Artists who died in / bands disbanded in 1956

Artist Active Genre & Styles
Tommy Dorsey 1920s - 1950s Jazz, Big Band, Sweet Bands, Swing
The Carter Family 1920s - 1950s Country, International, Old-Timey, Traditional Country, Appalachian, North American Traditions, Close Harmony
Art Tatum 1920s - 1950s Jazz, Swing, Jazz Instrument, Piano Jazz, Stride, Boogie-Woogie
Clifford Brown 1940s - 1950s Jazz, Bop, Hard Bop, Jazz Instrument, Trumpet Jazz
Bertolt Brecht 1920s - 1950s Stage & Screen, Comedy/Spoken, Classical, International, Jazz, Pop/Rock, Poetry, Spoken Word, Opera, Vocal Music
Victor Young 1930s - 1950s Vocal, Stage & Screen, Pop/Rock, Classical, Cast Recordings, Film Music, Show Tunes, Soundtracks, Traditional Pop, Film Score, Show/Musical, Vocal Music
Walter Gieseking 1910s - 1950s Classical, Keyboard, Concerto
The Million Dollar Quartet 1950s Pop/Rock, Country, Religious, Rock & Roll, Traditional Country, Gospel, Southern Gospel, Spirituals, Bluegrass-Gospel
Guido Cantelli 1940s - 1950s Classical, Orchestral, Symphony
Erich Kleiber 1920s - 1950s Classical, Orchestral, Symphony, Opera
Hermann Abendroth 1920s - 1950s Classical, Orchestral, Concerto, Symphony
Walter de la Mare Comedy/Spoken, Classical, Vocal Music, Spoken Word
Gerald Finzi 1920s - 1950s Classical, Avant-Garde, Choral, Vocal Music, Chamber Music, Concerto, Orchestral, Modern Composition
Lorenzo Perosi 1890s - 1930s Classical, Choral, Chamber Music, Concerto, Keyboard, Orchestral
Reinhold Glière 1900s - 1950s Classical, Ballet, Chamber Music, Concerto, Opera, Orchestral, Symphony, Vocal Music
Gustave Charpentier 1890s - 1930s Classical, Opera
Henry Fillmore 1900s - 1950s Classical, Marches, Band Music, Chamber Music
Alexander Grechaninov 1890s - 1940s Classical, Orchestral, Choral, Chamber Music, Keyboard, Vocal Music
Julius Lenzberg 1910s - 1920s Jazz, Classical, Keyboard, Ragtime, Dance Bands, Society Dance Band, Early Jazz
Michio Miyagi 1920s - 1950s International, Classical, Japanese Traditions, Chamber Music
Achille Joseph Baquet 1910s - 1940s Jazz
Adrian Rollini 1920s - 1950s Jazz, Early Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Saxophone Jazz
Albert Von Tilzer 1900s - 1950s Jazz, Vocal, Classical, Tin Pan Alley Pop, Vocal Music, Show/Musical
Allan Willcocks Classical
Allen Kearns Vocal, Classical, Show/Musical
Amanda Aldridge 1890s - 1950s Classical, Vocal Music, Keyboard, Orchestral
Andre Charlot 1910s - 1930s Stage & Screen, Cast Recordings
Andy Moore Pop/Rock
Andy Parker & the Plainsmen 1940s - 1950s Country, Cowboy, Western Swing
Art Kassel 1940s Jazz, Dixieland
Arthur Duff 1930s - 1950s Classical, Orchestral, Chamber Music
Arthur Gibbs 1920s - 1930s Jazz, Vocal, Early Jazz, Tin Pan Alley Pop
Arthur Harrington Gibbs
Arthur Hartmann Classical, Keyboard, Vocal Music
Arthur Letondal Classical
B.A. Rolfe 1920s - 1930s Jazz, Big Band
Berlin RIAS Symphony Orchestra 1940s - 1950s Classical, Holiday, Orchestral, Opera
Bill Brown R&B
Billy Shaw Pop/Rock
Blind Alfred Reed 1900s - 1950s Folk, Country, Old-Timey, Traditional Country, Traditional Folk
Boas Bischofswerder International
Celia Dropkin Classical
Cheech and His Jazz Band 1950s Jazz
Claud H. Hill
Clifford Brown/Max Roach Quintet 1950s Jazz, Hard Bop
Country All Stars 1950s Country
Derenik Demirchian Classical
Don Kirkpatrick 1920s - 1950s Jazz, Swing
E. Markham Lee
Edgar Bainton 1910s - 1940s Classical, Choral, Orchestral