Ed Ackerson ~ 54 ~ American singer-songwriter, guitarist with 1990's Minnesota indie band (Polara, Antenna)
Andy Anderson, drummer w/the Cure, the Glove, Gun Club, Sham 69, Peter Gabriel, Edwyn Collins, Iggy Pop
Patxi Andión ~ 72 ~ Spanish-Basque folk singer/songwriter
Martin Armiger ~ 61 ~ Guitarist with Australian New Wave band The Sports ("Who Listens To The Radio")
Jeff Austin ~ 45 ~ Mandolinist with Yonder Mountain String Band
Marcel Azzola - 91 - French accordionist (Jacques Brel)
Gus Backus ~ Singer with 1950's Doo Wop group the Del Vikings
Billy Bacon ~ American Rockabilly & Honky-Tonk singer/bassist
Bad Azz ~ 43 ~ American rapper
Ginger Baker ~ 80 ~ English Hall of Fame drummer with Cream, Blind Faith, Graham Bond Organization, Ginger Baker's Air Force, Public Image Ltd
Scott Ballew - Drummer for 1990's Nashville Power Pop band The Shazam
Chuck Barksale - Singer for 1960's Doo Wop and R&B group the Dells
Paul Barrere ~ Guitarist with 1970's American rock band Little Feat
Alain Barrière ~ 84 ~ French 1960's pop singer
Dave Bartholomew - 100 - American Hall of Fame musician, bandleader and songwriter with Fats Domino, ("Ain't That a Shame", "I'm Walkin'"), Smiley Lewis ("I Hear You Walking"), Lloyd Price ("Lawdy Miss Clawdy")
Carlin Joie Belof ~ Toronto singer/songwriter
Eddie Benitez - 62 - American Latin Jazz guitarist
George Benson - 90 - American Jazz and R&B saxophonist solo and with the Temptations
Juninho Berin ~ 38 ~ Brazilian samba singer and songwriter
David Berman ~ 52 ~ American poet and singer-songwriter w/the Silver Jews, Purple Mountains
Gilles Bertin ~ 58 ~ Singer/bassist with 1980's French punk band Camera Silens
Ed Bickert ~ Toronto Jazz guitarist from the 1960's onward
Věra Bílá ~ 64 ~ Czech-Roma folk pop singer
Edwin Birdsong ~ 77 ~ American 1970's & 80's funk keyboardist
Shane Bisnett ~ 31 ~ Bassist with Boston Metalcore band Ice Nine Kills
Jake Black - 59 - Scottish with Electro Pop band Alabama 3
Malcom Black - singer/guitarist w/New Zealand Pop Soul Group Netherworld Dancing Toys
Hal Blaine ~ Wrecking Crew drummer w/The Byrds (first single only), Beach Boys, Monkees, Crystals, Marketts, Ronettes, Routers, Jan & Dean
Jules Blattner ~ St Louis Rockabilly guitarist/singer with The Teen Tones, Chuck Berry andthe Warren Groovy All Stars
Spencer Bohren - 69 - American roots guitarist
Dave Bookman ~ Radio DJ (CIUT, CFNY, INDIE 88) and singer with 1980's indie band The Bookman
Murray Bowles ~ 68 ~ American music photographer (Green Day, Operation Ivy)
Harold Bradley ~ Nashville session guitarist & bassist and f one of architects (along with brother Owen) of the early 60's Nashville Sound, played with Patsy, Elvis, Roy Orbison. Willie Nelson, Floyd Cramer, Skeeter Davis
José Mário Branco ~ 77 ~ Portuguese singer-songwriter, actor and record producer
Joanne Brooks ~ 1970's & 80's Toronto R&B singer and singer with New Wave band Rough Trade
Alex Brown ~ Guitarist with American Hardcore bands Project X, Gorilla Biscuits and Side By Side
Glen Brown ~ 75 ~ Jamaican reggae musician and record producer w/Glenroy Richards and King Tubby
Downtown Kenny Brown ~ 72 ~ Blues Rock singer/guitarist from the 1960's onward with the Pervaders, Mild & Bitter and the Crackerjack Blues Band
Maxine Brown ~ 87 ~ Singer with 1950's Country group the Browns ("Three Bells", "Scarlet Ribbons")
Richard Brunelle ~ 55 ~ Guitarist with American Thrash bands Morbid Angel, Paths of Possession
Browning Bryant ~ 62 ~ South Carolina folk/country teen singer in the early sixties
Clora Bryant ~ 92 ~ Jazz drummer with The International Sweethearts Of Rhythym and The Queens Of Swing and trumpet player with Louis Armstrong, Harry James, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Billie Holliday, Ella Fitzgerald and later also a singer
Kofi Burbridge ~ 57 ~ American rock multi-instrumentalist (Tedeschi Trucks Band, The Derek Trucks Band, Aquarium Rescue Unit)
Irving Burgie ~ 95 ~ American Hall of Fame songwriter ("Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)", "Jamaica Farewell", "In Plenty and In Time of Need")
Micheal Busbee, 43, American songwriter ("Try" (Pink), "Our Kind of Love" (Lady Antebellum), "Summer Nights" (Rascal Flatts)) and music producer
Frankie Busseri of 1950's Toronto pop vocal group the Four Lads ("Watching All The Girls Go By", "No Not Much", "Moments To Remember"
Bvlly ~ 24 ~ (real name Jahquar Stewart)Toronto rapper
Jan Byrczek ~ 83 ~ Polish-American jazz bassist, founder of Jazz Forum
Cadet - 28 - British rapper
Padú del Caribe ~ 99 ~ Aruban musician and songwriter ("Aruba Dushi Tera")
Neal Casal ~ 50 ~ American folk-rock singer/songwriter/guitarist w/Ryan Adams, Chris Robinson Brotherhood, Hard Working Americans, The Skiffle Players, Circles Around the Sun and solo
Jim Cullum Jr. ~ 77 ~ American Dixieland jazz cornetist and radio host
Jerry Carrigan - 75 - American rock drummer (Elvis Presley, John Denver, Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section)
Mean Steve Carroll ~ 1950's Rockabilly singer and later pro wrestling TV host
Donna Carson ~ 73 ~ American 1960's Folk singer w/duo Hedge & Carson
Justin Carter ~ American Country singer
Beth Carvalho - 72 - Brazilian samba singer
Steve Cash ~ 73 ~ American singer-songwriter, author and harmonica player with Southern Rock band The Ozark Mountain Daredevils
Gualberto Castro ~ 84 ~ Mexican singer & actor with 1950's vocal group Los Hermanos Castro
Glen Cataline - drummer for NYC metal band the Godz
Jimmy Cavallo ~ 92 ~ American Singer & sax player with 1950's R&R and R&B group Jimmy Cavallo & the House Rockers ("Rock Rock Rock", "Rock The Joint", The Big Beat")
Philippe “Zdar” Cerboneschi ~ Half of French Electro Duo Cassius
George Chambers ~ 88 ~ Singer & bassist with 1960's Soul/Psychedelic band the Chambers Brothers ("Time Has Come Today")
Johnny Clegg ~ 66 ~ South African singer/songwriter and Anti-Apartheid with 1980's band Juluka ("Scatterings Of Africa")
JR Cobb - guitarist with the 1970's Southern-Pop bands Atlanta Rhythm Section and Classics IV
John Cohen ~ 75 ~ Singer/guitarist/banjo player with 1960's American Folk group the New Lost City Ramblers and producer for banjo player Roscoe Holcomb. Also documentary film maker of the folk, beatnik and abstract art scenes.
Earl Thomas Conley ~ American country singer/songwriter
Kate Cook - 36 - Australian singer and reality television contestant
Bruce Corbitt - singer with Texas thrash bands Rigor Mortis and Warbeast
Alberto Cortez - 79 - Argentine singer and songwriter
Mickey Coyle ~ bassist with UK punk bands GBH, Dead Wretched and the Burning
Dick Dale ~ King Of The Surf Guitar ("Misirlou")
Herb Dale ~ Toronto country singer/songwriter
Steve Dalachinsky ~ 72 ~ American Beat poet, spoken word and sound artist and writer
Britt Damberg ~ 82 ~ Swedish singer
LaShawn Daniels ~ 41 ~ American pop songwriter w/Brandy Norwood, Lady Gaga, Beyoncé, Jennifer Lopez, and Whitney Houston, Destiny's Child
James Dapogny - 78 - American jazz musicologist and pianist
Doris Day ~ Pop singer & actress from the 1950's to the 90's ("C'Est Cera Cera", "Secret Love")
Leo DeCastro ~ Singer with 1970's Australian Pub Rock band King Harvest ("Moondance", "Wichita Lineman")
Mikey Dees - Singer/guitarist with 1990's Olympia Washington Punk band Fitz Of Depression
Jim DeSalvo ~ 53 ~ American music producer (Jon Anderson) and composer
Detsl - 35 - Russian hip hop artist
Memphis Deville ~ 72 ~ Vancouver guitarist
Magenta DeVine ~ TV host, publicist for Thin Lizzy and founding member of Sigue Sigue Sputnik;
Clark Dimond - 77 - American guitarist, producer and writer
Kenny Dixon ~ 27 ~ American drummer w/ pop singer Kane Brown
Brian Doherty - Guitarist with 1990's Alt Rock band Big Wreck
Lorna Doom ~ Bassist with 1980's California Punk band the Germs
MF Doom ~ 49 ~ American Rapper
Danny Doyle - 79 - Irish folk singer ("The Rare Ould Times")
Daryl Dragon ~ 76 ~ American musician and songwriter from the 1970's (Captain & Tennille, The Beach Boys, The Dragons)
John Dudgeon ~ Singer for 1970's Canadian band Steel River
Gary Duncan ~ 72 ~ American rock guitarist w/1960's bands Quicksilver Messenger Service and The Brogues
Malcolm "Molly" Duncan ~ 74 ~ Scottish saxophonist with 1970's R&B band the Average White Band ("Play That Funky Music")
Eddie Duran ~ 94 ~ American Latin Jazz guitarist w/Benny Goodman, Stan Getz, Cal Tjander, Vince Guraldi
Phil Durr ~ Guitarist with 1990's alt rock band Big Chief
Chartwell Dutiro ~ 62 ~ Zimbabwean mbira player
Huelyn Duvall ~ 1950's Rockabilly singer & songwriter (Gene Vincent, Stanford Clark);
Charlie Earle ~ Peterborough R&B singer
Feis Ecktuh ~ 32 ~ Dutch rapper
Rick Elias ~ 64 ~ Singer with Memphis Christian Rock band A Ragamuffin Band
Michiro Endo - 68 - Singer with 1980's Japanese Punk band The Stalin
Atilla Engin ~ 73 ~ Turkish born American-Danish jazz drummer
Kim English - 48 - American house music and gospel singer-songwriter
Ethel Ennis - 86 - American jazz singer
Preston Epps - 88 - American percussionist "Bongo Rock"
Roky Erickson - Texas Singer/songwriter with 1960's Psyche Garage band the 13th Floor Elevators ("You're Gonna Miss Me", "I've Got Levitation")
Bob Esty ~ 72 ~ American composer (Roller Boogie) and producer (Donna Summer)
Paddy Fahey - 102 - Irish fiddler and songwriter
Bruce Faulkner - Drummer for late 80's BC Garage band Bruno Gerussi's Medallion
Alvin Fielder ~ 83 ~ American jazz drummer w/Eddie Cleanhead Vinson, Sun Ra and others
Paul Finnie ~ Bassist of UK Metal band Power Quest
Keith Flint ~ Singer with 1990's UK Electro band The Prodigy ("Fire Starter")
Dean Ford ~ Singer with 1960's Scottish band Marmalade ("I See The Rain Again")
Willie Ford - Singer with 1960's & 70's R&B vocal group The Dramatics
Fred Foster ~ 87 ~ Country songwriter (w/Kris Kristofferson on "Me & Bobby McGee"), producer (Roy Orbison, Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson) and founder on Monument Records
Reb Foster ~ 84 ~ American radio DJ (KRLA) and band manager (The Turtles, Three Dog Night, Steppenwolf
Bob Frank - 75 - American singer-songwriter
Jay Frank, 47, American music executive, founder of DigSin
Kelly Fraser ~ 26 ~ Inuktitut folk & pop singer and songwriter ("Diamonds")
Stuart Fraser ~ 57 ~ Guitarist with Australian New Wave and indie bands Blackfeather, Noiseworks, John Farnham)
Marie Fredriksson ~ 61 ~ Swedish singer-songwriter with 1980's New Wave band Strul and 1990's pop band Roxette ("Joy Ride", "Must Have Been Love")
Kevin Fret - 24 - Puerto Rican rapper
Donnie Fritts ~ 76 ~ Session Keyboardist/drummer & songwriter with Kris Kristofferson, Billy Sherill and the Muscle Shoals studios
Péter Gallai ~ 65 ~ Keyboardist and songwriter with Hungarian Prog Rock band Pyramid and Bikini
Nature Ganganbaigal ~ 29 ~ Vocalist and multi-instrumentalist of Mongol-American Metal band Tengger Cavalry
Tim Gassen ~ Singer for 1980's Garage Psych band The Marshmallow Overcoat
Michel Gaudry - 90 - French jazz bassist w/Billie Holiday, Carmen McRae, Stephane Grappelli, Bud Powell, Stuff Smith, Kenny Clarke and Billy Strayhorn,
Russ Gibb - 87 - American music promoter (MC5, Ted Nugent, Iggy Pop)
Ian Gibbons - 67 - keyboardist with The Kinks (in the 80's), Dr Feelgood, Suzi Quatro, Ian Hunter, Kursal Flyers, the Sweet, Nashville Teens, Chris Farlowe
João Gilberto ~ 88 ~ Brazilian Bossa Nova singer-songwriter and guitarist from the 1950's onward
John Giorno ~ 82 ~ American Beat poet and spoken word artist
Chuck Glaser - 1970's Country singer/guitarist with the Glaser Brothers
Jim Glaser ~ 1970's Country singer/guitarist with the Glaser Brothers
Ib Glindemann - 84 - Danish jazz composer and bandleader
Tony Glover - 79 - American blues harmonicist (Koerner, Ray & Glover)
Tom Goodkind - singer guitarist with 1980's New York folk group the Washington Squares
Boon Gould - Guitarist with English 1980's UK band Level 42 ("Something About You")
Rudy Grayzell ~ 1950's Rockabilly and country singer
Lizzie Grey (real name; Stephen Perry) ~ 60 ~ Guitarist with Los Angeles Metal bands London (with Niki Sixx and various future members of WASP and Cinderella), Sister (with Blackie Lawless and future members of WASP) and Spiders & Snakes
Bonnie Guitar ~ 1950's & 60's Rock and Country singer/guitarist
Thommy Gustafsson ~ 71 ~ Keyboardist with 1960's Swedish band Sven-Ingvars
Joe Hall ~ Toronto folk rock singer/songwriter from the 1970's onward
Timi Hansen ~ Bassist for Metal bands Mercyful Fate and King Diamond
Dallas Harms ~ 84 ~ Canadian 1970's & 80's country singer/songwriter
Kylie Rae Harris ~ 30 ~ Texas country singer
Nancy Holloway ~ 86 ~ American born French based Jazz & R&B singer from the 1960's & 70's
Goo Hara ~ 28 ~ South Korean singer with girl group Kara and actress
Kent Harris- 1950's R&B singer, songwriter & band leader (under various names);
Dean Haydcock ~ Bassist with 1960's UK band the Hollies
Justin Hayes ~ Toronto guitarist & mandolinist
Al Hazan - 84 - American pianist (B. Bumble and the Stingers)
James Henke - 65 - American music journalist (Rolling Stone) and museum curator (Rock and Roll Hall of Fame)
Jerry Herman ~ 88 ~ American composer (Hello, Dolly!, Mame, La Cage aux Folles)
Omar Higgins, bassist with Memphis Punk bands Negro Terror & Downfall Of Humanity and Reggae bands Soul Enforcers & Chinese Connection Dub Embassy
Anthony J. Hilder ~ 84 ~ American surf music producer (The Original Surfaris, The Revels)
Peter Hobbs ~ Singer & guitarist with 1980's & 90's Australian Thrash band Hobbs Angel Of Death
Mark Hollis ~ Singer with 1980's Australian pop band Talk Talk ("It's My Life", "Such A Shame")
Jimi Hope - 62 - Togolese musician and painter
Robert Hunter ~ 78 ~ American poet and rock lyricist (Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia, Bob Dylan) and solo
Nipsey Hussle ~ 33 ~ American rapper ("Feelin' Myself", "FDT")
Johnny Hutchinson - Drummer for 1960's Liverpool band The Big Three and (briefly) The Beatles
Hans Ingemansson ~ Organist for 1980's Swedish Garage Rockers The Creeps
James Ingram ~ 66 ~ American 1980's Grammy winning R&B singer-songwriter ("Baby, Come to Me", "I Don't Have the Heart", "Yah Mo B There")
Neil Innes ~ British singer and comedian with The Bonzo Dog Band, the Rutles and Monty Python
Leo Iorga ~ 54 ~ Romanian rock singer and guitarist
Danny Ben-Israel ~ 75 ~ Israeli 1960's & 70's folk rock musician and producer
George Irish - 76 - Montserratian academic, musician, composer and writer
Einar Iversen - 88 - Norwegian jazz pianist and composer
Ruud Jacobs - 81 - Dutch Jazz bassist from the 50's onward w/Tony Scott, Louis Armstrong, Johnny Griffin, Kenny Clarke, Bud Powell, Bill Evans, Clark Terry, Stan Getz, Sonny Rollins, Gerry Mulligan, Art Farmer, Tony Bennett, Sarah Vaughan, Toots Thielemans
Joseph Jarman ~ 81 ~ American jazz sax and clarinet player with Art Ensemble of Chicago, Anthony Braxton, Cecil Taylor
Kelly Jay (Fordham) ~ 77 ~ Singer/Keyboardist with 1970's Canadian Rock band Crowbar ("Oh What A Feeling") and Ronnie Hawkins and King Biscuit Boy
Dr John (AKA Mac Rebannack) ~ 77 New Orleans Blues and R&B singer, pianist & songwriter
Daniel Johnston ~ 58 ~ American 1990's underground singer-songwriter and artist
Connie Jones - 84 - New Orleans jazz trumpeter
Sandie Jones ~ 68 ~ Irish Pop singer and Eurovison winner ("Ceol an Ghrá").
Herbert Joos ~ 79 ~ German jazz trumpeter
José José ~ 71 ~ Mexican 1970's pop singer
Juice World ~ 21 ~ American rapper ("All Girls Are the Same", "Lucid Dreams", "Bandit")
Arlindo Júnior ~ 51 ~ Brazilian folk singer
Larry Junstrom ~ 70 ~ American bassist (Lynyrd Skynyrd, 38 Special)
Vic Juris ~ American Jazz guitarist
Stephen Kasner ~ 49 ~ American artist who designed cover art for Metal bands Khlyst, Sunn O))), Integrity, Lotus Eaters, Skullflower, Subarachnoid Space and his own band Blood Fountains
Fred Keeler ~ Guitarist with 1960's Toronto band David Clayton Thomas & the Shays
Pat Kelly ~ 70 ~ Jamaican Reggae & Rocksteady singer
Kris Kelmi ~ 63 ~ Singer-songwriter with 1980's Russian rock band Autograph
John Kilzer ~ 62 ~ Memphis 1980's Roots Rock singer/guitarist "Red Blue Jeans";
Lisa Kindred ~ 79 ~ American folk/blues singer
Clydie King (AKA Brown Sugar) ~ 1970's American singer w/Ray Charles, Bob Dylan, Phil Spector, Humble Pie, Rolling Stones, BB King, Steely Dan, Barbra Streisand, Linda Ronstadt, Joe Cocker, Dickey Betts, Joe Walsh and solo
Kingzilla - 31 - Tanzanian rapper
George Klein - 83 - American disc jockey (WLFP) and TV host (Talent Party)
Jan Erik Kongshaug ~ 75 ~ Norwegian Jazz guitarist and recording engineer
Danny Kustow ~ 63 ~ English rock guitarist (Tom Robinson Band)
Sleepy La Beef ~ 84 ~ American Rockabilly singer
Marie Laforêt ~ 80 ~ French-Swiss 1960's pop singer
Brian LaHaie - drummer for Toronto folk band the Donefors & Cindy Doire
Michael Lai ~ 73 ~ Hong Kong Cantopop composer (Police Story, Project A Part II, Miracles)
Willy Lambregt - singer/guitarist for Belgian band The Scabs
Michael Lamper ~ 61 ~ American session guitarist w/the Allman Bros, Quiet Riot, Tommy Shaw, Los Lobos
Jerry Lawson ~ 75 ~ American singer with Doo-Wop group the Persuasions from the late sixties onward
Roberto Leal 67 ~ Portuguese-Brazilian singer
Mike Ledbetter ~ Chicago Blues singer/guitarist
Mable Lee - 97 - American tap dancer
Michel Legrand - 86 - French film composer ("The Thomas Crown Affair", "Summer of '42", "Yentl"), conductor and jazz pianist
Gianni Lenoci ~ 56 ~ Italian jazz pianist
Milcho Leviev ~ 81 ~ Bulgarian jazz pianist
Marie Starlet Levigne - singer/guitarist for Montreal Punks the Horny Bitches
Margaret Lewis ~ 79 ~ American singer-songwriter ("The Girl Most Likely", "Reconsider Me")
Monique Leyrac ~ 91 ~ French Canadian pop singer and actress "Mon Pays")
Kehinde Lijadu ~ 71 ~ Singer with 1970's Nigerian pop group the Lijadu Sisters
Magnus Lindberg - 66 - Swedish musician
Oli Lindholm - Singer guitarist with 1980's Finnish Punk band Appendix
Garrett List ~ 76 ~ Italian Jazz & Avant Garde sax player and composer w/John Cage, LaMonte Young and his group Musica Elettronica Viva and film composer for Dada filmmakers Hans Richter & Fernand Leger
Roy Loney ~ 72 ~ Singer/guitarist with 1970's San Francisco Proto-Punk band The Flamin' Groovies and the Phantom Movers
Pastor López - 74 - Venezuelan singer-songwriter
Bonnie Lou ~ 1950's & 60's Rockabilly/Country singer
Johnny Lovesin ~ Toronto R&R singer/guitarist from the 1970's onward
Damien Lovelock ~ 65 ~ Singer with Australian indie band the Celibate Rifles
Simaro Lutumba ~ 81 ~ Guitarist with Congolese band TPOK Jazz
Kenny Lynch ~ 81 ~ Bahamian/British R&B 1960's singer and actor ("You Can Never Stop Me Loving You", "Crazy Crazes")
Harold Mabern ~ 83 ~ American jazz pianist and composer solo and with Roland Kirk, the Jazztet, George Coleman, Art Farmer, Jimmy Heath, Lee Morgan, Wes Montgomery, Jackie McLean, Gene Ammons, Stanley Turrentine, George Benson, Tiny Grimes
Frank McCay ~ Singer with 1960's Nova Scotia band The Lincolns
Phil McCormack - Singer with Southern Rock band Molly Hatchet
Arty McGlynn ~ 71 ~ Guitarist with Irish folk group Patrick Street
Bat McGrath ~ 73 ~ American guitarist with Chuck Mangioni and songwriter with the Judds
Carl MacKenzie ~ Cape Breton traditional fiddler
Ted McKenna - drummer w/Alex Harvey, Rory Gallagher, Micheal Schenker and Ian Gillan
Joe McQueen ~ 100 ~ Utah based Jazz sax player from the 1950's omward w/Charlie Parker, Chet Baker, Paul Gonsalves, Lester Young, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, Nat King Cole, Louis Armstrong, Cab Calloway, Ray Charles, Hoagy Carmicheal.
Jacqui Magno - 65 - Filipino jazz singer
Ivan Maksimović ~ 57 ~ Guitarist with Serbian bands Metro, The No Smoking Orchestra
John Mann ~ 57 ~ Singer/guitarist with BC Folk Rock band Spirit Of The West from the 1980's onward.
Debi Martin ~ Singer/bassist with 1990's Indie band the Red Aunts
Barrie Masters ~ 68 ~ Singer with 1970's Pub Rock band Eddie & the Hot Rods
Ryan Masterson - singer/guitarist for New Jersey Power Pop band the Low Doses and the Paul Collins Beat
Dorothy Masuka - 83 - Zimbabwean-born South African jazz singer
Andre Matros - singer for Brazilian metal bands Angra and Viper
Elton Medeiros ~ 89 ~ Brazilian Bosa Nova and samba singer
Tiger Merritt - singer/guitarist for Kentucky Pop-Psyche band Morning Teleportation
Karlheinz Miklin ~ 72 ~ Austrian jazz sax and flute player
Norma Miller - 1930's Lindy Hop Swing Dancer
Tony Mills ~ 57 ~ Singer with 1980's UK and Norwegian Hair Metal bands Shy and TNT
Derek Mok ~ 42 ~ Toronto Folk singer
Eddie Money ~ 70 ~ 1970's & 80's American Rock & Pop singer ("Baby Hold On To Me", "Two Tickets To Paradise", "Think I'm In Love")
Eric Moore - vocals & bassist from 1970's NY metal band The Godz
Jackie Moore ~ 73 ~ American 1970's Soul singer ("Precious Precious")
Éric Morena ~ 68 ~ French singer
Rosa Morena ~ 78 ~ Spanish flamenco pop singer and actress
Oliver Mtukudzi ~ 66 ~ Zimbabwean guitarist
Willie Murphy - 75 - American blues pianist with Bonnie Raitt
Eduardo Nascimento ~ 76 ~ Angolan/Portuguese pop singer
Randy Nauert - 74 - Bassist with 1960's American Surf band The Bel-Airs ("Mr Moto", "Squad Car") & The Challengers
Jerry Naylor ~ 80 ~ Singer with The Crickets (post Buddy Holly) and solo
Art Neville - 81 - New Orleans singer-songwriter and keyboardist w/The Meters & The Neville Brothers
Terje Nilsen ~ 67 ~ Norwegian singer-songwriter
Ken Nordine - 1950's & 60's Beatnik Jazz Poet
Ric Ocasek ~ 74 ~ Singer/songwriter with classic Boston New Wave band The Cars as well as producer for Suicide, Bad Brains, Romeo Void, Hole, Nada Surf, Bad Religion, Black 47, Guided by Voices, Weezer, Bebe Buell, No Doubt, Johnny Bravo, D Generation, Possum Dixon, Martin Rev and going full circle, Jonathan Richman
Ayub Ogada - 63 Kenyan singer and lyre player
Omeofa Oghene ~ Nigerian reggae singer
Dessie O'Halloran ~ 79 ~ Irish fiddler and vocalist
Vaughan Oliver ~ 62 ~ British album cover graphic designer for 4AD Records (Cocteau Twins, the Pixies, Bush, Mojave 3, Lush, Cocteau Twins, The Breeders, This Mortal Coil. Pale Saints, Throwing Muses, David Sylvian, the Golden Palominos
Sergey Ostroumov - 53 - Drummer with Russian band Mashina Vremeni
Paulo Pagni - 61 - Drummer with Brazilian 1980's band RPM
Alan R. Pearlman - 93 - American sound engineer, founder of ARP Instruments
Barrington Pheloung - 65 - British television composer for "Endreavour", "Inspector Morse" & "Inspector Lewis"
Jud Phillips Jr ~ 71 ~ American music industry executive (Mercury Records)
Celso Piña - 66 - Mexican cumbia singer, composer and accordionist
Zippy Pinhead ~ Vancouver drummer with 1980's punk bands DOA, Randy Rampage and the Dils
Mitch Podolak ~ Toronto/Winnipeg Folk singer/banjoist and founder of the Winnipeg Folk Festival
Pete Posa ~ 1960's New Zealand surf guitarist
Graham Powers - Singer for 1960's Montreal Garage band MG & The Escorts ("I Can't Go On")
Anne Grete Preus ~ Singer with 1980's Norwegian Folk Rock bands Veslefrikk and Can Can
Andre Previn - French Jazz, Classical and film pianist & composer
Louie Rankin ~ 66 ~ Jamaican-born Canadian dancehall reggae singer
Paul Raymond- guitarist/keyboardist for UFO, Savoy Brown, Chicken Shack, Danny Kirwin
Mac Rebennack (AKA Dr John) - New Orleans R&B singer/pianist
Leon Redbone ~ Toronto 1970's folk singer/songwriter
Les Reed - 83 - English songwriter w/Tom Jones ("It's Not Unusual", "Delilah", "The Last Waltz")
Dick Richards ~ 95 ~ Drummer with Bill Haley & the Comets
Emil Richards ~ 87 ~ American Jazz vibes player w/Perry Como, the Ray Charles Singers, George Shearing, Don Ellis, Paul Horn,Harry Partch, George Harrison, Frank Sinatra, Frank Zappa, Doris Day, Judy Garland, Nelson Riddle, Steely Dan, Sarah Vaughan and leading his own band the Microtonal Blues Band as well as on the themes for TV shows the Adams Family and the Simpsons
Ubirajara Penacho dos Reis (AKA Bira) ~ 85 ~ Brazilian bassist
Dave Riley ~ 59 ~ Bassist for Chicago Noise Bands Big Black and Alegbra Suicide, bassist and engineer for George Clinton
Steve Ripley ~ 69 ~ American singer/guitarist with Country Rock band The Tractors
María Rivas ~ 59 ~ Venezuelan Latin jazz singer, composer and painter
Dick Rivers- the French Gene Vincent and singer for Les Chats Sauvages (AKA the Savage Cats)
Rick Rivets - Singer with 1970's NYC punk band The Brats
Margo Rodriguez - 89 - American 1940's & 50's dancer, popularized the mambo
Ranking Roger - singer with UK 1980's Ska bands the English Beat and General Public
Sara Romweber - drummer for 80's North Carolina Power Pop band Let's Active and the Dex Romweber Duo;
Ted Rusk ~ Toronto singer/songwriter with Roots Rockers The Great Canadian Swampstompers
Doug Sandom - 89 - English drummer, original drummer for the Who
Bernie Sandor ~ Toronto sound engineer for Robbie Lane, Pretzel Logic, plus Brass Transit, Oakland Stroke
Argentina Santos ~ 95 ~ Portuguese Fado singer
Šaban Šaulić - 67 - Serbian folk singer
Harvey Scales - 78 - American soul singer and songwriter ("Disco Lady", "Love-Itis")
Mose Scarlett ~ Toronto folk/blues singer/songwriter from the 1970's onward
Mick Schauer ~ Keyboardist with 1990's American Alt Rock band Clutch
Larry Shelast ~ Drummer for 1980' & 90's Edmonton Cowpunk band Jr Gone Wild
Jack Sheldon; Jazz trumpeter w/Stan Kenton, Art Pepper and Gerry Mulligan and the voice of the "Schoolhouse Rocks" toons "I'm Just A Bill" and "Conjunction Junction"
Papa Don Schroeder ~ 78 ~ American radio station owner (WPNN) and record producer
Jack Scott ~ 82 ~ Canadian/American 1950's Rockabilly and Country singer ("Goodbye Baby", "Burning Bridges", "The Way I Walk", "Little Sadie")
Yonrico Scott ~ 63 ~ American drummer with Jam Band The Derek Trucks Band
Mose Se Sengo - 73 - Congolese soukous guitarist
Serguei - 85 - Brazilian rock singer-songwriter
Leigh Serridge ~ Drummer with 1960's Detroit all-girl band Cradle (w/the Quatro Sisters)
Sanger D. Shafer - 84 - American country songwriter ("All My Ex's Live in Texas", "Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind"
Jackie Shane ~ 1960's Toronto R&B singer
Kim Shattuck ~ 56 ~ American singer, songwriter and guitarist with punk bands The Muffs, The Pandoras, Pixies
Michael Sherwood ~ 60 ~ American singer and keyboardist with rock bands Air Supply, Lodgic, Conspiracy, also co-producer with Toto
Lonnie Simmons ~ 70s ~ American record producer, founder of Total Experience Records (The Gap Band)
Tara Simmons - 34 - Australian experimental musician
Bill Sims - 69 - American blues pianist
David Sinclair ~ Vancouver guitarist w/1980's BC band Straight Lines and later KD Lang & Sarah McLaughlan
Paul Sinegal - 75 - American zydeco and blues guitarist and singer
Frankie Smith ~ 66 ~ American 1980's funk and R&B musician "Double Dutch Bus"
Greedy Smith ~ 63 ~ Singer with 1980's Australian New Wave band Mental As Anything
Pepe Smith - 71 - Filipino rock singer/guitarist (Juan de la Cruz Band, Speed, Glue & Shinki, Asin)
Russell Smith ~ 70 ~ Singer-songwriter with American 1970's Country Rock band the Amazing Rhythm Aces
Shawn Smith - Singer with American Grunge bands Brad, Satchel, Pigeonhead
Yannis Spathas ~ 68 ~ Guitarist with 1970's hard rock band Greek Socrates Drank the Conium (AKA Socrates)
Bill Spence - American 1970's folk dulcimer player
Sarah Springfield ~ 67 ~ Singer with NY 1970's Punk band the Erasers
John Starling ~ Singer/guitarist with 1970's Bluegrass bands the Seldom Scene and Carolina Star
Jacqueline Steiner - 94 - American folk singer-songwriter and social activist
Gary Stewart ~ 62 ~ American music executive and archivist (Rhino Records, Apple Inc.)
Joffre Stewart ~ 93 ~ American beat poet and anarchist
Jah Stitch - 69 - Jamaican reggae singer
Eric Stumpo ~ Singer/guitarist with 1980's NY Psyche band Plan 9
Morten Stützer ~ 57 ~ Guitarist with Danish Thrash band Artillery
Sulli ~ 25 ~ South Korean singer and songwriter with Girl group f(x)
Art Sullivan ~ 69 ~ Belgian singer
Francesca Sundsten ~ 59 ~ Painter and bassist w/1980's Seattle Art-Punk Noise band The Beakers, married to King Crimson drummer Bill Rieflin;
Iain Sutherland ~ 71 ~ Scottish singer/guitarist/keyboardist (The Sutherland Brothers) and songwriter ("(I Don't Want to Love You But) You Got Me Anyway", "Arms of Mary")
Bob Szajner ~ 81 ~ Detroit jazz pianist w/Donald Byrd and solo
Eddie Taylor Jr ~ 47 ~ American blues singer and guitarist
Larry Taylor ~ 77 ~ Bassist for US 1960's band Canned Heat as well as The Monkees, Jerry Lee Lewis, John Mayall, Tom Waits, Sunnyland Slim, Albert King, Leo Kotke, John Lee Hooker, Kid Ramos, Hollywood Fats, John Hammond, Ry Cooder, Keith Levine, Charlie Musselwhite, JJ Cale, Kim Wilson.
Scotty Teece ~ American Rockabilly drummer w/Kim Lenz and Nick Curran
Joe Terry - Singer with 1950's Doo Wop group Danny & the Juniors
Eddie Tigner - pianist for Elmore James and the Inkspots
Greg Topper ~ California R&R/blues singer/pianist
Peter Tork ~ Bassist/Singer/Muti-Instrumentalist with the Monkees ("Valleri", "Aunti Grizelda", "Daydream Believer")
Bernie Torme ~ British Metal Guitarist with Gillan and Ozzy Osborne
Tre Da Kid - 32 - American rapper
Juan Vicente Torrealba - 102 - Venezuelan harpist and composer
Ted Treibner ~ Guitarist with 1980's & 90's Canadian Garage Punk band UIC and Cowpunk band Positively Stompin
Don Tremaine ~ Nova Scotia 1950's Country singer and later CBC host
Mick Tupelo ~ Singer/guitarist with BC Psychobilly band the Deadcats from the 1980's onward
Yuya Uchida ~ Percussionist and producer of of 1960's Japanese Psyche band Flower Travellin' Band
Paz Undurraga ~ 89 ~ Chilean Pop & Folk singer from the 1960's onward
Brian Velasco ~ Drummer for Philippines Metal band Razorback
Alexandr Vasilyev ~ Drummer with 1980's Russian pop and rock bands Center and Joanna Stingray
Rita Vidaurri - 94 - American tejano and jazz singer w/Nat King Cole
Paolo Vinaccia - 65 - Italian jazz percussionist
Bill Vitt ~ Drummer with 1970's San Francisco Jazz Rock band the Sons Of Champlin, also Jerry Garcia, Tom Fogarty, Brewer & Shipley
Ernie Vlasicks ~ 50's - Guitarist with Toronto Punk band Swamp Baby
Vic Vogel ~ 84 ~ Hungarian born Montreal Jazz and Fusion pianist, composer and conductor from the 1960's onward.
Paul Whaley ~ Drummer with 1960's Metal band Blue Cheer ("Summertime Blues")
Scott Walker ~ 1960's American/British singer with the Walker Bros ("The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore")
Wee Willie Walker ~ 77 ~ American 1960's Soul singer
Larry Wallis ~ 70 ~ English guitarist with 1970's bands the Pink Fairies, Motorhead, Dr Feelgood
Jeff Walls ~ Guitarist with 1980's Cowpunk band Guadalcanal Diary ("Watusi Rodeo")
Beverly Watkins ~ 80 ~ American blues guitarist & singer
Lloyd Watson ~ 70 ~ English rock guitarist w/Brian Eno, Andy MacKay & Phil Manzanara
Artie Wayne - 77 - American musician, songwriter and record producer
Gary Webb-Proctor (AKA Gary 17) ~ Toronto music journalist & promoter
Phil Western - 47 - Canadian electronic musician (Download, PlatEAU)
Peter Westergaard - 88 ~ American avant-garde composer of serial music
Dave White ~ Singer/songwriter with 1950's Doo Wop group Danny & The Juniors
Why-S ~ 18 ~ (real name Keyshawn Brown) Toronto rapper
Erling Wicklund - 75 - Norwegian jazz trombonist and journalist
Bob Wilber ~ 91 ~ American Traditional Jazz clarinet and sax player from the 1940's onward w/the Wildcats, Muggsy Spanier, Baby Dodds, Danny Barker, Bud Freeman, Pee Wee Russell, George Wettling, Jimmy McPartland, Wild Bill Davison, James P. Johnson, Bobby Hackett, Benny Goodman, Sidney Bechet, Jack Teagarden and Eddie Condon.
Mike Wilhelm - guitarist with 1960's San Francisco Garage band The Charlatans and 1970's and 80's band the Flaming Groovies
Andre Williams ~ 1950's & 60's R&B singer and songwriter ("Shake A TailFeather", "Bacon Fat", "Jail Bait")
Davey Williams - 66 - American avant-garde Jazz guitarist (Curlew) and music critic
John Gary Williams - Singer with 1960's R&R vocal group The Mad Lads ("Come Closer To Me")
Irv Williams ~ 100 ~ American Big Band Jazz sax and clarinet player w/Ella Fitzgerald, Fletcher Henderson, Mary Lou Williams, Billy Eckstine, Sarah Vaughan, Dizzy Gillespie, Johnny Hodges and as band leader from the 1940's onward
Paul Williams - 78 - English singer (Zoot Money's Big Roll Band, Juicy Lucy, Allan Holdsworth)
Larry Willis ~ 78 ~ American jazz pianist
James Calvin Wilsey ~ 61 ~ Guitarist w/Chris Issac ("Wicked Game", "Baby Did A Bad Thing") and solo
Chris Wilson ~ 62 ~ Australian Blues/Rock singer/guitarist/harpist w/Sole Twisters, Harem Scarem and Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls & Crown of Thorns.
Mac Wiseman ~ Country and Bluegrass singer/guitarist from the 1950's onward
Nicky Wonder (real name Nicky Walusko) ~ Guitarist with California Power Pop band The Wondermints and Brian Wilson
Sol Yaged ~ Jazz clarinetist w/Red Allen, Jack Teagarden, Willie The Lion Smith, Coleman Hawkins
Kyle Yarlets ~ singer for Nashville indie band Carverton
Pegi Young ~ 66 ~ American singer-songwriter & environmentalist
Reggie Young ~ Memphis session guitarist w/Elvis Presley ("Suspicious Minds"), Dusty Springfield ("Preacher Man"), Willie Nelson, JJ Cale ("Cocaine"), and The Boxtops ("The Letter");
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