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Wednesday, 19 January 2022
Some Artists From The 1950's & 60's
Don Wilson ~ 88 ~ Guitarist with 1960's Surf band the Ventures ("Walk Don't Run", "Hawaii 5-0", "Telstar", "The Lonely Bull", "Twilight Zone", "Out Of Limits")
THE VENTURES ~ "DIAMOND HEAD";
THE VENTURES ~ "WALK DON'T RUN";
THE VENTURES ~ "TWILIGHT ZONE";
THE VENTURES ~ "OUT OF LIMITS";
Sandy Nelson ~ 83 ~ American 1960's Surf drummer ("Let There Be Drums", "And Then There Were Drums", "Teen Beat")
SANDY NELSON ~ "LET THERE BE DRUMS";
Richie Podolor (AKA Richie Allen) ~ 80's ~ Guitarist solo and w/Sandy Nelson ("Let There Be Drums", "Teen Beat"), producer for Steppenwolf, Standells, Electric Prunes, Davie Allen, Chocolate Watchband, Iron Butterfly, Black Oak Arkansas, Three Dog Night
DICKIE POLODOR ~ "I NEED A LITTLE GIRL";
RICHIE ALLEN ~ "RISING SURF";
THE ELECTRIC PRUNES ~ "I HAD TOO MUCH TO DREAM LAST NIGHT";
THE STANDELLS ~ "DIRTY WATER";
THE CHOCOLATE WATCHBAND ~ "DON'T NEED YOUR LOVING";
STEPPENWOLF ~ "BORN TO BE WILD";
IRON BUTTERFLY ~ "INNA GADDA DAVIDA";
Fred Parris - 85 - Singer/songwriter 1950's Doo Wop group The Five Satins ("In The Still Of The Night")
Bobby Hendricks - 84 - R&B Singer with the Drifters ("Drip Drop") and solo
THE DRIFTERS ~ "DRIP DROP";
Rosa Lee Hawkins ~ 76 ~ American singer w/ 1960's group The Dixie Cups ("Chapel Of Love", "Iko Iko")
THE DIXIE CUPS ~ "CHAPEL OF LOVE";
THE DIXIE CUPS ~ "YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN THE WAY HE LOOKED AT ME";
THE DIXIE CUPS ~ "TWA-WAY-POK-AWAY";
Freddie Hughes - 78 - American R&B and Gospel singer
FREDDIE HUGHES ~ "OWEE BABY I LOVE YOU";
Ronnie Spector ~ 78 ~ American Hall of Fame singer with 1960's Girl Group The Ronettes ("Be My Baby","Baby I Love You", "Walking In The Rain")
THE RONETTES ~ "IS THIS WHAT I GET FOR LOVING YOU";
THE RONETTES ~ "BE MY BABY";
THE RONETTES ~ "BABY I LOVE YOU";
THE RONETTES ~ "WALKING IN THE RAIN";
Sonny Turner ~ 83 ~ American singer w/The Platters in their second version from 1959 into the 60's ("I Love You 1000 Times", "With This Ring" and "Washed Ashore")
THE PLATTERS ~ "I LOVE YOU 1000 TIMES";
Gerry Granahan ~ 89 ~ American 1950's & 60's Pop Rock singer (AKA Dickie Doo & the Don'ts, Jerry Grant), producer/songwriter and co-founder of Caprice Records (The Angels, The Wild Ones, James Ray), later vice-president of Dot Records and Paramount Records
DICKIE DOO & THE DON'TS ~ "NEE NEE NA NA NA NU";
DICKIE DOO & THE DON'TS ~ "CLICK CLACK";
DICKIE DOO & THE DON'TS ~ "LEAVE ME ALONE";
Phillip Paul ~ 96 ~ Drummer w/Hank Ballad & The Midnighters ("Work With Me Annie", "The Twist"), Little Willie John's ("Fever"), Charles Brown ("Please Come Home for Christmas"), Tiny Bradshaw ("Train Kept a Rollin'"), Wynonie Harris' ("Good Rockin' Tonight"), Freddie King, Milt Buckner, Cowboy Copas, John Lee Hooker, Albert King
TINY BRADSHAW ~ "TRAIN KEPT ROLLIN";
HANK BALLARD & THE MIDNIGHTERS ~ "WORK WITH ME ANNIE";
WYNONIE HARRIS ~ "ROCK MR BLUES";
LITTLE WILLIE JOHN ~ "FEVER";
FREDDIE KING ~ "HIDE AWAY";
Gary Brooker ~ 76 ~ Singer with UK Orchestral Rock band Procul Harum ("A Whiter Shade Of Pale")
PROCUL HARUM ~ "A WHITER SHADE OF PALE";
PROCUL HARUM ~ "SALTY DOG";
Dick Halligan ~ 78 ~ Horn player with 1960's Big Band Rockers Blood Sweat & Tears
BLOOD SWEAT & TEARS ~ "AND WHEN I DIE";
BLOOD SWEAT & TEARS ~ "YOU'VE MADE ME SO VERY HAPPY";
BLOOD SWEAT & TEARS ~ "SPINNING WHEEL";
José Enrique Sarabia ~ 81 ~ Venezuelan musician and songwriter (“Ansiedad”, covered by Nat King Cole)
NAT KING COLE ~ "ANSIEDAD";
Helen Grayco - 97 - American singer (The Spike Jones Show) and actress
SPIKE JONES;
SPIKE JONES ~ "DER FURHER'S FACE";
Con Cluskey - 86 - Singer guitarist with 1960's Irish Folk Pop group The Bachelors
THE BACHELORS ~ "DIANNE";
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THE BACHELORS ~ "LOVE ME WITH ALL OF YOUR HEART";
Regine Zylerberg ~ 92 ~ (AKA Regine) French Torch Singer from the 1940's onward
REGINE ~ "LES PETITS PAPIERS";
Carmela Corren - 83 - Austrian/Israeli singer Pop singer ("Vielleicht geschieht ein Wunder"), 1963 Eurovision
CARMELA CORREN ~ "VIELLEICHT GESHIEHT EIN WUNDER";
Robert Cogoi - 82 - Belgian 1960's Pop singer, 1964 Eurovision
ROBERT COGOI ~ "PAS UNE PLACE POUR ME GARER";
Labels:
Bachelors,
Blood Sweat and Tears,
Dickie Dee,
Dixie Cups,
Drifters,
Five Satins,
Freddie Hughes,
Platters,
Procul Harum,
Regine,
Richie Polodar,
Ronettes,
Sandy Nelson,
Spike Jones,
Ventures
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