| Some
who have been gone for a while now (Before 1997) (alphabetically by last name) |
| Arthur Alexander | 1942 | 1993 |
| Duane Allman | 11/20/46 | 10/29/71 |
| Louis Armstrong | 8/4/01 | 7/6/71 |
| Mike Bloomfield | 7/28/43 | 2/15/81 |
| Big Bopper (Jiles Perry Richardson) | 19/24/30 | 2/3/59 |
| Boudleaux Bryant | 2/13/20 | 1987 |
| Tim Buckley | 2/14/47 | 6/29/75 |
| Paul Butterfield | 12/17/42 | 5/4/87 |
| Harry Chapin | 12/7/42 | 7/16/81 |
| June Christy | 11/20/25 | 6/21/90 |
| Patsy Cline | 9/8/32 | 4/5/63 |
| Kurt Cobain | 2/20/67 | 4/5/94 |
| Eddie Cochran | 10/3/38 | 4/17/60 |
| Nat King Cole | 3/17/1912-1917 | 2/15/65 |
| John Coltrane | 9/23/26 | 7/17/67 |
| Sam Cooke | 1/22/31 | 12/11/64 |
| Jim Croce | 1/10/43 | 9/20/73 |
| Bing Crosby | 5/3/03 | 10/14/77 |
| Bobby Darin | 5/14/36 | 12/20/73 |
| Sandy Denny | 1/6/47 | 4/21/78 |
| Nick Drake | 6/19/48 | 11/25/74 |
| Duke Ellington | 4/29/1899 | 5/24/1974 |
| Cass Elliot | 9/19/41 | 7/29/74 |
| Ella Fitzgerald | 4/25/1917-1918 | 6/15/96 |
| Tom Fogerty | 11/9/41 | 9/6/90 |
| Mary Ford | 7/7/28 | 9/30/77 |
| Rory Gallagher | 3/2/48 | 6/14/95 |
| Jerry Garcia | 8/1/42 | 9/9/95 |
| Andy Gibb | 3/5/58 | 3/10/88 |
| Steve Goodman | 7/25/48 | 9/20/84 |
| Stephan Grapelli | 1/26/08 | 12/1/97 |
| Rick Grech | 11/1/49 | 3/17/90 |
| Bill Haley | 7/6/25 | 2/9/81 |
| WC (William Christopher) Handy | 11/16/1873 | 3/28/1958 |
| Jimi Hendrix | 11/27/42 | 9/18/70 |
| Billie Holiday | 4/7/15 | 7/17/59 |
| Buddy Holly | 9/7/36 | 2/3/59 |
| Nicky Hopkins | 2/24/44 | 9/6/94 |
| Brian Jones | 2/28/42 | 7/3/69 |
| Janis Joplin | 1/19/43 | 10/4/70 |
| Scott Joplin | 11/24/1868 | 4/1/1917 |
| John Lennon | 10/9/40 | 12/8/80 |
| (Wladziu Valentino) Liberace | 5/16/19 | 2/4/87 |
| Richard Manuel | 4/3/43 | 4/4/86 |
| Bob Marley | 2/6/45 | 5/11/81 |
| Julius Henry "Groucho" Marx | 10/2/1890 | 8/19/1977 |
| Ron Pig Pen McKernan | 9/8/45 | 3/8/73 |
| Jim Morrison | 12/8/43 | 7/3/71 |
| Harry Nilsson | 6/15/41 | 1/15/94 |
| Phil Ochs | 12/19/46 | 4/9/76 |
| Felix Pappalardi | 12/30/39 | 4/17/83 |
| Graham Parsons | 11/5/46 | 9/19/73 |
| Doc Pomus | 6/27/25 | 3/14/91 |
| Elvis Presley | 1/8/35 | 8/16/77 |
| Otis Redding | 9/9/41 | 12/10/67 |
| Minnie Ripperton | 11/8/47 | 7/12/79 |
| James Honeyman-Scott | 11/4/56 | 6/16/82 |
| Tupac Shakur | 6/16/71 | 9/13/96 |
| Fred (Sonic) Smith | 9/13/49 | 11/4/94 |
| Conway Twitty | 9/1/33 | 6/5/93 |
| Richie Valens | 5/13/41 | 2/3/59 |
| Ronnie Van Zandt | 1/15/48 | 10/20/77 |
| Stevie Ray Vaughan | 10/3/54 | 8/27/90 |
| Hank Williams | 9/17/23 | 1/1/53 |
| Dennis Wilson | 12/4/44 | 12/28/83 |
| Jackie Wilson | 6/9/34 | 1/21/84 |
| Chris Wood | 6/24/44 | 7/12/83 |
| Max Yasgur | 12/15/19 | 2/9/73 |