Artists who died in / bands disbanded in 1950

Artist Active Genre & Styles
Kurt Weill 1910s - 1950s Classical, Stage & Screen, Vocal, Avant-Garde, Cabaret, Cast Recordings, Musicals, Opera, Orchestral, Vocal Music, Modern Composition, Show/Musical
Al Jolson 1910s - 1940s Vocal, Blues, Tin Pan Alley Pop, Traditional Pop, Minstrel, Vocal Music, Show/Musical
Dinu Lipatti 1930s - 1940s Classical, Keyboard, Concerto, Orchestral, Vocal Music
Giuseppe de Luca Classical, Opera
Georg Hann Classical, Opera
Charles Koechlin 1890s - 1940s Classical, Avant-Garde, Chamber Music, Keyboard, Vocal Music, Choral, Orchestral, Modern Composition
E.J. Moeran 1920s - 1940s Classical, Avant-Garde, Modern Composition, Orchestral, Chamber Music, Choral, Keyboard
Francesco Cilèa Classical, Opera
Nikolay Myaskovsky 1900s - 1940s Classical, Avant-Garde, Orchestral, Symphony, Chamber Music, Keyboard, Modern Composition
Lord Berners 1910s - 1940s Classical, Stage & Screen, Keyboard, Orchestral, Vocal Music
Harry Lauder 1890s - 1920s Vocal, Classical, Comedy/Spoken, Stage & Screen, Comedy, Vocal Music, Music Hall, Vaudeville, Cast Recordings, Musical Theater, Standup Comedy
Edna St. Vincent Millay Comedy/Spoken, Classical, Vocal Music, Spoken Word
Émile Jaques-Dalcroze Classical, Vocal Music, Opera, Keyboard
Maria Herz 1910s - 1930s Classical, Chamber Music, Concerto, Symphony, Vocal Music
Yevgeny Gunst 1900s - 1940s Classical, Keyboard
Ada Brown Jazz, Blues, Classic Female Blues
Adolf Wiklund 1900s - 1930s Classical, Concerto, Keyboard, Orchestral
Al Killian Blues, East Coast Blues, Jump Blues, Regional Blues
Alexander Brent Smith Classical, Choral
Alfred Moffat Vocal, Classical, Vocal Music
Alvin Burroughs Jazz, Swing
Alvino Rey & His Orchestra 1940s - 1950s Jazz, Big Band, Modern Big Band, Sweet Bands, Swing, Guitar Jazz, Jazz Instrument
Andrew Patterson Pop/Rock
António Tomás de Lima Classical, Keyboard
Arnold Safroni
Arthur Wellesley Hughes Classical, Band Music
Arturo de Bassi
Beavers 1940s - 1950s R&B, Doo Wop
Belo Cozad 1930s - 1940s International
Bertha "Chippie" Hill 1920s Blues, Classic Female Blues
Blind Abing
Buddy DeSylva 1920s - 1940s Vocal, Stage & Screen, Jazz, Cast Recordings, Show Tunes, Tin Pan Alley Pop, Traditional Pop, Dance Bands, Standards, Swing, Vocal Jazz, Vocal Pop
Buddy Jones 1930s - 1940s Country, Honky Tonk, Traditional Country
Buddy Stewart 1940s Vocal, Jazz, Bop
Charles E. King 1920s - 1940s International, Pop/Rock, Classical, Hawaiian Pop, Oceanic Traditions, Choral, Vocal Music
Charles Leslie Johnson
Charlie McCoy 1920s - 1930s Blues, Delta Blues, Regional Blues, Pre-War Country Blues
Chas L. Johnson
Chelsea Quealey 1920s - 1940s Jazz, Dixieland, Early Jazz
Christabel Baxendale 1910s Classical, Chamber Music
Claude Slagle Country
Clement Doucet Classical, Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Piano Jazz
Constantin C. Nottara Classical, Chamber Music
d'Edward Evry
Del Staigers Vocal, Classical, Pop/Rock, Orchestral
Eduard Fabini
Eduard Oja
Edythe Turnham
Eliseo Grenet Sánchez Classical, Vocal Music
Elmer "Coo Coo" Talbert 1920s - 1940s Jazz, New Orleans Jazz, Dixieland