Artists who died in / bands disbanded in 1974

Artist Active Genre & Styles
Duke Ellington 1910s - 1970s Jazz, Classical, Big Band, Early Jazz, Swing, Modern Big Band, Progressive Jazz, Standards, Orchestral
Gene Ammons 1940s - 1970s Jazz, Bop, Hard Bop, Soul Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Saxophone Jazz
Nick Drake 1960s - 1970s Pop/Rock, Folk, Baroque Pop, British Folk, British Folk-Rock
Harry Partch 1920s - 1970s Classical, Avant-Garde, Jazz, Avant-Garde Music, Chamber Music, Experimental, Global Jazz, Microtonal, Modern Composition, Vocal Music, Ballet
The Ronettes 1950s - 1960s Pop/Rock, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Early Pop/Rock, Girl Groups, Brill Building Pop, AM Pop
Tex Ritter 1920s - 1970s Country, Pop/Rock, Cowboy, Traditional Country
Jack Benny 1910s - 1970s Comedy/Spoken, Stage & Screen, Comedy, Radio Plays, Soundtracks
The Modern Lovers 1970s - 1980s Pop/Rock, American Punk, Proto-Punk, Punk, Punk/New Wave, Rock & Roll
Sonny & Cher 1960s - 1970s Pop/Rock, AM Pop, Folk-Rock, Early Pop/Rock, Contemporary Pop/Rock
Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup 1930s - 1970s Blues, R&B, Pop/Rock, Electric Blues, Electric Delta Blues, Regional Blues, Delta Blues, Early R&B, Chicago Blues
The Partridge Family 1970s Pop/Rock, Bubblegum, AM Pop, Sunshine Pop, Teen Idols
David Oistrakh 1910s - 1970s Classical, Concerto, Chamber Music
Dorothy Fields 1920s - 1970s Stage & Screen, Vocal, Jazz, Pop/Rock, Classical, Tin Pan Alley Pop, Traditional Pop, Vocal Music, Show/Musical
Classics IV 1960s - 2020s Pop/Rock, AM Pop, Sunshine Pop
Jay & the Americans 1960s - 2020s Pop/Rock, Vocal, Brill Building Pop, AM Pop, Early Pop/Rock, Vocal Pop, Contemporary Pop/Rock
Darius Milhaud 1910s - 1970s Classical, Avant-Garde, Ballet, Keyboard, Orchestral, Chamber Music, Vocal Music, Concerto, Modern Composition
Shocking Blue 1960s - 1970s Pop/Rock, AM Pop, Contemporary Pop/Rock
Malo 1970s - 2020s Pop/Rock, Latin Rock, Latin Soul, Funk, Soul
Frank Martin 1910s - 1960s Classical, Avant-Garde, Orchestral, Choral, Chamber Music, Vocal Music, Modern Composition, Concerto
Grin 1960s - 1970s Pop/Rock, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Rock & Roll
Ten Wheel Drive 1960s - 1970s Pop/Rock, Blues-Rock, Jazz-Rock
The Newbeats 1960s - 1970s Pop/Rock, Early Pop/Rock, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Frat Rock, AM Pop, Brill Building Pop
Ebe Stignani 1920s - 1950s Classical, Opera, Choral
Josef Krips Classical, Orchestral, Symphony, Opera
Lev Oborin 1940s - 1970s Classical, Chamber Music
Steamhammer 1960s - 2020s Pop/Rock, Prog-Rock, Blues-Rock
Connie Converse 1950s - 1970s Folk, Vocal, Folksongs, Traditional Folk, North American Traditions
Don Rich 1950s - 1970s Country, Bakersfield Sound, Honky Tonk, Contemporary Country, Country-Pop
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra 1920s - 1970s Jazz, Big Band, Swing
The G.T.O.'s 1960s - 1970s Pop/Rock, Comedy/Spoken, Album Rock, Comedy, Comedy Rock, Psychedelic
Wolfgang Windgassen 1940s - 1970s Classical, Opera
Hipolito Lazaro Classical, Opera
Julius Patzak 1930s - 1960s Vocal, Classical, Opera, Vocal Music
Charles "Packy" Axton 1960s - 1970s R&B, Southern Soul, Memphis Soul, Soul
The Valentinos 1960s - 1970s R&B, Soul, Chicago Soul, Northern Soul, Early R&B
Ed Sullivan 1950s - 1960s Pop/Rock
André Jolivet 1930s - 1970s Classical, Chamber Music, Concerto, Keyboard
Knudåge Riisager 1920s - 1960s Classical, Orchestral, Chamber Music, Keyboard, Vocal Music
Aaron Norris Pop/Rock, Jazz, Swing
Aarons & Ackley 1970s Pop/Rock
Adge Cutler 1960s - 1970s Pop/Rock, Folk, British Folk
Al Morgan Jazz
Al Norris Jazz
Al Smith 1950s - 1960s Blues, Comedy/Spoken, Speeches, Spoken Word, Regional Blues, Soul-Blues, Urban Blues, West Coast Blues
Albert Harris Classical
Alessandro Derevitsky Pop/Rock
Alfonso Leng Classical
Alfred Whitehead Pop/Rock, Classical, Choral
Amir Khan 1950s - 1960s International, Indian Classical, Indian Subcontinent Traditions, Raga
Anne Sexton 1950s - 1970s Comedy/Spoken, Poetry, Spoken Word