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00:008 Music Legends Pushing 90
00:03Triumph Over Trauma and Their Timeless Songs
00:06Number 8 Ringo Starr
00:09Ringo's tough childhood and long hospital stays shape the patience behind his steady
00:13Beatles backbeat.
00:15With ongoing all-star band tours and a 2018 knighthood, Ringo's rise from sickly Liverpool
00:20Kid to Sir Richard Starkey shows the quiet drummer's lasting strength.
00:25Number 7 Tom Jones
00:28TB nearly killed Tom Jones, but two bedridden years forged his powerhouse voice.
00:34His booming vocals drove a TV show and 36 UK Top 40 hits.
00:39Linda's 2016 death deeply shook him, yet at 84, his thunderous baritone still electrifies
00:45crowds with more emotion than ever.
00:48Number 6 Judy Collins
00:51Judy Collins' crystalline soprano hid years of bulimia and alcoholism, even as her Both
00:56Sides Now won a 1968 Grammy.
00:59Now 85, she still tours with a remarkably preserved voice shaped by resilience and hard-won wisdom.
01:06Number 5 Grace Slick
01:09Grace Slick's powerful voice transformed Jefferson Airplane in 1966, turning Somebody to Love and
01:15White Rabbit into counterculture anthems and placing her at Woodstock and Altamont.
01:20Today, her psychedelic artwork sells widely, marking a successful second act.
01:26Number 4 Tommy Sands
01:29Tommy Sands shot to fame in 1957 when Teenage Crush hit number 2, his clean-cut image making
01:35him a parent-approved alternative to Elvis.
01:38Despite 14 albums and film roles, lasting success slipped away, making Sands a classic example
01:43of how fast musical tastes can erase Yesterday's star.
01:47Number 3 Shirley Bassey
01:50Shirley Bassey rose from Cardiff's tough Tiger Bay to become a powerhouse vocalist.
01:55Early family struggles pushed her to work young, eventually leading to 70-plus albums and
01:5935 million records sold.
02:02Number 2 Buddy Guy
02:05Buddy Guy, a Louisiana sharecropper's son, reshaped Chicago blues with raw emotion and
02:10bold technique.
02:12After backing Legends at Chess Records, he opened Legends, the city's premier blues club.
02:17Instead of fading, he surged after 60, earning 8 Grammys.
02:21Number 1 Chris Christofferson
02:25Chris Christofferson abandoned a Rhodes Scholarship and an Army career to chase Nashville songwriting.
02:30After repeated rejection, Johnny Cash's 1970 CMA winning take on Sunday Morning Coming
02:35Down changed everything.
02:38He kept afloat by sweeping studio floors as his songs, like, Help Me Make It Through The Night,
02:43went on to be recorded by 450-plus artists.
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