Galerie verstorbener Musiker
- Bostic, Earl
- 25.04.1913 - 28.10.1965
- Saxophonist, Komponist
- Todesursache: Herzinfarkt
Eugene Earl Bostic (April 25, 1913 – October 28, 1965) was an American alto saxophonist. Bostic's recording career was diverse, his musical output encompassing jazz, swing, jump blues and the post-war American rhythm and blues style, which he pioneered. He had a number of popular hits such as "Fla...
- Burse, Charlie
- 25.08.1901 - 20.12.1965
- Gitarrist
Charlie Burse (August 25, 1901 – December 20, 1965) was an American blues musician, best known for his work with the Memphis Jug Band. His nicknames included "Laughing Charlie," "Uke Kid Burse" and "The Ukulele Kid." The "uke" in his nicknames referred to the first instrument he was known for, the...
- Cole, Nat King
- 17.03.1919 - 15.02.1965
Nathaniel Adams Coles (March 17, 1919 – February 15, 1965), known professionally as Nat King Cole, was an American singer, jazz pianist, and actor. Cole's career as a jazz and pop vocalist started in the late 1930s and spanned almost three decades where he found success and recorded over 100 songs...
- Dandridge, Dorothy
- 09.11.1922 - 08.09.1965
- Sängerin
- Todesursache: Suizid (Überdosis Schlaftabletten)
Dorothy Jean Dandridge (November 9, 1922 – September 8, 1965) was an American actress and singer. She was the first African American to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for Carmen Jones (1954). Dandridge had also performed as a vocalist in venues such as the Cotton Club and the ...
- Johnson, Earl
- 24.08.1886 - 31.05.1965
- Todesursache: Herzinfarkt
- Lindsay, Merl
- 12.12.1915 - 12.10.1965
- Sänger, Songwriter
- Todesursache: Krebs
Merle Lindsay Salathiel (1916 – October 12, 1965), better known as Merl Lindsay, was one of the premier American Western swing musicians from the 1930s to the mid-1960s and founder of Merl Lindsay and His Oklahoma Night Riders....
- Nichols, Red
- 08.05.1905 - 28.06.1965
- Trompeter
- Todesursache: Herzinfarkt
Ernest Loring "Red" Nichols (May 8, 1905 – June 28, 1965) was an American jazz cornetist, composer, and jazz bandleader. He was one of the most prolific and influential jazz musicians in the late 1920s and early 1930s, appearing on over 4,000 recordings. In 1959, a biopic was made of his life and ...
- Thornhill, Claude
- 10.08.1908 - 01.07.1965
- Pianist, Arrangeur
- Todesursache: Herzinfarkt
Claude Thornhill (August 10, 1908 – July 1, 1965) was an American pianist, arranger, composer, and bandleader. He composed the jazz and pop standards "Snowfall" and "I Wish I Had You"....
- Williamson II, Sonny Boy
- 05.12.1912 - 25.05.1965