c_s_1987 Posted August 13, 2006 Report Share Posted August 13, 2006 I have just been thinking about how many 60s music stars are still performing and recording music, and what an achievement it is to be popular for so long. I would like it if anyone could help me compile a list of any living music stars who have been recording or performing for more than forty years (Their first album/single they were involved in must have been released more than forty years ago). If they are still members of a band that formed more than forty years ago, please indicate this as I have shown below. Paul McCartney Ringo Starr The Rolling Stones (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts) Bob Dylan The Who (Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted August 13, 2006 Report Share Posted August 13, 2006 Eric Clapton Jeff Beck Tina Turner Eric Burdon Paul Simon Lou Reed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawna Posted August 14, 2006 Report Share Posted August 14, 2006 well... Mick Fleetwood's band's first release was in 1968... two years too young, I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted August 14, 2006 Report Share Posted August 14, 2006 Deep Purple (I don´t know how many of them are the original) played in Madrid last year. Did I mention Pink Floyd? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c_s_1987 Posted August 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2006 Deep Purple are two years short of the mark. Pink Floyd, while they have been together for about 42 years, their first single was released in March 1967. I'm still unsure whether or not Jimmy Page or John Paul Jones can qualify. Robert Plant won't be able to qualify until 2009. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted August 14, 2006 Report Share Posted August 14, 2006 The Kinks formed in 1963... Ray Davies is still kicking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Joe Posted August 14, 2006 Report Share Posted August 14, 2006 (edited) The Kinks formed in 1963... Ray Davies is still kicking. The Kinks formed in 1963... Ray Davies is still Kinking. Bob Dylan CSN&Y Peter, Paul and Mary Tom Jones Englebert Humperdink The Four Tops Diana Ross Smokey Robinson The Shirelles Bobby Rydell The Skyliners Willie Winfield and The Harptones The Duprees Judy Collins The Hollies The Beach Boys Connie Francis The Marcels Cher Donovan Etta James Jerry Butler Frankie Valli Neil Sedaka Segio Mendes Gene Chandler Edited August 14, 2006 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted August 14, 2006 Report Share Posted August 14, 2006 (edited) Uncle Joe ( his mom forced him into piano lessons ) Edited August 14, 2006 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Joe Posted August 14, 2006 Report Share Posted August 14, 2006 LOL, I wish she had. I tried the trumpet, clarinet and drums. Enjoyed the drums. Ahh, but to be a piano virtuoso...woulda been nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted August 14, 2006 Report Share Posted August 14, 2006 " Benny ! Benny ... and the Jets ..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted August 14, 2006 Report Share Posted August 14, 2006 The Kinks formed in 1963... Ray Davies is still Kinking. How couldn´t I love UncleJoe?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazooka Posted August 14, 2006 Report Share Posted August 14, 2006 Little Richard Bo Diddley Jerry Lee Lewis Chuck Berry These guys are still performing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazooka Posted August 14, 2006 Report Share Posted August 14, 2006 Stevie Wonder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daslied Posted August 14, 2006 Report Share Posted August 14, 2006 The Blind Boys Of Alabama - nearly 70 years, I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulGirl Posted August 14, 2006 Report Share Posted August 14, 2006 ^ my friend clive has played with them! they're cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c_s_1987 Posted August 15, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2006 The Blind Boys of Alabama are a gospel music group from Alabama that first formed at the Alabama Institute for the Negro Blind in 1939. As of 2006, they are still performing, including a number of the original members. That's very impressive. I never expected any musicians from the 30s would still be around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daslied Posted August 15, 2006 Report Share Posted August 15, 2006 They recently did an album produced by Ben Harper, and have covered Prince. That's how you attain longevity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danielj Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 They did an album WITH Ben Harper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daslied Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 Well, producing is "with", right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy1104 Posted August 30, 2006 Report Share Posted August 30, 2006 Hmmmmm....I am not sure if this counts, but isn't Tony Bennet the all time leader in albums. I think at last count (with his new album coming out if it didn't already) he has 108 albums put out and I am sure he has been doing it over 60 years. Now that is real longevity! I do know he is still performing and will in NY this fall doing some shows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dappled Posted August 30, 2006 Report Share Posted August 30, 2006 Frankie Valli released his first single in 1953. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MindCrime Posted August 30, 2006 Report Share Posted August 30, 2006 In 1966, Tom Petty founded a band called Mudcrutch in Pensacola,FL; whom he toured with for nearly 10 years on Gone Gator records. He's been with the Heartbreakers since 1976 & The Traveling Wilburys in 1988. This looks like his final year, as he's retiring in one month. That would be exactly 40 years all together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ombre Vivante Posted August 30, 2006 Report Share Posted August 30, 2006 Jean-Jacques Perrey? Ennio Morricone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c_s_1987 Posted August 31, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2006 Here's a person you probably didn't know had been in music for forty years: He was the drummer/vocalist for a band called The Strangers in 1964. The band changed their name to Chain Reaction in 1966, and released their first single that year. He switched bands a few more times for the rest of the sixties, until he and two friends formed a band in 1970. They soon added a guitarist and a drummer to the lineup, and that band is currently touring, and will probably release their new album next year. Who am I? Steven Tallarico, aka Steve Tyler from Aerosmith. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted August 31, 2006 Report Share Posted August 31, 2006 CCR formed in 1959, according to Rolling Stone Rock Encyclopedia. That makes Fogerty in action for 47 years now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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