UK Singles Chart

[YoungWillz 19,103]

On 10/11/2020 at 18:22, Ulitzer95 said:

J. D. Sumner and The Stamps
Wiki (Sumner) American gospel vocal group, earlier known as simply The Stamps Quartet, Donnie Summer is the nephew of frontman J. D. Sumner, Larry Strickland is married to country singer Naomi Judd (b. 1946)
Bill Baize 17 Sep 1939 – Living
Gary Buckles 13 Sep 1942 – 26 Sep 1985 (43) FindAGrave memorial
Ed Enoch 18 Jul 1942 – Living
Ed Hill 23 Feb 1935 – 13 Jul 2020 (85) Obit
Dave Rowland 26 Jan 1944 – 01 Nov 2018 (74) Obit
Richard Sterban 24 Apr 1943 – Living
Larry Strickland 1946 – Living
Donnie Sumner 04 Dec 1942 – Living
J. D. Sumner 19 Nov 1924 – 16 Nov 1998 (73) Independent obit
16/12/1972 Always on My Mind #9 Released as Elvis Presley, vocal accompaniment: J. D. Sumner and The Stamps / Cover of a song by B.J. Thomas
16/03/1974 I've Got a Thing About You Baby #33 Released as Elvis Presley, vocal accompaniment: J. D. Sumner and The Stamps
05/03/1977 Moody Blue #6 Released as Elvis Presley, vocal accompaniment: J. D. Sumner and The Stamps Quartet, Kathy Westmoreland, Myrna Smith
13/08/1977 Way Down #1 Released as Elvis Presley, vocal accompaniment: J. D. Sumner and The Stamps Quartet, K. Westmoreland, S. Nielsen and M. Smith / Posthumous #1
10/12/1977 My Way #9 Released as Elvis Presley, vocal accompaniment: J. D. Sumner and The Stamps, The Sweet Inspirations and Kathy Westmoreland / Cover of a single by Frank Sinatra

Bill Baize reportedly dead aged 83: 

 

[YoungWillz 19,103]

On 23/06/2020 at 01:43, Ulitzer95 said:

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The Damned
Wiki UK punk rock band from London, formed in 1976, Captain Sensible later had a successful solo career
Captain Sensible 24 Apr 1954 – Living
Rat Scabies 30 Jul 1955 – Living
David Vanian 12 Oct 1956 – Living
Algy Ward 11 Jul 1959 – Living
05/05/1979 Love Song #20
20/10/1979 Smash it Up #35
01/12/1979 I Just Can't be Happy Today #46
 

 

On 14/10/2020 at 21:56, Ulitzer95 said:

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The Saints
Wiki Australian punk rock band from Brisbane, Queensland, formed in 1973
Chris Bailey 29 Nov 1956 – 09 Apr 2022 (65) Telegraph obit
Ivor Hay no info available
Ed Kuepper 20 Dec 1955 – Living
Algy Ward 11 Jul 1959 – Living
23/07/1977 This Perfect Day #34
 

Algy Ward, another bassist reportedly dead: 

Were reports that he had not been well recently on the book of face. Not a huge fan of Rat Scabies of the Damned.

 

Edit: https://blabbermouth.net/news/tank-founder-algy-ward-dead-at-63

[Gisooo 2,548]

On 28/09/2021 at 14:11, Death Impends said:

Think so.

 

At a very quick glance, here's the surviving US Hot 100 hitmakers born in the 20s I can find, not counting session musicians (ie Bill Pitman) or behind-the-scenes figures (ie Bacharach, Gordy):

 

Ray Anthony - 1922

Tony Bennett - 1926

Ed Ames - 1927

C.W. McCall - 1928

April Stevens - 1929

Leroy Van Dyke - 1929

 

McCall and Stevens are the only Hot 100 chart toppers of the above lot (though Bennett and Ames did have #1s earlier in the 50s).

 

Mentioned in The Dead of 2023, but may be better here

 

Ed Ames dead at 95, so —

[Ulitzer95 11,087]

The Ames Brothers
Wiki American family group from Malden, Massachusetts, Ed Ames later had a very successful solo career, Vic Ames died in a car accident in January 1978
Ed Ames 09 Jul 1927 – 21 May 2023 (95) Variety obit
Gene Ames 13 Feb 1923 – 26 Apr 1997 (74) Variety obit
Joe Ames 03 May 1921 – 22 Dec 2007 (86) NY Times obit
Vic Ames 20 May 1925 – 23 Jan 1978 (52) NY Times obit
04/02/1955 The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane #6

Rolf Harris 30 Mar 1930 – 10 May 2023 (93) Guardian obit
Wiki Australian/UK entertainer who made a name for himself as a musician, composer, television personality, comedian and painter, born in Bassendean, Western Australia but has been primarily based in Britain for more than six decades, from 1994 to 2003 he hosted the popular television reality programme Animal Hospital, he was commissioned to paint a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II for her 80th birthday, awarded an MBE in 1968, an OBE in 1977, and a CBE in 2006 but these honours were revoked following his 2014 conviction of sexual assault on four underage girls
21/07/1960 Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport #9 Released as Rolf Harris with his Wobble Board and the Rhythm Spinners
25/10/1962 Sun Arise #3
28/02/1963 Johnny Day #44
16/04/1969 Bluer Than Blue #30
22/11/1969 Two Little Boys #1

The Saints
Wiki Australian punk rock band from Brisbane, Queensland, formed in 1973
Chris Bailey 29 Nov 1956 – 09 Apr 2022 (65) Telegraph obit
Ivor Hay no info available
Ed Kuepper 20 Dec 1955 – Living
Algy Ward 11 Jul 1959 – 17 May 2023 (63) Obit
23/07/1977 This Perfect Day #34

The Damned
Wiki UK punk rock band from London, formed in 1976, Captain Sensible later had a successful solo career
Captain Sensible 24 Apr 1954 – Living
Rat Scabies 30 Jul 1955 – Living
David Vanian 12 Oct 1956 – Living
Algy Ward 11 Jul 1959 – 17 May 2023 (63) Obit
05/05/1979 Love Song #20
20/10/1979 Smash it Up #35
01/12/1979 I Just Can't be Happy Today #46

J. D. Sumner and The Stamps
Wiki (Sumner) American gospel vocal group, earlier known as simply The Stamps Quartet, Donnie Summer is the nephew of frontman J. D. Sumner, Larry Strickland is married to country singer Naomi Judd (1946–2022)
Bill Baize 17 Sep 1939 – 15 May 2023 (83) Obit
Gary Buckles 13 Sep 1942 – 26 Sep 1985 (43) FindAGrave memorial
Ed Enoch 18 Jul 1942 – Living
Ed Hill 23 Feb 1935 – 13 Jul 2020 (85) Obit
Dave Rowland 26 Jan 1944 – 01 Nov 2018 (74) Obit
Richard Sterban 24 Apr 1943 – Living
Larry Strickland 1946 – Living
Donnie Sumner 04 Dec 1942 – Living
J. D. Sumner 19 Nov 1924 – 16 Nov 1998 (73) Independent obit
16/12/1972 Always on My Mind #9 Released as Elvis Presley, vocal accompaniment: J. D. Sumner and The Stamps / Cover of a song by B.J. Thomas
16/03/1974 I've Got a Thing About You Baby #33 Released as Elvis Presley, vocal accompaniment: J. D. Sumner and The Stamps
05/03/1977 Moody Blue #6 Released as Elvis Presley, vocal accompaniment: J. D. Sumner and The Stamps Quartet, Kathy Westmoreland, Myrna Smith
13/08/1977 Way Down #1 Released as Elvis Presley, vocal accompaniment: J. D. Sumner and The Stamps Quartet, K. Westmoreland, S. Nielsen and M. Smith / Posthumous #1
10/12/1977 My Way #9 Released as Elvis Presley, vocal accompaniment: J. D. Sumner and The Stamps, The Sweet Inspirations and Kathy Westmoreland / Cover of a single by Frank Sinatra

Updated 5 entries

Sad news about Ed Ames. He was one of the very few survivors with a top 10 hit from the early to mid 1950s.

[Death Impends 7,373]

Pretty historical death from a US pop history POV too. The last guaranteed QO name to have charted in the 1940s (there are some obscure survivors still about, but if Louise Tobin couldn't QO...), along with, as you said, one of the dwindling early 1950s hitmakers.

 

On 28/09/2021 at 08:11, Death Impends said:

Think so.

 

At a very quick glance, here's the surviving US Hot 100 hitmakers born in the 20s I can find, not counting session musicians (ie Bill Pitman) or behind-the-scenes figures (ie Bacharach, Gordy):

 

Ray Anthony - 1922

Tony Bennett - 1926

Ed Ames - 1927

C.W. McCall - 1928

April Stevens - 1929

Leroy Van Dyke - 1929

 

McCall and Stevens are the only Hot 100 chart toppers of the above lot (though Bennett and Ames did have #1s earlier in the 50s).

 

Then there were three. Leroy Van Dyke is still performing (if sparsely) and seems in decent shape so should be the odds-on favorite to be the last standing, given Ray Anthony is 101 and Tony Bennett is ailing.

[YoungWillz 19,103]

On 16/07/2020 at 14:23, Ulitzer95 said:

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 – Living
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

Reuben Wilson reportedly dead from advanced dementia and lung cancer: https://www.npr.org/2023/06/05/1180128842/reuben-wilson-b-3-hammond-organ-soul-jazz-obituary

[YoungWillz 19,103]

On 29/02/2020 at 20:06, Ulitzer95 said:

Joao Gilberto 10 Jun 1931 – 06 Jul 2019 (88) Guardian obit
Wiki Brazilian bossa nova and samba singer-songwriter and guitarist from Juazeiro
23/07/1964 The Girl From Ipanema (Garota de Ipanema) #29 Released as Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto / Features uncredited vocals from Astrud Gilberto

With Astrud Gilberto's death, up to you to consider updating this entry. 

[YoungWillz 19,103]

On 15/09/2020 at 22:09, Ulitzer95 said:

Yannis Markopoulos 18 Mar 1939 – Living
Wiki Greek composer from Heraklion, Crete
17/12/1977 Who Pays the Ferryman? #11 Theme to the 1977 BBC television series Who Pays the Ferryman?

Yannis Markopoulos reportedly dead: https://en.protothema.gr/the-great-composer-yannis-markopoulos-has-died-videos/

[Ulitzer95 11,087]

On 29/02/2020 at 20:13, Ulitzer95 said:

The Piltdown Men
Wiki American rock and roll studio group from Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, the brainchild of record producer Ed Cobb (also wrote Tainted Love) and pianist Lincoln Mayorga of pop quartet The Four Preps
Bob Bain 26 Jan 1924 – 21 Jun 2018 (94) Obit
Alan Brenmanen 11 Jul 1940 – Living
Scott Gordon no info available
Jackie Kelso 27 Feb 1922 – 28 Apr 2012 (90) All Music profile
Lincoln Mayorga 28 Mar 1937 – Living
Tommy Tedesco 03 Jul 1930 – 10 Nov 1997 (67) NY Times obit
08/09/1960 McDonald's Cave #14 Based on the nursery rhyme Old MacDonald Had a Farm
12/01/1961 Piltdown Rides Again #14 Based on Rossini's William Tell Overture
09/03/1961 Goodnight Mrs. Flintstone #18
NB: Brenmanen's name appears to have been bastardised, either intentionally or mistake. He is really California drummer Allen Reid Breneman, who appeared as a studio drummer on strings of hits during the 50s, 60s and 70s.

Lincoln Mayorga (wiki) dead at 86.

[YoungWillz 19,103]

On 02/11/2020 at 01:33, Ulitzer95 said:

The Tourists
Wiki UK new wave and power pop band from London, formed in 1976 and disbanded in 1980, singer Annie Lennox and guitarist Dave Stewart went on to have a hugely successful career as the synthpop duo Eurythmics – both also enjoyed successful solo careers, Lennox was awarded an OBE in 2011, vocalist/guitarist Peet Coombes died from cirrhosis of the liver due to alcoholism in April 1997
Eddie Chin 03 Nov 1948 – Living
Peet Coombes 16 Jul 1953 – Apr 1997 (43) FindAGrave memorial
Annie Lennox 25 Dec 1954 – Living
Dave Stewart 09 Sep 1952 – Living
Jim Toomey 1945 – Living
09/06/1979 Blind Among the Flowers #52
08/09/1979 The Loneliest Man in the World #32
10/11/1979 I Only Want to be with You #4 Cover of a single by Dusty Springfield

Eddie Chin of The Tourists reportedly dead: https://eurythmics-ultimate.com/2023/07/we-are-sad-to-announce-the-passing-of-edi-chin-bass-guitarist-from-the-tourists/

 

Edit: This article confirms a date of death of 25 June: https://www.islingtontribune.co.uk/article/bass-instinct

[whoismakoto 286]

On 03/06/2020 at 21:40, Ulitzer95 said:

 Daniel Boone 31 Jul 1942 – Living
Wiki UK pop singer-songwriter from Birmingham, before his solo career he was known as Peter Greene and played with Tommy Bruce and The Bruisers
14/08/1971 Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast #17
01/04/1972 Beautiful Sunday #21

This site mentions that he died on January 27, 2023. I saw that there used to be an entry for his wiki as well before it was removed for being unsourced. What is exactly his real name? Did he changed his name from his birthname?

[Ulitzer95 11,087]

3 hours ago, whoismakoto said:

This site mentions that he died on January 27, 2023. I saw that there used to be an entry for his wiki as well before it was removed for being unsourced. What is exactly his real name? Did he changed his name from his birthname?

I was the one who scrubbed the death from his Wiki page for it being unsourced. I thought it was total bollocks tbh. Now that I've seen that website claim however, I've contacted the media.

[waynet 9]

On 20/07/2023 at 16:58, Ulitzer95 said:

I was the one who scrubbed the death from his Wiki page for it being unsourced. I thought it was total bollocks tbh. Now that I've seen that website claim however, I've contacted the media.

I found this - go to the end to read the comments

http://www.brumbeat.net/bruisers.htm

 

[YoungWillz 19,103]

Tony Bennett and Jane Birkin for the updates anaw here.

[YoungWillz 19,103]

On 12/08/2020 at 18:10, Ulitzer95 said:

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Vince Hill 16 Apr 1934 – Living
Wiki UK traditional pop singer-songwriter and record producer from Holbrooks, Coventry, later became a television presenter
25/09/1971 Look Around (and You'll Find Me There) #12

Vince Hill reported dead by the great Jimmy Cricket: 

Easy listening, his chart career was technically dead with the advent of glam rock. 

 

A DDP pick.

 

Edit: I'm sure he probably has a 60s entry as well as the 70s entry above @Ulitzer95.

[YoungWillz 19,103]

On 29/02/2020 at 20:07, Ulitzer95 said:

Vince Hill 16 Apr 1934 – Living
Wiki UK traditional pop singer-songwriter and record producer from Holbrooks, Coventry, later became a television presenter
07/06/1962 The River's Run Dry #41
06/01/1966 Take Me to Your Heart Again #13
17/03/1966 Heartaches #28
02/06/1966 Merci Cheri #36
09/02/1967 Edelweiss #2
11/05/1967 Roses of Picardy #13
27/09/1967 Love Letters in the Sand #23
26/06/1968 The Importance of Your Love #32
12/02/1969 Doesn't Anybody Know My Name? #50
25/10/1969 Little Bluebird #42

Here's Vince Hill's earlier mention also.

 

And also the announcement on his official website: https://www.vincehill.co.uk/cheers-vince-heres-to-you/

[Funeralopolis 200]

Randy Meisner (Eagles) dead at 77.

 

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid022HEdzHtkBN9xwARe7HC5L1br2EtPBEochZaZ5eXfh8ZkaNwAFMS6D6UZPouB9Ktdl&id=100044434299359

[YoungWillz 19,103]

25 minutes ago, Funeralopolis said:

Randy Meisner (Eagles) dead at 77.

 

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid022HEdzHtkBN9xwARe7HC5L1br2EtPBEochZaZ5eXfh8ZkaNwAFMS6D6UZPouB9Ktdl&id=100044434299359

DDP pick as well.

[Youth in Asia 1,023]

6 hours ago, Funeralopolis said:

Randy Meisner (Eagles) dead at 77.

 

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid022HEdzHtkBN9xwARe7HC5L1br2EtPBEochZaZ5eXfh8ZkaNwAFMS6D6UZPouB9Ktdl&id=100044434299359

Timothy Schmidt will surely follow close behind 

[harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy 1,464]

They’ll soon be able to reform in hell, once it freezes over. 
 

Words cannot adequately describe how much I loathe the Eagles and all their solo careers. 

[time 7,969]

2 hours ago, harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy said:

They’ll soon be able to reform in hell, once it freezes over. 
 

Words cannot adequately describe how much I loathe the Eagles and all their solo careers. 

Many years ago, I was ambivalent about the Eagles, then someone bought me (the album) Hotel California for my the birthday and within a short period of time, I began to loathe the title track, which is all one ever hears on the radio* or by covers bands these days. I'm still ambivalent about most of their output. 

 

Anyway, take it easy!

 

 

 

*see also Lynyrd Skynyrd's Sweet Home Alabama.

[Steve 423]

I use to work in BBC local radio and the only two tracks I remember that we played quite regularly and quite liked were Lyin Eyes and Take It To The Limit. I am certainly no big fan of Hotel California. 

[maryportfuncity 10,017]

15 hours ago, Funeralopolis said:

Randy Meisner (Eagles) dead at 77.

 

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid022HEdzHtkBN9xwARe7HC5L1br2EtPBEochZaZ5eXfh8ZkaNwAFMS6D6UZPouB9Ktdl&id=100044434299359

 

 

Have wondered off and on about sneaking him into a dead pool team but he was always too random to call. His drinking was part of the reason he baled after they'd toured Hotel California to death basically everyone said he was a really nice guy but that gentle nature needed periodic bouts of binge drinking to keep him courageous enough to cope with the alpha male hothouse of The Eagles once they were a major force in the music industry. One of his mates took legal action to control some of Randy's affairs after becoming concerned that his second wife kept him drunk on vodka so's she could take advantage of the incoming cash etc. Her death, though, was a truly bizarre incident, she'd called cops when his drunken behaviour scared her, the cops left and in putting the house back in order she accidentally shot herself placing a rifle back in its cabinet. Despite the obvious question over that moment there was CCTV in the house making it clear Randy was elsewhere and had nothing to do with it. 

 

Oh aye, and he could play a bit - the final minute of this being a case in point: 

 

[Whitehouse 821]

18 hours ago, Funeralopolis said:

Randy Meisner (Eagles) dead at 77.

 

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid022HEdzHtkBN9xwARe7HC5L1br2EtPBEochZaZ5eXfh8ZkaNwAFMS6D6UZPouB9Ktdl&id=100044434299359

Didn't know about his wife who died a very "Interesting ways to die" death in 2016.

While moving a closet she was hit by a bullet from a loaded gun inside it. Something moved inside while accidentally pulled the trigger.

[msc 17,763]

9 minutes ago, Whitehouse said:

Didn't know about his wife who died a very "Interesting ways to die" death in 2016.

While moving a closet she was hit by a bullet from a loaded gun inside it. Something moved inside while accidentally pulled the trigger.

 

Wow, amazing, you should tell @maryportfuncity this story, he loves weird stories about musicians.