Some 1950's & 60's Rockers

Johnny Tillotson ~ 86 ~ American 1950's & 60's Rock, Pop and Country singer

JOHNNY TILLOTSON ~ "JUDY JUDY JUDY";


JOHNNY TILLOTSON ~ "BLUE BLUE DAY";


JOHNNY TILLOTSON ~ "EARTH ANGEL";


JOHNNY TILLOTSON ~ "POERTY IN MOTION";


Wink Martindale - 91 - American 1950's Pop singer, disc jockey & game show host

WINK MARTINDALE ~ "LOVE HAS GOT ME THINKIN";


WINK MARTINDALE ~ "LOVE BROKE LOOSE";


Wayne Handy - 89 - American 1950's rock and roll singer

WAYNE HANDY ~ "PROBLEM CHILD";


Lou Christie ~ 82 ~ American 1960's Pop singer "Lightning Strikes"

LOU CHRISTIE ~ "LIGHTNING STRIKES";


LOU CHRISTIE ~ "I'M GONNA MAKE YOU MINE";


Nino Tempo ~ 90 ~ American singer in duo w/April Stevens and saxophonist w/The Wrecking Crew

NINO TEMPO & APRIL STEVENS ~ "DEEP PURPLE" & "WHISPERING";


NINO TEMPO & APRIL STEVENS ~ "LAND OF 1000 DANCES";



Snowy Fleet ~ 85 ~ English-born Australian drummer with Australian 1960's band the Easybeats ("Sorry", "Friday On My Mind")

THE EASYBEATS ~ "FRIDAY ON MY MIND";


THE EASYBEATS ~ "SORRY";


THE EASYBEATS ~ "SHE'S SO FINE";


THE EASYBEATS ~ "RIVER DEEP MOUNTAIN HIGH";


Larry Tamblyn ~ 82 ~ Singer and Keyboardist with 1960's Los Angeles Garage band the Standells ("Dirty Water")

THE STANDELLS ~ "I WANNA HOLD YOUR HAND";


THE STANDELLS ~ "DIRTY WATER";


THE STANDELLS ~ "HEY JOE";


THE STANDELLS ~ "DON'T LET ME BE MISUNDERSTOOD";


Jim Lowe ~ 82 ~ Singer with American band the Electric Prunes

THE ELECTRIC PRUNES ~ "I HAD TOO MUCH TO DREAM LAST NIGHT";


THE ELECTRIC PRUNES ~ "GET ME TO THE WORLD ON TIME";


Roy Phillips ~ 83 ~ Keyboardist with British 1960's bands The Saints, Heinz, the Tornados and Peddlers

THE TORNADOS ~ "TELSTAR";


HEINZ BURT ~ "LIVE IT UP";


THE PEDDLERS ~ "WALK ON THE WILD SIDE";


David Kaff (AKA Viv Savage) - 79 - Keyboardist for 1970's UK band Spinal Tap

SPINAL TAP ~ "GIVE ME SOME MONEY';


SPINAL TAP ~ "LISTEN TO THE FLOWER PEOPLE";


Barry Goldberg - 83 - American Blues keyboardist with The Electric Flag, Bob Dylan, Mitch Ryder ("Devil With The Blue Dress"), The Flying Burrito Bros, The Ramones ("End Of The Century"), producer with Bob Dylan, Percy Sledge, Charlie Musselwhite, James Cotton

MITCH RYDER & THE DETROIT WHEELS ~ "CC RIDER";


THE ELECTRIC FLAG ~ "OVER LOVING YOU";


THE ELECTRIC FLAG ~ "WINE";


Rick Derringer ~ 77 ~ American guitarist & songwriter with The McCoys ("Hang On Sloopy", "Cara-Lin", "Fever"), Edgar Winter and solo ("Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo") and record producer ("Weird Al" Yankovic)

THE McCOYS ~ "HANG ON SLOOPY";


THE McCOYS ~ "FEVER";


THE McCOYS ~ "COME ON LET'S GO";


RICK DERRINGER ~ "ROCK & ROLL HOOCHIE KOO";


Jesse Colin Young - 83 - American singer/songwriter with 1960's band The Youngbloods

THE YOUNGBLOODS ~ "TEARS ARE FALLING";


THE YOUNGBLOODS ~ "GET TOGETHER";


Frankie Jordan ~ 86 ~ French 1950's R&R singer

FRANKIE JORDAN ~ "LE TRANSISTOR";


Fred Bekky ~ 81 ~ Singer and guitarist with Belgian 1960's band The Pebbles

THE PEBBLES ~ "YOU BETTER BELIEVE IT";


Laurie Holloway - 86 - English pianist, musical director and composer w/Petula Clark ("Downtown"), Englebert Humperdink, Stephane Grappelli, Tom Jones, Judy Garland, Liza Minnelli, Sammy Davis Jr., Gilbert O’Sullivan, Mel Torme, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Barry Humphries and Ronnie Corbett.

PETULA CLARK ~ "DOWNTOWN";


Marianne Faithfull ~ 84 ~ English 1960's singer ("As Tears Go By") and actress

MARIANNE FAITHFULL ~ "DOWNTOWN";


MARIANNE FAITHFULL ~ "AS TEARS GO BY";


MARIANNE FAITHFULL & DAVID BOWIE ~ "I GOT YOU BABE";


Sven-Åke Johansson ~ 81 ~ Swedish Free Jazz drummer w/Peter Brotzman & Tangerine Dream, composer and visual artist

PETER BROTZMANN QUARTET ~ "IMPROVASATION";


Tony Kinsey - 97 - English Jazz drummer w/Johnny Dankworth, Tubby Hayes, Ronnie Scott, Lena Horne, Ella Fitzgerald, Ben Webster, Clark Terry, Harry Edison, Buddy DeFranco, Billie Holiday, Oscar Peterson, and Sarah Vaughan

JOHNNY DANKWORTH ORCH ~ "JUST IN TIME";


JOHNNY DANKWORTH ORCH ~ "MARK 1";

The Everly Brothers And Some Other Early Rockers

Phil Everly died January 3 2014 at age 74. One half of the 1950's Everly Brothers duowith his brother Don who had iconic hits like "Cathy's Clown", "When Will I Be Loved", "Wake Up Little Suzi", "All I Have To Do Is Dream". They had massive hits on both side of the Atlantic and were cited as influences by the like of The Beatles (who they also toured with), Byrds, Hollies, The Beach Boys, Simon & Garfunkle and Linda Ronstadt and later Rockpile (who both covered "When Will I Be Loved") for their harmony singing. Although they were too clean cut to be really be cool sex symbols.

THE EVERLY BROTHERS ~ "ALL I HAVE TO DO IS DREAM" & "CATHY'S CLOWN";


Originally from Kentucky the Everly's actually came from a long tradition of Singing Brother Duos which included the Stanley Brothers, Louvin Brothers, Lilly Brothers, Delmore Brothers and The Monroe Brothers with relatively little R&B or Gospel influences and it's likely that they would have sounded pretty much the same even if Rock & Roll never happened.

THE EVERLY BROTHERS ~ "WAKE UP LITTLE SUZI";


In spite of their clean cut image the boys lived the rock and roll lifestyle. Like Elvis they spent a brief spell in the Army and then got hooked on speed. Don had at least one nervous breakdown. Divorces and fist fights followed until they effectively broke up in the 1970's. After middling solo careers they reformed but behind the scenes the brothers were not on speaking terms. I know someone who booked them in the 1980's and he told the story of working with them. They arrived in separate planes, stayed in separate hotels, they took separate taxis to the venue, skipped a sound-check, entered the stage from opposite sides and after the show they left that way. At no point did they actually speak to each other. They aren't the only duo who acted that way, Sam & Dave and Sonny Terry & Brownie McGee did the same. Still they weren't actual brothers. That must have led to some awkward Christmases. Anyway they did apparently reconcile for good when they were invited on tour with Simon & Garfunkle in the 1990's.

THE EVERLY BROTHERS ~ "BYE BYE LOVE";


THE EVERLY BROTHERS ~ "WHEN WILL I BE LOVED"


Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith; Western Swing/Hinky Tonk guitarist from the 1940's, 50's & 60's. Did the original "Guitar Boogie" and "Dueling Banjos" ~ 93

ARTHUR "GUITAR BOOGIE" SMITH ~ "GUITAR BOOGIE";


ARTHUR "GUITAR BOOGIE SMITH" ~ "CHICKEN STRUT";


George Shuffler, 88, Bluegrass guitarist w/The Stanley Brothers ("Man Of Constant Sorrow", "Pretty Polly", "Takes A Worried Man") & The Bailey Brothers ~ 88

THE STANLEY BROTHERS ~ "TAKES A WORRIED MAN";


THE STANLEY BROTHERS ~ "THE RANK STRANGER";


King Fleming ~ Jazz/R&B pianist and band leader from the 1940's, 50's & 60's. Played with Wynonie Harris on Apollo, Johnny Alston and His Orchestra, Oliver "King" Perry's Pied Pipers ~ 91

WYNONIE HARRIS ~ "ROCK MISTER BLUES";


WYNONIE HARRIS ~ "PUT IT BACK";


JOHNNY ALSTON ORCH ~ "RED LIGHT";


Little Joe Cook ~ Singer w/1950's Doo Wop Group Little Joe & The Thrillers ("Do The Slop" & "Peanuts" also sang with The Evening Stars and The Sherries ~ 91

LITTLE JOE & THE THRILLERS ~ "PEANUTS";


Little Jimmy Scott ~ American Jazz singer from the 1950's & 60's; solo and w/Lionel Hampton and Charlie Parker did hit version of "Sweet Embraceable You" ~ 88

LITTLE JIMMY SCOTT ~ "SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE A MOTHERLESS CHILD";


Freddie "Fingers" Lee; British guitarist who played on 1960's recordings by Gene Vincent, Screaming Lord Sutch and Marty Wilde ~ 76

GENE VINCENT & THE BLUECAPS ~ "BLUE JEAN BABY" & "SEXY WAYS";


GENE VINCENT & THE BLUECAPS ~ "RIP IT UP";


SCREAMING LORD SUTCH & THE SAVAGES ~ "JENNY JENNY" & "TRAIN KEPT A ROLLIN";


SCREAMING LORD SUTCH ~ "JACK THE RIPPER";


Ceer Veerman; Singer Guitarist with 1960's & 70's Dutch Psyche-Pop band The Cats and The Mystic Four ~ 70

THE CATS ~ "LET'S DANCE";


Gary Burger; Singer with 1960's American/German Garage Band The Monks 72;

THE MONKS ~ "MONK CHANT";


THE MONKS ~ "OH HOW TO DO NOW";


Jerry Corbitt ~ Guitarist with 1960's Folk Rock band The Youngbloods ("Come Together")

THE YOUNGBLOODS ~ "GET TOGETHER" & "SUNLIGHT";


Paul Goddard ~ Bassist w/1970's Southern Rock Band The Atlanta Rhythm Section ("Spooky", "So Into You") ~ 68

THE ATLANTA RHYTHM SECTION ~ "Spooky";


Roy Campbell Jr. ~ Free Jazz trumpet player, solo and played with Don Cherry,Yo La Tengo, William Parker, Peter Brotzmann, Matthew Shipp ~ 61

PETER BROTZMAN QUARTET;