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

Sonny Turner ~ 82 ~ Singer with Doo-Wop group the Platters from 1959 on

THE PLATTERS ~ "YOU'LL NEVER KNOW";


THE PLATTERS ~ "MY DREAM";


Jimmy Thomas - 83 - American 1950's & 60's soul singer with the Kings of Rhythm and solo

IKE TURNER & HIS RHYTHM KINGS ~ "CHARLIE BROWN" / "SO FINE" / "SPLISH SPLASH";


JIMMY THOMAS ~ "SHAKE A TAIL FEATHER";



Fred Johnson - 80 - Singer w/1950's Doo Wop group the Marcells ("Blue Moon")

THE MARCELLS ~ "BLUE MOON";



Glen Glenn ~ 88 ~ Missouri 1950's Rockabilly singer ("Everybody's Movin")

GLEN GLENN ~ "EVERYBODY'S MOVIN";


GLEN GLENN ~ "JACK & JILL BOOGIE";



Ronnie Hawkins ~ Arkansas born Toronto 1950's & 60's Rocker w/The Hawks (AKA The Band)

John Till - 70's - Canadian Guitarist with Ronnie Hawkins' Hawks

RONNIE HAWKINS ~ "40 DAYS";


RONNIE HAWKINS ~ "MARY LOU";


RONNIE HAWKINS ~ "NEED YOUR LOVIN";


Ray Fenwick - 75 - Guitarist with UK bands The Spencer Davis Group, Ian Gillan Band

THE SPENCER DAVIS GROUP ~ "GIMMIE GOOD LOVIN";


THE SPENCER DAVIS GROUP ~ "I'M A MAN";



Larry Kessler ~ 70's ~ Bassist with New York Psyche Garage band The Godz

THE GODZ:



Sam Lay ~ 86 ~ Drummer for the Butterfield Blues Band as well as Little Walter, Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, Howlin' Wolf, Eddie Taylor, John Lee Hooker, Junior Wells, Bo Diddley, Magic Sam, Jimmy Rogers, Earl Hooker, Bob Dylan, the Siegal-Schwall Band and solo

THE PAUL BUTTERFIELD BLUES BAND;


THE PAUL BUTTERFIELD BLUES BAND ~ "EVERYTHING'S GONNA BE ALRIGHT";


THE PAUL BUTTERFIELD BLUES BAND ~ "DRIFTIN' BLUES";



Miguel Vicens Danus ~ 79 ~ Bassist w/1960's Spanish band Los Bravos ("Black Is Black")

LOS BRAVOS ~ "BRING A LITTLE LOVIN";


LOS BRAVOS ~ "BLACK IS BLACK";



Rick Price - 77 - English bassist with 1960's & 70's Prog Rock bands The Move, Wizzard

THE MOVE ~ "BLACKBERRY WAY";


THE MOVE ~ "DOWN ON THE BAY"



Tommy Morgan ~ 80 ~ Studio harmonica player from the 1950's to w/the Andrews Sisters, Johnny Cash, The Beach Boys ("Good Vibrations"), The Hollies "He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother"), The Carpenters ("Rainy Days & Mondays"), Glen Yarborough, Rod McKuen, Randy Newman, Dolly Parton, Kenny Rogers, Olivia Newton John, Pete Cetera, Rosemary Clooney, Carly Simon, Neil Diamond, Van Dyke Parks and soundtracks "Rockford Files"

THE HOLLIES ~ "HE AIN'T HEAVY HE'S MY BROTHER";



Antonio Cripezzi ~ 76 ~ Singer and keyboardist with Italian 1960's band I Camaleonti

I CAMALEONTI ~ "ETERNITA";


I CAMALEONTI ~ "PERCHE TI AMO";


I CAMALEONTI ~ "APLAUSI"



Bobby Rydell ~ 79 ~ 1950's & 60's Teen Idol Pop singer

BOBBY RYDELL ~ "THE WILD ONE";


BOBBY RYDELL ~ "KISSIN' TIME";


BOBBY RYDELL ~ "A WORLD WITHOUT LOVE";



Judy Henske - 85 - American 1960's Pop & Folk singer ("High Flying Bird")

JUDY HENSKE ~ "WADE IN THE WATER";


JUDY HENSKE ~ "GOD BLESS THE CHILD";



Joni James ~ 91 ~ 1950's & 60's American Pop singer

JONI JAMES ~ "YOUR CHEATING HEART";


JONI JAMES ~ "HOW IMPORTANT CAN IT BE";


Margot Eskens - 82 - German 1950's Schlager Pop singer

MARGOT ESKENS ~ "DIE ZEIGER DER UHR";

Some Artists From The 1950's & 60's

Don Wilson ~ 88 ~ Guitarist with 1960's Surf band the Ventures ("Walk Don't Run", "Hawaii 5-0", "Telstar", "The Lonely Bull", "Twilight Zone", "Out Of Limits")

THE VENTURES ~ "DIAMOND HEAD";


THE VENTURES ~ "WALK DON'T RUN";


THE VENTURES ~ "TWILIGHT ZONE";


THE VENTURES ~ "OUT OF LIMITS";


Sandy Nelson ~ 83 ~ American 1960's Surf drummer ("Let There Be Drums", "And Then There Were Drums", "Teen Beat")

SANDY NELSON ~ "LET THERE BE DRUMS";



Richie Podolor (AKA Richie Allen) ~ 80's ~ Guitarist solo and w/Sandy Nelson ("Let There Be Drums", "Teen Beat"), producer for Steppenwolf, Standells, Electric Prunes, Davie Allen, Chocolate Watchband, Iron Butterfly, Black Oak Arkansas, Three Dog Night

DICKIE POLODOR ~ "I NEED A LITTLE GIRL";


RICHIE ALLEN ~ "RISING SURF";


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


THE STANDELLS ~ "DIRTY WATER";


THE CHOCOLATE WATCHBAND ~ "DON'T NEED YOUR LOVING";


STEPPENWOLF ~ "BORN TO BE WILD";


IRON BUTTERFLY ~ "INNA GADDA DAVIDA";



Fred Parris - 85 - Singer/songwriter 1950's Doo Wop group The Five Satins ("In The Still Of The Night")




Bobby Hendricks - 84 - R&B Singer with the Drifters ("Drip Drop") and solo

THE DRIFTERS ~ "DRIP DROP";


Rosa Lee Hawkins ~ 76 ~ American singer w/ 1960's group The Dixie Cups ("Chapel Of Love", "Iko Iko")

THE DIXIE CUPS ~ "CHAPEL OF LOVE";


THE DIXIE CUPS ~ "YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN THE WAY HE LOOKED AT ME";


THE DIXIE CUPS ~ "TWA-WAY-POK-AWAY";



Freddie Hughes - 78 - American R&B and Gospel singer

FREDDIE HUGHES ~ "OWEE BABY I LOVE YOU";


Ronnie Spector ~ 78 ~ American Hall of Fame singer with 1960's Girl Group The Ronettes ("Be My Baby","Baby I Love You", "Walking In The Rain")

THE RONETTES ~ "IS THIS WHAT I GET FOR LOVING YOU";


THE RONETTES ~ "BE MY BABY";


THE RONETTES ~ "BABY I LOVE YOU";


THE RONETTES ~ "WALKING IN THE RAIN";



Sonny Turner ~ 83 ~ American singer w/The Platters in their second version from 1959 into the 60's ("I Love You 1000 Times", "With This Ring" and "Washed Ashore")

THE PLATTERS ~ "I LOVE YOU 1000 TIMES";



Gerry Granahan ~ 89 ~ American 1950's & 60's Pop Rock singer (AKA Dickie Doo & the Don'ts, Jerry Grant), producer/songwriter and co-founder of Caprice Records (The Angels, The Wild Ones, James Ray), later vice-president of Dot Records and Paramount Records

DICKIE DOO & THE DON'TS ~ "NEE NEE NA NA NA NU";


DICKIE DOO & THE DON'TS ~ "CLICK CLACK";


DICKIE DOO & THE DON'TS ~ "LEAVE ME ALONE";


Phillip Paul ~ 96 ~ Drummer w/Hank Ballad & The Midnighters ("Work With Me Annie", "The Twist"), Little Willie John's ("Fever"), Charles Brown ("Please Come Home for Christmas"), Tiny Bradshaw ("Train Kept a Rollin'"), Wynonie Harris' ("Good Rockin' Tonight"), Freddie King, Milt Buckner, Cowboy Copas, John Lee Hooker, Albert King

TINY BRADSHAW ~ "TRAIN KEPT ROLLIN";


HANK BALLARD & THE MIDNIGHTERS ~ "WORK WITH ME ANNIE";


WYNONIE HARRIS ~ "ROCK MR BLUES";


LITTLE WILLIE JOHN ~ "FEVER";


FREDDIE KING ~ "HIDE AWAY";


Gary Brooker ~ 76 ~ Singer with UK Orchestral Rock band Procul Harum ("A Whiter Shade Of Pale")

PROCUL HARUM ~ "A WHITER SHADE OF PALE";


PROCUL HARUM ~ "SALTY DOG";



Dick Halligan ~ 78 ~ Horn player with 1960's Big Band Rockers Blood Sweat & Tears

BLOOD SWEAT & TEARS ~ "AND WHEN I DIE";


BLOOD SWEAT & TEARS ~ "YOU'VE MADE ME SO VERY HAPPY";


BLOOD SWEAT & TEARS ~ "SPINNING WHEEL";


José Enrique Sarabia ~ 81 ~ Venezuelan musician and songwriter (“Ansiedad”, covered by Nat King Cole)

NAT KING COLE ~ "ANSIEDAD";



Helen Grayco - 97 - American singer (The Spike Jones Show) and actress

SPIKE JONES;


SPIKE JONES ~ "DER FURHER'S FACE";



Con Cluskey - 86 - Singer guitarist with 1960's Irish Folk Pop group The Bachelors

THE BACHELORS ~ "DIANNE";

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THE BACHELORS ~ "LOVE ME WITH ALL OF YOUR HEART";


Regine Zylerberg ~ 92 ~ (AKA Regine) French Torch Singer from the 1940's onward

REGINE ~ "LES PETITS PAPIERS";


Carmela Corren - 83 - Austrian/Israeli singer Pop singer ("Vielleicht geschieht ein Wunder"), 1963 Eurovision

CARMELA CORREN ~ "VIELLEICHT GESHIEHT EIN WUNDER";



Robert Cogoi - 82 - Belgian 1960's Pop singer, 1964 Eurovision

ROBERT COGOI ~ "PAS UNE PLACE POUR ME GARER";

Nick Curran and some recent Rock n Roll pioneer deaths

Nick Curran was not a Rock and Roll pioneer, in fact he was only 35 when he dies of cancer on October 6. But he did play with the original spirit and style. Besides his solo work he managed to also do some scorching guitar work with Ronnie Dawson, Kim Lenz and the Fabulous Thunderbirds.

NICK CURRAN ~ "TRAIN KEPT A ROLLIN";


KIM LENZ ~ "ZOMBIE FOR YOUR LOVE":


Another great guitarist, Mikey Baker, 1950's & 60' Rock & Roll and R&B guitarist and singer, both solo for the Savoy, King and Atlantic Record labels and with Sylvia Robinson as Mikey & Sylvia. He also played with The Drifters, Ray Charles, Ivory Joe Hunter, Ruth Brown, Big Joe Turner, Louis Jordan, Coleman Hawkins and Sam "The Man" Taylor. Baker was hugely influential on blues and rockabilly guitarists in the 1960's in Britain and Europe where he toured extensively, later moving to France. ~ 87

MIKEY BAKER ~ "SPINNIN' ROCK BOOGIE";


MICKEY BAKER ~ "WHISTLE STOP";


MICKEY BAKER & COLEMAN HAWKINS;


Jon Lord ~ Keyboardist for 1960's and 1970's Hard Rock heavy weights Deep Purple ("Smoke on the Water", "Space Truckin'", "Hush") ~ 71
DEEP PURPLE ~ "SMOKE ON THE WATER";


Larry Reinhardt ~ American rock guitarist with 1960's Proto Heavy Metal Band Iron Butterfly ~ 63 also Lee Dorman Iron Butterfly bassist ~ 70


Johnny Perez ~ Drummer for 1960's Texas garage band The Sir Douglas Quintet ("She's about a mover" ~ 69
THE SIR DOUGLAS QUINTET ~ "SHE'S ABOUT A MOVER";


BB Cunningham ~ Singer/Keyboardist with 1960's Garage Band The Hombres ("Let it out (Let it all hang out))" and Jerry Lee Lewis ~ 70

Eddie Bertrand ~ Guitarist w/ 1960's Surf band The Bel Airs ("Mr Moto")
THE BEL AIRS ~ "MR. MOTO";


Big Jim Sullivan ~ British session guitarist from the 1960's on. Played with; Dave Berry's 1964 hit "The Crying Game", Alexis Korner's and Blues Incorporated's, P.J. Proby's 1964 hit "Hold Me", Billy Fury, Frank Ifield, Adam Faith, Frankie Vaughan, Helen Shapiro, Freddie and the Dreamers, Cilla Black, Tom Jones, Shirley Bassey, Dusty Springfield, Georgie Fame, Bobby Darin, Little Richard, Dell Shannon, The Walker Brothers, Donovan, David Bowie, Engelbert Humperdinck, Benny Hill, The New Seekers, Thunderclap Newman, Long John Baldry, Marmalade, Small Faces, The Tremeloes. He was also the resident guitarist at TV shows "Top of the Pops" and "Ready Steady Go!" ~ 71
DAVE BERRY ~ "THE CRYING GAME";


BILLY FURY ~ "NOTHING SHAKING BUT THE LEAVES ON THE TREES";


THE WALKER BROS ~ "BABY YOU DON'T HAVE TO TELL ME" & "THE SUN AIN'T GONNA SHINE ANYMORE";


Bill Dees ~ Guitarist and songwriter with Rot Orbison in their original band "The Five Bops", co-wrote "Pretty Woman" and "It's Over", worked on the Orbison movie "The Fastest Gun Alive". Also worked with Johnny Cash, Loretta Lynn, Skeeter Davis, Glen Campbell, Billy Joe Royal, Frank Ifield, Mark Dinning and Gene Pitney ~ 73

ROY ORBISON ~ "OH, PRETTY WOMAN";


ROY ORBISON ~ "IT'S OVER";


Eddie "Guitar" Burns ~ Detroit blues musician from the 1950's on who recorded with Chess, Checker, Red Bird and Delmark Records ~ 84

JIMMY McCRACKLIN; 1950's California R&B pianist/singer with hits like "The Walk" on Chess Records ~ 91
JIMMY MCCRACKLIN & RY COODER ~ "THE WALK";


Maurice Davis, 71, American trumpeter (The Funk Brothers)
Bob Babbitt, 74, American bass guitarist (The Funk Brothers)

~ The Funk Brothers were of course the house band for Motown Records. Babbitt was not the main bassist for Motown though, that was the legendary James Jamerson.

SMOKEY ROBINSON & THE MIRACLES ~ "GOING TO A GO-GO";


Bill Tillman, 65, American saxophonist (Blood, Sweat & Tears),
BLOOD SWEAT AND TEARS ~ "AND WHEN I DIE";


James "Sugar Boy" Crawford ~ New Orleans R&B songwriter. Wrote "Iko Iko" hit by The Dixie Cups ~ 77
THE DIXIE CUPS ~ "IKO IKO";


Herb Reed ~ Singer with 1950's Doo Wop group The Platters ~ 83
THE PLATTERS ~ "ONLY YOU";


Cleve Duncan ~ Singer with 1950's Doo-Wop group the Penguins ("Earth Angel" & "Pledge of Love") and The Viceroys and The Radiants as well as backup singer w/ Frank Zappa ~ 77
THE PENGUINS ~ "EARTH ANGEL";


Vincent Carrella ~ Singer with Doo Wop group Randy & The Radiants did the original version of "Denise" later covered by Blondie as "Denis"

Inez Andrews ~ Singer with 1950's Gospel Group The Caravans ~ 83

THE CARAVANS WITH REV JAMES CLEVELAND;


Marva Whitney; Singer with James Brown's band, as well as solo, known as "Soul Sister" ~ 68

MARVA WHITNEY ~ "IT'S MY THING";


Major Harris ~ Singer w/R&B Vocal Group The Delfonics ("Didn't I blow you mind this time" & "La La La Means I Love You") ~ 65
THE DELFONICS ~ "DIDN'T I BLOW YOUR MIND THIS TIME";


Dave Brubeck ~ Jazz Pianist who introduced new poly-rhythms to jazz from the Mid-East and was one of the leaders of the West Coast Cool Jazz sound of the late 1950's and early 1960's with sax players Paul Desmond and Gerry Mulligan and trumpet player Chet Baker. ~ 91

DAVE BRUBECK ~ "TAKE 5";


DAVE BRUBECK ~ "TAKE THE A-TRAIN";


Ted Curson ~ American Jazz trumpet player w/Charles Mingus ~ 77
CHARLES MINGUS SEXTET ~ "TAKE THE A TRAIN";


John Tchicai ~ Black Danish born Jazz Sax Free Jazz Sax Player, w/Albert Ayler, John Coltrane and Archie Shepp ~ 72
ALBERT AYLER ~ "ANGELS";


David S. Ware ~ Free Jazz sax player w/Cecil Taylor and later with his own Quartet ~ 62

Frode Thingnæs ~ Norwegian Jazz Trombonist, composer and Jazz Pioneer who recorded the first jazz album in Norway ~ 72

Pete La Roca ~ American Jazz drummer w/ John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, Marian McPartland, Art Farmer, Freddie Hubbard, Mose Allison and Chic Corea as well as with his own bands. Retired and became a lawyer, later suing after one of his solo albums was released under Corea's name instead of his own. ~ 74

Jose Curbelo ~ Cuban-born American Big Band Jazz musician and manager from 1939 to the 1970's, played with Xavier Cugat and Titi Puente ~ 95

Terry Callier ~ Jazz/Folk singer guitarist from the 1960's on. Also songwriter for 1960's psyche band H.P. Lovecraft and R&R band The Dells ~ 67

HP LOVECRAFT ~ "THE WHITE SHIP";


Scott McKenzie ~ American singer ("San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)") and songwriter ("Kokomo" covered by The Beach Boys) ~ 73
SCOTT MCKENZIE ~ "SAN FRANSISCO";


Mary Jane Johnson ~ 90's 1940's & 50's C&W & Rockabilly singer

MARY JANE JOHNSON ~ "I'LL NEVER TELL";




Mike Auldridge ~ Dobro player with Bluegrass The Seldom Scene from the 1960's on. Previously played with Cliff Waldron's Band, later played with Emmy Lou Harris and Lyle Lovett ~ 73

THE SELDOM SCENE ~ "LAY DOWN SALLY";


Martin Fay ~ Fiddler & Bones player with Irish Folk Band The Chieftains ~ 76
THE CHIEFTAINS & VAN MORRISON ~ "STAR OF THE COUNTRY";


Doc Watson. A blind Folk & Old Time Country singer & guitarist from the 1950's on. Father of guitarist Merle Watson;

Doc Watson ~ "Deep River blues";


Rollin Sullivan ~ Country singer with 1940's & 50's Country duo Lonzo & Oscar ~ 93

LONZO & OSCAR ~ "MOVIN' ON";


Kitty Wells ~ Country singer from the 1940's to the 1960's (It wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels", "I can't stop loving you") ~ 92
KITTY WELLS ~ "IT WASN'T GOD WHO MADE HONKY TONK ANGELS";


Louis Nunely ~ Singer with 1950's & 60' vocal group The Anita Kerr Singers (who sang backups for Brenda Lee, Perry Como, Pat Boone, Rosemary Clooney, Bobby Vinton, Roy Orbison, Willie Nelson, Floyd Cramer, Al Hirt, Ann-Margret, Red Foley, Jim Reeves, Eddy Arnold, Faron Young, Chet Atkins, Rod McKuen, and Webb Pierce. In 1999 he joined the current gospel version of The Jordanaires ~ 81

RED FOLEY & THE ANITA KERR SINGERS w/ SPEEDY HAWORTH ~ "HEARTS OF STONE";


THE ANITA KERR SINGERS (W/MARTY ROBBINS INTRO) ~ "SOMEBODY STOLE MY GAL";

Dorthy McQuire ~ Singer with 1940's & 50's Pop Vocal group The McQuire Sisters ~ 84
THE MCQUIRE SISTERS ~ "SUGAR TIME";

RIPs to Micheal Davis of the MC5 and some other classic rockers

Michael Davis ~ Bassist for the classic late 1960's proto-punk band The MC, later joined with Ex Stooge Ron Asheton in The New Order (not the other one). There is literally not a punk, garage or grunge band alive or dead that has not been influenced by the MC5. Nuff said ~ 68

THE MC5 ~ "KICK OUT THE JAMS";



THE MC5 ~ "MOTOR CITY'S BURNING"; <



Levon Helm; Drummer with The Band and The Hawks from the 1950's on. Starting off as a backing band for Ronnie Hawkins on Roulette Records before Hawkins moved to Toronto. Helm later moved to Canada as well and rejoined Hawkins new all-Canadian group renamed The Band as they went on to play with Bob Dylan on his classic folk-rock records, still later the Band would go on to a solo career in the late 1960's and 70's with several classic albums. After the Band broke up Helm would continue with a solo career as well as acting, including a role as the father in "Coal Miner's Daughter". He had been battling cancer for years and died at age 72.

THE BAND ~ "I SHALL BE RELEASED";



Buggs Henderson, guitarist with the Nuggets era Texas garage band Mouse and Traps, best know for their blatant Dylan rip off "A public execution" as well as the excellent "Maid of Sugar Maid of spice" died of cancer last week at 68. He stared out with an R&B group called the Sensors and in later years recorded as a solo blues guy.

MOUSE ANT THE TRAPS ~ "MAID OF SUGAR MAID OF SPICE;




Freddie Milano ~ Singer with Dion and The Belmonts, one of the greatest white Doo Wop groups with hits lke "Runaround Sue", "Lovers who wander", "A teenager in love" ~ 72

DION & THE BELMONTS ~ "RUNAROUND SUE";




JERRY "BOOGIE" MCCLAIN ~ "TWIST 62";





Donald Duck Dunn; Bassist with Booker T & The MG's, the classic house band for virtually all the classic Soul and R&B hits put out by Stax Records in the 1960's. Hits by the likes of Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Rufus Thomas, Carla Thomas, William Bell, Eddie Floyd, Albert King, as well as several instrumental hits by the MG's themselves. Later worked with Wilson Pickett, Muddy Waters, Freddie King, Neil Young, Joe Walsh and Jerry Lee Lewis. Still later he played on Tom Petty and Stevie Nicks "Stop dragging my heart around". Appeared in the "Blues Brothers" movie as himself backing up the Brothers as well as Cab Calloway.

Booker T & The MG's ~ "Green Onions";


Herb Reed ~ Singer with 1950's Doo Wop group The Platters ~ 83

The Platters ~ "The Great Pretender" & "Only You";



Lloyd Brevett ~ Jamaican double bassist (The Skatalites) ~ 80

Chris Ethridge ~ Bassist with Gram Parson's International Submarine Band and The Flying Burrito Brothers. Also played with The Byrds and Emmylou Harris ~

The Flying Burrito Brothers ~ "Older Guys";


Robin Gibb ~ Singer with the Bee Gees, best remembered for their disco hits but originally known for a series of lush 1960's pop hits such as "To love somebody", "I started a joke" ~ 62 The Bee Gees ~ "I started a joke";




Vince Lovegrove ~ Co-lead singer (with Bon Scott) in 1960's Australian group The Valentines. The group broke up after a drugs bust and Lovegrove went on to be a producer and manager while Scott would later join AC/DC ~ 65

THE VALENTINES ~ "BUILD ME UP BUTTERCUP";




Richie Teeter ~ Drummer with late 1970's New York punk band The Dictators, later with 1980's hair band shockers Twisted Sister ~ 61


THE DICTATORS ~ "SEARCH AND DESTROY";



TWISTED SISTER ~ "WE'RE NOT GONNA TAKE IT";


Ronnie Montrose with 1970's hard rock band Montrose along with singer Sammy Hagar before Sammy went solo became a total twat. Ronnie later went solo ~ 66


MONTROSE ~ "BAD MOTOR SCOOTER";





Mike Hossack, one of many drummers of the 1970's stadium rockers Doobie Brothers most of whom were not brothers and none of whom were named "Doobie" ~ 65


THE DOOBIE BROTHERS ~ "CHINA GROVE";