Six Decades! Bands that have released new material in every one til now......

[mogrooves]

Jim Hall. First release, '57; latest, 2010.

Ornette Coleman ('58 - '11)

[walt]

Randy Weston, jazz pianist.Released albums as a leader back in the 50's.Last cd release was 2010,afaik.

Sonny Rollins-1953-Sonny Rollins with MJQ--2011-Road Shows Vol.2

[Dana5140]

Just read that Kate Bush has charted records over 5 decades.

[rcarlberg]

What about Stevie Wonder? "Fingertips" (1963) to "So What The Fuss" (2005), 42 years.

[Shadow]

Peter Gabriel
Steve Hackett
Stanley Clarke
Billy Cobham

[Progatron]

Peter Gabriel
Steve Hackett

PG in the 2010s? Hackett in the 60s? I don't think so but I'd like to be proven wrong.

[Mister Triscuits]

I believe he also released a single while still with the Beatles under another name to see if people were actually buying because of the music or the Beatles name brand..

Not a single of his own; I believe you're thinking of the Peter & Gordon song "Woman," written by McCartney but credited to "Bernard Webb" to see if it would be as big a hit as the songs he gave them that bore the familiar Lennon-McCartney credit.

[ronmac]

Not a single of his own; I believe you're thinking of the Peter & Gordon song "Woman," written by McCartney but credited to "Bernard Webb" to see if it would be as big a hit as the songs he gave them that bore the familiar Lennon-McCartney credit.

Yeah, that makes more sense. But Lennon and McCartney wrote several hits for other bands during the early years.

And, of course, there were times when they appeared (mostly post-break-up) on other musicians' albums, but under pseudonyms (because of record contracts.)

[Fracktured]

Donovan

I knew Donovan still toured every once in awhile, but I didn't know he was still releasing new music.

[Obscured]

Donovan discography -
What's Bin Did and What's Bin Hid (1965)
Fairytale (1965)
Sunshine Superman (1966)
Mellow Yellow (1967)
A Gift from a Flower to a Garden (1967)
The Hurdy Gurdy Man (1968)
Barabajagal (1969)
Open Road (1970)
H.M.S. Donovan (1971)
Cosmic Wheels (1973)
Essence to Essence (1973)
7-Tease (1974)
Slow Down World (1976)
Donovan (1977)
Neutronica (1980)
Love Is Only Feeling (1983)
Lady of the Stars (1984)
One Night in Time (1993)
Sutras (1996)
Pied Piper (2002)
Sixty Four (2004)
Brother Sun, Sister Moon (2004)
Beat Cafe (2004)
Ritual Groove (2010)
The Sensual Donovan (2012)
Shadows of Blue (2013)

[PeterG]

Just read that Kate Bush has charted records over 5 decades.

Yea, true, but come on, I think she should be disqualified for having a period longer than a DECADE between releases and only one album per decade in the '90s and '00s. Not exactly the hardest working singer in history!


ONE album in the 90s (The Red Shoes in 93) then a TWELVE year gap to 2005's Aerial, her only release of the noughties.

[Big Ears]

Yea, true, but come on, I think she should be disqualified for having a period longer than a DECADE between releases and only one album per decade in the '90s and '00s. Not exactly the hardest working singer in history!


ONE album in the 90s, The Red Shoes in 93, then a TWELVE year gap to 2005's Aerial, her only release of the noughties.

She avoided the 'celebrity' lifestyle to put her family first, which deserves some credit.

[PeterG]

She avoided the 'celebrity' lifestyle to put her family first, which deserves some credit.

Yes, very true. She deserves a lot of credit for that. I think she's great.

[Father Tiresias]

The Strawbs

[R. Totale III]

Jerry Lee Lewis is a seven-banger (last release was 2010).

[tallliman]

Can we put Frank Zappa in here, the ZFT are still releasing albums of un-released material even if it's not strictly "new"?

[philsunset]

I thought this was an interesting stat. Cher is the only artist to have a #1 in six different decades.