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 TEX RITTER = AMERICAN = = Country Music Singer = |
Born: WOODWARD MAURICE RITTER 12 January 1905 Murvaul, Panola County, Texas, USA | Died: 2 January 1974 Nashville, Tennessee, USA |
68 | Heart Attack |
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JEAN ABSIL = BELGIAN = = Organist and Composer = |
Born: 23 October 1893 Bonsecours, Hainaut, BELGIUM | Died: 2 February 1974 Brussels, BELGIUM |
80 | |
 KURT ATTERBERG = SWEDISH = = Composer = |
Born: KURT MAGNUS ATTERBERG 12 December 1887 Gothenburg, SWEDEN | Died: 15 February 1974 Stockholm, SWEDEN |
86 | |
 BOBBY BLOOM = AMERICAN = = Singer-Songwriter = |
Born: ROBERT BLOOM 15 January 1946 | Died: 28 February 1974 |
28 | Accidentally shot himself while cleaning his gun |
 ALBERTO RABAGLIATI = ITALIAN = = Singer and Actor = |
Born: 27 June 1906 Milan, ITALY | Died: 8 March 1974 Rome, Lazio, ITALY |
68 | Cerebral Thrombosis |
 DOROTHY FIELDS = AMERICAN = = Lyricist = |
Born: 15 July 1905 Allenhurst, New Jersey, USA | Died: 28 March 1974 New York City, USA |
68 | |
 DINO CIANI = ITALIAN = = Pianist = |
Born: 16 June 1941 Fiume (now Rijeka in CROATIA) | Died: 28 March 1974 Rome, ITALY |
32 | Road Accident |
 ARTHUR CRUDUP = AMERICAN = = Delta Blues Singer, Songwriter and Guitarist = |
Born: ARTHUR WILLIAM CRUDUP 24 August 1905 Forest, Mississippi, USA | Died: 28 March 1974 Nassawadox, Virginia, USA |
68 | |
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PETE WENDLING = AMERICAN = = Pianist and Composer = |
Born: 6 June 1888 New York City, USA | Died: 7 April 1974 New York City, USA |
85 | |
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GIOVANNI D'ANZI = ITALIAN = = Songwriter = |
Born: 1 January 1906 Milan, ITALY | Died: 15 April 1974 Santa Margherita Ligure, ITALY |
68 | |
 BLOSSOM SEELEY = AMERICAN = = Singer and Vaudeville Entertainer = |
Born: MINNIE GUYER 16 July 1891 San Francisco, USA | Died: 17 April 1974 New York City, USA |
82 | |
 PAMELA COURSON = AMERICAN = = Long term partner of Jim Morrison = |
Born: PAMELA SUSAN COURSON 22 December 1946 Weed, California, USA | Died: 25 April 1974 Los Angeles, California, USA |
27 | Heroin Overdose |
 GRAHAM BOND = ENGLISH = = R&B Musician = |
Born: GRAHAM JOHN CLIFTON BOND 28 October 1937 Romford, Essex, ENGLAND | Died: 8 May 1974 Finsbury Park, London, ENGLAND |
36 | Suspected Suicide Hit by Train |
 PAUL GONSALVES = AMERICAN = = Jazz Saxophonist = |
Born: 12 July 1920 Brockton, Massachusetts, USA | Died: 15 May 1974 London, ENGLAND |
53 | |
 DUKE ELLINGTON = AMERICAN = = Jazz Musician, and Composer = |
Born: EDWARD KENNEDY ELLINGTON 29 April 1899 Washington, D.C., USA | Died: 24 May 1974 New York City, New York, USA |
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RODOLFO LIPIZER = ITALIAN = = Violinist, Professor of Music, = = and Orchestra Conductor = |
Born: 16 January 1895 Gorizia, ITALY | Died: 8 June 1974 |
79 | |
 DARIUS MILHAUD = FRENCH = = Composer, Conductor, and Teacher = |
Born: 4 September 1892 Marseille, FRANCE | Died: 22 June 1974 Geneva, SWITZERLAND |
81 | |
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CLIFF FRIEND = AMERICAN = = Songwriter and Pianist = |
Born: 1 October 1893 Cincinnati, Ohio, USA | Died: 27 June 1974 Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
80 | |
 GENE AMMONS = AMERICAN = = Tenor Saxophonist = |
Born: EUGENE AMMONS 14 April 1925 Chicago, Illinois, USA | Died: 23 July 1974 Chicago, Illinois, USA |
49 | Cancer |
 LIGHTNIN' SLIM = AMERICAN = = Blues Musician = |
Born: OTIS VERRIES HICKS 13 March 1913 St. Louis, Missouri, or Good Pine, Louisiana, USA | Died: 27 July 1974 Detroit, Michigan, USA |
61 | |
 CASS ELLIOT = AMERICAN = = Singer = = member of = = The Mamas and The Papas = |
Born: ELLEN NAOMI COHEN 19 September 1941 Baltimore, Maryland, USA | Died: 29 July 1974 London, ENGLAND |
32 | Heart Failure |
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BILL CHASE = AMERICAN = = Jazz Rock Trumpeter = |
Born: WILLIAM EDWARD CHIAIESE 20 October 1934 Squantum, Massachusetts, USA | Died: 9 August 1974 Jackson, Minnesota, USA |
39 | Plane Crash |
 HARRY PARTCH = AMERICAN = = Composer, Music Theorist, = = and Creator of Musical Instruments = |
Born: 24 June 1901 Oakland, California, USA | Died: 3 September 1974 Encinitas, California, USA |
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ROBBIE McINTOSH = SCOTTISH = = Drummer = = founding member of = = Average White Band = |
Born: ROBERT BRODERICK JAMES McINTOSH 6 May 1950 Dundee, SCOTLAND | Died: 23 September 1974 Los Angeles, USA |
24 | Accidental Heroin Overdose |
 DAVID OISTRAKH = SOVIET = = Violinist and Violist = |
Born: DAVID FYODOROVICH OISTRAKH 30 September [O.S. 17 September] 1908 Odessa in the RUSSIAN EMPIRE (now Ukraine) | Died: 24 October 1974 Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS |
66 | Heart Attack |
 IVORY JOE HUNTER = AMERICAN = = R&B Singer, Songwriter and Pianist = |
Born: 10 October 1914 Kirbyville, Texas, USA | Died: 8 November 1974 Memphis, Tennessee, USA |
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ALFONSO LENG = CHILEAN = = Composer = |
Born: ALFONSO LENG HAYGUS 11 February 1884 Santiago, CHILE | Died: 11 November 1974 |
80 | |
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GEORGE BRUNIES = AMERICAN = = Jazz Musician = |
Born: 6 February 1902 New Orleans, Louisiana, USA | Died: 19 November 1974 Chicago, USA |
72 | |
 FRANK MARTIN = SWISS = = Composer = |
Born: 15 September 1890 Eaux-Vives quarter of Geneva, SWITZERLAND | Died: 21 November 1974 Naarden, THE NETHERLANDS |
84 | |
 NICK DRAKE = ENGLISH = = Singer/Songwriter = |
Born: NICHOLAS RODNEY DRAKE 19 June 1948 Rangoon, BURMA | Died: 25 November 1974 Tanworth-in-Arden, Warwickshire, ENGLAND |
26 | Overdose of Amitriptyline |
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FRANCE AČKO = SLOVENIAN = = Musician, Organist and Composer of Sacred Music = |
Born: 23 July 1904 Maribor, SLOVENIA | Died: 30 December 1974 Ljubljana, SLOVENIA |
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