Artists who died in / bands disbanded in 1961

Artist Active Genre & Styles
Scott LaFaro 1950s - 1960s Jazz, Cool, Modal Music, Post-Bop
Cisco Houston 1930s - 1960s Folk, Traditional Folk
Thomas Beecham 1900s - 1960s Classical, Orchestral, Opera, Symphony
Percy Grainger 1900s - 1950s Classical, Avant-Garde, Band Music, Keyboard, Orchestral, Choral, Modern Composition
Vladimir Sofronitsky 1930s - 1950s Classical, Keyboard
Rosario Bourdon Stage & Screen, Classical, Opera, Vocal Music
Heddle Nash 1920s - 1950s Classical, Vocal Music, Opera, Choral
Ninon Vallin 1910s - 1950s Classical, International, Opera, Vocal Music
Alexander Goldenweiser 1890s - 1950s Classical, Keyboard, Vocal Music
Carlo Galeffi 1910s - 1950s Classical, Opera
Elena Gerhardt 1900s - 1950s Classical, Vocal Music
John J. Becker 1910s - 1950s Classical, Avant-Garde Music, Chamber Music, Choral, Vocal Music, Concerto, Keyboard, Symphony
Vaclav Talich 1920s - 1950s Classical, Orchestral, Symphony
Jesús Guridi 1910s - 1950s International, Classical, Spanish Folk, Western European Traditions, Opera, Vocal Music, Orchestral
The Sparkletones 1950s - 1960s Pop/Rock, Rockabilly
Carlos Salzédo 1900s - 1950s Classical, Chamber Music
Carl Gustav Jung Classical, Jazz, Orchestral
Johanna Senfter 1890s - 1960s Classical, Chamber Music, Symphony, Concerto, Keyboard
Joseph E. Howard 1910s - 1960s Stage & Screen, Vocal, Cast Recordings, Musicals, Vaudeville
The Chevrons 1960s R&B, Pop/Rock, Doo Wop, Rock & Roll
Uuno Klami 1930s - 1950s Classical, Concerto, Chamber Music, Keyboard, Orchestral, Symphony
Wallingford Riegger 1910s - 1950s Classical, Orchestral, Ballet, Chamber Music, Choral, Concerto, Keyboard, Symphony, Vocal Music
Alphonse Picou 1900s - 1950s Jazz, New Orleans Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Piano Jazz
Andy Gibson 1950s - 2000s Jazz, Pop/Rock, Big Band, Swing
Art Gillham 1920s - 1930s Jazz
Barrelhouse Pete 1920s Blues
Björgvin Guðmundsson Classical, Vocal Music
Blanche Ring Vocal
Bohumir Kryl Easy Listening
Bohumir Kryl
Booker Little 1950s - 1960s Jazz, Hard Bop, Jazz Instrument, Trumpet Jazz, Avant-Garde Jazz
Boris Ord Classical, Folk
Caninha 1920s - 1950s Latin, International, Brazilian Traditions, Samba
Carsten Carlsen Classical
Charles Beaudoin Classical, Vocal Music
Charles Edgar Ford
Cheikh Raymond 1950s International, African Traditions, Algerian, North African
Chico Marx 1930s - 1950s Comedy/Spoken, Jazz, Stage & Screen, Vocal, Classical, Film Score, Big Band, Comedy, Radio Plays, Soundtracks, Vaudeville
Dag Hammarskjöld Comedy/Spoken, Classical, Spoken Word
Doc Lew Childre 1940s - 1950s New Age
Don Barbour Vocal
E. A. Mario
Earnest Thompson Jazz
Eddie Mallory Jazz
Edward Johnson 1930s - 1950s Jazz, Pop/Rock
Enzo Masetti 1930s - 1960s Stage & Screen, Classical, Film Score, Soundtracks
Ernest Hemingway Comedy/Spoken, Spoken Word
Ernest Lawlars 1940s - 1960s Blues, Memphis Blues, Regional Blues
Ernest Thompson Country
Erskine Butterfield 1930s - 1950s Jazz, Big Band, Swing