1. February 4, 1975: Leader of the Tympany Five, whose hits included "Caldonia" and "Saturday Night Fish Fry": Louis Jordan
2. May 18, 1975: "Sleigh Ride" composer: Leroy Anderson
3. December 24, 1975: He wrote that "eep, eep, eep" music for Psycho, among other film scores: Bernard Herrmann
4. February 22, 1976: One of the original Supremes, she had fallen on hard times: Florence Ballard
5. December 4, 1976: British composer famous for his opera Peter Grimes and his Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (and Noye's Fludde): Benjamin Britten
6. December 28, 1976: Grand Funk stayed up all night playing poker with him: Freddie King
7. August 16, 1977: The King of Rock and Roll: Elvis Presley
8. August 19, 1977: Comic actor who sang in movies with his brothers, including Duck Soup and Animal Crackers: Groucho Marx
9. September 13, 1977: Conductor who shook hands with Mickey Mouse in Fantasia: Leopold Stokowski
10. September 16, 1977: Lead singer of T. Rex: Marc Bolan
11. October 14, 1977: Crooner most famous for "White Christmas" and his family's holiday specials: Bing Crosby
12. October 20, 1977: Lead singer of Lynyrd Skynyrd: Ronnie Van Zant
13. January 23, 1978: Chicago guitarist and singer of "Make Me Smile": Terry Kath
14. September 7, 1978: Drummer for The Who: Keith Moon
15. February 2, 1979: Bassist (?) of the Sex Pistols: Sid Vicious
16. June 29, 1979: Singer, guitarist, and founder of Little Feat: Lowell George
17. July 6, 1979: He did "The Hustle" in 1975, and died in 1979: Van McCoy

Bonus: August 9, 1975: Soviet composer famous for symphonies and the opera Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District: Dmitri Shostakovich