Jim Morrison (James Doublas Morrison, 1943 Florida – 1971 Paris) – Other band members: Ray Manzarek (1939 Chicago – 2013 Germany), Robby Krieger (1946 Los Angeles), John Densmore (1944 Los Angeles)
Founded in Los Angeles in 1965, ‘The Doors‘ publishes 6 studio albums with 62 songs in 4 years. In July 1971, its cult singer Jim Morrison is found dead in his bathtub in a rented flat in Le Marais, Paris where he spent 3 months after the release of the Doors’ last LP ‘L.A. Woman‘.
Michel Polnareff trains as a classical pianist from the age of 4 and learns English at 13 during a stay in England. An inspired musician and young media star, he releases 70 songs from 1966 to 1974 and reaches 20 times the Top15 of the singles Chart. In 1975, he immigrates to the United States from where he releases six additional LP albums and from where the saga of his fortunes and misfortunes reach the French tabloids during 40 years.
Michel Polnareff a un père musicien-compositeur d’origine ukrainienne qui lui impose dès l’âge de 4 ans une formation de pianiste classique. Michel apprend l’anglais à 13 ans lors d’un séjour en Angleterre. Devenu féru de musique américaine, il se met de 1964 à 1966 à chanter des reprises de rock puis ses propres chansons dans les rues de Montmartre et dans des clubs. Son 1er single ‘La poupée qui fait non’ (mai 1966) atteint le sommet du hit-parade, de même que son 2ème ‘ Love me please love me’ quelques mois plus tard. Ses disques de 1966 incluent les morceaux rock ‘Beatnick’, ‘Time will tell’, ‘You’ll be on my mind’ et ‘Ne me marchez pas sur les pieds’ enregistrés à Londres avec la collaboration de Jimmy Page, alors musicien de studio et plus tard membre des Yardbirds (1967) puis de Led Zeppelin (1968). Entre 1966 et 1974, musicien inspiré et star médiatique, Polnareff signe 70 chansons en 5 LPs et 20 singles qui tous se hissent au top15 du hit-parade. En 1975, il s’exile aux États-Unis d’où il publie encore 60 titres en 6 albums – le dernier en 2018 – et d’où la saga de ses heurs et malheurs continue 40 ans durant de meubler les tabloïds français.
Né en Essone d’une famille émigrée du Frioul, icône des années 60/70 et auteur d’un come-back spectaculaire dans les années 2000, le génial chanteur-musicien lyrique aux mots bleus, dandy-kitch autoproclamé, s’en est allé à 75 ans. Ses premiers succès ‘Aline‘ et ‘Les marionnettes‘ (1965) siègent aux grands-classiques, ‘La petite fille du 3ème‘ (1971) conserve la fraîcheur de la rosée du matin et son CD ‘Comm’si la terre penchait‘ (2001) reste l’un des opus les plus spectaculaires jamais produits par la chanson française. C’est en hommage à ‘Aline‘ qu’Alain Bashung écrit ‘Alcaline‘ (1989), chanson dont Christophe enregistre lui-même une version magique en 2011 en l’honneur de son défunt ami.
Born in Essone to an emigrant family from Friuli, icon of the 60s & 70s and author of a spectacular comeback in the 2000s, the brilliant lyrical singer-musician and self-proclaimed kitch dandy passed away at age 75.
Bob Marley (Robert Nesta Marley, 1945-1981, Kingston) is reggae’s greatest ambassador . He is diagnosed with skin cancer in 1977 and dies of the disease at age 36.
JOAN MANUEL SERRAT: .. Spain, singer-songwriter .. 1965
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Joan Manuel Serrat (born in 1943 in Barcelona) is the son of a union anarchist worker. Graduated in agronomy in 1965, he starts composing and singing popular songs in Catalan in 1960 and starts delivering also in Spanish as of 1968. His 8th LP Mediterráneo (1971) achieves cult status with 10 famous songs that include ‘Pueblo blanco‘ and ‘La mujer que yo quiero‘. He spends two years in exile in Mexico in 1974-75 until the death of the “Caudillo” for his critics of the regime. His LP Utopía (1992) delivers the colorful epic ‘Disculpe el señor’. In almost 50 years, Joan Manuel Serrat publishes 360 songs in 33 studio albums .
Simon and Garfunkel – Art Garfunkel (1941, NYC, NY) and Paul Simon (1941, Newark, NJ)
Simon and Garfunkel meet at school in 1953 and start playing at age 16 as a duo under the name ‘Tom & Jerry‘. They perform as Simon & Garfunkel between 1964 and 1970, publishing 5 studio LPs and 1 soundtrack album (movie ‘The Graduate‘, 1967), achieving worldwide recognition. Both Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel also lead solo careers as musicians and actors.
Sandro y Los De Fuego / Sandro de América (Roberto Sánchez Ocampo, 1945-2010, Buenos Aires-Mendoza, gypsy origins)
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Sandro de América records 450 songs in 43 studio LP albums between 1963 and 2006 and also acts in 15 films where he plays the leading role. Initially delivering rock, rockabilly and beat-pop, Sandro converts to general public variety-music as of 1966 and features prominently on the Argentine scene during five years.
Keith Richards (born 1943), Mick Jagger (b.1943), Charlie Watts (b.1941), Brian Jones (1942-1969), Bill Wyman (b. 1936), photo 1964. Other band members include Ian Stewart in 1962-1963, Mick Taylor in 1969-1974 and Ron Wood since 1974.
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The Rolling Stones released 350 songs in 30 studio albums in 1963-2016 and also published 28 live LPs. The band started with covers of famous RnB songs in 1963-64 and carried on with own compositions as of 1965. Except for its 1966/67 forays into prog-rock and occasional incursions into pop-rock, it remained faithful to its original RnB rooted style throughout the 50 years of its career, a style nicknamed ‘Rollinga rock’ in Argentina.
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∙ SINGLES ∙ June 1963 ∙ Come on(orig. 1961 Chuck Berry) ∙ Nov. 1963 ∙ I wanna be your man(comp. 1963 Lennon McCartney) ∙ Jan. 1964 ∙ You better move on(orig. 1961 Arthur Alexander) ∙ Febr. 1964 ∙ Not fade away(orig. 1957 Buddy Holly) ∙
John Lennon (1940-80) Ringo Starr (1940-..) Paul McCartney (1942-..) George Harrison (1943-2001) – Photo Don McCullin 1968
The Beatles had three lives in 10 years. In 1960-1962, they feature a stage band delivering traditional rock’n roll, appearing nearly 500 times on stage mostly in Hamburg and Liverpool Clubs. In 1963-1966, they convert into the world’s #1 pop-hits delivering machine, impersonating the British ‘beat-pop’ wave with 7 studio albums, 13 singles and buoyant international tours. In 1967-1970 the band stops touring but successfully releases another 7 singles and 6 LPs while shifting to a popular style of progressive rock, even with forays into psychedelic rock with its 1966 tracks ‘Rain‘ and ‘Tomorrow never knows‘. In just over 200 songs, the Beatles claim sales topping 500 million units and are the world’s best-selling musical act ever, together with Elvis Presley. From Uruguay to Russia, everyone loves the Beatles.
Bob Dylan (Robert Allen Zimmerman), born 1941 in Minessota, USA – Photo: 1965 press conference, San Francisco
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Bob Dylan’s six LPs from 1963 to 1966 – three accoustic, three rock – are major artworks from the 1960s. The singer records more than 500 own-songs and 100 covers between 1962 and 2020. He is also the winner of the 2016 Nobel Prize for Literature, the first musician to receive such distinction. His idea of using ‘cue-cards‘ in his 1965 ‘Subterranean homesick blues’ video-clip was later taken up by many artists. Bob Dylan released his 39th studio album on June 19, 2020.