Galerie verstorbener Musiker
- Ballard, Florence
- 30.06.1943 - 22.02.1976
- Todesursache: Thrombose
Florence Glenda Chapman (née Ballard; June 30, 1943 – February 22, 1976) was an American singer and a founding member of the Motown vocal female group the Supremes. She sang on 16 top 40 singles with the group, including nine number-one hits. After being removed from the Supremes in 1967, Ballard...
- Bolin, Tommy
- 01.08.1951 - 04.12.1976
- Gitarrist
- Todesursache: Überdosis (Heroin)
Thomas Richard Bolin (August 1, 1951 – December 4, 1976) was an American rock guitarist and songwriter who played with Zephyr (from 1969 to 1971), the James Gang (from 1973 to 1974) and Deep Purple (from 1975 to 1976), in addition to maintaining a career as a solo artist and session musician, nota...
- Boswell, Connee
- 03.12.1907 - 11.10.1976
- Sängerin
- Todesursache: Magenkrebs
Constance Foore "Connee" Boswell (December 3, 1907 – October 11, 1976) was an American vocalist born in Kansas City, Missouri, but raised in New Orleans, Louisiana. With sisters Martha and Helvetia "Vet", she performed in the 1920s and 1930s as the trio The Boswell Sisters. They started as instrum...
- Council, Floyd
- 09.02.1911 - 09.05.1976
- Gitarrist, Sänger
- Todesursache: Folgen eines Schlaganfalls
Floyd Council (September 2, 1911 – May 9, 1976) was an American blues guitarist, mandolin player, and singer. He was a practitioner of the Piedmont blues, which was popular in the southeastern United States in the 1920s and 1930s. He was sometimes credited as Dipper Boy Council and promoted as "Th...
- Galanes, Evangelina Sobredo
- 11.10.1948 - 02.08.1976
- Sängerin, Songwriterin
- Todesursache: Autounfall
Evangelina Sobredo Galanes, known as Cecilia, (11 October 1948 – 2 August 1976) was a Spanish singer-songwriter. She took her stage name from the song "Cecilia" by Simon and Garfunkel.
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- Guaraldi, Vince
- 17.07.1928 - 06.02.1976
- Pianist, Komponist
- Todesursache: Herzinfarkt
Vincent Anthony Guaraldi (; né Dellaglio, July 17, 1928 – February 6, 1976) was an American jazz pianist best known for composing music for animated television adaptations of the Peanuts comic strip. His compositions for this series included their signature melody "Linus and Lucy" and the holiday...
- Hackett, Bobby
- 31.01.1915 - 07.06.1976
- Trompeter, Gitarrist
- Todesursache: Herzanfall
Robert Leo Hackett (January 31, 1915 – June 7, 1976) was a versatile American jazz musician who played swing music, Dixieland jazz and mood music, now called easy listening, on trumpet, cornet, and guitar. He played Swing with the bands of Glenn Miller and Benny Goodman in the late 1930s and early...
- King, Freddie
- 03.09.1934 - 28.12.1976
- Gitarrist, Sänger
- Todesursache: Herzanfall
Freddie King (born Fred King September 3, 1934 – December 28, 1976), also billed as Freddy King, was an American blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. Along with the unrelated Albert King and B. B. King, he is considered one of the "Three Kings of the Blues Guitar". Known for his soulful and po...
- Kossoff, Paul
- 15.09.1950 - 19.03.1976
- Gitarrist
- Todesursache: Herzprobleme (durch Drogensucht)
Paul Francis Kossoff (14 September 1950 – 19 March 1976) was an English guitarist, best known as the co-founder and guitarist of the rock band Free. In 2010, he was ranked number 51 in Rolling Stone's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time"....
- Nance, Ray
- 10.12.1913 - 28.01.1976
- Trompeter, Violinist
Ray Willis Nance (December 10, 1913 – January 28, 1976) was an American jazz trumpeter, violinist and singer. He is best remembered for his long association with Duke Ellington and his orchestra....
- Ochs, Phil
- 19.12.1940 - 09.04.1976
Philip David Ochs (; December 19, 1940 – April 9, 1976) was an American songwriter, protest singer (or, as he preferred, "topical singer"), and political activist. Ochs was known for his sharp wit, sardonic humor, and political commentary. He wrote about 200 songs in the 1960s and 1970s and releas...
- Ossie, Count
- 23.04.1926 - 18.10.1976
- Schlagzeuger
- Todesursache: Verkehrsunfall
Count Ossie, born Oswald Williams (26 March 1926 – 18 October 1976), was a Jamaican Rastafari drummer and band leader....
- Reed, Jimmy
- 06.09.1925 - 29.08.1976
- Sänger, Gitarrist, Mundharmonikanist
- Todesursache: Alkohol
Mathis James Reed (September 6, 1925 – August 29, 1976) was an American blues musician and songwriter. His particular style of electric blues was popular with a wide variety of audiences. Reed's songs such as "Honest I Do" (1957), "Baby What You Want Me to Do" (1960), "Big Boss Man" (1961), and "...
- Relf, Keith
- 22.03.1943 - 14.05.1976
- Sänger, Mundharmonikanist
- Todesursache: Stromschlag (beim Spielein seiner E-Gitarre)
William Keith Relf (22 March 1943 – 12 May 1976) was an English musician, best known as the lead vocalist and harmonica player for rock band the Yardbirds. He then formed the band Renaissance with his sister Jane Relf, the Yardbirds ex-drummer Jim McCarty and ex–The Nashville Teens keyboardist J...