Galerie verstorbener Musiker
- Ammons, Gene
- 14.04.1925 - 23.07.1974
- Saxophonist
- Todesursache: Lungenentzündung
Eugene "Jug" Ammons (April 14, 1925 – August 6, 1974), also known as "The Boss", was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. The son of boogie-woogie pianist Albert Ammons, Gene Ammons is remembered for his accessible music, steeped in soul and R&B....
- Anderson, Pink
- 12.02.1900 - 12.10.1974
- Gitarrist
- Todesursache: Herzinfarkt
Pinkney "Pink" Anderson (February 12, 1900 – October 12, 1974) was an American blues singer and guitarist.
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- Barfield, Johnny
- 03.03.1909 - 16.01.1974
John Alexander Barfield (March 3, 1909 – January 16, 1974) was an American country and old-time music performer, best known for his 1939 recording of "Boogie Woogie", the first country boogie.
He was born in Tifton, Georgia, and in his youth played guitar on street corners with his brother Coot. T...
- Bond, Graham
- 28.10.1937 - 08.05.1974
- Sänger, Pianist, Saxophonist
- Todesursache: von U-Bahn überfahren
Graham John Clifton Bond (28 October 1937 – 8 May 1974) was an English rock/blues musician and vocalist, considered a founding father of the English rhythm and blues boom of the 1960s.
Bond was an innovator, described as "an important, under-appreciated figure of early British R&B", along with Cyr...
- Crudup, Arthur
- 24.08.1905 - 28.03.1974
- Gitarrist, Sänger
Arthur William "Big Boy" Crudup (August 24, 1905 – March 28, 1974) was an American Delta blues singer, songwriter and guitarist. He is best known, outside blues circles, for his songs "That's All Right" (1946), "My Baby Left Me" and "So Glad You're Mine", later recorded by Elvis Presley and other ...
- Drake, Nick
- 19.06.1948 - 25.11.1974
- Gitarrist, Sänger, Songwriter
- Todesursache: Überdosis (Antidepressiva)
Nicholas Rodney Drake (19 June 1948 – 25 November 1974) was an English musician. An accomplished acoustic guitarist, Drake signed to Island Records at the age of twenty while still a student at the University of Cambridge. His debut album, Five Leaves Left, was released in 1969, and was followed b...
- Ellington, Duke
- 29.04.1899 - 24.05.1974
- Pianist, Komponist
- Todesursache: Lungenentzündung
Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and leader of his eponymous jazz orchestra from 1924 through the rest of his life. Music critic Ralph J. Gleason called him "America's most important composer".
Born and raised in Washington, D....
- Elliot, Cass
- 19.09.1941 - 29.07.1974
- Sänger
- Todesursache: Herzinfarkt
Ellen Naomi Cohen (September 19, 1941 – July 29, 1974), known professionally by the stage name Cass Elliot, was an American singer-songwriter, actress, comedian, and television personality. A member of the singing group The Mamas & the Papas (1965–1968), she was also known as "Mama Cass", a name...
- Hunter, Ivory Joe
- 10.10.1914 - 08.11.1974
Ivory Joe Hunter (October 10, 1914 – November 8, 1974) was an American rhythm-and-blues singer, songwriter, and pianist. After a series of hits on the US R&B chart starting in the mid-1940s, he became more widely known for his hit recording "Since I Met You Baby" (1956). He was billed as The Baro...
- Lind, Gitta
- 17.04.1925 - 09.11.1974
- Sängerin
- Todesursache: Krebs
Gitta Lind (17 April 1925 – 9 November 1974) was a German singer and film actress.
Lind was born in Trier as Rita Maria Gracher. During her first employment as a singer she changed her name to Gitta Lind, a tribute to Gitta Alpár and Jenny Lind. She was married four times, in her second marriage ...
- Rice, Hoke
- 08.01.1909 - 26.05.1974
- Gitarrist, Sänger
Martin Rossiter Hoke (born May 18, 1952) is an American Republican politician, former member of the Ohio Casino Control Commission, and former member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio....
- Ritter, Tex
- 12.01.1905 - 02.01.1974
- Sänger
- Todesursache: Herzversagen
Woodward Maurice "Tex" Ritter (January 12, 1905 – January 2, 1974) was an American country music singer and actor. He was the patriarch of the Ritter acting family (son John Ritter, grandsons Jason Ritter and Tyler Ritter). He is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame....
- Slim, Lightnin’
- 13.03.1913 - 27.07.1974
- Gitarrist, Sänger
- Todesursache: Krebs








