Photo by Phillip Pessar.
During the last week, Baby Boomers have keenly mourned the loss of musicians David Bowie and Glenn Fry.I honor their contribution to the music industry specifically and American culture in general.
However, I feel the need to focus on national treasures still with us.
I spent some time today looking at the Billboard Hot 100 lists for my teen years: 1973-1980.
Here is a list of singers who are still living, many of whom are still writing, recording or performing.
So here is a shout out to those surviving singers (turning 66 to 78 this year) who provided the soundtrack of my teenage years.
Listed by descending birth date.
Kenny Rogers b. August 21, 1938
Ray Stevens b. January 24, 1939
Neil Diamond January b. 24, 1941
Paul Simon b. October 13, 1941
Helen Reddy b. October 25, 1941
Aretha Franklin b. March 25, 1942
Barbra Streisand b. April 24, 1942
Brian Wilson b. June 20, 1942
George Benson b. March 22, 1943
Mick Jagger b. July 26, 1943
Diana Ross b. March 26, 1944
Gladys Knight b. May 28, 1944
Boz Scaggs b. June 8, 1944
Rod Stewart b. January 10, 1945
Rita Coolidge b. May 1, 1945
Carly Simon b. June 25, 1945
Bette Midler b. December 1, 1945
Linda Ronstadt b. July 5, 1946
Credit.
John Oats b. April 7, 1948Al Green b. April 13, 1946
Cher b. May 20, 1946
Barry Gibb b. September 1, 1946
Darryl Hall b. October 11, 1946
Elton John b. March 25, 1947
Kenny Loggins b. January 7, 1948
James Taylor March 12, 1948
Stevie Nicks b. May 26, 1948
Credit.
Cat Stevens aka Yusuf Islam b. July 21, 1948Olivia Newton John b. September 26, 1948
Billy Joel b. May 9, 1949
Peter Frampton b. April 22, 1950
Stevie Wonder b. May 13, 1950
Losing someone always motivates me to cherish those who are still in arm's length--or in the case of a performance artist--still able to benefit from an iTunes purchase.
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