Artists who died in / bands disbanded in May, 1979
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Artist
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Active |
Genre & Styles |
| Blue Mitchell
|
1950s - 1970s |
Jazz, Vocal, Hard Bop, Jazz Instrument, Mainstream Jazz, Post-Bop, Standards, Trumpet Jazz |
| Lester Flatt
|
1940s - 1970s |
Country, Traditional Bluegrass, Bluegrass |
| Vernon Brown
|
|
Jazz, Dixieland, Swing |
| A. Philip Randolph
|
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Comedy/Spoken, Speeches, Spoken Word |
| Bill Rank
|
1920s - 1970s |
Jazz, Dixieland, Early Jazz |
| Carl Martin
|
1930s - 1970s |
Blues, East Coast Blues, Regional Blues, Songster, Piedmont Blues, Pre-War Country Blues, Vaudeville Blues |
| Djanira
|
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Classical |
| Eddie Jefferson
|
1940s - 1970s |
Vocal, Jazz, Bop, Vocal Jazz, Vocalese, Jive, Mainstream Jazz, Standards |
| Elvie Thomas
|
1920s - 1930s |
Blues, Acoustic Blues, Country Blues, Delta Blues, Regional Blues |
| Ernest Bullock
|
1910s - 1950s |
Classical, Keyboard |
| John Ashbery
|
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| John Ashby
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Stage & Screen |
| Karl Victor Davis
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| Leo Addeo
|
1950s - 1960s |
Easy Listening, Space Age Pop |
| Leroy James
|
1970s |
Pop/Rock |
| Milton Ager
|
1920s - 1930s |
Vocal, Classical, Jazz, Tin Pan Alley Pop, Vocal Music |
| Raymond Fol
|
1950s - 1970s |
Jazz, Bop |