Category: 1960s
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Sonny & Cher
About Sonny & Cher were an American pop and entertainment duo in the 1960s and 1970s, made up of spouses Sonny Bono and Cher. The couple started their career in the mid-1960s as R&B backing singers for record producer Phil Spector. Albums/Songs: Sonny Side Up Sonny Rollins and the Big Brass Sonny Rollins, Volume 2…
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Wes Montgomery
About John Leslie “Wes” Montgomery was an American jazz guitarist. Montgomery was known for his unusual technique of plucking the strings with the side of his thumb and for his extensive use of octaves, which gave him a distinctive sound. Albums/Songs: Tequila Boss Guitar Cannonball Adderley and the Poll-Winners The NDR Hamburg Studio Recordings Down…
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Junior Walker & The All Stars
About Autry DeWalt Mixon Jr., known professionally as Junior Walker, was an American multi-instrumentalist and vocalist who recorded for Motown during the 1960s. He also performed as a session and live-performing saxophonist with the band Foreigner during the 1980s. Albums/Songs: Smooth Back Street Boogie Sax Appeal Blow the House Down Shake and Fingerpop Call to…
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Canned Heat
About Canned Heat is an American blues and rock band that was formed in Los Angeles in 1965. The group has been noted for its efforts to promote interest in blues music and its original artists. It was launched by two blues enthusiasts Alan Wilson and Bob Hite, who took the name from Tommy Johnson’s…
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Acker Bilk
About Bernard Stanley “Acker” Bilk, was an English clarinetist and vocalist known for his breathy, vibrato-rich, lower-register style, and distinctive appearance – of goatee, bowler hat and striped waistcoat. Albums/Songs: Some of My Favorite Things Stranger on the Shore Cocktails for Two Mood for Love A Touch of Latin Mr. Acker Bilk Stranger on the…
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Gordon Lightfoot
About Gordon Meredith Lightfoot Jr. was a Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist who achieved international success in folk, folk-rock, and country music. Credited with helping to define the folk-pop sound of the 1960s and 1970s, he has been referred to as Canada’s greatest songwriter, having several gold and multi-platinum albums and songs covered by some of…
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Harvey Mandel
About Harvey “The Snake” Mandel is an American guitarist best known as a member of Canned Heat. He also played with Charlie Musselwhite and John Mayall as well as maintaining a solo career. Albums/Songs: Games Guitars Play Snake Pit Shangrenade The Snake Emerald Triangle Harvey Mandel & The Snake Crew Chicago Blues Union Twist City…
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Frankie Valli
About Francesco Stephen Castelluccio, better known by his stage name Frankie Valli, is an American singer, best known as the frontman of the Four Seasons. He is known for his unusually powerful lead falsetto voice. Albums/Songs: ’Tis the Seasons The Very Best of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons Romancing the ’60s Closeup / Valli…
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Ricky Shayne
About Ricky Shayne is a pop singer and an actor of French and Lebanese descent who was popular in Europe in the 1960s, especially in Germanophone countries. Albums/Songs: Meine schönsten Lieder Ricky Shayne Shayne Mamy Blue Das große deutsche Schlager-Archiv – Ricky Shayne / Truck Stop Mamy Blue – 16 unvergessene Hits Heut ist Vollmond…
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Sugar Pie DeSanto
About Sugar Pie DeSanto is an American R&B singer and dancer, whose career in music flourished in the 1950s and 1960s. Albums/Songs: Hello, San Francisco Down in the Basement: The Chess Years Sugar Pie: A Little Bit Of Soul 1957-1962 Refined Sugar Use What You Got A Slice Of Pie Classic Sugar Pie Sisters of…
