I Hope I Die Before I Get Old
The musicians who shaped the world of rock'n'roll
Oldest Living Rock Stars
Today is the 3rd of September, 2010
| 1 Pinetop Perkins is | 97 | years 1 month 27 days old. He was born on 7 July 1913 |
| 2 David 'Honeyboy' Edwards is | 95 | years 2 months 6 days old. He was born on 28 June 1915 |
| 3 Pete Seeger is | 91 | years 4 months old. He was born on 3 May 1919 |
| 4 Ravi Shankar is | 90 | years 4 months 27 days old. He was born on 7 April 1920 |
| 5 Bert Weedon is | 90 | years 3 months 24 days old. He was born on 10 May 1920 |
| 6 Doc Watson is | 87 | years 6 months old. He was born on 3 March 1923 |
| 7 Ed Cassidy is | 87 | years 3 months 30 days old. He was born on 4 May 1923 |
| 8 Jim Marshall is | 87 | years 1 month 5 days old. He was born on 29 July 1923 |
| 9 Earl Scruggs is | 86 | years 7 months 28 days old. He was born on 6 January 1924 |
| 10 BB King is | 84 | years 11 months 18 days old. He was born on 16 September 1925 |
| 11 George Martin is | 84 | years 8 months old. He was born on 3 January 1926 |
| 12 Chuck Berry is | 83 | years 10 months 16 days old. He was born on 18 October 1926 |
| 13 Mose Allison is | 82 | years 9 months 23 days old. He was born on 11 November 1927 |
| 14 Fats Domino is | 82 | years 6 months 8 days old. He was born on 26 February 1928 |
| 15 Burt Bacharach is | 82 | years 3 months 22 days old. He was born on 12 May 1928 |
| 16 Bobby Bland is | 80 | years 7 months 7 days old. He was born on 27 January 1930 |
| 17 Hubert Sumlin is | 78 | years 9 months 18 days old. He was born on 16 November 1931 |
| 18 Scotty Moore is | 78 | years 8 months 7 days old. He was born on 27 December 1931 |
| 19 Neil LeVang is | 78 | years 8 months old. He was born on 3 January 1932 |
| 20 Petula Clark is | 77 | years 9 months 19 days old. She was born on 15 November 1932 |
| 21 Little Richard is | 77 | years 8 months 29 days old. He was born on 5 December 1932 |
| 22 Yoko Ono is | 77 | years 6 months 16 days old. She was born on 18 February 1933 |
| 23 Quincy Jones is | 77 | years 5 months 20 days old. He was born on 14 March 1933 |
| 24 Willie Nelson is | 77 | years 4 months 4 days old. He was born on 30 April 1933 |
| 25 Marshall Lytle is | 77 | years 2 days old. He was born on 1 September 1933 |
| 26 John Mayall is | 76 | years 9 months 5 days old. He was born on 29 November 1933 |
| 27 Loretta Lynn is | 76 | years 4 months 20 days old. She was born on 14 April 1934 |
| 28 Leonard Cohen is | 75 | years 11 months 13 days old. He was born on 21 September 1934 |
| 29 Carol Kaye is | 75 | years 5 months 10 days old. She was born on 24 March 1935 |
| 30 Herb Alpert is | 75 | years 5 months 3 days old. He was born on 31 March 1935 |
| 31 Bobby Vinton is | 75 | years 4 months 18 days old. He was born on 16 April 1935 |
| 32 Nokie Edwards is | 75 | years 3 months 25 days old. He was born on 9 May 1935 |
| 33 Jerry Lee Lewis is | 74 | years 11 months 5 days old. He was born on 29 September 1935 |
| 34 Johnny Mathis is | 74 | years 11 months 4 days old. He was born on 30 September 1935 |
| 35 Julie Andrews is | 74 | years 11 months 2 days old. She was born on 1 October 1935 |
| 36 Glen Campbell is | 74 | years 4 months 12 days old. He was born on 22 April 1936 |
| 37 Engelbert Humperdinck is | 74 | years 4 months 1 day old. He was born on 2 May 1936 |
| 38 Charlie Gracie is | 74 | years 3 months 20 days old. He was born on 14 May 1936 |
| 39 Kris Kristofferson is | 74 | years 2 months 12 days old. He was born on 22 June 1936 |
| 40 Buddy Merrill is | 74 | years 1 month 18 days old. He was born on 16 July 1936 |
| 41 Buddy Guy is | 74 | years 1 month 4 days old. He was born on 30 July 1936 |
| 42 Bill Wyman is | 73 | years 10 months 10 days old. He was born on 24 October 1936 |
| 43 Charlie Daniels is | 73 | years 10 months 6 days old. He was born on 28 October 1936 |
| 44 Tommy Steele is | 73 | years 8 months 17 days old. He was born on 17 December 1936 |
| 45 Shirley Bassey is | 73 | years 7 months 26 days old. She was born on 8 January 1937 |
| 46 Don Everly is | 73 | years 7 months 2 days old. He was born on 1 February 1937 |
| 47 Roberta Flack is | 73 | years 6 months 24 days old. She was born on 10 February 1937 |
| 48 Merle Haggard is | 73 | years 4 months 28 days old. He was born on 6 April 1937 |
| 49 Dick Dale is | 73 | years 3 months 30 days old. He was born on 4 May 1937 |
| 50 Vic Flick is | 73 | years 3 months 20 days old. He was born on 14 May 1937 |
| 51 Trini Lopez is | 73 | years 3 months 19 days old. He was born on 15 May 1937 |
| 52 Eddie Floyd is | 73 | years 2 months 9 days old. He was born on 25 June 1937 |
| 53 Garth Hudson is | 73 | years 1 month 1 day old. He was born on 2 August 1937 |
| 54 Tom Paxton is | 72 | years 10 months 3 days old. He was born on 31 October 1937 |
| 55 Frank Ifield is | 72 | years 9 months 4 days old. He was born on 30 November 1937 |
| 56 Paul Stookey is | 72 | years 8 months 4 days old. He was born on 30 December 1937 |
| 57 Paul Revere is | 72 | years 7 months 27 days old. He was born on 7 January 1938 |
| 58 Allen Toussaint is | 72 | years 7 months 20 days old. He was born on 14 January 1938 |
| 59 Etta James is | 72 | years 7 months 9 days old. She was born on 25 January 1938 |
| 60 Duane Eddy is | 72 | years 4 months 8 days old. He was born on 26 April 1938 |
| 61 Herbie Flowers is | 72 | years 3 months 15 days old. He was born on 19 May 1938 |
| 62 Peter Yarrow is | 72 | years 3 months 3 days old. He was born on 31 May 1938 |
| 63 Jet Black is | 72 | years 8 days old. He was born on 26 August 1938 |
| 64 Ben E King is | 71 | years 11 months 6 days old. He was born on 28 September 1938 |
| 65 PJ Proby is | 71 | years 9 months 28 days old. He was born on 6 November 1938 |
| 66 Gordon Lightfoot is | 71 | years 9 months 17 days old. He was born on 17 November 1938 |
| 67 JJ Cale is | 71 | years 8 months 29 days old. He was born on 5 December 1938 |
| 68 Scott McKenzie is | 71 | years 7 months 24 days old. He was born on 10 January 1939 |
| 69 Phil Everly is | 71 | years 7 months 15 days old. He was born on 19 January 1939 |
| 70 Gerry Goffin is | 71 | years 6 months 23 days old. He was born on 11 February 1939 |
| 71 Ray Manzarek is | 71 | years 6 months 22 days old. He was born on 12 February 1939 |
| 72 Neil Sedaka is | 71 | years 5 months 21 days old. He was born on 13 March 1939 |
| 73 Marty Wilde is | 71 | years 4 months 19 days old. He was born on 15 April 1939 |
| 74 Ian Hunter is | 71 | years 3 months old. He was born on 3 June 1939 |
| 75 Gary US Bonds is | 71 | years 2 months 28 days old. He was born on 6 June 1939 |
| 76 Jet Harris is | 71 | years 1 month 28 days old. He was born on 6 July 1939 |
| 77 Ginger Baker is | 71 | years 15 days old. He was born on 19 August 1939 |
| 78 James Burton is | 71 | years 13 days old. He was born on 21 August 1939 |
| 79 Jerry Allison is | 71 | years 3 days old. He was born on 31 August 1939 |
| 80 Grace Slick is | 70 | years 10 months 4 days old. She was born on 30 October 1939 |
| 81 Tina Turner is | 70 | years 9 months 8 days old. She was born on 26 November 1939 |
| 82 Phil Spector is | 70 | years 8 months 8 days old. He was born on 26 December 1939 |
| 83 Brian Bennett is | 70 | years 6 months 25 days old. He was born on 9 February 1940 |
| 84 Smokey Robinson is | 70 | years 6 months 15 days old. He was born on 19 February 1940 |
| 85 Joe South is | 70 | years 6 months 6 days old. He was born on 28 February 1940 |
| 86 Dean Torrence is | 70 | years 5 months 24 days old. He was born on 10 March 1940 |
| 87 Al Jarreau is | 70 | years 5 months 22 days old. He was born on 12 March 1940 |
| 88 Phil Lesh is | 70 | years 5 months 19 days old. He was born on 15 March 1940 |
| 89 Solomon Burke is | 70 | years 5 months 13 days old. He was born on 21 March 1940 |
| 90 Herbie Hancock is | 70 | years 4 months 22 days old. He was born on 12 April 1940 |
| 91 Levon Helm is | 70 | years 3 months 8 days old. He was born on 26 May 1940 |
| 92 Tom Jones is | 70 | years 2 months 27 days old. He was born on 7 June 1940 |
| 93 Nancy Sinatra is | 70 | years 2 months 26 days old. She was born on 8 June 1940 |
| 94 Ringo Starr is | 70 | years 1 month 27 days old. He was born on 7 July 1940 |
| 95 Thomas Wayne is | 70 | years 1 month 12 days old. He was born on 22 July 1940 |
| 96 Dobie Gray is | 70 | years 1 month 8 days old. He was born on 26 July 1940 |
| 97 Dash Crofts is | 70 | years 20 days old. He was born on 14 August 1940 |
| 98 Nik Turner is | 70 | years 6 days old. He was born on 28 August 1940 |
| 99 Chris Farlowe is | 69 | years 10 months 21 days old. He was born on 13 October 1940 |
| 100 Cliff Richard is | 69 | years 10 months 20 days old. He was born on 14 October 1940 |
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