[78-L] Some more C&W survivors of the '50s who made 78s (was RE: George Jones)

[Cary Ginell]

You might have to find some of these artists on Canadian labels, but here are some other survivors of the '50s and their current ages:
Bobby Bare (78)Willie Nelson (80)Sue Thompson (87)Roy Clark (80)Larry Collins (68)Lorrie Collins (70)Billy "Crash" Craddock (73)Rudy Grayzell (79)George Hamilton IV (75)Freddie Hart (86)Stonewall Jackson (80)Sonny James (83)Brenda Lee (68)John D. Loudermillk (79)Rose Lee Maphis (90)Marvin Rainwater (87)Jimmie Rodgers Snow (76)Mel Tillis (80)Mitchell Torok (83)
Cary Ginell


> From: soundthink at live.com
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2013 14:11:51 -0700
> Subject: Re: [78-L] George Jones
> 
> Another one - Jesse McReynolds (of Jim & Jesse) is 83.
> 
> > From: kil at roadrunner.com
> > To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> > Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:52:48 -0400
> > Subject: Re: [78-L] George Jones
> > 
> > Here's a few more still kickin'.  (Ages not verified by two sources)
> > 
> > Little Jimmy Dickens - 92
> > Bonnie Lou - 88
> > Mac Wiseman - 87
> > Ralph Stanley - 86
> > Jimmy C. Newman - 86
> > Leroy Van Dyke - 83
> > Osborne Brothers - 81 & 75
> > Doug Kershaw - 77
> > Jerry Lee Lewis - 77
> > Wanda Jackson - 75
> > 
> > RayK
> > >
> > >
> > From: Cary Ginell
> > George Jones' passing at the age of 81 leaves us with precious few country 
> > stars remaining from the so-called "golden age of country" of the 1950s. Of 
> > the top hitmakers who made the country charts in the fifties, I can think of 
> > the following survivors:
> > Ray Price (87)Jean Shepard (79)The Everly Brothers (Don, 76 & Phil, 74)The 
> > Browns (Maxine, 82; Jim Ed, 79, & Bonnie, 75)
> > Everyone else is gone.
> > 
> > _______________________________________________
> > 78-L mailing list
> > 78-L at klickitat.78online.com
> > http://klickitat.78online.com/mailman/listinfo/78-l
>  		 	   		  
> _______________________________________________
> 78-L mailing list
> 78-L at klickitat.78online.com
> http://klickitat.78online.com/mailman/listinfo/78-l