Artists who died in / bands disbanded in 1978

Artist Active Genre & Styles
Zeb Turner 1940s - 1950s Country, Jazz, Boogie-Woogie, Honky Tonk, Traditional Country
Yitskhok Horowitz
Xerxcês Duchat Classical, Chamber Music
World's Greatest Jazz Band 1960s - 1970s Jazz, Dixieland, New Orleans Jazz Revival
William Steinberg 1920s - 1970s Classical, Stage & Screen, Concerto, Orchestral
William Grant Still 1920s - 1960s Classical, Orchestral, Chamber Music, Choral, Keyboard, Vocal Music, Ballet, Symphony
Willi Domgraf-Fassbaender 1920s - 1940s Classical, International, Opera
Willem van Otterloo 1940s - 1970s Classical, Orchestral, Band Music, Concerto
Walter Stanton Classical, Chamber Music
W.S. Gwynn Williams 1920s - 1930s Holiday, Classical, Vocal Music
Vímana 1970s Latin, International, Brazilian Pop, Brazilian Traditions
Victor Silvester 1930s - 1950s Jazz, Easy Listening, Ballroom Dance, Dance Bands
Vic Ames Vocal
Vadim Nikolayvich Salmanov Classical, Symphony, Keyboard
Václav Dobiás
Udi Hrant 1910s - 1970s International, Middle Eastern Traditions, Turkish
Turning Point 1970s Pop/Rock, Jazz, Prog-Rock, Fusion
Turner Layton 1910s - 1920s Vocal, Classical, Stage & Screen, Jazz, Pop/Rock, Traditional Pop, Vaudeville, Vocal Music, Cast Recordings, Show Tunes, Jazz Instrument, Piano Jazz
Tom Wilson 1960s - 1970s Pop/Rock, Jazz, Club/Dance, Folk-Rock, Psychedelic/Garage
Tolchard Evans Vocal, Classical, Vocal Music
Titanic 1970s - 1980s Pop/Rock, Hard Rock
Tibor Serly 1930s - 1950s Classical, Chamber Music, Orchestral, Concerto
Tibor Kazacsay
The Walker Brothers 1960s - 1970s Pop/Rock, AM Pop, Baroque Pop, Soft Rock, Blue-Eyed Soul, Early Pop/Rock, Contemporary Pop/Rock
The Traitors 1970s Pop/Rock
The Nerves 1970s Pop/Rock, Power Pop, Contemporary Pop/Rock, New Wave, Punk/New Wave
The Moving Parts 1970s Pop/Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock
The Moments 1960s - 1970s R&B, Smooth Soul, Soul, Quiet Storm
The Men of Distinction 1960s - 2000s Pop/Rock
The Bothy Band 1970s Celtic Folk, Irish Folk, Traditional Celtic, Celtic
The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra 1960s - 1970s Jazz, Bop, Hard Bop, Modern Big Band
Terry Kath 1960s - 1970s Pop/Rock, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Jazz-Rock, Soft Rock
Teddy Hill 1930s - 1940s Jazz, Big Band, Swing, Jazz Instrument, Trumpet Jazz
Teddy Bunn 1920s - 1950s Jazz, Early Jazz, Swing, Guitar Jazz, Jazz Instrument
Sumeria 1970s International, Electronic, R&B, Club/Dance, Disco, Euro-Dance
Stretch 1970s Pop/Rock
Stew Pletcher 1930s Jazz, Big Band, Early Jazz
Sneakers 1970s Pop/Rock, Power Pop, Alternative/Indie Rock, Jangle Pop
Small Faces 1960s - 1970s Pop/Rock, British Invasion, British Psychedelia, Mod, Psychedelic/Garage, AM Pop
Skeets Yaney Country
Siegfried Ehrhardt Classical, Vocal Music
Shad Collins Blues, Jazz
Sex Pistols 1970s - 2000s Pop/Rock, Punk, British Punk, Punk/New Wave
Sesshu Kai Classical, Keyboard
Sergey Aslamazyan 1920s - 1970s Classical, Chamber Music
Sergei Aslamazian Classical, Orchestral
Sandy Denny 1960s - 1970s Folk, Pop/Rock, British Folk, Singer/Songwriter, Folk-Rock, British Folk-Rock, Psychedelic/Garage
Sami Uçar Classical
Sam Pottle Children's
Ruth Etting 1910s - 1930s Vocal, Jazz, Stage & Screen, Cast Recordings, Early Jazz, Show Tunes, Vocal Pop, Tin Pan Alley Pop, Traditional Pop