John Walker (The Walker Brothers) and Davy Jones (The Monkees) RIP

(From May 2011)  I have been a huge fan of The Walkers Brothers for many many years and am very saddened to hear of the death of John Walker one of the founding member of the trio.  The Walkers Brothers had their heydays in the mid to late 1960's and had mega hits such as The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore and Make It Easy on Yourself. amongst many others  The reunited briefly around 1976 and had another couple of hits including No Regrets.

John Walker (John Maus) was the band's original vocalist before Scott Walker took over as the lead vocalist.  After the band split up John Walker returned to the United States and had his own recording studio, eventually returning to live performance in the 1990's.  The Walker Brothers are surely one of the bands of the 1960's and John Walker deserves his place in the history of music.  Photographs from here

Saddened to hear the news, today, of the sudden death of Davy Jones of The Monkees.  I can remember coming home from school and watching reruns of the 1960's shows and they were great - fun and good music.  Yes The Monkees were a manufactured band but oh so much better than those of today.  Sad news

Ciao

Sue

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