Apr 1 Alfred Ernest Whitehead, English-Canadian composer, dies at 86 Apr 13 Stanley Smith, American actor and singer (King of Jazz; Soup to Nuts; Good News), dies at 71 Apr 14 Al Morgan, American jazz double-bassist (Cab Calloway; Fats Waller; Louis Jordan), dies at 65 Apr 15 Giovanni D'Anzi, Italian pianist and songwriter ("Malinconia d'amore"), dies at 68 Apr 17 Herbert Elwell, American composer (Happy Hypocrite), dies at 75 Apr 17 Vinnie Taylor, American rock guitarist (Sha Na Na), dies of a drug overdose at 25 Mar 1974 Deaths in Music by Year May 1974 Famous Singers Country Singers Jazz Singers Opera Singers Pop Singers Rappers Rock Singers
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