Oldest Artists Played on CFNY

Eric Peebles · Post by **Eric Peebles** » Thu Aug 11, 2005 12:39 pm

I was listening to Alan Cross' "History of New Music" the other day and he was talking the whole 'retro' music genre and how some artists are coming back to the music scene - i.e. The Cure, U2, Pixies, etc.

That got me thinking about 'old' artists who, at one time or another, were played on CFNY semi-regularly (either as part of group or as a single artist). Some, of course, are dead (marked with an "x"), but most are still around and kicking. Using the web, I came up with this list sorted by reverse age (I think you'll be surprised at who is oldest!!) ...

x - Dee Dee Ramone (The Ramones) September 18, 1952
Dave Stewart September 9, 1952
Joe Strummer (The Clash) August 21, 1952
Stewart Copeland (The Police) July 16, 1952
David Byrne March 14, 1952
Tommy Ramone (The Ramones) January 29, 1952
Sting October 2, 1951
Daniel Lanois September 19, 1951
Chrissie Hynde September 7, 1951
Fred Schneider (B'52s) July 1, 1951
x - Joey Ramone (The Ramones) May 19, 1951
Tom Robinson June 1, 1950
Mark Mothersbaugh (Devo) May 18, 1950
Peter Gabriel February 13, 1950
David Johansen (New York Dolls) January 9, 1950
Hugh Cornwell (The Stranglers) August 28, 1949
x - Robert Palmer January 19, 1949
Bill Nelson December 18, 1948
x - Johnny Ramone (The Ramones) October 8, 1948
Grace Jones May 19, 1948
Brian Eno May 15, 1948
Kate Pierson (B-52s) April 27, 1948
Iggy Pop April 21, 1947
Florian Schneider-Esleben (Kraftwerk) April 7, 1947
David Bowie January 8, 1947
Patti Smith December 30, 1946
Marianne Faithfull December 29, 1946
Ralf Hütter (Kraftwerk) August 20, 1946
Malcolm McLaren January 22, 1946
Bryan Ferry (Roxy Music) September 26, 1945
Deborah Harry (Blondie) July 1, 1945
x - Bob Marley February 6, 1945
Andy Summers (The Police) December 31, 1942
Lou Reed March 3, 1942
x - Dusty Springfield (w/ Pet Shop Boys) April 16, 1939
Loretta Lynn (w/ Jack White) April 14, 1935
x - Johnny Cash February 26, 1932

and the oldest artist that was on CFNY ---
Eartha Kitt January 17, 1927

Am I missing anyone??

feetpowder · Post by **feetpowder** » Thu Aug 11, 2005 3:51 pm

Stompin Tom Conners

kev · Post by **kev** » Fri Aug 12, 2005 9:04 pm

Ludwig Van Bethoven

swerve · Post by **swerve** » Sat Aug 13, 2005 8:52 pm

My Dad

LUX-man · Post by **LUX-man** » Sat Aug 13, 2005 9:32 pm

Amanda Lear - November 18, 1946
x - Jerry Garcia (Grateful Dead) - August 1, 1942
x - Long John Baldry - January 12, 1941
x - Frank Zappa - December 21, 1940
Saxa (English Beat) - 1935
Leonard Cohen - September 21, 1934
William Shatner - March 22, 1931
Isao Tomita - April 22, 1932

Geezer · Post by **Geezer** » Sun Aug 14, 2005 12:13 pm

Martin Streek - 1961

Gezerette · Post by **Gezerette** » Sun Aug 14, 2005 12:56 pm

Yeah, Martin's getting old.

But let's not forget Alan Cross - 1962.

And Bookie's gotta be up there too.

LUX-man · Post by **LUX-man** » Sun Aug 14, 2005 6:15 pm

Did CFNY ever play any Sinatra? "New York New York"?

If so...

x - Frank Sinatra - December 12, 1915

And as for the DJs, Marsden must be in his 60's.

Mister Cool · Post by **Mister Cool** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 9:27 pm

They played New York by Micro Chip League which samples Sinatra.