Some World Beat Figures

Johnny Clegg ~ 66 ~ South African singer/songwriter and Anti-Apartheid with 1980's band Juluka ("Scatterings Of Africa")

JULUKA ~ "SCATTERINGS OF AFRICA";


JULUKA ~ "AFRICAN DECEMBER RAIN";


JULUKA ~ "IBHOLA LETHU";



Kehinde Lijadu ~ 71 ~ Singer with 1970's Nigerian pop group the Lijadu Sisters

THE LIJADU SISTERS ~ "COME ON HOME";


Pat Kelly ~ 70 ~ Jamaican Reggae & Rocksteady singer

PAT KELLY ~ "WHITER SHADE OF PALE";


PAT KELLY ~ "HOW LONG";



Glen Brown ~ 75 ~ Jamaican reggae musician and record producer w/King Tubby and Glenroy Richards

GLEN BROWN ~ "DON'T BELIEVE IN DYING";


Simaro Lutumba ~ 81 ~ Guitarist with Congolese band TPOK Jazz

TPOK JAZZ;



TPOK JAZZ;



Jimi Hope ~ 62 ~ Togolese singer/guitarist

JIMI HOPE ~ "WOMAN";


João Gilberto ~ 88 ~ Brazilian Bossa Nova singer-songwriter and guitarist from the 1950's onward

JOAO GILBERTO ~ "DESAFINADO";



Gualberto Castro ~ 84 ~ Mexican singer & actor with 1950's vocal group Los Hermanos Castro

LOS HERMANOS CASTRO;


Celso Piña - 66 - Mexican cumbia singer, composer and accordionist

CELSO PINA;


Elton Medeiros ~ 89 ~ Brazilian Bosa Nova and samba singer

ELTON MEDEIROS ~ "RECOMECAR";


Patxi Andión ~ 72 ~ Spanish-Basque folk singer/songwriter

PATXI ANDION ~ "UNA DOS TRES";

Some More Figures From The 50's & 60's

Roky Erickson ~ Singer/guitarist/songwriter with 1960's Texas Garage-Psyche band the 13th Floor Elevators;

THE 13th FLOOR ELEVATORS ~ "YOU'RE GONNA MISS ME";


THE 13th FLOOR ELEVATORS ~ "ROLLER COASTER";


ROKY ERICKSON ~ "TWO HEADED DOG";



Larry Taylor ~ 77 ~ Bassist for US 1960's band Canned Heat as well as The Monkees, Jerry Lee Lewis, John Mayall, Tom Waits, Sunnyland Slim, Albert King, Leo Kotke, John Lee Hooker, Kid Ramos, Hollywood Fats, John Hammond, Ry Cooder, Keith Levine, Charlie Musselwhite, JJ Cale, Kim Wilson.

CANNED HEAT ~ "GOING UP THE COUNTRY";


CANNED HEAT ~ "ON THE ROAD AGAIN";



Gary Duncan ~ 72 ~ American rock guitarist w/1960's bands Quicksilver Messenger Service and The Brogues

QUICKSILVER MESSENGER SERVICE ~ "WHO YOU LOVE";


QUICKSILVER MESSENGER SERVICE ~ "FRESH AIR";


QUICKSILVER MESSENGER SERVICE ~ "MONA";



Dick Rivers ~ The French Gene Vincent and singer for Les Chats Sauvages (AKA the Savage Cats);

LES CHATS SAUVAGES ~ "PAINTED FACE";


LES CHATS SAUVAGES ~ "WHAT I SAY";



Preston Epps - 88 - American percussionist ("Bongo Rock");

PRESTON EPPS ~ "BONGO ROCK";



Huelyn Duvall ~ 1950's Rockabilly singer & songwriter (Gene Vincent, Stanford Clark);

HUELYN DUVALL ~ "PUCKER PAINT";


HUELYN DUVALL ~ "HEY BRUTUS" & "GOT A LITTLE GIRL";



Dick Richards ~ 95 ~ Drummer with Bill Haley & the Comets

BILL HALEY & THE COMETS ~ "ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK";


BILL HALEY & THE COMETS ~ "SEE YOU LATER ALLIGATOR";


BILL HALEY & THE COMETS ~ "VIVA LE ROCK & ROLL";



Nancy Holloway ~ 86 ~ American born French based Jazz & R&B singer from the 1960's & 70's

NANCY HOLLOWAY ~ "BE BOP A LULA";


Bill Vitt ~ Drummer with 1970's San Francisco Folk Rock band the Sons Of Champlin, also Jerry Garcia, Tom Fogarty, Brewer & Shipley

THE SONS OF CHAMPLIN ~ "FREEDOM";

Some 1970's & 80's R&B and Jazz Figures

Jerry Lawson ~ 75 ~ American singer with Doo-Wop group the Persuasions from the late sixties onward

THE PERSUASIONS ~ "UP ON THE ROOF";


THE PERSUASIONS ~ "DOO WOP MEDLEY";


Art Neville - 81 - New Orleans singer-songwriter and keyboardist w/The Meters & The Neville Brothers

THE NEVILLE BROS ~ "FLY LIKE AN EAGLE";


THE NEVILLE BROS ~ "EVERYBODY PLAYS THE FOOL";


Frankie Smith ~ 66 ~ American 1980's funk and R&B musician "Double Dutch Bus"

FRANKIE SMITH ~ "DOUBLE DUTCH BUS";



Lonnie Simmons ~ 70s ~ American record producer, founder of Total Experience Records (The Gap Band)

THE GAP BAND ~ "YOU DROPPED A BOMB ON ME"



Chuck Barksale ~ Singer with vocal group the Dells;

THE DELLS ~ "WICHITA LINEMAN";


THE DELLS ~ "OH WHAT A NIGHT";


Willie Ford ~ Singer with the Dramatics;

THE DRAMATICS ~ "IN THE RAIN";


THE DRAMATICS ~ "WHATCHA SEE IS WHAT YOUNG GET";


John Gary Williams ~ Singer with the Mad Lads;

THE MAD LADS ~ "COME CLOSER TO ME";



James Ingram ~ 66 ~ American 1980's Grammy winning R&B singer-songwriter ("Baby, Come to Me", "I Don't Have the Heart", "Yah Mo B There")


JAMES INGRAM & LINDA RONSTADT ~ "SOMEWHERE OUT THERE";



Harold Mabern ~ 83 ~ American jazz pianist and composer solo and with Roland Kirk, the Jazztet, George Coleman, Art Farmer, Jimmy Heath, Lee Morgan, Wes Montgomery, Jackie McLean, Gene Ammons, Stanley Turrentine, George Benson, Tiny Grimes

GEORGE COLEMAN OCTET w/ HAROLD MABERN ~ "WALTZING WESTWARD"


Edwin Birdsong ~ 77 ~ American 1970's & 80's funk keyboardist

EDWIN BIRDSONG ~ "NIGHT OF THE FULL MOON";



Joseph Jarman ~ 81 ~ American Jazz sax and clarinetist with the Art Ensemble of Chicago;

THE ART ENSEMBLE OF CHICAGO & CECIL TAYLOR;



Jack Sheldon; Jazz trumpeter w/Stan Kenton, Art Pepper and Gerry Mulligan and the voice of the "Schoolhouse Rocks" toons "I'm Just A Bill" and "Conjunction Junction"

SCHOOLHOUSE ROCKS ~ "I'M JUST A BILL";


SCHOOLHOUSE ROCKS ~ "CONJUNCTION FUNCTION";


Davey Williams - 66 - American avant-garde Jazz guitarist (Curlew) and music critic

CURLEW ~ "ST CROIX";



Irv Williams ~ 100 ~ American Big Band Jazz sax and clarinet player w/Ella Fitzgerald, Fletcher Henderson, Mary Lou Williams, Billy Eckstine, Sarah Vaughan, Dizzy Gillespie, Johnny Hodges and as band leader from the 1940's onward

IRV WILLIAMS;


Vic Vogel ~ 84 ~ Hungarian born Montreal Jazz pianist, composer and conductor from the 1960's onward also recorded with Prog-Fusion band Offenbach

OFFENBACH & VIC VOGEL ~ "GEORGIA ON MY MIND";

Some 1970's & 80's Rock & Roll Figures

Dr John (AKA Mac Rebannack, The Night Tripper) ~ New Orleans singer/pianist/songwriter from the 1960's onward;

DR JOHN ~ "IKO IKO";


DR JOHN ~ "SUCH A NIGHT";



Danny Kustow - UK Guitarist with the Tom Robinson Band;

TOM ROBINSON BAND ~ "2-4-6-8 MOTORWAY";


TOM ROBINSON ~ "WAR BABY";



Ian Gibbons; keyboardist with The Kinks (in the 80's), Dr Feelgood, Suzi Quatro, Ian Hunter, Kursal Flyers, the Sweet, Nashville Teens, Chris Farlowe;

THE KINKS ~ "COME DANCING";


THE KINKS ~ "DESTROYER";



Leo DeCastro ~ singer with 1970's Australian Pub Rock band King Harvest;

KING HARVEST ~ "WICHITA LINEMAN";



Malcolm "Molly" Duncan ~ 74 ~ Scottish saxophonist with 1970's R&B band the Average White Band ("Play That Funky Music")

THE AVERAGE WHITE BAND ~ "CUT THE CAKE";


THE AVERAGE WHITE BAND ~ "PICK UP THE PIECES";



Steve Cash ~ 73 ~ American singer-songwriter, author and harmonica player with Southern Rock band The Ozark Mountain Daredevils

THE OZARK MOUNTAIN DAREDEVILS ~ "IF YOU WANT GET TO HEAVEN";



Larry Junstrom ~ 70 ~ American bassist (Lynyrd Skynyrd, 38 Special)

38 Special ~ "CAUGHT UP IN YOU";


38 SPECIAL ~ "IF I'D BEEN THE ONE";



Eddie Money ~ 70 ~ 1970's & 80's American Rock & Pop singer ("Baby Hold On To Me", "Two Tickets To Paradise", "Think I'm In Love")

EDDIE MONEY ~ "BABY HOLD ON TO ME";


EDDIE MONEY ~ "THINK I'M IN LOVE";



JR Cobb ~ Guitarist with the 1970's Southern-Pop bands Atlanta Rhythm Section and Classics IV;

ATLANTA RHYTHM SECTION ~ "SPOOKY";


Iain Sutherland ~ 71 ~ Scottish singer/guitarist/keyboardist (The Sutherland Brothers) and songwriter ("(I Don't Want to Love You But) You Got Me Anyway", "Arms of Mary")

SUTHERLAND BROS ~ "ARMS OF MARY";

Some More Figures Of Punk & New Wave

Ranking Roger ~ Singer with UK Ska groups The English Beat & General Public;

THE ENGLISH BEAT ~ "TEARS OF A CLOWN";


THE ENGLISH BEAT ~ "MIRROR IN THE BATHROOM";


GENERAL PUBLIC ~ "TENDERNESS";



Boon Gould, guitar and sax player with 80's British Jazz/Funk band Level 42 ("Something About You");

LEVEL 42 ~ "SOMETHING ABOUT YOU";


Jeff Walls ~ Guitarist with 1980's Cowpunk band Guadalcanal Diary;

GUADALCANAL DIARY ~ "WATUSI RODEO";


GUADALCANAL DIARY ~ "GHOST ON THE HIGHWAY";



Damien Lovelock ~ 65 ~ Singer with Australian Indie band The Celibate Rifles

THE CELIBATE RIFLES ~ "JOHNNY";


THE CELIBATE RIFLES ~ "O SALVATION";


Sarah Springfield ~ Singer for 1980's NYC Punk band the Erasers

THE ERASERS ~ "JUMPED BY THE CRAMPS";



Mikey Dees ~ Singer/guitarist with Olympia Washington Punk band Fitz Of Depression;

FITZ OF DEPRESSION;



Michiro Endo - 68 - Singer with 1980's Japanese Punk band The Stalin

THE STALIN ~ "AUTOPSY ROOM";


THE STALIN ~ "KAIBOUSHITSU";


THE STALIN;



Omar Higgins ~ Singer/bassist with Memphis Punk bands Negro Terror & Downfall Of Humanity and Reggae bands Soul Enforcers & Chinese Connection Dub Embassy;

NEGRO TERROR ~ "VOICE OF MEMPHIS";



Alex Brown ~ Guitarist with US Hardcore bands Project X, Gorilla Biscuits and Side By Side;

PROJECT X ~ "STRAIGHT EDGE REVENGE";


Bruce Corbitt; singer with 1980's Texas thrash bands Rigor Mortis and Warbeast;

RIGOR MORTIS ~ DEMO 86;



Francesca Sundsten ~ 59 ~ Painter and bassist w/1980's Seattle Art-Punk Noise band The Beakers, married to King Crimson drummer Bill Rieflin;

THE BEAKERS ~ "FUNKYTOWN";

Some More Figures From The 50's & 60's

Dick Dale ~ King Of The Surf Guitar ("Misirlou");

DICK DALE ~ "MISIRLOU";


DICK DALE ~ "BONY MARONY";



SCOTT WALKER ~ 1960's American/UK Singer/songwriter with the Walker Brothers and solo in the 70's

THE WALKER BROS ~ "MAKE IT EASY ON YOURSELF";


THE WALKER BROS ~ "THE SUN AIN'T GONNA SHINE ANYMORE";


THE WALKER BROTHERS ~ "LAND OF 1000 DANCES";



Randy Nauert - 74 - Bassist with 1960's American Surf band The Bel-Airs ("Mr Moto", "Squad Car") & The Challengers

THE BEL-AIRS ~ "SQUAD CAR";


THE BEL-AIRS ~ "MR MOTO";


THE CHALLENGERS ~ "SATISFACTION";


THE CHALLENGERS ~ "THE LITTLE BIRD";



Al Hazan ~ 84 ~ American pianist with instrumental rock group B. Bumble and the Stingers;

B BUMBLE & THE STINGERS ~ "BUMBLE BOOGIE";

Andre Williams ~ Detroit R&B singer/songwriter from the 1950's & 60's and again in from the 1990's onward ("Shake A Tail Feather", "Jailbait", "Bacon Fat");

ANDRE WILLIAMS ~ "JAILBAIT";


ANDRE WILLIAMS ~ "CADILLAC JACK";


ANDRE WILLIAMS & JON SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION ~ "BLACK GODFATHER";


Dave White ~ Co-founder and songwriter for Danny & The Juniors, also backup singer Joe Terry;

DANNY & THE JUNIORS ~ "ROCK & ROLL IS HERE TO STAY";


DANNY & THE JUNIORS ~ "AT THE HOP";



Kent Harris ~ 1950's R&B singer, songwriter & band leader (under various names);

BOOGALOO & HIS GALLANT CREW ~ "TALK ABOUT A PARTY";



Margaret Lewis ~ 79 ~ American Rockabilly singer-songwriter ("The Girl Most Likely", "Reconsider Me")

MARGARET LEWIS ~ "SHAKE A LEG";


MARGARET LEWIS ~ "YOU OUGHT TO SEE MY BABY";


MARGARET LEWIS ~ "DUST MY BLUES";



Dave Bartholomew - 100 - American Hall of Fame sax player, bandleader and songwriter with Fats Domino, ("Ain't That a Shame", "I'm Walkin'"), Smiley Lewis ("I Hear You Walking"), Lloyd Price ("Lawdy Miss Clawdy")

FATS DOMINO ~ "AIN'T THAT A SHAME";


FATS DOMINO ~ "I'M WALKING";



Thommy Gustafsson ~ 71 ~ Keyboardist with 1960's Swedish band Sven-Ingvars;

SVEN-INGVARS ~ "Börja Om Från Början":



SVEN-INGVARS ~ "MIN GUITARR";



John Cohen ~ 75 ~ Singer/guitarist/banjo player with 1960's American Folk group the New Lost City Ramblers and producer for banjo player Roscoe Holcomb. Also documentary film maker of the folk, beatnik and abstract art scenes.

NEW LOST CITY RAMBLERS ~ "MAN OF CONSTANT SORROW";


Bob Wilber ~ 91 ~ American Traditional Jazz clarinet and sax player from the 1940's onward w/the Wildcats, Muggsy Spanier, Baby Dodds, Danny Barker, Bud Freeman, Pee Wee Russell, George Wettling, Jimmy McPartland, Wild Bill Davison, James P. Johnson, Bobby Hackett, Benny Goodman, Sidney Bechet, Jack Teagarden and Eddie Condon.

BOB WILBER & THE WILDCATS ~ "WILLIE THE WEEPER";

Some Canadian Artists

Zippy Pinhead ~ Drummer with West Coast Punk bands DOA, Randy Rampage and the Dils;

DOA ~ "WORLD WAR 3";


DOA ~ "WAR";


THE DILS ~ "CLASS WAR";



Brian Doherty ~ Guitarist with Canadian/American 1990's Alt Rock band Big Wreck;

BIG WRECK ~ "ALBATROSS";



Marie Starlet Levigne ~ Singer/guitarist for Montreal Punks the Horny Bitches;

THE HORNY BITCHES ~ "THE TRIPLE";



Graham Powers ~ Singer for 1960's Montreal Garage band MG & The Escorts ("I JUST CAN'T GO ON")

MG & THE ESCORTS ~ "I JUST CAN'T GO ON";


MG & THE ESCORTS ~ "A SOMEDAY FOOL";



Charlie Earle ~ Peterborough R&B singer

CHARLIE EARLE ~ "I'D RATHER GO BLIND";



Phil Western - 47 - Canadian electronic musician (Download, PlatEAU)

DOWNLOAD ~ "GLASS BLOWER";



David Sinclair ~ guitarist w/1980's BC band Straight Lines, KD Lang & Sarah McLaughlan;

STRAIGHT LINES ~ "LETTING GO";


KD LANG ~ "I'M DOWN TO MY LAST CIGARETTE";



Frank McKay ~ singer w/1960's Nova Scotia Garage band The Lincolns;

THE LINCOLNS;



Don Tramaine ~ Nova Scotia 1950's Country singer and later CBC host

DON TREMAINE & MARG OSBURNE ~ "FADED LOVE & WINTER ROSES";


Monique Leyrac ~ 91 ~ French Canadian pop singer and actress "Mon Pays")

MONIQUE LEYRAC ~ "MON PAYS";


MONIQUE LEYRAC ~ "SI LES BATEAU"


Doug Watts ~ Guitarist with 1980's Guelph Folk Rock bands Celtic Blue and Alun Pigguns

CELTIC BLUE ~ "THIS IS IT";



Memphis Deville ~ 72 ~ Vancouver guitarist

MEMPHIS DEVILLE;



Carl MacKenzie ~ Traditional Cape Breton fiddler;

CARL MACKENZIE;


Dallas Harms ~ 84 ~ Canadian 1970's & 80's country singer/songwriter

DALLAS HARMS ~ "THE BALLAD OF JOHN WAYNE";