1965 in music

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Deaths

• February 15 - Nat King Cole, complications following surgery for lung cancer
• March 22 - Harry Tierney, musical theatre composer
• May 1 - Spike Jones, comedy musician
• June 18 - George Melachrino, English conductor, singer and composer
• July 14 - Spencer Williams
• September 4 - Albert Schweitzer, missionary and musician
• September 8 - Dorothy Dandridge, actress and singer
• October 21 - Bill Black, US musician
• November 6 - Clarence Williams;
• December 10 - Henry Cowell, composer
• December 11 - Rafael Hernandez, composer
• December 16 - Tito Schipa, tenor