Artists who died in / bands disbanded in 1959

Artist Active Genre & Styles
Buddy Holly 1950s Pop/Rock, Early Pop/Rock, Rock & Roll, Rockabilly
Billie Holiday 1930s - 1950s Vocal, Jazz, Blues, Swing, Torch Songs, Traditional Pop, Vocal Jazz, Classic Female Blues, Standards, Vocal Music
Lester Young 1930s - 1950s Jazz, Mainstream Jazz, Swing, Bop, Jazz Instrument, Saxophone Jazz, Cool
Blind Willie McTell 1910s - 1950s Blues, Acoustic Blues, Country Blues, East Coast Blues, Piedmont Blues, Pre-War Country Blues, Regional Blues, Songster
Sidney Bechet 1900s - 1950s Jazz, Dixieland, Early Jazz, New Orleans Jazz
Ritchie Valens 1950s Pop/Rock, Stage & Screen, Rock & Roll
Mario Lanza 1940s - 1950s Vocal, Classical, Stage & Screen, Traditional Pop, Vocal Music, American Popular Song, Opera, Standards, Cast Recordings, Musical Theater
Guitar Slim 1950s Blues, R&B, New Orleans Blues, Regional Blues, Early R&B, New Orleans R&B, Electric Blues, Soul-Blues
The Penguins 1950s R&B, Doo Wop, Early R&B
Shadow Wilson 1940s - 1950s Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Piano Jazz, Big Band, Swing
The Big Bopper 1950s Pop/Rock, Rock & Roll
Wanda Landowska 1910s - 1940s Classical, Keyboard, Concerto
Bohuslav Martinu 1920s - 1950s Classical, Avant-Garde, Folk, Choral, Orchestral, Chamber Music, Ballet, Concerto, Keyboard, Opera, Symphony, Vocal Music, Modern Composition
Heitor Villa-Lobos 1900s - 1950s Classical, Jazz, Avant-Garde, Vocal Music, Chamber Music, Choral, Keyboard, Orchestral, Modern Composition
George Antheil 1920s - 1950s Classical, Avant-Garde, Orchestral, Avant-Garde Music, Chamber Music, Keyboard, Modern Composition, Symphony
Albert W. Ketèlbey Classical, Avant-Garde, Modern Composition, Orchestral, Choral, Keyboard
Eduard van Beinum 1930s - 1950s Classical, Orchestral, Concerto, Symphony
Margarete Teschemacher 1930s - 1940s Classical, Opera
Ernest Bloch 1900s - 1950s Classical, Avant-Garde, Chamber Music, Choral, Concerto, Modern Composition, Opera, Orchestral
Josef Matthias Hauer 1910s - 1950s Classical, Keyboard, Chamber Music, Vocal Music
Maxwell Anderson 1920s - 1950s Stage & Screen, Classical, Cast Recordings, Musicals, Vocal Music, Show/Musical
Achille Philip Classical, Keyboard
Alberto Guerrero 1910s - 1950s Classical, Keyboard
Alfred Alessandrescu
Alfred Pochon 1890s - 1950s Classical, Chamber Music
Alphonse Trent 1920s - 1930s Jazz, Early Jazz, Swing
Alphonso Trent
Armand Marsick
Armas Launis
Arnett Nelson 1920s - 1930s Jazz
Austin Allen Pop/Rock
Avery Parrish Jazz, Swing
Baby Dodds 1910s - 1950s Jazz, New Orleans Jazz
Barbara Kemp Classical, Opera
Benny Fields 1920s - 1930s Vocal, Vaudeville
Bernard Shaw Pop/Rock
Bernardino Bautista Monterde Classical, Latin, Pop/Rock, Orchestral
Bernd Aldenhoff Classical, Opera
Billy Mayerl 1920s - 1930s Easy Listening, Jazz, Stage & Screen, Classical, Cast Recordings, Ragtime, Show Tunes, British Dance Bands, Keyboard
Boris Vian 1940s - 1950s Vocal, Classical, Pop/Rock, International, Opera, Vocal Music, Cabaret, French Pop, Vocal Pop, French, Western European Traditions
Boyce Brown 1950s Jazz, Dixieland, Jazz Instrument, Piano Jazz
Chargers 1950s Pop/Rock
Charles S. Belsterling Classical, Band Music
Charlie Johnson 1920s - 1940s Jazz, Early Jazz
Claire Delbos Classical
Daniel Charney Classical, Choral
Dick Cary & His Dixieland Doodlers 1950s Jazz
Dolores Durán 1950s Latin
Ed Cuffee Jazz
Ede Zathureczky Classical, Keyboard, Chamber Music