Some Metal Dudes

Reed Mullin ~ 53 ~ American drummer with Thrash bands Corrosion Of Conformity, No Labels and Teenage Time Killers from the 1980's onward ("Techocracy" "Deliverance")

CORROSION OF CONFORMITY ~ "ALBATROSS";


CORROSION OF CONFORMITY ~ "CLEAN MY WOUNDS";


CORROSION OF CONFORMITY ~ "TECHNOCRACY";


NO LABELS ~ "1983 DEMO";


Lee Kerslake ~ 73 ~ English drummer with Prog Rock band Uriah Heep and Ozzy Osbourne (first two albums)

OZZY OSBOURNE ~ "CRAZY TRAIN";


OZZY OSBOURNE ~ "MR CROWLEY";


URIAH HEEP ~ "WIZARD";


URIAH HEEP ~ "LADY IN BLACK";


Jason Rainey ~ 53 ~ Guitarist with American Thrash band Sacred Reich from the 1980's onward

SACRED REICH ~ "THE AMERICAN WAY";


SACRED REICH ~ "INDEPENDENCE";


Frankie Banali ~ 68 ~ American drummer with Metal bands Quiet Riot, W.A.S.P., Heavy Bones

QUIET RIOT ~ "MAMA WE'RE ALL CRAZEE NOW";


QUIET RIOT ~ "CUM ON FEEL THE NOIZE";


QUIET RIOT ~ "METAL HEALTH";


Bob Kulick ~ 70 ~ Studio guitarist w/W.A.S.P., Kiss, Paul Stanley, Lou Reed, Balance, Blackthorne, Murder's Row, Skull, Micheal Bolton, Donna Summer

WASP ~ "I WANNA BE SOMEBODY";


WASP ~ "BLIND IN TEXAS";


MEATLOAF ~ "SURF'S UP";


Riley Gale ~ 35 ~ Singer for Texas Thrash Metal band Power Trip

POWER TRIP ~ "EXECUTIONERS TAX";


Sean Reinert ~ 48 ~ Drummer for American metal bands Death, Cynic, Æon Spoke

DEATH ~ "LACK OF COMPREHENSION";


Sean Malone - 50 - Bassist with American progressive metal bands Cynic, Gordian Knot & Aghora

CYNIC ~ "HOW COULD I";


CYNIC ~ "WHEELS WITHIN WHEELS";


Tony Costanza ~ 52 ~ American metal drummer (Machine Head, Crowbar)

MACHINE HEAD ~ "DAVIDIAN";


MACHINE HEAD ~ "LOCUST";


CROWBAR ~ "THE CEMETARY";


Sean Pentecost ~ Drummer with Australian metal band Superheist

SUPERHEIST ~ "BULLET";


Steve Thronson (AKA Saint Dog) ~ 44 ~ Rapper with American Nu Metal band the Kottonmouth Kings

THE KOTTONMOUTH KINGS & JACK GRISHAM (from TSOL) ~ "PEACE NOT GREED";


Diego Farias ~ 27 ~ Guitarist w/LA metal band Volumes

VOLUMES ~ "WORMHOLES";


VOLUMES ~ "UNTIL THE END";


Joe Payne ~ 35 ~ American bassist and guitarist with Metal bands Divine Heresy, Nile

DIVINE HERESY ~ "FACE BREAKER";


DIVINE HERESY ~ "BLEED THE FIFTH";


Derek Jones ~ 35 ~ American rock guitarist w/Emo Punk band Falling in Reverse

FALLING IN REVERSE ~ "DRUGS";


FALLING IN REVERSE ~ "THE DRUG IN ME IS YOU";


Jamir Garcia ~ 42 ~ Singer with Filipino metal band Slapshock

SLAPSHOT ~ "AGENT ORANGE";


SLAPSHOT ~ "WAKE UP";


Tavo Limongi ~ 52 ~ Guitarist and singer with Mexican Metal Band Resorte

RESORTE ~ "ALCOHOL";


Brian Pattison ~ Metal writer, zine publisher and guitarist with Buffalo Thrash band Anthropic

ANTHROPIC;


ANTHROPIC;


Ernie Landry ~ Bassist/singer with Nova Scotia Thrash Metal band Engage The Threat

ENGAGE THE THREAT;

Some Folk & Country Singers

Bob Shane ~ 85 ~ American singer and guitarist with 1950's & 60's Folk group The Kingston Trio ("Tom Dooley", "Sloop John B", "Scotch & Soda")

THE KINGSTON TRIO ~ "TOM DOOLEY";


THE KINGSTON TRIO ~ "MTA";


Hylda Sims ~ 87 ~ English folk musician and poet w/the City Ramblers Skiffle Group from the 1950's onward

THE CITY RAMBLERS SKIFFLE GROUP ~ "DR JAZZ";


Harold Reid - 80 - Grammy winning American Country singer and songwriter w/The Statler Brothers ("Flowers On The Wall", "Daddy Sang Bass")

THE STATLER BROS ~ "FLOWERS ON THE WALL";


JOHNNY CASH & THE STATLER BROS ~ "DADDY SANG BASS";


Jan Howard ~ 91 ~ American 1950's & 60's Country singer and songwriter ("The One You Slip Around With", "For Loving You", "Evil on Your Mind")

JAN HOWARD ~ "THE ONE YOU SLIP AROUND WITH";


JAN HOWARD & BILL ANDERSON;


Kenny Rogers ~ 81 ~ American hit Country and Pop singer from the 1960's onward ("The Gambler", "Coward Of The Country", "Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town", "Just Dropped In", Islands In The Stream")

KENNY ROGERS ~ "RUBY DON'T TAKE YOUR LOVE TO TOWN";


KENNY ROGERS ~ "THE GAMBLER";


Johnny Bush ~ 85 ~ American country singer-songwriter ("Whiskey River")

JOHNNY BUSH ~


Charles "Fuzzy" Owen ~ Producer and pedal steel player with Merle Haggard

MERLE HAGGARD ~ "SING ME BACK HOME";


Julie Felix ~ 81 ~ American/British Folk singer and TV host, AKA "The Godmother Of English Folk Music"

Julie Felix ~ "I CAN'T TOUCH THE SUN";


Martin Carthy & Leonard Cohen ~ "Hey That's No Way To Say Goodbye";


JULIE FELIX & MANFRED MANN ~ "FARE THEE WELL";


Judy Dyble ~ 71 ~ English singer-songwriter (Fairport Convention, Robert Fripp, Incredible String Band, Trader Horne)

FAIRPORT CONVENTION ~ "TIME WILL SHOW THE WISER";


THE INCREDIBLE STRING BAND ~ "EMPTY POCKET BLUES";


Eric Taylor ~ 70 ~ American Country singer/songwriter w/Nanci Griffith & Lyle Lovett

ERIC TAYLOR & NANCI GRIFFITH ~ "STORMS";


ERIC TAYLOR & NANCI GRIFFITH ~ "TWO FIRES";


Jim Owen ~ 78 ~ American Country songwriter ("Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man" for Conway Twitty & Loretta Lynn, also w/Porter Wagoner, Mel Tillis, Jerry Reed, Jim Ed Brown) and solo singer

JIM OWEN ~ "KAWLIGA";


JIM OWEN ~ "LOUISIANA WOMAN MISSISSIPPI MAN";


Bucky Baxter ~ 65 ~ American guitarist (Bob Dylan, Steve Earle, Ryan Adams, REM)

STEVE EARLE ~ "GUITAR TOWN";


STEVE EARLE ~ "COPPERHEAD ROAD";


David Olney ~ 71 ~ American singer-songwriter w/Emmylou Harris, Steve Earle, Linda Ronstadt, Steve Young, Del McCoury and solo from the 1980's onward

DAVID OLNEY ~ "THESE BOOTS ARE MADE FOR WALKING";


Tommy Hancock ~ 90 ~ Texas Western Swing, C&W and Country Rock singer from the 1940's onward

TOMMY HANCOCK ~ "UMBAWA";


Dave Rich ~ 1950's Country, Rockabilly and Gospel singer

DAVE RICH ~ "AIN'T IT FINE";


DAVE RICH ~ "YOUR PRETTY BLUE EYES";


Eric Weissberg ~ 80 ~ American folk banjoist w/The Tarriers ("Dueling Banjos")

ERIC WEISSBERG ~ "DUELING BANJOS";


Clyde Davenport ~ 98 ~ American old-time fiddler and banjo player

CLYDE DAVENPORT ~ "BONAPARTE'S RETREAT";


CLYDE DAVENPORT ~ "PUNCHEON CAMPS";


Evan Twitty ~ 18 ~ Indiana C&W guitarist & singer

EVAN TWITTY ~ "WHEN THE BRESHMAN STIKES AGAIN";


EVAN TWITTY ~ "NINE POUND HAMMER";

Some 1970's Rock Figures

Steve Farmer ~ 71 ~ Guitarist with 1960's & 70's Detroit Hard Rock Band The Amboy Dukes ("Journey To The Center Of Your Mind", "Baby Please Don't Go")

THE AMBOY DUKES ~ "FLIGHT OF THE BYRD";


THE AMBOY DUKES ~ "JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF YOUR MIND";


Paul Campbell ~ 66 ~ English guitarist with 1970's & 80's Hard Rock bands UFO, Waysted, Lone Star and Skid Row (not the 80's Hair Metal band)

Pete Way ~ 69 ~ English rock bass guitarist (UFO, Waysted, Fastway)

UFO ~ "MYSTERY TRAIN";


Brian Howe ~ 66 ~ English rock singer w/1980's Hard Rock band Bad Company and Ted Nugent

BAD COMPANY ~ "NO SMOKE WITHOUT A FIRE";


BAD COMPANY ~ "SHAKE IT UP";


Ken Hensley ~ 75 ~ English singer-songwriter/keyboardist with 1970's Hard Rock & Prog bands Uriah Heep, Blackfoot

Lee Kerslake ~ Drummer with Uriah Heep and Ozzy Osbourne

URIAH HEEP ~ "WIZARD";


URIAH HEEP ~ "LADY IN BLACK";


URIAH HEEP ~ "EASY LIVING";


Ian Mitchell ~ 62 ~ Irish guitarist with the Bay City Rollers, Rosetta Stone & solo

THE BAY CITY ROLLERS ~ "SATURDAY NIGHT";


THE BAY CITY ROLLERS ~ "SHANG A LANG";


ROSETTA STONE ~ "SUNSHINE OF YOUR LOVE";


John Meyer ~ Australian slide guitarist (Rose Tattoo, Chain, Swanee)

ROSE TATTOO ~ "ROCK & ROLL OUTLAW";


Peter Starkie ~ 72 ~ Australian rock guitarist (Skyhooks, Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons)

JO JO ZEP & THE FALCONS ~ "THE SHAPE I'M IN";


JO JO ZEP & THE FALCONS ~ "HIT & RUN";


Steve Holland ~ 66 ~ American guitarist (Molly Hatchet, Gator Country)

MOLLY HATCHET ~ "FLIRTIN' WITH DISASTER";


Max Merritt ~ 79 ~ New Zealand and Australian rock singer with the Meteors

MAX MERRITT ~ "FANNIE MAE" & "CAN'T COME BACK";


MAX MERRITT ~ "WESTERN UNION MAN";


Martin Griffin ~ English rock drummer with 1980's UK Space Rock bands Hawkwind and the Hawklords

HAWKWIND ~ "PSI POWER";


Mike Somerville ~ 68 ~ American rock guitarist (Head East) and songwriter ("Never Been Any Reason", "Since You've Been Gone", later covered by Rainbow and Cherie & Marie Curie)

HEAD EAST ~ "SINCE YOU'VE BEEN GONE";


Jerry Hludzik ~ Singer/guitarist w/US bands the Bouys ("Timothy" ("Give Up Your Guns") and Dakota

THE BOUYS ~ "GIVE UP YOUR GUNS";


DAKOTA ~ "


Keith Tippett ~ 72 ~ British Jazz and Prog Rock pianist & composer with King Crimson, Centipede

KING CRIMSON ~ "BOLEARO";


Jahn Tiegan ~ 70 ~ Singer w/1970's Prog Rock band Popol Vuh

POPOL VUH ~ "QUEEN OF ALL QUEENS";


POPOL VUH ~ "MUSIC BOX";


Dan Andrei Aldea ~ 69 ~ Singer/guitarist/keyboardist with 1970's & 80's Romanian Prog/Folk rock band Sfinx and solo

DAN ANDREI ALDEA ~ "BRAD BATRAN";


SFINX ~ "DIN NOU ACASA";


SFINX ~ "TE ASTEPT MEREU";


Lyle Mays ~ 66 ~ American jazz pianist and composer with Pat Metheney, David Bowie ("This Is Not America"), Woody Herman, Joni Mitchell, Bobby McFerrin, Toots Theilmans, Betty Buckley, Earth Wind & Fire

DAVID BOWIE & PAT METHENY BAND ~ "THIS IS NOT AMERICA";


Sorrel Hays ~ 79 ~ American Avant Garde classical "tone cluster" pianist, electronic music composer and video artist

SORREL HAYS ~ "TOUCH OF TOUCH";

The People Who Died; 2020 Edition

Andrzej Adamiak - 60 - Polish bass guitarist, singer and songwriter w/1980's groups Omen and Reserve

Luis Cesar Aguirre ~ Guitar & keyboard player with Mexican Ska band El Estramboticos

Patrica Alice Albrecht ~ American poet and voice-over actress for the voice of Phyllis "Pizzazz" Gabor of the Misfits, the rival band on the cartoon "Jem The Holograms" (1985-88)

Dan Andrei Aldea ~ 69 ~ Singer/guitarist/keyboardist with 1970's & 80's Romanian rock band Sfinx and solo

Misa Aleksic ~ 67 ~ Bassit with Serbian band Ribija Corba

Tom Alexander ~ 85 ~ Singer with Scottish folk-pop duo the Alexander Bros

Barry Allen ~ 1970's Alberta singer/songwriter, also played with Wes Dakus in the 60's

Rance Allen ~ 71 ~ American gospel singer (The Rance Allen Group)

Tony Allen ~ 79 ~ Nigerian drummer (Fela Kuti & Africa 70, The Good, the Bad & the Queen, Rocket Juice & the Moon)

Lexii Alijai ~ American Rapper

Pelle Alsing - 60 ~ Drummer with Swedish 1980's pop group Roxette ("Must Have Been Love", "Joy Ride")

David Refael ben Ami ~ 70 ~ Israeli singer

Bob Andy ~ 75 ~ Jamaican 1960's Reggae singer w/The Paragons ("The Tide Is High") and Bob & Marcia

Kęstutis Antanėlis ~ 69 ~ Lithuanian composer & rock opera keyboardist "Jeus Christ Superstar", "Peer Gynt", "Romoe & Juliet"

Clay Anthony ~ 60 ~ Bassist with late 80's Los Angeles hard rock band Junkhouse

Ryan Anthony ~ 51 ~ American trumpeter w/the Canadian Brass

Béatrice Arnac - 89 - French actress and singer

Phil Ashley ~ 65 ~ American keyboardist (Kiss, Mick Jagger, Aerosmith)

Sweet Pea Atkinson ~ 74 ~ American singer with UK bands Was(Not Was) & the Boneshakers

Kofi B - Ghanaian highlife singer

Malik B ~ 47 ~ American Rapper w/The Roots

Alec Baillie ~ Bassist with New York Ska Punk bands Agent 99, Choking Victim and Leftover Crack

KJ Balla - 23 - American rapper

Nick Balonga ~ Hamilton Ont. music producer and engineer at Metalworks Studios w/Cat Stevens, Tom Jones, The Police, The Bee Gees, Chicago, Deep Purple, Rainbow, April Wine, Kim Mitchell, The Tea Party, Headstones, Chaka Kahn & Rufus, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Nazareth, Sinisters

Lucien Barbarin ~ 63 ~ American Jazz trombonist w/The Preservation Hall Jazz Band and Harry Connick jr

Mark Barkan ~ 85, American songwriter ("Pretty Flamingo" for Manfred Mann, "She's A Fool" for Lesley Gore and "The Tra La La Song (One Banana, Two Banana)" for the Banana Splits

Frankie Banali ~ 68 ~ American drummer with Metal bands Quiet Riot, W.A.S.P., Heavy Bones

Randy Barlow ~ 77 ~ American country singer

Bootsie Barnes ~ 89 ~ American Jazz sax player

Renato Barros ~ 76 ~ Brazilian singer and guitarist (Renato e Seus Blue Caps)

Len Barry ~ 78 ~ American 1960's Pop singer ("1-2-3", "Bristol Stomp")

Aldo Bassi ~ 58 ~ Italian jazz trumpeter

Sergio Bassi ~ 69 ~ Italian folk singer-songwriter

Waldemar Bastos ~ 66 ~ Angolan Afro-Pop pianist

Charlie Baty ~ 67 ~ Blues guitarist with Little Charlie & The Nightcats from the 1970's-2000's

Bucky Baxter ~ 65 ~ American guitarist (Bob Dylan, Steve Earle, Ryan Adams, REM)

Doug Baynham ~ Vocalist with 1980's Toronto band Urgent, Mach IV and Dirty White Boys

Harold Beane ~ 73 ~ American Funk & Soul guitarist (Isaac Hayes, Funkadelic)

Ronald Bell ~ 68 ~ American saxophonist (Kool & the Gang) and songwriter ("Ladies' Night", "Celebration")

Hamdi Benani ~ 77 ~ Algerian musician and singer

Laszlo Benko ~ 77 ~ Keyboradist with 1960's & 70's Psyche & Prog band Omega

Norris Bennett ~ 85 ~ Banjoist with Black String Band the Ebony Hillbillies

Howie Beno ~ Producer with Chicago Punk & Industial record label Wax Trax w/Ministry, the Skatenings, Monster Voodoo Machine, Screw, Lard, Prodigals, Grace Jones, Sisiter Soliel

Oscar Benton ~ 71 ~ Dutch vocalist with Blues/Rock band The Oscar Benton Band from the 1970's to 80's

LD Beghtol - 55 - American musician (Flare Acoustic Arts League, LD & the New Criticism, Moth Wranglers) and writer

Rod Bernard ~ 79 ~ American 1960's R&B singer ("This Should Go On Forever")

Overton Berry ~ 84 ~ Seattle based Soul Jazz pianist from the sixties onward

Harold Betters - 92 - American jazz trombonist and band leader from the 1950's solo and with Ray Charles, Max Roach, Dizzy Gillespie, Stanley Turrentine, Roy Eldridge, and Sonny Rollins

Frank Bey ~ 74 ~ American blues singer

Martin Birch ~ 71 ~ British music producer and engineer (Deep Purple, Whitesnake, Iron Maiden)

Black the Ripper ~ 32 ~ British Electro MC & rapper

Black & Mild ~ 44 ~ New Orleans Bounce Music DJ

Aldir Blanc ~ 73 ~ Brazilian songwriter

Jan Boerman - 97 - Dutch electronic music composer

Helin Bölek ~ 28 ~ Turkish singer with folk-rock group Grup Yorum and political activist

Claude Bolling - 90 - French jazz pianist and composer (Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio)

Margie Bowes ~ 79 ~ American country music singer from the 1950's onward

Brendan Bowyer ~ 81 ~ Irish 1960's singer w/the Royal Showband and solo ("The Hucklebuck")

Dan Brisebois ~ Canadian editor of canadianbands.com

Phil Broadhurst ~ 70 ~ New Zealand jazz pianist, composer and radio presenter

Big George Brock ~ 87 ~ Mississippi Blues singer/harmonica player, club owner and boxer from the 1950's onward w/Muddy Waters, Howlin Wolf, Jimmy Reed, Albert King, Memphis Minnie, Ike & Tina Turner

Andrew Brough ~ Singer/guitarist with New Zealand 1980's & 90's indie band Straitjacket Fits

Lynford Hux Brown ~ 75 ~ Jamaican guitarist w/Jimmy Cliff, ("The Harder They Come"), Toots & the Maytals, the Melodians and Paul Simon

Rod Brown (aka Rae Rae Willis) ~ Toronto singer/guitarist/dj with 1980's hard rock band The Imposibles

Tim Brown ~ 82 ~ American 1960's football player, actor (MASH) and pop singer

Harold Budd ~ 84 ~ American avant-garde composer, pianist and poet with Brian Eno, John Cage, Cocteau Twins, Albert Ayler & John Foxx

Michael Bundesen ~ 71 ~ Singer w/Danish 1970's Pop group Shu-bi-dua

Carlos Burity ~ 67 ~ Angolan musician

Don Burrows ~ 91 ~ Australian Jazz and Swing sax, clarinet and flute player and band leader w/Stephane Grappeli

Johnny Bush ~ 85 ~ American country singer-songwriter ("Whiskey River")

Ed Kookie Byrnes ~ 87 ~ American actor ("77 Sunset Strip" & "Grease") who had a 1959 hit novelty song "Kookie Kookie Give Me Your Comb" as a duet with Connie Francis

Buddy Cage ~ 73 ~ Pedal steel guitarist from the 1960's onward w/New Riders of the Purple Sage, Great Speckled Bird, Bob Dylan, Anne Murray, David Bromberg, Brewer & Shipley

Cándido Camero ~ 99 ~ Cuban Jazz and Disco conga player and percussionist with Dizzy Gillespie and Stan Kenton and solo band leader

James Cameron ~ 26 ~ Kitchener Country singer/songwriter with the Bareback Riders and solo

Paul "Tonka" Campbell ~ 66 ~ English guitarist with 1970's & 80's Hard Rock bands UFO, Waysted, Lone Star and Skid Row (not the 80's Hair Metal band)

Joaquín Carbonell ~ 73 ~ Spanish singer-songwriter and poet

Sara Carreira - 21 - French-Portuguese singer

Pete Carmichael ~ Toronto singer/songwriter/guitarist with 1990's Indie band Winnie's Concept and solo

Steve Martin Caro 71 ~ Singer with 1960's US pop band The Left Banke ("Walk Away Renee")

Alberto Carpani ~ 64 ~ Italian 1970's Disco singer

Pearl Carr ~ 98 ~ English 1950's pop singer (Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson)

Pete Carr ~ 70 ~ American session guitarist w/the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, Bob Seger, Paul Simon, Joan Baez, Cat Stevens, Donovan, Livingston Taylor, Rod Stewart, Art Garfunkle, Kim Carnes, Joe Cocker, Levon Helm, Johnny Rivers, Boz Scaggs

Alton "Big Al" Carson ~ 66 ~ New Orleans blues singer w/the Blues Masters

Sally Cato ~ Singer with 1980's Toronto punk bands the Doncasters, the Androids and then Glam Metal band Smashed Gladys

Leslie Cauchi ~ 77 ~ Singer & keyboardist with 1960's Doo Wop groups The Del Satins (w/Dion; "The Wanderer", "Donna The Prima Donna", "Drip Drop") and the Brooklyn Bridge

Paul Chapman ~ 66 ~ Welsh rock guitarist with 1970's rock bands UFO, Lone Star

Doug Chappell ~ Bassist with 1960's Toronto band Richie & The Midnights "Oh Charlena"

Óscar Chávez - 85 - Mexican singer, songwriter and actor from the 1960's onward

Adelaide Chiozzo ~ 88 ~ Brazilian singer/accordionist & actress from the 1940's onward

Christina ~ 64 ~ American 1980's dance singer ("Disco Clone", "Is That All There Is?" "Baby You Can Drive My Car")

Jon Christensen ~ 76 ~ Norwegian jazz drummer w/Kieth Jarrett, Ralph Towner, Lee Konitz from the 1970's onward

Christophe ~ 74 ~ French singer-songwriter ("Aline")

Adrian Cionco ~ 48 ~ Bassist with Argentine Latin Rock Fusion band La Mosca

Holly Clark ~ 27 ~ Calgary born, Hamilton based singer songwriter

Rene Claude ~ 80 ~ Quebec singer & actress

Jeff Clayton - 66 - American jazz & R&B saxophonist w/The Clayton Bros, Stevie Wonder, Gladys Knight, Kenny Rogers, Michael Jackson, Patti Labelle, Madonna, BB King, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., Ella Fitzgerald, Woody Herman, Lionel Hampton, Lena Horne, Thad Jones, Gene Harris, Dianne Reeves, Joe Cocker & Ray Charles

Jimmy Cobb ~ 91 ~ American jazz drummer w/Miles Davis Quintet, John Coletrane, Cannonball Adderley, Wes Montgomery, Sarah Vaughan, Dinah Washington

Mark Colby ~ 71 ~ American saxophonist

Al Cole ~ Singer w/1980's London, Ontario Garage Punk band Blood Brothers, campus radio host and zine writer

Richie Cole ~ 72 ~ American Jazz sax player and bandleader, with Red Rodney, Freddie Hubbard, Tom Waits, Buddy Rich, Anita O'Day, Sonny Stitt, Manhattan Transfer,

Pat Collins ~ Irish rock and jazz fiddler

Brian Coll ~ 79 ~ Irish country musician

Gerson King Combo - 76 - Brazilian funk and soul singer

Bobby Comstock ~ 78 ~ Singer with 1960's American rock band Bobby Comstock & the Counts ("Tennessee Waltz", "I Wanna Do It", "Let's Stomp")

Eddie Cooley ~ 87 ~ American Doo-Wop songwriter ("Fever") and singer ("Priscilla")

John S. Corcoran ~ 72 ~ American folk singer, actor and stuntman

David Corrêa ~ 82 ~ Brazilian singer-songwriter

Chamín Correa ~ 90 ~ Mexican guitarist

Tony Costanza ~ 52 ~ American metal drummer (Machine Head, Crowbar)

Preacher Jack Coughlin ~ 80 ~ American Blues & R&R pianist/singer from the 1960's onward

Jacques Coursil ~ 82 ~ French jazz trumpeter and composer

Stanley Cowell - 79 - American jazz pianist, from the 1960's onward w/Rasaan Roland Kirk, Marion Brown, Max Roach, Bobby Hutcherson, Clifford Jordan, Harold Land, Sonny Rollins and Stan Getz played with trumpeter Charles Moore and others in the Detroit Artist's Workshop Jazz Ensemble and trumpeter Charles Tolliver & Music Inc, also co-founder of Strata-East Records

Sonny Cox ~ 82 ~ American Jazz and R&B saxophonist

Simeon Coxe ~ 82 ~ Singer/songwriter electronic player w/pioneering 1960's New York electronic band the Silver Apples

Alf Cranner ~ 82 ~ Norwegian Folk singer from the 1960's - 90's

Stanley Crouch ~ 74 ~ American Jazz critic and writer

Sean Cunnington ~ 51 ~ Milton, Ontario guitarist/songwriter

Lionel D ~ 61 ~ French radio host and rapper

Othella Dallas ~ 95 ~ American Jazz singer & dancer

Charlie Daniels ~ 83 ~ American Hall of Fame country singer-songwriter and musician ("The Devil Went Down to Georgia"

Eddie Daniels ~ 70's ~ 1950's R&R and R&B singer/songwriter solo and with Jewel & Eddie (featuring Jewel Akens and Eddie Cochran) and later the Platters

Dmitriy Danin ~ 70 ~ Russian Jazz composer, keyboardist and singer

Chris Darrow ~ 75 ~ Singer/Bassist/Mandolinist with 1960's US Psyche band Kaleidoscope and the Nitty Gritty Dirt band

Oleksandr Datsyuk ~ 56 ~ Ukrainian Singer/ guitarist with Lesik Band

Wolfgang Dauner ~ 84 ~ German Jazz fusion pianist w/the Joki Freund Sextet in the 1960's and the United Jazz & Rock ensemble from the 1970's onward

Clyde Davenport ~ 98 ~ American old-time fiddler and banjo player

Eddy Davis - 79 - American Dixieland Jazz musician w/Woody Allen's band

Mac Davis ~ 78 ~ Country singer/songwriter ("Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me", "It's Hard To Be Humble", and sonrwriter for Elvis (, "In the Ghetto", "Don't Cry Daddy", and "A Little Less Conversation")

Jackie Dennis ~ 77 ~ Scottish 1950's Pop singer ("Purple People Eater", "Linton Addie", "La Dee Dah")

Dianna Desantis ~ 51 ~ American singer with Get The Led Out

Denny DeMarchi ~ 57 ~ Keyboardist with Toronto 1980's rock band Alias, later with the Cranberries and Dolores O'Riordan solo

Jacques Demêtre ~ 96 ~ French blues historian

Tommy DeVito ~ 92 ~ Singer/guitarist with 1950's Doo Wop group Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons ("Walk Like A Man", "Big Girls Don't Cry"

Manu Dibango ~ 86 ~ Cameroonian Afro Jazz sax player and band leader

Bill Diel ~ 68 ~ Canadian pianist w/The Ron Dons, The Quorum, Ronnie Hawkins And The Hawks, Larry Lee and the Leesures, Bobby Goldsboro, Tina Turner, Joe Cocker, Johnny Cash, The Statler Brothers, Roger Miller, Sam and Dave, Elton John, Willie Nelson

Joe Diffie ~ 61 ~ Grammy winning American country singer-songwriter ("Home", "Third Rock from the Sun", "Pickup Man")

Bobby Digital - 59 - Jamaican reggae and dancehall producer.

Louis van Dijk ~ Dutch Jazz pianist

Dobby Dobson ~ 78 ~ Jamaican reggae singer and record producer ("The Loving Pauper")

Paul Dokter ~ 59 ~ Dutch singer and guitarist w/ Guitar Pop band The Serenes

Pau Donés ~ 53 ~ Singer-songwriter and guitarist with Spanish 1990's & 2000's rock band Jarabe de Palo

Manuel Donley ~ 92 ~ Mexican-born American Tejano singer

Carlos Donoso ~ 72 ~ Venezuelan comedian, singer and screenwriter

Shabba Doo ~ 65 ~ American Jazz & Hip Hop dancer (The Lockers) and actor (Breakin', Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo)

MF DOOM ~ 49 ~ British/American Rapper

Stefano D'Orazio ~ 72 ~ Italian percussionist w/1960's & 70's Pop band Pooh

Dodo Doris ~ 71 ~ Congolese musician w/Orchestra Super Mazembe

Wray Downes ~ 89 ~ Toronto Jazz pianist w/Sidney Bechet, Roy Eldridge, Coleman Hawkins, Clark Terry, Lester Young, Peter Appleyard, Archie Alleyne

Bill Dowey ~ Calgary Blues singer & guitarist

Mort Drucker - 91 - American caricaturist and comics artist for Mad Magazine also did cover art for The Bears, Anthrax and Motley Crue

FBG Duck ~ 26 ~ American Rapper

Cleveland Eaton ~ 80 ~ American jazz bassist w/Ramsey Lewis & Count Basie

Louise Ebrel ~ 87 ~ French Breton folk singer

Paul English ~ 87 ~ American C&W drummer for Willie Nelson and Delbert McClinton

Cano Estremera - 62 - Puerto Rican salsa singer

Akin Euba ~ 84 ~ Nigerian musician

Lincoln Fakira ~ Guitarist with Toronto Metal band A Certain Evolution (APE)

Diego Farias ~ 27 ~ Guitarist w/LA metal band Volumes

Pat Fairley ~ 76 ~ Scottish bassist and singer w/ 1960's band Marmalade

Majek Fashek ~ 57 ~ Nigerian reggae singer and songwriter

Julie Felix ~ 81 ~ American/British Folk singer and TV host

Simon H. Fell ~ 61 ~ English bassist and composer

John Fenton ~ Guitarist with 1970's & 80's Ottawa Punk band The Action

Gabo Ferro - 54 - Argentine singer and songwriter

Tom Finn ~ 71 ~ Bassist with 1960's Pop band The Left Banke ("Walk Away Renee")

John Fletcher (AKA Ecstasy) ~ 56 ~ Rapper with 1980's Hip Hop group Whodini

George Floyd (AKA Big George) ~ 46 ~ Texas Rapper

Wayne Fontana ~ 74 ~ English 1960's singer ("The Game of Love")

forty4double0 (real name Tyrone Noseworthy) ~ 21 ~ Toronto Rapper with the Tallup Twins

Marc Fosset ~ 71 ~ French jazz guitarist

Jim Fotheringham ~ 71 ~ Pianist & guitarist with 1960's & 70's Winnipeg bands Fabulous George & The Zodiacs and Junior Barnes and The Cadillacs, later record company A&R man for RCA records signing Martha & Muffins, the Northern Pikes, Parachute Club & Gary O

Vinicio Franco - 87 - Dominican merengue singer-songwriter

Roberto Franco ~ 75 ~ Argentine singer-songwriter and guitarist

Hugh Fraser ~ 62 ~ Canadian Jazz trombonist, pianist, composer & bandleader with the Vancouver Ensemble of Jazz Improvisation (VEJI)

Fred the Godson - 35 - American DJ and rapper

Glenn Fredly - 44 - Indonesian singer

Claudio Garbolino ~ 54 ~ Argentine keyboardist

Apple Gabriel ~ 68 ~ Jamaican reggae singer w/Israel Vibration

Ramona Galarza - 80 - Argentine chamamé singer and actress

Mogens Galberg ~ 70 ~ Port Perry folk guitarist and promoter

Eddie Gale ~ 78 ~ American jazz trumpeter w/Sun Ra Arkestra

Riley Gale ~ 38 ~ Singer for Texas Thrash Metal band Power Trip

Anthony Galindo - 41 - Venezuelan singer (Menudo, MDO)

Greg Gallant (AKA DJ PHINK) ~ Toronto Goth & Dark Wave DJ

Andre Gagnon ~ 84 ~ Canadian composer of 1960's Pop-Classical fusion

Gangsta Rid (real name Paul Devoux) ~ Rapper with 1990's Hip-Hop groud Boo-Yah Tribe

Dennis Garcia ~ 69 ~ Bassist with Filipino rock band the Hotdogs from the 1970's & 80's

Jamir Garcia ~ 42 ~ Singer with Filipino Metal band Slapshock

Ron Gaskin ~ 60's ~ Toronto Jazz promoter, campus radio DJ, road manager w/Crash Vegas

Jon Gibson ~ 80 ~ American Avant Garde sax & flute player with Phillip Glass Orchestra

Patrick Gibson ~ 64 ~ Frano/Caribbean drummer and singer with French dance/disco group the Gibson Brothers

Andy Gill ~ 64 ~ English guitarist with Post Punk band Gang Of Four "I Found That Essence Rare", "I Love A Man In A Uniform", "To Hell With Poverty", "Ether"

Arnie Ginsburg ~ 93 ~ 1950's & 60's Boston radio disc jockey

İbrahim Gökçek ~ 41 ~ Bassist with Turkish folk rock band Grup Yorum

Andy González - 69 - American jazz and Latin dance bassist

Lex Gore ~ Singer with Toronto Hardcore band Adaptive Reaction & manager for the BFG's

Eusebio Grados ~ 66 ~ Peruvian Huayno Folk singer

Marty Grebb ~ 74 ~ Keyboardist for American progressive pop band the Buckinghams ("Kind Of A Drag", "Mercy Mercy Mercy", "Susan") and Chicago

Herman Green ~ 90 ~ Memphis jazz and blues saxophonist w/BB King & John Coletrane

Juliette Greco ~ 91 ~ French pop & caberet singer, actress & girl friend of Miles Davis

Peter Green ~ 72 ~ Singer/guitarist with the Original Fleetwood Mac, John Mayal's Blues Breakers and Splinter Group

Dave Greenfield ~ 71 ~ Keyboardist with English Punk band The Stranglers ("Walk On By", "Peaches", "No Mercy", "Skin Deep")

Roly Greenway ~ Bassist with 1970's Toronto band Crowbar ("Oh What A Feeling")

Henry Grey ~ 95 ~ Louisiana Blues piano player& singer w/Sonny Boy Williamson II, Homesick James, Robert Lockwood, Jr., Billy Boy Arnold, Muddy Waters, Johnny Shines, Hubert Sumlin, Lazy Lester, Little Walter Jacobs, Otis Rush, Buddy Guy, James Cotton, Little Milton Campbell, Jimmy Rogers, Jimmy Reed, and Koko Taylor

Martin Griffin ~ English rock drummer with 1980's UK Space Rock bands Hawkwind and the Hawklords

Albert Griffiths - 74 - Jamaican reggae musician with 1960's Ska band The Gladiators

Harry Grimes ~ 87 ~ American Free Jazz bassist and band leader w/Albert Ayler, Don Cherry, Mose Allison, Lee Konitz, Roy Haynes, Shafi Hadi, Gerry Mulligan, Sonny Rollins, Pharaoh Sanders, Archie Shepp, Shirley Scott, Cecil Taylor, Lennie Tristano, McCoy Tyner

Cavan Grogan ~ 70 ~ Welsh Rockabilly singer (as Crazy Cavan & His Rhythm Rockers) from the 1970's onward

Stepa J. Groggs ~~ 32 American rapper (Injury Reserve)

Steve Grossman ~ 69 ~ American Hard Bop Jazz saxophonist

Cady Groves ~ 30 ~ American Country/Pop singer-songwriter

Guitar Crusher (real name Sidney Shelby) ~ 89 ~ American blues singer/guitaris/harpist from the 1950's onward

Bob Gullotti ~ 71 ~ Drummer with American Free Jazz group Surrender to the Air

Steve Gulley ~ 57 ~ Knoxville bluegrass singer/guitarist

Noah Gutterman ~ Thornhill, Ontario guitarist

Donald Hahn ~ 81 ~ Toronto singer with 1950's pop vocal group the Harmony Kids and music engineer w/the Band ("Music From Big Pink"), Quincy Jones, Frank Sinatra, Count Basie, Peggy Lee, Harry Belafonte, Peter Paul & Mary, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Barbra Streisand, Ray Charles, Paul Simon, Judy Collins, Billy Joel, Paul Anka, Chick Corea, Stephane Grappelli, Al Jarreau, Loretta Lynn, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Whitney Houston and Cissy Houston, Larry Coryell, Liza Minnelli, Dionne Warwick, Donovan, Judy Collins, B.B. King, Chuck Mangione

Roy C Hammond ~ 81 ~ American R&B singer from the 1960's & 70's ("Shotgun Wedding","Impeach The President")

Tommy Hancock ~ 90 ~ Texas Western Swing, C&W and Country Rock singer from the 1940's onward

James Hand ~ 67 ~ American country music singer-songwriter

Steve Hanford - 50 - Drummer with 1980's & 90's American punk rock Poison Idea

Travis Harrison ~ Bassist with Toronto Alt-Coountry bands Alchemy and the Richmond Hillbillies

Mick Hart ~ Australian folk musician

Sorrel Hays ~ 79 ~ American Avant Garde classical "tone cluster" pianist, electronic music composer and video artist

Hector (real name Jean Pierre Kalfon) ~ 72 ~ French Pop singer

Jimmy Heath ~ 93 ~ American saxophonist with Jazz Fusion group the Heath Bros from the 1970's onward

Ron Heathman ~ American guitarist w/Punk band The Supersuckers, Black Halos & Hangmen

Ken Hensley ~ 75 ~ English singer-songwriter/keyboardist with 1970's Hard Rock & Prog bands Uriah Heep, Blackfoot

Toots Hibbert ~ 77 ~ Jamaican singer w/Toots and the Maytals ("Pressure Drop")

Bones Hillman ~ 62 ~ New Zealand bassist with New Wave bands The Swingers and Suburban Reptiles and Midnight Oil

Rupert Hines ~ 72 ~ Singer & keyboardist with 1970's English band Quantum Jump and later producer with 1980's New Wave bands The Fixx and Howard Jones

Jerry Hludzik ~ Singer/guitarist w/1970's US bands the Bouys ("Timothy", "Give Up Your Guns") and Dakota

Fluke Holland ~ 85 ~ 1950's Tennessee Drumer with Carl Perkins & the Perkins Bros Band and Johnny Cash & The Tennessee 3

Steve Holland ~ 66 ~ American guitarist (Molly Hatchet, Gator Country)

Bert Olav Holmquist ~ 86 ~ Swedish Big Band Jazz trombonist with James Last, Quincy Jones, Manhattan Transfer, Abba

Keith Holter ~ Guitarist with 1950's & 60's Western Swing Band Tex Mitchell Band and The Longhorn Western Swing Band

Houdini ~ Toronto rapper

Jan Howard ~ 91 ~ American 1950's & 60's Country singer and songwriter ("The One You Slip Around With", "For Loving You", "Evil on Your Mind")

Brian Howe ~ 66 ~ English rock singer w/1980's Hard Rock band Bad Company and Ted Nugent

Tadej Hrušovar - 73 - Slovenian 1970's pop singer and composer ("Dan ljubezni")

Mike Huckaby - American deep house and trance deejay

Huey ~ 31 ~ American rapper ("Pop, Lock & Drop It"),

Hachalu Hundessa ~ 33 ~ Ethiopian pop singer (assassinated)

Pamela Hutchinson ~ 61 ~ American singer w/Gospel/Soul/Disco vocal group The Emotions from the 1960's onward

Agathonas Iakovidis ~ 65 ~ Greek folk singer ("Alcohol Is Free")

Joey Image ~ 63 ~ Drummer with New Jersey Punk bands the Misfits, the Undead, the Strapons

Petar Introvič ~ 68 ~ Czech blues singer

i_o ~ 30 American Techno DJ

Pedro Iturralde ~ 91 ~ Spanish Jazz saxophonist and composer

Ceybil Jefferies ~ American house and R&B singer ("It's Gonna Be Alright")

Abenny Jachiga ~ 33 ~ Kenyan Ohangla musician

Jay Jackson ~ 1960's R&B singer
Charles Lawton Jiles ~ 90 ~ American Country session musician (Buck Owens) and songwriter (Patsy Cline, Porter Wagoner)

Denise Johnson ~ 56 ~ English singer w/Primal Scream

Denise Jones ~ Toronto Reggae promoter

Derek Jones ~ 35 ~ American rock guitarist w/Emo Punk band Falling in Reverse

Phil K ~ 51 ~ Australian DJ (Lostep)

Willie K ~ 59 ~ Hawaiian singer/ukulele player

Bert van de Kamp ~ 73 ~ Dutch music journalist

Kjell Karlsen ~ 88 ~ Norwegian composer and bandleader

Hal Ketchum ~ 67 ~ American country singer-songwriter ("Small Town Saturday Night", "Past the Point of Rescue", "Hearts Are Gonna Roll")

Shiro Kishibe ~ 71 ~ Guitarist with late 1960's & 70's Japanese Group Sounds band The Tigers

Ryo Kawasaki ~ 73 ~ Japanese Jazz fusion guitarist and composer

Jonathan Kelly ~ 72 ~ Irish singer-songwriter

Didi Kempot ~ 53 ~ Indonesian campursari singer

Benjamin Keough ~ 27 ~ American backup singer for Lisa Marie Presley and grandson of Elvis

Stan Kesler - 92 - American Sun Records studio musician, songwriter ("I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone", "I Forgot to Remember to Forget") and producer w/Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Warren Smith, Charlie Feathers, James Carr, Sam The Sham & The Pharohs

King Von ~ 26 ~ American rapper

Lee Kerslake ~ 73 ~ English drummer with Prog Rock nad Uriah Heep and Ozzy Osbourne (first two albums)

Pierre Kezdy ~ 58 ~ Bassist with American Punk bands Naked Raygun, Pegboy, Strike Under

Frank Kimbrough ~ 64 ~ American Post Bop Jazz pianist from the 1970's onward

King Shooter ~ 24 ~ American rapper

Peter King ~ 80 ~ English jazz saxophonist w/Philly Joe Jones, Zoot Sims, Al Cohn, Red Rodney, Hampton Hawes, Nat Adderley, Jimmy Witherspoon, Joe Williams, Jon Hendricks, Anita O'Day, Charlie Watts & Everything But The Girl

Wayne King ~ Bassist for 1960's Louisville Ky band Tommy Cosmo & The Counts and the Uptown Band

Astrid Kirchherr ~ 81 ~ German photographer best known for her photos of the early Beatles (with Stuart Sutcliffe & Pete Best) as well as designing their clothes & hair and early album covers establishing their iconic "Mop Top" look, engaged to Sutcliffe until his sudden death

Ronnie Kole ~ 89 ~ American jazz pianist, founder of the French Quarter Festival.

Lee Konitz ~ 92 ~ American jazz composer and alto saxophonist w/Chet Baker, Wayne Marsh, Stan Getz, Miles Davis, Gerry Mulligan, Gil Evans, Art Farmer, Paul Bley, Bill Frisell, Chick Corea, Lennie Tristano, Stan Kenton, Charles Mingus, Dave Brubeck, Max Roach

Lou Kouvaris ~ 66 ~ Guitarist with American 1970's & 80's Metal band Riot

Damir Kukuruzović - 45 - Croatian jazz guitarist

Bob Kulick ~ 70 ~ Studio guitarist w/W.A.S.P., Kiss, Paul Stanley, Lou Reed, Meatloaf, Balance, Blackthorne, Murder's Row, Skull, Micheal Bolton, Diana Ross

Dave Kusworth ~ 60 ~ Singer/guitarist with 1980's English Post-Punk band the Jacobites

Bob Lander ~ 78 ~ Guitarist w/1960's Swedish Rock band The Spotnicks

David Lander ~ 73 ~ American comedy actor ("Lavern & Shirley") and singer w/Lenny & The Squigtones

Neil Landon ~ 79 ~ English singer with 1960's band Fat Matress & solo

Ernie Landry ~ Bassist/singer with Nova Scotia Thrash Metal band Engage The Threat

Nguea Laroute ~ 60 ~ Cameroonian Makossa singer

Bunny Striker Lee - 79 - Jamaican reggae producer

Bobby Lewis ~ 95 ~ American 1950's R&B singer ("Tossin' and Turnin'")

Tony Lewis ~ 62 ~ English bassist, singer and songwriter w/ New Wave pop band The Outfield

Tavo Limongi ~ 52 ~ Guitarist and singer with Mexican Metal Band Resorte

JJ Lionel ~ 72 ~ Belgian Polka accordion player and band leader who a hit w/1980's novelty polka song "The Chicken Dance"

Liesbeth List ~ 78 ~ Dutch Chanson singer, actress and television host

Little Richard ~ 87 ~ (full name, Richard Pennimann) 1950's Rock icon ("Tutti Frutti", "Lucille", "Long Tall Sally"

Brian Locking ~ 81 ~ English rock bass guitarist w/Instro Guitar band The Shadows ("Apache") & Cliff Richards ("Do You Wanna Dance)

Omondi Long'lilo ~ 37 ~ Kenyan Benga musician

Mike Longo ~ 83 ~ American Jazz pianist with Dizzy Gillespie, Lee Konitz and solo

Trini Lopez ~ 83 ~ American Pop & Folk singer ("If I Had A Hammer") and actor

Gienek Loska ~ 45 ~ Belarusian-born Polish singer-songwriter and guitarist w/Seven B and Gienek Loska Band

Laurie Michelle Landrigan ~ Drummer with Toronto band Ground Control

Walter Lure ~ 71 ~ Guitarist with Johnny Thunders' Heartbreakers

Dame Vera Lynn ~ 103 ~ English 1940's pop singer ("We'll Meet Again", "The White Cliffs Of Dover")

Aurlus Mabélé ~ 66 ~ Congolese singer and composer, AKA the King Of Soukous

Ewan MacLeod ~ 48 ~ Scottish actor and DJ, co-founder of Capital Radio Scotland.

Sid McCray ~ Singer with the original lineup of Washington DC punk/fusion band Bad Brains

Gerry McGee ~ 58 ~ Scottish born singer with 1980's Pop Metal band Brighton Rock

Bill Mack ~ 88 ~ American country music disc jockey (WBAP) and songwriter ("Blue", "Drinking Champagne"), Grammy winner (1997)

Phillis McGuire ~ 89 ~ Singer with 1940's Pop vocal group the McQuire Sisters ("Sincerly", "Sugartime")

Nikki McKibbin, 42, American singer-songwriter and reality show contestant (American Idol)

Bob McNiven ~ Singer/guitarist with Toronto C&W band Whiskey Jack

Gary McSpadden ~ 77 ~ American White Gospel singer (The Imperials, Gaither Vocal Band), pastor and television host

Cosmas Magaya ~ 67 ~ Zimbabwean mbira player

Ola Magnell ~ 74 ~ Swedish folk singer from the 1970's onward

Patricia Majalisa ~ 53 ~ South African singer

Sean Malone - 50 - Bassist with American progressive metal bands Cynic, Gordian Knot & Aghora

Johnny Mandel ~ 94 ~ American Grammy Award winning composer ("Suicide Is Painless" (AKA THE MASH Theme), "The Shadow of Your Smile")

Alicia Maguiña ~ 81 ~ Peruvian singer and composer

Tantinho da Mangueira ~ 73 ~ Brazilian samba singer and songwriter

Carl Mann ~ 78 ~ American rockabilly singer with Sun Records "Mona Lisa"

Gail Manning ~ Manager with 1970's Toronto Punk band The Curse and publicist for Teenage Head

Ray Mantilla ~ 85 ~ American Latin Jazz percussionist w/Gato Barbieri, Mose Allsion, Art Blakey, Teresa Brewer, Kenny Burrell, Joe Chambers, Larry Coryell, Morgana King, Charles Mingus, Jack McDuff

Armando Manzanero - 85 - Latin Grammy winning Mexican singer-songwriter

Benny Mardones ~ 73 ~ American singer-songwriter

Detto Mariano ~ 82 ~ Keyboardist with 1960's Italian band Il Ribelli

Lil Marlo ~ 30 ~ American rapper

Ellis Marsalis Jr. ~ 85 ~ New Orleans jazz pianist & band leader, father of Wynton and Brantford

Barbara Martin ~ 76 ~ Singer with the original Supremes

Bill Martin ~ 81 ~ Scottish 1960's pop songwriter ("Puppet on a String", "Congratulations", "Back Home") and music publisher

Don Martin ~ Bassist with New Zealand band Mi-Sex

Moon Martin ~ 69 ~ American 1970's & 80's singer/songwriter ("Bad Case Of Loving You", "Cadillac Walk", "Bad News", "X-Ray Vison")

Sheen Martin ~ Guitarist with 1980's Oakville Hardcore Punk band Hype;

Vaughan Mason ~ 69 ~ American 1970's Disco producer (Raze, Vaughan Mason & Crew) and songwriter ("Bounce, Rock, Skate, Roll")

Kim Massie - 63 - American blues singer

Ron Mathewson ~ 76 ~ Scottish double bassist w/Stan Getz, Joe Henderson, Ronnie Scott, Joan Armatrading, Ben Webster, Philly Joe Jones, Roy Eldridge, Oscar Peterson, Bill Evans, Alan Holdsworth, Robert Wyatt

Paul Matters ~ Original bassist with AC/DC

Phil May ~ 75 ~ Singer with 1960's English band The Pretty Things ("Midnight To Six Man", "Roadrunner")

Barry Mayger ~ 73 ~ Bassist with 1960's British pop band Chicory Tip

Angel D'Mayo - 65 - Argentine guitarist (Vox Dei, Charly García)

Lyle Mays ~ 66 ~ American jazz pianist and composer with Pat Metheney, David Bowie ("This Is Not America"), Woody Herman, Joni Mitchell, Bobby McFerrin, Toots Theilmans, Betty Buckley, Earth Wind & Fire

Alan Merrill ~ 69 ~ American Singer/songwriter with 1960 bands The Kaleidoscope, The Rayne, Watertower West and the Left Banke and 70's rock bands The Arrows ("I Love Rock & Roll"), Vodka Collins, Runner, later w/Rick Derringer, Stevie Winwood, Mick Taylor and solo

Jymie Merritt ~ 93 ~ American jazz bassist w/Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, Chet Baker, Sonny Clark, Lee Morgan, Max Roach, Jimmy Witherspoon, Wayne Shorter, The Forerunners

Max Merritt ~ 79 ~ New Zealand and Australian rock singer with the Meteors

John Meyer ~ Australian slide guitarist (Rose Tattoo, Chain, Swanee)

Tamás Mihály ~ 73 ~ Hungarian bassist with 1960's & 70's Hungarian Psyche band Omega

Kizito Mihigo ~ 38 ~ Rwandan gospel singer, organist and peace activist

DJ Miller ~ 29 ~ Rwandan DJ and musician

Ian Mitchell ~ 62 ~ Irish guitarist with the Bay City Rollers, Rosetta Stone & solo

Mo3 ~ 28 ~ American rapper

Joseph Morganfield ~ 56 ~ American Blues singer, son of Muddy Waters

Cookie Monsta ~ 31 ~ British dubstep producer

Charlie Montana ~ 58 ~ Mexican rock urbano singer of the 1980's & 90's

Marc Morgan ~ 57 ~ Belgian singer-songwriter

Moraes Moreira ~ 72 ~ Guitarist and singer w/Brazilian Folk Rock group Novos Baianos

Erick Morillo ~ 49 ~ Colombian-American DJ (Reel 2 Real), music producer and record label owner

Ennio Morricone ~ 91 ~ Italian film composer (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Once Upon a Time in the West, The Hateful Eight)

Dan Morrison ~ Drummer w/Australian Sk Punk band Area 7

Mshoza ~ 37 ~ South African kwaito dance house singer

Abdel Aziz El Mubarak ~ 69 ~ Sudanese singer

Reed Mullin ~ 53 ~ American drummer with Thrash bands Corrosion Of Conformity, No Labels and Teenage Time Killers from the 1980's onward ("Techocracy" "Deliverance")

Dave Munden ~ 76 ~ Drummer & singer with UK 1960's band the Tremelos

Marcos Mundstock - 77 - Argentine musician, comedian and actor w/musical comedy band Les Luthiers

Prince Kudakwashe Musarurwa ~ 31 ~ Zimbabwean Afro-Jazz singer-songwriter

Todd Nance ~ 57 ~ Drummer with Athens, Georgia Jam band Widespread Panic

Alberto Naranjo ~ 78 ~ Venezuelan Jazz musician and composer

Johnny Nash - 80 - American singer-songwriter ("I Can See Clearly Now")

Bob Nave ~ 75 ~ Keyboardist with 1960's American Psychedelic band The Lemon Pipers ("My Green Tambourine")

Meritxell Negre ~ 48 ~ Spanish born singer with US pop vocal group Peaches & Herb

Travis Nelsen - Drummer w/Austin Texas band Okkervil River

Jean Nichol ~ 76 ~ Quebec Folk & Pop singer from the 1960's & 70's

Walter Nita ~ 69 ~ Dutch singer/drummer from the 1960's to the 80's with bands the Walkers, The Chaplin Band, The Press, The Run and Underberg.

Mike Noga ~ 43 ~ Australian rock multi-instrumentalist (The Drones, Legends of Motorsport).

Bob Northern (AKA Brother Ah) ~ 86 ~ American jazz French hornist w/John Coltrane, Donald Byrd, Gil Evans, Art Farmer, Charlie Haden, Jack McDuff

Larry Novak ~ 87 ~ American jazz pianist

John Nzenze ~ 80 ~ Kenyan Afro-Jazz singer/guitarist from the late 60's onward

Genesis P-Orridge ~ 70 ~ British musician (Throbbing Gristle, Psychic TV) and performance artist (COUM Transmissions)

James O'Leary (AKA James Younger) ~ 58 ~ Toronto guitarist/singer with 1980's Hard Rock bands Goddo, Toys In The Attic and the Younger Brothers

Victor Olaiya ~ 89 ~ Nigerian highlife trumpeter

Jamie Oldaker ~ 68 ~ Tulsa, Oklahoma session drummer w/Eric Clapton, Leon Russell, Bob Seger, Peter Frampton, Vince Gill, Willie Nelson, the Tractors

David Olney ~ 71 ~ American singer-songwriter w/Emmylou Harris, Steve Earle, Linda Ronstadt, Steve Young, Del McCoury and solo from the 1980's onward

Keith Olsen ~ 74 ~ American bassist with 1960's Garage band the Music Machine ("Talk Talk") and later producer w/Rick Springfield, Fleetwood Mac, Ozzy Osbourne, the Grateful Dead, Whitesnake, Pat Benatar, Heart, Santana, Saga, Foreigner, Journey, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Joe Walsh, Eric Burdon, Joe Walsh, the James Gang, Fleetwood Mac, the Babys, Starship, Sammy Hagar, Kim Carnes, 38 Special, Bad Company, Night Ranger, Kingdom Come, Eddie Money

KT Oslin ~ 78 ~ American C&W singer/songwriter of the 1980's & 90's ("Eighties Ladies")

Charles "Fuzzy" Owen ~ Producer and pedal steel player with Merle Haggard

Jim Owen ~ 78 ~ American Country songwriter ("Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man" for Conway Twitty & Loretta Lynn, also w/Porter Wagoner, Mel Tillis, Jerry Reed, Jim Ed Brown) and solo singer

Eric Pacheco - 53 - Bassist with San Fransico Hair Metal band Babylon A.D.

Raúl Pagano ~ Keyboard player w/1980's Argentine bands Bersuit Vergarabat, Fito Paez

Lou Pallo ~ 86 ~ Guitarist with the Les Paul Trio

Robert Parker ~ 89 ~ American 1960's R&B singer ("Barefootin")

Brian Pattison ~ Metal writer, zine publisher and guitarist with Buffalo Thrash band Anthropic

Joe Payne ~ 35 ~ American bassist and guitarist with Metal bands Divine Heresy, Nile

Gary Peacock ~ 85 ~ American Jazz bassist w/Albert Ayler, Paul Bley, Keith Jarrett, Bill Evans, Ralph Towner, Ravi Shankar

Neil Peart ~ 67 ~ Drummer with Toronto classic Heavy Prog band Rush ("New World Man","The Spirit Of Radio", "Tom Sawyer", "Closer To The Heart", "Subdivisions")

Ronnie Peel ~ 74 ~ Australian guitarist and singer with 1960's & 70's UK band Thunderclap Newman

Jacques Pellen - 63 - French jazz guitarist

Frank "The Enforcer" Peluso ~ Drummer with 1970's & 80's Toronto bands Floyd Factor and Catalyst

Krzysztof Penderecki ~ 86 ~ Polish composer & conductor who work was used in films including "The Shining", "The Exorcist" and the David Lynch films "Twin Peaks", "Wild At Heart", and "Inland Empire" as well as by the Manic Street Preachers, Aphex Twins & Radiohead

Ray Pennington - 86 - American singer-songwriter ("I'm a Ramblin' Man") founder of One Step Records

Sean Pentecost ~ Drummer with Australian metal band Superheist

Marcelo Peralta ~ 59 ~ Argentine saxophonist

Peter Percival ~ Back up singer with 1980's Toronto Punk band Dick Duck & The Dorks

Claude Le Péron ~ 72 ~ French session bass guitarist

Charlie Persip ~ 91 ~ American jazz drummer w/Tod Dameron, Dizzy Gillespie, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Harry James, Freddie Hubbard, Ron Carter, Lee Morgan, Melba Liston, Kenny Dorham, Zoot Sims, Red Garland, Gil Evans, Don Ellis, Eric Dolphy, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Gene Ammons, Dinah Washington, Sonny Rollins and Sonny Stitt, Billy Eckstine and bandleader.

Ciro Pessoa ~ 62 ~ Brazilian singer-songwriter (Titãs, Cabine C) and poet

Lucky Peterson ~ 55 ~ American Blues singer/guitarist/pianist starting as a child star in the 1970's

Ștefan Petrache ~ 70 ~ Singer w/Moldovan bands Noroc, Contemporanul, Plai

Ljiljana Petrović ~ 81 ~ Serbian 1960's pop singer

Phil Phillips ~ 94 ~ 1950's New Orleans R&R singer ("Sea Of Love")

Ken Chi Pig ~ (Ken Chinn) Singer w/Alberta 1980's Hardcore Punk band SNFU

Eva Pilarová ~ 80 ~ Czech singer

Doug Platt ~ Guitarist with 1970's Hard Rock band Bayb and 1980's Serbo-Canadian Metal band the Warriors

Joe Porcaro ~ 90 ~ American Jazz and pop session percussionist (Toto, The Wrecking Crew, Natalie Cole, Don Ellis, Stan Getz, Freddie Hubbard, Gladys Knight, Madonna, The Monkees, Gerry Mulligan, Pink Floyd, Frank Sinatra, Nancy Sinatra, Sarah Vaughan. He performed film scores with James Newton Howard, John Williams, Jerry Goldsmith, James Horner, Danny Elfman, John Frizzell)

Bonnie Pointer ~ 69 ~ Singer with 1970's & 80's R&B vocal group the Pointer Sisters and solo

Peter Porter (AKA Praj-X) ~ 37 ~ Jamaican Dance Hall DJ

Terry Porter ~ 70's ~ Drummer for 1960's American Psyche band The Lemon Pipers ("My Green Tamborine"), later music executive & agent

Steve Poss ~ Singer w/1980's New York Hardcore band the Cavity Creeps

Simon Posthuma ~ 81 ~ Dutch artist and musician with 1960's Psychedelic Art & Music collective The Fool

Erwin Prasetya ~ 48 ~ Bassist with Indonesian rock band Dewa 19

Calder Prescott ~ 88 ~ New Zealand jazz pianist

Rocco Prestia ~ 69 ~ Bassist with 1970's R&B band Tower Of Power

Charley Pride ~ 86 ~ Country singer ("Kiss an Angel Good Mornin'", "Is Anybody Goin' to San Antone", "Help Me Make It Through The Night") from the 1960's onward

Steve Priest ~ 72 ~ Bassist for English Glitter band The Sweet ("Ballroom Blitz", "Fox On The Run","Little Willie"

Alexander Priko ~ 46 ~ Singer and keyboardist w/1990's Russian Boy Band Laskovyi Mai

Diane di Prima - 86 - American Beat poet

John Prine ~ 73 ~ American Grammy Award winning singer-songwriter ("Sam Stone", "Angel from Montgomery")

Rich Priske ~ 52 ~ Canadian bassist w/the Real Mackenzies, Art Bergmann, DSK, ShoCore, Chrome Dog, Bif Naked and Mathew Good Band

Bill Pursell ~ 93 ~ Session pianist who had a couple of soft pop instromental hits in the early sixties

Roger Quigley ~ 51 ~ Singer with 1990's British pop duo The Montgolfier Brothers.

Nadi Qamar ~ 103 ~ (AKA Spaulding Givens) American jazz musician who started on the piano then specialized in an African instrument called the likembi, a type of thumb piano, recording several albums for Smithsonian/Folkways. He also built copies of the instrument, taught music theory and wrote poetry

Jimmy Rabbitt ~ Texas C&W singer/songwriter with Waylon Jennings & David Allen Coe, radio D and singer w/1960's Garage band Positively 13 O'Clock

Mats Rådberg ~ 72 ~ Swedish 1970's & 80's country singer

Jim Radford ~ 92 ~ English folk singer-songwriter, peace activist and WW2 veteran

Lou Ragland ~ 78 ~ American 1970's & 80's R&B singer

Sergei Rainchik ~ 48 ~ Keyboardist and sound engineer w/Belarusian pop band Verasy

Jason Rainey ~ 53 ~ Guitarist with American Thrash band Sacred Reich from the 1980's onward

Džej Ramadanovski - 56 - Serbian singer

Helen Reddy ~ 78 ~ Australian 1970's Pop singer ("I Am Woman", "Delta Dawn")

Alto Reed ~ 72 ~ American saxophonist (Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band, Little Feat, Grand Funk Railroad)

Chris Reed ~ Singer/Guitarist with Toronto Hard Rock bands Fat Mpb and the Reed Effect

April Boy Regino ~ 59 ~ Philipino pop ballad and novelty singer

Harold Reid - 80 - Grammy winning American Country singer and songwriter w/The Statler Brothers ("Flowers On The Wall")

George Reinecke ~ Singer/Guitarist with 1990's indie band Busted Flush, also played with Tav Falco and Alex Chilton

Sean Reinert ~ 48 ~ Drummer for American metal bands Death, Cynic, Æon Spoke

Ray Repp ~ 77 ~ American Catholic Folk singer

Reynaert ~ 65 ~ Belgian 1980's Pop singer

Emitt Rhodes ~ 70 ~ American Pop musician & songwriter w/The Palace Guard, The Merry Go Round and solo

Riachão ~ 98 ~ Brazilian samba composer and singer

Tony Rice ~ 69 ~ Country, Bluegrass & Jazz guitarist with The tony Rice Unit, JD Crowe & New Smith, Jerry Garcia, Norman Blake, Ricky Scaggs, Bela Fleck, David Grisman, Chris Hillman

Richenel - 62 - Dutch disco singer

Bob Riedy - 74 - American blues musician

Bill Rieflin ~ 59 ~ American drummer with Nine Inch Nails, The Swans, REM, King Crimson, Ministry, the Revolting Cocks, Pigface, Chris Connelly, Minus 5, Toyah Wilcox, Robyn Hitchcock

David Roback ~ 62 ~ Guitarist/songwriter with American Psyche-Folkrock bands Rain Parade ("No Easy Way Down", "This Can't Be Today") Opal ("Happy Nightmare Baby") and Mazzy Star ("Into Dust", "Fade Into You")

Alfred "Uganda" Roberts ~ 77 ~ American percussionist (Professor Longhair, Dr. John)

Otto de la Rocha ~ 86 ~ Nicaraguan singer from the 1950's onward

Chynna Rogers ~ 25 ~ Philadelphia Rapper

Kenny Rogers ~ 81 ~ American hit Country and Pop singer from the 1960's onward ("The Gambler", "Coward Of The Country", "Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town", "Just Dropped In", Islands In The Stream")

Carlos Cuco Rojas ~ 65 ~ Harpist with Colombian folkgroup Cimarron

Tito Rojas ~ 65 ~ Puerto Rican salsa singer

Wallace Roney ~ 59 ~ American jazz trumpeter and bandleader w/Dizzy Gillespie, Art Blakey, Chick Corea, Joey DeFrancesco

Harold Rubin ~ 87 ~ South African-born Israeli jazz clarinettist

Vern Rumsey ~ 47 ~ American bassist (Unwound, Fitz of Depression, Household Gods) and recording engineer

Ossi Runne ~ 93 ~ Finnish trumpeter, orchestra leader and composer

Konstantin Ryabinov ~ 55 ~ Bassist w/Russian 1980's & 90's Psyche-Punk band Grazhdanskaya Oborona, Kommunizm (AKA Civil Defense or ГрОб)

Arnaldo Saccomani ~ 71 ~ Brazilian record producer and reality television judge

Barry St John (real name Liz Thompson) ~ 76 ~ Scottish 1960's pop singer ("Come Away Melinda") later backup singer with Pink Floyd, Bryan Ferry, Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel, Elton John, Kevin Coyne, John Cale, Whitesnake

Mike St Denis ~ Guitarist w/1970's & 80's Toronto rock band Segarini

Rudy Salas ~ 71 ~ Singer with Los Angeles Latin Soul groups El Chicano & Tierra

Vexi Salmi ~ 77 ~ Finnish pop lyricist ("Huilumies", "Katson sineen taivaan")

Pepe Salvaderi ~ Guitarist and singer with Italian 1960's & 70's pop band Dik Dik

Kamit Sanbayev ~ 78 ~ Kazakh singer with USSR 1960's &70's pop group Dos Mukasan

Jorge Santana ~ 68 ~ Guitarist with Mexican/American bands Santana and Malo, brother of Carlos Santana

Esteban Santos ~ 69 ~ Singer with 1980's Spanish pop group Bravo

Andrey Sapunov - 64 - Singer and bassist with Russian 1980's band Voskreseniye

Jarno Sarkula ~ 47 ~ Sax player and band leader for Finnish Avant Garde Jazz-Prog Rock band Alamaailman Vasarat

Adam Schlesinger ~ 52 ~ Emmy winning Singer/songwriter/guitarist with 1990's Indie band Fountains of Wayne ("Stacey's Mom") and songwriter ("That Thing You Do")

Florian Schneider ~ 73 ~ Keyboardist with German electronic musician pioneers Kraftwerk ("Autobahn", "Trans Europe Express")

Lisa Schouw - South African-born Australian singer (Girl Overboard)

Mike Malihini Scott ~ Toronto Hawaiian steel guitarist from the 1950's onward

Lavone Barnett-Seetal ~ Singer with US Blues & Gospel group The Malonettes

Joe Segal ~ 94 ~ American jazz promoter and club owner

Timur Selçuk ~ 74 ~ pianist and composer with 1990's Turkish Pop group Pan

Matthew Seligman ~ 64 ~ English new wave bassist w/Bruce Woolley & the Camera Club ("Video Killed The Radio Star), The Soft Boys ("Underwater Moonlight"), Thomas Dolby ("She Blinded me With Science", "One of Our Submarines Are Missing"), Thompson Twins, the Dolphin Bros, David Bowie, Robyn Hitchcock, Stereo MC's, The Waterboys, Sinéad O'Connor, Transvision Vamp, Morrissey, Tori Amos, Kimberley Rew and Alex Chilton

Klaus Selmke - 70 - Drummer w/1970's & 80's German rock band City

Mojmir Sepe - 90 - Serbian pop composer/arranger & trumpeter from the 1960's onward

Robin Seymour ~ 94 ~ American/Canadian disc jockey, host of 1960's TV Pop shows Swingin' Time and Teen Town

Joseph Shabalala ~ 78 ~ South African singer with Ladysmith Black Mambazo who sang on Paul Simon's "Graceland" album

Bob Shane ~ 85 ~ American singer and guitarist with 1950's & 60's Folk group The Kingston Trio ("Tom Dooley", "Sloop John B", "Scotch & Soda")

Billy Joe Shaver ~ 81, American country singer/songwriter ("You Ask Me To")

Jack Sherman ~ 68 ~ Guitarist for the Red Hot Chilli Peppers (first album), Bob Dylan, George Clinton & Feargal Sharkey

Sonam Sherpa ~ 48 ~ Guitarist with Indian rock band Parikrama

Balla Sidibé ~ 78 ~ Senegalese musician (Orchestra Baobab)

Gilbert Sigrist ~ 82 ~ French pianist

Flor Silvestre ~ 90 ~ Mexican singer & actress

Jeebs Simpson ~ Bassist for Kingston, Ontario band Goldwing

Hylda Sims ~ 87 ~ English folk musician and poet w/the City Ramblers Skiffle Group from the 1960's onward

Hal Cornbread Singer ~ 100 ~ American R&B and Jazz saxophonist & band leader from the 1940's onward w/Duke Ellington, Jay McShann, Lonnie Johnson, Eddie Cleanhead Vinson, Milt Buckner, Earl Fatha Hines, Roy Eldrich, Hot Lips Page and solo

Micki Singer ~ 63 ~ Montana Rock, R&B and Country drummer and radio DJ

Kico Slabinac ~ 76 ~ Croatian folk & pop singer

Jason Slater ~ 48 ~ Bassist 1990's bands Third Eye Blind, Snake River Conspiracy

Jerry Slick ~ 80 ~ Drummer for San Francisco Psyche band The Great Society (who did the original versions of "Somebody To Love" and "White Rabbit") and husband of Grace Slick

Sergei Slonimsky ~ 87 ~ Russian pianist and composer for Sci-Fi films

Millie Small ~ 73 ~ Jamaican 1960's Ska singer ("My Boy Lollipop")

Laura Smith ~ 67 ~ Canadian Folk and Celtic singer ("My Bonnie")

Michael Peter Smith ~ 78 ~ American Folk songwriter ("The Dutchman", recorded by Steve Goodman)

Tim Smith ~ 59 ~ English singer-songwriter w/Prog/Psyche Bands the Cardiacs, The Sea Nymphs, Spratleys Japs

Toni Smith ~ American R&B singer 1980's ("Funkin' for Jamaica (N.Y.)")

Viola Smith ~ 107 ~ Big Band drummer in all-girl band Frances Carroll & Her Coquettes and Ada Leonard & Her All-Girl Band from the 1940's onward, known as the "Female Gene Krupa", also played with Chic Webb & Ella Fitzgerald

Pop Smoke ~ 20 ~ American rapper ("Welcome to the Party")

Mike Somerville ~ 68 ~ American rock guitarist (Head East) and songwriter ("Never Been Any Reason", "Since You've Been Gone", later covered by Rainbow and Cherie & Marie Curie)

DJ SPINBAD ~ 48 ~ New Jersey radio DJ and record producer

Jorge Spiteri - 69 - Venezuelan rock musician

Peter Starkie ~ 72 ~ Australian rock guitarist (Skyhooks, Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons)

Lucille Starr ~ 82 ~ Country & Pop singer from the 1950's onward w/ Bob & Lucille and solo

Glynn Stephens ~ 50's ~ Bassist/singer with Toronto rock bands George Olliver’s Gangbusters, the Chris Smith Band, The 3 Dads, Pretzel Logic and Nightfly

Stezo - 51 - American rapper

Gordon Stone ~ 70 ~ Banjo player with American Jam Band Phish

Mark Stone ~ Original bassist with Van Halen

Vince Stonefish ~ 60's ~ Ontario aboriginal folk singer/songwriter

André Stordeur - 79 - Belgian electronic musician

Piotr Strojnowski ~ 62 ~ Polish vocalist and guitarist with Reggae band Daab

Chad Stuart ~ 79 ~ Singer with 1960's English folk/pop duo Chad & Jeremy ("Summer Song", "Yesterdays Gone"

Mercedes Mendoza Suasti - 93 - Ecuadorian pasillo/folk singer

Doug Supernaw ~ 60 ~ American C&W singer/songwriter

Steve Sutherland ~ British club and radio disc jockey

Mike Sydney ~ Bassist with Toronto punk bands Maximum RnR, Strange Heroes and the Snowdens and solo

Božidar Tanasković - bassist with Serbian Alternative Rock band Bjesovi

Eric Taylor ~ 70 ~ American Country singer/songwriter w/Nanci Griffith & Lyle Lovett

Scott Taylor ~ 58 ~ Guitarist for 1980's UK band Then Jerico ("The Big Area")

Richard Teitelbaum ~ 80 ~ American Avant Garde and Jazz Electronic player & composer w/Anthony Braxton and George Lewis

Thái Thanh ~ 85 ~ Vietnamese-American pop singer

Will Theunissen ~ 65 ~ Dutch Jazz Fusion guitarist w/Elevator and the Frank Boeijen Groep,

Allah Thérèse ~ Ivory coast folk singer

Jacob Thiele ~ 40 ~ Keyboardist with American indie band The Faint

Danny Ray Thompson ~ 72 ~ American Jazz sax player with Sun Ra

Guy Thomas ~ 85 ~ Belgian-born French songwriter

Steve Thronson (AKA Saint Dog) ~ 44 ~ Rapper with American Nu Metal band the Kottonmouth Kings

Jahn Tiegan ~ 70 ~ Singer w/1970's Prog Rock band Popol Vuh

Keith Tippett ~ 72 ~ British Jazz and Prog Rock pianist & composer with King Crimson, Centipede

Aaron Tokona ~ 45 ~ New Zealand guitarist and singer w/Weta, Cairo Knife Fight, Fly My Pretties

Chris Trousdale ~ 34 ~ American actor and singer w/1990's Boy Band Dream Street

Maisa Tsuno ~ 29 Guitarist with Japanese band Akai Koen

Ron Tudor ~ 96 ~ Australian producer & label owner (Fable Records)

Nana Tuffour ~ 66 ~ Ghanaian highlife singer

Evan Twitty ~ 18 ~ Indiana C&W guitarist & singer

Ty ~ 47 ~ British rapper

McCoy Tyner ~ 81 ~ Jazz pianist w/John Coltrane, Rashaan Roland Kirk, Art Blakey, George Benson, Donald Byrd, Art Farmer, Freddie Hubbard, Joe Henderson, Hank Mobley, Lee Morgan, Sonny Rollins, Wayne Shorter, Sonny Stitt, Stanley Turentine and solo

Blue Gene Tyranny ~ 74 ~ Pianist/composer w/the Stooges, Laurie Anderson, John Cage, Carla Bley & Peter Gordon

Ricky Valance ~ 84 ~ Welsh 1960's pop singer ("Tell Laura I Love Her")

Soloman Valentine ~ 83 ~ Manitoba Metis fiddler

John Valentyne ~ Toronto Blues promoter and radio host on CIUT and CIUT

Eddie Van Halen ~ 65 ~ Guitarist with classic California Metal band Van Halen ""You Really Got Me", "Dance The Night Away", "Jump", "Panama")

Dušan Vančura ~ 82 ~ Singer, double-bassist and lyricist w/1960's Czech Folk group Spirituál Kvintet

Jerry Venemann ~ Drummer with LA Punk band Delirium Tremens

Vanusa ~ 73 ~ Brazilian singer

Buz Verno ~ 67 ~ Bassist for The Rats, David Johansen, Sylvain Sylvain, Tom Petty, Cherry Vanilla

Víctor Víctor ~ 71 ~ Dominican 1970's singer-songwriter/guitarist with Nueava Forma

Cal Vin - 35 - Zimbabwean singer and rapper

Dragan Vučić ~ 65 ~ Macedonian composer and singer

Jan Vyčítal ~ 77 ~ Czech country music singer-songwriter and album cover artist

Howard Wales - 77 - American keyboardist with the Greatful Dead ("Truckin'")

Jerry Jeff Walker - 78 - American singer-songwriter ("Mr. Bojangles")

Tres Warren ~ 41 ~ Singer/guitarist w/New York Psyche Band Psychic Ills

Delroy Washington ~ 67 ~ British-Jamaican reggae singer

Pete Way ~ 69 ~ English rock bass guitarist (UFO, Waysted, Fastway)

Andrew Weatherall, 56, English music producer (New Order, Siouxsie, The Orb, Bjork, Future Sound Of London, Manic Street Preachers, My Bloody Valentine, James, Screamadelica), DJ and musician (The Sabres of Paradise, Two Lone Swordsmen)

5th Ward Weebie ~ 42 ~ American rapper

Elyse Weinberg ~ 74 ~ Toronto 1960's Folk singer/songwriter "Oh Deed I Do", "Chasity's Song"

Susan Weinert ~ 54 ~ German Jazz guitarist

Eric Weissberg ~ 80 ~ American folk banjoist w/The Tarriers ("Dueling Banjos")

Don Weller ~ 79 ~ English jazz saxophonist

Leslie West ~ 75 ~ American guitarist & singer with 1960's & 70's groups the Vagrants and Mountain ("Mississippi Queen")

Chet "JR" White ~ 40 ~ San Francisco bassist with Indie band Girls and record producer

Ian Whitcomb ~ 78 ~ English 1960's singer-songwriter ("You Turn Me On") and author

Why-S (real name Keeshan Brown) ~ 18 ~ Vancouver Rapper

Victoria Wilcox ~ Drummer with 1970's Toronto Pop Rock band Sensible Shoes

Hal Willner ~ 64 ~ American music producer for TV shows "Saturday Night Live", "Stay Awake" and tribute albums to Kurt Weill, Thelonious Monk, Leadbelly

Bruce Williamson ~ 49 ~ American singer w/reformed version of The Temptations

Graeme Williamson ~ Scottish/Canadian singer w/1980's Toronto New Wave band the Pukka Orchestra ("Listen To The Radio", "Cherry Beach Express")

Bo Winberg ~ 80 ~ Singer/Guitarist for the 1960's Swedish Rock band the Spotnicks ("Johnny Guitar", "The Rocket Man")

Jimmy Winston ~ 75 ~ English keyboardist with the Small Faces

Mark Wirtz ~ 76 ~ French musician and record producer for 1960's Rock Opera "A Teenage Opera"

Bill Withers ~ 81 ~ American 1970's R&B singer-songwriter ("Lean on Me", "Ain't No Sunshine", "Lovely Day")

Suthep Wongkamhaeng ~ 85 ~ Thai Luk Krung Pop singer

Nashom Wooden ~ 50 ~ American singer & drag performer w/electronic group The Ones

Charles Wuorinen ~ 72 ~ American Avant Garde and Serial Music classical composer w/the Group For Contemporary Music, Lukas Foss, Salman Rushdie

Betty Wright ~ 66 ~ American soul and R&B singer ("Clean Up Woman")

Edna Wright ~ 76 ~ American singer with 1970's R&B duo Honey Cone

Eugene Wright ~ 92 ~ American Jazz bassist with Dave Brubeck

Willie Wright - 80 - American soul singer

Vladimir Yefimenko - 67 - Russian singer and guitarist with 1970's & 80's bands Leysya & Pesnya

Yohan ~ 28 ~ South Korean pop singer w/TST

Young Jessie ~ 80 ~ American R&B and Doo-Wop singer from the 1950's onward ("I Smell A Rat", "Oochie Coochie", "Hot Dog" (covered by Elvis and Wanda Jackson) and "Mary Lou" (covered by Ronnie Hawkins) later sang with the Coasters ("Searchin", "Young Blood")

Yoshio ~ 60 ~ Japanese/Mexican pop singer from the 1970's & 80's

Jimmy wa Yuni ~ Kenyan musician

Rika Zarai ~ 90 ~ Israeli pop/folk singer from the 1950's to the 80's

Marc Zermati ~ 75 ~ French record producer and promoter and owner of Skydog Records

Erickson Le Zulu ~ 41 ~ Ivorian disc jockey & singer

Some 1950's and 60's Rockers

Kieth Olsen ~ 74 ~ American bassist with 1960's Garage band the Music Machine ("Talk Talk") and later producer w/Rick Springfield, Fleetwood Mac, Ozzy Osbourne, the Grateful Dead, Whitesnake, Pat Benatar, Heart, Santana, Saga, Scorpions, Foreigner, Journey, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Joe Walsh, Eric Burdon, Joe Walsh, the James Gang, Fleetwood Mac, the Babys, Starship, Sammy Hagar, Kim Carnes, 38 Special, Bad Company, Night Ranger, Kingdom Come, Eddie Money

THE MUSIC MACHINE ~ "TALK TALK";


THE MUSIC MACHINE ~ "MASCULINE INTUITION";


THE MUSIC MACHINE ~ "CHERRY CHERRY";


Chris Darrow ~ 75 ~ Singer/Bassist/Mandolinist with 1960's US Psyche band Kaleidoscope and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

KALEIDOSCOPE ~ "LIE TO ME";


Jerry Slick ~ Drummer for San Francisco Psyche band The Great Society (who did the original versions of "Somebody To Love" and "White Rabbit") and husband of Grace Slick

THE GREAT SOCIETY ~ "SOMEBODY TO LOVE";


THE GREAT SOCIETY ~ "WHITE RABBIT";


THE GREAT SOCIETY ~ "FREE ADVICE";


Bo Winberg ~ 80 ~ Guitarist for the 1960's Swedish Instro band the Spotnicks ("Johnny Guitar", "The Rocket Man"

Bob Lander ~ 78 ~ Guitarist w/1960's Swedish Rock band The Spotnicks

THE SPOTNICKS ~ "THE ROCKET MAN";


THE SPOTNICKS ~ "JOHNNY GUITAR";



THE SPOTNICKS ~ "AMAPOLA";


THE SPOTNICKS ~ "SPANISH GYPSY DANCE";


THE SPOTNICKS ~ "LAST ROCKET TRAIN";


Ed Kookie Byrnes ~ 87 ~ American actor ("77 Sunset Strip" & "Grease") who had a 1959 hit novelty song "Kookie Kookie Give Me Your Comb" as a duet with Connie Francis

ED KOOKIE BYRNES & CONNIE FRANCIS ~ "KOOKIE KOOKIE GIVE ME YOUR COMB";


Leslie Cauchi ~ 77 ~ Singer & keyboardist with 1960's Doo Wop groups The Del Satins (w/Dion; "The Wanderer", "Donna The Prima Donna", "Drip Drop") and the Brooklyn Bridge

DION & THE DEL SATINS ~ "DONNA THE PRIMA DONNA";


DION & THE DEL SATINS ~ "THE WANDERER";


DION & THE DEL SATINS ~ "RUNAROUND SUE";


Wayne King ~ bassist for 1960's Louisville Ky band Tommy Cosmo & The Counts and the Uptown Band

COSMO & THE COUNTS ~ "A LITTLE MIXED UP";


COSMO & THE COUNTS ~ "SWEETHEART PLEASE DON'T GO";


Bobby Comstock ~ 78 ~ Singer with 1960's American rock band Bobby Comstock & the Counts ("Tennessee Waltz", "I Wanna Do It", "Let's Stomp")

BOBBY COMSTOCK & THE COUNTS ~ "I WANT TO DO IT";


BOBBY COMSTOCK & THE COUNTS ~ "LET'S STOMP";


Barbara Martin ~ 76 ~ Singer with the original Supremes

THE SUPREMES ~ "HE'S 17";


THE SUPREMES ~ "AFTER ALL";


Phil Phillips ~ 94 ~ 1950's New Orleans R&B singer ("Sea Of Love")

PHIL PHILLIPS ~ "SEA OF LOVE";


Steve Martin Caro 71 ~ Singer with 1960's US pop band The Left Banke ("Walk Away Renee")

Tom Finn ~ 71 ~ Bassist with 1960's Pop band The Left Banke ("Walk Away Renee")



Marty Grebb ~ 74 ~ Keyboardist for American progressive pop band the Buckinghams ("Kind Of A Drag", "Mercy Mercy Mercy", "Susan") and Chicago;

THE BUCKINGHAMS ~ "KIND OF A DRAG";


THE BUCKINGHAMS ~ "DON'T YOU CARE";


THE BUCKINGHAMS ~ "MERCY MERCY MERCY";


Bob Nave ~ 75 ~ Keyboardist with 1960's American Psychedelic band The Lemon Pipers ("My Green Tambourine")

THE LEMON PIPERS ~ "MY GREEN TAMBOURINE";


THE LEMON PIPERS ~ "NO HELP FROM ME";


Simon Posthuma ~ 81 ~ Dutch artist and musician with 1960's Psychedelic Art & Music collective The Fool

THE FOOL;


THE FOOL ~ "WONDERWALL";


THE FOOL ~ "ACTION PAINTING";


Moraes Moreira ~ 72 ~ Guitarist and singer w/Brazilian Folk Rock group Novos Baianos

NOVOS BAIANOS ~ "MISTEREO DO PLANETA";


NOVOS BAIANOS ~ "SAMBA DA MINHAS TERRA";


Barry Mayger ~ 73 ~ Bassist with 1960's British pop band Chicory Tip

CHICORY TIP ~ "SON OF MY FATHER";


Ljiljana Petrović ~ 81 ~ Serbian 1960's pop singer

LJILJANA PETROVIC ~ "NEKE DAVNE ZEDZVE";


Kamit Sanbayev ~ 78 ~ Kazakh singer with USSR 1960's &70's pop group Dos Mukasan

DOS MUKASAN;