Jirin wrote:Why no Neil Young on the list? Also on the list of people who did drugs and survived just long enough to quit.
Well, initially I took the list of Top artists of the 60s and I stopped when I got to 100. Neil Young, while #4 artist of the 1970s, was only #46 of the 1960s (accounting for his 1960s solo production since Buffalo Springfield was #42 of the 1960s).
Anyway I expanded the list to 250 (I haven't included the members of The Sonics due to lack of information on the net).
The updated stats:
- 52,4% of the artists featured on the list are still alive.
- The mean age of the "survivors" is 73,94.
- 47,6% of the acclaimed artists from the 1960s are dead, with a mean age at the time of the death of 56,62 years.
- 21% of the dead artists died during their first four decades of life.
The list of the "survivors" of the 1960s:
Name | Band | Age (years-old today)
Paul McCartney | The Beatles | 76
Ringo Starr | The Beatles | 78
Bob Dylan | 77
Mick Jagger | The Rolling Stones | 75
Keith Richards | The Rolling Stones | 74
Bill Wyman | The Rolling Stones | 81
Charlie Watts | The Rolling Stones | 77
Brian Wilson | The Beach Boys | 76
Al Jardine | The Beach Boys | 75
Mike Love | The Beach Boys | 77
Bruce Johnston | The Beach Boys | 76
John Cale | The Velvet Underground | 76
Moe Tucker | The Velvet Underground | 73
Roger Daltrey | The Who | 74
Pete Townshend | The Who | 73
Roger McGuinn | The Byrds | 76
Chris Hillman | The Byrds | 73
Ray Davies | The Kinks | 74
Dave Davies | The Kinks | 71
Mick Avory | The Kinks | 74
Robby Krieger | The Doors | 72
John Densmore | The Doors | 73
Jimmy Page | Led Zeppelin | 74
Robert Plant | Led Zeppelin | 69
John Paul Jones | Led Zeppelin | 72
Garth Hudson | The Band | 81
Robbie Robertson | The Band | 75
John Fogerty | Creedence Clearwater Revival | 73
Stu Cook | Creedence Clearwater Revival | 73
Doug Clifford | Creedence Clearwater Revival | 73
Roy Estrada | The Mothers of Invention | 75
Elliot Ingber | The Mothers of Invention | 76
Paul Simon | Simon & Garfunkel | 76
Art Garfunkel | Simon & Garfunkel | 76
Van Morrison | 72
Ginger Baker | Cream | 78
Eric Clapton | Cream | 73
Roger Waters | Pink Floyd | 74
Nick Mason | Pink Floyd | 74
Johnny Echols | Love | 71
Michael Stuart-Ware | Love | unknown
Marty Balin | Jefferson Airplane | 76
Jack Casady | Jefferson Airplane | 74
Jorma Kaukonen | Jefferson Airplane | 77
Grace Slick | Jefferson Airplane | 78
Diana Ross | The Supremes | 74
Mary Wilson | The Supremes | 74
Sly Stone | Sly & the Family Stone | 75
Freddie Stone | Sly & the Family Stone | 71
Larry Graham | Sly & the Family Stone | 71
Rose Stone | Sly & the Family Stone | 73
Jerry Martini | Sly & the Family Stone | 74
Greg Errico | Sly & the Family Stone | 69
John French | The Magic Band | 69
Jeff Cotton | The Magic Band | 69
Zoot Horn Rollo | The Magic Band | 69
Rockette Morton | The Magic Band | 69
Smokie Robinson | The Miracles | 78
Claudette Robinson | The Miracles | 76
Otis Williams | The Temptations | 76
Iggy Pop | The Stooges | 71
Stephen Stills | Buffalo Springfield | 73
Neil Young | Buffalo Springfield | 72
Richie Furay | Buffalo Springfield | 74
Abdul Fakir | Four Tops | 82
Robert Fripp | King Crimson | 72
Michael Giles | King Crimson | 76
Ian McDonald | King Crimson | 72
Peter Sinfield | King Crimson | 74
Veronica Bennett | The Ronettes | 75
Nedra Talley | The Ronettes | 72
Peter Albin | Big Brother & the Holding Company | 74
Dave Getz | Big Brother & the Holding Company | 78
Richard Thompson | Fairport Convention | 69
Simon Nicol | Fairport Convention | 67
Ashley Hutchings | Fairport Convention | 73
Dave Mattacks | Fairport Convention | 70
Kenney Jones | Small Faces | 69
Colin Blunstone | The Zombies | 73
Rod Argent | The Zombies | 73
Chris White | The Zombies | 75
Hugh Grundy | The Zombies | 73
Eric Burdon | The Animals | 77
Alan Price | The Animals | 76
Hilton Valentine | The Animals | 75
John Steel | The Animals | 77
Wayne Kramer | MC5 | 70
Dennis Thompson | MC5 | 69
Donovan | 72
Jeff Beck | Yardbirds | 74
Chris Dreja | Yardbirds | 72
Paul Samwell-Smith | Yardbirds | 75
Jim McCarty | Yardbirds | 75
Tina Turner | Ike & Tina Turner | 78
Tom Constanten | Grateful Dead | 74
Bill Kreutzmann | Grateful Dead | 72
Phil Lesh | Grateful Dead | 78
Bob Weir | Grateful Dead | 70
Herbie Hancock | 78
David Crosby | Crosby, Stills & Nash | 76
Graham Nash | Crosby, Stills & Nash | 76
Scott Walker | 75
Dave Mason | Traffic | 72
Steve Winwood | Traffic | 70
Gary Brooker | Procol Harum | 73
Robin Trower | Procol Harum | 73
Matthew Fisher | Procol Harum | 72
David Knights | Procol Harum | 73
Billy Harrison | Them | 75
Michelle Phillips | The Mamas & the Papas | 74
Martha Reeves | Martha & the Vandellas | 77
Rosalind Ashford | Martha & the Vandellas | 74
Betty Kelly | Martha & the Vandellas | 73
Peter Green | Fleetwood Mac | 71
John McVie | Fleetwood Mac | 72
Mick Fleetwood | Fleetwood Mac | 71
Jeremy Spencer | Fleetwood Mac | 70
Bill Medley | The Righteous Brothers | 77
Charlie Thomas | The Drifters | 81
Fred Cash | The Impressions | 77
Sam Gooden | The Impressions | 83
Roky Erickson | 13th Floor Elevators | 71
Tommy Hall | 13th Floor Elevators | 74
John Ike Walton | 13th Floor Elevators | 75
Dolores "LaLa" Brooks | The Crystals | 71
Dolores "Dee Dee" Kenniebrew | The Crystals | 73
Patricia "Patsy" Wright | The Crystals | 73
Michael Nesmith | The Monkees | 75
Micky Dolenz | The Monkees | 73
Peter Tork | The Monkees | 76
Mary Weiss | The Shangri-Las | 69
And the dead:
Name | Band | Age at the time of their death
John Lennon | The Beatles | 40
George Harrison | The Beatles | 58
Brian Jones | The Rolling Stones | 27
Carl Wilson | The Beach Boys | 51
Dennis Wilson | The Beach Boys | 39
Jimi Hendrix | 27
Lou Reed | The Velvet Underground | 71
Sterling Morrison | The Velvet Underground | 53
Nico | The Velvet Underground | 49
John Entwistle | The Who | 57
Keith Moon | The Who | 32
Gram Parsons | The Byrds | 26
Kevin Kelley | The Byrds | 56
John Coltrane | 40
Pete Quaife | The Kinks | 66
Aretha Franklin | 76
Otis Redding | 26
Jim Morrison | The Doors | 27
Ray Manzarek | The Doors | 74
John Bonham | Led Zeppelin | 32
Rick Danko | The Band | 55
Levon Helm | The Band | 71
Richard Manuel | The Band | 42
James Brown | 73
Elvis Presley | 42
Tom Fogerty | Creedence Clearwater Revival | 48
Frank Zappa | The Mothers of Invention | 52
Jimmy Carl Black | The Mothers of Invention | 70
Ray Collins | The Mothers of Invention | 76
Jack Bruce | Cream | 71
Syd Barrett | Pink Floyd | 60
Richard Wright | Pink Floyd | 65
Arthur Lee | Love | 61
Bryan MacLean | Love | 52
Ken Forssi | Love | 54
Spencer Dryden | Jefferson Airplane | 66
Paul Kantner | Jefferson Airplane | 74
Miles Davis | 65
Florence Ballard | The Supremes | 32
Cynthia Robinson | Sly & the Family Stone | 71
Dusty Springfield | 59
Leonard Cohen | 82
Sam Cooke | 33
Johnny Cash | 71
Charles Mingus | 56
Captain Beefheart | 69
Ronnie White | The Miracles | 59
Bobby Rogers | The Miracles | 73
Warren "Pete" Moore | The Miracles | 79
Marv Tarplin | The Miracles | 70
Ray Charles | 73
Marvin Gaye | 44
David Ruffin | The Temptations | 50
Eddie Kendricks | The Temptations | 52
Paul Williams | The Temptations | 34
Melvin Franklin | The Temptations | 52
Roy Orbison | 52
Dave Alexander | The Stooges | 27
Ron Asheton | The Stooges | 60
Scott Asheton | The Stooges | 64
Bruce Palmer | Buffalo Springfield | 58
Dewey Martin | Buffalo Springfield | 68
Stan Getz | 64
Levi Stubbs | Four Tops | 72
Reanaldo Benson | Four Tops | 69
Lawrence Payton | Four Tops | 59
Greg Lake | King Crimson | 69
Estelle Bennett | The Ronettes | 67
Janis Joplin | Big Brother & the Holding Company | 27
Sam Andrew | Big Brother & the Holding Company | 73
James Gurley | Big Brother & the Holding Company | 69
Sandy Denny | Fairport Convention | 31
Dave Swarbrick | Fairport Convention | 75
Steve Marriott | Small Faces | 44
Ronnie Lane | Small Faces | 51
Ian McLagan | Small Faces | 69
Nick Drake | 26
Paul Atkinson | The Zombies | 58
Chas Chandler | The Animals | 57
Rob Tyner | MC5 | 46
Fred "Sonic" Smith | MC5 | 46
Michael Davis | MC5 | 68
Sneaky Pete Kleinow | The Flying Burrito Brothers | 72
Chris Ethridge | The Flying Burrito Brothers | 65
Keith Relf | Yardbirds | 33
Ike Turner | Ike & Tina Turner | 76
Bill Evans | 51
Jerry Garcia | Grateful Dead | 53
Ron "Pigpen" McKernan | Grateful Dead | 27
Ornette Coleman | 85
Serge Gainsbourg | 62
Etta James | 73
B.B. King | 89
Jim Capaldi | Traffic | 60
Chris Wood | Traffic | 39
Howlin' Wolf | 65
B. J. Wilson | Procol Harum | 43
Frank Sinatra | 82
Peter Bardens | Them | 57
Alan Henderson | Them | 72
Pat McAuley | Them | 40
Tim Buckley | 28
Denny Doherty | The Mamas & the Papas | 66
Cass Elliot | The Mamas & the Papas | 32
John Phillips | The Mamas & the Papas | 65
Danny Kirwan | Fleetwood Mac | 68
Wilson Pickett | 64
Bobby Hatfield | The Righteous Brothers | 63
Ben E. King | The Drifters | 76
Johnny Lee Williams | The Drifters | 62
Dock Green | The Drifters | 54
Elsbeary Hobbs | The Drifters | 59
Curtis Mayfield | The Impressions | 57
Stacy Sutherland | 13th Floor Elevators | 32
Benny Thurman | 13th Floor Elevators | 65
Barbara Alston | The Crystals | 74
Davy Jones | The Monkees | 66
Eric Dolphy | 36
Duke Ellington | 75