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Sixto Diaz Rodriguez    USA    1942-2023

known professionally

as Rodriguez

Detroit musician whose songs,

full of protest and stark imagery

from the urban streets,

failed to find an American audience

in the early 1970s

but resonated in Australia

and especially South Africa,

leading to a late-career resurgence

captured

in the Oscar-winning documentary

“Searching for Sugar Man” in 2012

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/09/
arts/music/sixto-rodriguez-dead.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/09/
arts/music/sixto-rodriguez-dead.html

Malcolm Ian Cecil    UK    1937-2021

Malcolm Cecil with TONTO,

the synthesizer he built with Robert Margouleff,

in 1977.

(The name is an acronym for

The Original New Timbral Orchestra.)

Photograph: William K. Matthias

Malcolm Cecil, Synthesizer Pioneer, Is Dead at 84

His massive machine, known as TONTO,

helped transform the music in Stevie Wonder’s mind

into classic albums like “Innervisions.”

NYT

April 2, 2021

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/02/
arts/music/malcolm-cecil-dead.html

Synthesizer Pioneer

His massive machine,

known as TONTO,

helped transform the music

in Stevie Wonder’s mind

into classic albums

like “Innervisions.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/02/
arts/music/malcolm-cecil-dead.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/02/
arts/music/malcolm-cecil-dead.html

James Frederick Rodgers    USA    1933-2021

Jimmie Rodgers ('s)

smooth voice

straddled the line

between pop and country

and brought him

a string of hits

— none bigger

than his first record,

*“Honeycomb,” in 1957 —

(...)

Mr. Rodgers

was a regular presence

on the pop, country, R&B

and easy listening charts

for a decade

after “Honeycomb,”

with records that included

“Oh-Oh,

I’m Falling in Love Again”

(1958)

and “Child of Clay”

(1967),

both of which

were nominated

for Grammy Awards.

He might have continued

that run of success

but for an ugly incident

in December 1967,

when he was pulled over

by a man who, he later said,

was an off-duty

Los Angeles police officer

and beat him severely.

Three brain surgeries followed,

and he was left

with a metal plate in his head.

He eventually

resumed performing,

and even briefly

had his own television show,

but he faced

constant difficulties.

For a time he was sidelined

because

he started having seizures

during concerts.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/22/
arts/music/jimmie-rodgers-dead.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/22/
arts/music/jimmie-rodgers-dead.html

Cream

Peter Edward "Ginger" Baker    UK    1939-2019

https://www.theguardian.com/music/
ginger-baker

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/oct/06/
ginger-baker-obituary

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/oct/06/
ginger-baker-obituary

https://www.theguardian.com/music/gallery/2019/oct/06/
a-life-in-pictures-ginger-baker

Lesley Sue Goldstein    USA    1946-2015

known professionally as Lesley Gore

https://www.npr.org/2019/06/26/
735819094/lesley-gore-you-dont-own-me-american-anthem

https://www.npr.org/2017/08/30/
546386766/forebears-the-teenage-wisdom-of-lesley-gore-sings-of-mixed-up-hearts

https://www.npr.org/2015/02/20/
387769267/fresh-air-remembers-lesley-gore-who-sang-hits-including-you-dont-own-me

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/17/
arts/music/lesley-gore-teenage-voice-of-heartbreak-dies-at-68.html

Joyce Gayle Shepherd    USA    1936-2018

member of the vocal quartet

the Shepherd Sisters,

best known for the 1957 hit

“Alone (Why Must I Be Alone),”

(...)

Ms. Shepherd,

the second youngest

of eight siblings,

grew up singing in church

in Middletown, Ohio.

She and two sisters,

Martha and MaryLou,

performed locally

as the Shepherd Sisters

beginning

when they were teenagers,

with Gayle often singing lead.

Their group

had their breakthrough

in the mid-1950s

performing on the variety show

“Arthur Godfrey’s Talent Scouts,”

which pitted young musicians

against one another.

They had a harmonious style

typical of the popular girl groups

of the 1950s and ’60s.

Their first regional hit, in 1956,

was a version of the 1937 song

“Gone With the Wind”

(not related to the film or novel

of the same title).

The song drew

the attention  of Dick Clark,

and the sisters went

on to appear repeatedly

on his TV show

“American Bandstand.”

They added

a fourth sister, Judith,

to the group in 1957

and released their biggest hit,

the yearning but upbeat “Alone,”

written by Morty and Selma Craft,

which reached No. 18

on the Billboard Hot 100

that year.

The song

was later recorded

by the Four Seasons

and Petula Clark.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/08/
obituaries/gayle-shepherd-of-the-singing-shepherd-sisters-dies-at-81.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/08/
obituaries/gayle-shepherd-of-the-singing-shepherd-sisters-dies-at-81.html

Billy Paul    USA    1934-2016

 (born Paul Williams)

singer whose suave

but impassioned vocal style

made “Me and Mrs. Jones,”

a slow ballad about a man’s

love for a married woman,

a No. 1 hit in 1972

(...)

“Me and Mrs. Jones, ”

written by Kenny Gamble,

Leon Huff and Cary Gilbert,

was one

of the signature expressions

of the 1970s Philadelphia sound,

heard on a stream

of hit records produced by

Mr. Gamble and Mr. Huff

for Philadelphia

International Records.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/26/
arts/music/billy-paulsinger-of-the-hit-me-and-mrs-jones-dies-at-81.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/26/
arts/music/billy-paulsinger-of-the-hit-me-and-mrs-jones-dies-at-81.html

Sam Houston Andrew III    USA    1941-2015

as a founder

of the band Big Brother

and the Holding Company

(he) was a mainstay

of the fertile San Francisco

rock scene of the 1960s

and played a key role

in Janis Joplin’s early career

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/17/
arts/music/sam-andrew-guitarist-for-big-brother-and-the-holding-company-dies-at-73.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/17/
arts/music/sam-andrew-guitarist-for-big-brother-and-the-holding-company-
dies-at-73.html

Lesley Gore    USA    1946-2015

 (born Lesley Sue Goldstein)

Lesley Gore (...)

was a teenager in the 1960s

when she recorded hit songs

about heartbreak and resilience

that went on to become

feminist touchstones

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/17/
arts/music/lesley-gore-teenage-voice-of-heartbreak-dies-at-68.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/17/
arts/music/lesley-gore-teenage-voice-of-heartbreak-dies-at-68.html

Steve Strange    UK    1959-2015

 (Steven John Harrington)

Flamboyant nightclub host,

leader of Visage

and key figure

in the New Romantic movement

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/feb/13/steve-strange

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/16/
arts/music/steve-strange-nightclub-founder-and-singer-for-visage-dies-at-55.html

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/feb/13/
steve-strange

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/feb/12/
new-romantic-steve-strange-dies

The Everly Brothers    USA    1950s-2000s

Lou Reed    USA     1942-2013

Bernadette Therese Nolan    Ireland    1960-2013

the youngest of the original

Nolan Sisters lineup,

whose cheerful, unthreatening,

middle-of-the-road pop made them

one of Britain's best known acts

from the late 1970s to the mid-80s.

The five siblings

began performing

as the Nolan Sisters in 1974

and gained priceless exposure

to a mainstream audience

from appearing on Cliff Richard's

television programme,

and then with

Morecambe and Wise

and the Two Ronnies.

They were the support act

on Frank Sinatra's

1975 European tour

and accompanied Rolf Harris

on dates in South Africa.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2013/jul/04/bernie-nolan-dies

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2013/jul/04/
bernie-nolan-dies

Jeffrey John Hanneman    USA    1964-2013

guitarist

for the influential

metal band Slayer,

who helped shape

the group’s sonic assault

and wrote some

of its most popular

— and controversial —

songs

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/04/
arts/music/jeff-hanneman-guitarist-for-slayer-dies-at-49.html

https://www.theguardian.com/music/slayer

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/04/
arts/music/jeff-hanneman-guitarist-for-slayer-dies-at-49.html

https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2013/may/03/
rip-slayers-jeff-hanneman

Alvin Lee    UK    1944-2013

 (born Graham Anthony Barne)

Alvin Lee ('s)

fire-fingered guitar playing

drove the British blues-rock band

Ten Years After to stardom

in the 1960s and early ’70s

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/07/
arts/music/alvin-lee-guitarist-of-ten-years-after-dies-at-68.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/07/
arts/music/alvin-lee-guitarist-of-ten-years-after-dies-at-68.html

George Francis Morton    USA    1941-2013

songwriter and producer

who for a brief, luminous

period in the 1960s

poured the discontents

of adolescence

into original hit songs,

including

“Leader of the Pack”

and “Remember

(Walking in the Sand)”

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/16/
arts/music/shadow-morton-songwriter-and-producer-dies-at-71.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/16/
arts/music/shadow-morton-songwriter-and-producer-dies-at-71.html

Reginald Maurice Ball    UK    1941-2013

bricklayer-turned-singer

whose ebulliently lusty vocal

on the Troggs’

smash hit “Wild Thing”

helped elevate the song

to rock ’n’ roll legend

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/06/
arts/music/reg-presley-lead-singer-of-troggs-dies-at-71.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/06/
arts/music/reg-presley-lead-singer-of-troggs-dies-at-71.html

The Monkees    USA

fictional pop music group

and television series The Monkees

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/jul/24/
bob-rafelson-monkees-hollywood-new-wave-director-jack-nicholson-dies

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/sep/01/
monkees-micky-dolenz-fbi-secret-dossier-lawsuit

https://www.npr.org/2018/12/29/
676852011/the-monkees-tried-to-cut-their-strings-with-head

Robert Jay Rafelson    1933-2022

The Monkees

was his first big success.

The idea for The Monkees, he said,

pre-dated the Beatles

and their comedy A Hard Day’s Night,

but it hit the moment well

when it premiered on NBC in 1966.

It ran for two years

and allowed Rafelson

to take a stab at directing himself.

The Monkees appeared

in his feature directorial debut, Head,

which would also be

the first of many collaborations

with Jack Nicholson.

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/jul/24/
bob-rafelson-monkees-hollywood-new-wave-director-jack-nicholson-dies

David Thomas Jones    1945-2012

actor, singer and songwriter

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/jul/24/
bob-rafelson-monkees-hollywood-new-wave-director-jack-nicholson-dies

https://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/01/
arts/music/davy-jones-a-singer-in-the-monkees-dies-at-66.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/video/2012/mar/01/
monkees-london-1967-video

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2012/mar/01/
the-monkees-believer-davy-jones

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/feb/29/
davy-jones

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/tvandradioblog/2012/feb/29/
davy-jones-monkee-life-in-clips

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/feb/29/
davy-jones-monkees-dies-66

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/apr/28/
monkees-head-jack-nicholson-interview 

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/feb/21/
the-monkees-60s-uk-tour

Douglas Lee Dorman    USA    1942-2012

bass guitarist

for the psychedelic rock band

Iron Butterfly, who played

on one of the genre’s

most recognizable songs,

“In-a-Gadda-da-Vida”

(...)

Iron Butterfly,

a four-man group

originating in San Diego,

signed its first

record contract with Atco,

a division

of Atlantic Records,

in 1967,

according to the band’s

Web site.

“In-a-Gadda-da-Vida,”

complete with

its thumping bass riff,

was released in July 1968.

It stayed on the national

sales charts for two years

and became

a Top 40 radio hit.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/23/
arts/music/lee-dorman-bass-guitarist-for-iron-butterfly-dies-at-70.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/23/
arts/music/lee-dorman-bass-guitarist-for-iron-butterfly-dies-at-70.html

Edward Claude "Ed" Cassidy    USA    1923-2012

Way back when rock ’n’ roll

was countercultural

— before the members

of the Rolling Stones

were anywhere close

to 50 years old,

much less celebrating

their 50th anniversary together —

the genre tended to emphasize

rather than bridge

generational divides.

So when the experimental

group Spirit

formed in the late 1960s,

it was different

not just for the way

it fused jazz and rock,

or the way it mixed

psychedelia with

a particularly tight backbeat.

It was also different

because its drummer

was the 44-year-old stepfather

of its 16-year-old guitarist.

(...)

By the time Spirit

formed in 1967,

Mr. Cassidy had already had

a notable and diverse

musical career.

He had played

with jazz musicians

including Dexter Gordon,

Chet Baker, Gerry Mulligan

and Cannonball Adderly

and had formed

a folk-blues group

with Taj Mahal and Ry Cooder

called the Rising Sons.

While Mr. Cassidy was performing

with other adults,

his young stepson, Randy Wolfe,

was becoming a fine musician

himself.

He impressed Jimi Hendrix

when they met

in a music store in Manhattan,

and it was Hendrix

who gave Randy

the nickname he went by

for the rest of his life,

Randy California.

Soon enough,

stepfather and stepson

were playing and touring

together.

Spirit released

more than a dozen albums

from 1968 to 1996,

but it was the first work

that was the most influential

and critically praised.

Its biggest hit

and only Top 40 single,

“I Got a Line on You,”

was released in 1968;

the band was also celebrated

for its adventurous 1970 album,

“Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus.”

That record included

the song “Mr. Skin,”

which was the nickname

Mr. Cassidy’s

fellow band members

had given him in honor

of his shaved head.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/12/
arts/music/ed-cassidy-drummer-for-the-experimental-group-spirit-dies-at-89.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/12/
arts/music/ed-cassidy-drummer-for-the-experimental-group-spirit-dies-at-89.html

MacHouston Baker    USA    1925-2012

known as Mickey Baker

and Mickey "Guitar" Baker

Mickey Baker's

prickly, piercing guitar riffs

were featured on dozens

if not hundreds of recordings

and helped propel the evolution

of rhythm and blues

into rock ’n’ roll

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/30/
arts/music/mickey-baker-guitarist-whose-riffs-echo-today-dies-at-87.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/30/
arts/music/mickey-baker-guitarist-whose-riffs-echo-today-dies-at-87.html

Joe South    USA    1940-2012

(born Joseph Alfred Souter)

singer-songwriter

who wove confrontational lyrics

into bouncy pop hits

of the late 1960s and early ’70s,

including “Games People Play,”

“Walk a Mile in My Shoes”

and “(I Never Promised You a)

Rose Garden”

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/06/arts/music/joe-south-singer-and-songwriter-dies-at-72.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/06/
arts/music/joe-south-singer-and-songwriter-dies-at-72.html

Ronald Douglas Montrose    USA    1947-2012

influential guitarist

whose band, Montrose,

was a mainstay of hard rock

in the 1970s

and the launching pad

for the singer Sammy Hagar

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/11/
rock-guitarists-death-ruled-a-suicide/

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/06/
arts/music/ronnie-montrose-hard-rock-guitarist-dies-at-64.html

Jordan Ragovoy    USA    1930-2011

Jerry Ragovoy

wrote or collaborated

on some of the most

soulful ballads of the 1960s,

including

the Rolling Stones hit

“Time Is on My Side”

and the Janis Joplin signatures

“Piece of My Heart,”

“Cry Baby”

and

“Try (Just a Little Bit Harder)”

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/16/arts/music/jerry-ragovoy-songwriter-and-producer-is-dead-at-80.htm

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/16/
arts/music/jerry-ragovoy-songwriter-and-producer-is-dead-at-80.html

Robert Frank Grill    USA    1943-2011

longtime lead singer

and a very nearly original

member of the Grass Roots,

the immensely popular

rock group of the 1960s

and afterward

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/13/
arts/music/rob-grill-lead-singer-of-the-grass-roots-dies-at-67.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/13/
arts/music/rob-grill-lead-singer-of-the-grass-roots-dies-at-67.html

John Joseph Maus    USA    1943-2011

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/may/09/
john-walker-walker-brothers-dies

Thin Lizzy

Robert William Gary Moore    North Ireland / UK    1952-2011

https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2016/feb/17/
thin-lizzy-10-of-the-best-phil-lynott

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/sep/18/
thin-lizzy-phil-lynott-interview

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/jan/04/
thin-lizzy-lost-recordings

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/feb/07/
gary-moore-obituary

https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2011/feb/07/
gary-moore-guitarist 

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/feb/06/
gary-moore-thin-lizzy-dies 

Gerald "Gerry" Rafferty    UK    1947-2010

Scottish singer and songwriter

who combined a gift for melody,

a distinctive voice

and a fatalistic worldview

to produce 1970s hits

like “Stuck in the Middle With You”

and “Baker Street”

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/05/
arts/music/05rafferty.html

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/jan/04/
gerry-rafferty-obituary

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/jan/04/
gerry-rafferty-dies-aged-63 

Captain Beefheart / Don Van Vliet    USA    1941-2010

(born Don Glen Vliet)

artist of protean creativity

who was known

as Captain Beefheart

during his days

as an influential rock musician

and who later

led a reclusive life as a painter

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/18/arts/music/18beefheart.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/18/arts/music/18beefheart.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2010/dec/22/captain-beefheart-back-catalogue

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/dec/18/captain-beefheart-died-provocative-unpredictable

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/dec/18/captain-beefheart-dust-forward-back

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/dec/18/captain-beefheart-don-van-liet-obituary

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2003/apr/07/artsfeatures.popandrock

Robin Peter Smith    UK    1939-2010

(stage name: Crispian St. Peters)

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/11/
arts/music/11peters.html

Big Star

William Alexander "Alex" Chilton    USA    1950-2010

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/19/
arts/19chilton.html

Douglas Lars "Doug" Fieger    USA    1952-2010

lead singer

and rhythm guitarist of the Knack

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/16/
arts/music/16fieger.html

Willy DeVille (William Borsay)    USA    1950-2009

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/aug/11/
obituary-willy-deville 

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/08/
arts/music/08deville.html

Mike Smith / Michael George Smith    UK    1943-2008

Keyboard player

and lead singer

in the Dave Clark Five

There was a fleeting time,

from late 1963 into 1965,

when serious comparisons

were made between

the Dave Clark Five

and the Beatles.

Indeed,

in the US the Dave Clark Five

was billed as the group

which had, in January 1964,

toppled the Beatles

- after seven weeks -

from the top of the British charts.

Headlines such as

"Has The Five Jive

Crushed The Beatle Beat?"

ensued.

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/mar/03/popandrock.obituaries 

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/mar/03/
popandrock.obituaries

Lee Hazlewood    USA    1929-2007

reclusive songwriter and producer

behind a slew of hits

by Duane Eddy, Nancy Sinatra,

Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin

in the 1950s and 1960s

 including Ms. Sinatra’s No. 1 smash

“These Boots Are Made for Walkin’,”

(...)

Mr. Hazlewood

was also an eccentric visionary

who pioneered several genres.

As a solo artist, he created

a sound often referred to

as “cowboy psychedelia”

for its fusion of country-western,

symphonic pop orchestration

and trippy decadence.

A hard-living crank

with a trademark mustache

 he sang his wry tales

of losers and jilted lovers

in a striking,

world-weary baritone.

https://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/07/
obituaries/07hazlewood.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/07/obituaries/07
hazlewood.html

Frederick Lincoln Wray Jr    USA    1929-2005

http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/2005/nov/22/
guardianobituaries.artsobituaries

John Edmund Andrew Phillips    USA    1935-2001

John and Michelle Phillips of the Mamas and the Papas,

circa 1967.

Photograph: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images

From Brian Wilson to Nancy Sinatra:

The L.A. Music Scene in the ’60s

NYT

May 22, 2021, 5:00 a.m. ET

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/22/
books/review/hollywood-eden-joel-selvin.html

songwriter

and founding member

of the 1960's folk-pop group

the Mamas and the Papas

(...)

The Mamas and the Papas

were a band of lovers,

spouses and friends,

which proved to be both

their greatest asset

and their undoing.

In 1966,

with their first single,

''California Dreamin',''

the group epitomized

sunny optimism

and galvanized

westward-bound youths

at the dawn of the hippie era

with strong harmonies

and expectant lyrics,

all slightly ringed

with darkness.

Mr. Phillips was a man

of many contradictions:

idealist, hedonist,

businessman, musician.

Two years before Woodstock,

he was a producer

of the Monterey Pop Festival,

which propelled Jimi Hendrix,

Janis Joplin

and a new era of rock

and youth culture

into the American mainstream.

As a songwriter,

he wrote music

for the Grateful Dead,

the Beach Boys

and Scott McKenzie.

https://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/19/
arts/john-phillips-65-a-papa-of-the-1960-s-group-dies.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/22/
books/review/hollywood-eden-joel-selvin.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/19/
arts/john-phillips-65-a-papa-of-the-1960-s-group-dies.html

Harry Edward Nilsson III     USA    1941-1994

https://www.npr.org/2020/02/15/
806149966/50-years-of-the-point-harry-nilsson-s-wonderful-weird-musical-fable

Talk Talk    UK    1981-1992

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/may/25/
talk-talk-10-of-the-best

Freddie Mercury    UK    1946-1991

Roy Orbison    USA    1936-1988

 https://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/02/
arts/bill-dees-73-orbison-collaborator-dies.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/apr/28/
roy-orbison-monument-singles-review

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2008/nov/09/
roy-orbison-review

https://www.nytimes.com/1989/01/01/
arts/pop-view-the-man-with-the-blue-velvet-voice.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1988/12/08/
obituaries/roy-orbison-52-a-singer-famed-for-plaintive-pop-anthems-dies.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1988/07/31/
arts/reviews-music-roy-orbison-mines-some-old-gold.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1988/03/08/
arts/review-television-orbison-is-still-around-and-rocking.html

Joy Division / Ian Kevin Curtis    UK    1956-1980

Judith Lynne Sill    USA    1944-1979

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/23/
obituaries/judee-sill-overlooked.html

The The    UK

https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2017/may/31/
the-the-10-of-the-best-matt-johnson

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jun/26/
the-the-soul-mining-reissue-review 

1980s-2010s > Shane MacGowan    1957-2023

Siouxsie and the Banshees    UK

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/may/26/
siouxsie-sioux-banshees-60-goth-pop-singer

Boy George / Culture Club    UK

A messy story to tell’ …

Boy George on the Stop the Clause march in 1988.

Photograph: Mirrorpix/Getty Images

‘It stole years’:

the musical about those silenced by anti-gay law Section 28

Influenced by the music of Billy Bragg, Bonnie Tyler and Meatloaf,

After the Act

explores the culture of fear and self-censorship caused by the law,

voted through by the Tories during moral panic about Aids

G

Mon 27 Feb 2023    08.00 GMT

https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2023/feb/27/
musical-anti-gay-law-section-28-billy-bragg-bonnie-tyler-meatloaf

https://www.theguardian.com/music/
boy-george

https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2023/feb/27/
musical-anti-gay-law-section-28-billy-bragg-bonnie-tyler-meatloaf

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jun/18/
culture-club-boy-george-not-camp-i-am-a-geezer 

https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2013/oct/08/
boy-george-king-of-everything-new-music

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/dec/04/boy-george-mother-sexuality-outsider 

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/feb/13/boy-george-culture-club-interview 

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/jan/28/boy-george-culture-club-2012 

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/oct/12/
boy-george-interview

https://www.nytimes.com/1995/09/24/
arts/l-boy-george-all-great-art-is-genderless-415295.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1984/11/15/
arts/pop-music-culture-club-and-boy-george-perform.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1982/12/06/
arts/rock-british-culture-club.html

The Colourfield    UK

The Colourfield in July 1984 ...

(L-R) Toby Lyons, Karl Shale, Terry Hall

Photograph: Pictorial Press Ltd/Alamy

The Specials’ Terry Hall – a life in pictures

The Specials and Fun Boy Three singer has died aged 63.

We look back on the life of 2 Tone’s finest

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https://www.theguardian.com/music/gallery/2022/dec/20/
the-specials-terry-hall-a-life-in-pictures

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/20/
terry-hall-specials-fun-boy-three

https://www.theguardian.com/music/gallery/2022/dec/20/
the-specials-terry-hall-a-life-in-pictures

The Specials    UK

‘A cheerless, unaffected British voice’ …

Terry Hall in London, 2009.

Photograph: Richard Saker

the Guardian

Terry Hall was the self-assured eye of the Specials storm

As the pioneering 2 Tone band’s lead singer,

Hall’s impassive style made him a star

– and helped him weather the vicissitudes of fame,

the changing charts and British decline

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terry-hall-the-self-assured-eye-of-the-specials-storm

Terry Hall performs with The Specials

at the Rock Against Racism show, in Leeds, 1981.

Photograph: David Corio

Redferns

The Specials’ Terry Hall – a life in pictures

The Specials and Fun Boy Three singer has died aged 63.

We look back on the life of 2 Tone’s finest

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Mon 19 Dec 2022    23.08 GMT

https://www.theguardian.com/music/gallery/2022/dec/20/
the-specials-terry-hall-a-life-in-pictures

The Specials    UK

also known as The Special AKA

English 2 tone and ska revival band

formed in 1977 in Coventry.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Specials

https://www.theguardian.com/music/
the-specials

https://www.theguardian.com/music/
terry-hall

https://www.gocomics.com/lacucaracha/2023/01/09

https://www.theguardian.com/music/video/2022/dec/20/
terry-hall-his-most-memorable-songs-video-obituary

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/20/
terry-hall-specials-fun-boy-three

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/19/
terry-hall-the-self-assured-eye-of-the-specials-storm

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/19/
terry-hall-lead-singer-of-the-specials-dies-aged-63

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jan/31/
the-specials-encore-review-a-chequered-mix

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/apr/09/
chalkie-davies-best-photograph-jerry-dammers-the-specials

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/feb/20/
specials-reforming-interview-2-tone

The Cure    UK

https://www.theguardian.com/music/
the-cure

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/05/
the-cure-review-still-top-of-the-goths-robert-smith-ovo-hydro-glasgow

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/10/
the-cure-first-direct-arena-leeds-live-review-the-doyens-of-doom

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/mar/20/
news

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2004/jan/30/
popandrock.shopping8

The KLF    UK

(also known as

the Justified Ancients of Mu Mu,

the JAMs,

the Timelords and other names)

- formed in London in 1987.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_KLF - 1 January 2021

rave-pop iconoclasts

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/jan/01/
the-klf-reissue-music-for-first-time-since-1992

https://www.theguardian.com/music/
the-klf

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/jan/01/
the-klf-reissue-music-for-first-time-since-1992

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/apr/27/
return-of-the-klf-bill-drummond-jimmy-cauty

Frankie Goes To Hollywood    UK

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/aug/02/
how-we-made-relax-by-frankie-goes-to-hollywood-sex-mix-gay-clubs

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/aug/28/
frankie-goes-to-hollywood-30-years-welcome-to-the-pleasuredome

New Order    UK

https://www.theguardian.com/music/
neworder

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/the-northerner/gallery/2014/jun/24/
new-order-by-kevin-cummins-a-new-show-in-manchester

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/sep/06/
new-order-unexpected-rebirth-bestival 

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/jul/14/
new-order-split-peter-hook

Jimmy Somerville    UK

The Smiths    UK

Steven Patrick Morrissey / Johnny Marr

The Smiths outside Salford Lads Club in 1985.

Photograph: Stephen Wright

(smithsphotos.com)

This charming Manchester:

is Morrissey's city still recognisable?

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Wednesday 4 February 2015    09.11 GMT

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/feb/04/
manchester-morrissey-the-smiths

Johnny Marr

Photograph: Christopher Thomond

for the Guardian

Q&A: Johnny Marr

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Saturday 28 February 2015    06.00 GMT

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/feb/28/
johnny-marr-interview 

https://www.theguardian.com/music/
morrissey

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/may/19/
andy-rourke-bassist-for-the-smiths-dies-aged-59

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/jun/09/
johnny-marr-interview-third-album-call-the-comet

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/mar/04/
morrissey-birmingham-live-review

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/mar/22/
morrissey-live-review-cardiff-observer-new-model

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jul/10/
morrissey-world-peace-is-none-of-your-business-review

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/feb/10/
morrissey-blogpost-royal-boils-hunting-endangered-species

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/nov/13/
autobiography-by-morrissey-review

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/oct/17/
morrissey-autobiography-triumph-mired-moaning-review

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2013/jan/28/
morrissey-hospitalised-bleeding-ulcer-us

http://www.theguardian.com/music/gallery/2013/aug/12/
smiths-artwork-posters-exhibition-pictures

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/gallery/2012/mar/06/
smiths-fans-salford-lads-club 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/jun/12/
morrissey-receive-apology-from-nme

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/mar/02/
falkland-islands-belong-argentina-morrissey

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/oct/17/
morrissey-takes-racism-battle-court

https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2011/oct/14/
meat-murder-smiths

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/jun/28/
morrissey-without-record-deal

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/jun/16/
morrissey-review

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/may/18/
morrissey-compares-queen-muammar-gaddafi

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/apr/24/morrissey-the-smiths-autobiography

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/apr/22/morrissey-autobiography-finished

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/apr/14/morrissey-u2-glastonbury-festival

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/sep/03/morrissey-china-subspecies-racism

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/apr/20/morrissey-coachella-meat-fumes

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/feb/08/morrissey

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2008/dec/04/morrissey-years-of-refusal

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/competition/2009/jan/06/
the-smiths-panic-free-download

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/jun/04/popandrock.news

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/may/06/
popandrock.features1

Rick Astley    UK

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/oct/02/
rick.astley.best.act.ever

Easterhouse    UK    1980s

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Easterhouse_(band)

https://londoncelticpunks.wordpress.com/2015/05/21/
tribute-to-easterhouse-manchester-irish-indie-rock-greats/

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-12-07-
ca-1024-story.html

Cardiacs    UK

formed in 1977,

originally as Cardiac Arrest,

led by Tim Smith.

If Tim Smith influenced you,

he really influenced you.

His legacy

following his death aged 59

might be small

in the wider realm of pop,

but for many of us it feels

disproportionately massive.

If you ventured far enough

into his chaotic world of sound

– somewhere between pop,

psych, punk and prog –

it would inevitably become

an all-encompassing love.

The music he created,

primarily with his band

Cardiacs,

pushed the standard

structures of rock music

into bizarre patterns:

resolutely British,

with any hint of Americana

cast aside

in favour of hymns, marches

and misshapen folk melodies.

The idiosyncratic

sequences of chords

he assembled were,

in any traditional sense,

completely wrong,

but through sheer

buoyancy of spirit

they became

unwaveringly right.

At gigs,

his music inspired devotion

of the like I’ve never seen before

or since.

Countless friendships blossomed

as a direct result of his work;

whole families of groups

were formed, all radiating from Tim.

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/jul/22/
cardiacs-tim-smith-a-one-man-subculture-who-inspired-total-devotion

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/jul/22/
cardiacs-tim-smith-a-one-man-subculture-who-inspired-total-devotion

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/jul/22/
tim-smith-frontman-cult-band-the-cardiacs-dies-aged-59

U.K.    UK

founded in 1977

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/apr/19/
allan-holdsworth-obituary

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/31/
arts/music/john-wetton-rocker-with-king-crimson-and-asia-dies-at-67.html

Police    UK

formed in London in 1977

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/aug/05/
stewart-copeland-father-miles-cia-spy-the-police

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/jan/07/
stewart-copeland-conflicts-over-music-caused-rifts-with-sting

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/sep/05/
popandrock1

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/aug/24/
popandrock1

Handbag    UK

The trio burst on

to the mid-70s scene

only for their label

to bury their debut.

As it resurfaces,

singer Paul Southwell looks back

at a band who would have changed

LGBTQ+ history

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/16/
wed-kiss-each-other-on-stage-and-simulate-sex-the-pioneering-gay-powerpop-of-handbag

Devo    USA

formed in 1972

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/19/
arts/music/bob-casale-guitarist-in-devo-dies-at-61.html

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/feb/19/
bob-casale-devo-dies

The Doobie Brothers    USA

formed in 1970 in San Jose, California

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2022/oct/17/
how-we-made-what-a-fool-believes-doobie-brothers

The Jam    UK

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/nov/12/
how-we-made-town-malice 

Stevie Nicks    USA

https://www.nytimes.com/topic/person/stevie-nicks 

rock > UK > Dire Straits > 1970s-1990s

Mark Knopfler > 1970s-2010s

Toto    USA

Toto was formed in 1977

by a group of successful

studio musicians including

Mr. Porcaro’s brothers

Jeff, a drummer,

and Steve,

who played keyboards.

Mike Porcaro joined in 1982

after the original bassist,

David Hungate, left.

The brothers were the sons

of Joe Porcaro,

a jazz drummer.

Jeff died in 1992.

Toto sold millions of records

in the late ’70s and early ’80s.

Its album “Toto IV”

won the 1982 Grammy

for album of the year,

and its song “Rosanna,”

which reached No. 2

on the Billboard singles chart,

was record of the year.

The band also collectively won

the producer of the year Grammy.

“Africa,” from 1982,

was Toto’s only No. 1 single,

but the band

had Top 40 hits until 1988.

It broke up in 2008

but reunited in 2010.

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/17/
arts/music/mike-porcaro-bass-player-for-toto-dies-at-59.html

https://www.npr.org/2018/02/11/
582121518/toto-celebrates-40-trips-around-the-sun-with-new-album

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/17/
arts/music/mike-porcaro-bass-player-for-toto-dies-at-59.html

The Eagles    USA

American rock band

(...)

formed in Los Angeles,

California in 1971.

(...)

The Eagles were one

of the most successful

recording artists of the 1970s.

http://www.theguardian.com/music/eagles

https://www.theguardian.com/music/
eagles

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/27/
arts/music/randy-meisner-dead.html

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/jun/21/
eagles-review-unflashy-guys-with-guitars-deliver-feelgood-comforts

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/01/18/
463510638/glenn-frey-guitarist-for-the-eagles-dead-at-67

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/19/
arts/music/glenn-frey-a-founding-member-of-the-eagles-dies-at-67.html

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/jan/18/
glenn-frey-eagles-founder-dies-aged-67

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/sep/24/
eagles-1974-interview-rocks-backpages-crawdaddy-magazine

Jefferson Airplane    USA    1965-1972

Deep Purple    UK

The birth of headbanging … Gillan with Deep Purple in 1973.

Photograph: Fin Costello

Redferns

Deep Purple's Ian Gillan at 75: 'I can't pole vault any more!'

The rock singer is still yelling his way round the world,

having weathered booze, hepatitis

and hysterically embarrassing Spinal Tap moments.

His secret? ‘Loyalty is overrated’

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https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/oct/12/
ian-gillan-deep-purple-at-75

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Deep_Purple_discography

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/oct/12/
ian-gillan-deep-purple-at-75

 http://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/oct/18/
deep-purple-roundhouse-rock-review

Steppenwolf    Canada / USA    formed in 1967

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Steppenwolf_(band)

James Chance & The Contortions    USA

James Chance & The Contortions

Video    "Contort Yourself" at M-80 Festival, Minneapolis, 9.23.79

YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcRAdLuHPgY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcRAdLuHPgY

Cabaret Voltaire    UK

founded in the 1970s

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/oct/08/
richard-h-kirk-obituary

The Stooges    USA    formed in 1967

 The Stooges in 1972.

From left, James Williamson, Iggy Pop,

Scott Asheton and his brother, Ron Asheton.

Photograph: Mick Rock

Scott Asheton, Drummer in the Stooges, Dies at 64

NYT

MARCH 18, 2014

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/19/
arts/music/scott-asheton-drummer-in-the-stooges-dies-at-64.html

Formed in Ann Arbor in 1967,

the Stooges — Mr. Asheton,

the singer Iggy Pop,

the bassist Dave Alexander

and the guitarist Ron Asheton,

Scott’s brother —

boiled down rock ’n’ roll

to its aggressive base elements

in songs about boredom

and desire.

Over time, through their small

and powerful discography

and the hundreds of bands

they inspired,

they left a lasting mark

on rock music.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/19/
arts/music/scott-asheton-drummer-in-the-stooges-dies-at-64.html

https://www.npr.org/artists/15157974/
the-stooges

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/19/
arts/music/scott-asheton-drummer-in-the-stooges-dies-at-64.html

http://www.npr.org/2013/05/02/
180337240/iggy-pop-what-happens-when-people-disappear

http://www.npr.org/event/music/178305417/
iggy-the-stooges-live-in-concert - April 28, 2013

Emerson, Lake & Palmer    UK    1970s

Genesis    UK

Mott the Hoople    UK

Peter Overend Watts, left,

and Mick Ronson

performing with Mott the Hoople.

Photograph: Jorgen Angel

Getty Images

Peter Overend Watts obituary

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https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jan/25/
peter-overend-watts-obituary

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jan/25/
peter-overend-watts-obituary

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jan/23/
mott-the-hoople-bassist-peter-overend-watts-dies

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/nov/19/
mott-the-hoople-review

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/sep/03/
mott-the-hoople-reunion

The Who    UK    1960s-2010s

Manfred Mann    UK

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/oct/14/
60s-hitmakers-manfred-mann-ive-sung-this-10000-times-and-never-liked-it

The 13th Floor Elevators    USA    1965-1969

https://www.npr.org/2019/06/02/
729007990/were-gonna-miss-him-
roky-erickson-brought-soulfulness-to-psychedelia

https://www.npr.org/2019/05/31/
728821278/roky-erickson-of-the-13th-floor-elevators-dies-at-71

Yusuf Islam

(born Steven Demetre Georgiou)

stage name Cat Stevens        UK

https://www.npr.org/2020/09/21/
915392711/yusuf-cat-stevens-on-remaking-tea-for-the-tillerman-50-years-later

https://www.npr.org/2020/09/17/
913620940/yusuf-revisits-tea-for-the-tillerman-his-landmark-album-as-cat-stevens

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/nov/15/
yusuf-islam-interview

David Van Cortlandt Crosby    USA

https://www.theguardian.com/music/crosbystillsnashandyoung

http://www.npr.org/2017/09/22/
552581862/on-sky-trails-david-crosby-recounts-his-regrets-and-revelations

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/sep/29/
david.crosby.playlist 

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young    Canada, UK, USA

https://www.theguardian.com/music/
crosbystillsnashandyoung

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/oct/14/
david-crosby-trump-country-stills-nash-byrds-election

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/25/
arts/music/dallas-taylor-drummer-for-crosby-stills-nash-young-dies-at-66.html

The Fugs    USA

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/13/
arts/music/13kupferberg.html

Tempest    UK

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/12/
obituaries/jon-hiseman-73-drummer-who-melded-rock-jazz-and-blues-dies.html

The Band    Canada, USA    1960s-1990s

Nancy Sinatra    USA    1960s-2010s

Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel    USA

https://www.nytimes.com/1982/02/28/
arts/it-s-simon-garfunkel-again-old-friends-memory-brushes-same-years-silently.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1977/12/07/
archives/simon-garfunkel-better-as-partners.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1975/11/02/
archives/simon-and-garfunkel-last-time-together-simon-and-garfunkel.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1973/09/09/
archives/garfunkel-on-his-own-pop.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1969/11/28/
archives/simon-and-garfunkel-perform-to-full-house-in-carnegie-hall.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1968/10/13/
archives/for-simon-and-garfunkel-all-is-groov-y__-their-madrigallike-harmony.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1968/05/05/
archives/simon-and-garfunkel-no-more-alienation.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1968/01/29/
archives/simon-garfunkel-pack-carnegie-hall.html

Donovan    UK

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/video/2011/may/12/
donovan-live-session-sunshine-superman

Sha Na Na    USA

band

that became famous

in the 1970s

for its simultaneously

nostalgic and comedic

approach

to the rock ’n’ roll

of the 1950s

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/10/
arts/dennis-greene-a-singer-with-sha-na-na-dies-at-66.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/10/
arts/dennis-greene-a-singer-with-sha-na-na-dies-at-66.html

The Searchers    UK

https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/
a9399880-5587-457c-bc87-8c81fcf57cb1

Sweet Smoke    USA    1967-1974

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Sweet_Smoke

Wham!    UK

formed in Bushey in 1981

https://www.theguardian.com/music/
georgemichael

https://www.npr.org/2023/07/05/
1186094430/netflix-wham-documentary-george-michael-andrew-ridgeley

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/jun/25/
wham-review-the-truth-behind-the-mahogany-tans-and-catchy-songs

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/jun/17/
tv-tonight-celebrating-george-michael-40-years-after-whams-first-album

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/21/
arts/music/george-michael-freedom-uncut.html

https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2016/dec/26/
george-michael-wham-most-misunderstood-group-1980s-thatcherism

Loggins and Messina    USA

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Loggins_and_Messina

The Classics IV    USA    late 1960s and early ’70s

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/10/
arts/music/10yost.html

The Classics IV    Dennis Yost    USA

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/10/
arts/music/10yost.html

MC5    USA

 rock band formed

in Lincoln Park, Michigan, in 1963.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
MC5

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/02/
arts/music/wayne-kramer-dead.html

https://www.npr.org/2018/08/22/
640319413/wayne-kramer-rock-legend-and-failed-outlaw-
assembles-a-supergroup-in-the-rearvie

The Animals    UK

formed in the early 1960s

The Animals "House Of The Rising Sun" on The Ed Sullivan Show

The Animals "House Of The Rising Sun"

remastered in HD

on The Ed Sullivan Show on October 18, 1964.

YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxrz00XSOAo

https://www.npr.org/2021/01/31/
962582389/hilton-valentine-founding-guitarist-for-the-animals-
dies-at-77

Gerry and the Pacemakers    UK    1960s

Gerry Marsden, aloft,

in a publicity photo

with the other members of Gerry and Pacemakers

in 1964.

They had the distinction of scoring a No. 1 hit in the U.K.

before the Beatles did.

Photograph: Press Association,

via Associated Press

Gerry Marsden, a Hitmaker With the Pacemakers, Dies at 78

For a time in the early ’60s,

with songs like“Ferry Cross the Mersey,”

“Don’t Let the Sun Catch You Crying”

and “You’ll Never Walk Alone,”

the Pacemakers rivaled the Beatles.

NYT

Jan. 4, 2021

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/04/
arts/music/gerry-marsden-dead.html

For a time in the early ’60s,

with songs lik

“Ferry Cross the Mersey,”

“Don’t Let the Sun Catch You Crying”

and “You’ll Never Walk Alone,”

the Pacemakers rivaled the Beatles.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/04/
arts/music/gerry-marsden-dead.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/04/
arts/music/gerry-marsden-dead.html

The Beach Boys    Brian Wilson    USA

https://www.theguardian.com/music/
brianwilson

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/22/
books/review/hollywood-eden-joel-selvin.html

http://www.npr.org/2016/10/15/
497948822/i-feel-pretty-good-a-moment-with-brian-wilson

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/apr/09/
beach-boy-brian-wilson-punk-rock-love-and-mercy

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/apr/15/
brian-wilson-autobiography-beach-boys

http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/galleries/2012/05/27/
brian-wilson-the-beach-boys-wild-ride-photos.html

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/oct/27/
beach-boys-smile-sessions-review 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/jun/24/
brian-wilson-interview

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/may/19/
musicnews

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/sep/11/
popandrock

The Beach Boys    USA

https://www.theguardian.com/music/
beach-boys

https://www.npr.org/2023/03/17/
1164142924/jim-gordon-a-famed-session-drummer-who-killed-mother-dies

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/mar/14/
beach-boys-smile 

Cliff Richard    UK

https://www.theguardian.com/music/
cliff-richard

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/oct/02/
cliff-richard-review-funny-poignant-show-from-pops-performing-genius

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/mar/10/
peter-callander

https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2012/aug/23/
pop-pictures-cliff-richard

The Kinks    UK    1960s-1990s

The Monkeys    USA

https://www.npr.org/artists/15398067/
the-monkees

https://www.npr.org/2021/12/10/
622582336/mike-nesmith-obituary

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/dec/10/
mike-nesmith-singer-and-guitarist-with-the-monkees-dies-aged-78

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/10/
arts/music/michael-nesmith-dead.html

https://www.npr.org/2019/02/21/
696864784/peter-tork-of-the-monkees-dies-at-77

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/21/
obituaries/peter-tork-dead.html

https://www.npr.org/2018/12/29/
676852011/the-monkees-tried-to-cut-their-strings-with-head

https://www.npr.org/2017/04/16/
523921383/michael-nesmith-on-infinite-tuesday-and-touring-with-hendrix

https://www.npr.org/templates/
story/story.php?storyId=6092962 - September 17, 2006

The Housemartins    UK

Nick Lowe    UK

https://www.theguardian.com/music/nicklowe

The Youngbloods    USA

https://www.npr.org/2019/04/10/
711545679/get-together-youngbloods-summer-of-love-american-anthem

Mountain    USA

formed on Long Island, New York in 1969

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/23/
arts/music/leslie-west-dead.html

T. Rex    UK    formed in 1967

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/sep/04/
marc-bolan-perfect-pop-star-t-rex-singer-tribute-album-elton-john-u2

https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2020/jun/22/
glitter-and-curls-marc-bolan-and-the-birth-of-glam-rock-style

Daisy Chain    USA    Fullerton, California,1960s

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Daisy_Chain_(band)

Gary Numan    UK

https://www.theguardian.com/music/
garynuman 

https://www.theguardian.com/music/
annie-lennox

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/oct/08/
annie-lennox-pornographic-miley-cyrus

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2012/mar/05/
annie-lennox-world-more-sexualised

Eurythmics    UK

https://www.theguardian.com/music/
annie-lennox

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Eurythmics

http://www.npr.org/2016/02/13/
466458185/in-new-memoir-eurythmics-dave-stewart-
tells-of-life-before-and-after-sweet-dream

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
1984_(For_the_Love_of_Big_Brother)

Bogshed    UK

 formed in 1984

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/nov/15/
bogshed-bog-set

Adam and the Ants    UK

late 1970s and early 1980s

https://www.theguardian.com/music/gallery/2020/may/30/
londons-lost-venues-in-pictures

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/jun/14/
rod-stewart-interview-killing-of-georgie-song-gay-man 

https://www.theguardian.com/music/
rodstewart

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/feb/14/
rod-stewart-first-studio-recording-to-be-sold-at-auction

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/26/
rod-stewart-calls-sky-news-offering-to-pay-for-nhs-hospital-scans

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/nov/17/
rod-stewart-review-glam-sailing-past-sell-by-date-motorpoint-arena-nottingham

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/nov/24/
rod-stewart-review-manchester-arena

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/jun/14/
rod-stewart-interview-killing-of-georgie-song-gay-man

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/sep/14/
rod-stewart-review-hyde-park-london

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2013/apr/19/rod-stewart-songwriting-album-time

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/may/12/
time-rod-stewart-review

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/dec/13/
rod-stewart-merry-christmas-review

https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2012/oct/18/
old-music-rod-stewart-maggie-may

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/jun/27/
hard-rock-calling-review

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/jun/12/
rod-stewart-charts-uk-us

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/feb/02/rod-stewart-jeff-beck

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/may/31/
rod-stewart-review

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2009/jun/15/faces-reunion-rod-stewart

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2008/nov/13/the-faces-reunite

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandhealth/gallery/2008/mar/26/fashion?picture=333248115

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2008/mar/26/fashion.rodstewart 

The Faces    UK

 Ian McLagan in 1975.

Photograph:  Kate Simon

Ian McLagan, Keyboardist With the Faces, Dies at 69

NYT

3 December 2014

https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/04/
arts/music/ian-mclagan-musician-with-the-faces-dies-at-69.html 

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/04/
arts/music/ian-mclagan-musician-with-the-faces-dies-at-69.html 

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/dec/04/
ian-mclagan

https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2014/jan/30/
ronnie-lane-great-underappreciated-british-songwriter

https://www.theguardian.com/music/gallery/2013/dec/05/
rod-stewart-faces-reform-
in-pictures - Guardian pictures gallery

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/nov/13/
the-faces-reunite

Fanny    USA

From left:

Jean Millington,

Nickey Barclay,

Brie Darling,

Alice de Buhr

and June Millington

practice in the basement of their band’s famed home,

Fanny Hill.

Photograph: Linda Wolf

The All-Female Band Fanny Made History.

A New Doc Illuminates It.

The group put out five albums in the ’70s

and counted David Bowie and Bonnie Raitt as fans.

The filmmaker Bobbi Jo Hart,

dismayed its story hadn’t been told, took action.

NYT

May 25, 2022, 5:00 a.m. ET

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/25/
arts/music/fanny-the-right-to-rock.html

Before Fanny,

Jean Millington,

Brie Darling,

Wendy Haas Mull

and June Millington

performed as the Svelts.

Photograph: Steve Griffith

The All-Female Band Fanny Made History.

A New Doc Illuminates It.

The group put out five albums in the ’70s

and counted David Bowie and Bonnie Raitt as fans.

The filmmaker Bobbi Jo Hart,

dismayed its story hadn’t been told, took action.

NYT

May 25, 2022, 5:00 a.m. ET

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/25/
arts/music/fanny-the-right-to-rock.html

Fanny put out

a total of five albums

between 1970 and 1974,

one of which was produced

by Todd Rundgren.

The band scored two Top 40 hits

— the swinging, soulful

“Charity Ball”

and the doo-wop-flavored

“Butter Boy” —

and played in the United States

and abroad

with Slade, Jethro Tull, Humble Pie,

the Kinks and Chicago.

The group backed

Barbra Streisand in the studio

and performed on

“The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour”

and “American Bandstand.”

In 1999, Bowie hailed Fanny

as one of the finest rock bands

of its time in Rolling Stone.

He also lamented

that “nobody’s ever

mentioned them.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/25/
arts/music/fanny-the-right-to-rock.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/25/
arts/music/fanny-the-right-to-rock.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1970/07/22/
archives/program-by-byrds-shows-inclination-to-longer-numbers.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/22/
arts/music/cory-wells-singer-with-three-dog-night-dies-at-74.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/22/
arts/music/cory-wells-singer-with-three-dog-night-dies-at-74.html

http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/dec/20/
musicnews.arts 

The Velvet Underground > Nico    USA

http://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2017/03/11/
519306037/velvet-underground-and-nico-50-years-first-record-800-copies-collection

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/mar/16/
popandrock3

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
The_Velvet_Underground_%26_Nico - 1967

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/14/
arts/music/john-cale-mercy-velvet-underground.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/15/
movies/todd-haynes-velvet-underground.html

https://www.npr.org/2021/10/14/
1045716558/todd-haynes-new-film-takes-us-deep-into-the-velvet-underground

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
The_Velvet_Underground_%26_Nico - 1967

Blue Öyster Cult    USA

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/jul/27/
sandy-pearlman-blue-oyster-cult-producer-manager-
dies-aged-72

Tom Waits    USA

https://www.theguardian.com/music/
tom-waits

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/aug/20/
tom-waits-frank-trilogy-reissues-
swordfishtrombones-rain-dogs-franks-wild-years

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/oct/08/
tom-waits-gives-devil-due

https://www.npr.org/2008/07/29/
92916923/glitter-and-doom-tom-waits-in-concert

https://www.nytimes.com/1985/10/06/
arts/tom-waits-pop-s-minstrel-of-the-downtroden.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1976/05/10/
archives/tom-waits-clouds-clever-rock-songs-with-affected-style.html

James Anthony Sullivan / Jim Sullivan    USA    1940-1975

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/14/
arts/music/jim-sullivan.html

1960s > USA > The Ronettes > Ronnie Spector

1960s-2010s > UK > The Rolling Stones

1960s-1990s > USA > The Grateful Dead

1960s-2010s > USA > Four Seasons

The Liverbirds    UK    1963-1968

We're Britain's First Female Rock Band.

This is Why You Don't Know Us.

Video    'Almost Famous' by Op-Docs    NYT    18 December 2019

It’s hard to say what, exactly,

was in the water in Liverpool in the early 1960s

that wound up producing the Merseybeat sound