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To: Fiji Hill

>>I doubt that there are many rock stars who have stayed married 65 years.

That marriage dates to 1953, we are talking about the cusp of rock and roll.

The “old guard” R&B, jump blues, rock and rollers are mostly dead today (few even reached age 65) and only a few of the rockabilly upstarts (from Sun Records and other labels) are still alive today.


30 posted on 01/12/2019 4:46:39 PM PST by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
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To: a fool in paradise

And few of them lived as clean a life, and fewer still had a single marriage of that longevity.


33 posted on 01/12/2019 5:00:55 PM PST by YogicCowboy ("I am not entirely on anyone's side, because no one is entirely on mine." - J. R. R. Tolkien)
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To: a fool in paradise
The “old guard” R&B, jump blues, rock and rollers are mostly dead today (few even reached age 65) and only a few of the rockabilly upstarts (from Sun Records and other labels) are still alive today.

Lloyd Price, who claimed to be "the true king of the fifties" is still alive. He will turn 86 in a few weeks.

While not exactly a rock, R&B or jump blues artist, Vera Lynn, who is definitely Old Guard, will turn 102 in a couple of months.

Lawdy, Miss Clawdy--Lloyd Price (1952)

Hollywood Square Dance--Vera Lynn & Anne Shelton (1949)

37 posted on 01/12/2019 5:45:18 PM PST by Fiji Hill
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