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Hit 60s/70s bands where all members are deceased

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poppet15 View member profile	12th July 2016, 05:53 PM Post #1
UKs Biggest European Music fan Joined: 20 March 2006 Posts: 3,831 User: 285	To start you off: Thunderclap Newman -- Something in the Air - #1 in 1969


Popchartfreak View member profile	12th July 2016, 08:41 PM Post #2
BuzzJack Legend Joined: 18 July 2012 Posts: 22,821 User: 17,376	depressing theme! The Ramones spring to mind. All but one each of The Four Tops and The Temptations 60's line-ups, Mamas & The Papas too.


Suedehead2 View member profile	12th July 2016, 08:56 PM Post #3
BuzzJack Legend Joined: 13 April 2007 Posts: 36,670 User: 3,272	And the Jimi Hendrix Experience.


BillyH View member profile	13th July 2016, 02:29 PM Post #4
BuzzJack Gold Member Joined: 10 July 2008 Posts: 2,146 User: 6,614	Quick question on a similar theme - who's the most recent deceased person to have a #1 single before they died? I know George Harrison, 2Pac, Eva Cassidy etc have posthumous #1s but what about in terms of those still living at the time of their chart peak? Closest I can think of is Cory Monteith who reached #2 as part of the cast of Glee with Don't Stop Believing in 2010, unless I'm missing an obvious one. Michael Jackson's last #1 was in 1997 but surely there's one since then.


Popchartfreak View member profile	13th July 2016, 06:44 PM Post #5
BuzzJack Legend Joined: 18 July 2012 Posts: 22,821 User: 17,376	I'll leave that one to folk with statistics to reference, though Jacko sounds right to me...! In terms of who had a number one the closest to their death, though, a slightly different question, Marc Bolan was 5 years so I'd guess him. Fact checkers jump in here... Actually just though of another one, a mere 3 years later Mel Appleby, tragically young.


Suedehead2 View member profile	18th July 2016, 09:46 PM Post #6
BuzzJack Legend Joined: 13 April 2007 Posts: 36,670 User: 3,272	Louis Armstrong also died a little over three years after topping the chart.


poppet15 View member profile	19th July 2016, 07:04 PM Post #7
UKs Biggest European Music fan Joined: 20 March 2006 Posts: 3,831 User: 285	All but one of the Small Faces - drummer Kenny Jones now with The Who All but one of the later Bee Gees of the early Bee Gees both drummer Colin Petersen & guitarist Vince Melouney are still alive - both aged 70 Only 2 of the Dave Clark 5 still survive - Dave Clark & guitarist Len Huxley This post has been edited by poppet15: 19th July 2016, 07:08 PM


Dircadirca View member profile	22nd July 2016, 12:22 PM Post #8
BuzzJack Platinum Member Pronouns: He/Him Joined: 28 July 2013 Posts: 5,074 User: 19,614	QUOTE(BillyH @ Jul 13 2016, 10:29 PM) Quick question on a similar theme - who's the most recent deceased person to have a #1 single before they died? QUOTE(popchartfreak @ Jul 14 2016, 02:44 AM) In terms of who had a number one the closest to their death, though, a slightly different question, Marc Bolan was 5 years so I'd guess him. Applicable to both might be Paul Bäumer from Bingo Players who died in December 2013 10 months after "Get Up (Rattle)" hit #1. This post has been edited by Dircadirca: 22nd July 2016, 12:23 PM