Artists who died in / bands disbanded in 1965

Artist Active Genre & Styles
"Little" Mike McKendrick 1920s - 1960s Jazz
Aaron Avshalomov 1920s - 1950s Classical, Ballet, Concerto, Orchestral, Vocal Music
Al Nevins 1950s Pop/Rock
Alan Freed 1950s Pop/Rock, Comedy/Spoken, R&B, Speeches, Spoken Word, Rock & Roll, Early R&B
Albert Schweitzer Classical, Keyboard
Aloys Fornerod Classical, Choral, Keyboard, Orchestral
Anatoly Butskoy Classical
Angelo Luiso Classical, Orchestral
Anthon van der Horst Classical, Symphony
Antonio Ricci Signorini Classical, Chamber Music
Arthur Schutt 1910s - 1950s Jazz, Classical, Early Jazz, Show/Musical, Keyboard, Guitar Jazz, Jazz Instrument
Avery Robinson Jazz, Classical, Vocal Music
Bambis 1960s Pop/Rock, R&B, British Invasion, Early R&B, Rock & Roll
Beatrice Harrison Classical, Concerto
Benny Peyton 1910s - 1950s Jazz
Big Mike McKendrick
Bill Black 1950s - 1960s Pop/Rock, R&B, Jazz, Instrumental Rock, Memphis Soul, Soul, Big Band
Billy Ward & the Dominoes 1950s - 1960s R&B, Vocal, Pop/Rock, Early R&B, Doo Wop, Harmony Vocal Group, Rock & Roll
Blues by Five 1960s Pop/Rock, Blues, Blues-Rock, British Blues, Regional Blues
Bob McCord & the Vibrations 1960s Pop/Rock
Boyd Atkins 1920s - 1950s Blues
Bud & Travis 1950s - 1960s Folk, Traditional Folk, Folk Revival, Folk-Pop
Buster Harding Jazz, Swing
Buster Moten 1930s - 1940s Jazz
Carl Kress 1930s - 1960s Jazz, Swing, Guitar Jazz, Jazz Instrument
Carlo Allegretti Classical, Orchestral
Cecil Brower 1930s - 1960s Country, Western Swing
Charles Harrison 1910s Vocal, American Popular Song, Tin Pan Alley Pop
Charles Kennedy Scott Classical, Choral
Charles Storm 1910s - 1930s Classical, Band Music
Charlie Burse 1920s - 1950s Blues, Acoustic Memphis Blues, Regional Blues, Pre-War Country Blues
Clarence Williams 1910s - 1940s Jazz, Blues, Early Jazz, New Orleans Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Piano Jazz
Claude Thornhill 1920s - 1960s Jazz, Cool, Sweet Bands, Swing, Big Band, American Popular Song
Crossfires 1960s Pop/Rock, Surf
Cuban Bennett
Dave Barbour 1930s - 1950s Jazz, Classical, Film Score
Denzil Best 1940s - 1950s Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Piano Jazz
Désiré-Emile Inghelbrecht 1920s - 1950s Classical, Opera, Orchestral
Dorothy Dandridge 1930s - 1960s Vocal, Stage & Screen, Cast Recordings, Show Tunes, Traditional Pop
Douglas Brownsmith
Eaktay Ahn Classical, Vocal Music
Earl Bostic 1930s - 1960s R&B, Jazz, Blues, Vocal, Swing, American Popular Song, Jazz-Pop, Jump Blues, Standards, Early R&B, Soul Jazz, Soul
Earl Johnson 1920s - 1930s Country, Jazz, Folk, Old-Timey, String Bands, Traditional Country
Edgard Varèse 1910s - 1960s Classical, Avant-Garde, Experimental Electronic, Modern Composition, Musique Concrète, Avant-Garde Music, Chamber Music, Orchestral, Vocal Music
Edward R. Murrow Comedy/Spoken, Spoken Word
Edythe Baker 1920s Jazz, Boogie-Woogie, Ragtime
Elizabeth Brice Vocal
Erik Chisholm 1930s - 1960s Classical, Keyboard, Concerto
Eugene Bigot Classical, Opera, Concerto
Fitz & Startz Pop/Rock