# 60s groups where all original members are still alive? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 2, 2016, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60s-groups-where-all-original-members-are-still-alive/758963 "2016-07-02T23:17:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2016, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60s-groups-where-all-original-members-are-still-alive/758963/41 "2016-07-03T19:15:10Z")
ZZ Top formed in '69. I’m gonna count them. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2016, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60s-groups-where-all-original-members-are-still-alive/758963/42 "2016-07-04T23:28:23Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > If Simon & Garfunkel count then so do Crosby, Stills, Nash and sometimes Young. All the original members of CSN&Y are alive, yes, but not all of their original livers. (Yeah, and that Dallas Taylor thing.) ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2016, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60s-groups-where-all-original-members-are-still-alive/758963/43 "2016-07-05T01:47:45Z")
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > All the original members of CSN&Y are alive As are the founding members of Mr. N’s previous band, the Hollies. ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2016, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60s-groups-where-all-original-members-are-still-alive/758963/44 "2016-07-05T06:52:37Z")
I was wondering about the Kingsmen of “Louie, Louie” fame. I did a bit of research on Wikipedia (also their web page) and I believe they are all still alive. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2016, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60s-groups-where-all-original-members-are-still-alive/758963/45 "2016-07-05T11:06:17Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > …I should add that I mean groups that were well known in the 60s. > [@Gatopescado](#): > > ZZ Top formed in '69. I’m gonna count them. Does the OP really mean groups that were well known in the 60s? Or groups formed in the 60s that became well known at some point. mmm ---
**Author:** ![from\_a\_to\_z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5fc32e/32.png) [@from\_a\_to\_z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/from_a_to_z)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2016, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60s-groups-where-all-original-members-are-still-alive/758963/46 "2016-07-05T11:46:16Z")
> [@wolf\_meister](#): > > I was wondering about the Kingsmen of “Louie, Louie” fame. I did a bit of research on Wikipedia (also their web page) and I believe they are all still alive. [Jack](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Ely) [Ely](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/30/arts/music/jack-ely-who-sang-the-kingsmens-louie-louie-dies-at-71.html), co-founder and “[Louie Louie](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9f1Ny4Ml-gc)” perpetuator (if not immortalizer), died 14 months ago. Long live orthodontia. ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2016, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60s-groups-where-all-original-members-are-still-alive/758963/47 "2016-07-05T12:24:42Z")
> [@buddha\_david](#): > > Hey now, “Radar Love” and “Twilight Zone” were huge hits in the States. > > And the unchanged-lineup-since-1970 thing is one of my favorite bits of music trivia. 🆒 And how many people would believe they are still around, touring and putting out new music? Though they tend to only tour in Holland, which sucks if one wants to see them, though I have made the trip twice. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2016, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60s-groups-where-all-original-members-are-still-alive/758963/48 "2016-07-06T00:33:35Z")
46 years with the same lineup must be a record in rock and roll or at least close to a record. I know some 50s groups are around now but many of them have changed members more than once. ---
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2016, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60s-groups-where-all-original-members-are-still-alive/758963/49 "2016-07-06T02:02:30Z")
Grand Funk Railroad’s first album came out in 1969. Mark, Don & Mel are still alive. Vanilla Fudge: Mark Stein, Vince Martell, Tim Bogart & Carmine Appice are still alive. ---
**Author:** ![bb49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b38774/32.png) [@bb49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bb49)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2016, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60s-groups-where-all-original-members-are-still-alive/758963/50 "2016-07-06T02:32:42Z")
Hey, don’t you people read all the other posts? 'Cause if you did, you would have found this group: The Scaffold. Never heard of them? Neither had I until I read this [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=796595](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=796595) GuanoLad’s comment. They are all still very much alive. > **[The Scaffold](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scaffold)** > > The Scaffold are a comedy, poetry and music trio from Liverpool, England, consisting of musical performer Mike McGear (real name Peter Michael McCartney, the brother of Paul McCartney), poet Roger McGough and comic entertainer John Gorman. They are perhaps best remembered for their successful singles "Thank U Very Much" (1967) and the UK number 1 "Lily the Pink" (1968). Since initially disbanding in 1977, the group have occasionally reformed for performances and projects. > The members of The ... ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2016, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60s-groups-where-all-original-members-are-still-alive/758963/51 "2016-07-06T11:29:10Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > ZZ Top formed in '69. I’m gonna count them. Except Wiki says: > [@](#): > > The original line-up was formed in Houston and consisted of Gibbons, organist Lanier Greig (died February 2013)[10][11] and drummer Dan Mitchell. They’ve had the same lineup as well since 1970 or so. ---
**Author:** ![Sassy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@Sassy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sassy)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2016, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60s-groups-where-all-original-members-are-still-alive/758963/52 "2016-07-07T18:36:07Z")
Beau Brummels ---
**Author:** ![denquixote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@denquixote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/denquixote)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2016, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60s-groups-where-all-original-members-are-still-alive/758963/53 "2016-07-11T05:58:20Z")
I believe all of the Chambers Brothers are still alive, however the drummer who was not an original member is deceased. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60s-groups-where-all-original-members-are-still-alive/758963.md?page=2)