Artists who died in / bands disbanded in 1980

Artist Active Genre & Styles
8 Eyed Spy 1970s - 1980s Pop/Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, American Underground, Experimental Rock, No Wave, Noise-Rock, Post-Punk, Punk/New Wave
Adolph Deutsch Classical, Film Score, Show/Musical
Alec Wilder 1940s Jazz, Vocal, Stage & Screen, Classical, Traditional Pop, Cast Recordings, Musicals, Big Band, Chamber Music, Classical Crossover, Vocal Music
Alexander Nico Voormolen Classical, Orchestral, Concerto
Alfred Hitchcock 1950s - 1960s Stage & Screen
Allan Pettersson 1930s - 1970s Classical, Avant-Garde, Symphony, Chamber Music, Concerto, Modern Composition
Almeda Riddle 1950s - 1960s Country, Folk, International, Appalachian, Field Recordings, North American Traditions, Old-Timey
Amos Milburn 1940s - 1970s Blues, R&B, Early R&B, Jump Blues, Piano Blues, Regional Blues, West Coast Blues
Anable Massis
Anachronic Jazz Band 1970s Jazz, Dixieland, Early Jazz
Anders Bond Classical
André Kostelanetz 1930s - 1970s Easy Listening, Classical, Classical Pop, Orchestral/Easy Listening
André Marchal Classical, Keyboard
Aneirin Talfan Davies Classical
Anna Jantar 1970s - 1980s Pop/Rock, International, Central European Traditions, Polish
Antonio Molina 1950s - 1970s Latin, International, Jazz, Latin Pop, Flamenco, Western European Traditions, Global Jazz, Latin Jazz
Archibald James Potter
Archie Bell & the Drells 1960s - 1980s R&B, Disco, Philly Soul, Soul
Arie Maasland
Arie Malando Classical, Orchestral
Armin Kaufmann
Arvella Gray Blues
Auburn 'Pat' Hare
Aunt Sap
Babs Gonzales 1940s - 1970s Jazz, Comedy/Spoken, Bop, Spoken Word, Vocal Jazz, Beat Poetry, Vocalese
Barney Bigard 1920s - 1980s Jazz, New Orleans Jazz, Swing, Big Band, Dixieland, Early Jazz
Ben Selvin 1920s - 1930s Jazz, Vocal, Dance Bands, Tin Pan Alley Pop, Traditional Pop
Bernhard Kaun Stage & Screen, Classical
Bert Kaempfert 1930s - 1980s Easy Listening, Orchestral/Easy Listening, Film Score
Bert Kaempfert & His Orchestra 1950s - 1980s Easy Listening, Orchestral/Easy Listening, Easy Pop, Space Age Pop
Bethnal 1970s Pop/Rock, Hard Rock, New Wave, Punk/New Wave
Bill Evans 1950s - 1980s Jazz, Cool, Jazz Instrument, Modal Music, Piano Jazz, Post-Bop
Bill Evans Trio 1950s - 1980s Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Piano Jazz
Bill Oldham Jazz
Billy Bryant Folk, Classical, Chamber Music
Bjørn Fongaard Avant-Garde
Blind Arvella Gray 1940s - 1980s Blues, Acoustic Blues, Folk-Blues, Acoustic Chicago Blues, Country Blues, Regional Blues, Songster
Blue Angel 1980s Pop/Rock, Contemporary Pop/Rock
Bob Nolan Country, Cowboy
Bobby Jones 1960s - 1980s Jazz, Hard Bop
Bobby Lester R&B
Bobby Van 1950s - 1970s Vocal, Stage & Screen, Cast Recordings, Show Tunes
Boleslaw Woytowicz
Bon Scott 1960s - 1980s Pop/Rock, Hard Rock, Acid Rock, Psychedelic/Garage, Pub Rock
Boyce & Hart 1960s - 1980s Pop/Rock, Bubblegum, AM Pop, Contemporary Pop/Rock
Brooklyn Dreams 1970s - 1980s R&B, Pop/Rock, Disco, Pop
Bruford 1970s - 1980s Pop/Rock, Jazz, Fusion, Jazz-Rock
Buggles 1970s - 1980s Pop/Rock, New Wave, Synth Pop
Caleb Jarvis Classical, Choral, Orchestral