Artists who died in / bands disbanded in February, 1959
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Artist
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Active |
Genre & Styles |
| The Big Bopper
|
1950s |
Pop/Rock, Rock & Roll |
| Ritchie Valens
|
1950s |
Pop/Rock, Stage & Screen, Rock & Roll |
| Maxwell Anderson
|
1920s - 1950s |
Stage & Screen, Classical, Cast Recordings, Musicals, Vocal Music, Show/Musical |
| Lewis James
|
|
Vocal, Classical, Opera |
| Guitar Slim
|
1940s - 1950s |
Blues, R&B, New Orleans Blues, Regional Blues, Early R&B, New Orleans R&B, Electric Blues, Soul-Blues |
| Griff Williams
|
1940s - 1950s |
Jazz |
| George Antheil
|
1920s - 1950s |
Classical, Avant-Garde, Orchestral, Avant-Garde Music, Chamber Music, Keyboard, Modern Composition, Symphony |
| F. Charles Adler
|
|
Classical, Opera, Symphony |
| Erich Zeisl
|
1920s - 1950s |
Classical, Stage & Screen, Chamber Music, Film Score, Original Score, Soundtracks, Vocal Music, Choral |
| Buddy Holly
|
1950s |
Pop/Rock, Early Pop/Rock, Rock & Roll, Rockabilly |
| Baby Dodds
|
1910s - 1950s |
Jazz, New Orleans Jazz |
| Alfred Alessandrescu
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