Musical Deaths From COVID-19

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

JOHN PRINE ~ "SAM STONE";


JOHN PRINE ~ "ANGEL FROM MONTGOMERY";


JOHN PRINE ~ "WHEN I GET TO HEAVEN";


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")

FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE ~ "STACEY'S MOM";


FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE ~ "HEY JULIE";


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

BRUCE WOOLEY & THE CAMERA CLUB ~ "CLEAN CLEAN";


THE SOFT BOYS ~ "ONLY THE STONES REMAIN";


THOMAS DOLBY ~ "SHE BLINDED ME WITH SCIENCE";


THOMAS DOLBY ~ "ONE OF OUR SUBMARINES";


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

BRIAN ENO & HAROLD BUDD ~ "LATE OCTOBER";
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

THE ARROWS ~ "TOUCH TOO MUCH";


THE ARROWS ~ "I LOVE ROCK & ROLL";


THE ARROWS ~ "MY LAST NIGHT WITH YOU";


VODKA COLLINS ~ "PINK SOUP";


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

RIOT ~ "FIRE DOWN UNDER";


RIOT ~ "BLOOD STREETS";


Detto Mariano ~ 82 ~ Italian Keyboardist & composer with 1960's band I Ribelli and solo, later also a producer
I RIBELLI ~ "KEEP ON DANCING";


I RIBELLI ~ "PUGNI CHIUSI":


Sergio Bassi ~ 69 ~ Italian folk singer-songwriter

SERGIO BASSI ~ "IMPRESSIONI";


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

JOE DIFFIE ~ "BIGGER THAN THE BEATLES";


JOE DIFFIE ~ "SHIPS THAT DON'T COME IN";


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

LENNIE TRISTANO w/LEE KONITZ & WAYNE MARSH;


BILL EVANS & LEE KONITZ ~ "HOW DEEP IS THE OCEAN" & "BEAUTIFUL LOVE";


BILL EVANS & LEE KONITZ ~ "MY MELANCHOLY BABY";


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

DIZZY GILLESPIE & MIKE LONGO ~ "DING-A-LING";


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

ELLIS MARSALIS & KENNY KIRKLAND ~ "JUST THE TWO OF US";


ELLIS & WYNTON MARSALIS ~ "MOZARTIN";


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

WALLACE ROONEY ~ "ROUND MIDNIGHT";


Jacques Pellen - 63 - French jazz guitarist

JACQUES PELLEN ~ "MORO SONG";


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

TRINI LOPEZ ~ "IF I HAD A HAMMER";


Marcelo Peralta ~ 59 ~ Argentine Jazz saxophonist

MARCELO PERALTA ~ "WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED LOVE";


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

AURLUS MABELE ~ "EMBARGO";


AURLUS MABELE ~ "LIST ROUGE";


Hamdi Benani ~ 77 ~ Algerian musician and singer

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

MANU DIBANGO ~ "WOA";


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

PREACHER JACK;


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

Troy Sneed ~ 52 ~ American gospel singer

TROY SNEED ~ "MY HEART SAYS YES";


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

JAMES LAST ORCH ~ "ROCKY THEME";


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

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

CHRISTOPHE ~ "ALINE";


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

CRISTINA ~ "YOU CAN DRIVE MY CAR";


CRISTINA ~ "TICKET TO THE TROPICS";


Alberto Carpani ~ 64 ~ Italian 1970's Disco singer

ALBERTO CARPANI ~ "FOR YOUR LOVE";


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

BOO-YAA TRIBE ~ "RAID";


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

THE ONES ~ "FLAWLESS";


Black & Mild ~ 44 ~ New Orleans Bounce Music DJ

BLACK & MILD ~ "SURE THING";


Kiing Shooter ~ 24 ~ American rapper

KIING SHOOTER ~ "SAY LESS";


Fred the Godson - 35 - American DJ and rapper

FRED THE GODSON ~ "FREE STYLE";


Ty ~ 47 ~ British rapper

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

CIRO PESSOA;


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

DOBBY DOBSON ~ "THE LOVING PAUPER";


Aldir Blanc ~ 73 ~ Brazilian songwriter

Fabiana Anastácio ~ 45 ~ Brazilian Christian Contemporary singer

Vinicio Franco - 87 - Dominican merengue singer-songwriter

Kishen Bholasing ~ 35 ~ Surinamese singer & percussionist

KISHEN BHOLASING;


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

YOSHIO ~ "EL REENCUENTRO";


Cosmas Magaya ~ 67 ~ Zimbabwean mbira player

David Corrêa ~ 82 ~ Brazilian singer-songwriter

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

Claudio Garbolino ~ 54 ~ Argentine keyboardist

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

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

OSCAR CHAVEZ ~ "MACONDO";


Dragan Vučić ~ 65 ~ Macedonian composer and singer

Reynaert ~ 65 ~ Belgian 1980's Pop singer

David Refael ben Ami ~ 70 ~ Israeli singer

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

BILL MACK & WILLIE NELSON ~ "DRINING CHAMPAGNE";


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

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

BILL PURSELL ~ "OUR WINTER LOVE";


Fou Ts'ong - 86 - Award winning Chinese-born British pianist

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

ANTHROPIC;


ANTHROPIC;

Some Canadian Artists

Ken Chi Pig ~ Singer w/Alberta 1980's & 90's Hardcore Punk band SNFU

SNFU;


SNFU ~ "ERIC'S HAD A BAD DAY";


SNFU ~ "REALITY IS A RIDE ON THE BUS;


SNFU ~ "I FORGET";


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

THE ACTION ~ "DOWNTOWN";


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

BARRY ALLEN ~ "LOUISIANA MAN";


BARRY ALLEN ~ "LAYLA";


BARRY ALLEN ~ "AFTERGLOW";


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

THE REAL MACKENZIES ~ "MAINLAND";


THE REAL MACKENZIES ~ "DUE WEST";


THE REAL MACKENZIES ~ "DRINK SOME MORE";


THE MATTHEW GOOD BAND ~ "HELLO TIME BOMB";


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

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

IAN & SYLVIA TYSON ~ "CRAZY ARMS";


NEW RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE ~ "TRUCK DRIVING MAN";


NEW RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE ~ "I DON'T NEED NO DOCTOR";


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

WHISKEY JACK ~ "FIDDLIN' MAN"


WHISKEY JACK ~ "THE HOCKEY SONG"


WHISKEY JACK ~ "I DREAM ALONE"


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

LAURA SMITH ~ "MY BONNIE";


Bill Dowey ~ Calgary Blues singer & guitarist

BILL DOWEY THE BLUES DEVILS ~ "SEVENTH SON";


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

JAMES CAMERON;


JAMES CAMERON ~ "PEOPLE ARE CRAZY";


Sean Cunnington ~ 51 ~ Milton, Ontario guitarist/songwriter

CARLA MULLER & SEAN CUNNINGTON ~ "I'VE GOT EVERYTHING";


Rene Claude ~ 80 ~ Quebec singer & actress

RENE CLAUDE ~ "LE DEBUTE LE TEMPS NOUVEAU";


RENE CLAUDE ~ "VIENS FAIRE OU TOUR";


Jean Nichol ~ 75 ~ Quebec 1970's Folk & Pop singer

JEAN NICHOL ~ "SANS TOI";


JEAN NICHOL ~ "OH LADY MARY";


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

HUGH FRASER & VEJI;


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

BOB & LUCILLE ~ "EEENIE MEENIE MINEY MOE";


BOB & LUCILLE ~ "DREAM BABY";


LUCILLE STARR ~ "THE FRENCH SONG";


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

"SWINGIN' TIME" ~ 1966;


"SWINGIN' TIME";


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