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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 1960s. The list gives their date, cause and location of death, and their age.
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 gives their date, cause and location of death, and their age.
1960s deaths. Wikiquote has quotations related to 1960s deaths. Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1960s deaths. People who died in the decade 1960s. See also: Category:1960s births.
- Johnny Horton
- Richard Fariña
- Bobby Fuller
- Fred Buscaglione
- Johnny Kidd
Johnny Horton was an American country music singer most famous for his semi-folk, so-called “saga songs” which began the “historical ballad” craze of the late 1950s and early 1960s. Horton released several successful records during his career, most notably during 1959 with the song The Battle of New Orleans, for which he was awarded the 1960 Grammy...
In 1937, Richard Fariña was born in Brooklyn, New York, of Cuban and Irish descent. In the late 1950s, Fariña became a regular at the White Horse Tavern in Greenwich Village, which is an area of New York often frequented by poets, artists, and folksingers. At the tavern, Fariña met Carolyn Hester, who was a successful folk singerand his first wife....
In 1964, Bobby Fuller moved to Los Angeles with his band The Bobby Fuller Four. He was signed to Mustang Records by producer Bob Keane, who was noted for discovering Ritchie Valens and a collection of surf music groups. During this time in history, the British Invasion and folk rock dominated the music scene, but Fuller decided to stick with Buddy ...
Fred Buscaglione was an Italian singer and actor who became very popular in the late 1950s. During his career, Buscaglione developed the public persona of a humorous mobster character with a liking for whisky and women. During World War II, Fred was incarcerated in an American internment camp in Sardinia. His musical talentwas apparent and Buscagli...
Johnny Kidd was an English singer and songwriter. He was the front man of the rock band Johnny Kidd and the Pirates, which was one of the few early British rock groups to achieve worldwide fame. The Pirates scored a number of hit songs in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Johnny Kidd’s most famous song as a composer was Shakin’ All Over, which was a ...
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Artists who died in / bands disbanded in 1960. Artist. Active. Genre & Styles. Johnny Horton. 1950s - 1960s. Country, Pop/Rock, Honky Tonk, Traditional Country, Country Boogie, Nashville Sound/Countrypolitan, Rockabilly. The Soul Stirrers. 1920s - 2000s.
In the list below we have compiled a comprehensive database of deaths in Rock & Roll during the 1960s. It contains performers, producers, songwriters, and other people who played an important role in music.
