Galerie verstorbener Musiker
- Cline, Patsy
- 08.09.1932 - 05.03.1963
- Sängerin
- Todesursache: Flugzeugabsturz
Patsy Cline (born Virginia Patterson Hensley; September 8, 1932 – March 5, 1963) was an American singer. One of the most influential vocalists of the 20th century, she was known as one of the first country music artists to successfully cross over into pop music. Cline had several major hits during...
- Copas, Cowboy
- 15.07.1913 - 05.03.1963
- Sänger
- Todesursache: Flugzeugabsturz
Lloyd Estel Copas (July 15, 1913 – March 5, 1963), known by his stage name Cowboy Copas, was an American country music singer. He was popular from the 1940s until his death in the 1963 plane crash that also killed country stars Patsy Cline and Hawkshaw Hawkins. Copas was a member of the Grand Ole ...
- Hawkins, Hawkshaw
- 22.12.1923 - 05.03.1963
- Sänger
- Todesursache: Flugzeugabsturz
Harold Franklin "Hawkshaw" Hawkins (December 22, 1921 – March 5, 1963) was an American country music singer popular from the 1950s into the early 1960s. He was known for his rich, smooth vocals and music drawn from blues, boogie and honky tonk. At 6 feet 5 inches (1.96 m) tall, Hawkins had an impo...
- James, Elmore
- 27.01.1918 - 24.05.1963
- Gitarrist
- Todesursache: Herzanfall
Elmore James (né Brooks; January 27, 1918 – May 24, 1963) was an American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter, and bandleader. Noted for his use of loud amplification and his stirring voice, James was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992. His slide guitar technique earned him the ...
- Jaspar, Bobby
- 20.02.1926 - 28.02.1963
- Saxophonist, Flötist
- Todesursache: Herzerkrankung
Bobby Jaspar (20 February 1926 – 28 February 1963) was a Belgian cool jazz and hard bop saxophonist, flautist and composer....
- Lincoln, Laughing Charley
- 11.03.1900 - 28.09.1963
- Sänger, Gitarrist
Charley Lincoln (born Charlie Hicks, Jr., March 11, 1900 – September 28, 1963), also known as Laughing Charley, was an American country blues musician. He often recorded with his brother Robert Hicks, who was billed as Barbecue Bob....
- Ruby, Texas
- 04.06.1908 - 29.03.1963
- Sängerin, Gitarristin
- Todesursache: verbrannt
Jack Leon Ruby (born Jacob Rubenstein; c. March 25, 1911 – January 3, 1967) was an American nightclub owner. He killed Lee Harvey Oswald, the assassin of John F. Kennedy.
Born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1911, Ruby operated nightclubs in Texas. On November 24, 1963, two days after the assassination o...
- Washington, Dinah
- 29.08.1924 - 14.12.1963
- Sängerin
- Todesursache: Überdosis (Schlaf-/Beruhigungsmittel)
Dinah Washington (; born Ruth Lee Jones; August 29, 1924 – December 14, 1963) was an American singer and pianist, one of the most popular Black female recording artists of the 1950s. Primarily a jazz vocalist, she performed and recorded in a wide variety of styles including blues, R&B, and traditi...








