Artists who died in / bands disbanded in 1981

Artist Active Genre & Styles
(Louis) Boyd Neel 1930s - 1960s Classical, Concerto, Chamber Music, Choral
101 Strings 1950s - 1980s Easy Listening, Stage & Screen, Classical, Pop/Rock, Instrumental Pop, Mood Music, Movie Themes, Orchestral/Easy Listening, Soundtracks, Orchestral
4 Be 2 1970s - 1980s Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Post-Punk
Adele Astaire 1920s - 1930s Stage & Screen, Classical, Show/Musical
Adrienne Johnston 1970s Pop/Rock
Åke Kullnes Classical, Keyboard
Al Cooper 1930s - 1940s Jazz, Big Band, Swing
Alan Gowen 1960s - 1980s Jazz, Jazz-Rock, Canterbury Scene, Experimental Rock, Prog-Rock, Avant-Garde Jazz, Avant-Prog
Alfred Victor Frankenstein Classical, Ballet, Chamber Music, Orchestral, Vocal Music, Keyboard, Symphony
Alvaiade 1920s - 1970s International
Amalgam 1960s - 1980s Jazz, Avant-Garde Jazz, Free Jazz, Modern Creative, Electric Jazz, Free Improvisation
Amulet 1970s - 1980s Pop/Rock
Anwar al Sadat Comedy/Spoken, Speeches, Spoken Word
Arkie The Arkansas Woodchopper
Arkie the Arkansas Woodchopper 1930s - 1940s Country
Art Objects 1970s - 1980s Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Post-Punk, Experimental Rock
Artificial Peace Pop/Rock, Hardcore Punk, Punk/New Wave
Arturo Nunez 1990s - 2000s Latin
Axis 1970s - 1980s Pop/Rock
B.T. Express 1970s - 1980s R&B, Disco, Funk, Soul
Bardu Ali Blues
Benjamin D. McPeek Classical, Keyboard, Chamber Music
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
Bill Coleman 1920s - 1980s Jazz, Pop/Rock, Blues, Dixieland, Swing, Early Jazz, Jazz Blues, Jazz Instrument, Trumpet Jazz
Bill Haley 1940s - 1980s Pop/Rock, Country, Rock & Roll, Rockabilly, Western Swing
Bill Haley & His Comets 1950s - 1980s Pop/Rock, Rock & Roll
Bill Hopkins Classical, Keyboard
Billy Thermal 1970s - 1980s Pop/Rock, Punk/New Wave, New Wave, Power Pop
Black Rose 1980s Pop/Rock
Bluespumpm 1970s - 1980s Pop/Rock
Bob Bates 1940s - 1950s Jazz
Bob Eberly 1950s Vocal, Standards, Vocal Pop
Bob Graf 1950s Jazz, Bop, Cool, Hard Bop, Jazz Instrument, Trumpet Jazz
Bob Hite 1960s - 1980s Pop/Rock, Jazz, Blues-Rock, Boogie Rock, Boogie-Woogie
Bob Marley 1960s - 1980s Reggae, Political Reggae, Roots Reggae, Rocksteady, Ska
Bob Marley & the Wailers 1960s - 1980s Reggae, Roots Reggae
Bobby Fields Blues
Bobby Sands 1960s - 1980s International, Celtic
Bobby Sherwood 1940s - 1950s Jazz, Classical, Vocal Music, Big Band
Brian Allsop R&B
Bridges 1970s - 1980s Pop/Rock
Bud Green Vocal
C.G. McIvor
Candy Johnson 1950s - 1970s Jazz, Big Band, Bop, Jazz Blues, Swing
Carl Feaster R&B
Carlton Cooley Jazz, Classical, Concerto, Orchestral, Keyboard, Symphony
Carmen Mastren Jazz, Swing
Cascatinha e Inhana 1940s - 1980s Latin
Cat Anderson 1930s - 1970s Jazz, Swing, Jazz Instrument, Trumpet Jazz