More Rockers From The 50's & 60's

Jerry Lee Lewis ~ 87 ~ Classic 1950's R&R and C&W singer/pianist ("Great Balls Of Fire", "Breathless", "Whole Lot Of Shakin Going On", "High School Confidential")

JERRY LEE LEWIS ~ "WHOLE LOTTA SHAKIN";


JERRY LEE LEWIS ~ "GREAT BALLS OF FIRE":


JERRY LEE LEWIS ~ "SHE EVEN WOKE ME UP TO SAY GOODBYE";


JERRY LEE LEWIS ~ "CRAZY ARMS";


Jerry Allison - 82 - American Hall of Fame drummer w/Buddy Holly & The Crickets and songwriter ("That'll Be the Day", "Peggy Sue") later with Eddie Cochran, the Everly Brothers, Lee Dresser, Waylon Jennings, Cnway Twitty, Bobby Vee, Johnny Burnette

BUDDY HOLLY & THE CRICKETS ~ "THAT'LL BE THE DAY";


BUDDY HOLLY & THE CRICKETS ~ "PEGGY SUE";


BUDDY HOLLY & THE CRICKETS ~ "OH BOY";


THE CRICKETS ~ "MY LITTLE GIRL";


THE CRICKETS ~ "TEARDROPS FALL LIKE RAIN";


Sonny West - 85 - American songwriter/singer/guitarist ("Oh, Boy!", "Rave On", "Rockahula Baby"), member of Elvis Presley's band

SONNY WEST ~ "RAVE ON";


Charlie Gracie ~ American 1950's Rockabilly singer

CHARLIE GRACIE ~ "COOL BABY";


CHARLIE GRACIE ~ "BUTTERFLY";


Roddy Jackson ~ 79 ~ California Rockabilly dinger, sax & piano player

RODDY JACKSON ~ "I'VE GOT MY SIGHTS SET SOMEONE NEW";


Dan Seals ~ 79 ~ Singer/songwriter with 1970's Soft Rock duo Seals & Croft ("Summer Breeze"), previously sax player with The Champs ("Tequila"), Eddie Cochran, Glen Campbell, Dean Beard

THE CHAMPS ~ "TEQUILA";


THE CHAMPS ~ "TOO MUCH TEQUILA";


Brian Cassar - 86 - British 1960's singer and guitarist w/Cass and the Cassanovas, Casey Jones and the Engineers

CASEY JONES & THE ENGINEERS ~ "COME ON & DANCE";


CASEY JONES & THE ENGINEERS ~ "DON'T HA HA";


Dino Danelli - 78 - Drummer with 1960's US band The Rascals

THE RASCALS ~ "GOOD LOVIN";


THE RASCALS ~ "GROOVIN";


Jim Sohns ~ 75 ~ Singer with 1960's Chicago Garage band The Shadows Of Knight ("Gloria", "Shake", "Gonna Make You Mine", "Someone like Me")

THE SHADOWS OF KNIGHT ~ "GLORIA";


THE SHADOWS OF KNIGHT ~ "SHAKE";


THE SHADOWS OF KNIGHT ~ "IT'S A LONG TIME COMING";


Danny Kalb ~ 80 ~ Guitarist with 1960's New York Blues Rock band the Blues Project and later with Steffan Grossman and various solo accoustic projects

THE BLUES PROJECT ~ "STEVE'S SONG";


THE BLUES PROJECT ~ "WAKE ME SHAKE ME";


Jim Schwall ~ 79 ~ Singer/guitarist for the 1960's Chicago Blues band and ochestral band the Siegel-Schwall Band

THE SIEGEL-SCHWALL BLUES BAND ~ "CORINA";


THE SIEGEL-SCHWALL BLUES BAND ~ "HUSH HUSH";


Svenne Hedlund - 77 - Singer with 1960's Swedish bands (Hep Stars, Idolerna, Svenne and Lotta)

THE HEP STARS ~ "BRAND NEW CADILLAC";


THE HEP STARS ~ "NO RESPONSE";


THE HEP STARS ~ "DON'T";


Yitzhak Klepter - 72 - Singer-songwriter and guitarist with Israeli 1960's & 70's bands The Churchills & Kaveret

THE CHURCHILLS ~ "TOO MUCH IN LOVE TO HEAR";


Sandy Edmunds ~ 74 ~ New Zealand/Australian 1960's Pop singer

SANDY EDMUNDS ~ "YOU KEEP ME HANGING ON";


SANDY EDMUNDS ~ "SUNNY";


SANDY EDMUNDS & CLIMAX ~ "FRESH GARBAGE";


Jim Stewart - 92 - American Hall of Fame record producer, co-founder of Stax Records, home of classic 60's R&B; Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Eddie Floyd, Booker & the MG's, Rufus & Carla Thomas, William Bell, Albert King, Johnny Taylor, Gus Cannon

OTIS REDDING ~ "TRY A LITTLE TENDERNESS";


SAM & DAVE ~ "SOUL MAN";


EDDIE FLOYD ~ "KNOCK ON WOOD";


BOOKER & THE MG's ~ "GREEN ONIONS";


RUFUS THOMAS ~ "WALKING THE DOG";


ALBERT KING ~ "OH PRETTY WOMAN";


GUS CANNON ~ "GOING ROUND THE MOUNTAIN";


Lamont Dozier - 81 - R&B Songwriter/producer for Motown Records w/Martha and the Vandellas, The Supremes, The Four Tops, The Isley Brothers, later Alison Moyet, Phill Collins, Debbie Gibson, Peabo Bryson, Joss Stone. In the early sixties singer w/ The Romeos, The Voice Masters, Ty Hunter and The Voice Masters:

LAMONT DOZIER ~ "FISH AIN'T BITING";


MARTHA & THE VANDELLAS ~ "HEAT WAVE";


THE SUPREMES ~ "WHERE DID OUR LOVE GO";


William "Prez" Tyus - 80's - American Doo-Wop singwriter ("I'm So Young" & "Every Day Of The Week" for the Students, later covered by the Ronettes & Beach Boys)

THE STUDENTS ~ "EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK";


Mable John - 91 - American R&B singer ("Your Good Thing (Is About to End)")

MABLE JOHN ~ "YOUR GOOD THING IS ABOUT TO COME TO AN END";


Art Laboe ~ 97 ~ Los Angeles radio DJ, record producer (Sandy Nelson "Teen Beat", Preston Epps "Bongo Rock") record label owner of Original Sounds, show promoter from the 1940's to the 60's

SANDY NELSON ~ "TEEN BEAT";


PRESTON EPPS ~ "BONGO ROCK";


Bertha Barbee-McNeal - 82 - American singer with 1960's R&B vocal group The Velvelettes

THE VELVELETTES ~ "MEDLEY";


THE VELVELETTES ~ "BATMAN";


J. J. Barnes - 79 - American Motown R&B singer

JJ BARNES ~ "OUR LOVE IS IN THE POCKET";


Jim Post ~ 82 ~ American Folk Rock singer (Friend & Lover) and songwriter ("Reach Out of the Darkness")

FRIEND & LOVER ~ "REACH OUT OF THE DARKNESS":


Lasse Lönndahl - 94 - Swedish 1960's Pop singer and actor

LASSE LONNDAHL ~ "EVERYBODY LOVES SOMEBODY SOMETIMES";

A Few Classic Rockers Of The 1950's & 60's Pass On

Joe Kelly; Guitarist for The Shadows Of Knight, Chicago's greatest 1960's Garage Band. They only had one real hit, a cover of Them's "Gloria", and a couple of excellent but little heard followups on their two albums. Then they basically broke up although a reformed version finally had another hit with "Shake". Some version of the band also played as a studio backing band on various classic Bubblegum Hits of the late 60's and 70's such as "Yummy Yummy Yummy", "Sugar Sugar" and "1,2,3, Redlight" and others although exactly which ones is a matter of some debate.

THE SHADOWS OF KNIGHT ~ "SHAKE";


THE SHADOWS OF KNIGHT ~ "GLORIA";



THE SHADOWS OF KNIGHT ~ " A LONG TIME COMING";


Jackie Lomax; Bassist and Vocalist for 1960's Liverpool band The Undertakers, known for their all black with drape-jackets and top hats stage outfits as well as a wild live show. They did have a couple of hits such as a version of "Mashed Potatoes" before an ill-advised attempt to break into the US market by moving there.

THE UNDERTAKERS ~ "MASHED POTATOES";


Mac Curtis, 1950's Rockabilly singer with a couple of minor hits. Later became a well known part of the rockabilly revival in the 1970's and 80's recording with Rollin' Rock Records.

MAC CURTIS ~ "IF I HAD ME A WOMAN";


MAC CURTIS ~ "GRANDDADDY'S ROCKIN";


Marvin Rainwater, 1950's Rockabilly singer from Kansas with a couple of minor hits. Known for accenting his part Cherokee heritage in his stage show. Later became a country singer.

MARVIN RAINWATER ~ "WHOLE LOTTA WOMAN";


Roland Janes ~ 1950's Rockabilly guitarist for Sun Records, played with Jerry Lee Lewis, Billy Lee Riley, Charlie Rich, Sonny Burgess, Rayburn Anthony, Harold Dorman, later played with Mudhoney

JERRY LEE LEWIS ~ "GREAT BALLS OF FIRE" & "BREATHLESS";


JERRY LEE LEWIS ~ "WHOLE LOTTA SHAKIN";


BILLY LEE RILEY ~ "SPEED LOVERS";


Shirley Mathews - 71 - Toronto 1960's R&B singer ""Big Town Boy"


Gia Maione ~ Wife and singer for Louis Prima and his Orch ~ 72

LOUIS PRIMA ~ "LAS VEGAS WOMAN";


Johnny Laboriel ~ Mexican rock 'n' roll singer known for doing Spanish languiage versions of American hits in the 1960's ~ 71

JOHNNY LABORIEL ~ "POISON IVY";