ON THE HILL";


JOY McKEAN ~ "WIND UP THE GRAMOPHONE";


Slim Newton - 90 - Australian country music singer-songwriter (The Redback on the Toilet Seat)

SLIM NEWTON ~ "REDBACK ON THE TOILET SEAT";


Stan Hitchcock ~ 84 ~ American Country singer and radio host

STAN HITCHCOCK ~ "IT'S OVER";


Sean Keane ~ 76 ~ Guitarist with Irish Folk band the Cheiftains

THE CHIEFTAINS ~ "LONG BLACK VEIL";


THE CHIEFTAINS;


Shoji Tabuchi - 79 - Japanese-American C&W fiddler

SHOJI TABUCHI ~ "ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL";


Mike Henderson - 70 - American Country and Bluegrass singer-songwriter ("Broken Halos", "Starting Over") with The SteelDrivers

THE STEELDRIVERS;


Terry Baucom - 71 - American Bluegrass singer and banjo player (Boone Creek, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, Russell Moore & 3rd Tyme Out, the Dukes Of Drive, Carolina)

RUSSELL MOORE & 3RD TIME OUT ~ "LOST BLUE YODEL";


CAROLINA ~ "I CALL YOUR NAME";


TERRY BAUCUM'S DUKES OF DRIVE ~ "HELLO BLUES";


Keith Gattis - 52 - American country music artist, songwriter and producer

KEITH GATTIS ~ "LITTLE DROPS OF MY HEART";


Jackson Rohm - 51 - American Country singer-songwriter

JACKSON ROHM ~ "FURLOUGH";


George Haggarty - 81 - Kentucky Mountain Dulcimer player, luthier and festival organizer

GEORGE HAGGARTY ~ "DULCIMER DAZE";


Dennis Waldrup ~ 72 ~ Florida Mountain Dulcimer player and promoter

DENNIS WALDROP;