Some More 50's & 60's Rockers

Dickie "Be-Bop" Harrell - 82 - Rockabilly drummer with Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps ("Be-Bop-A-Lula")

GENE VINCENT & THE BLUE CAPS ~ "BE-BOP-A-LULA";


GENE VINCENT & THE BLUE CAPS ~ "LOTTA LOVIN";


GENE VINCENT ~ "DANCE TO THE BOP";


Connie Guybo Smith ~ 84 ~ Rockabilly bassist with Eddie Cochran ("Summertime Blues", "Someting Else", "C'Mon Everybody") and Glen Glenn ("Everybody's Moving")

EDDIE COCHRAN ~ "20 FLIGHT ROCK";


EDDIE COCHRAN ~ "SUMMERTIME BLUES";


EDDIE COCHRAN ~ "C'MON EVERYBODY";


EDDIE COCHRAN ~ "SOMETHING ELSE";


GLEN GLENN ~ "EVERYBODY'S MOVIN";



Jack Earls ~ 89 ~ Tennessee Rockabilly singer with Sun Records ("Slow Down", "Let's Bop")

JACK EARLS ~ "LET'S BOP";


Johnny Powers ~ 83 ~ Detroit 1950's Rockabilly singer, with Sun Records

JOHNNY POWERS ~ "LONG BLONDE HAIR";



Billy The Kid Emerson ~ 97 ~ 1950's Rock & Roll singer with Sun Records ("Red Hot")

BILY THE KID EMERSON - "RED HOT";


Bill Rice - 84 - American Rockabilly and Country music singer and songwriter

BILL RICE ~ "RED HAIR & GREEN EYES";


Wee Willie Harris - 90 - UK 1950's Rock & Roll singeer, pianist & bassist

WEE WILLIE HARRIS ~ "WHOLE LOTTA SHAKIN";


WEE WILLIE HARRIS ~ "I GO APE";


Larry Chance - 82 - Singer with American Doo Wop group The Earls ("Remember Then")

THE EARLS ~ "REMEMBER THEN";


Bob Feldman - 83 - American songwriter w/The Angels ("My Boyfriend's Back"), Strangeloves", "I Want Candy" & "Nightime") and record producer w/The McCoys ("Hang On Sloopy", "Caralin"), Link Wray, Dion, The Belmonts, The Merseys

THE ANGELS ~ "MY BOYFRIEND'S BACK";


THE STRANGELOVES ~ "I WANT CANDY";


THE McCOYS ~ "HANG ON SLOOPY";


Mike Maxfield - 79 - English songwriter and guitarist with 1960's band The Dakotas ("The Cruel Sea") and Billy J Kramer

THE DAKOTAS ~ "THE CRUEL SEA";


BILLY J KRAMER & THE DAKOTAS ~ "FROM A WINDOW";


BILLY J KRAMER & THE DAKOTAS ~ "LITTLE CHILDREN";


Ritchie Routledge - 73 - Singer and guitarist w/British band The Cryin' Shames ("Sugar & Spice")

THE CRYAN SHAMES ~ "SUGAR & SPICE";


Les McGuire - 84 - Keyboardist with 1960's UK band Gerry & The Pacemakers ("Ferry Cross The Mersey", "I Like It", "Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying", "You'll Never Walk Alone")

GERRY & THE PACEMAKERS ~ "I LIKE IT";


GERRY & THE PACEMAKERS ~ "FERRY CROSS THE MERSEY"


GERRY & THE PACEMAKERS ~ "DON'T LET THE SUN CATCH YOU CRYING":


Royston Ellis - 82 - English writer and Beat poet, often backed by the Shadows and the Beatles

ROYSTON ELLIS & THE SHADOWS;


Jon Povey - 80 - British keyboarist with the Pretty Things, Bern Elliott and the Fenmen

THE PRETTY THINGS ~ "ROADRUNNER";


THE PRETTY THINGS ~ "MIDNIGHT TO SIX MAN";


THE PRETTY THINGS ~ "COME SEE ME";


THE PRETTY THINGS ~ "ROSALYN";


Denny Laine - 79 - English guitarist w/The Moody Blues and Paul McCartney & Wings and songwriter ("Mull of Kintyre")

THE MOODY BLUES ~ "I HAVEN'T REALLY THE TIME";


THE MOODY BLUES ~ "GO NOW";


WINGS ~ "JET";


WINGS ~ "LIVE & LET DIE";


Brian Godding - 78 - Welsh guitarist with 1960's Psyche bands Blossom Toes, Centipede

BLOSSOM TOES ~ "YOU";


BLOSSOM TOES;


BLOSSOM TOES ~ "POST CARD";


Stu James - 77 - Singer w/British band The Mojos and music executive

THE MOJOS ~ "EVERYTHINGS ALRIGHT";


THE MOJOS ~ "NOBODY BUT ME";


Luc Smets - 76 - Singer, composer and keyboardist w/1960's Belgian band The Pebbles

THE PEBBLES ~ "YOU BETTER BELIVE IT";


Pete Brown - 82 - Beat English poet, singer w/Piblokoto & Battered Ornaments, lyricist w/Cream ("I Feel Free", "Sunshine of Your Love", "White Room")

PETE BROWN & PIBLOKOTO ~ "GOLDEN COUNTRY KINGDOM";


Raymond Froggatt - 81 - 1960's English singer/songwriter ("Callow-la-vita", "Big Ship", "Rachel")

RAYMOND FROGGATT ~ "CALLOW LA VIDA";


Rita Lee - 75 - Singer with 1960's Brazilian Psyche band Os Mutantes

OS MUTANTES ~ "BAT MACUMBA";


OS MUTANTES ~ "PANIS ET CIRCENES";


OS MUTANTES ~ "MISTERIOSAS ROSAS BRANCAS";


Julio Anderson ~ 74 ~ Bassist with Chilean 1960's Psyche band Los Jaivas

LOS JAIVAS ~ "MIRA NINITA";


LOS JAIVAS ~ "LA PONDEROSA MUERTA";


Cynthia Weil - 82 - Grammy winning American Hall of Fame songwriter w/the Brill Building w/the Righteous Bros ("You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin"), The Animals ("We've Gotta Get Out Of This Place"), Paul Revere & The Raiders ("Kicks"), The Drifters ("On Broadway"),the Crystals ("Uptown"), Max Frost ("Shapes Of Things To Come")

MAX FROST & THE TROOPERS ~ "THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME";


THE ANIMALS ~ "WE GOTTA GET OUT OF THIS PLACE":


PAUL REVERE & THE RAIDERS ~ "KICKS";


THE RIGHTEOUS BROS ~ "YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVING FEELING";


THE DRIFTERS ~ "ON BROADWAY";


THE CRYSTALS ~ "UPTOWN";


Tommy Talton - 74 - American guitarist with 1960's bands We the People, Cowboy also later with Gregg Allman, Paul Butterfield, the Allman Brothers Band, Bonnie Bramlett, Clarence Carter, Corky Laing, Billy Joe Shaver, Dickey Betts, Kitty Wells, Martin Mull, Johnny Rivers

WE THE PEOPLE ~ "MY BROTHER THE MAN";


Terry Kirkman - 83 - American singer and woodwind player & composer with 1960's California Pop band The Association ("Cherish", "Everything That Touches You", "Never My Love")

THE ASSOCIATION ~ "TIME FOR LIVING";


THE ASSOCIATION ~ "ALONG COMES MARY";


THE ASSOCIATION ~ "NEVER MY LOVE";


Prudence McIntire - 78 - Singer with 1950's Pop sister duo Patience & Prudence "("You Belong To Me")

PATIENCE & PRUDENCE ~ "YOU BELONG TO ME";


Ray Hildebrand - 82 - American 1950's Pop singer w/Paul & Paula ("Hey Paula", "Young Lovers")

PAUL & PAULA ~ "HEY PAULA";


PAUL & PAULA ~ "FLIPPED OUT OVER YOU";


April Stevens - 93 - American Grammy winning 1950's & 60's Pop singer with Nino Tempo ("Deep Purple", "Whispering", "Lover Man")

APRIL STEVENS ~ "LOVER MAN";


APRIL STEVENS & NINO TEMPO ~ "DEEP PURPLE" & "WHIPERING";


CHARLIE RICH & APRIL STEVENS ~ "MOHAIR SAM" / "NO HAIR SAM";


Conny Van Dyke - 78 - American singer with Motown Records and actress (Hell's Angels '69, W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings, Framed)

CONNY VAN DYKE ~ "THE WORDS WON'T COME";


Jane Birkin - 76 - English-French model, actress & singer ("Je t'aime... moi non plus")

JANE BIRKIN & SERGE GAINSBOROUGH ~ "JE T'AIME";


Vince Hill - 89 - English 1960's Pop singer ("Edelweiss", "Take Me To Your Heart Again")

VINCE HILL ~ "EDELWEISS";
VINCE HILL ~ "HELP ME MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT";


George Maharis - 94 - American actor (Route 66, Exodus) and singer ("Teach Me Tonight")

GEORGE MAHARIS ~ "TEACH ME TONIGHT";

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;