Some 1970's Rockers

Chrisine McVie ~ 72 ~ UK born Singer/keyboardist with Fleetwood Mac and Chicken Shack

CHICKEN SHACK ~ "SEE SEE BABY";


CHICKEN SHACK ~ "I'D RATHER GO BLIND";


FLEETWOOD MAC ~ "RHIANNON";


FLEETWOOD MAC ~ "YOU CAN GO YOUR OWN WAY";


FLEETWOOD MAC ~ "GYPSY";


FLEETWOOD MAC ~ "TUSK";


Ken Simmons - 75 - Welsh guitarist with UK Blues Rock band Savoy Brown Band

SAVOY BROWN BAND ~ "I'M TIRED";


SAVOY BROWN ~ "TELL MAMA";


Meatloaf (Real name Marvin Lee Aday) ~ 74 ~ American 1970's Hard Rock singer ("Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad", "Paradise By The Dashboard Lights", "I Would Do Anything For Love")

MEATLOAF ~ "BAT OUT OF HELL";


MEATLOAF ~ "PARADISE BY THE DASHBOARD LIGHT";


MEATLOAF ~ "TWO OUT OF THREE AIN'T BAD";



Nik Turner - 82 - Singer/sax & woodwind player with 1970's UK Space Rock band Hawkwind

HAWKWIND ~ "SILVER MACHINE";


HAWKWIND ~ "MOTORHEAD";


HAWKWIND ~ "WATCHING THE GRASS GROW";


Rick Anderson - 75 - American rock bassist with American band The Tubes

THE TUBES ~ "WHITE PUNKS ON DOPE";


THE TUBES ~ "TALK TO YA LATER";


THE TUBES ~ "SHE'S A BEAUTY";


Ray Major ~ 70's ~ Guitarist with 1970's UK band Mott The Hoople

MOTT THE HOOPLE ~ "ALL THE YOUNG DUDES";


MOTT THE HOOPLE ~ "YOU REALLY GOT ME";


MOTT THE HOOPLE ~ "ONCE BITTEN TWICE SHY";


Manny Charlton - 80 ~ Guitarist with 1970's Scottish rock band Nazareth ("The Flight Tonight", "Love Hurts)

Danny McCafferty ~ 75 ~ Nazareth singer

NAZARETH ~ "THIS FLIGHT TONIGHT";


NAZARETH ~ "HAIR OF THE DOG";


NAZARETH ~ "LOVE HURTS";


Wilco Johnson ~ 75 ~ Guitarist & vocals w/UK band Dr Feelgood and actor in "Game Of Thrones"

DR FEELGOOD ~ "ROXETTE";


DR FEELGOOD ~ "SHE DOES IT RIGHT";


DR FEELGOOD ~ "BOOM BOOM";


Robert Gordon ~ 75 ~ American Rockabilly singer from the 1970's onward ("Fire", "Only Make Believe", The Way I Walk") worked with Link Wray & Chris Spedding

ROBERT GORDON ~ "IT'S ONLY MAKE BELIEVE";


ROBERT GORDON ~ "THE WAY I WALK";


ROBERT GORDON ~ "ROCKABILLY BOOGIE";


ROBERT GORDON ~ "FIRE";


Graeme Thomas ~ 70's Australian bassist w/1980's Rockabilly bands the Rockabilly Rebels, the Wildcats & the Straight 8's and producer at Preston Studios

THE WILDCATS ~ "ROCK BOP";


THE WILDCATS ~ "RAIN";


Harvey Jett - 73 - Guitarist with 1970's Souther Rock band Black Oak Arkansas

BLACK OAK ARKANSAS ~ "JIM DANDY";


BLACK OAK ARKANSAS ~ "HEY Y'ALL";


Barry Bailey - 73 - Guitarist w/1970's US band the Atlanta Rhythm Section

THE ATLANTA RHYTHM SECTION ~ "SO INTO YOU";


THE ATLANTA RHYTHM SECTION ~ "SMOKIE";


John Hartman - 72 - Drummer with The Doobie Brothers

THE DOOBIE BROTHERS ~ "WHAT A FOOL BELIEVES";


THE DOOBIE BROTHERS ~ "TAKING IT TO THE STREETS";

Some More Rockers From The 1950's & 60's

Peter Green ~ 72 ~ Singer/guitarist with the Original Fleetwood Mac, John Mayal's Blues Breakers and Splinter Group

PETER GREEN & FLEETWOOD MAC ~ "RATTLESNAKE SHAKE";


PETER GREEN & FLEETWOOD MAC ~ "BLACK MAGIC WOMAN";


Jan Savage ~ 77 ~ guitarist with American Garage Band The Seeds
THE SEEDS ~ "CAN'T SEEM TO MAKE YOU MINE";


THE SEEDS ~ "PUSHING TOO HARD";


THE SEEDS ~ "MR FARMER";


Pat Fairley ~ 76 ~ Scottish bassist and singer w/ 1960's band Marmalade

MARMALADE ~ "I SEE THE RAIN";


MARMALADE ~ "REFLECTIONS OF MY LIFE";


MARMALADE ~ "OBLADI OBLADA";


Wanye Fontana ~ 74 ~ British 1960's Pop singer with the Mindbenders ("The Game Of Love")

WAYNE FONTANA & THE MINDBENDER ~ "THE GAME OF LOVE";


WAYNE FONTANA & THE MINDBENDERS ~ "A GROOVY KIND OF LOVE";


WAYNE FONTANA & THE MINDBENDERS ~ "JUST A LITTLE BIT TOO LATE";


Al Rex ~ 91 ~ Bassist with Bill Haley & the Comets

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


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


BILL HALEY & THE COMETS ~ "GOOFIN' AROUND";


Fluke Holland ~ 85 ~ 1950's Tennessee Drummer with Carl Perkins & the Perkins Bros Band and Johnny Cash & The Tennessee 3

JOHNNY CASH ~ "FOLSUM PRISON BLUES";


JOHNNY CASH ~ "RING OF FIRE";


CARL PERKINS ~ "BOPPIN THE BLUES";


Emitt Rhodes ~ 70 ~ American Pop musician & songwriter w/The Palace Guard, The Merry Go Round and solo

EMITT RHODES ~ "REALLY WANTED YOU";


Eddie Daniels ~ 70's ~ 1950's R&R and R&B singer/songwriter solo and with Jewel & Eddie (featuring Jewel Akens and Eddie Cochran) and later the Platters

JEWEL & EDDIE ~ "OPPORTUNITY";


JEWEL & EDDIE ~ "DOING THE HULLY GULLY";


Barry St John (real name Liz Thompson) ~ 76 ~ Scottish 1960's pop singer ("Come Away Melinda") later backup singer with Pink Floyd, Bryan Ferry, Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel, Elton John, Kevin Coyne, John Cale, Whitesnake

BARRY ST JOHN ~ "CRY LIKE A BABY";


Juliette Greco ~ 91 ~ French pop & caberet singer & girl friend of Miles Davis

JULIETTE GRECO ~ "SAINT-GERMAINE-DES-PRES";


JULIETTE GRECO ~ "SOUS LE CEIL DES PARIS"

Some More Figures From The 1950's & 60's

DJ Fontana ~ 88 ~ Drummer for Elvis Presley on his classic 1950's hits (band included Scotty Moore and Bill Black as the Blue Moon Boys), reformed for the "68 Comeback Special", started out as house drummer for the "Louisiana Hayride" TV show. Later recorded with Paul McCartney

ELVIS PRESLEY ~ "BLUE SUEDE SHOES";


ELVIS PRESLEY ~ "HOUND DOG";


ELVIS PRESLEY ~ "HEARTBREAK HOTEL";


Lorrie Collins ~ 76 ~ American Rockabilly singer with the Collins Kids

THE COLLINS KIDS ~ "HOP SKIP & JUMP";


THE COLLINS KIDS ~ "JOHNNY B GOODE";


MARTY BALIN ~ 76 ~ Singer with San Francico Psychedelic bands Jefferson Airplane and Jefferson Starship and folk group the Town Criers as well as solo

JEFFERSON AIRPLANE ~ "PLASTIC FANTASTIC LOVER";


JEFFERSON AIRPLANE ~ "VOLUNTEERS";


Danny Kirwin ~ Guitarist w/the 1960's lineup of Fleetwood Mac ("Black Magic Woman", "Rattlesnake Shake", "Albatross")

FLEETWOOD MAC ~ "RATTLESNAKE SHAKE";


FLEETWOOD MAC;


FLEETWOOD MAC ~ "ALBATROSS"


Honey Lantree ~ Drummer with 1960's British band The Honeycombs

THE HONEYCOMBS ~ "HAVE I THE RIGHT";


THE HONEYCOMBS ~ "EYES";


THE HONEYCOMBS ~ "THAT'S THE WAY";


Fred Weiland ~ Drummer with 1960's Australian band The Strangers;

THE STRANGERS ~ "PAPERBACK WRITER";


Takayuki Inoue ~ 77 ~ Singer with 1960's Japanese Rock band The Spiders

THE SPIDERS;


THE SPIDERS ~ "NA-RE-BAI";


THE SPIDERS ~ "DAY TRIPPER";


John Osborne ~ Bassist with classic session band the Wrecking Crew, (The Monkees, Byrds, Beach Boys)

THE MONKEES ~ "VALLERI";


Ace Cannon ~ 1950's & 60 sax player ("Yakkety Sax")

ACE CANNON ~ "YAKKETY SAX";


John Hiseman ~ Guitarist with late 1960's - 1970's UK Prog Rock band Colosseum

COLOSSEUM ~ "VANANTYNE SUITE";


George Cameron ~ Drummer with 1960's US pop group the Left Banke ("Walk Away Renee")

THE LEFT BANKE ~ "WALK AWAY RENEE";


Jan Kirsznik ~ 84 ~ Polish rock saxophonist w/1960's Pop group Rhythm & Blues

RHYTHM & BLUES ~ "BUTTERFINGERS";


Don Gardner ~ ~ American 1960's R&B singer with Don & Dee Dee

DON GARDNER & DEE DEE FORD ~ "I NEED YOUR LOVING";


Bernadette Carroll ~ 74 ~ Singer with 1950's Girl Group The Angels ("My Boyfriend's Back")

THE ANGELS ~ "MY BOYFRIEND'S BACK";


Donald McGuire ~ 86 ~ American singer with 1950's pop vocal group The Hilltoppers

THE HILLTOPPERS ~ "LIVE TRYING";

Hugh Hefner, Playboy And Rock & Roll

Hugh Hefner isn't normally thought of as a figure with a connection to R&R but part of his "Playboy" esthetic, or ideology even, included the idea that a Playboy Man should have god taste in literature (Hemingway, Capote, Mailer, Miller, Vidal and Baldwin all wrote for him), art (Pop Art, Abstract Expressionism, Dali) and music. At a time when "swingers" were still listening to Mantovani or Jackie Gleason's "Songs For Lovers" albums Hefner promoted some fairly hip music. Starting with the obvious choices like Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Dinah Washington, Sarah Vaughan in the 1950's he moved into Cool Jazz and before embracing the Summer Of Love in the mid sixties. One of his projects in the late 1960's was a late night TV show called "Playboy After Dark which had on some of the coolest bands around, including a number of black musicians hosted by Hef in a somewhat incongruous tuxedo.

IKE & TINA TURNER;


STEPPENWOLF ~ "AMERICA";


PETER GREEN'S FLEETWOOD MAC ~ "RATTLESNAKE SHAKE";


THE BYRDS ~ "YOU AIN'T GOING NOWHERE" & "THIS WHEELS ON FIRE";


DEEP PURPLE ~ "HUSH;


IRON BUTTERFLY ~ "INNA-GADDA-DAVIDA";


CANNED HEAT ~ "ON THE ROAD AGAIN";


JAMES BROWN;


MARVIN GAYE ~ "CHAINED";


JAMES COTTON & LUTHER TUCKER;


BUDDY MILES;


BB KING ~ "THE THRILL IS GONE";


BUDDY RICH;


DAVE BRUBECK ~ "TAKE FIVE";