Some 1950's and 60's Rockers

Kieth Olsen ~ 74 ~ American bassist with 1960's Garage band the Music Machine ("Talk Talk") and later producer w/Rick Springfield, Fleetwood Mac, Ozzy Osbourne, the Grateful Dead, Whitesnake, Pat Benatar, Heart, Santana, Saga, Scorpions, Foreigner, Journey, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Joe Walsh, Eric Burdon, Joe Walsh, the James Gang, Fleetwood Mac, the Babys, Starship, Sammy Hagar, Kim Carnes, 38 Special, Bad Company, Night Ranger, Kingdom Come, Eddie Money

THE MUSIC MACHINE ~ "TALK TALK";


THE MUSIC MACHINE ~ "MASCULINE INTUITION";


THE MUSIC MACHINE ~ "CHERRY CHERRY";


Chris Darrow ~ 75 ~ Singer/Bassist/Mandolinist with 1960's US Psyche band Kaleidoscope and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

KALEIDOSCOPE ~ "LIE TO ME";


Jerry Slick ~ Drummer for San Francisco Psyche band The Great Society (who did the original versions of "Somebody To Love" and "White Rabbit") and husband of Grace Slick

THE GREAT SOCIETY ~ "SOMEBODY TO LOVE";


THE GREAT SOCIETY ~ "WHITE RABBIT";


THE GREAT SOCIETY ~ "FREE ADVICE";


Bo Winberg ~ 80 ~ Guitarist for the 1960's Swedish Instro band the Spotnicks ("Johnny Guitar", "The Rocket Man"

Bob Lander ~ 78 ~ Guitarist w/1960's Swedish Rock band The Spotnicks

THE SPOTNICKS ~ "THE ROCKET MAN";


THE SPOTNICKS ~ "JOHNNY GUITAR";



THE SPOTNICKS ~ "AMAPOLA";


THE SPOTNICKS ~ "SPANISH GYPSY DANCE";


THE SPOTNICKS ~ "LAST ROCKET TRAIN";


Ed Kookie Byrnes ~ 87 ~ American actor ("77 Sunset Strip" & "Grease") who had a 1959 hit novelty song "Kookie Kookie Give Me Your Comb" as a duet with Connie Francis

ED KOOKIE BYRNES & CONNIE FRANCIS ~ "KOOKIE KOOKIE GIVE ME YOUR COMB";


Leslie Cauchi ~ 77 ~ Singer & keyboardist with 1960's Doo Wop groups The Del Satins (w/Dion; "The Wanderer", "Donna The Prima Donna", "Drip Drop") and the Brooklyn Bridge

DION & THE DEL SATINS ~ "DONNA THE PRIMA DONNA";


DION & THE DEL SATINS ~ "THE WANDERER";


DION & THE DEL SATINS ~ "RUNAROUND SUE";


Wayne King ~ bassist for 1960's Louisville Ky band Tommy Cosmo & The Counts and the Uptown Band

COSMO & THE COUNTS ~ "A LITTLE MIXED UP";


COSMO & THE COUNTS ~ "SWEETHEART PLEASE DON'T GO";


Bobby Comstock ~ 78 ~ Singer with 1960's American rock band Bobby Comstock & the Counts ("Tennessee Waltz", "I Wanna Do It", "Let's Stomp")

BOBBY COMSTOCK & THE COUNTS ~ "I WANT TO DO IT";


BOBBY COMSTOCK & THE COUNTS ~ "LET'S STOMP";


Barbara Martin ~ 76 ~ Singer with the original Supremes

THE SUPREMES ~ "HE'S 17";


THE SUPREMES ~ "AFTER ALL";


Phil Phillips ~ 94 ~ 1950's New Orleans R&B singer ("Sea Of Love")

PHIL PHILLIPS ~ "SEA OF LOVE";


Steve Martin Caro 71 ~ Singer with 1960's US pop band The Left Banke ("Walk Away Renee")

Tom Finn ~ 71 ~ Bassist with 1960's Pop band The Left Banke ("Walk Away Renee")



Marty Grebb ~ 74 ~ Keyboardist for American progressive pop band the Buckinghams ("Kind Of A Drag", "Mercy Mercy Mercy", "Susan") and Chicago;

THE BUCKINGHAMS ~ "KIND OF A DRAG";


THE BUCKINGHAMS ~ "DON'T YOU CARE";


THE BUCKINGHAMS ~ "MERCY MERCY MERCY";


Bob Nave ~ 75 ~ Keyboardist with 1960's American Psychedelic band The Lemon Pipers ("My Green Tambourine")

THE LEMON PIPERS ~ "MY GREEN TAMBOURINE";


THE LEMON PIPERS ~ "NO HELP FROM ME";


Simon Posthuma ~ 81 ~ Dutch artist and musician with 1960's Psychedelic Art & Music collective The Fool

THE FOOL;


THE FOOL ~ "WONDERWALL";


THE FOOL ~ "ACTION PAINTING";


Moraes Moreira ~ 72 ~ Guitarist and singer w/Brazilian Folk Rock group Novos Baianos

NOVOS BAIANOS ~ "MISTEREO DO PLANETA";


NOVOS BAIANOS ~ "SAMBA DA MINHAS TERRA";


Barry Mayger ~ 73 ~ Bassist with 1960's British pop band Chicory Tip

CHICORY TIP ~ "SON OF MY FATHER";


Ljiljana Petrović ~ 81 ~ Serbian 1960's pop singer

LJILJANA PETROVIC ~ "NEKE DAVNE ZEDZVE";


Kamit Sanbayev ~ 78 ~ Kazakh singer with USSR 1960's &70's pop group Dos Mukasan

DOS MUKASAN;

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";

Some 1960's Prog & Psyche Rockers Pass On

Edgar Frosse ~ Keyboardist and founder of German electronic pioneers Tangerine Dream. Originally playing with a Psychedelic Rock band The Ones who recorded a single in 1967, Frosse formed Tangerine Dream and recorded their first album in 1969. Over more than a dozen albums Tangerine Dream's sound utilized the new technology of Moog synthesizers to make long insturmentals which paved the way for later electronic groups such as Kraftwerk and early Industrial groups like Throbbing Gristle and Cabaret Voltaire and later New Age electronic noodlers like Jean Micheal Jarre and Yani. Unlike most other electronic groups who mostly kept to the studio Tangerine Dream toured heavily throughout the 1970's and 80's recording many live albums. They also moved into soundtrack work with influencial music for "Thief" and "Sorcerer". By the 1990's most other such groups evolved into dance music but Tangerine Dream instead drifted into dull New Age albums and some ill-advised attempts at crossover appeal by adding the occasional vocalist. By then after several lineup changes Frosse was the only original member left although his son did join the group.

TANGERINE DREAM ~ "ARTEM";


TANGERINE DREAM;


Dave Ball ~ Guitarist for 1960's Prog-Rock band Procul Harum ~ 65

PROCUL HARUM ~ "WHITER SHADE OF PALE";


PROCUL HARUM ~ "A SALTY DOG";


Preston Ritter, 65, American drummer w/The Electric Prunes, later w/Beach Boys, Linda Rondstad

THE ELECTRIC PRUNES ~ "I HAD TOO MUCH TO DREAM LAST NIGHT";


THE ELECTRIC PRUNES ~ "GET ME TO THE WORLD ON TIME";


THE ELECTRIC PRUNES ~ "LONG DAY'S FLIGHT";


Micheal Brown ~ 65 ~ Keyboardist for 1960's Baroque Pop band The Left Banke ("Don't Walk Away Rene"), later in Montage, The Stories, The Beckies.

THE LEFT BANKE ~ "WALK AWAY RENEE";


Chris Squire ~ 67 ~ English bass guitarist for 1970's Prog Rock Band Yes

YES ~ "OWNER OF A LONELY HEART";


YES ~ "FLY FROM HERE";


John Trout ~ Keyboardist for U.K. Prog Rock band Renaissance

RENAISSANCE IN 1977;


John Renbourn, 70, British guitarist w/ 1960's folk-rock band Pentangle, later solo and with Stefan Grossman

PENTANGLE ~ "MAY THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN";


PENTANGLE ~ "LIGHT FLIGHT";


Jerome Cooper ~ 68 ~ Free Jazz drummer with 1960's & 70 group The Revolutionary Ensemble also, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Lester Bowie, Anthony Braxton, Cecil Taylor. Also played trumpet, flute and piano.

THE REVOLUTIONARY ENSEMBLE ~ "INVASION";


THE REVOLUTIONARY ENSEMBLE ~ "PSYCHE";