Galerie verstorbener Musiker
- Bloomfield, Michael
- 28.07.1943 - 15.02.1981
- Gitarrist
- Todesursache: Überdosis (Heroin)
Michael Bloomfield may refer to:
Michael J. Bloomfield (born 1959), American astronaut
Mike Bloomfield (1943–1981), American guitarist...
- Brown, Roy
- 10.09.1925 - 25.05.1981
- Sänger
- Todesursache: Herzinfarkt
- Coleman, Bill
- 04.08.1904 - 24.08.1981
- Trompeter
William Coleman (1922-1993) was an Australian artist born in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia in 1922. He studied at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT), and then under George Bell for six years, before working as a photolithographic and cartographic artist for over 30 years. He died on Nove...
- Currie, Steve
- 19.05.1947 - 28.04.1981
- Bassist
- Todesursache: Autounfall
T. Rex, originally Tyrannosaurus Rex, were an English rock band formed in London in 1967 by singer-songwriter and guitarist Marc Bolan, who was their leader, frontman and only consistent member. Originally an acoustic psychedelic folk band, Bolan began to change the band's style towards electric ro...
- Haley, Bill
- 06.07.1925 - 09.02.1981
- Sänger, Gitarrist
- Todesursache: Hirntumor
William John Clifton Haley (; July 6, 1925 – February 9, 1981) was an American rock and roll musician. He is credited by many with first popularizing this form of music in the early 1950s with his group Bill Haley & His Comets and million-selling hits such as "Rock Around the Clock", "See You Late...
- Hite, Bob
- 24.05.1941 - 06.04.1981
- Todesursache: Herzanfall
Robert Ernest Hite (February 26, 1943 – April 5, 1981), also known as "The Bear", was an American singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer who was the co-lead vocalist of the blues rock band Canned Heat from 1965 until his death in 1981....
- Horton, Big Walter
- 06.04.1921 - 08.12.1981
Walter Horton (April 6, 1921 – December 8, 1981), known as Big Walter (Horton) or Walter "Shakey" Horton, was an American blues harmonica player. A quiet, unassuming, shy man, he is remembered as one of the premier harmonica players in the history of blues. Willie Dixon once called Horton 'the be...
- Kreuder, Peter
- 18.08.1905 - 28.06.1981
- Pianist, Komponist, Dirigent
- Leander, Zarah
- 15.03.1907 - 23.06.1981
- Sängerin
Zarah Leander (German pronunciation: [ˈt͡sa.ʁa leː.ˈʔan.dɐ] ; 15 March 1907 – 23 June 1981) was a Swedish singer and actress whose greatest success was in Nazi Germany between 1936 and 1943, when she was contracted to work for the state-owned Universum Film AG (UFA). Although no exact reco...
- Lewis, Furry
- 06.03.1893 - 14.09.1981
- Gitarrist, Sänger
Walter E. "Furry" Lewis (March 6, 1893 or 1899 – September 14, 1981) was an American country blues guitarist and songwriter from Memphis, Tennessee. He was one of the earliest of the blues musicians active in the 1920s to be brought out of retirement and given new opportunities to record during th...
- Marley, Bob
- 06.02.1945 - 11.05.1981
- Sänger, Gitarrist, Songwriter
- Todesursache: Krebs
Robert Nesta Marley (6 February 1945 – 11 May 1981) was a Jamaican singer, songwriter, and guitarist. Considered one of the pioneers of reggae, he fused elements of reggae, ska, and rocksteady, and was renowned for his distinctive vocal and songwriting style. Marley increased the visibility of Ja...
- Red, Tampa
- 08.01.1904 - 19.03.1981
- Sänger, Gitarrist
- Todesursache: Krebs
Hudson Whittaker (born Hudson Woodbridge; January 8, 1903 – March 19, 1981), better known by his stage name Tampa Red, was an American Chicago blues musician. His distinctive single-string slide guitar style, songwriting and bottleneck technique influenced other Chicago blues guitarists such as Bi...
- Sherwood, Bobby
- 30.05.1914 - 23.01.1981
Robert J. Sherwood Jr. (May 30, 1914 – January 23, 1981) was an American guitarist, trumpeter, bandleader, actor and radio host....