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Cheers! I never think to check IMDb because it normally just has blanks for many musicians. According to Ancestry, both Szabo and Snyder hailed from (or at least lived in) San Diego. Szabo's DOB from IMDb checks out. Snyder's doesn't. I've found records in San Diego of him and Jackie and they give his birth as c. 1942. Updated.

And I love Wikipedia!

I stand corrected. Just found this: Name MS Lorna Campbell Birth 1939-1941 Residence 2003-2007 Birmingham West Midlands England Safe to assume the '39 Aberdeen birth is her I reckon. Updated.

GRO: Marriages: October 1967 CAMPBELL, LORNA + CLARK, BRIAN N. BIRMINGHAM Scotland's People (which doesn't supply mother's maiden name on certificates after a certain date, so it's guess work): 4x Lorna Campbell born in Aberdeen (1939, 1942, 1945, 1948). 1939 is the most likely but I suppose it could be 1942, at a push 1945? Ancestry: Nothing. Bar the repeated marriage certificate from above. Can't find her in any electoral rolls/census records. There is a Lorna M Campbell who married a Steven R Clark in Birmingham in 1982. Did she relocate to Birmingham permanently? Regardless, doesn't provide anymore information. Any ideas?

Cheers. I will try and reach out. A few updates to the 50s/60s from today (I'm randomly selecting acts to have a second go on): The Casinos – added the deaths of Glen Hughes and Joe Patterson after finding mentions of them on a message board (seems to be a good go to along with the YouTube comments section when all else fails!). Bolton, Dalton and White appear to be living. Can't find anything on Hawkins or Mathews. Duane Eddy and The Rebels – I got in touch with the Duane Eddy fan club. Nobody has any idea what happened to Jimmy Troxel who is the last blank in that section. They even contacted his local musicians union for me and they know nothing. *sigh* I guess there's some we'll never get to the bottom of. Still, the 50s/60s section is looking a lot more complete than the 70s is!

The death of Tom Mitchell means that Scottish hereditary peer Robert Lindsay, 29th Earl of Crawford, 93, is now the only surviving MP elected at the 1955 general election. He's also the Chief of Clan Lindsay. He only retired from the House of Lords in November of last year.

Well this project was always going to throw up a few surprises. Drummer Chick Keeney isn't only dead. He was murdered by the mob in 1971 and his body decomposed! "Mr. Bowdach said he had asked Mr. Cicchini to meet him at a Miami used car dealership which he used as a front for loansharking. When Mr. Cicchini arrived, he said, he and four friends killed him by first hitting him with “a rolled bar of steel,” then shooting him with a spear gun and finally shooting him several times with a gun. "We used a 100‐pound bag of quick lye” on the body, Mr. Bowdach testified. “It decomposes the skin and organs.” He said the body was buried in North Miami, but that he believed his accomplices later moved the body."

American feminist Maura McNiel dead at 99. American economist Mason Gaffney dead at 96.

Seeing as I can't respond in the thread, here's my list from the 2017 possibilities thread of Desert Island Discs survivors. Updated for Annie Ross and all those who have died since my post in 2016. Desert Island Discs 1940s [no survivors] 1950s Petula Clark / b. 1932 Sally Ann Howes / b. 1930 d. 2021 Vera Lynn / b. 1917 d. 2020 Peggy Cummins / b. 1925 d. 2017 Tony Mottram / b. 1920 d. 2016 Edward Allcard / b. 1914 d. 2017 Claire Bloom / b. 1931 Stirling Moss / b. 1929 d. 2020 Leslie Caron / b. 1931 Shirley Abicair / b. 1928 Janette Scott / b. 1938 Tommy Steele / b. 1936 David Attenborough / b. 1926 Beryl Grey / b. 1927 d. 2022 Cleo Laine / b. 1927 Harry Belafonte / b. 1927 d. 2023 Elizabeth Seal / b. 1933 June Paul / b. 1934 d. 2020 Chris Barber / b. 1930 d. 2021 Judy Grinham / b. 1939 Sylvia Syms / b. 1934 d. 2023 1960 Marty Wilde / b. 1939 Anne Heywood / b. 1931 Shirley Bassey / b. 1937 Brian Rix / b. 1924 d. 2016 Pat Suzuki / b. 1930 Cliff Richard / b. 1940 Denis Norden / b. 1922 d. 2018 1961 Teddie Beverley / b. 1927 Babs Beverley / b. 1927 d. 2018 Barbara Jefford / b. 1930 d. 2020 Julian Bream / b. 1933 d. 2020 Ann Haydon / b. 1938 Joan Collins / b. 1933 1962 Leslie Phillips / b. 1924 d. 2022 Bruce Forsyth / b. 1928 d. 2017 1963 Juliette Greco / b. 1927 d. 2020 Bernard Cribbins / b. 1928 d. 2022 Millicent Martin / b. 1934 1964 Julie Andrews / b. 1935 Vanessa Redgrave / b. 1937 Robbie Brightwell / b. 1939 d. 2022 Honor Blackman / b. 1925 d. 2020 1965 Frank Ifield / b. 1937 Sheila Hancock / b. 1933 Hayley Mills / b. 1946 Robert F. Marx / b. 1936 d. 2019 Annie Ross / b. 1930 d. 2020 Rita Tushingham / b. 1942 Peter Hall / b. 1930 d. 2017 1966 Sara Leighton / b. 1937 Nina, Baroness van Pallandt / b. 1932 Virginia McKenna / b. 1931 Michael Craig / b. 1929 June Ritchie / b. 1941 Katharine Whitehorn / b. 1928 d. 2021 Arnold Wesker / b. 1932 d. 2016 Stephen Bishop / b. 1940 Chay Blyth / b. 1940 John Ridgway / b. 1938 1967 Gerald Harper / b. 1931 Barry Briggs / b. 1934 Rolf Harris / b. 1930 Fenella Fielding / b. 1927 d. 2018 Roy Hudd / b. 1936 d. 2020 Tom Courtenay / b. 1937 Alan Bennett / b. 1934 Andre Previn / b. 1929 d. 2019 Jacques Loussier / b. 1934 d. 2019 1968 Ann Mallalieu / b. 1945 Desmond Morris / b. 1928 John Williams / b. 1941 John Bird / b. 1936 d. 2022 Susan Hampshire / b. 1937 Marilyn Horne / b. 1934 Margaret Drabble / b. 1939 Trevor Nunn / b. 1940 Janet Baker / b. 1933 Eleanor Bron / b. 1938 Richard Lester / b. 1932 Richard Baker / b. 1925 d. 2018 Des Wilson / b. 1941 Asa Briggs / b. 1921 d. 2016 1969 Heather Harper / b. 1930 d. 2019 Maggie Fitzgibbon / b. 1929 d. 2020 Zena Skinner / b. 1927 d. 2018 Mary Wilson / b. 1916 d. 2018 Nicolai Gedda / b. 1925 d. 2017 Virginia Wade / b. 1945 Antonia Fraser / b. 1932 Rachael Heyhoe / b. 1939 d. 2017 Des O’Connor / b. 1932 d. 2020 Donald Zec / b. 1919 d. 2021 Anthony Grey / b. 1938 Moira Anderson / b. 1938

Ah yes of course. Sorry, half asleep today. Here are their photos from the 1966 Roosevelt High School year book (both resident in Wyandotte at the time). Thomas A. Beaudry Gary Thompson I can't even identify them in the pics of Frijid Pink. I guess that's what hard rock does to you! Anyway, says Beaudry was born c. 1950.

Came across this link earlier actually. I was going to jot in c. 1950 then I thought to myself "Don't kid yourself, you know nothing about international school systems". Hmmm I'll leave it be for the time being. How is it that groups like Parliament-Funkadelic can have over 250 members and there's plenty online about every single one of them and yet 3-6 member bands can't even get their basic bio details out there?

Found Gary using Wyandotte. So on Ancestry there's a record for a Gary R Thompson, resident of Wyandotte 1966 b. 28 Feb 1949. Then there's this from June 2013... "As for the other original members: Kelly Green still lives in Michigan, but has had some health problems and recently underwent a quadruple bypass; Gary Thompson lives in Grosse Isle and is still playing guitar; and Tom Harris is currently playing bass in a covers band." Looked up Gary Thompson + Michigan on ClustrMaps and there's only one in Grosse Isle. Gary Thompson b. 21 Feb 1949. One of the records has the date slightly off... probably the latter residency one. Clustrmaps does have errors... let's go for 28th Feb 49, but anyway it's him! I've found Harris too. The above obit isn't him. I again used Clustrmaps. The above 2013 link mentions he was resident in Allen Park, a suburb of Detroit. I put Thomas Harris into Michigan, got 100s of results, cut it down to Detroit then Allen Park and it only leaves one individual – a Thomas Earl Harris who was born 19 Aug 1951. Now I'm just pissed off we can't find Kelly Green (or Thomas Beaudry as he was actually called). Seeing as he died after 2013, there doesn't seem to be a death record up on Ancestry, yet. May have to wait a few years.

F (part 5/5) Fox Wiki UK pop rock band, formed in 1974 and disbanded in 1981, singer Noosha Fox later had a solo career, Kenny Young was a prominent songwriter, penning hits such as Under the Boardwalk for The Drifters and Ai No Corrida for Quincy Jones Herbie Armstrong 14 May 1944 – Living Noosha Fox 08 Dec 1944 – Living Jim Frank no info available Jim Gannon 1947 – Living Peter Solley 19 Oct 1948 – 16 Nov 2023 (75) Obit Gary Taylor 28 Nov 1947 – Living Kenny Young 14 Apr 1941 – 14 Apr 2020 (79) Guardian obit 15/02/1975 Only You Can #3 10/05/1975 Imagine Me, Imagine You #15 10/04/1976 S-S-S-Single Bed #4 Noosha Fox 08 Dec 1944 – Living Wiki Australian pop singer, also a member of pop rock band Fox 12/11/1977 Georgina Bailey #31 Peter Frampton 22 Apr 1950 – Living Wiki UK rock singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer from Beckenham, Kent, later emigrated to the United States 01/05/1976 Show Me the Way #10 11/09/1976 Baby I Love Your Way #43 06/11/1976 Do You Feel Like We Do #39 23/07/1977 I'm in You #41 Claude Francois 01 Feb 1939 – 11 Mar 1978 (39) FindAGrave memorial Wiki Egyptian-born French pop singer-songwriter and producer, born in Ismailia and raised in Port Tewfik, died in March 1978 after accidentally electrocuting himself trying to fix a light fitting 10/01/1976 Tears on the Telephone #35 Aretha Franklin 25 Mar 1942 – 16 Aug 2018 (76) Guardian obit Wiki American soul, R&B and pop singer-songwriter, pianist and actress from Memphis, Tennessee, began her career as a child singing gospel music at her father's Baptist church, actively involved in the civil rights movement, inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987, her sisters Erma (1938–2002) and Carolyn (1944–1988) were also noted singers 22/08/1970 Don't Play That Song (You Lied) #13 Cover of a single by Ben E. King 02/10/1971 Spanish Harlem #14 Cover of a single by Ben E. King 08/09/1973 Angel #37 Features uncredited backing vocals by Carolyn Franklin and Erma Franklin 16/02/1974 Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do) #26 Frantique Wiki American disco production group, James Bolden was also a singer under the name David Christie – he committed suicide in May 1997 James Bolden 01 Jan 1948 – 11 May 1997 (49) Obit Jack Robinson 17 Jan 1938 – Living Vivienne Savoie Robinson no info available 11/08/1979 Strut Your Funky Stuff #10 NB: According to this, the three producers – Bolden, Robinson and his then wife Savoie Robinson mixed the record in Paris, and an anonymous female vocalist added the lyrics. The three girls who appeared on Top of The Tops – Tricia Cheyenne, Denise Russelle and Florence Raynor were not "members" as such but were brought in to front live performances. Free Wiki UK rock band from London, formed in 1968 and disbanded in 1973, singer Paul Rodgers and drummer Simon Kirke later formed the hard rock supergroup Bad Company, guitarist Paul Kossoff died from a blot clot in March 1976 whilst onboard a flight from Los Angeles to New York John "Rabbit" Bundrick 21 Nov 1948 – Living Andy Fraser 03 Jul 1952 – 16 Mar 2015 (62) Guardian obit Simon Kirke 28 Jul 1949 – Living Paul Kossoff 14 Sep 1950 – 19 Mar 1976 (25) FindAGrave memorial Paul Rodgers 17 Dec 1949 – Living Tetsu Yamauchi 21 Oct 1946 – Living 06/06/1970 All Right Now #2 01/05/1971 My Brother Jake #4 27/05/1972 Little Bit of Love #13 13/01/1973 Wishing Well #7 21/07/1973 All Right Now (re-release) #15 18/02/1978 Free EP #11 Dean Friedman 23 May 1955 – Living Wiki American pop and soft rock singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Paramus, New Jersey 03/06/1978 Woman of Mine #52 23/09/1978 Lucky Stars #3 A duet with Denise Marsa, though she was uncredited on the release 18/11/1978 Lydia #31 Frijid Pink Wiki American psychedelic rock band from Brighton, Michigan, formed in 1967 Kelly Green (aka Tom Beaudry) c. 1950 – deceased Mention of death Tom Harris 19 Aug 1951 – Living Rick Stevers 17 Aug 1950 – Living Gary Ray Thompson 28 Feb 1949 – Living 28/03/1970 House of the Rising Sun #4 A traditional folk song, most famously recorded by The Animals Funkadelic Wiki American funk band from Detroit, Michigan, formed in 1968 and disbanded in 1982, frontman George Clinton is also known for leading their sister act, Parliament, and later the combined collective of Parliament-Funkadelic, inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997 Jerome Brailey 20 Aug 1950 – Living George Clinton 22 Jul 1941 – Living Bootsy Collins 26 Oct 1951 – Living Rodney Curtis 07 Sep 1956 – Living Ray Davis 29 Mar 1940 – 05 Jul 2005 (65) Telegraph obit Ron Ford 16 Jan 1948 – 28 Dec 2015 (67) USA Today obit Mallia Franklin 01 Mar 1952 – 05 Feb 2010 (67) Mention of death Larry Fratangelo 09 Sep 1953 – Living Michael Hampton 15 Nov 1956 – Living Tyrone Lampkin 19 Aug 1948 – 30 Jun 1987 (38) Mention of death Lynn Mabry 21 Mar 1958 – Living Walter "Junie" Morrison Jun 1954 – 21 Jan 2017 (62) Rolling Stone obit Cordell Mosson 16 Oct 1952 – 18 Apr 2013 (60) NY Times obit Gary Shider 24 Jul 1953 – 16 Jun 2010 (56) NY Times obit Dawn Silva 02 Jan 1954 – Living Greg Thomas 09 May 19?? – Living Jeanette Washington 05 Aug 19?? – Living Bernie Worrell 19 Apr 1944 – 24 Jun 2016 (72) Guardian obit Debbie Wright 18 Jun 1951 – 12 Oct 2017 (66) Obit 09/12/1978 One Nation Under a Groove #9

Well seeing as nobody else has done it, happy 90th birthday (for yesterday) to Sally Ann Howes, best known for playing Truly Scrumptious in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Her co-star of course was Dick Van Dyke, soon to be 95.

Nice find! There were enough details on RateYourMusic for me to look up Donald Groom and Bobby Angelo on Ancestry/the GRO. No death record for Groom so I assume he is alive at 80. As for the elusive Bobby Angelo, he turns 79 in a few days and it looks like he was living in Guildford around 2009!

Alright, finished digging. So managed to get Ralph Mitchell's DOB from the residency you gave, cheers! He appears to be the baby of the group at just 22 when they released Float on! Charles Clark – I got his birthday from that second FB page when I researched him a few weeks back as he was a member of C.J. & Co. I have tried everything and yet I can't return a certain year but I just came across a yearbook photo of him from 1966 on Ancestry and it says he's 16 in it. Doesn't say what month the yearbook was published so I've put c. 1950. Looking at his FB pics he's looking good for his age, seems to share a lot of stuff about centenarians/supercentenarians too. Wonder if he browses DL...

Perfect find for Reginald Turner. Punched those dates into Ancestry and got an exact match – Reginald Buddy Turner b. 27 Aug 1947 in Philadelphia. On Turner's Discogs page it says he also recorded/produced as Buddy Turner and on YouTube there are uploads of some of these obscure solo "hits". Updated. Hmm, as I suspected regarding Drayton – he is likely alive. As I noted above, there is a Victor Drayton b. 19 Aug 1947, Philadelphia. Likely him. Sadly the middle didn't confirm it. The U.S. records are somewhat more useful than the UK ones given that some states produce birth/residency records with middle names, but it's not compulsory for them to include it. That record is likely him, but includes no middle name or even middle initial so I guess we'll have to wait til his demise to fill in that blank. There is a record on Ancestry which looks to be Akines btw. If it's him, he died in 2000. Brooks there is no trace of at all. The Formations hit is really cool, I hadn't heard it before today. A pity they faded into obscurity. Then again, nothing surprises me with this "project". Why on earth are Foreigner not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, for example? I've read your section on The Floaters – away to have a dig. I think that might take a bit more time though as I reckon they're all alive bar Cunningham. They were a younger outfit than most of the male soul/R&B vocal groups of that era. Cheers for the help, much obliged!

F (part 4/5) The Floaters Wiki American R&B and soul vocal group from Detroit, Michigan, formed by James Mitchell (b. 1949) who was formerly a member of the Detroit Emeralds, Paul Mitchell is his brother whereas Ralph Mitchell is unrelated, Charles Clark was also a member of C.J. & Co., disbanded in 1982 Charles Clark 19 Oct c. 1950 – Living Larry Cunningham 23 Jun 1951 – 10 Jan 2019 (67) Obit Paul Mitchell 27 May 1949 – 20 Dec 2021 (72) Obit Ralph Mitchell 30 Nov 1954 – Living 23/07/1977 Float on #1 The Flying Lizards Wiki UK experimental new wave outfit, formed in 1976 and disbanded in 1984, their members varied on each record as they used a loose collective of free improvising musicians, pianist Julian Marshall was also a member of pop rock duo Marshall Hain David Cunningham 20 Dec 1954 – Living Deborah Evans-Stickland 22 Sep 1955 – Living Julian Marshall 16 Mar 1954 – Living 04/08/1979 Money (That's What I Want) #5 Cover of a single by Barrett Strong, which was also covered by The Beatles Focus Wiki Dutch progressive rock band from Amsterdam, formed in 1969 Jan Akkerman 24 Dec 1946 – Living Cyril Havermans 10 Oct 1948 – Living Bert Ruiter 26 Nov 1946 – 22 Mar 2022 (75) Obit Pierre van der Linden 19 Feb 1946 – Living Thijs van Leer 31 Mar 1948 – Living 20/01/1973 Hocus Pocus #20 27/01/1973 Sylvia #4 Martyn Ford Orchestra 28 Apr 1944 – Living Wiki UK musician, orchestra leader and arranger 14/05/1977 Let Your Body Go Downtown #38 Foreigner Wiki UK/American hard rock band from London and New York City, formed in 1976, one of the best-selling bands of all time with record sales exceeding 80 million worldwide, guitarist Mick Jones was previously a member of rock band Spooky Tooth and rhythm guitarist Ian McDonald was a member of progressive rock band King Crimson Ed Gagliardi 13 Feb 1952 – 11 May 2014 (62) Ultimate Classic Rock obit Lou Gramm 02 May 1950 – Living Al Greenwood 20 Oct 1951 – Living Dennis Elliott 18 Aug 1950 – Living Mick Jones 27 Dec 1944 – Living Ian McDonald 25 Jun 1946 – 09 Feb 2022 (75) Ultimate Classic Rock obit 06/05/1978 Feels Like the First Time #39 15/07/1978 Cold as Ice #24 28/10/1978 Hot Blooded #42 24/02/1979 Blue Morning, Blue Day #45 The Formations Discogs American soul group from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, formed in 1966 Jerry Akines 13 Mar 1948 – Living Johnnie Bellmon 14 Jan 1943 – 16 Feb 2018 (75) Obit Ernie Brooks no info available Victor Drayton 19 Aug 1947 – Living Reginald Turner 27 Aug 1947 – 24 Apr 2015 (67) Obit 31/07/1971 At the Top of the Stairs #28 Originally released in 1967 The Fortunes Wiki UK Merseybeat group from Birmingham, formed in 1961 Rod Allen 31 Mar 1944 – 10 Jan 2008 (61) Guardian obit Andy Brown 07 Jan 1946 – Living Shel MacRae 08 Mar 1943 – 22 Nov 2022 (79) ITV obit George McAllister 06 Dec 1945 – Living Barry Pritchard 03 Apr 1944 – 11 Jan 1999 (54) Independent obit 11/09/1971 Freedom Come, Freedom Go #6 29/01/1972 Storm in a Teacup #7 The Four Seasons  Wiki American pop rock band from Newark, New Jersey, formed in 1960 from members of The Four Lovers, they would later be known more commonly as Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, one of the best selling groups of all time having sold more than 100 million records worldwide, inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990, bass guitarist Joe Long died from COVID-19 in April 2021 Don Ciccone 28 Feb 1946 – 08 Oct 2016 (70) NY Times obit Bob Gaudio 17 Nov 1942 – Living Demetri Callas 07 Jun 1942 – 13 Jan 2020 (77) Obit Joe Long 05 Sep 1932 – 21 Apr 2021 (88) Obit John Paiva 25 Jan 1943 – Living Gerry Polci 08 Jun 1952 – Living Lee Shapiro 07 Jun 1953 – Living Frankie Valli 03 May 1934 – Living 19/04/1975 The Night #7 Released as Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons 20/09/1975 Who Loves You #6 31/01/1976 December '63 (Oh What a Night) #1 24/04/1976 Silver Star #3 27/11/1976 We Can Work it Out #34 Cover of a single by The Beatles 18/06/1977 Rhapsody #37 20/08/1977 Down the Hall #34 Four Tops Wiki American R&B and soul vocal quartet from Detroit, Michigan, formed in 1953 and originally called the Four Aims, signed to Motown Records during the 1960s, their lineup remained unchanged for four decades until Payton's death in 1997, inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990 Renaldo "Obie" Benson 14 Jun 1936 – 07 Jul 2005 (69) Guardian obit Abdul "Duke" Fakir 26 Dec 1935 – 22 Jul 2024 (88) Guardian obit Lawrence Payton 02 Mar 1938 – 20 Jun 1997 (59) Independent obit Levi Stubbs 06 Jun 1936 – 17 Oct 2008 (72) Guardian obit 21/03/1970 I Can't Help Myself (re-release) #10 30/05/1970 It's All in the Game #5 03/10/1970 Still Water (Love) #10 01/05/1971 Just Seven Numbers (Can Straighten Out My Life) #36 26/06/1971 River Deep – Mountain High #11 Released as The Supremes and the Four Tops 25/09/1971 A Simple Game #3 20/11/1971 You Gotta Have Love in Your Heart #25 Released as The Supremes and the Four Tops 11/03/1972 Bernadette (re-release) #23 05/08/1972 Walk with Me, Talk with Me, Darling #32 18/11/1972 Keeper of the Castle #18 10/11/1973 Sweet Understanding Love #29 14–18 (aka Pete Waterman) 15 Jan 1947 – Living Wiki UK singer, record producer, radio DJ and songwriter from Coventry, Warwickshire, one third of the musician-songwriter team Stock Aitken Waterman (SAW), awarded an OBE in 2004, also a judge on the ITV talent show Pop Idol, married to Denise Gyngell of the pop group Tight Fit from 1991 to 1999, the below single is a revival of a popular World War I song and features session musicians (and singers drafted in from the local pub) 01/11/1975 Good-bye-ee #33

F (part 3/5) Fiddler's Dram Wiki UK folk group formed from musicians at the University of Kent, Canterbury and the Duke's Folk Club in Whitstable Cathy Lesurf 1953 – Living Alan Prosser Apr 1951 – Living Chris Taylor no info available Ian Telfer 28 May 1948 – Living 15/12/1979 Day Trip to Bangor (Didn't We Have a Lovely Time) #3 NB: Will Ward, despite playing on the record, didn't become a member until the band's second LP release. The cover of their charting single here tends to confirm this. The 5th Dimension Wiki American R&B, pop and soul vocal group from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1966 Billy Davis Jr. 26 Jun 1938 – Living Florence LaRue 04 Feb 1944 – Living Marilyn McCoo 30 Sep 1943 – Living Lamonte McLemore 17 Sep 1939 – Living Ron Townson 20 Jan 1933 – 02 Aug 2001 (68) Guardian obit 17/01/1970 Wedding Bell Blues #16 Cover of a song by Laura Nyro 53rd + 3rd featuring The Sound of Shag (aka Jonathan King) 06 Dec 1944 – Living Wiki UK singer-songwriter and record producer from Marylebone, London, discovered and named Genesis in 1967, founded UK Records in 1972, produced songs for the Bay City Rollers and 10cc, convicted of sleeping with underage boys in the 1980s and sentenced to seven years in prison 20/09/1975 Chick-a-Boom (Don't Ya Jes Love it) #36 First Choice Wiki American R&B and soul vocal trio from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Rochelle Fleming 11 Feb 1950 – Living Annette Guest 19 Nov 1954 – Living Wardell Piper 05 Aug 1954 – Living 19/05/1973 Armed and Extremely Dangerous #16 NB: Wardell Piper quit the band before the release of their first album. Replacement member Joyce Jones (b. 1949) is featured on the cover but the actual recordings were done by Piper. The First Class Wiki UK pop rock group, formed in 1974 and disbanded in 1976 Tony Burrows 14 Apr 1942 – Living John Carter 20 Oct 1942 – Living Chas Mills no info available 15/06/1974 Beach Baby #13 NB: Can't find much on Mills. His real name is Charles John Mills and he left the music industry to run a restaurant in North London. Fischer-Z Wiki UK rock band from Sandhurst, Berkshire, formed in 1976 David Graham no info available Steve Liddle no info available Steve Skolnik no info available John Watts 27 Dec 1954 – Living 26/05/1979 The Worker #53 NB: The original group reformed for performances in 2004. All members seem to be living. Liddle became a bookseller and Skolnik worked in furniture. Scott Fitzgerald 28 Apr 1948 – Living Wiki UK singer from Glasgow, Scotland, real name William McPhail, represented the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1988 14/01/1978 If I had Words #3 Released as Scott Fitzgerald and Yvonne Keeley and The St. Thomas More School Choir 5000 Volts Wiki UK disco studio group from London, formed in 1974 and disbanded in 1977, singer Tina Charles later had a successful solo career, for publicity purposes actress and singer Luan Peters (1946–2017) performed the vocals on the group's performance on Top of the Pops, Charles was replaced by Linda Kelly on the second single Tina Charles 10 Mar 1954 – Living Martin Cohen no info available Tony Eyers 29 Aug 1947 – Living Martin Jay 27 Jul 1949 or 1953 – Living Linda Kelly c. 1947 – 1998 (51) Mention of death Mike Nelson 1949 – Living Kevin Wells no info available 06/09/1975 I'm on Fire #4 24/07/1976 Doctor Kiss Kiss #8 Roberta Flack 10 Feb 1937 – Living Wiki American R&B, soul and jazz singer-songwriter, born in Black Mountain, North Carolina but raised in Arlington, Virginia, won five Grammy Awards and nominated for a further nine 27/05/1972 The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face #14 05/08/1972 Where is the Love #29 Released as Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway 17/02/1973 Killing Me Softly with His Song #6 24/08/1974 Feel Like Makin' Love #34 06/05/1978 The Closer I Get to You #42 Released as Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway Flash and the Pan Wiki Australian new wave outfit, formed in 1976 and disbanded in 1993, consisted of duo Harry Vanda and George Young who were both former members of rock band The Easybeats and a wider "group" of session musicians Harry Vanda 22 Mar 1946 – Living George Young 06 Nov 1946 – 22 Oct 2017 (70) Guardian obit 23/09/1978 And the Band Played on (Down Among the Dead Men) #54 Fleetwood Mac Wiki UK/American rock band from London, formed in 1967, they have sold more than 120 million records to date making them one of the world's most successful bands, inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998 Lindsey Buckingham 03 Oct 1949 – Living Mick Fleetwood 24 Jun 1947 – Living Peter Green 29 Oct 1946 – 25 Jul 2020 (73) Guardian obit Danny Kirwan 13 May 1950 – 08 Jun 2018 (68) Guardian obit Christine McVie 12 Jul 1943 – 30 Nov 2022 (79) BBC obit John McVie 26 Nov 1945 – Living Stevie Nicks 26 May 1948 – Living 23/05/1970 The Green Manalishi (with the Two Prong Crown) #10 12/05/1973 Albatross (re-release) #2 13/11/1976 Say You Love Me #40 19/02/1977 Go Your Own Way #38 30/04/1977 Don't Stop #32 09/07/1977 Dreams #24 22/10/1977 You Make Loving Fun #45 11/03/1978 Rhiannon #46 06/10/1979 Tusk #6 Features the uncredited contribution from the USC Trojan Marching Band – the 260 piece band couldn't fit into the recording studio so their part was recorded outside at the Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles 22/12/1979 Sara #37 Berni Flint 26 May 1952 – Living Wiki UK pop rock singer-songwriter and guitarist from Southport, Lancashire, holds the record for the longest run of continuous wins on the ITV talent show Opportunities Knocks 19/03/1977 I Don't Want to Put a Hold on You #3 23/07/1977 Southern Comfort #48 Flintlock Wiki UK pop rock group from Essex, vocalist and saxophonist Derek Pascoe is the father of comedienne and actress Sara Pascoe (b. 1981) Mike Holoway 28 Jan 1961 – Living Derek Pascoe 1957 – Living Bill Rice no info available Jamie Stone no info available John Summerton Jan 1961 – Living 29/05/1976 Dawn #30

They looked quite similar to be fair.

As certain as you were about Prince Philip being airlifted to hospital via helicopter the other week?

And endured 2 years of marriage with her. Poor bastard.

F (part 2/5) Don Fardon 19 Aug 1940 – Living Wiki UK pop singer from Coventry, Warwickshire, previously lead singer of freakbeat band The Sorrows 18/04/1970 Belfast Boy #32 Tribute to footballer George Best (1946–2005) 10/10/1970 Indian Reservation #3 Originally released in 1968 but failed to chart Chris Farlowe 13 Oct 1940 – Living Wiki UK rock, blues and soul singer from Islington, London 27/09/1975 Out of Time (re-release) #44 Cover of a song by The Rolling Stones Joe Farrell 16 Dec 1937 – 10 Jan 1986 (48) Mention of death Wiki American jazz saxophonist and composer from Chicago Heights, Illinois 16/12/1978 Night Dancing #57 Gene Farrow with the G. F. Band Discogs UK disco production group Gene Farrow no info available John Hudson Sep 1944 – Living Chris Warren no info available 01/04/1978 Move Your Body #33 05/08/1978 Don't Stop Now #71 The Fascinations Wiki American soul and pop vocal group from Detroit, Michigan, formed in 1960 and discovered by Curtis Mayfield, popular in the United Kingdom but never made it in the States, Martha Reeves of Martha Reeves and the Vandellas was an early member Fern Bledsoe 07 May 1943 – 21 Jul 2006 (63) Bernardine Boswell Smith c. 1943 – 15 Nov 2016 (c. 73) Joanne Boswell Leavell no info available Shirley Lawson (aka Shirley Walker) no info available 03/07/1971 Girls are Out to Get You #32 Originally released in the U.S. in 1967 Fat Larry's Band Wiki American R&B and funk band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, formed in 1976 and disbanded following Fat Larry's death in December 1987 from a heart attack Art Capehart no info available Ted Cohen 10 Mar 1953 – Living Darryl Grant 25 Jun 1947 – 01 Nov 2023 (76) Obit "Fat" Larry James 02 Aug 1949 – 05 Dec 1987 (38) FindAGrave memorial Doug Jones no info available Larry LaBes no info available Jimmy Lee no info available Tony Middleton no info available Erskine Williams no info available 02/07/1977 Center City #31 10/03/1979 Boogie Town #46 Released as FLB 18/08/1979 Looking For Love Tonight #46 NB: I think Capehart was older than most members as there are suggestions online that he was recording as early as 1943. There’s an Arthur Capehart on Ancestry (1920–1998). Could be him but I’d need something to link this to. The Fatback Band Wiki American funk and disco group from New York City, New York, formed in 1970 Kenny Ballard no info available Tom Coppola 06 Jun 1945 – Living Richard Cornwell (aka Richard Cromwell) 31 Dec 1949 – Living Bill "Fatback" Curtis 05 Aug 1932 – Living Calvin Duke no info available Johnny Flippin 02 Jun 1947 – Living Johnny King 31 Mar 19?? – Living Earl Shelton no info available Gerry Thomas no info available George Williams no info available Reuben Wilson 09 Apr 1935 – 26 May 2023 (88) Obit 06/09/1975 Yum Yum (Gimme Some) #40 06/12/1975 (Are You Ready) Do the Bus Stop #13 21/02/1976 (Do the) Spanish Hustle #10 29/05/1976 Party Time #41 14/08/1976 Night Fever #38 12/03/1977 Double Dutch #31 Father Abraphart and the Smurps (aka Jonathan King) 06 Dec 1944 – Living Wiki UK singer-songwriter and record producer from Marylebone, London, discovered and named Genesis in 1967, founded UK Records in 1972, produced songs for the Bay City Rollers and 10cc, convicted of sleeping with underage boys in the 1980s and sentenced to seven years in prison 16/12/1978 Lick a Smurp For Christmas (All Fall Down) #58 Julie Felix 14 Jun 1938 – 22 Mar 2020 (81) Guardian obit Wiki American-born UK folk singer-songwriter and guitarist from Santa Barbara, California 18/04/1970 If I Could (El Condor Pasa) #19 17/10/1970 Heaven is Here #22 Luisa Fernandez 14 Aug 1961 – Living Wiki Spanish-born German pop singer from Vigo, Pontevedra 11/11/1978 Lay Love on You #31 Bryan Ferry 26 Sep 1945 – Living Wiki UK pop rock singer-songwriter from Washington, County Durham, also known as the lead singer of rock band Roxy Music, awarded a CBE in 2011 29/09/1973 A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall #10 25/05/1974 The In Crowd #13 31/08/1974 Smoke Gets in Your Eyes #17 05/07/1975 You Go to My Head #33 12/06/1976 Let's Stick Together #4 Music video features model Jerry Hall, who was then Ferry's girlfriend 07/08/1976 Extended Play EP #7 05/02/1977 This is Tomorrow #9 14/05/1977 Tokyo Joe #15 13/05/1978 What Goes on #67 05/08/1978 Sign of the Times #37

Feb 22 2021

Out of interest, how long do we think he’ll last for? He looks very frail. Sweepstake?