1968 in music

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Deaths

• January 18 - Gribouille, French songstress
• February 5 - Luckey Roberts, ragtime composer and pianist
• February 15 - Little Walter, blues singer and harmonica player
• February 28 - Frankie Lymon, American singer
• March 16 - Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, composer
• May 19 - Coleman Hawkins, jazz musician
• June 26 - Ziggy Elman, US trumpet player
• August 18 - Arthur Marshall (ragtime composer)
• September 19 - Red Foley, country singer
• October 30 - Pops Foster, jazz musician
• date unknown - Billy Pigg, bagpiper