List of deaths in rock and roll (1970s)

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 1970s. 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. In determining criteria for inclusion, this list uses as its basis reliable sources listing "rock deaths" or "deaths in rock and roll", as well as such sources as the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Name Age Date Location Cause of death
Billy Stewart32January 17, 1970Selma, North Carolina, USTraffic accident
L. C. McKinley51January 19, 1970East Chicago, Indiana, USNatural causes
Slim Harpo46January 31, 1970Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USHeart attack
Ishmon Bracey69-71February 12, 1970Jackson, Mississippi, US
Darrell Banks32February 24, 1970Battle Creek, Michigan, USShot by police[1]
Tammi Terrell24March 16, 1970Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USBrain cancer[2]
Mary Ann Ganser
The Shangri-Las
22March 16, 1970Forest Hills, New York, USDrug overdose
Kid Thomas35April 5, 1970Los Angeles, California, USShooting
George Goldner52April 15, 1970Turtle Bay, New York, USHeart attack
Earl Hooker41April 21, 1970Chicago, Illinois, USTuberculosis
Otis Spann40-46April 24, 1970Chicago, Illinois, USLiver cancer[3]
Frankie Lee Sims53May 10, 1970Dallas, Texas, USPneumonia
Johnny Hodges62May 11, 1970New York City, New York, USHeart attack
Alan Wilson27September 3, 1970Topanga Canyon, California, USSuicide or accidental barbiturate overdose[4]
Maxwell Davis54September 18, 1970Los Angeles, California, USNon-Hodgkin lymphoma
Jimi Hendrix
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
27September 18, 1970Kensington, London, EnglandAsphyxiation on vomit[5]
Janis Joplin
Big Brother and the Holding Company
27October 4, 1970Los Angeles, California, USDrug overdose[6]
Baby Huey
Baby Huey & the Babysitters
26October 28, 1970Chicago, Illinois, USDrug related heart attack
Coot Grant77December 26, 1970Riverside County, California, US
Harold McNair
Ginger Baker's Air Force
39March 7, 1971London, EnglandLung cancer
Francis Wolff63March 8, 1971New York City, New York, US
Jim Morrison
The Doors
27July 3, 1971Paris, FranceHeart failure[7]
Louis Armstrong69July 6, 1971New York City, New York, USHeart attack
Henry D. "Homer" Haynes
Homer and Jethro
51August 7, 1971Hammond, Indiana, USHeart attack
King Curtis37August 13, 1971New York City, New York, USStabbing
Thomas Wayne31August 15, 1971Memphis, Tennessee, USTraffic accident
Lil Hardin Armstrong73August 27, 1971Chicago, Illinois, US
Gene Vincent36October 12, 1971California, USBurst stomach ulcer
Duane Allman
The Allman Brothers Band, Derek and the Dominos
24October 29, 1971Macon, Georgia, USTraffic accident
Art Laibly
Record producer and manager
77October 30, 1971
Junior Parker39November 18, 1971Blue Island, Illinois, USFollowing surgery for brain tumor
Papa Lightfoot47November 20, 1971Natchez, Mississippi, USRespiratory failure
Ross Bagdasarian Sr.
"David Seville", creator of The Chipmunks
52January 16, 1972Beverly Hills, California, USHeart attack[8]
Big Maybelle47January 23, 1972Cleveland, Ohio, USComplications from diabetes
Mahalia Jackson60January 27, 1972Evergreen Park, Illinois, USHeart failure and diabetes
Linda Jones27March 14, 1972Newark, New Jersey, USComplications from diabetes
Leslie Harvey
Stone the Crows
27May 3, 1972Swansea, WalesElectrocuted by a live microphone on stage
Reverend Gary Davis76May 5, 1972Hammonton, New Jersey, USHeart attack
Jimmy Rushing70June 8, 1972New York City, New York, USLeukemia
Clyde McPhatter
Billy Ward and His Dominoes, The Drifters
39June 13, 1972Teaneck, New Jersey, USHeart attack
Mississippi Fred McDowell66July 3, 1972Memphis, Tennessee, USCancer
Lovie Austin84July 10, 1972Chicago, Illinois, US
Brian Cole
The Association
29August 2, 1972Los Angeles, California, USDrug overdose
Baby Tate52August 17, 1972Columbia, South Carolina, USHeart attack
Calvin Frazier57September 23, 1972Detroit, Michigan, USCancer
Rory Storm34September 28, 1972Stoneycroft, Liverpool, EnglandSuicide
Billy Murcia
The New York Dolls
21November 6, 1972London, EnglandAccidental suffocation due to drugs and alcohol
Raymond Jackson
Record producer for Stax Records
31November 10, 1972USHouse fire
Berry Oakley
The Allman Brothers Band
24November 11, 1972Macon, Georgia, USTraffic accident
Danny Whitten
Crazy Horse
29November 18, 1972Los Angeles, California, USDrug overdose
William Manuel Johnson100December 3, 1972New Braunfels, Texas, US
Jeffrey Carp24January 1, 1973USDrowning (boat accident)
Kid Ory86January 23, 1973Honolulu, Hawaii, US
Ron "Pigpen" McKernan
The Grateful Dead
27March 8, 1973Corte Madera, California, USGastrointestinal hemorrhage from alcoholism
Duke Henderson48April 9, 1973Pacoima, Los Angeles, California, USHeart failure
Sammy Babitzin24April 29, 1973Jyväskylä, FinlandVisceral injuries caused by traffic accident
Clarence White
The Kentucky Colonels, The Byrds
29July 14, 1973Palmdale, California, USHit by drunk driver
Jimmy Radcliffe36July 27, 1973The Bronx, New York, US
Memphis Minnie76August 6, 1973Memphis, Tennessee, USStroke[9]
Paul Williams
The Temptations
34August 17, 1973Detroit, Michigan, USGunshot, disputed suicide
Gram Parsons26September 19, 1973Joshua Tree, California, USDrug overdose
Jim Croce30September 20, 1973Natchitoches, Louisiana, USPlane accident
Maury Muehleisen
Jim Croce's lead guitarist
24September 20, 1973Natchitoches, Louisiana, USPlane accident
Sister Rosetta Tharpe58October 9, 1973Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USStroke[10]
Gene Krupa64October 16, 1973Yonkers, New York, USLeukemia
John Rostill
The Shadows
31November 26, 1973Radlett, Hertfordshire, EnglandSuicide
Bobby Darin37December 20, 1973Los Angeles, California, USComplications following heart surgery
Packy Axton
The Mar-Keys
32January 20, 1974Memphis, Tennessee, USCirrhosis or heart attack
Bobby Bloom28February 28, 1974USSuicide
Bobby Timmons38March 1, 1974New York City, New York, US
Harry Womack
The Valentinos
28March 9, 1974Los Angeles, California, USStabbing
Roy Hawkins71March 19, 1974Compton, California, USCirrhosis
Arthur Crudup68March 28, 1974Nassawadox, Virginia, USComplications of heart disease and diabetes
Graham Bond
The Graham Bond Organisation, Ginger Baker's Air Force
36May 8, 1974London, EnglandSuicide
Duke Ellington75May 24, 1974New York City, New York, USPneumonia
Don Rich
The Buckaroos
32July 17, 1974San Luis Obispo, California, USTraffic accident
Gene Ammons49July 23, 1974Chicago, Illinois, USCancer
Lightnin' Slim61July 27, 1974Detroit, Michigan, USStomach cancer
Cass Elliot
The Mamas & the Papas
34July 29, 1974London, EnglandHeart failure
Bill Chase
Chase
39August 9, 1974Jackson, Minnesota, USPlane accident
Robbie McIntosh
Average White Band
24September 23, 1974Los Angeles, California, USDrug overdose
Pink Anderson74October 12, 1974Spartanburg, South Carolina, USHeart attack
Victor Olof
Record producer for Decca Records and HMV Records
76November 3, 1974US
Ivory Joe Hunter60November 8, 1974Memphis, Tennessee, USLung cancer
Nick Drake26November 25, 1974Tanworth-in-Arden, Warwickshire, EnglandSuicide by acute amitriptyline poisoning[11]
Louis Jordan
Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five
66February 4, 1975Los Angeles, California, USHeart attack
Dave Alexander
The Stooges
27February 10, 1975Ann Arbor, Michigan, USPneumonia
J. B. Long71February 25, 1975Elon, North Carolina, US
T-Bone Walker64March 16, 1975Los Angeles, California, USStroke
Pete Ham
Badfinger
27April 24, 1975Surrey, EnglandSuicide
Tom Donahue
Rock and roll radio disc jockey
46April 29, 1975Heart attack
Tim Buckley28June 29, 1975Santa Monica, California, USDrug overdose
Chan Daniels
The Highwaymen
35July 2, 1975Pneumonia
Otto Jeffries
The Five Royales
63July 8, 1975Winston-Salem, North Carolina, US
Don Robey
Record producer
71July 16, 1975Houston, Texas, USHeart attack
Lefty Frizzell47July 19, 1975Nashville, Tennessee, USStroke
Cannonball Adderley46August 8, 1975Gary, Indiana, USCerebral hemorrhage
Al Jackson, Jr.
Booker T. & the MG's
39October 1, 1975Memphis, Tennessee, USMurder by gunshot
Fiddlin' Joe Martin75November 2, 1975Walls, Mississippi, US
Gary Thain
The Keef Hartley Band, Uriah Heep
27December 8, 1975Norwood Green, EnglandDrug overdose[12]
Hound Dog Taylor60December 17, 1975Chicago, Illinois, USLung cancer
Howlin' Wolf65January 10, 1976Hines, Illinois, USCongestive heart failure
Chris Kenner46January 25, 1976New Orleans, Louisiana, USHeart attack
Rudy Pompilli
Bill Haley & His Comets
51February 5, 1976Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USLung cancer
Florence Ballard
The Supremes
32February 22, 1976Detroit, Michigan, USCoronary thrombosis
Arthur Gunter49March 16, 1976Port Huron, Michigan, USPneumonia
Luther "Snake Boy" Johnson34March 18, 1976Boston, Massachusetts, USLung cancer
Paul Kossoff
Free, Back Street Crawler
25March 19, 1976Flight from New York to Los Angeles, USDrug-related heart attack[13]
Phil Ochs35April 9, 1976New York City, New York, USSuicide by hanging
Keith Relf
The Yardbirds
33May 14, 1976London, EnglandElectrocuted by guitar[14]
Charles Stepney
Record producer and arranger
45May 17, 1976Chicago, Illinois, USHeart attack
Melvin Jackson60May 30, 1976Dallas, Texas, USTraffic accident
Jimmy Reed50August 29, 1976Oakland, California, USEpileptic seizure
L. C. Robinson61September 26, 1976Berkeley, California, USHeart attack
Leo Mintz
Record store and music promoter
65November 4, 1976Cleveland, Ohio, US
Tommy Bolin
Deep Purple, The James Gang, Zephyr
25December 4, 1976Miami, Florida, USDrug overdose
Freddie King42December 28, 1976Dallas, Texas, USHeart attack
Buddy Johnson62February 9, 1977USBrain tumor and sickle cell anemia
Bukka White67-70February 26, 1977Memphis, Tennessee, USCancer
Achim Kirchhoff
Scorpions
30April 1, 1977Germany
Annette Snell32April 4, 1977New Hope, Georgia, USSouthern Airways Flight 242 plane accident
Helmut Köllen27May 3, 1977Cologne, GermanyCarbon monoxide poisoning
Lafayette Thomas48May 20, 1977Brisbane, California, USHeart attack
Sleepy John Estes77-78June 5, 1977Brownsville, Tennessee, USStroke
Peter Laughner
Pere Ubu
24June 22, 1977Cleveland, Ohio, USAcute pancreatitis from alcohol and drug abuse[15]
Baby Boy Warren57July 1, 1977Detroit, Michigan, USHeart attack
Big John Wrencher54July 15, 1977Clarksdale, Mississippi, USHeart attack
Elvis Presley42August 16, 1977Memphis, Tennessee, USHeart attack[16]
Tarheel Slim63August 21, 1977New York City, New York, USPneumonia brought on by chemotherapy
George Barnes56September 5, 1977Concord, California, USHeart attack
Mercy Baby47September 10, 1977Dallas, Texas, USGunshot wound
Marc Bolan
T. Rex
29September 16, 1977London, EnglandTraffic accident[17]
Bing Crosby74October 14, 1977Alcobendas, SpainHeart attack
Cassie Gaines
Lynyrd Skynyrd
29October 20, 1977Gillsburg, Mississippi, USPlane accident
Steve Gaines
Lynyrd Skynyrd
28October 20, 1977Gillsburg, Mississippi, USPlane accident
Ronnie Van Zant
Lynyrd Skynyrd
29October 20, 1977Gillsburg, Mississippi, USPlane accident
Peg Leg Sam65October 27, 1977Jonesville, South Carolina, US
Big Chief Ellis63December 20, 1977Birmingham, Alabama, USHeart failure
St. Louis Jimmy Oden74December 30, 1977Bronchopneumonia
Terry Kath
Chicago
31January 23, 1978Los Angeles, California, USAccidentally shot himself
Gregory Herbert30January 31, 1978Amsterdam, NetherlandsDrug overdose
Bill Kenny63March 23, 1978New Westminster, CanadaRespiratory illness[18]
Money Johnson60March 28, 1978New York City, New York, US
Sandy Denny31April 21, 1978London, EnglandCerebral hemorrhage after accidental fall
Gerry Shury33May 24, 1978Surrey, EnglandTraffic accident
Juke Boy Bonner46June 29, 1978Houston, Texas, USCirrhosis
Glenn Goins
Parliament-Funkadelic
24July 29, 1978USHodgkin's lymphoma
Joe Negroni
Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers
37September 5, 1978New York City, New York, USCerebral hemorrhage
Al Benson
Radio disc jockey, music promoter and record label owner
70September 6, 1978Three Oaks, Michigan, US
Tom Wilson
Record producer
47September 6, 1978Los Angeles, California, USHeart attack
Keith Moon
The Who
32September 7, 1978London, EnglandDrug overdose[19]
Johnny O'Keefe43October 6, 1978Darlinghurst, New South Wales, AustraliaHeart attack
Chris Bell
Big Star
27December 27, 1978East Memphis, Tennessee, USTraffic accident
Donny Hathaway33January 13, 1979New York City, New York, USSuicide or accidental fall
Grant Green43January 31, 1979New York City, New York, USHeart attack
Sid Vicious
Sex Pistols
21February 2, 1979New York City, New York, USSuicide or drug overdose
Roy Montrell51March 16, 1979Amsterdam, NetherlandsDrug overdose
Joe Willie Wilkins56-58March 28, 1979Memphis, Tennessee, USMeningitis
James Leroy32May 10, 1979Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaSuicide
Lowell George34June 29, 1979Arlington, Virginia, USHeart attack
Van McCoy39July 6, 1979Englewood, New Jersey, USHeart attack
Minnie Riperton
Rotary Connection
31July 12, 1979Los Angeles, California, USBreast cancer
Dorsey Burnette
the Rock and Roll Trio
46August 19, 1979Los Angeles, California, USCoronary thrombosis
Jimmy McCulloch
Paul McCartney & Wings
26September 27, 1979London, EnglandMorphine poisoning
Gus Cannon96October 15, 1979Memphis, Tennessee, US
Tiki Fulwood
Parliament-Funkadelic
35October 29, 1979USStomach cancer
John Glascock
Carmen, Jethro Tull
28November 17, 1979London, EnglandCongenital heart defect
Jackie Brenston49-51December 15, 1979Memphis, Tennessee, USHeart attack
Voyle Gilmore
Record producer from Capitol Records
67December 19, 1979

See also

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