The new Sonics album kicks all kinds of ass, BTW.
Despite how great a song "strychnine" is, I've never heard anything else from the band.
Surprisingly, the majority of the above 20 groups are actually playing concerts at some point during 2015. Several of them are playing Cruise Lines down in South Florida.
In terms of selling enough to earn certifications for Gold and Platinum albums, only the Beach Boys, O'Jays, and Isley Brothers in the above list have anything significant. The Single was much more important than albums back in the 50s and early 60s. Ironically, now in the 2010s, the single has become dominate again and the popularity of the album is rapidly fading.
Although the Rolling Stones get labeled as the oldest, it appears there are many groups still active that are older than even the Rolling Stones.
U2 are young!
There may be some older bands than the Stones still active, but comparing bands with a small fraction of their original lineup playing Cruise Ships or John Stamos touring summer tents as The Beach Boys to the Stones touring 100,000 seat football stadia is apples and watermelons.
U2 are old.
The other groups are older.
So in what year did U2 become old?
Wikipedia is not gospel Sting. Jardine and Wilson not with the touring version of The Beach Boys. Mike Love owns the name, he is the only original Beach Boy in the current lineup. That lineup was the 2012 reunuion tour lineup.The Beach Boys line up consist of the following:
Brian Wilson
Mike Love
Al Jardine
David Marks
Bruce Johnston
.
In 2012 the Beach Boys were legit with Jardine and Brian Wilson back, but for most of the past few decades they've been Mike Love and his band of buddies (which has at times included John Stamos, oy). They'd play here every summer at places like the Cape Cod Melody Tent and South Shore Music Circus, places that hold about 2,000 folks. So they were kind of a joke for a very long time.
Edit: Just checked, and no the Beach Boys lineup does not curently contain Brian Wilson and Al Jardine. Hasn't since 2012 when the 50th anniversary tour ended, its back to Mike Love, Bruce Johnston, John Stamos, Bob Saget and Dave Coulier., So my original point about fruit stands.
1990 for Bongo and Alan Claypool. 1991 for The Egg and Harry Mullins.
So in what year did U2 become old?
Wikipedia is not gospel Sting. Jardine and Wilson not with the touring version of The Beach Boys. Mike Love owns the name, he is the only original Beach Boy in the current lineup. That lineup was the 2012 reunuion tour lineup.
Sting was never in the Beach Boys.
Never said he was Sting. (pay attention to punctuation)
Cliff Richard and the Shadows (1958) are still playing together from time to time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-3p84gWVNU
Let us all gather around and appreciate how awesome The Shadows are, especially Hank Marvin.
Cliff Richard? No.