Artists who died in / bands disbanded in 1961

Artist Active Genre & Styles
Alexander Goldenweiser 1890s - 1950s Classical, Keyboard, 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
Carl Gustav Jung Classical, Jazz, Orchestral
Carlo Galeffi 1910s - 1950s Classical, Opera
Carlos Salzédo 1900s - 1950s Classical, Chamber Music
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
Cisco Houston 1930s - 1960s Folk, Traditional Folk
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
Elena Gerhardt 1900s - 1950s Classical, Vocal Music
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
Francis De Bourguignon Classical, Concerto
Frank Fay
Freddy 1950s - 1960s Latin, Latin Pop
Freddy Johnson 1930s - 1970s Jazz, Swing
Gambar Huseinli Classical, Concerto
Gary Cooper 1930s - 1950s Comedy/Spoken, Comedy
Gaston Gabaroche Vocal
George Formby 1920s - 1960s Vocal, Stage & Screen, Cast Recordings, Music Hall, Show Tunes, Traditional Pop, Vaudeville, Show/Musical
George S. Kaufman Stage & Screen, Classical, Show/Musical
Granville "Sticks" McGhee 1950s Blues, Pop/Rock
Grigory Ginzburg 1930s - 1950s Classical, Keyboard, Concerto, Chamber Music
Grigory Romanovich Ginsburg Classical, Keyboard
Guido Alberto Fano 1890s - 1940s Classical, Chamber Music, Keyboard, Opera, Vocal Music
Guy de Lioncourt Classical
Harold Cooper 1920s - 1950s Jazz
Heddle Nash 1920s - 1950s Classical, Vocal Music, Opera, Choral