More Rockers From The 50's & 60's

Little Richard ~ 87 ~ Iconic 1950's New Orleans R&R singer/pianist ("Tutti Frutti", "Keep A Knockin", "Lucille")

LITTLE RICHARD ~ "TUTTI FRUTTI";


LITTLE RICHARD ~ "KEEP A KNOCKING";


LITTLE RICHARD ~ "LUCILLE";


Simeon Coxe ~ 82 ~ Singer/songwriter electronic player w/pioneering 1960's New York electronic band the Silver Apples

THE SILVER APPLES ~ "OSCILLATIONS";


THE SILVER APPLES ~ "WATER";


THE SILVER APPLES ~ "I HAVE FOUND LOVE";


Jimmy Winston ~ 75 ~ English keyboardist with the Small Faces

THE SMALL FACES ~ "I'VE GOT MINE";


THE SMALL FACES ~ "WHATCHA GONNA DO A BOUT IT";


Brian Locking ~ 81 ~ English rock bass guitarist w/Instro Guitar band The Shadows ("Apache") & Cliff Richards ("Do You Wanna Dance)

CLIFF RICHARDS & THE SHADOWS ~ "MOVE IT";


THE SHADOWS ~ "APACHE";


Dave Munden ~ 76 ~ Drummer & singer with UK 1960's band the Tremelos

THE TREMELOES ~ "HERE COMES MY BABY";


THE TREMELOES ~ "SUDDENLY YOU LOVE ME";


THE TREMELOES ~ "YELLOW RIVER";


Jimmy Rabbitt ~ Texas C&W singer/songwriter with Waylon Jennings & David Allen Coe, radio D and singer w/1960's Garage band Positively 13 O'Clock

POSITIVELY 13 O'CLOCK ~ "PSYCHOTIC REACTION";


Roy Head ~ 79 ~ Texas 1960's R&R singer ("Treat Her Right")

ROY HEAD ~ "TREAT HER RIGHT";


ROY HEAD ~ "TEENAGE LETTER";


TOMMY DEVITO ~ 92 ~ Singer/guitarist with 1950's Doo Wop group Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons ("Walk Like A Man", "Big Girls Don't Cry"

FRANKIE VALLI & THE FOUR SEASONS ~ "WALK LIKE A MAN";


FRANKIE VALLI & THE FOUR SEASONS ~ "BIG GIRLS DON'T CRY";


FRANKIE VALLI & THE FOUR SEASONS ~ "SHERRY";


Len Barry ~ 78 ~ American 1960's Pop singer with Doo Wop group and solo ("1-2-3", "Bristol Stomp")

LEN BARRY & THE DOVELLS ~ "BRISTOL STOMP";


LEN BERRY ~ "1,2,3";


LEN BERRY ~ "LIKE A BABY";


Carl Mann ~ 78 ~ American rockabilly singer with Sun Records "Mona Lisa"

CARL MANN ~ "LET'S PRETEND";


Chad Stuart ~ 79 ~ Singer with 1960's English folk/pop duo Chad & Jeremy ("Summer Song", "Yesterdays Gone"

CHAD & JEREMY ~ "SUMMER'S SONG";


CHAD & JEREMY ~ "JEREMY'S SONG";


Terry Porter ~ 70's ~ Drummer for 1960's American Psyche band The Lemon Pipers ("My Green Tamborine"), later music executive & agent

THE LEMON PIPERS ~ "MY GREEN TAMBORINE" & "RICE IS NICE;


THE LEMON PIPERS ~ "NO HELP FROM ME";


Ronnie Peel ~ 74 ~ Australian guitarist and singer with 1960's & 70's UK band Thunderclap Newman ("Something In The Air")

THUNDERCLAP NEWMAN ~ "SOMETHING IN THE AIR";


Leslie West ~ 75 ~ American guitarist & singer with 1960's & 70's groups the Vagrants and Mountain ("Mississippi Queen")

THE VAGRANTS ~ "OH THOSE EYES";


MOUNTAIN ~ "MISSISSIPPI QUEEN";


Guitar Crusher (real name Sidney Shelby) ~ 89 ~ American blues singer/guitaris/harpist from the 1950's onward

THE GUITAR CRUSHER ~ "I CAN'T HELP IT";


THE GUITAR CRUSHER ~ "THE MONKEY";


Stan Kesler - 92 - American Sun Records studio musician, songwriter ("I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone", "I Forgot to Remember to Forget") and producer w/Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Warren Smith, Charlie Feathers, James Carr, Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs ("Wully Bully")

ELVIS PRESLEY ~ "I'M LEFT YOU'RE RIGHT SHE'S GONE";


SAM THE SHAM & THE PHARAOHS ~ "WULLY BULLY";


SAM THE SHAM & THE PHARAOHS ~ LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD";


Pepe Salvaderi ~ Guitarist and singer with Italian 1960's & 70's pop band Dik Dik

DIK DIK ~ "CALIFORNIA DREAMING";


DIK DIK ~ "WHITER SHADE OF PALE";


Stefano D'Orazio ~ 72 ~ Italian percussionist w/1960's & 70's Pop band Pooh

POOH ~


Laszlo Benko ~ 77 ~ Keyboradist with 1960's & 70's Hungarian Psyche & Prog band Omega

Tamás Mihály ~ 73 ~ Hungarian bassist with 1960's & 70's Hungarian Psyche band Omega

OMEGA ~ "GYONGYHAJU LANY";


OMEGA ~ "REGI CSIBESZEK";


Ossi Runne ~ 93 ~ Finnish trumpeter, orchestra leader and composer

ANN-CHRISTINE NYSTROM & OSSI RUNNE ORCH ~ "PLAYBOY";


OSSI RUUNE ~ "PATRICIA";


Phillis McGuire ~ 89 ~ Singer with 1950's Pop vocal group the McQuire Sisters ("Sincerly", "Sugartime")

THE McGUIRE SISTERS ~ "YOU BELONG TO ME";


THE McGUIRE SISTERS ~ "SUGAR TIME";


THE McGUIRE SISTERS ~ "SINCERLY";

Some more early Rock and Roll figures pass on

Some Rockers;

Sean Bonniwell ~ Singer/keyboards w/1960's garage punk group The Music Machine. Did the classic "Talk Talk" ~ 71

The Music Machine ~ "Talk talk";



Gene Kurtz ~ 1960's Bassist/songwriter with Roy Head on "Treat her right" ~ 69

Roy Head & The Traits ~ "Treat her right";



Kim Brown ~ Singer/guitarist for 1960's English/Finnish garage bands The Renegades and The Cadillacs ~ 61

The Renegades ~ "Brand new Cadillac";



Lee Pockriss ~ Songwriter from the 1950's to the 1970's. With Paul Vance he co-wrote Perry Como's "Catch a Falling Star", Brian Hyland's "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini", The Cuff Links' "Tracy" and Shelley Fabares' "Johnny Angel". Later wrote for movies and Sesame Street

Shelley Fabares ~ "Johnny Angel";






Bob Brunning ~ English Rock and Blues bassist w/ John Mayall, Fleetwood Mac, Savoy Brown ~ 68

Keef Hartley ~ British drummer for The Keef Hartley band who played Woodstock, also played in The Artwoods and Rory Storm & The Hurricanes ~ 67

Some early R&B figures;

Hubert Sumlin ~ blues Guitarist on many of Howlin Wolf's 1950's hits on Chess Records ~ 80

Howlin Wolf w/Hubert Sumlin & Willie Dixon~ "Smokestack Lightning";



Jimmy Norman ~ American R&B singer/songwriter/producer. Worked with Irma Thomas, Jimi Hendrix, The Coasters, Bob Marley. Co-wrote "Time is on my side" ~ 74

Jimmy Norman ~ "Here comes the night";



Freddie Ferrara ~ 1950's Doo Wop singer w/The Del-Satins, The Brooklyn Bridge

The Del Satins ~ "Remember";



Marv Tarplin ~ American guitarist and songwriter with Motown R&B group The Miracles. Although Tarplin stayed in the background, Robinson referred to him as his "secret weapon". He also worked on Smokey Robinson's solo records as well as Marvin Gaye and the Supremes ~ 70

The Miracles ~ "The tracks of my tears";



J. Blackfoot ~ Souls singer from late 1960's to 1980's w/The Bar Kays, The Soul Children and solo ~ 65

Wardell Quezergue ~ New Orleans 1950's & 60's R&B songwriter/producer w/ hits with Professor Longhair, “Iko Iko” by the Dixie Cups, “Barefootin’ ” by Robert Parker, “Groove Me” by King Floyd, “Mr. Big Stuff” by Jean Knight. ~ 81

Dixie Cups ~ "Iko Iko";



Sylvia Robinson ~ American 1950's R&B singer with Mikey Baker in Mickey & Sylvia. Later a record producer and record company co-founder of Sugar Hill Records ~ 75

Mickey and Sylvia ~ "No good lover";



George "Mojo" Buford ~ Blues harmonica player with Muddy Waters ~ 81

Muddy Waters & Mojo Buford ~ "Got my Mojo workin";



Jessy Dixon ~ American gospel singer ~ 73

Leonard Dillon ~ Singer with 1960's and 70's Jamaican ska and rocksteady group The Ethiopians ~ 68

The Ethiopians ~ "Train to Skaville";



Barry Llewellyn ~ Jamaican musician, founding member of The Heptones ~ 63

Some folk and country figures;

Country Johnny Mathis ~ Not be confused with the pop singer, this Mathis was a country singer songwriter from the early 1950's to the 1960's recording for a number of labels as well as writing hit songs for Johnny Paycheck, Web Pierce and George Jones. ~ 77

Liz Anderson ~ 1950's Country singer and mother of singer Lynn Anderson ~ 81

Johnnie Wright ~ Country singer from the 1950's and 60's as part of Johnny And Jack with Jack Anglin until Anglin's death in a car accident in 1963. It was a benefit for Anglin's widow that Patsy Cline was returning from when her plane crashed killing her as well as Cowboy Copas and Hawkshaw Hawkins. Wright married Kitty Wells and was a songwriter with hits into the 1970's including "Seasons in the sun. ~ 97

Johnny & Jack ~ "I get so lonely" (w/ Ray Price and an intro by Roy Acuff);



Paul Yandell ~ Country guitarist with Chet Atkins, played w/Chet Atkins, Jerry Reed, Dolly Parton, Steve Wariner, Hank Thompson, Perry Como, Roger Whitaker, Kitty Wells, The Louvin Bros, Les Paul, Woody Herman, The Everly Bros. and Mary Chapin Carpenter ~ 76

Bob Burnett ~ American musician with 1960's folk group The Highwaymen ~ 71

Herbert "Bert" Jansch ~ Scottish folk rock guitarist both solo and with UK group Pentangle from 1968 to 1972 and then continuing on as a solo artist. He also played Banjo, Dulcimer, Concertina and Recorder. His guitar work is highly influential on British guitarists from Jimmy Page to Niel Young, Donovan, Nick Drake and later Johnny Marr. ~ 67

Pentangle ~ "Traveling song" & "Let no man steal your thyme";



Some jazzbos;

Sam Rivers ~ Bebop and Free Jazz sax, clarinet and flute player solo and w/Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Freddie Hubbard, Tony Williams, Anthony Braxton ~ 86

Al Vega ~ Boston based Jazz pianist w/Dizzy Gillespie, Betty Carter, Lester Young, Stan Getz, Billy Holiday ~ 90

Billy Bang ~ Violinist with Sun Ra 63

Sun Ra Arkrestra in Egypt;



Paul Motian ~ Jazz drummer w/Bill Evans, also played with Paul Bley, Keith Jarrett, Lennie Tristano, Warne Marsh, Joe Castro, Carla Bley, Charlie Haden, Don Cherry, Bill Frisell, Joe Lovano, Lee Konitz and even Arlo Guthrie (Motian performed briefly with Guthrie in 1968-69, and performed with the singer at Woodstock) ~ 80

Bob Brookmeyer ~ American jazz valve trombonist w/Gerry Mulligan ~ 81

Dan Terry ~ American Big Band trumpet player, w/Dinah Washington, Sarah Vaughan & Yma Sumac. Also played on soundtracks for "The Hustler" and "The Manchurian Candidate" ~ 87