Paul McCartney and Brian Wilson both turned 80 in the past week. Where has the time gone?
Hey kids, how about a non-obituary post? Today we are going to pick the best band of the 1960s/1970s. (Hint: It’s the Beatles) Disclaimer: These opinions are those of blog management, bu...
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George Segal, a fixture in movies and on TV since the early-1960s, passed away on March 23, 2021 at age 83. Most recently, he played the grandfather role of "Pops" on the TV series "The Goldb...
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Christopher Plummer passed away on February 5, 2021 at age 91. My first memory of him was when my aunt took my sister and me to see "The Sound of Music" in 1965. From 2005:
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2021 has picked up right where 2020 left off... Gerry Marsden, the vocalist, guitar player, primary songwriter, and leader of the 1960s' British Invasion group Gerry and the Pacemakers pas...
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One day before the end of the worst year ever, and this has to happen. Dawn Wells, one-half of the decades-old "Ginger or Mary Ann?" question, passed away on December 30, 2020 at age 82. ...
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In the past month or two, celebrities have been passing away at an alarming rate. Rock guitarist Eddie Van Halen passed away on October 6, 2020 at age 65. One of my favorite VH songs fro...
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I belong to a music group on Facebook, and a few days ago someone posted about Foghat, which reminded me that they were one of my favorite bands in the mid-1970s. Then I watched a few YouTube...
Olivia de Havilland, the last remaining star from Hollywood's Golden Age, passed away on July 26, 2020 at age 104. She appeared in 49 movies, 35 of them coming during the 1930s and 1940s. Sh...
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Just 3 weeks after Paul's 78th birthday, Ringo turned 80 today.
http://popculture1960s.blogspot.com/2020/07/happy-80th-birthday-ringo.html
Paul McCartney (June 18) and Brian Wilson (June 20).
http://popculture1960s.blogspot.com/2020/06/happy-78th-birthday.html
Never in my 10 years of blogging have my Baseball, Eagles, Football, and Pop Culture blogs all been running obituaries at the same time. I can't keep up! (I haven't even had time to say anything ...
http://popculture1960s.blogspot.com/2020/05/rip-ken-osmond.html
Astrid Kircherr, the German photographer who befriended the Beatles during their time in Hamburg, passed away on May 13, 2020 at age 81. She became the band's photographer in the early days...
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Little Richard (Richard Penniman), one of the early pioneers of rock and roll, passed away today, May 9, 2020 at age 87. My first exposure to him was through the Beatles' cover of "Long Tall...
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Kirk Douglas, the last remaining male movie star from Hollywood's Golden Age, passed away on February 5, 2020 at age 103. Douglas appeared in over 85 movies from 1946 to 2004. Surprisingly, ...
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Edd Byrnes, who played cool characters on 1950s' TV show "77 Sunset Strip" and the 1978 movie "Grease", passed away on January 8, 2020 at age 87. He was never far from his trademark comb, neith...
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Neil Peart, drummer for Canadian rock group Rush, passed away on January 7, 2020 at age 67. This occurred just 3 months after the death of Ginger Baker, a top drummer from the 1960s. Peart...
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Karen Pendleton, one of nine Mouseketeers to appear on the show's entire 1950s run, passed away on October 6, 2019 at age 73. Wikipedia
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Ginger Baker, one of the top all-time rock drummers, died today October 6, 2019 at age 80. Baker had been ill for some time, and had open heart surgery in 2016. The drummer for the 3-piec...
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Continuing with the "ranking the top ______" theme... A few days ago I happened to come across some YouTube videos by Rick Beato, where he picks the top 20 whatever (singers, songs with drum...
http://popculture1960s.blogspot.com/2019/09/top-20-rock-roll-singers.html
Last time, we took a stab at the top guitarists of the 1960s to 1980s. Today we have another ranking post of sorts – this time the Bond Girls. Since this is supposed to be a 1960s blog, I�...
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Help me out here. I am trying to rank the top rock guitarists of the 1960s to 1980s. I want to get a Top 10 and Top 20 list, but have only managed to put then into general groups so far. (The...
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It's been said that over 73 million people watched the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show in February 1964. As most people alive then know, it was their first of 4 appearances on that show. Unfort...
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So this isn't 1960s per se, but I think that may have been when I first saw "Gone With the Wind". Olivia de Havilland just turned 102 on July 1st. I think she may be the oldest living Hollywood...
http://popculture1960s.blogspot.com/2018/07/olivia-de-havilland.html
Dennis Edwards, (essentially) the first "replacement" member of The Temptations, passed away on February 1, 2018 at age 74. Edwards replaced the smooth-sounding David Ruffin in the late-196...
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