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 1950's & 60's Figures Pass On

Ian McLagan, 69, English keyboardist with 1960's ultimate Mods; The Small Faces and later The Faces, later played with Chuck Berry, Jackson Browne, Joe Cocker, Bob Dylan, Melissa Etheridge, Bonnie Raitt, Paul Westerberg, Izzy Stradlin, Frank Black, Nikki Sudden, John Mayer, Bruce Springsteen, Mick Taylor Lucinda Williams and Billy Bragg ~ 69

THE SMALL FACES ~ "SHA-LA-LA-LA-LEE";


THE SMALL FACES ~ "HERE COME THE NICE";


THE SMALL FACES w/ PP ARNOLD ~ "TIN SOLDIER";


THE FACES ~ "MAYBE I'M AMAZED";


Alvin Stardust/Shane Fenton ~ British 1970's Glam Rocker best known for his over-the-top Gene Vincent look and hit's like "My Coo Ca Choo", the UK Singles Chart-topper "Jealous Mind", and "I Feel Like Buddy Holly". Previously known in the 1960's as Shane Fenton and The Fentones having hits with "I'm A Moody Guy" and "It's All Over Now" after the original Shane Fenton unexpectedly died. Stardust/Fenton's real name was Bernard Jewry ~ 72

SHANE FENTON & THE FENTONES w/ BILLY FURY ~ "MAGIC";


ALVIN STARDUST ~ "MY COO CA CHOO";


Cherry Wainer ~ South African/British Jazz & Rock keyboardist w/Lord Rockingham's XI and with husband drummer Don Storey as well as solo

LORD ROCKINGHAM'S XI ~ "HOOTS MON";


CHERRY WAINER ~ "TAKE FIVE" & "GOT MY MOJO WORKING";


CHERRY WAINER & DON STOREY ~ "PETER GUNN";


Dave Appell ~ Pianist and arranger for Cameo/Parkways records in the 1950's & 60's for Charlie Gracie, Dee Dee Sharp, The Orlons, Chubby Checker, Bobby Rydell, The Dovells and John Zacherle as well as his one band The Applejacks, previously worked with swing bands including Jimmy Lunceford, Earl Fatha Hines, Benny Carter, later with Tony Orlando ~ 92

JIMMY LUNCEFORD ~


CHARLIE GRACIE ~ "BUTTERFLY";


CHARLIE GRACIE ~ "COOL BABY";


Rosetta Hightower ~ Singer with 1960's R&B vocal group The Orlons ("The Wah Watutsi") and backup group for Dee Dee Sharp ("Mashed Potato Time" and "Gravy (for My Mashed Potatoes") ~ 70

THE ORLONS ~ "WAH WATUTSI";


THE ORLONS ~ "SOUTH STREET";


DEE DEE SHARP ~ "MASHED POTATO TIME";


Jimmy Ruffin ~ R&B singer with Motown Records biggest hit was "What Becomes Of The broken Hearted" in 1967. Brother of Temptations singer David Ruffin and was briefly in The Temptations as well ~

JIMMY RUFFIN ~ "WHAT BECOMES OF THE BROKEN HEARTED";