Artists who died in / bands disbanded in 1976

Artist Active Genre & Styles
Zara Levina 1930s - 1950s Classical, Choral, Chamber Music, Concerto, Keyboard
Wynona Carr 1940s - 1960s Religious, Blues, R&B, Black Gospel, Traditional Gospel, Gospel, Early R&B, Jump Blues
Willie Maiden 1960s - 1970s Jazz, Hard Bop
Willie Lane 1930s - 1940s Blues, Acoustic Texas Blues, Regional Blues, Acoustic Blues, Country Blues, Texas Blues
Werner Haas 1950s - 1970s Classical, Keyboard, Concerto
Walther Schrøder Classical, Orchestral
Walther Eidlitz Classical
Walter Piston 1920s - 1970s Classical, Avant-Garde, New Age, Modern Composition, Neo-Classical, Chamber Music, Concerto, Orchestral, Symphony
Walter Benton 1940s - 1950s Comedy/Spoken, Poetry, Spoken Word
Vladas Jakubenas 1920s - 1960s Classical, Choral, Chamber Music, Keyboard
Vincent Bach
Vincent Bach
Vince Guaraldi Trio 1950s - 1970s Jazz, Holiday, Christmas, Cool, West Coast Jazz, Holidays, Contemporary Jazz, Mainstream Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Piano Jazz
Vince Guaraldi 1950s - 1970s Jazz, Holiday, Classical, Cool, Global Jazz, Latin Jazz, West Coast Jazz, Contemporary Jazz, Holidays, Christmas, Jazz Instrument, Piano Jazz, Mainstream Jazz, Film Score
Victoria Spivey 1920s - 1970s Blues, Acoustic Chicago Blues, Classic Female Blues, Regional Blues, Acoustic Blues
Vasily Sikolovsky Classical, Chamber Music
Valentino Bucchi Classical, Vocal Music, Concerto
Upp 1970s Pop/Rock, Jazz, Fusion, Jazz-Funk
Tommy Bolin 1960s - 1970s Pop/Rock, Jazz, Album Rock, Hard Rock, Fusion, Heavy Metal
Tim Spencer Country
Tibor Kozma Classical
Three Desperate Mortgages 1970s Folk, Pop/Rock, British Folk, British Folk-Rock, Folk-Rock, Progressive Folk, Psychedelic/Garage
The Vibrations 1960s - 1970s R&B, Soul, Northern Soul, Early R&B
The Smoke 1960s - 1970s Pop/Rock, British Psychedelia, Freakbeat, Psychedelic Pop, Garage Rock, Mod, Psychedelic/Garage, British Invasion
The Peddlers 1960s - 1970s Pop/Rock, Jazz, Jazz-Pop
The Jayhawks 1950s - 1960s R&B, Doo Wop
The Ebonys 1960s - 2020s R&B, Funk, Philly Soul, Soul, Disco
The Counts 1950s R&B, Doo Wop
The Blue Sky Boys 1930s - 1970s Country, Close Harmony, Old-Timey, Traditional Country
The 101'ers 1970s Pop/Rock, Pub Rock, Rock & Roll, British Punk, Punk/New Wave, Punk, New Wave
Stuart Henry
Souther-Hillman-Furay Band 1970s Country, Pop/Rock, Country-Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Soft Rock, Contemporary Pop/Rock
Snafu 1970s - 2000s Pop/Rock, Rap, Hard Rock, Prog-Rock, Underground Rap
Sleepy Johnson Country
Skip Martin 1930s - 1960s Jazz
Sinn Sisamouth Pop/Rock, International, Asian Rock, Cambodian, Southeast Asian Traditions
Shirley & Company 1970s R&B, Disco, Funk
Santo & Johnny 1950s - 1970s Pop/Rock, Easy Listening, Instrumental Pop, Instrumental Rock, Rock & Roll, Early Pop/Rock
Samuel Dushkin Classical, Keyboard, Chamber Music, Concerto
Sal Mineo 1950s - 1970s Pop/Rock, Vocal, Brill Building Pop, Teen Idols, Vocal Pop
S.O.S. 1970s Jazz, Avant-Garde, Electronic, Avant-Garde Jazz, Experimental, Modern Creative, Improvisation, Free Jazz
Rudy Powell 1930s Jazz, Swing, Jazz Instrument, Piano Jazz
Rudy Pompilli 1950s - 1970s Pop/Rock, Rock & Roll
Rudolf Kempe 1930s - 1970s Classical, Orchestral, Symphony, Choral, Concerto, Opera
Rube Bloom 1920s - 1950s Jazz, Classical, Early Jazz, Ragtime, Vocal Music, Keyboard, Orchestral
Rosalind Russell 1930s - 1960s Stage & Screen, Classical, Cast Recordings, Show/Musical
Roland "Boy Blue" Hayes Folk
Robert Jeffery
Robert Fleming 1950s - 1970s Classical, Choral, Film Score, Vocal Music, Chamber Music, Keyboard, Orchestral
Robert Ernest Lee Jeffery Folk