Artists who died in / bands disbanded in December, 1981

Artist Active Genre & Styles
Big Walter Horton 1930s - 1980s Blues, Chicago Blues, Electric Blues, Electric Chicago Blues, Electric Harmonica Blues, Electric Memphis Blues, Harmonica Blues, Juke Joint Blues, Modern Electric Blues, Regional Blues, Memphis Blues
Bob Eberly 1950s Vocal, Standards, Vocal Pop
Cornelius Cardew 1960s - 1980s Classical, Avant-Garde, Jazz, Modern Composition, Free Improvisation, Chamber Music, Keyboard, Avant-Garde Music
Dave Cavanaugh 1940s - 1980s Jazz
Eugene Conley Classical, Opera, Choral, Vocal Music, Symphony
Hershy Kay 1940s - 1960s Stage & Screen, Classical, Orchestral, Show/Musical
Hoagy Carmichael 1910s - 1980s Jazz, Vocal, Stage & Screen, American Popular Song, Early Jazz, Standards, Tin Pan Alley Pop, Traditional Pop, Cast Recordings, Show Tunes
Irving Townsend Pop/Rock, Classical, Vocal Music
Pigmeat Markham 1960s - 1980s Comedy/Spoken, R&B, Comedy, Novelty, Blue Humor, Northern Soul, Soul, Standup Comedy
Sam Jones 1950s - 1980s Jazz, Hard Bop, Post-Bop, Jazz Instrument, Mainstream Jazz, Trumpet Jazz
Sonny Til 1950s R&B, Early R&B, Doo Wop
Taft Jordan 1930s - 1960s Jazz, Blues, Early Jazz, New Orleans Jazz, Swing
Terry Jennings 1960s - 1980s Classical, Avant-Garde, Modern Composition, Chamber Music, Orchestral
Youth Brigade 1980s Pop/Rock, Straight-Edge, Hardcore Punk, Punk/New Wave, Punk