Some Canadian Figures

Catherine O'Hara ~ 71 ~ Toronto comedian in SCTV and singer as Lola Hetherington and in "A Mighty Wind" as part of folk duo Mitch & Mickey

MITCH & MICKEY ~ "WHEN I'M NEXT TO YOU";


MITCH & MICKEY ~ "A KISS AT THE END OF THE RAINBOW";


David Wiffen ~ 83 ~ Toronto 1960's & 70's Folk singer songwriter

DAVID WIFFEN;


DAVID WIFFEN ~ "COAST TO COAST FEVER";


Terry Watkinson ~ 75 ~ Keyboardist with Toronto bands Dee & the Yeomen and Max Webster

DEE & THE YEOMEN ~ "YOU SHOULD KNOW IT";


MAX WEBSTER ~ "PARADISE SKIES";


MAX WEBSTER ~ "LET GO THE LINE":


Bob Horne ~ 70's ~ Canadian keyboardist with A Foot In Cold Water, Nucleaus, David Clayton Thomas, Dominic Troiano

A FOOT IN COLD WATER ~ "MAKE ME DO ANYTHNG YOU WANT";


John Hannah ~ 73 ~ Guitarist with 1980's Canadian band Streetheart

STREETHEART ~ "HOLLYWOOD";


STREETHEART ~ "UNDER MY THUMB";


Paul Martin ~ 60's ~ Guitarist with Toronto band the Blushing Brides

THE BLUSHING BRIDES ~ "WHAT YOU TALKING ABOUT";


Steve Taylor ~ 60's ~ Vancouver Rockabilly drummer with Ray Condo, Herald Nix, Cousin Harley,

RAY CONDO & THE RICCOCHETS ~ "SHADOW MY BABY";


RAY CONDO & THE RICCOCHETS ~ "ICE COLD WATER";


Alain Gunn ~ 60's ~ Bassist with Canadian Mew Wave band Men Without Hats ("The Safety Dance") and luthier

MEN WITHOUT HATS ~ "THE SAFETY DANCE";


MEN WITHOUT HATS ~ "POP GOES THE WORLD";


EJ Brule ~ 69 ~ Canadian 1980's singer/spoken word artist

EJ BRULE ~ "HOW CAN YOU BE SO WHITE";


Jeff Burke ~ 62 ~ Toronto Psychedelic Pop and Jazz bassoon and theremin player (AKA Bassooner Or Later & Black Santa) solo and with the The New Continentals, Courage Of Lassie, Poppy Seed & the Love Explosion Orch, Chris Bottomley, Kathleen Yearwood, Jay Danley, Sun Ra

JEFF BURKE w/ THE SUN RA ARKESTRA;

Some 1950's & 60's Rockers

Neil Sedaka ~ 86 ~ American singer/songwriter ("Calendar Girl", "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do", "Love Will Keep Us Together", "Oh Carol")

NEIL SEDAKA ~ "OH CAROL";


NEIL SEDAKA ~ "BREAKING UP IS HARD TO DO";


NEIL SEDAKA ~ "CALENDAR GIRL";


Carl Bonafede - 85 - American 1950's singer ("Werewolf"), 1960's music manager (The Buckinghams, Daughters of Eve)

CARL BONEFEDE & THE GEMSTONES ~ "WEREWOLF";


Jerry Kennedy ~ 85 ~ American guitarist w/ Roy Orbison ("Pretty Woman"), Johnny Hallyday, Elvis Presely, Bob Dylan, Jerry Lee Lewis, Kris Kristofferson, Ringo Starr, Jeanie C Riley. Producer w/Roger Miller, Reba McEntire, The Statler Brothers, Johnny Rodriguez, Tom T. Hall, The Statler Brothers, Connie Smith, Mel McDaniel, Reba McEntire and other artists

ROY ORBISON ~ "PRETTY WOMAN";


Roscoe Robinson ~ 97 ~ American Gospel and Soul singer w/the Highway QC's & the Fairfield Four and solo

THE HIGHWAY QC'S ~ "I HEARD"/"DO YOU LOVE HIM"/"I'll BE SATISFIED";


THE HIGHWAY QC'S ~ "NOBODY KNOWS";


Walt Maddox ~ 88 ~ Singer with American Doo Wop group the Marcels ("Blue Moon")

THE MARCELS ~ "BLUE MOON";


THE MARCELS ~ "MERRY TWISTMAS";


James Moschello ~ 88 ~ Singer with Doo Wop group The Elegants

THE ELEGANTS ~ "LITTLE STAR";


Margaret Ross ~ 83 ~ Singer with 1960's American Pop & R&B band The Cookies (backup singers for Little Eva ("The Locomotion"), Neil Sedaka ("Breaking Uo Is Hard To Do")

LITTLE EVA ~ "THE LOCOMOTON";


David Brigati - 85 - Singer with 1960's Doo Wop and R&R bands the High Fives, Joey Dee and the Starliters, The Rascals)

JOEY DEE & THE STARLIGHTERS ~ "THE PEPPERMINT TWIST";


Dash Crofts ~ 87 ~ American singer/guitarist/composer with The Champs, Dean Beard, Seals & Crofts

DEAN BEARD & THE CREWCATS ~ "RAKIN' & SCRAPING";


THE CHAMPS ~ "TEQUILA";


THE CHAMPS ~ "TOO MUCH TEQUILA";


Gary Walker (real name Gary Leeds) ~ 83 ~ Singer and drummer with the Walker Bros and drummer with the Standells

THE WALKER BROS ~ "THE SUN AIN'T GONNA SHINE ANY MORE";


THE WALKER BROS ~ "MAKE IT EASY ON YOURSELF";


Len Garry ~ 84 ~ Bassist with 1960's English Skiffle band The Quarrymen

THE QUARRYMEN ~ "THAT'LL BE THE DAY";


Travis Wammack ~ 81 ~ American 1960's R&R guitarist solo and session guitarist w/Muscle Shoals Studio and Hi Records w/Billy Lee Riley, Little Richard, Sonny Burgess,

TRAVIS WAMMACK ~ "SCRATCHY";


Augie Meyers ~ 85 ~ Keyboardist with Texas 1960's Garage band the Sir Douglas Quintet and Country Rock band Texas Tornados

THE SIR DOUGLAS QUINTET ~ "SHE'S ABOUT A MOVER";


THE SIR DOUGLAS QUINTET ~ "MENDOCINO";


Greg Elmore - 79 - Drummer with 1960's Sam Francisco Psych bands American Quicksilver Messenger Service, The Brogues

THE BROGUES ~ "I AIN'T NO MIRACLE WORKER";


QUICKSILVER MESSENGER SERVICE ~ "MONA";


QUICKSILVER MESSENGER SERVICE ~ "ALL I EVER WANTED TO DO";


Country Joe MacDonald ~ 84 ~ Singer for Country Joe & the Fish

COUNTRY JOE & THE FISH ~ "ROCK & SOUL MUSIC";


COUNTRY JOE & THE FISH ~ "FEEL LIKE I'M FIXING TO DIE RAG";


Wayne Proctor ~ 70's ~ Guitarist with 1960's US Garage band We The People

WE THE PEOPLE ~ "IN THE PAST";


WE THE PEOPLE ~ "YOU BURN ME UP & DOWN";


Tony Rivers - 85 - Singer with British 1960's Pop groups Tony Rivers & the Castaways and Harmony Grass

HARMONY GRASS ~ "MOVE IN A LITTLE CLOSER";


Lee Turner ~ 89 ~ Singer with American 1950's Pop group The Dream Weavers

THE DREAM WEAVERS;

Some 1970's Rockers

Bob Weir ~ 78 ~ Singer/guitarist with the Grateful Dead

GRATEFUL DEAD ~ "TRUCKIN"


GRATEFUL DEAD ~ "DARK STAR";


GRATEFUL DEAD ~ "TOUCH OF GREY";


John Hammond ~ 83 ~ American Blues singer & guitarist

JOHN HAMMOND ~ "DROP DOWN BLUES";


JOHN HAMMOND ~ "RIDE TIL I DIE";


Walter Martino ~ 72 ~ Drummer with Italian Prog Rock band Goblin, did soundtracks for Dario Argento

GOBLIN ~ "SUSPIRIA";


GOBLIN ~ "DEEP RED";


Mark Kennedy ~ 74 ~ Drummer with Australian 1970s Prog Rock bands Spectrum, Ayers Rock, Marcia Hines and record producer

SPECTRUM ~ "BUT THAT'S ALRIGHT";


SPECTRUM ~ "I'LL BE GONE";


Chuck Negron ~ 83 ~ American singer with 1970's band Three Dog Night

THREE DOG NIGHT ~ "JOY TO THE WORLD";


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


Dash Crofts ~ 87 ~ American singer/guitarist/composer with The Champs, Seals & Crofts

SEALS & CROFTS ~ "SUMMER BREEZE";


Terry Sullivan ~ 87 ~ Drummer with British Psychedelic band Renaissance

RENAISSANCE ~ "CAN YOU UNDERSTAND";


RENAISSANCE ~ "NORTH STAR";


Christopher North ~ 75 ~ Keyboardist with American 1970's Pop group Ambrosia

AMBROSIA - "HOLDING ON TO YESTERDAY";


Ralph Towner ~ 85 ~ American Jazz multi-instrumentalist with 1970's band Oregon

OREGON ~ "BENEATH AN EVENING SKY";


Lamonte McLemore ~ 90 ~ American singer with 1960's & 70's group The 5th Dimension ("The Age Of Aquarious")

THE FIFTH DIMENSION ~ "THE AGE OF AQUARIOUS";