We've lost a true pioneer of Rock and Roll.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news...cid=spartandhp
He was 87 years old. NY Times obituary. One of the most influential and certainly the most flamboyant of the rock and roll pioneers -- Tutti Frutti, Long Tall Sally, Good Golly Miss Molly, Ready Teddy and more. Very influential on James Brown and many others -- even Paul McCartney.
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'When I got on the bus for my first road game at Duke, I saw that every player was carrying textbooks or laptops. I coached in the SEC for 25 years, and I had never seen that before, not even once.' - David Cutcliffe to Duke alumni in Washington, DC, June 2013
We've lost a true pioneer of Rock and Roll.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news...cid=spartandhp
Popular singer and actor, who did cover some Little Richard songs -- Pat Boone. Born June 1, 1934. Sold a ton or records, a lot of them covers of other artists, and had a popular TV show. It is said (Wikipedia) that Elvis Presley opened for him in Cleveland in 1955.
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'When I got on the bus for my first road game at Duke, I saw that every player was carrying textbooks or laptops. I coached in the SEC for 25 years, and I had never seen that before, not even once.' - David Cutcliffe to Duke alumni in Washington, DC, June 2013
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'When I got on the bus for my first road game at Duke, I saw that every player was carrying textbooks or laptops. I coached in the SEC for 25 years, and I had never seen that before, not even once.' - David Cutcliffe to Duke alumni in Washington, DC, June 2013
Little Richard with his opening band, Hamburg, 1962:
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(side note, Ringo had just replaced Pete Best)
Chubby Checker is still with us.
Bill Medley of the Righteous Brothers is still alive and still performing. Bobby Hatfield the other half of the duo passed away in November 2003 from a heart attack brought on by cocaine. He was supposed to have gone on stage that night with Bill. Bucky Heard now sings with Hatfield.
The Righteous Brothers began performing in 1962. I'm not sure they qualify as founders of rock. If we're including them then we're including the surviving members of the Beach Boys, Frankie Valli, Dion DiMucci, even Dylan.
I think going past the 1950s stretches the definition of "first generation of rock" too far.
As always, YMMV.
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Jimi Hendrix played in Little Richard’s band for awhile. This is the Fillmore, 1965.