Some Rockers From The 1950's & 60's

David Crosby ~ 82 ~ Singer/songwriter with the Byrds (first five albums), Crosby Stills Nash & Young and solo

THE BYRDS ~ "TURN TURN TURN";


THE BYRDS ~ "MR TAMBORINE MAN";


THE BYRDS ~ "SO YOU WANNA BE A ROCK & ROLL STAR";


THE BYRDS ~ "I'LL FEEL A WHOLE LOT BETTER";


THE BYRDS ~ "EIGHT MILES HIGH";


CROSBY STILL NASH & YOUNG ~ "OHIO";


Jeff Beck ~ 78 ~ UK guitarist w/the Yardbirds, Screaming Lord Sutch, the Jeff Beck Group

THE YARDBIRDS ~ "SHAPES OF THINGS";


THE YARDBIRDS ~ "OVER UNDER SIDEWAYS DOWN";


THE YARDBIRDS ~ "TRAIN KEPT ROLLIN";


THE JEFF BECK GROUP ~ "DEFINITELY MAYBE";


THE JEFF BECK GROUP ~ "TONIGHT I'LL BE STAYING HERE WITH YOU";


Top Topham ~ 75 ~ Original guitarist with the Yardbirds, later solo and with Winston G & The Wicked (with Marc Bolan), Peter Green, Christine McVie, Duster Bennet and solo, also a painter

TOP TOPHAM;



Keith Reid ~ 76 ~ Lyicist with 1960's & 70's UK band Procul Harum ("A White Shade Of Pale")

PROCUL HARUM ~ "HOMBERG";


PROCUL HARUM ~ "A WHITER SHADE OF PALE";


PROCUL HARUM ~ "SALTY DOG";


David Lindley ~ 78 ~ American guitarist & multi-instrumentalist from the 1960's onward w/Kaleidescope and El-Rayo-Rex and Ry Cooder, Jackson Browne, Linda Ronstadt, Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, Bonnie Raitt, Warren Zevon, Curtis Mayfield, Crosby & Nash, Rod Stewart, Warren Zevon, Leonard Cohen, The Youngbloods, Marshall Crenshaw, Shawn Covin, Tanita Tikaram, Rickie Lee Jones, Bruce Springsteen

KALEIDESCOPE ~ "FLIGHT FROM AYESHA";


KALEIDESCOPE ~ "LIE TO ME";


Bruce Barthol - 75 - Bassist with 1960's US Psychedelic band Country Joe and the Fish ("Feel Like I'm Fixing To Die Rag")

COUNTRY JOE & THE FISH ~ "FEEL LIKE I'M FIXING TO DIE RAG";


Victor Brox - 81 - English blues singer, keyboardist, guitarist & horn player w/Aysnley Dunbar, Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan of Deep Purple, Screaming Lord Sutch, Charlie Mingus, Memphis Slim, Dr. John, Graham Bond, Alexis Korner, John Mayall, Country Joe McDonald, Keith Moon, appeared in "Jesus Christ Superstar", wrote the original version of "The Warning" later covered by Black Sabbath

THE AYSNLEY DUNBAR RETALIATION ~ "TORE DOWN";


THE AYNSLEY DUNBAR RETALIATION ~ "THE WARNING";


Ted "King Size Taylor ~ 70's ~ UK singer with the Dominos

KINGSIZE TAYLOR & THE DOMINOS ~ "STUPIDITY";


KINGSIZE TAYLOR & THE DOMINOS ~ "BROKEN ARROW";



Larry Morris ~ 75 ~ Singer with 1960's New Zealand band Larry's Rebels

LARRY'S REBELS ~ "I'LL MAKE YOU HAPPY";


LARRY'S REBELS ~ "PAINTER MAN";


LARRY'S REBELS ~ "LET'S THINK OF SOMETHING";


Alfio Cantarella - 81 - Drummer with Italian 60's band Equipe 84

EQUIPE 84 ~ "IO HO IN MENTE TE";


EQUIPE 84 ~ "84 SEPTEMBRE";


Hans Poulsen - 77 - Australian Folk Pop singer and songwriter

HANS POULSEN ~ "BOOM SHA LA LA LO";


HANS POULSEN ~ "THERE'S A LIGHT";


Dennis Budimir - 84 - American jazz and rock guitarist solo and with Bobby Troup ("Route 66") and Julie London ("Cry Me A River"), then session guitarist in The Wrecking Crew w/The Stone Poney ("Different Drum"), Bobby Darin "If I Were A Carpenter"), Van Dyke Parks ("Song Cycle"), Linda Ronstadt ("What's New"), Joni Mitchell, The Carpenters, Brian Wilson, Barbra Streisand, Ravi Shankar, Frank Zappa, Linda Ronstadt, Dusty Springfield, Quincy Jones, David Axelrod, Lalo Schifrin, Tom Waits, Harry Nilsson, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Johnny Mathis, Cher, Doris Day, Ella Fitzgerald, Milt Jackson, Stan Getz, Jimmy Smith, Ray Brown, Johnny Mandel, 5th Dimension, Linda Rondstadt, Peggy Lee, Robert Palmer, The Partridge Family, Harry Nilson, Tom Scott, Gene Ammons, Sergio Mendes, Steve Allen, Bert Bacharach, Glenn Campbell, Debbie Boone, David Cassidy, Keith Carridine, Cher, Clarence Carter, Rosemarry Clooney, Judy Collins, Bobby Darin Dion, Neil Diamond, Cass Elliot, Dizzy Gillespie, Lesley Gore, Richard Groove Holmes, Johnny Hartman, Amy Grant, Mellissa Manchester, Barry Manilow, The Monkees, Bette Midler, Maria Muldar, Lou Rawls, Nelson Riddle, Boots Randolph, Helen Reddy, Phil Spector, Dusty Springfield, Barbara Striesand, The Stone Poneys, Brian Wilson, Bill Withers

BOBBY TROUP ~ "ROUTE 66";


JULIE LONDON ~ "CRY ME A RIVER";


THE RONETTES ~ "BABY I LOVE YOU";


BOBBY DARIN ~ "IF I WERE A CARPENTER";


THE STONE PONEYS ~ "DIFFERENT DRUM";


LINDA RONSTADT & NELSON RIDDLE ~ "WHAT'S NEW";


Burt Bacharach - 94 - American Hall of Fame composer ("Raindrops Keep Fallin on My Head", "Walk On By", "Little Red Book", "This Guy's In Love With You", "Close To You")

BURT BACHARACH & DIONNE WARWICK;


BURT BACHARACH & DUSTY SPRINGFIELD;


BURT BACHARACH & BARBARA STREISAND;


Howie Kane - 81 - American 1960's Pop singer w/Jay and the Americans ("This Magic Moment", "Cara Mia")

JAY & THE AMERICANS ~ "COME A LITTLE CLOSER" & "WALKING IN THE RAIN";


JAY & THE AMERICANS ~ "THIS MAGIC MOMENT";


Napoleon XIV (Jerrold Samuels) - 84 - American singer and singer with 1960's novelty hit ("They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!")

NAPOLEON XIV ~ "THEY'RE COMING TO TAKE ME AWAY";


Dennis Lotis - 97 - South African-born British Pop and Big Band singer and actor

DENNIS LOTIS ~ "CELEBRATION";


Doris Svenson (AKA Doris) ~ 75 ~ Swedish Pop singer

DORIS SVENSON ~ "MAMA DIDN'T LIE";


DORIS SVENSON ~ "DON'T";


Anita Thallaug - 85 - Norwegian singer (Eurovision Song Contest 1963) and actress

ANITA THALLAUG ~ "SOHLVERV";


ANITA THALLAUG ~ "VIMS";


Rena Koumioti - 81 - Greek Greco-Pop singer

RENA KOUMIOTI ~ "DOSE MOU TO STOMA SOU";

Some More Figures From The 1950's & 60's

DJ Fontana ~ 88 ~ Drummer for Elvis Presley on his classic 1950's hits (band included Scotty Moore and Bill Black as the Blue Moon Boys), reformed for the "68 Comeback Special", started out as house drummer for the "Louisiana Hayride" TV show. Later recorded with Paul McCartney

ELVIS PRESLEY ~ "BLUE SUEDE SHOES";


ELVIS PRESLEY ~ "HOUND DOG";


ELVIS PRESLEY ~ "HEARTBREAK HOTEL";


Lorrie Collins ~ 76 ~ American Rockabilly singer with the Collins Kids

THE COLLINS KIDS ~ "HOP SKIP & JUMP";


THE COLLINS KIDS ~ "JOHNNY B GOODE";


MARTY BALIN ~ 76 ~ Singer with San Francico Psychedelic bands Jefferson Airplane and Jefferson Starship and folk group the Town Criers as well as solo

JEFFERSON AIRPLANE ~ "PLASTIC FANTASTIC LOVER";


JEFFERSON AIRPLANE ~ "VOLUNTEERS";


Danny Kirwin ~ Guitarist w/the 1960's lineup of Fleetwood Mac ("Black Magic Woman", "Rattlesnake Shake", "Albatross")

FLEETWOOD MAC ~ "RATTLESNAKE SHAKE";


FLEETWOOD MAC;


FLEETWOOD MAC ~ "ALBATROSS"


Honey Lantree ~ Drummer with 1960's British band The Honeycombs

THE HONEYCOMBS ~ "HAVE I THE RIGHT";


THE HONEYCOMBS ~ "EYES";


THE HONEYCOMBS ~ "THAT'S THE WAY";


Fred Weiland ~ Drummer with 1960's Australian band The Strangers;

THE STRANGERS ~ "PAPERBACK WRITER";


Takayuki Inoue ~ 77 ~ Singer with 1960's Japanese Rock band The Spiders

THE SPIDERS;


THE SPIDERS ~ "NA-RE-BAI";


THE SPIDERS ~ "DAY TRIPPER";


John Osborne ~ Bassist with classic session band the Wrecking Crew, (The Monkees, Byrds, Beach Boys)

THE MONKEES ~ "VALLERI";


Ace Cannon ~ 1950's & 60 sax player ("Yakkety Sax")

ACE CANNON ~ "YAKKETY SAX";


John Hiseman ~ Guitarist with late 1960's - 1970's UK Prog Rock band Colosseum

COLOSSEUM ~ "VANANTYNE SUITE";


George Cameron ~ Drummer with 1960's US pop group the Left Banke ("Walk Away Renee")

THE LEFT BANKE ~ "WALK AWAY RENEE";


Jan Kirsznik ~ 84 ~ Polish rock saxophonist w/1960's Pop group Rhythm & Blues

RHYTHM & BLUES ~ "BUTTERFINGERS";


Don Gardner ~ ~ American 1960's R&B singer with Don & Dee Dee

DON GARDNER & DEE DEE FORD ~ "I NEED YOUR LOVING";


Bernadette Carroll ~ 74 ~ Singer with 1950's Girl Group The Angels ("My Boyfriend's Back")

THE ANGELS ~ "MY BOYFRIEND'S BACK";


Donald McGuire ~ 86 ~ American singer with 1950's pop vocal group The Hilltoppers

THE HILLTOPPERS ~ "LIVE TRYING";

Chuck Berry & Some 1950's & 60's Figures

Chuck Berry ~ 90 ~ One of the major 1950's R&R Singer/Guitarist/Songwriter ("Roll Over Beethoven", "Maybelline", "No Particular Place To Go", "Sweet Sixteen", "Tulane", "Johnny B Goode"

CHUCK BERRY ~ "JOHNNY B GOODE";


CHUCK BERRY ~ "SWEET LITTLE SIXTEEN";


CHUCK BERRY ~ "MAYBELLINE";


CHUCK BERRY ~ "NO PARTICULAR PLACE TO GO";


Tommy Allsup ~ 86 ~ American Rockabilly & Western Swing Guitarist w.Buddy Holly, Bob Wills, Richie Valens, The Big Bopper, Roy Orbison, Willie Nelson, The Ventures

BUDDY HOLLY ~ "LOVE'S MADE A FOOL OF YOU";


Sonny Geraci ~ 69 ~ Singer with American 1960's Garage band The Outsiders ("Time Won't Let Me") and 1970's Soul group Climax ("Precious & Few")

THE OUTSIDERS ~ "TIME WON'T LET ME";


Pete Shotton ~ 75 ~ British washboardist and percussionist w/1960's Skiffle band The Quarrymen, later played with the Beatles

THE QUARRYMEN ~ "THAT'LL BE THE DAY";


THE QUARRYMEN ~ "IN SPITE OF ALL THE DANGER";


Lonnie Brooks ~ 83 ~ American blues guitarist and singer w/Chess, Mercury, recorded w/Jimmy Reed, Jr Wells

LONNIE BROOKS ~ "YOU'RE USING ME";


LONNIE BROOKS ~ "FIGUREHEAD";


THE QUARRYMEN ~ "THAT'LL BE THE DAY";


Sylvester Potts ~ 78 ~ American 1960's soul singer w/The Contours ("Do You Love Me")

THE CONTOURS ~ "DO YOU LOVE ME";


Bobby Freeman ~ 76 ~ American R&B singer and songwriter ("Do You Want to Dance")

BOBBY FREEMAN ~ "DO YOU WANNA DANCE";


BOBBY FREEMAN ~ "COME ON & SWIM";


Clem Curtis ~ 76 ~ Trinidadian-born British singer w/1970's Soul group The Foundations "Build Me Up Buttercup"

THE FOUNDATIONS ~ "BUILD ME UP BUTTERCUP";


Rosie Hamlin ~ 71 ~ American singer w/early 1960's Girl Group Rosie and the Originals ("Angel Baby")

ROSIE & THE ORIGINALS ~ "ANGEL BABY";


Ben Speer ~ 86 ~ Singer with the Nashville Southern Gospel group the Speer Family from the 1920's to the 1990's

THE SPEER FAMILY ~ "I'M A CHILD OF THE KING";


THE SPEER FAMILY ~ "HEAVEN'S JUBILEE";


THE SPEER FAMILY ~ "CITY OF GOLD";


And two members of the famed 1960's session band The Wrecking Crew;
Tony Terran ~ 90 ~ American trumpeter and session musician w/The Wrecking Crew, Chet Baker, Lalo Schifrin, The Baja Marimba Band, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, The Bee Gees, Ray Charles, Chicago, Nat King Cole, Perry Como, Bob Dylan, Ella Fitzgerald, Benny Goodman, Bob Hope, Michael Jackson, Eartha Kitt, Peggy Lee, Madonna, Dean Martin, Elvis Presley, Bonnie Raitt, Linda Ronstadt, Diana Ross, Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, The Tijuana Brass, Tom Waits, Nelson Riddle, Henry Mancini, Jerry Goldsmith, John Williams, Elmer Bernstein, Johnny Mercer

Lyle Ritz ~ 87 ~ American bassist and ukulelist w/The Wrecking Crew

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