Some say age is just a number. And with two Beatles and a Rolling Stone, they can’t be wrong. The legendary Paul McCartney is still performing today, and he continues to deliver. But Paul is only one among many. Check out this pretty impressive list of artists who are still around.
1. Bruce Springsteen
The rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist, nicknamed “the Boss”, has released 21 studio albums over six decades.
2. Bob Dylan
“Let me die in my footsteps,” sang a young Dylan, but instead, he has made it to 80.
3. Debbie Harry
The Blondie frontwoman said she feels better than ever now, as if she was 25.
4. John Fogerty
At a time when most veteran music artists are easing into retirement, the Creedence Clearwater Revival founder is taking the opposite tack.
5. Rod Stewart
Sir Roderick David Stewart, known for his distinctive raspy singing voice, is among the best-selling music artists of all time, having sold more than 120 million records worldwide.
6. Carly Simon
Carly Elisabeth Simon is a musician, singer, songwriter, and author who rose to fame in the 1970s with a string of hit records.
7. Barry Manilow
The “Could It Be Magic” singer and songwriter has a career that spans six decades.
8. Billy Joel
Joel has had a prosperous solo career since the 1970s and is known as the “Piano Man” after his hallmark tune from 1973 of the same name.
9. Willie Nelson
Willie Hugh Nelson was one of the main figures of the outlaw country subgenre that developed in the late 1960s as a reaction to the conservative restrictions of the Nashville sound.
10. Billy Squier
William Haislip Squier had a string of arena rock and crossover hits in the early 1980s.
11. Peter Gabriel
The talented singer came to prominence as the original frontman of the rock band Genesis, but he left the band in 1975 and launched a solo career with “Solsbury Hill”.
12. Lionel Richie
Lionel is not just a talented singer but also a record producer and TV personality.
13. Stevie Wonder
Stevland Hardaway Morris is considered to be among the 20th century’s most significant musicians.
14. Steve Winwood
Pop rock, blues rock, rhythm and blues, and blue-eyed soul are among the genres that English singer and composer Stephen Lawrence Winwood performs.
15. Robert Plant
From the band’s inception in 1968 until their dissolution in 1980, Robert Anthony Plant CBE served as the lead singer and songwriter for the rock group Led Zeppelin.
16. Ringo Starr
As the drummer for The Beatles, Sir Richard Starke is an English musician, composer, and actor who rose to international prominence.
17. Alice Cooper
“The Godfather of Shock Rock” and rock vocalist Alice Cooper has had a 60-year career and a raspy voice.
18. Carlos Santana
The guitarist Carlos Humberto Santana Barragán is most recognized for being one of the original members of the rock group Santana.
19. Joe Walsh
Joseph Fidler Walsh’s five-decade career includes solo work and stints in other bands, but he is most recognized for being a member of the rock band Eagles.
20. Mick Jagger
Sir Michael Philip Jagger is well recognized for being the Rolling Stones’ main singer and one of its original members.
21. Iggy Pop
The Stooges, a proto-punk band that was founded in 1967 and has since broken up and reformed numerous times, had him as its singer and lyricist.
22. Barry Gibb
He became well-known throughout the world as a member of the Bee Gees, one of the most commercially successful bands in popular music history.
23. Linda Ronstadt
Linda Maria Ronstadt has recorded and performed in a variety of genres, such as Latin music, rock, country, light opera, and the Great American Songbook.
24. Pete Townshend
The musician Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend is the guitarist, major songwriter, and co-founder of the Who, one of the most significant rock groups of the 1960s and 1970s.
25. Stevie Nicks
The talented singer-songwriter, Stephanie Lynn Nicks is well-known for her solo and band work with Fleetwood Mac.
26. Paul McCartney
English singer and musician Sir James Paul McCartney rose to international prominence with the Beatles, where he played piano and bass guitar and co-wrote most of the songs.
27. Roger Waters
He was the bassist and co-founder of the rock group Pink Floyd in 1965 but also was Pink Floyd’s lyricist, co-lead vocalist, and creative leader until his resignation in 1985.
28. Eric Clapton
English musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer Eric Patrick Clapton is recognized as one of rock music’s most prominent and successful guitarists.
29. Paul Simon
Paul Frederic Simon met Garfunkel in primary school in 195,3, and the two became well-known as Simon & Garfunkel in the 1960s.
30. Brian Wilson
In 2024, Brian Douglas Wilson, the musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer who co-founded the Beach Boys, celebrated turning 82 years old.
