What rock stars died in 1969?

What rock stars died in 1969?

List of deaths in rock and roll (1960s)

Name Age Date
Shorty Long 29 June 29, 1969
Brian Jones The Rolling Stones 27 July 3, 1969
Wynonie Harris 53 July 4, 1969
Roy Hamilton 40 July 20, 1969

How many rock stars died at 27 years old?

Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and Jim Morrison all died at the age of 27 between 1969 and 1971. At the time, the coincidence gave rise to some comment, but it was not until Kurt Cobain’s 1994 death, at age 27, that the idea of a “27 Club” began to catch on in public perception.

What rock stars died in 1975?

Louis Jordan. Feb 4 Louis Jordan, American musician, songwriter and bandleader (Caldonia), dies of a heart attack at 66.

  • T-Bone Walker. Mar 16 T-Bone Walker, blues guitarist (Funky Town, Well Done), dies at 64.
  • Josephine Baker.
  • Dmitri Shostakovich.

    • What famous musicians died in 1977?

    And if you were alive in 1977, these deaths probably took your breath away: Elvis Presley, Charlie Chaplin, Joan Crawford, Bing Crosby, T. Rex’s Marc Bolan, Jean Hagen, Groucho Marx, Freddie Prinze, opera star Maria Callas, novelist Vladimir Nabokov, filmmaker Roberto Rossellini…

    What rock stars died in 1980?

    List of deaths in rock and roll (1980s)

    Name Age Date
    Darby Crash Germs 22 December 7, 1980
    John Lennon The Beatles, Plastic Ono Band 40 December 8, 1980
    Tim Hardin 39 December 29, 1980
    Robert Pete Williams 66 December 31, 1980

    What rock stars died in 1972?

    List of deaths in rock and roll (1970s)

    Name Age Date
    Billy Murcia The New York Dolls 21 November 6, 1972
    Raymond Jackson Record producer for Stax Records 31 November 10, 1972
    Berry Oakley The Allman Brothers Band 24 November 11, 1972
    Danny Whitten Crazy Horse 29 November 18, 1972