Galerie verstorbener Musiker
- Alvin, Danny
- 29.11.1902 - 06.12.1958
Danny Alvin (November 29, 1902 in New York City – December 6, 1958 in Chicago) was an American jazz drummer and bandleader.
Alvin was the father of guitarist Teddy Walters. He played with Sophie Tucker at the New York club Reisenweber's in 1919, then moved to Chicago in the early 1920s. He played ...
- Ash, Paul
- 11.02.1891 - 13.07.1958
Paul Robert Ash (February 11, 1891, German Empire — July 13, 1958, Manhattan, New York) was a German orchestra leader, composer, vaudeville personality, and recording artist, who emigrated to the United States.
He recorded several hit songs: "Rememb'ring" (Brunswick, 1924), with his Granada Orches...
- Bradshaw, Tiny
- 23.09.1905 - 26.11.1958
- Sänger, Produzent, Schlagzeuger, Pianist
Myron Carlton "Tiny" Bradshaw (September 23, 1907 – November 26, 1958) was an American jazz and rhythm and blues bandleader, composer, singer, pianist, and drummer. His biggest hit was "Well Oh Well" in 1950, and the following year he recorded "The Train Kept A-Rollin'", a song that was pivotal t...
- Britt, Mart
- 17.05.1900 - 26.09.1958
- Sänger
Mama Don't Want No Peas an' Rice an' Cocoanut Oil is a 1932 song of Bahamian origin, first recorded by Mart Britt and his Orchestra, but most famous in the version by Count Basie. The lyrics describe a woman who is a habitual drinker. The song has become a jazz standard....
- Broonzy, Big Bill
- 26.06.1893 - 15.08.1958
- Sänger, Gitarrist, Komponist, Songwriter
- Todesursache: Kehlkopfkrebs
Big Bill Broonzy (born Lee Conley Bradley; June 26, 1893 or 1903 – August 14, 1958), later known as William Lee Broonzy, was an American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist. His career began in the 1920s, when he played country music to mostly African-American audiences. In the 1930s and 1940s...
- Fields, Herbie
- 24.05.1919 - 17.09.1958
Herbie Fields (Herbert Bernfeld, May 24, 1919 – September 17, 1958) was an American jazz musician. He attended New York's famed Juilliard School of Music (1936–38) and served in the U.S. Army from 1941 to 1943....
- Fincher, Shorty
- 09.11.1899 - 24.03.1958
Seven (often stylized as Se7en) is a 1995 American crime thriller film directed by David Fincher and written by Andrew Kevin Walker. It stars Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman, with Gwyneth Paltrow and John C. McGinley in supporting roles. Set in an unnamed, crime-ridden city, the narrative follows disen...
- Geller, Lorraine
- 11.09.1928 - 13.10.1958
- Pianistin
- Todesursache: Lungenentzündung
Herbert Arnold Geller (November 2, 1928 – December 19, 2013) was an American jazz saxophonist, composer and arranger. He was born in Los Angeles....
- Kunz, Charlie
- 18.08.1896 - 16.03.1958
- Pianist
Charles Leonard Kunz (August 18, 1896 – March 16, 1958) was an American-born pianist and band leader who worked in Great Britain during the British dance band era, eventually becoming a well-known solo pianist....
- McGrath, Fulton
- 06.12.1907 - 01.01.1958
- Pianist, Komponist
Fulton "Fidgy" McGrath (December 6, 1907 – January 1, 1958) was an American jazz pianist and songwriter.
McGrath played with Red Nichols early in the 1930s, then joined the band of The Dorsey Brothers, in addition to working extensively as a studio musician and in radio orchestras. From 1935-37 Mc...
- Perkins, Carl
- 16.08.1928 - 17.03.1958
- Sänger, Gitarrist, Songwriter
- Todesursache: Überdosis (Heroin)
- Sims, Henry Son
- 22.08.1890 - 23.12.1958
- Violinist, Pianist, Gitarrist
- Williams, Byllye
- 13.04.1922 - 04.11.1958
- Sängerin, Pianistin
- Todesursache: Gebärmutterhalskrebs
The MacArthur Fellows Program, also known as the MacArthur Fellowship and colloquially called the "Genius Grant", is a prize awarded annually by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation to typically between 20 and 30 individuals working in any field who have shown "extraordinary originality...
- Willis, Chuck
- 31.01.1928 - 10.04.1958
- Sänger, Songwriter
- Todesursache: Peritonitis
Harold "Chuck" Willis (January 31, 1926 – April 10, 1958) was an American blues, rhythm and blues, and rock and roll singer and songwriter. His biggest hits, "C. C. Rider" (1957) and "What Am I Living For" (1958), both reached No. 1 on the Billboard R&B chart. He was known as 'The King of the Str...