Sharon Jones ~ 60 ~ American singer (Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings) was probably the best traditional soul singer of the modern era. She had had a long battle with cancer which had seemed to be in remission and at the time of her death she was in a popular car TV ad
SHARON JONES ~ "100 Nights";
SHARON JONES & THE DAP KINGS ~ "STRANGER TO MY HAPPINESS";
SHARON JONES ~ "MIDNIGHT RIDER";
Prince Buster ~ 78 ~ Jamaican ska musician ("One Step Beyond" (later covered by Madness), "Al Capone", "Madness")
PRINCE BUSTER ~ "AL CAPONE";
PRINCE BUSTER ~ "ONE STEP BEYOND";
PRINCE BUSTER ~ "WASH WASH";
Joni Sledge ~ 60 ~ American singer w/1970's R&B/Disco group Sister Sledge ("We Are Family")
SISTERS SLEDGE ~ "WE ARE FAMILY";
SISTERS SLEDGE ~ "HE'S THE GREATEST DANCER";
Clyde Stubblefield ~ 73 ~ American R&B drummer w/James Brown
JAMES BROWN
JAMES BROWN ~ "I GOT THE FEELING";
Joan Marie Johnson ~ 72 ~ Singer w/1960's Girl Group the Dixie Cups ("Chapel Of Love", "Iko Iko");
THE DIXIE CUPS ~ "CHAPEL OF LOVE";
THE DIXIE CUPS ~ "IKO IKO";
Diz Russell, 83, American singer w/1950's & 60's Doo-Wop groups The Regals and The Orioles ("It's Too Soon To Know", "Baby Please Don't Go", "Crying In The Chapel", "It's Gonna Be A Lonely Christmas")
THE ORIOLES ~ "CRYING IN THE CHAPEL";
Ernestine Anderson, 87, American Jazz, Blues and R&B pianist and vocalist from the 1940's on, sang with Johnny Otis, Lionel Hampton, Gigi Gryce, Quincy Jones later solo
ERNESTINE ANDERSON ~ "MOANIN'";
Shelly Moore ~ 84 ~ British born American Big Band Jazz singer from the 1950's & 60's w/Vic Lewis, Ramsey Lewis, Ray McKinney and Plas Johnson, recorded on Argo Records
SHELLY MOORE ~ "WHEN THE LIGHTS ARE LOW";
Joe Ligon, 80, American gospel singer (Mighty Clouds of Joy)
THE MIGHTY CLOUDS OF JOY ~ "WALK AROUND HEAVEN";
Clifford Curry ~ 79 ~ American 1960's R&B singer ("She Shot a Hole in My Soul")
CLIFFORD CURRY ~ "SHE SHOT A HOLE IN MY HEART";
Shirley Bunnie Foy ~ 80 ~ 1960's and 70's American Jazz, Gospel and R&B singer w/Archie Shepp, Art Blakey, Milt Jackson, The Dell-Tones
ARCHIE SHEPP & BUNNIE FOY ~ "SEA OF FACES";
