Artists who died in / bands disbanded in 1963

Artist Active Genre & Styles
Zeke Clements 1960s Country, Cowboy
Winfried Zillig 1940s - 1950s Classical, Opera, Vocal Music
William Henry Squire 1900s - 1920s Classical, Chamber Music, Concerto, Keyboard, Vocal Music
William Gaxton
William Eckstein Classical, Vocal Music
William Carlos Williams Comedy/Spoken, Classical, Vocal Music, Spoken Word, Choral
Walter Davis 1920s - 1950s Blues, Piano Blues, Regional Blues, St. Louis Blues, Acoustic Blues
Wade Legge 1950s Jazz, Post-Bop
W.E.B. Dubois Comedy/Spoken, Spoken Word
Vissarion Shebalin 1920s - 1960s Classical, Chamber Music, Orchestral, Symphony, Opera
Violinsky 1920s Vocal, Vaudeville
Vasyl' Barvins'ky 1910s - 1960s Classical, Keyboard, Chamber Music, Choral, Vocal Music
Valentín de Zubiaurre Aguirrezabal Classical, Orchestral
Tristan Tzara Avant-Garde
Tom Delaney Blues
Thurlow Weed Lieurance Classical, Vocal Music
Thomas Jensen Classical, Concerto, Symphony
Thomas Henry "Tom" Delaney Pop/Rock
Thomas Beck Classical, Choral
The Watson Family 1960s Country, Folk, Traditional Country, Traditional Folk, Old-Timey
The Springfields 1960s Folk, Pop/Rock, Folk Revival, Traditional Folk, Early Pop/Rock, Folk-Pop
The Scottsville Squirrel Barkers 1960s Country, Bluegrass
The Louvin Brothers 1940s - 1960s Country, Religious, Bluegrass, Close Harmony, Traditional Bluegrass, Traditional Country, Bluegrass-Gospel, Gospel
The Latin Jazz Quintet 1960s Jazz, Latin, Post-Bop, Free Jazz, Global Jazz, Latin Jazz, Avant-Garde Jazz, Latin Folk
The Fendermen 1950s - 1960s Pop/Rock, Blues-Rock, Rock & Roll, Rockabilly
The Falcons 1950s - 1960s R&B, Soul, Early R&B
The Dreamers 1950s R&B, Doo Wop
The Cookies 1950s - 1960s R&B, Pop/Rock, Brill Building Pop, Early Pop/Rock, Girl Groups, Early R&B
The Belmonts 1950s - 1970s R&B, Doo Wop
The Beau Marks 1950s - 1960s Pop/Rock, Vocal, Vocal Pop
The Avalanches 1960s Pop/Rock, Novelty, Surf
The Ames Brothers 1940s - 1960s Vocal, Harmony Vocal Group, Traditional Pop, Vocal Pop
The Alley Cats 1950s - 1960s R&B, Pop/Rock, Brill Building Pop
Texas Ruby 1930s - 1960s Country, Cowboy, Honky Tonk, Traditional Country
Ted Weems 1920s - 1940s Jazz, Dance Bands, Big Band, Society Dance Band
Tadeusz Szeligowski
Tadeusz Majerski Classical, Chamber Music, Concerto, Keyboard
Sylvia Plath Comedy/Spoken, Classical, Vocal Music, Spoken Word, Orchestral
Svyatoslav Knushevitsky 1940s Classical, Chamber Music, Concerto
Susie Hawthorne 1920s - 1960s Blues, Classic Female Blues, Vaudeville Blues
Susie Blues
Stuart Gorrell 1930s Vocal
Stan Jones 1940s - 1960s Country, Cowboy, Traditional Country, Contemporary R&B, Film Score, Vocal Music
Specs Wright Jazz
Sonny Clark 1950s - 1960s Jazz, Bop, Hard Bop, Jazz Instrument, Mainstream Jazz, Piano Jazz, Post-Bop, West Coast Jazz
Skinnay Ennis 1920s - 1940s Jazz, Comedy/Spoken, Big Band, Comedy, Sweet Bands
Sid Hemphill 1940s - 1950s Blues, Folk, Field Recordings, String Bands
Sándor Jemnitz Pop/Rock, Classical, Chamber Music
Salvador Bacarisse 1930s - 1960s Classical, Chamber Music, Concerto, Opera