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

Brian Wilson ~ 82 ~ Singer, songwriter, bassist and producer with the Beach Boys

THE BEACH BOYS ~ "I GET AROUND";


THE BEACH BOYS ~ "CALIFORNIA GIRLS";


THE BEACH BOYS ~ "GOOD VIBRATIONS";


Chuck Girard ~ 81 ~ Pianist & singer with California 1950's Pop vocal group the Castells 1960's Surf band The Hondells and Christian Rock band Love Song

THE CASTELLS ~ "DANCING IN THE DARK";


THE HONDELLS ~ "HOT ROD HIGH";


THE HONDELLS ~ "LITTLE HONDA";


Viv Prince ~ 84 ~ Drumer with 1960's UK band The Pretty Things and later Denny Laine, Jeff Beck, Chris Barber, Screaming Lord Sutch and illin drummer for the Who, Honeycombs, Hawkwind

THE PRETTY THINGS ~ "ROADRUNNER";


THE PRETTY THINGS ~ "MIDNIGHT TO SIX MAN";


THE PRETTY THINGS ~ "DON'T BRING ME DOWN";


Terry Reid ~ 75 ~ Singer/guitarist with 1960's UK band Peter Jay and the Jaywalkers and later solo

PETER JAY & THE JAYHAWKS ~ "PARCHMAN FARM";


TERRY REID ~ "SUPERLUNGS";


TERRY REID ~ "RICH KID BLUES";


John Moorshead ~ 82 ~ Guitarist with UK 1960's band Johnny Kidd & the Pirates, Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation, Shotgun Express (w/Rod Stewart), Denny Laine, Heavy Jelly

JOHNNY KIDD & THE PIRATES ~ "SHAKIN ALL OVER";


JOHNNY KIDD & THE PIRATES ~ "A SHOT OF RHYTHM & BLUES";


AYNSLEY DUNBAR RETALIATION ~ "WARNING";


AYNSLEY DUNBAR RETALIATION ~ "I'M TOER DOWN";


Poli Palmer ~ 82 ~ Piano, synthesizers, vibraphone, flute with UK Pyschedelic and Prog Rock bands Blossom Toes and the Family

BLOSSOM TOES ~ "POSTCARD";


THE FAMILY ~ "THE WEAVER'S ANSWER";


Col Joye ~ 89 ~ Australian 1950's R&R singer, later PR manager with the Bee Gee's & Andy Gibb in the 70's

COL JOYE ~ "BEE BOP A LULA";


COL JOYE ~ "PEGG SUE" & "SHAKE RATTLE & ROLL";


COL JOYE ~ "OH YEAH UH HUH";


Mark Volman ~ 70 ~ American singer with 1960's Pop group the Turtles ("Happy Together"), The Mothers Of Invention and as Fo & Eddie backup singers with T-Rex, The Psychedelic Furs ("Love My Way"), Blondie "Autoamerican"), the Ramones, Bruce Sringsteen ("Hunry Heart"), Alice Cooper, Gavin Friday, John Taylor

THE TURTLES ~ "IT AIN'T ME BABE";


THE TURTLES ~ "HAPPY TOGETHER";


Bobby Sherman ~ 81 ~ American singer ("Little Woman", "Julie, Do Ya Love Me") and actor

BOBBY SHERMAN ~ "I'M INTO SOMETHING GOOD";


BOBBY SHERMAN ~ "SHE'S NOT THERE";


BOBBY SHERMAN ~ "EASY COME EASY GO";


Margie Latzko - 96 - Singer with 1950's Pop vocal group The Chordettes

THE CHORDETTES ~ "MR SANDMAN";


THE CHORDETTES ~ "LOLLIPOP";


Connie Francis ~ 87 ~ American pop singer ("Everybody's Somebody's Fool", "Pretty Little Baby", "My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own")

CONNIE FRANCIS ~ "WHERE THE BOYS ARE";


CONNIE FRANCIS ~ "WHO'S SORRY NOW";


CONNIE FRANCIS ~ "STUPID CUPID";


Jane Morgan ~ 101 ~ American singer ("Fascination", "The Day The Rains Came", "Two Different Worlds")

JANE MORGAN ~ "FASCINATION";


JANE MORGAN ~ "THE SECOND TIME AROUND";

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";

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

Phil May ~ 75 ~ Singer with 1960's English band The Pretty Things ("Midnight To Six Man", "Roadrunner")

THE PRETTY THINGS ~ "ROAD RUNNER";


THE PRETTY THINGS ~ "MIDNIGHT TO SIX MAN";


THE PRETTY THINGS ~ "DON'T BRING ME DOWN";


THE PRETTY THINGS ~ "LSD";


Max Crook ~ 83 ~ American keyboardist & composer w/Del Shannon ("Runaway", "Hat's Off To Larry", "Stand Up")

DEL SHANNON ~ "RUNAWAY";


FREDDIE & THE FOURGONE CONCLUSIONS w/ MAX CROOK ~ "STAND UP";


Ian Whitcomb ~ 78 ~ English 1960's singer-songwriter ("You Turn Me On") and author

IAN WHITCOMB ~ "YOU TURN ME ON";


IAN WHITCOMB ~ "BE MY BABY";


Brendan Bowyer ~ 81 ~ Irish 1960's singer w/the Royal Showband and solo ("The Hucklebuck")

THE ROYAL SHOWBAND ~ "LOOP DE LOOP


Eddie Cooley ~ 87 ~ American Doo-Wop songwriter ("Fever") and singer ("Priscilla")

EDDIE & THE DIMPLES ~ "FEVER";


Young Jessie ~ 80 ~ American R&B and Doo-Wop singer from the 1950's onward ("I Smell A Rat", "Oochie Coochie", "Hot Dog" (covered by Elvis and Wanda Jackson) and "Mary Lou" (covered by Ronnie Hawkins) later sang with the Coasters ("Searchin", "Young Blood")

YOUNG JESSIE ~ "MARY LOU";


YOUNG JESSIE ~ "HOT DOG";


THE COASTERS ~ "SEARCHIN";


Bobby Lewis ~ 95 ~ American 1950's R&B singer ("Tossin' and Turnin'")

BOBBY LEWIS ~ "TOSSIN & TURNIN";


Millie Small ~ 73 ~ Jamaican 1960's pop singer ("My Boy Lollipop")

MILLIE SMALL ~ "MY BOY LOLLIPOP";


Sonny Cox ~ 82 ~ American Jazz and R&B saxophonist

SONNY COX ~ "ASTRONAUT";


SONNY COX ~ "CHOCOLATE CANDY";


Henry Grey ~ 95 ~ Louisiana Blues piano player & singer w/Sonny Boy Williamson II, Homesick James, Robert Lockwood, Jr., Billy Boy Arnold, Muddy Waters, Johnny Shines, Hubert Sumlin, Lazy Lester, Little Walter Jacobs, Otis Rush, Buddy Guy, James Cotton, Little Milton Campbell, Jimmy Rogers, Jimmy Reed, and Koko Taylor and solo as Little Henry Gray

HOWLIN WOLF ~ "HOW MANY MORE YEARS";


LITTLE HENRY GRAY ~ "MATCHBOX BLUES";


HENRY GRAY ~ "SWEET HOME CHICAGO";


Dušan Vančura ~ 82 ~ Singer, double-bassist and lyricist w/1960's Czech Folk group Spirituál Kvintet

SPIRITUAL KVINTET ~ "SCARBOROUGH FAIR";


Ricky Valance ~ 84 ~ Welsh 1960's pop singer ("Tell Laura I Love Her")

RICKY VALANCE ~ "TELL LAURA I LOVE HER";


Rod Bernard ~ 79 ~ American 1960's R&B singer ("This Should Go On Forever")

ROD BERNARD ~ "THIS SHOULD GO ON FOREVER";


Mark Barkan ~ 85, American songwriter ("Pretty Flamingo" for Manfred Mann, "She's A Fool" for Lesley Gore and "The Tra La La Song (One Banana, Two Banana)" for the Banana Splits

MANFRED MANN ~ "PRETTY FLAMINGO";


THE BANANA SPLITS ~ "TRA LA LA";


Bill Pursell ~ 93 ~ Session pianist who had a couple of soft pop instromental hits in the early sixties

BILL PURSELL ~ "OUR WINTER LOVE";


Dame Vera Lynn ~ 103 ~ English 1940's pop singer ("We'll Meet Again", "The White Cliffs Of Dover")

VERA LYNN ~ "WE'LL MEET AGAIN";