Rock marriages

Ozzy recently died. He and Sharon were married 43 years.
Are there other rock and roll marriages that lasted as long or longer?

Ringo Starr & Barbara Bach have been married since April 27, 1981.

They met on set in 1980 filming “Caveman”. BTW: Shelley Long was the nice girl in this movie.

Pat Benatar married Neil Giraldo on February 20, 1982, four months earlier than Sharon and Ozzy’s wedding

So that one I knew, but I also went looking,

Alice Cooper and Sheryl Goddard: They have been married since 1976. That might be the record. She was pretty young, it looks like 19.



Wait, I just watched the Led Zeppelin Doc. John Paul Jones is still married to his first wife, Maureen Hegarty, and they married in the 60s.

… All I can find is 1967. They’ve been married around 58 years.

Nope, not a record. Charlie Watts got married to Shirley Ann Shepherd in 1964, and it lasted til his death in 2021. And I’m sure there were/are even longer lasting rock marriages.

This might be the best list available:

It seems to be confirm John Paul Jones for the longest current marriage.

Weird All has sung many rock parodies, and has been married to the same woman since 2001. Also no known drug use, and no known felonies.

Okay, it’s a bit of a stretch but after that below post it is the best i could come up with.

Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee of Rush have been married since 1975 and 1976, respectively.

Neil Peart was also married to his first wife in 1975, until she passed away in 1998.

To keep the Canadian theme, Rik Emmett has been married to his wife for 49 years.

Roger Daltrey and Heather Taylor: 54 years

I just drove passed their house a couple weeks ago! They’re neighbors of my cousin, who said they used to volunteer at their kids’ school.

Fats Domino and his wife were married over 60 years, but they might be too old for what you’re thinking.

Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox ​were married in 1986.

I deserve bonus points, since both are rock performers. :slight_smile:

I’m glad I started this. Many faithful ( maybe) spouses.

Not the longest but Bono (U2) and Ali Hewson have been married since 1982 (and they started dating in 1976).

Married about a month after Sharon and Ozzy got married.

In Roger Daltrey’s case, well…sorta:

‘It’s not an open marriage, but in the early days of our relationship she never put restrictions on me,’ says Roger. ‘I was in one of the biggest rock bands in the world, going out for four months at a time. At that age do you expect me to come back and say, “Oh yes darling, I was a good boy?”

Dee Snider has been married to his wife Suzette since 1981.

Pat Boone recorded a heavy metal album, no?

He and his wife were married in 1953 until her death in 2019, 66 years.

Not a rock guy, really shouldn’t count.

Most likely, she wasn’t exactly sitting at home knitting booties, either.