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The following is a list of notable performers of rock and roll music or rock music, and others directly associated with the music as producers, songwriters or in other closely related roles, who have died in the 1950s. The list gives their date, cause and location of death, and their age.
The list gives their date, cause and location of death, and their age. Rock music developed from the rock and roll music that emerged during the 1950s, and includes a diverse range of subgenres. The terms "rock and roll" and "rock" each have a variety of definitions, some narrow and some wider.
Monument at the crash site of the airplane carrying Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper, and Ritchie Valens; "The Day the Music Died". The following is a list of notable performers of rock and roll music or rock music, and others directly associated with the music as producers, songwriters or in other closely related roles, who have died. The list ...
29 October: Québécois 1960s pop singer Pierre Therrien died at the age of 62 after collapsing on stage while performing, in costume, some of Les Classels biggest hits. 2006: 22 February: Classical pianist and multi-award winner Anthony Burger had a massive heart attack while performing a piano piece entitled " Hear My Song, Lord " during a ...
Fontaine moved to Van Nuys, California, in the 1960s after singing in night clubs in pre-Castro Cuba. He landed a role in the World War II series The Gallant Men , in which he played ladies' man PFC Pete D'Angelo, and occasionally sang.
Bobby Bare is an American outlaw country music singer and songwriter, best known for the songs "Marie Laveau", "Detroit City" and "500 Miles Away From Home" and is the father of Bobby Bare Jr., also a musician. Joe Carson, singer started in late 1950s Rockabilly and crossed to country. Died early 1960s.
Jay & The Americans; The Ames Brothers [1]; The Andrews Sisters; Dave Appell & the Applejacks; Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes; The Bell Notes; Bill Haley & His Comets
The Cake; The Canadian Sweethearts; Canned Heat; Cannibal & the Headhunters; The Capitols; Captain Beefheart; Caravan; The Caravelles; Carla Thomas; Carlos Santana