Artists who died in / bands disbanded in 1956

Artist Active Genre & Styles
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
Alexander Grechaninov 1890s - 1940s Classical, Orchestral, Choral, Chamber Music, Keyboard, Vocal Music
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
Art Tatum 1920s - 1950s Jazz, Swing, Jazz Instrument, Piano Jazz, Stride, Boogie-Woogie
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
Bertolt Brecht 1920s - 1950s Stage & Screen, Comedy/Spoken, Classical, International, Jazz, Pop/Rock, Poetry, Spoken Word, Opera, Vocal Music
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 1940s - 1950s Jazz, Bop, Hard Bop, Jazz Instrument, Trumpet Jazz
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
Edith Osborne Ives Classical, Choral
Edward Arnold 1910s - 1950s Comedy/Spoken, Classical, Choral, Spoken Word, Radio Shows
Edwin Franko Goldman 1890s - 1950s Classical, Band Music
Elsie Janis Vocal, Classical, Show/Musical
Erich Itor Kahn Classical, Keyboard, Vocal Music, Chamber Music, Concerto
Erich Kleiber 1920s - 1950s Classical, Orchestral, Symphony, Opera
Felix Borowski 1900s - 1940s Classical, Keyboard, Orchestral, Symphony
Francisco José Freire Júnior
Frank Dailey
Frank Dailey Jazz
Frankie Trumbauer 1920s - 1950s Jazz, Early Jazz, Trad Jazz, Dixieland, Jazz Instrument, Saxophone Jazz
Fred Allen 1920s - 1940s Comedy/Spoken, Vocal, Vaudeville, Comedy
Fred Ohms Jazz
Fred Rich 1920s - 1930s Jazz, Stage & Screen, Big Band, Early Jazz, Swing
Freire Júnior 1930s - 1950s Latin
Gerald Finzi 1920s - 1950s Classical, Avant-Garde, Choral, Vocal Music, Chamber Music, Concerto, Orchestral, Modern Composition