Earliest UK Top 20 solo Artists still alive

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Tuttavilla View member profile	Feb 21 2024, 11:50 AM Post #1
BuzzJack Regular Joined: 5 July 2022 Posts: 268 User: 154,590	Albums 1. Johnny Mathis - born 1935 - reached Top 20 1958 2. Tom Lehrer - 1928 - 1958 - the oldest of the Albums entries. 3. Pat Boone - 1934 - 1958 4. Duane Eddy - 1938 - 1959 5. Cliff Richard - 1940 - 1959 6. Freddy Cannon - 1939 - 1960 7. Connie Francis - 1938 - 1960 8. Craig Douglas - 1941 - 1960 9. Bob Newhart - 1929- 1960 10. Shirley Bassey - 1937 - 1961 11. Chubby Checker - 1941 - 1962 12. Helen Shapiro - 1946 - 1962 13. Joe Brown - 1941 - 1962 14. Brenda Lee - 1944 - 1962 15. Frank Ifield - 1937 - 1963 16. Richard Chamberlain - 1934 - 1963 17. Billy J. Kramer - 1943 - 1963 18. Bob Dylan - 1941 - 1964 19. Dionne Warwick - 1940 - 1964 20 Joan Baez - 1941 - 1964 The oldest born solo artist to have a Top 20 Album was Winston Churchill 1874-1965! He did that posthumously. Sir Thomas Beecham (1879-1961) managed to do it when he was 81 and still directing. Singles 1. Ray Anthony - born 1922 - entered the Top 20 in 1953 - definitively the oldest Top 20 solo artist who is still alive. 2. Petula Clark - 1932 - 1954 Ronnie Harris was born in 1928 - 1954 - I am pretty sure he is dead but I have no date for his demise. 3. Catarina Valente - 1931 - 1955 4. Pat Boone - 1934 - 1955 5. Dick Hyman - 1927 - 1956 6. Tommy Steele - 1936 - 1956 7. Shirley Bassey - 1937 - 1957 8. Charles McDevitt - 1934 - 1957 9. Terry Dene - 1938 - 1957 10. Paul Anka - 1941 - 1957 11. Jim Dale - 1935 - 1957 12. Laurie London - 1944 - 1957 13. Connie Francis - 1937 - 1958 14. Robert Earl - 1926 - 1958 15. Marty Wilde - 1939 - 1958 16. Duane Eddy - 1938 - 1958 17. Johnny Mathis - 1935 - 1958 18. Jane Morgan - 1924 - 1958 - the second oldest Top 20 artist still with us. 19. Neil Sedaka - 1939 - 1959 20. Frankie Avalon - 1940 - 1959 The earliest born solo artist to reach the Top 20 Singles was Dooley Wilson (1886-1953) but he did that posthumously when he would have been 92. Charlie Kunz (1896-1958) was the earliest born artist to reach the Top 20 - 1954 - whilst still alive. This post has been edited by Tuttavilla: Feb 21 2024, 01:05 PM


Riser View member profile	Feb 26 2024, 02:44 AM Post #2
The horrors persist, but so do I Joined: 14 July 2013 Posts: 21,900 User: 19,534	Great list. Sorry if I missed it, but why are some of the names in bold?


Tuttavilla View member profile	Feb 26 2024, 09:04 AM Post #3
BuzzJack Regular Joined: 5 July 2022 Posts: 268 User: 154,590	QUOTE(Riser @ Feb 26 2024, 02:44 AM) Great list. Sorry if I missed it, but why are some of the names in bold? Thanks. They appear on both lists.


girl_from_oz View member profile	Feb 26 2024, 03:09 PM Post #4
BuzzJack Enthusiast Joined: 29 January 2010 Posts: 1,287 User: 10,540	Did Dion have his first hits in the 50’s or does he not count as he was in a group at the time


Tuttavilla View member profile	Feb 27 2024, 10:40 AM Post #5
BuzzJack Regular Joined: 5 July 2022 Posts: 268 User: 154,590	QUOTE(girl_from_oz @ Feb 26 2024, 03:09 PM) Did Dion have his first hits in the 50’s or does he not count as he was in a group at the time Dion (1939-) first charted as a solo artist in 1961 with Runaround Sue - great song. The list above shows the first 20 Singles artists to reach the Top 20 between 1952 and 1959.


JulianT View member profile	Feb 27 2024, 05:47 PM Post #6
BuzzJack Platinum Member Joined: 20 April 2009 Posts: 8,495 User: 8,705	Wow Ray Anthony is 102!