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The following is a list of notable performers of rock and roll music or rock music, and others directly associated with the music as producers, songwriters or in other closely related roles, who have died in the 1960s. The list gives their date, cause and location of death, and their age.
Walter Simon Notheis, Jr. (February 7, 1943 – December 27, 1983), [1] best remembered by his stage name of Walter Scott, was an American singer who fronted Bob Kuban and The In-Men, a St. Louis, Missouri-based rock 'n' roll band that had brief national popularity during the 1960s.
St. Louis Union were a short-lived mid-1960s English freakbeat rock band from Manchester who formed part of the mod rock scene. They were formed by singer Tony Cassidy, guitarist Keith Millar, tenor saxophone/flute player Alex Kirby (born 6 January 1947, Walkden, who left in late 1966 and was replaced by Lenni Zaksen and Bernie Brown), keyboardist David Tomlinson, bassist John Nichols and ...
Kuban was born in St. Louis, Missouri, United States on August 19, 1940. [1] [2] He graduated from the St. Louis Institute of Music. In the early 1960s, Kuban was a music teacher and band director at Bishop DuBourg High School, a Catholic secondary school in St. Louis. In 1964, he formed the group Bob Kuban and The In-Men. [1]
Gayle McCormick (November 26, 1948 – March 1, 2016) was an American singer, best known for her work with the rock band Smith. Her recording and performing career stretched from 1965 to 1976. Her recording and performing career stretched from 1965 to 1976.
8. Buffalo Springfield. Before he became a successful solo act, Neil Young was a member of the folk-rock group Buffalo Springfield alongside Stephen Stills of Crosby, Stills, and Nash.
February 3: The Day the Music Died: Early rock stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper are killed along with the pilot of a small plane in bad weather near Clear Lake, Iowa. Guitarist Tommy Allsup "loses" his seat after a coin-flip with Valens, and Holly's bass player (and future country music legend) Waylon Jennings also misses ...
The Sharpees continued to perform around St. Louis even after Herbert Reeves was shot and killed in 1972, [1] in retaliation for beating up a guy. [8] [2] In 1978, Sharp quit professional music and focused on religion, becoming an elder at the Refuge Temple in East St. Louis. [3] Johnson continued to perform with Guy and Gwin Massey.