Joey Russ 7,229 Posted May 27, 2017 I know this phrase was mentioned by Weebl and a couple of others a few times in the past, so I decided to do some research and see which minor and major figures in music has fallen at this age period. And the answer is actually quite a lot. And for the big names, it's not people who have fallen this decade, as the major deaths has even gone back as far as the 70's and 80's with the deaths of Louis Armstrong, Muddy Waters, and Buddy Rich. And the musicians who aren't as well known are, for a lot of them, truly great musicians. So I present to you all the musicians, according to Wikipedia, who have died in this time period since the 1950's, and potentially discuss which musicians could fall victim of this curse in the future. So here we go, in the order of name, bands they worked with (or if not a person we hear on records, occupation), age of death, and date of death (there's a ton): Papa Celestin (Tuxedo Brass Band), 70, December 15, 1954 Louis Armstrong, 69, July 6, 1971 Jimmy Rushing, 70, June 8, 1972 Roy Hawkins, 71, March 19, 1974 J. B. Long, 71, February 25, 1975 Don Robey (record producer), 71, July 16, 1975 David Kapp (record producer from Kapp Records), 71, March 1, 1976 Bukka White, 70, February 26, 1977 Lightnin' Hopkins, 69, January 30, 1982 Muddy Waters, 70, April 30, 1983 Kenny Clarke, 71, January 26, 1985 Pee Wee Crayton, 70, July 25, 1985 Blind John Davis, 71, October 12, 1985 Buddy Rich, 69, April 2, 1987 Howard McGhee, 69, July 17, 1987 Joe Liggins, 71, July 31, 1987 J. C. Heard, 71, September 27, 1988 Nesuhi Ertegun (record producer, record executive of Atlantic Records and Warner Brothers Music Group), 71, July 15, 1989 Bull Moose Jackon, 70, July 31, 1989 Lafayette Leake, 71, August 14, 1990 Art Blakely, 71, October 16, 1990 Lester Williams, 70, November 13, 1990 George Motola (record producer from Modern Records), 71, February 15, 1991 Paul Gayten, 71, March 26, 1991 Henry Glover, 69, April 7, 1991 Yves Montand, 70, November 9, 1991 Mary Osbourne, 70, March 4, 1992 Albert King, 69, December 21, 1992 Henry Mancini, 70, June 14, 1994 Willie Johnson, 71, February 25, 1995 Jerry Capehart, 69, June 7, 1998 Betty Carter, 69, September 26, 1998 Mighty Joe Young, 71, March 24, 1999 Dub Jones (The Coasters), 71, January 16, 2000 Screamin' Jay Hawkins, 70, February 12, 2000 O. C. Smith, 69, November 23, 2001 Otis Blackwell, 71, May 6, 2002 Lonnie Donegan, 71, November 2, 2002 Earl King, 69, April 17, 2003 Nina Simone, 70, April 21, 2003 Skip Batton (Skip and Flip, The Byrds, New Riders of the Purple Sage, The Flying Burrito Brothers), 69, July 6, 2003 Johnny Cash, 71, September 12, 2003 Sacha Distel, 71, July 22, 2004 Dick Hestall-Smith (Colosseum, The Graham Bond Organization), 70, December 17, 2004 Renaldo Benson (The Four Tops), 69, July 1, 2005 Shirley Goodman (Shirley and Company), 69, July 5, 2005 Little Milton, 70, August 4, 2005 Robert Moog (inventor of the Moog Synthesizer), 71, August 21, 2005 Harold Kalin (Kalin Twins), 71, August 24, 2005 Harold Camp, 70, October 2, 2005 Freddie Garrity (Freddie and the Dreamers), 69, May 19, 2006 Joe Weaver, 71, July 5, 2006 Freddy Fender, 69, October 14, 2006 Eldee Young (Young-Holt Unlimited), 71, February 12, 2007 Donnie Brooks, 71, February 23, 2007 John Inman, 71, March 8, 2007 Luther Ingram, 69, March 19, 2007 Bobby Pickett (The Crypt-Kickers), 69, April 27, 2007 Zola Taylor (The Platters), 69, April 30, 2007 Carey Bell, 70, May 6, 2007 Kip Anderson, 69, August 29, 2007 Luciano Pavarotti, 71, September 6, 2007 Pervis Jackson (The Spinners), 70, August 18, 2008 Jerry Weed, 71, September 1, 2008 Alton Ellis, 70, October 10, 2008 Jimmy Carl Black (The Mothers Of Invention, Muffin Men, Captain Beefheart), 70, November 1, 2008 Robert Ward (Ohio Players), 70, December 25, 2008 Cornelius Johnson (Ohio Players), 71, February 1, 2009 Jimmy Boyd, 70, March 7, 2009 Mel Brown, 69, March 20, 2009 Tam Patton (Bay City Rollers), 70, April 8, 2009 Sky Saxon (The Seeds), 71, June 25, 2009 Larry Knetchel (Bread), 69, August 20, 2009 Sirone, 69, October 21, 2009 James Gurley (Big Brother and the Holding Company), 69, December 20, 2009 Bobby Charles, 71, January 14, 2010 Lolly Vegas (Redbone), 70, March 4, 2010 Johnny Maestro (Johnny Maestro and the Brooklyn Bridge, The Crest), 70, March 24, 2010 Jerry Byrne, 69, April 7, 2010 Calvin Leavy, 70, June 6, 2010 Ken Bron (The Quarrymen), 70, June 15, 2010 Solomon Burke, 70, October 10, 2010 Genral Johnson (Chairmen of the Board, The Showmen), 69, October 13, 2010 Captain Beefheart (Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band), 69, December 17, 2010 Myrna Smith (The Sweet Inspirations), 69, December 24, 2010 Big Jack Johnson, 70, March 14, 2011 Jet Harris (The Shadows), 71, March 18, 2011 Clarence Clemons (E Street Band), 69, June 18, 2011 Nickolas Ashford (Ashford and Simpson), 70, August 22, 2011 Harrie Muskee (Cuby and Blizzards), 70, September 26, 2011 Marv Tarplin (The Miracles), 70, September 30, 2011 Dobie Gray, 71, December 6, 2011 Sean Bonniwell (The Music Machine), 71, December 20, 2011 Jim Sherwood (The Mothers of Invention), 69, December 25, 2011 Jimmy Castor (The Jimmy Castor Bunch, The Teenagers), 71, January 16, 2012 Andrew Love, 70, April 12, 2012 Levon Helm (The Band), 71, April 19, 2012 Donald "Duck'' Dunn (Booker T and the MG's), 70, May 13, 2012 John Harrison (Hawkwind), 69, May 26, 2012 Jon Lord (Deep Purple, Whitesnake, Paice Ashton Lord, The Artwoods, The Flower Pot Men), 71, July 16, 2012 Frank Wilson (Motown Record Producer), 71, September 27, 2012 Big Jim Sullivan, 71, October 2, 2012 Chris Stamp (Record producer for The Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Who, The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, Golden Earring, and co-founder of Track Records), 70, November 24, 2012 Lee Dorman (Iron Butterfly, Captain Beyond), 70, December 21, 2012 Precious Bryant, 71, January 12, 2013 Leroy "Sugarfoot" Bonner (Ohio Players), 69, January 26, 2013 Reg Presley (The Troggs), 71, February 4, 2013 Richard Street (The Temptations), 70, February 27, 2013 Jim Murray (Quicksilver Messenger Service), 70, March 1, 2013 Mary Love, 69, June 21, 2013 Jackie Lomax, 69, September 20, 2013 Lou Reed (The Velvet Underground), 71, October 27, 2013 Jay Traynor (Jay and the Americans, The Tokens), 70, January 2, 2014 Jerry Corbitt (The Youngbloods), 71, March 8, 2014 Joe Frazier (The Impalas), 70, April 1, 2014 Bobby Womack (The Valentinos), 70, June 27, 2014 Johnny Winter, 70, July 16, 2014 Dick Wagner (Alice Cooper, The Frost), 71, July 30, 2014 Rosetta Hightower (The Orlons), 70, August 2, 2014 John Holt, 69, October 21, 2014 Jack Bruce (The Graham Bond Organization, Cream), 71, October 25, 2014 Mike Burney (Wizzard), 70, November 13, 2014 Clive Palmer (The Incredible String Band), 71, November 23, 2014 Bobby Keys (The Rolling Stones), 70, December 2, 2014 Ian McClagan (Small Faces, Faces) 69, December 3, 2014 John Fry (record producer), 69, December 18, 2014 Joe Cocker (The Grease Band), 70, December 22, 2014 Trevor Ward-Davies (Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich), 70, January 13, 2015 Bo Dollis (The Wild Magnolias), 71, January 20, 2015 Edgar Froese (Tangerine Dream), 70, January 20, 2015 Demis Roussos, 69, January 26, 2015 David Maxwell, 71, February 13, 2015 Jim McCann, 70, March 5, 2015 John Renbourn (Pentangle), 70, March 26, 2015 Billy Butler, 69, March 31, 2015 Jack Ely (The Kingsmen), 71, April 27, 2015 Errol Brown (Hot Chocolate), 71, May 6, 2015 Eddie Hoh (The Mamas and The Papas, The Monkees), 71, November 7, 2015 P. F. Sloan, 70, November 15, 2015 Armand, 69, November 19, 2015 Cynthia Robinson (Sly and the Family Stone) November 23, 2015 Rainer Bloss, 69, December 10, 2015 Lemmy (Motorhead, Hawkwind), 70, December 28, 2015 Michel Delpech, 69, January 2, 2016 Nicholas Caldwell (The Whispers), 71, January 5, 2016 David Bowie (Arnold Corns, The Riot Squad, Tin Machine), 69, January 10, 2016 Gary Loizzo (The American Breed), 70, January 16, 2016 Hans Reffert (Guru Guru), 69, February 21, 2016 Lennie Baker (Sha Na Na), 69, February 24, 2016 Nana Vasconcelos (Pat Metheny Group), 71, March 9, 2016 Keith Emerson (Emerson, Lake, and Palmer), 71, March 10, 2016 Sverre Kjelsberg (The Pussycats), 69, June 19, 2016 Roland Prince, 69, July 15, 2016 Snaffu Rigor (Cinderella), 69, August 4, 2016 Don Ciccone (The Four Seasons, Tommy James and The Shondells, The Critters), 70, October 8, 2016 Doug Edwards (Skylark, Chilliwack), 70, November 11, 2016 Mentor Williams, 70, November 16, 2016 Radim Hladik (Blue Effect), 69, December 4, 2016 Greg Lake (Emerson, Lake, and Palmer; King Crimson) 69, December 7, 2016 Elliot Meadow (record producer and journalist), 71, January 4, 2017 Richie Ingui (Soul Survivors), 70, January 13, 2017 Charles "Bobo" Shaw, 69, January 16, 2017 Pete Overend Watts (Mott the Hoople, British Lions), 69, January 22, 2017 Butch Trucks (The Allman Brothers Band), 69, January 24, 2017 Sonny Geraci (The Outsiders, Climax), 69, February 5, 2017 Peter Skellern, 69, February 17, 2017 Evan Johns (The LeRoi Brothers), 69, March 11, 2017 Joseph Rascoff (Tour manager for The Rolling Stones, U2, ), 71, April 6, 2017 J. Geils (The J Geils Band), 71, April 11, 2017 Alan Holdsworth (Soft Machine, U.K.), 70, April 16, 2017 Bruce Hampton (Col. Bruce Hampton and the Aquarium Rescue Unit, Hampton Grease Band), 70, May 1, 2017 Gregg Allman (The Allman Brothers Band), 69, May 27, 2017 Bern Nix, 69, May 31, 2017 Vin Garbutt, 69, June 6, 2017 Ray Phiri, 70, July 12, 2017 Kenny Shields (Streetheart), 69, July 21, 2017 George Young (The Easybeats, Flash and the Pan), 70, October 22, 2017 Pentti Glan (Alice Cooper), 71, November 7, 2017 Mitch Margo (The Tokens), 70 November 24, 2017 Manno Charlemagne, 69, December 10, 2017 Larry Harris (Record Producer from Casablancas records), 70, December 20, 2017 France Gall, 70, January 8, 2018 Dave Holland (Trapeze, Judas Priest), 69, January 18, 2018 John Perry Barlow (Grateful Dead), 70, February 6, 2018 Scott Boyer, Cowboy, 70, February 13, 2018 Alan Longmuir (Bay City Rollers), 70, July 2, 2018 Henry Butler, 69, July 2, 2018 Pepe Smith, 71, January 28, 2019 Bill Sims, 69, February 2, 2019 Gerard Koetz (Earth, Wind, and Fire), February 21, 2019 Feel free to mention anyone that I missed so I can add them to the list. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zsa Zsa's leg 884 Posted May 27, 2017 Sara Coward 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean 6,337 Posted May 27, 2017 Howard Marks, Princess Margaret ,Joan Sims , Larry Grayson , John Le Mesurier Marcia Wallace Holly Woodlawn Geoffrey Hutchings Edward George John Inman Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,229 Posted May 27, 2017 Just now, Shaun of the Dead said: Howard Marks, Princess Margaret ,Joan Sims , Larry Grayson , John Le Mesurier Marcia Wallace Holly Woodlawn Geoffrey Hutchings Edward George John Inman Oh, this was solely music related. None of those would count (though I'll double check on a couple of them). 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zsa Zsa's leg 884 Posted May 27, 2017 3 minutes ago, Joey Russ said: Oh, this was solely music related. None of those would count (though I'll double check on a couple of them). Oops. I guess Sara Coward wouldn't count either. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,229 Posted May 27, 2017 Ok, Inman will count, as he was a singer. The others aren't musicians. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Mad Hatter 1,092 Posted May 28, 2017 Its so strange for old people to die. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathray 2,941 Posted May 28, 2017 Don't see the need for this. The number you've found easily shows this is a common age for musicians to die, and it's not that young for members of the general population. The 27 club is different because it's young for musicians and general public. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,229 Posted May 28, 2017 11 minutes ago, Deathray said: Don't see the need for this. The number you've found easily shows this is a common age for musicians to die, and it's not that young for members of the general population. The 27 club is different because it's young for musicians and general public. I think it's less the amount of musicians that die and more the amount of quality musicians that die in this time period. It's just a thought by me. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,979 Posted May 28, 2017 It's a good list. Now you'd have to compare the number of deaths in this age range with the number of deaths in the average range of life expectancy, say, a list of musicians that died at ages 76-78. Maybe there's an anomaly there. Though I guess, to be perfectly comparable, you'd have to wait 7 years until those that are 69-71 years old now, are 76-78 years old. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,485 Posted May 28, 2017 Full marks for including Lonnie Donegan on a list of very famous and/or highly talented musicians, imo. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathray 2,941 Posted May 28, 2017 2 hours ago, msc said: Full marks for including Lonnie Donegan on a list of very famous and/or highly talented musicians, imo. This is where you can tell he wikipediad rather than listening to any of the songs/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,485 Posted May 28, 2017 Poor Lonnie. Highly important in British music history, even if he comes across as dated now. True story. He died of a heart attack while preparing to take part on a George Harrison memorial gig. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ImNotHades 207 Posted May 28, 2017 The 69 number is like 27 and 36, at least to me. It's very much related to death for some reason. At least it's the only OCD-ish number out there. Wiki death page always has a lot of deaths at 69. Probably related to baby boom or something and 69 is not that old. It is if you're 14 but most of us here are not. If you retire at 65 then you expect to live at least 15 more years. Notable non musicians in 69 club - Theda Bara, Rosalind Russell, Desi Arnaz and Alan Rickman. I expect Alice Cooper, Meat Loaf, Richard Dreyfuss, Kathy Bates, Ozzy Osbourne or Gerard Depardieu to join the club soon. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,229 Posted May 28, 2017 Apart from maybe Robert Plant, I don't think anyone would ever be a bigger name than Bowie for the biggest name on the last, as all the others who would be bigger than him have either passed this age period or have already died earlier. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Youwanticewiththat 611 Posted May 28, 2017 3 hours ago, Joey Russ said: Apart from maybe Robert Plant, I don't think anyone would ever be a bigger name than Bowie for the biggest name on the last, as all the others who would be bigger than him have either passed this age period or have already died earlier. I'll take your Bowie and raise you an Barry Gibb (1.9.46). Most successful British Record Producer of all time, outside of all the Bee Gees stuff and the songs written/produced for other artists Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Whitehouse 872 Posted May 28, 2017 Armand Michel Delpech Leroy Bonner Harrie Muskee And I cannot believe Luciano Pavarotti was not noted! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Mad Hatter 1,092 Posted May 28, 2017 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/5212832.stm Jesus why wasn't he on the death list? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,229 Posted May 28, 2017 20 minutes ago, Whitehouse said: Armand Michel Delpech Leroy Bonner Harrie Muskee And I cannot believe Luciano Pavarotti was not noted! Bonner was on the list (above Reg Presley of The Troggs), but with so many names, your bound to miss someone. Pavarotti is an embarrassing miss though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Mad Hatter 1,092 Posted May 28, 2017 34 minutes ago, Joey Russ said: Bonner was on the list (above Reg Presley of The Troggs), but with so many names, your bound to miss someone. Pavarotti is an embarrassing miss though. For this list,the deathlist or both. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,229 Posted May 28, 2017 13 minutes ago, The Mad Hatter said: For this list,the deathlist or both. This list. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Whitehouse 872 Posted May 29, 2017 Ouch! These omissions hurt.... Yves Montand Nina Simone Demis Roussos. Aphrodites Child Ok, this one is a bit long gone but nonetheless fits the criteria. Richard Wagner Found some more. (I have no life....) Butch Trucks Greg Allman's drummer who died earlier this year. Nicolas Caldwell, Founding member of the Whispers. Jack Ely, Lead singer of the Kingsmen. Jerry Reed Country singer Sacha Distel French crooner Frank Wilson Motown producer Freddie Fender Tex-Mex legend Jacky Lomax John Holt Reggae pioneer Ian McLagan Keyboardist of the Faces, Small Faces Ken Brown Quarrymen, Beatles Jim McCann Dubliners Tony Bellamy Redbone Henri Mancini Composer film music Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Predictor 1,018 Posted May 29, 2017 On 28/05/2017 at 01:28, Joey Russ said: I know this phrase was mentioned by Weebl and a couple of others a few times in the past, so I decided to do some research and see which minor and major figures in music has fallen at this age period. And the answer is actually quite a lot. And for the big names, it's not people who have fallen this decade, as the major deaths has even gone back as far as the 70's and 80's with the deaths of Louis Armstrong, Muddy Waters, and Buddy Rich. And the musicians who aren't as well known are, for a lot of them, truly great musicians. So I present to you all the musicians, according to Wikipedia, who have died in this time period since the 1950's, and potentially discuss which musicians could fall victim of this curse in the future. So here we go, in the order of name, bands they worked with (or if not a person we hear on records, occupation), age of death, and date of death (there's a ton): Papa Celestin (Tuxedo Brass Band), 70, December 15, 1954 Louis Armstrong, 69, July 6, 1971 Jimmy Rushing, 70, June 8, 1972 Roy Hawkins, 71, March 19, 1974 J. B. Long, 71, February 25, 1975 Don Robey (record producer), 71, July 16, 1975 David Kapp (record producer from Kapp Records), 71, March 1, 1976 Bukka White, 70, February 26, 1977 Lightnin' Hopkins, 69, January 30, 1982 Muddy Waters, 70, April 30, 1983 Kenny Clarke, 71, January 26, 1985 Pee Wee Crayton, 70, July 25, 1985 Blind John Davis, 71, October 12, 1985 Buddy Rich, 69, April 2, 1987 Howard McGhee, 69, July 17, 1987 Joe Liggins, 71, July 31, 1987 J. C. Heard, 71, September 27, 1988 Nesuhi Ertegun (record producer, record executive of Atlantic Records and Warner Brothers Music Group), 71, July 15, 1989 Bull Moose Jackon, 70, July 31, 1989 Lafayette Leake, 71, August 14, 1990 Art Blakely, 71, October 16, 1990 Lester Williams, 70, November 13, 1990 George Motola (record producer from Modern Records), 71, February 15, 1991 Paul Gayten, 71, March 26, 1991 Henry Glover, 69, April 7, 1991 Mary Osbourne, 70, March 4, 1992 Albert King, 69, December 21, 1992 Willie Johnson, 71, February 25, 1995 Jerry Capehart, 69, June 7, 1998 Mighty Joe Young, 71, March 24, 1999 Dub Jones (The Coasters), 71, January 16, 2000 Screamin' Jay Hawkins, 70, February 12, 2000 O. C. Smith, 69, November 23, 2001 Otis Blackwell, 71, May 6, 2002 Lonnie Donegan, 71, November 2, 2002 Earl King, 69, April 17, 2003 Skip Batton (Skip and Flip, The Byrds, New Riders of the Purple Sage, The Flying Burrito Brothers), 69, July 6, 2003 Johnny Cash, 71, September 12, 2003 Dick Hestall-Smith (Colosseum, The Graham Bond Organization), 70, December 17, 2004 Renaldo Benson (The Four Tops), 69, July 1, 2005 Shirley Goodman (Shirley and Company), 69, July 5, 2005 Little Milton, 70, August 4, 2005 Robert Moog (inventor of the Moog Synthesizer), 71, August 21, 2005 Harold Kalin (Kalin Twins), 71, August 24, 2005 Harold Camp, 70, October 2, 2005 Freddie Garrity (Freddie and the Dreamers), 69, May 19, 2006 Joe Weaver, 71, July 5, 2006 Eldee Young (Young-Holt Unlimited), 71, February 12, 2007 Donnie Brooks, 71, February 23, 2007 John Inman, 71, March 8, 2007 Luther Ingram, 69, March 19, 2007 Bobby Pickett (The Crypt-Kickers), 69, April 27, 2007 Zola Taylor (The Platters), 69, April 30, 2007 Carey Bell, 70, May 6, 2007 Kip Anderson, 69, August 29, 2007 Luciano Pavarotti, 71, September 6, 2007 Pervis Jackson (The Spinners), 70, August 18, 2008 Alton Ellis, 70, October 10, 2008 Jimmy Carl Black (The Mothers Of Invention, Muffin Men, Captain Beefheart), 70, November 1, 2008 Robert Ward (Ohio Players), 70, December 25, 2008 Cornelius Johnson (Ohio Players), 71, February 1, 2009 Jimmy Boyd, 70, March 7, 2009 Mel Brown, 69, March 20, 2009 Tam Patton (Bay City Rollers), 70, April 8, 2009 Sky Saxon (The Seeds), 71, June 25, 2009 Larry Knetchel (Bread), 69, August 20, 2009 Sirone, 69, October 21, 2009 James Gurley (Big Brother and the Holding Company), 69, December 20, 2009 Bobby Charles, 71, January 14, 2010 Lolly Vegas (Redbone), 70, March 4, 2010 Johnny Maestro (Johnny Maestro and the Brooklyn Bridge, The Crest), 70, March 24, 2010 Jerry Byrne, 69, April 7, 2010 Calvin Leavy, 70, June 6, 2010 Solomon Burke, 70, October 10, 2010 Genral Johnson (Chairmen of the Board, The Showmen), 69, October 13, 2010 Captain Beefheart (Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band), 69, December 17, 2010 Myrna Smith (The Sweet Inspirations), 69, December 24, 2010 Big Jack Johnson, 70, March 14, 2011 Jet Harris (The Shadows), 71, March 18, 2011 Clarence Clemons (E Street Band), 69, June 18, 2011 Nickolas Ashford (Ashford and Simpson), 70, August 22, 2011 Harrie Muskee (Cuby and Blizzards), 70, September 26, 2011 Marv Tarplin (The Miracles), 70, September 30, 2011 Dobie Gray, 71, December 6, 2011 Sean Bonniwell (The Music Machine), 71, December 20, 2011 Jim Sherwood (The Mothers of Invention), 69, December 25, 2011 Jimmy Castor (The Jimmy Castor Bunch, The Teenagers), 71, January 16, 2012 Andrew Love, 70, April 12, 2012 Levon Helm (The Band), 71, April 19, 2012 Donald "Duck'' Dunn (Booker T and the MG's), 70, May 13, 2012 John Harrison (Hawkwind), 69, May 26, 2012 Jon Lord (Deep Purple, Whitesnake, Paice Ashton Lord, The Artwoods, The Flower Pot Men), 71, July 16, 2012 Big Jim Sullivan, 71, October 2, 2012 Chris Stamp (Record producer for The Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Who, The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, Golden Earring, and co-founder of Track Records), 70, November 24, 2012 Lee Dorman (Iron Butterfly, Captain Beyond), 70, December 21, 2012 Precious Bryant, 71, January 12, 2013 Leroy "Sugarfoot" Bonner (Ohio Players), 69, January 26, 2013 Reg Presley (The Troggs), 71, February 4, 2013 Richard Street (The Temptations), 70, February 27, 2013 Jim Murray (Quicksilver Messenger Service), 70, March 1, 2013 Mary Love, 69, June 21, 2013 Lou Reed (The Velvet Underground), 71, October 27, 2013 Jay Traynor (Jay and the Americans, The Tokens), 70, January 2, 2014 Jerry Corbitt (The Youngbloods), 71, March 8, 2014 Joe Frazier (The Impalas), 70, April 1, 2014 Bobby Womack (The Valentinos), 70, June 27, 2014 Johnny Winter, 70, July 16, 2014 Dick Wagner (Alice Cooper, The Frost), 71, July 30, 2014 Rosetta Hightower (The Orlons), 70, August 2, 2014 Jack Bruce (The Graham Bond Organization, Cream), 71, October 25, 2014 Mike Burney (Wizzard), 70, November 13, 2014 Clive Palmer (The Incredible String Band), 71, November 23, 2014 Bobby Keys (The Rolling Stones), 70, December 2, 2014 Ian McClagan (Small Faces, Faces) 69, December 3, 2014 John Fry (record producer), 69, December 18, 2014 Joe Cocker (The Grease Band), 70, December 22, 2014 Trevor Ward-Davies (Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich), 70, January 13, 2015 Bo Dollis (The Wild Magnolias), 71, January 20, 2015 Edgar Froese (Tangerine Dream), 70, January 20, 2015 David Maxwell, 71, February 13, 2015 John Renbourn (Pentangle), 70, March 26, 2015 Billy Butler, 69, March 31, 2015 Jack Ely (The Kingsmen), 71, April 27, 2015 Errol Brown (Hot Chocolate), 71, May 6, 2015 Eddie Hoh (The Mamas and The Papas, The Monkees), 71, November 7, 2015 P. F. Sloan, 70, November 15, 2015 Armand, 69, November 19, 2015 Cynthia Robinson (Sly and the Family Stone) November 23, 2015 Rainer Bloss, 69, December 10, 2015 Lemmy (Motorhead, Hawkwind), 70, December 28, 2015 Michel Delpech, 69, January 2, 2016 David Bowie (Arnold Corns, The Riot Squad, Tin Machine), 69, January 10, 2016 Gary Loizzo (The American Breed), 70, January 16, 2016 Hans Reffert (Guru Guru), 69, February 21, 2016 Lennie Baker (Sha Na Na), 69, February 24, 2016 Nana Vasconcelos (Pat Metheny Group), 71, March 9, 2016 Keith Emerson (Emerson, Lake, and Palmer), 71, March 10, 2016 Sverre Kjelsberg (The Pussycats), 69, June 19, 2016 Roland Prince, 69, July 15, 2016 Snaffu Rigor (Cinderella), 69, August 4, 2016 Don Ciccone (The Four Seasons, Tommy James and The Shondells, The Critters), 70, October 8, 2016 Doug Edwards (Skylark, Chilliwack), 70, November 11, 2016 Mentor Williams, 70, November 16, 2016 Radim Hladik (Blue Effect), 69, December 4, 2016 Greg Lake (Emerson, Lake, and Palmer; King Crimson) 69, December 7, 2016 Elliot Meadow (record producer and journalist), 71, January 4, 2017 Richie Ingui (Soul Survivors), 70, January 13, 2017 Charles "Bobo" Shaw, 69, January 16, 2017 Pete Overend Watts (Mott the Hoople, British Lions), 69, January 22, 2017 Butch Trucks (The Allman Brothers Band), 69, January 24, 2017 Sonny Geraci (The Outsiders, Climax), 69, February 5, 2017 Peter Skellern, 69, February 17, 2017 Evan Johns (The LeRoi Brothers), 69, March 11, 2017 Joseph Rascoff (Tour manager for The Rolling Stones, U2, ), 71, April 6, 2017 J. Geils (The J Geils Band), 71, April 11, 2017 Alan Holdsworth (Soft Machine, U.K.), 70, April 16, 2017 Bruce Hampton (Col. Bruce Hampton and the Aquarium Rescue Unit, Hampton Grease Band), 70, May 1, 2017 Gregg Allman (The Allman Brothers Band), 69, May 27, 2017 Feel free to mention anyone that I missed so I can add them to the list. You're too young to be starting 69-clubs. :s 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,229 Posted May 29, 2017 3 hours ago, Whitehouse said: Ouch! These omissions hurt.... Yves Montand Nina Simone Demis Roussos. Aphrodites Child Ok, this one is a bit long gone but nonetheless fits the criteria. Richard Wagner Found some more. (I have no life....) Butch Trucks Greg Allman's drummer who died earlier this year. Nicolas Caldwell, Founding member of the Whispers. Jack Ely, Lead singer of the Kingsmen. Jerry Reed Country singer Sacha Distel French crooner Frank Wilson Motown producer Freddie Fender Tex-Mex legend Jacky Lomax John Holt Reggae pioneer Ian McLagan Keyboardist of the Faces, Small Faces Ken Brown Quarrymen, Beatles Jim McCann Dubliners Tony Bellamy Redbone Henri Mancini Composer film music I know for a fact Butch Trucks, Jack Ely, and Ian McLagan were already on the list. Let me double check if I've already gotten anyone else you've mentioned. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,229 Posted May 29, 2017 On Wagner, I did say after 1950, so that's why I missed him. And Tony Bellamy died at 63, so I won't be adding him for obvious reasons. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
