Some More Figures From The 50's & 60's

Charlie Watts ~ 80 ~ The famously calm, quiet, steady drummer with the Rolling Stones for over 50 years

THE ROLLING STONES ~ "NOT FADE AWAY";


THE ROLLING STONES ~ "THE LAST TIME";


THE ROLLING STONES ~ "RUBY TUESDAY" / "LET'S SPEND THE NIGHT TOGETHER";


THE ROLLING STONES ~ "JUMPING JACK FLASH";


THE ROLLING STONES ~ "YOU CAN'T ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU WANT";


THE ROLLING STONES ~ "SHE'S SO COLD";


THE ROLLING STONES ~ "IT'S ONLY ROCK & ROLL";


Don Everly ~ 81 ~ Singer with duo The Everly Brothers ("Wake Up Little Suzy", "Bye Bye Love", "Bird Dog", "All I Have To Do Is Dream", "Cathy's Clown", "When Will I Be Loved")

THE EVERLY BROS ~ "WHEN WILL I BE LOVED";


THE EVERLY BROS ~ "ALL I HAVE TO DO IS DREAM" / "CATHY'S CLOWN";


THE EVERLY BROS ~ "WAKE UP LITTLE SUZI";


THE EVERLY BROS ~ "BYE BYE LOVE";


Joe Ambrose ~ 91 ~ Sax player with Bill Haley & The Comets ("Rock Around The Clock", "See Ya Later Alligator")

BILL HALEY & THE COMETS ~ "ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK";


BILL HALEY & THE COMETS ~ "SEE YA LATER ALLIGATOR";


MIKE MITCHELL ~ Guitarist w/1960's Seattle Garage band The Kingsmen ("Louie Louie")

THE KINGSMEN ~ "LOUIE LOUIE";


THE KINGSMEN ~ "MONEY";


Don Hill ~ 99 ~ Sax player with the R&B group the Treniers

THE TRENIERS ~ "IT ROCKS! IT ROLLS! IT SWINGS!";


THE TRENIERS ~ "DON'T KNOCK THE ROCK";


THE TRENIERS ~ "RAG MOP";


Joe Long ~ 88 ~ Bassist with 1960's Doo Wop group Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons

FRANKIE VALLI & THE FOUR SEASONS ~ "WALK LIKE A MAN";


FRANKIE VALLI & THE FOUR SEASONS ~ "BIG GIRLS DON'T CRY";


FRANKIE VALLI & THE FOUR SEASONS ~ "SHERRY";


Tommy Truesdale (AKA Ayrshire Elvis) ~ 82 Scottish Rockabilly & Country singer from the 1960's onward w/The Sundowners, Joe Duffy Band, Andy Currie Band, later radio DJ

TOMMY TRUESDALE ~ "I'M READY";


Gary "Chicken" Hirsh ~ 81 ~ Drummer with American Psychedelic band Country Joe & The Fish

COUNTRY JOE & THE FISH ~ "VIETMAN RAG";


COUNTRY JOE & THE FISH ~ "SECTION 43";


Takeshi Terauchi ~ 82 ~ Japanese rock guitarist from the 1960's onward w/The Blue Jeans

TAKESHI TERAUCHI & THE BLUE JEANS ~ "KICKSTAND";


Hans Kinds ~ 74 ~ Guitarist with 1960's Dutch Garage band Cuby & the Blizzards

CUBY & THE BLIZZARDS ~ "ANOTHER DAY ANOTHER ROAD";


CUBY & THE BLIZZARDS ~ "APPLE KNOCKER'S FLOPHOUSE";


CUBY & THE BLIZZARDS ~ "DISTANT SMILE";


Neal Ford ~ 78 ~ American rock singer (Neal Ford & the Fanatics)

NEAL FORD & THE FANATICS ~ "I CAN'T BELIEVE";


NEAL FORD & THE FANATICS ~ "I WILL NOT BE LONELY";


NEAL FORD & THE FANATICS ~ "GOOD MEN ARE HARD TO FIND";


Mark Lee ~ 70's ~ Manager of 1960's Texas Garage/Psyche band Kenny & The Kasuals

KENNY & THE KASUALS ~ "JOURNEY TO TYME";


Carol Fran ~ 87 ~ Louisiana Blues & R&B singer

CAROL FRAN ~ "KNOCK KNOCK";


CAROL FRAN ~ "THE GREAT PRETENDER";


CAROL FRAN ~ "CRYING IN THE CHAPEL";


Bob Moore ~ 88 ~ Nashville session bassist w/The Nashville A-Team, played for Patsy Cline as well as Roy Orbison, Roger Miller ("King Of The Road"), Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan, Jerry Lee Lewis, Marty Robbins, Flatt and Scruggs, Patti Page, Sammy Davis, Jr., Julie Andrews, Andy Williams, Connie Francis, Moby Grape, Wayne Newton, Quincy Jones, Burl Ives, Red Foley, Johnny Hallyday

PATSY CLINE ~ "WALKING AFTER MIDNIGHT";


PASTY CLINE ~ "CRAZY";


PATSY CLINE ~ "IMAGINE THAT";


ROGER MILLER ~ "ROGER MILLER";


Rodolfo García ~ 75 ~ Drummer with 1970's Argentine rock bands Almendra & Aquelarre

ALMENDRA;


Lorrae Desmond - 91 - Australian pop singer & television presenter from the 1940's on

LORRAE DESMOND ~ "THE PARTY'S OVER";


LORRAE DESMOND ~ "WOULDN'T IT BE LOVELY";


Johnny Crawford ~ 75 ~ American 1950's child star and pop singer

JOHNY CRAWFORD ~ "THE GIRL NEXT DOOR";


Jerry Fujio ~ 81 ~ Japanese 1960's singer & actor ("My Way", "Danny Boy")

JERRY FUJIO;

The Everly Brothers And Some Other Early Rockers

Phil Everly died January 3 2014 at age 74. One half of the 1950's Everly Brothers duowith his brother Don who had iconic hits like "Cathy's Clown", "When Will I Be Loved", "Wake Up Little Suzi", "All I Have To Do Is Dream". They had massive hits on both side of the Atlantic and were cited as influences by the like of The Beatles (who they also toured with), Byrds, Hollies, The Beach Boys, Simon & Garfunkle and Linda Ronstadt and later Rockpile (who both covered "When Will I Be Loved") for their harmony singing. Although they were too clean cut to be really be cool sex symbols.

THE EVERLY BROTHERS ~ "ALL I HAVE TO DO IS DREAM" & "CATHY'S CLOWN";


Originally from Kentucky the Everly's actually came from a long tradition of Singing Brother Duos which included the Stanley Brothers, Louvin Brothers, Lilly Brothers, Delmore Brothers and The Monroe Brothers with relatively little R&B or Gospel influences and it's likely that they would have sounded pretty much the same even if Rock & Roll never happened.

THE EVERLY BROTHERS ~ "WAKE UP LITTLE SUZI";


In spite of their clean cut image the boys lived the rock and roll lifestyle. Like Elvis they spent a brief spell in the Army and then got hooked on speed. Don had at least one nervous breakdown. Divorces and fist fights followed until they effectively broke up in the 1970's. After middling solo careers they reformed but behind the scenes the brothers were not on speaking terms. I know someone who booked them in the 1980's and he told the story of working with them. They arrived in separate planes, stayed in separate hotels, they took separate taxis to the venue, skipped a sound-check, entered the stage from opposite sides and after the show they left that way. At no point did they actually speak to each other. They aren't the only duo who acted that way, Sam & Dave and Sonny Terry & Brownie McGee did the same. Still they weren't actual brothers. That must have led to some awkward Christmases. Anyway they did apparently reconcile for good when they were invited on tour with Simon & Garfunkle in the 1990's.

THE EVERLY BROTHERS ~ "BYE BYE LOVE";


THE EVERLY BROTHERS ~ "WHEN WILL I BE LOVED"


Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith; Western Swing/Hinky Tonk guitarist from the 1940's, 50's & 60's. Did the original "Guitar Boogie" and "Dueling Banjos" ~ 93

ARTHUR "GUITAR BOOGIE" SMITH ~ "GUITAR BOOGIE";


ARTHUR "GUITAR BOOGIE SMITH" ~ "CHICKEN STRUT";


George Shuffler, 88, Bluegrass guitarist w/The Stanley Brothers ("Man Of Constant Sorrow", "Pretty Polly", "Takes A Worried Man") & The Bailey Brothers ~ 88

THE STANLEY BROTHERS ~ "TAKES A WORRIED MAN";


THE STANLEY BROTHERS ~ "THE RANK STRANGER";


King Fleming ~ Jazz/R&B pianist and band leader from the 1940's, 50's & 60's. Played with Wynonie Harris on Apollo, Johnny Alston and His Orchestra, Oliver "King" Perry's Pied Pipers ~ 91

WYNONIE HARRIS ~ "ROCK MISTER BLUES";


WYNONIE HARRIS ~ "PUT IT BACK";


JOHNNY ALSTON ORCH ~ "RED LIGHT";


Little Joe Cook ~ Singer w/1950's Doo Wop Group Little Joe & The Thrillers ("Do The Slop" & "Peanuts" also sang with The Evening Stars and The Sherries ~ 91

LITTLE JOE & THE THRILLERS ~ "PEANUTS";


Little Jimmy Scott ~ American Jazz singer from the 1950's & 60's; solo and w/Lionel Hampton and Charlie Parker did hit version of "Sweet Embraceable You" ~ 88

LITTLE JIMMY SCOTT ~ "SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE A MOTHERLESS CHILD";


Freddie "Fingers" Lee; British guitarist who played on 1960's recordings by Gene Vincent, Screaming Lord Sutch and Marty Wilde ~ 76

GENE VINCENT & THE BLUECAPS ~ "BLUE JEAN BABY" & "SEXY WAYS";


GENE VINCENT & THE BLUECAPS ~ "RIP IT UP";


SCREAMING LORD SUTCH & THE SAVAGES ~ "JENNY JENNY" & "TRAIN KEPT A ROLLIN";


SCREAMING LORD SUTCH ~ "JACK THE RIPPER";


Ceer Veerman; Singer Guitarist with 1960's & 70's Dutch Psyche-Pop band The Cats and The Mystic Four ~ 70

THE CATS ~ "LET'S DANCE";


Gary Burger; Singer with 1960's American/German Garage Band The Monks 72;

THE MONKS ~ "MONK CHANT";


THE MONKS ~ "OH HOW TO DO NOW";


Jerry Corbitt ~ Guitarist with 1960's Folk Rock band The Youngbloods ("Come Together")

THE YOUNGBLOODS ~ "GET TOGETHER" & "SUNLIGHT";


Paul Goddard ~ Bassist w/1970's Southern Rock Band The Atlanta Rhythm Section ("Spooky", "So Into You") ~ 68

THE ATLANTA RHYTHM SECTION ~ "Spooky";


Roy Campbell Jr. ~ Free Jazz trumpet player, solo and played with Don Cherry,Yo La Tengo, William Parker, Peter Brotzmann, Matthew Shipp ~ 61

PETER BROTZMAN QUARTET;