Artists who died in / bands disbanded in 1988

Artist Active Genre & Styles
Chet Baker 1940s - 1980s Jazz, Cool, West Coast Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Trumpet Jazz, Film Score
Roy Orbison 1950s - 1980s Pop/Rock, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Early Pop/Rock, Film Score, Rock & Roll, Rockabilly, AM Pop
Son House 1930s - 1970s Blues, Folk, Delta Blues, Regional Blues, Country Blues, Slide Guitar Blues, Acoustic Blues, Pre-War Blues, Field Recordings, Work Songs, Blues Revival
Memphis Slim 1930s - 1980s Blues, R&B, Acoustic Blues, Jump Blues, Piano Blues, West Coast Blues, Early R&B, Chicago Blues, Regional Blues
Brook Benton 1940s - 1980s R&B, Early R&B, Soul
Gil Evans 1930s - 1980s Jazz, Cool, Fusion, Modern Big Band, Post-Bop, Experimental Big Band, Progressive Jazz
Big Black 1980s - 2000s Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, American Underground, Indie Rock, Noise-Rock, Post-Hardcore
Roy Buchanan 1950s - 1980s Blues, Pop/Rock, Modern Electric Blues, Blues-Rock
Al Cohn 1940s - 1980s Jazz, Bop, Cool, Jazz Instrument, Mainstream Jazz, Saxophone Jazz
Sylvester 1970s - 1980s R&B, Club/Dance, Disco, Hi-NRG, Post-Disco, Funk
Con Funk Shun 1970s - 2020s R&B, Funk, Quiet Storm
Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five 1970s - 1980s Rap, Old-School Rap, East Coast Rap
Nico 1950s - 1980s Pop/Rock, Art Rock, Experimental, Proto-Punk
The Housemartins 1980s Pop/Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, College Rock, Jangle Pop
The Sound 1970s - 1980s Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Post-Punk, Alternative Pop/Rock
Let's Active 1980s - 1990s Pop/Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, College Rock, Jangle Pop, Power Pop
Charlie Rouse 1940s - 1980s Jazz, Hard Bop, Jazz Instrument, Saxophone Jazz
Wall of Voodoo 1970s - 1980s Pop/Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, New Wave, Punk/New Wave, Synth Pop, Post-Punk
The Communards 1980s Pop/Rock, Club/Dance, Dance-Pop, Alternative Dance
Bob & Ray 1940s - 1980s Comedy/Spoken, Radio Shows, Comedy, Sketch Comedy, Satire, Spoken Comedy, Spoken Word
Antal Doráti 1920s - 1980s Classical, Orchestral, Symphony, Opera
The Johnson Mountain Boys 1970s - 1990s Country, Bluegrass, Progressive Bluegrass, Traditional Bluegrass
Mr. Mister 1980s - 1990s Pop/Rock, Adult Contemporary, Album Rock, Contemporary Pop/Rock
Henryk Szeryng 1930s - 1980s Classical, Chamber Music, Concerto
The Lords of the New Church 1980s Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Post-Punk, Goth Rock, New Wave, Punk/New Wave
The Three O'Clock 1980s - 2020s Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, American Underground, Neo-Psychedelia, Paisley Underground
Yevgeny Mravinsky 1940s - 1980s Classical, Orchestral, Symphony, Concerto
Angry Samoans 1970s - 2020s Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, American Underground, Hardcore Punk, Punk/New Wave
Andy Gibb 1970s - 1980s Pop/Rock, R&B, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Disco
Talulah Gosh 1980s Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Pop, Indie Rock, Twee Pop, C-86
Divine 1960s - 1980s Pop/Rock, Club/Dance, Hi-NRG, Post-Disco
The Bible 1980s Pop/Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Jangle Pop
The Klezmorim 1970s - 1980s International, Jewish Music, Klezmer
Irmgard Seefried Classical, Holiday, Opera, Choral, Vocal Music
André Navarra 1940s - 1970s Classical, Chamber Music, Concerto
Leon Goossens 1910s - 1960s Classical, Holiday, Chamber Music, Choral
Dragon 1970s - 1990s Pop/Rock, International, Alternative/Indie Rock, Heavy Metal, New Zealand Rock, Prog-Rock, Hard Rock
Frederick Loewe 1930s - 1960s Stage & Screen, Classical, Pop/Rock, Cast Recordings, Musicals, Show Tunes, Vocal Music, Show/Musical
Hilde Güden 1940s - 1970s Classical, Opera
Nat Stuckey 1950s - 1980s Country, Honky Tonk, Traditional Country
Lily Laskine 1930s - 1970s Classical, Chamber Music, Concerto
Nacha Pop 1980s Pop/Rock, Latin, Rock en Español, Soft Rock
Giacinto Scelsi 1930s - 1980s Classical, Avant-Garde, Modern Composition, Avant-Garde Music, Chamber Music, Minimalism, Keyboard
Robert Calvert 1970s - 1980s Pop/Rock, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Prog-Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Space Rock
Frehley's Comet 1980s Pop/Rock, Heavy Metal
Jesse Ed Davis 1950s - 1980s Pop/Rock, Roots Rock, Album Rock, Blues-Rock, Country-Rock, Rock & Roll, Singer/Songwriter, Southern Rock
Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers 1970s - 1980s Pop/Rock, Children's, Alternative/Indie Rock, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Alternative Singer/Songwriter, Proto-Punk, Children's Pop
Tommy Potter 1940s - 1950s Jazz, Bop, Post-Bop
Raymond Lewenthal 1950s - 1960s Classical, Keyboard, Concerto
The Cruzados 1980s Pop/Rock, Latin Rock