Some 1970's Rock & Pop Figures

Dave Cousins ~ 85 ~ Singer/guitarist with UK Folk Pop band the Strawbs

THE STRAWBS ~ "PART OF THE UNION";


THE STRAWBS ~ "LAY DOWN";


Joey Molland - 77 - Guitarist with English band Badfinger ("Without You", "Come & Get It")

BADFINGER ~ "BABY BLUE";


BADFINGER ~ "COME & GET IT";


BADFINGER ~ "WITHOUT YOU";


Mick Ralphs ~ 81 ~ Guitarist with 1970's UK bands Mott the Hoople and Bad Company

MOTT THE HOOPLE ~ "ALL THE WAY FROM MEMPHIS";


MOTT THE HOOPLE ~ "ALL THE YOUNG DUDES";


MOTT THE HOOPLE ~ "YOU REALLY GOT ME";


BAD COMPANY ~ "ROCK & ROLL FANTASY";


BAD COMPANY ~ "FEEL LIKE MAKING LOVE";


Mick Ambrahams ~ 82 ~ Guitarist/singer with UK Blues Rock band Blodwyn Pig and Jethro Tull

BLODWYN PIG ~ "SEE MY WAY";
BLODWYN PIG ~ "SAME OLD STORY";


Tetsu Yamauchi - 79 - Japanese/British bassist w/British bands the Faces and Free

FREE ~ "HEARTBREAKER";


Bobby Whitlock - 77 - American singer, songwriter ("Bell Bottom Blues") and musician (Derek and the Dominos, Delaney & Bonnie and Friends)

DEREK & DOMINOS ~ "IT'S TOO LATE" & "MATCHBOX";


DEREK & THE DOMINOS ~ "LAYLA";


Donna Godchaux ~ 74 ~ Singer with the Grateful Dead ("Terrapin Station", "Blues For Allah"), backup siner with Elvis Presley ("Suspicious Minds"), Percy Sledge ("Whe A Man Loves A Woman"), Cher, New Riders Of The Purple Sage, Boz Scaggs

THE GRATEFUL DEAD ~ "TERRAPIN STATION";


David Kaff (AKA Viv Savage) - 79 - Keyboardist for 1970's bands Rare Bird and Spinal Tap

RARE BIRD ~ "BEAUTIFUL SCARLET";


RARE BIRD ~ "SYMPATHY";


Bruce Howe - 77 - Bassist with Australian 1970's Hard Rock band Fraternity (with Bon Scott)

FRATERNITY ~ "THE SHAPE I'M IN";


FRATERNITY ~ "SOMMERVILLE";


Jacques de Jongh ~ 70's ~ Bassist and rhythm guitarist with 1970's Australian Glam Rock band Hush

HUSH ~ "BONIE MARONIE";


HUSH ~ "GLAD ALL OVER";


Bob Bongo Starkie - 73 - Guitarist with Australian band Skyhooks

SKYHOOKS ~ "HORROR MOVIE";


SKYHOOKS ~ "LIVING IN THE 70's";


Peter McFarlane - 73 - Drummer with 1970's Australian Pub Rock bands Finch & Swanee

FINCH ~ "WHERE WERE YOU";


Chris Rea ~ 74 ~ English singer-songwriter ("Fool (If You Think It's Over)", "Driving Home for Christmas", "The Road to Hell")

CHRIS REA ~ "FOOL IF YOU THINK IT'S OVER";


Rick Davies ~ 82 ~ Keyboardist & singer with Supertramp
SUPERTRAMP ~ "GIVE A LITTLE BIT";


SUPERTRAMP ~ "DREAMER";


SUPERTRAMP ~ "LOGICAL SONG";


Drew Zingg ~ 68 ~ American guitarist w/Steely Dan and Boz Scaggs

STEELY DAN ~ "RIKKI DON'T LOSE THAT NUMBER":


STEELY DAN ~ "REELING IN THE YEARS";


BOZ SCAGGS ~ "THE LIDO SHUFFLE";


Roger McLachlan ~ 71 ~ New Zealand bass guitarist (Little River Band)

THE LITTLE RIVER BAND ~ "LONESOME LOSER";


THE LITTLE RIVER BAND ~ "REMINICSING";


Antti Tammilehto ~ 70 ~ bassist with Finnish band Eero, Jussi & The Boys

EERO, JUSSI & THE BOYS ~ "RIP IT UP";


EERO JUSSI & THE BOYS ~ "ME & BOBBY McGEE";


Billy Earheart ~ 71 ~ Keyboardist with Country Rock bands The Amazing Rhythm Aces & The Bama Band

THE AMAZING RHYTHM ACES ~ "THE END IS NOT IN SIGHT";


THE AMAZING RHYTHM ACES ~ "THIRD RATE ROMANCE";


Larry Lee ~ 78 ~ Multi-insturmenatlist and songwriter with The Ozark Mountain Daredevils

THE OZARK MOUNTAIN DAREDEVILS ~ "JACKIE BLUE";


THE OZARK MOUNTAIN DAREDEVILS ~ "IF YOU WANT TO GET TO HEAVEN";


Robert John - 79 - American 1970's Pop singer ("Sad Eyes", "If You Don't Want My Love")

ROBERT JOHN ~ "SAD EYES";


Wayne Osmond ~ 73 ~ Singer with the Osmonds

THE OSMONDS ~ "YOYO";


THE OSMONDS ~ "ONE BAD APPLE";

50's & 60's Figures Pass On

Sam Andrew ~ 73 ~ Guitarist with Janis Joplin's Big Brother & The Holding Company (Another Piece Of My Heart", "Summertime","Ball & Chain"

JANIS JOPLIN ~ "ANOTHER PIECE OF MY HEART";


JANIS JOPLIN ~ "BALL AND CHAIN";


Neil LeVang ~ 83 ~ American session guitarist who played Neal Hefti (Batman Theme). Later played w/ Frank Zappa, New Riders Of The Purple Sage, Glen Campbell, Frank Zappa, Bobby Darin, Bobbi Gentry, David Clayton Thomas, Elvis Presley, Dean Martin, Neil Diamond and Noel Boggs. Also played for Lawrence Welk Show.

NEAL HEFTI ~ "BATMAN THEME";


Brian Carman ~ 69 ~ Guitarist with 1960's Surf band The Chantays with classic hit "Pipeline".

THE CHANTAYS ~ "PIPELINE";


THE CHANTAYS ~ "RUNAWAY";


THE CHANTAYS ~ "THE WAYWARD NILE":




Jørgen Ingmann, 89, Danish musician with 1960's instrumental hits "Apache", "Tequila" (with the Champs) also played backup on Eurovision contest;

GRETHE & JORGEN INGMANN ~ "DANSEVISE";

Trevor Ward-Davies ~ 70 ~ Bassist with British Rock group with the unwieldy name of Davey Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich who scored some hits in Britain in the mid 60's.

DAVEY DEE, DOZY, BEAKY, MICK & TICH ~ "HOLD TIGHT";


DAVEY DEE, DOZY, BEAKY, MICK, & TICH ~ "LAST NIGHT IN SOHO";


Maurizio Arcieri ~ 72 ~ Italian singer with 1960's Rock & Pop groups The New Dada and Kisma.

THE NEW DADA ~ "NON DIRNE PIU";


Joe Mauldin ~ ~ Bassist with Buddy Holly's Crickets on his classic hits "That'll Be The Day", "Peggy Sue", "Rave On", "Heartbeat".

BUDDY HOLLY & THE CRICKETS ~ "PEGGY SUE"


BUDDY HOLLY & THE CRICKETS ~ "THAT'LL BE THE DAY";


Andy Fraser ~ 62 ~ British 1960's bass guitarist w/ John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers and Free

FREE ~ "ALL RIGHT NOW";


Lesley Gore ~ ~ 1960's Pop singer with melodramic classic hits "It's My Party" (later covered in a hit version in the 1980's version by Dave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin) and "You Don't Own Me" (covered by Joan Jett).

LESLEY GORE ~ "IT'S MY PARTY";


LESLEY GORE ~ "YOU DON'T OWN ME";


Don Covay ~ 76 ~ American 1960's R&B singer and songwriter. Scored hits under various pseudonyms including "Bip Bop Bip", and "Pony Time". Later wrote songs done by Wilson Picket, Solomon Picket, Gladys Knight, Gene Vincent, Wanda Jackson, Connie Francis, Steppenwolf, Bobby Womack, Small Faces, the classic "Chain Of Fools" recorded by Aretha Franklin and "Have Mercy" covered by The Rollin Stones.
DON COVAY & RON WOOD ~ "SOMEBODY";


THE ROLLING STONES ~ "HAVE MERCY";


ARETHA FRANKLIN ~ "CHAIN OF FOOLS";


Andre Crouch ~ 72 ~ Multiple Grammy Award winning American Gospel singer from the 1960's on.


Little Jimmy Dickens ~ 94 ~ Honky Tonk country singer from the early 1950's onward. A courful figure known for his diminutive stature, exhuberant energy and flashy Nudie Suits. Dickens specialized in upbeat songs such as "Hey Ma; Hide The Daughter" and "I Got A Hole In My Pocket" in the early 50's. In the 60's he somewhat addapted to the slicker sounds with some ballads but he was always known best for his irreverant songs. He scored a crossover hit with the goofy "May The Bird Of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose". One of the longest standing members of the Grand Ole Opry, he was still performing regularly as of a couple of years ago.

Little Jimmy Dickens ~ "May The Bird Of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose";


LITTLE JIMMY DICKENS ~ "ASLEEP AT THE FOOT OF THE BED";


George Probert ~ 87 ~ American traditional Jazz clarinet and sax player with Kid Ory and later music editor.

KID ORY ~


Clark Terry ~ 94 ~ Influential American BeBop Jazz trumpet player from the 1940's on. Played with Charlie Barnet, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Quincy Jones, Oscar Peterson, Big Joe Turner, Dizzy Gillespie, Coleman Hawkins, Benny Carter, Teddy Wilson and T-Bone Walker

CLARK TERRY ~ "STARDUST";


Orrin Keepnews ~ 91 ~ American jazz record producer, executive and writer w/RCA, Fantasy, Riverside, Milestone and Landmark Records from the 1950's on. Produced Thelonius Monk, Bill Evans, Cannonball, Nat Adderley, Wes Montgomery, Johnny Griffin, McCoy Tyner, Joe Henderson, Lee Konitz, Sonny Rollins, Kronos Quartet.

THELONIUS MONK ~ "ROUND MIDNIGHT";


Paul Jeffrey ~ 81 ~ American Jazz Sax player w/Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, Dizzy Gillespie, Clark Terry, Lionel Hampton and B.B. King.

Aldo Ciccolini ~ 89 ~ Italian-born French classical pianist who scored some surprise crossover success in Hippie/Psyche circles with his recordings of Erik Satie pieces and to a lesser extent Claude Debusey.

ALDO CICCOLINI ~ "GYMNOPEDIE NUMBER 1";