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Question: Would Jerry Allison, drummer of buddy holly and the crickets, someone that can be put onto the list?

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Also think guitarist Robbie Kreiger and Robert Fripp, who aren't unknowns, should be added.

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Question: Would Jerry Allison, drummer of buddy holly and the crickets, someone that can be put onto the list?

Doesn't seem relevant enough. The only thing relevant about him is that he's the last living member of The Crickets. Nothing special but I can add him.

 

Also think guitarist Robbie Kreiger and Robert Fripp, who aren't unknowns, should be added.

Consider it done. You can always name other people I forgot to add. But they have to be at least a bit relevant.

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I have one more person who is definitely well, as he was the drummer of what is often considered the first supergroup, Cream: His name is Ginger Baker

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Della Reese was born in 1931, and just turned 85. She's a singer, too, not just an actor.

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Also think guitarist Robbie Kreiger and Robert Fripp, who aren't unknowns, should be added.

 

 

What's wrong with Fripp that'd make him such an obvious contender?

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Also think guitarist Robbie Kreiger and Robert Fripp, who aren't unknowns, should be added.

 

 

What's wrong with Fripp that'd make him such an obvious contender?

 

Forget about Fripp. What's wrong with Krieger?

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Also think guitarist Robbie Kreiger and Robert Fripp, who aren't unknowns, should be added.

 

 

What's wrong with Fripp that'd make him such an obvious contender?

 

Forget about Fripp. What's wrong with Krieger?

 

 

 

Nowt as far as I can see from Wiki

 

Dug down far enough to see on The Doors' discography that An American Prayer has gone platinum in the US (1 million sales)

 

That's life affirming IMHO

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If you included John Cale and Maureen Tucker of the Velvet Underground, that would be appreciated

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No Ennio Morricone?

 

Now that is a huge omission

 

 

If you included John Cale and Maureen Tucker of the Velvet Underground, that would be appreciated

Done :)

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And for the next to go for music's oldest, it's none other than Leonard Cohen

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He was dead a few times before and had a similar background like Liz Taylor so we all saw it coming but still sad.....RIP

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yup....another thread.....guess my life is an empty rat hole.........don't ban be for making so many threads in here, please

 

Vera Lynn - 1917

 

Doris Day - 1922

Charles Aznavour - 1924

Tony Bennett - 1926

Chuck Berry - 1926

Juliette Greco - 1927

Harry Belafonte - 1927

Fats Domino - 1928

Burt Bacharach - 1928

Ennio Morricone - 1928

 

Della Reese - 1931

Loretta Lynn - 1932

Little Richard - 1932

Willie Nelson - 1933

Cissy Houston - 1933

Jerry Lee Lewis - 1935

Glen Campbell - 1936

Engelbert Humperdinck - 1936

Kris Kristofferson - 1936

Bill Wyman - 1936

Shirley Bassey - 1937

Kenny Rogers - 1938

Connie Francis - 1938

Jerry Allison - 1939

Ginger Baker - 1939

Tina Turner - 1939

 

Smokey Robinson - 1940

Tom Jones - 1940

Ringo Starr - 1940

Cliff Richard - 1940

Dionne Warwick - 1940

Placido Domingo - 1941

Neil Diamond - 1941

Bob Dylan - 1941

Charlie Watts - 1941

Paul Simon - 1941

Art Garfunkel - 1941

Carole King - 1942

John Cale - 1942

Aretha Franklin - 1942

Wayne Newton - 1942

Barbra Streisand - 1942

Paul McCartney - 1942

Brian Wilson - 1942

Barry Manilow - 1943

Mick Jagger - 1943

Roger Waters - 1943

Julio Iglesias - 1943

Joni Mitchell - 1943

Keith Richards - 1943

Jimmy Page - 1944

Roger Daltrey - 1944

Diana Ross - 1944

Patti LaBelle - 1944

Gladys Knight - 1944

Maureen Tucker - 1944

Jeff Beck - 1944

Rod Stewart - 1945

Eric Clapton - 1945

Bjorn - 1945

Pete Townsend - 1945

Carly Simon - 1945

Debbie Harry - 1945

Van Morrison - 1945

Neil Young - 1945

Frida - 1945

Bette Midler - 1945

Robby Krieger - 1946

John Paul Jones - 1946

Dolly Parton - 1946

David Gilmour - 1946

Liza Minnelli - 1946

Donovan - 1946

Robert Fripp - 1946

Cher - 1946

Linda Ronstadt - 1946

Barry Gibb - 1946

Jose Carreras - 1946

Benny - 1946

Patti Smith - 1946

 

2016:

- David Bowie 1947 - 2016 (69) - Glenn Frey 1948 - 2016 (67) - Maurice White 1941 - 2016 (74) - Merle Haggard 1937 - 2016 (79) - Prince 1958 - 2016 (57) - Leonard Cohen 1934 - 2016 (82)

 

Robert Fripp ain't going anywhere yet, except touring the world with King Crimson as he is currently doing...

 

If you're looking for older musicians, the members of German krautrock group Can are pretty old: Irmin Schmidt for 1937, Holger Czukay for 1938 and Jaki Liebezeit for 1939, although none of them would be household names by any stretch of the imagination.

 

Also Grace Slick should be on for 1939. And Robert Wyatt for 1945. And Jon Anderson for 1944. And countless others.

 

(And, Andy Summers of The Police for 1942).

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yup....another thread.....guess my life is an empty rat hole.........don't ban be for making so many threads in here, please

 

Vera Lynn - 1917

 

Doris Day - 1922

Charles Aznavour - 1924

Tony Bennett - 1926

Chuck Berry - 1926

Juliette Greco - 1927

Harry Belafonte - 1927

Fats Domino - 1928

Burt Bacharach - 1928

Ennio Morricone - 1928

 

Della Reese - 1931

Loretta Lynn - 1932

Little Richard - 1932

Willie Nelson - 1933

Cissy Houston - 1933

Jerry Lee Lewis - 1935

Glen Campbell - 1936

Engelbert Humperdinck - 1936

Kris Kristofferson - 1936

Bill Wyman - 1936

Shirley Bassey - 1937

Kenny Rogers - 1938

Connie Francis - 1938

Jerry Allison - 1939

Ginger Baker - 1939

Tina Turner - 1939

 

Smokey Robinson - 1940

Tom Jones - 1940

Ringo Starr - 1940

Cliff Richard - 1940

Dionne Warwick - 1940

Placido Domingo - 1941

Neil Diamond - 1941

Bob Dylan - 1941

Charlie Watts - 1941

Paul Simon - 1941

Art Garfunkel - 1941

Carole King - 1942

John Cale - 1942

Aretha Franklin - 1942

Wayne Newton - 1942

Barbra Streisand - 1942

Paul McCartney - 1942

Brian Wilson - 1942

Barry Manilow - 1943

Mick Jagger - 1943

Roger Waters - 1943

Julio Iglesias - 1943

Joni Mitchell - 1943

Keith Richards - 1943

Jimmy Page - 1944

Roger Daltrey - 1944

Diana Ross - 1944

Patti LaBelle - 1944

Gladys Knight - 1944

Maureen Tucker - 1944

Jeff Beck - 1944

Rod Stewart - 1945

Eric Clapton - 1945

Bjorn - 1945

Pete Townsend - 1945

Carly Simon - 1945

Debbie Harry - 1945

Van Morrison - 1945

Neil Young - 1945

Frida - 1945

Bette Midler - 1945

Robby Krieger - 1946

John Paul Jones - 1946

Dolly Parton - 1946

David Gilmour - 1946

Liza Minnelli - 1946

Donovan - 1946

Robert Fripp - 1946

Cher - 1946

Linda Ronstadt - 1946

Barry Gibb - 1946

Jose Carreras - 1946

Benny - 1946

Patti Smith - 1946

 

2016:

- David Bowie 1947 - 2016 (69) - Glenn Frey 1948 - 2016 (67) - Maurice White 1941 - 2016 (74) - Merle Haggard 1937 - 2016 (79) - Prince 1958 - 2016 (57) - Leonard Cohen 1934 - 2016 (82)

 

Robert Fripp ain't going anywhere yet, except touring the world with King Crimson as he is currently doing...

 

If you're looking for older musicians, the members of German krautrock group Can are pretty old: Irmin Schmidt for 1937, Holger Czukay for 1938 and Jaki Liebezeit for 1939, although none of them would be household names by any stretch of the imagination.

 

Also Grace Slick should be on for 1939. And Robert Wyatt for 1945. And Jon Anderson for 1944. And countless others.

 

(And, Andy Summers of The Police for 1942).

 

 

He didn't have Prince Buster either :P

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Tommy Steele should be on for 1936 and Marty Wilde for 1939.

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yup....another thread.....guess my life is an empty rat hole.........don't ban be for making so many threads in here, please

 

Vera Lynn - 1917

 

Doris Day - 1922

Charles Aznavour - 1924

Tony Bennett - 1926

Chuck Berry - 1926

Juliette Greco - 1927

Harry Belafonte - 1927

Fats Domino - 1928

Burt Bacharach - 1928

Ennio Morricone - 1928

 

Della Reese - 1931

Loretta Lynn - 1932

Little Richard - 1932

Willie Nelson - 1933

Cissy Houston - 1933

Jerry Lee Lewis - 1935

Glen Campbell - 1936

Engelbert Humperdinck - 1936

Kris Kristofferson - 1936

Bill Wyman - 1936

Shirley Bassey - 1937

Kenny Rogers - 1938

Connie Francis - 1938

Jerry Allison - 1939

Ginger Baker - 1939

Tina Turner - 1939

 

Smokey Robinson - 1940

Tom Jones - 1940

Ringo Starr - 1940

Cliff Richard - 1940

Dionne Warwick - 1940

Placido Domingo - 1941

Neil Diamond - 1941

Bob Dylan - 1941

Charlie Watts - 1941

Paul Simon - 1941

Art Garfunkel - 1941

Carole King - 1942

John Cale - 1942

Aretha Franklin - 1942

Wayne Newton - 1942

Barbra Streisand - 1942

Paul McCartney - 1942

Brian Wilson - 1942

Barry Manilow - 1943

Mick Jagger - 1943

Roger Waters - 1943

Julio Iglesias - 1943

Joni Mitchell - 1943

Keith Richards - 1943

Jimmy Page - 1944

Roger Daltrey - 1944

Diana Ross - 1944

Patti LaBelle - 1944

Gladys Knight - 1944

Maureen Tucker - 1944

Jeff Beck - 1944

Rod Stewart - 1945

Eric Clapton - 1945

Bjorn - 1945

Pete Townsend - 1945

Carly Simon - 1945

Debbie Harry - 1945

Van Morrison - 1945

Neil Young - 1945

Frida - 1945

Bette Midler - 1945

Robby Krieger - 1946

John Paul Jones - 1946

Dolly Parton - 1946

David Gilmour - 1946

Liza Minnelli - 1946

Donovan - 1946

Robert Fripp - 1946

Cher - 1946

Linda Ronstadt - 1946

Barry Gibb - 1946

Jose Carreras - 1946

Benny - 1946

Patti Smith - 1946

 

2016:

- David Bowie 1947 - 2016 (69) - Glenn Frey 1948 - 2016 (67) - Maurice White 1941 - 2016 (74) - Merle Haggard 1937 - 2016 (79) - Prince 1958 - 2016 (57) - Leonard Cohen 1934 - 2016 (82)

 

Robert Fripp ain't going anywhere yet, except touring the world with King Crimson as he is currently doing...

 

If you're looking for older musicians, the members of German krautrock group Can are pretty old: Irmin Schmidt for 1937, Holger Czukay for 1938 and Jaki Liebezeit for 1939, although none of them would be household names by any stretch of the imagination.

 

Also Grace Slick should be on for 1939. And Robert Wyatt for 1945. And Jon Anderson for 1944. And countless others.

 

(And, Andy Summers of The Police for 1942).

 

I tried to keep it short with people who sold several million albums and singles and those who could actually be on the news when they die and the fact they were not one hit wonders back in 1959 :) but thanks for the names, I'll check them all

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yup....another thread.....guess my life is an empty rat hole.........don't ban be for making so many threads in here, please

 

Vera Lynn - 1917

 

Doris Day - 1922

Charles Aznavour - 1924

Tony Bennett - 1926

Chuck Berry - 1926

Juliette Greco - 1927

Harry Belafonte - 1927

Fats Domino - 1928

Burt Bacharach - 1928

Ennio Morricone - 1928

 

Della Reese - 1931

Loretta Lynn - 1932

Little Richard - 1932

Willie Nelson - 1933

Cissy Houston - 1933

Jerry Lee Lewis - 1935

Glen Campbell - 1936

Engelbert Humperdinck - 1936

Kris Kristofferson - 1936

Bill Wyman - 1936

Shirley Bassey - 1937

Kenny Rogers - 1938

Connie Francis - 1938

Jerry Allison - 1939

Ginger Baker - 1939

Tina Turner - 1939

 

Smokey Robinson - 1940

Tom Jones - 1940

Ringo Starr - 1940

Cliff Richard - 1940

Dionne Warwick - 1940

Placido Domingo - 1941

Neil Diamond - 1941

Bob Dylan - 1941

Charlie Watts - 1941

Paul Simon - 1941

Art Garfunkel - 1941

Carole King - 1942

John Cale - 1942

Aretha Franklin - 1942

Wayne Newton - 1942

Barbra Streisand - 1942

Paul McCartney - 1942

Brian Wilson - 1942

Barry Manilow - 1943

Mick Jagger - 1943

Roger Waters - 1943

Julio Iglesias - 1943

Joni Mitchell - 1943

Keith Richards - 1943

Jimmy Page - 1944

Roger Daltrey - 1944

Diana Ross - 1944

Patti LaBelle - 1944

Gladys Knight - 1944

Maureen Tucker - 1944

Jeff Beck - 1944

Rod Stewart - 1945

Eric Clapton - 1945

Bjorn - 1945

Pete Townsend - 1945

Carly Simon - 1945

Debbie Harry - 1945

Van Morrison - 1945

Neil Young - 1945

Frida - 1945

Bette Midler - 1945

Robby Krieger - 1946

John Paul Jones - 1946

Dolly Parton - 1946

David Gilmour - 1946

Liza Minnelli - 1946

Donovan - 1946

Robert Fripp - 1946

Cher - 1946

Linda Ronstadt - 1946

Barry Gibb - 1946

Jose Carreras - 1946

Benny - 1946

Patti Smith - 1946

 

2016:

- David Bowie 1947 - 2016 (69) - Glenn Frey 1948 - 2016 (67) - Maurice White 1941 - 2016 (74) - Merle Haggard 1937 - 2016 (79) - Prince 1958 - 2016 (57) - Leonard Cohen 1934 - 2016 (82)

 

Robert Fripp ain't going anywhere yet, except touring the world with King Crimson as he is currently doing...

 

If you're looking for older musicians, the members of German krautrock group Can are pretty old: Irmin Schmidt for 1937, Holger Czukay for 1938 and Jaki Liebezeit for 1939, although none of them would be household names by any stretch of the imagination.

 

Also Grace Slick should be on for 1939. And Robert Wyatt for 1945. And Jon Anderson for 1944. And countless others.

 

(And, Andy Summers of The Police for 1942).

 

 

He didn't have Prince Buster either :P

 

None of us even heard of him until we all saw Wiki death page......

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At a guess off the top of my head, I'd say Spade would prove that wrong. Possibly MPFC and TMIB too.

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At a guess off the top of my head, I'd say Spade would prove that wrong. Possibly MPFC and TMIB too.

 

 

Indeed - even played him on the radio; summat that'll happen again when I get round to recording the "List of the Lost" show made up entirely of talents we lost in 2016, currently shaping up as summat of an embarrassment of riches.

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At a guess off the top of my head, I'd say Spade would prove that wrong. Possibly MPFC and TMIB too.

 

 

Indeed - even played him on the radio; summat that'll happen again when I get round to recording the "List of the Lost" show made up entirely of talents we lost in 2016, currently shaping up as summat of an embarrassment of riches.

 

 

Aye - You've got Bowie, Prince, Cohen, Jefferson Airplane, Buster, Thunderclap Newman, Swarbrick, Clannad, Dio, ELP, Black, Maxwell Davies, Haggard, Mott the Hoople, Surfer Blood, the Eagles, Funkadelic, Blowfly, Wings, and that's just off the top of my head.

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At a guess off the top of my head, I'd say Spade would prove that wrong. Possibly MPFC and TMIB too.

 

 

Indeed - even played him on the radio; summat that'll happen again when I get round to recording the "List of the Lost" show made up entirely of talents we lost in 2016, currently shaping up as summat of an embarrassment of riches.

 

 

Aye - You've got Bowie, Prince, Cohen, Jefferson Airplane, Buster, Thunderclap Newman, Swarbrick, Clannad, Dio, ELP, Black, Maxwell Davies, Haggard, Mott the Hoople, Surfer Blood, the Eagles, Funkadelic, Blowfly, Wings, and that's just off the top of my head.

 

 

 

Not far wrong looking at the unfinished script

 

You might be spot on if you can name one Blowfly track I can play all the way through on radio!

 

Oh aye, and - since we don't exactly like The Eagles on our show - we might pay "tribute" to Frey by spinning The Greeks Don't Want no Freaks

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At a guess off the top of my head, I'd say Spade would prove that wrong. Possibly MPFC and TMIB too.

 

 

Indeed - even played him on the radio; summat that'll happen again when I get round to recording the "List of the Lost" show made up entirely of talents we lost in 2016, currently shaping up as summat of an embarrassment of riches.

Aye - You've got Bowie, Prince, Cohen, Jefferson Airplane, Buster, Thunderclap Newman, Swarbrick, Clannad, Dio, ELP, Black, Maxwell Davies, Haggard, Mott the Hoople, Surfer Blood, the Eagles, Funkadelic, Blowfly, Wings, and that's just off the top of my head.

How can you forget The Beatles!??

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yup....another thread.....guess my life is an empty rat hole.........don't ban be for making so many threads in here, please

 

Vera Lynn - 1917

 

Doris Day - 1922

Charles Aznavour - 1924

Tony Bennett - 1926

Chuck Berry - 1926

Juliette Greco - 1927

Harry Belafonte - 1927

Fats Domino - 1928

Burt Bacharach - 1928

Ennio Morricone - 1928

 

Della Reese - 1931

Loretta Lynn - 1932

Little Richard - 1932

Willie Nelson - 1933

Cissy Houston - 1933

Jerry Lee Lewis - 1935

Glen Campbell - 1936

Engelbert Humperdinck - 1936

Kris Kristofferson - 1936

Bill Wyman - 1936

Shirley Bassey - 1937

Kenny Rogers - 1938

Connie Francis - 1938

Jerry Allison - 1939

Ginger Baker - 1939

Tina Turner - 1939

 

Smokey Robinson - 1940

Tom Jones - 1940

Ringo Starr - 1940

Cliff Richard - 1940

Dionne Warwick - 1940

Placido Domingo - 1941

Neil Diamond - 1941

Bob Dylan - 1941

Charlie Watts - 1941

Paul Simon - 1941

Art Garfunkel - 1941

Carole King - 1942

John Cale - 1942

Aretha Franklin - 1942

Wayne Newton - 1942

Barbra Streisand - 1942

Paul McCartney - 1942

Brian Wilson - 1942

Barry Manilow - 1943

Mick Jagger - 1943

Roger Waters - 1943

Julio Iglesias - 1943

Joni Mitchell - 1943

Keith Richards - 1943

Jimmy Page - 1944

Roger Daltrey - 1944

Diana Ross - 1944

Patti LaBelle - 1944

Gladys Knight - 1944

Maureen Tucker - 1944

Jeff Beck - 1944

Rod Stewart - 1945

Eric Clapton - 1945

Bjorn - 1945

Pete Townsend - 1945

Carly Simon - 1945

Debbie Harry - 1945

Van Morrison - 1945

Neil Young - 1945

Frida - 1945

Bette Midler - 1945

Robby Krieger - 1946

John Paul Jones - 1946

Dolly Parton - 1946

David Gilmour - 1946

Liza Minnelli - 1946

Donovan - 1946

Robert Fripp - 1946

Cher - 1946

Linda Ronstadt - 1946

Barry Gibb - 1946

Jose Carreras - 1946

Benny - 1946

Patti Smith - 1946

 

2016:

- David Bowie 1947 - 2016 (69) - Glenn Frey 1948 - 2016 (67) - Maurice White 1941 - 2016 (74) - Merle Haggard 1937 - 2016 (79) - Prince 1958 - 2016 (57) - Leonard Cohen 1934 - 2016 (82)

 

Robert Fripp ain't going anywhere yet, except touring the world with King Crimson as he is currently doing...

 

If you're looking for older musicians, the members of German krautrock group Can are pretty old: Irmin Schmidt for 1937, Holger Czukay for 1938 and Jaki Liebezeit for 1939, although none of them would be household names by any stretch of the imagination.

 

Also Grace Slick should be on for 1939. And Robert Wyatt for 1945. And Jon Anderson for 1944. And countless others.

 

(And, Andy Summers of The Police for 1942).

 

 

He didn't have Prince Buster either :P

 

None of us even heard of him until we all saw Wiki death page......

 

 

I take it you're not familiar with the work of Madness or The Specials then. :sherlock:

Speaking for myself, my friend's older brother had the single 'Al Capone' and we used to dance to it as tiny tots.

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