Dec 3 Charles "Cow Cow" Davenport, American boogie-woogie and blues musician, dies of hardening of the arteries at 61 Dec 8 Jacques Handschin, Swiss musicologist (Der Toncharakter), dies at 69 Dec 11 Franz Syberg, Danish organist and composer, dies at 51 Nov 1955 Deaths in Music by Year Jan 1956 Famous Singers Country Singers Jazz Singers Opera Singers Pop Singers Rappers Rock Singers