The People Who Died 2021 Edition

Tõnu Aare - 67 - Musician, composer and songwriter with 1970's & 80's Estonian band Apelsin

Luigi Albertelli - 86 - Italian Pop singer/songwriter ("Zingara")

Richie Albright - 81 - Drummer w/Waylon Jennings backing band Waymore's Outlaws

Keith Allison ~ 79 ~ Bassist w/1960's Seattle band Paul Revere & The Raiders ("Kicks", "Stepping Stone", "Just Like Me", "Louie Louie", "Indian Reservation")

Adalberto Álvarez ~ 72 ~ Pianist w/Cuban Latin Jazz bands Son 14, Adalberto Álvarez y su Son

Joe Ambrose ~ 91 ~ Sax player with Bill Haley & The Comets ("Rock Around The Clock" "See Ya Later Alligator")

Nana Ampadu ~ 76 ~ Ghanaian Highlife singer/guitarist w/The African Brothers Band

Ron Anderson - 75 - American vocal coach (Axl Rose, Chris Cornell, Ozzy Osbourne)

Yul Anderson - 63 - American Jazz & Gospel pianist & composer

Louis Andriessen - 82 - Dutch Avant Garde composer & pianist

Luboš Andršt - 73 - Guitarist and composer with 1960's & 70's Czech bands Framus Five, Energit, Jazz Q

Louis Armentaro ~ 97 ~ Montana C&W steel guitarist with the Rhythm Ramblers in the 1950's & 60's

Johnny Ashcroft - 94 - Australian country singer

Colin Bailey ~ 87 ~ English-born American jazz drummer w/Vince Guaraldi, Julie London, Frank Sinatra, Joe Pass

Razzy Bailey - 82 - American country musician ("Midnight Hauler", "She Left Love All Over Me", "I Keep Coming Back").

Đorđe Balašević - 67 - Singer-songwriter w/1970's & 80's Serbian folk band Rani Mraz

Adam Balsam ~ 30's ~ Drummer w/Toronto Indie Rock band the Mad Ones

Adrian Bărar - 61 - Romanian guitarist with Romanian Metal band Cargo

Misko Barbara - 49 - Singer with Ukrainian band Dead Rooster

Chris Barber - 90 - English jazz bandleader and trombonist ("Petite Fleur") also bandleader for his wife singer Ottilie Paterson

Andrew Barker - 50's - Bassist, keyboardist and DJ with UK Acid Techno band 808 State

Aria Baron - 51 - Indonesian guitarist w/Baron Soulmates, Slank, Boomerang

Jimi Bellmartin - 71 - Dutch pop singer

Jo Jo Bennett ~ 81 ~ Toronto/Jamaican Ska & Reggae trumpet player from the 1960's onward w/Juno Award winners The Sattalites also Byron Lee & The Dragonaires, The Fugitive, The Mudie All-Stars also record label head

Evette Benton ~ 68 ~ American soul and disco singer with the Spinners ("Games People Play")

Iurie Berdea - Drummer with Moldovan Grunge/Metal band Gândul Mâței

Byron Berline ~ 77 ~ American Country & Bluegrass Fiddler w/Bryron Berline & Sundance, The Dillards, Flying Burrito Bros, Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Elton John, The Byrds, Janis Ian, Earl Scruggs, Dillard & Clark, Willie Nelson, Bill Monroe, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Doc Watson, John Denver, Gene Clark, Rod Stewart, The Eagles, The Band, Vince Gill, Gram Parsons, Emmylou Harris, Tammy Wynette, Alabama, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Mason Williams, Stephen Stills, Bill Wyman, Manhattan Transfer, The Doobie Brothers, Lucinda Williams, Mickey Gilley and Andy Statman.

Jim Bessman ~ American music journalist with "Billboard Magazine", album liner notes and biographer for The Ramones & John Mellencamp

Raye Biffin ~ 50's ~ Founder of Montreal record label Ricochet Sounds (The Gruesomes, The Datsuns, Light Bulb Alley)

Freddy Birset - 73 - Belgian folk singer/guitarist

Torgny Björk - 82 - Swedish folk musician, composer and singer

Jay Black ~ 82 ~ Singer with US vocal group Jay & The Americans (“Come A Little Bit Closer”, "Cara Mia" and “This Magic Moment")

Dewayne Blackwell ~ 84 ~ American songwriter ("Friends in Low Places", "Mr. Blue")

Allan Blazek ~ 71 ~ American record producer, mixer and audio engineer w/The J Giels Band, Glenn Frey, REO Speedwagon, Elvin Bishop, J. Geils Band, Michael Stanley, Fandango, The Outlaws, Johnny Winters, Wishbone Ash

Black Rob - 51 - American rapper ("Whoa!", "Bad Boy for Life")

Tim Bogert - 76 - American rock bassist (Vanilla Fudge, Beck, Bogert & Appice, Cactus),

Frank Bonner ~ 79 ~ American actor who played Herb Tarlek on the 1978-82 TV sitcom "WKRP In Cinncinatti"

Leonid Bortkevich ~ 71 ~ Singer with 1960's & 70's Belarusian band Pesniary

Brett Bradshaw - Drummer with Hollywood 1980's Hair Metal band Faster Pussycat "Babylon", "On The Bathroom Wall"

Robert Brann ~ 60's ~ Roots/Rock Toronto singer/songwriter

Jean "Binta" Breeze - 65 - Jamaican dub poet

Bonny Brent ~ 69 ~ Toronto Guyanese/Canadian drummer

Gil Bridges - 80 - Sax player with 1960's & 70's American band Rare Earth ("Get Ready", "I Just Want To Celebrate")

Ronnell Bright ~ 91 ~ American Jazz pianist & composer from the 1940's onward with Dizzy Gillespie, Sarah Vaughan, Carmen McRae, Lena Horne, Coleman Hawkins, Shirley Scott, Anita O'Day, Buddy Tate

Tony Brighton ~ 60's ~ Bassist in the second & final line up of Toronto Punks The Ugly and ZRO4

Eldon Brillinger - 70's - Uxbridge, Ontario Bluegrass singer/guitarist

Ed Britt ~ Boston folk club owner and banjo player with the Blunt Insturments

Charli Britton - 68 - Drummer with Welsh Country Duo John & Alun

Bruce Bromberg ~ 80 ~ American Blues producer w/Lightning Hopkins, Johnny Shines, Robert Cray, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Johnny Shines, Dave Alvin, co-founder of Hightone Records

Sheila Bromberg ~ 92 ~ British harpist w/The Beatles "Sgt Pepper" album, James Bond themes for "Dr No" & "Goldfinger" also Frank Sinatra, Osmonds, Shirley Bassey, Tom Jones, Sammy Davis Jr, Bing Crosby, Heatwave ("Boogie Nights"), The Phantom Of The Opera & Monty Python, cousin of guitarist David Bromberg

Steve Bronski - 61 - Scottish keyboardist with 1980's Technopop band Bronski Beat ("Small Town Boy", "Why")

Mark de Brouwer - 50 - Dutch disc jockey (Radio 10 Gold)

Steve Brown ~ 62 ~ British music producer The Cult, The Alarm, Manic Street Preachers, Wham!)

Ed Bruce - 81 - American singer-songwriter ("Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys", "You're the Best Break This Old Heart Ever Had")

Patsy Bruce - 82 - American country songwriter ("Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys")

Michael Bruun ~ 70 ~ Guitarist w/Danish rock bands Thor's Hammer, Tøsedrengene, Ray-Dee-Ohh, Sensory System, Anaconda and the Chewing Gum Band and fusion band Heavy Joker

Kris De Bruyne - 70 - Belgian folk rock singer

Dave Bunker ~ Western Swing guitarist from the 1950's onward & inventer of the "Touch Guitar"

James Burke - 70 - Singer from 1960's American Soul group Five Stairsteps ("Oh Child")

Joe Burke - 81 - Irish Folk accordionist

Ron Bushy ~ Drummer for 1960's California Psychedelic Hard Rock band Iron Butterfly

Francoise Cactus ~ Drummer & singer with German Art Punk bands Stereo Total & Les Lolitas

Joe Camarillo ~ Chicago drummer for Jon Langford, the Waco Bros, The Hush Drops

Ray Campi - 83 - Texas Rockabilly singer/bassist, born in New York, family having immigrated from Newfoundland, from the 1950's onward (Catapiller")

Carman - 65 - American Christian Contemporary singer

Carlos do Carmo ~ 81 ~ Portuguese fado singer

Alan Cartwright - 75 - Bassist with 1960's English band Procol Harum ("Whiter Shade Of Pale")

Cassiano ~ Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist

Malcolm Cecil ~ 84 ~ British synth pioneer musician w/Tonto's Expanding Head Band & bassist w/the Jazz Couriers, Dick Morrissey, Tony Crombie and Ronnie Scott, later Cyril Davies and Alexis Korner in the original line-up of Blues Incorporated and record producer with Stevie Wonder

Franco Cerri ~ 95 ~ Italian Jazz guitarist w/Chet Baker, Dizzy Gillespie, Johnny Griffin, Stéphane Grappelli, Billie Holiday, Lee Konitz, Gerry Mulligan, Lou Bennett, Tony Scott, Django Reinhardt and the Modern Jazz Quartet.

Emmett Chapman - 85 - American Jazz bassist, inventor of the Chapman Stick

Michael Chapman ~ 80 ~ English Folk & Jazz singer-songwriter and guitarist

Philippe Chatel - 72 - French singer-songwriter

Phil Chen - 80 - Jamaican bassist w/Manzarek–Krieger, Butts Band, Rod Stewart, Jeff Beck, Brain May

Aaron Chesworth ~ Singer with 80's Guelph Garage Punk band Maggot Fodder

Kevin Chris - 23 - Brazilian singer and songwriter

Pavel Chrastina - 81 - Bass guitarist, singer and lyricist w/ 1960's Czech band Olympic

Mikey Chung (AKA Mao Chung) - 71 - Jamaican guitar/bassist/keyboardist/percussionist/producer with Sly & Robbie, Black Uhuru, Lee Scratch Perry, The Mighty Mystics, Peter Tosh, the Upsetters, Maxi Priest, Grace Jones, the Rolling Stones, Serge Gainsbourg, Bette Midler, Art Ensemble of Chicago, James Brown, Joe Cocker and Sinéad O'Connor.

Big Bob Clark - 60's - Bassist with California Hardcore band Aggression

Kevin Clark ~ 32 ~ Drummer in "The School Of Rock" film and band Third Estate

Louis Clark - 73 - British musical arranger for Electric Light Orch and Hooked On Classics

Sanford Clark ~ 85 ~ American 1950's Rockabilly & Country singer ("The Fool", "It's Nothing To Me")

Quinton Claunch ~ 99 ~ American studio guitarist with Sun Records (Carl Perkins, Wanda Jackson, Charlie Feathers), producer with Hi Records & Goldwax Records (James Carr, The Ovations)

Willie Cobbs ~ 89 ~ American blues singer, harmonica player and songwriter ("You Don't Love Me")

Richard Cole - 75 - English music manager for Led Zeppelin

Charles Connor ~ 86 ~ Drummer with Little Richard ("Tutti Frutti", "Keep A Knocking"), James Brown, Smiley Lewis, Jack Dupree, Shirley and Lee, Sam Cooke, Jackie Wilson, The Coasters, Big Joe Turner, Larry Williams, Don Covay, Dee Clark and The Upsetters

Billy Conway - 65 - Drummer with 1990's American Alternative bands Morphine & Treat Her Right

Barry Coope 60's - English folk singer w/Coope, Boyes and Simpson

Jason Rowdy Cope ~ 43 ~ American Country Rock guitarist (The Steel Woods, Jamey Johnson, Lindi Ortega)

Gary Corbett - American rock keyboardist w/Cinderella & Kiss

Chick Corea ~ 79 ~ Grammy winning American Jazz painist with Miles Davis, Kieth Jarrett, John McLaughlin, Pat Metheney, Jack DeJohnette, Lionel Hampton, Bela Fleck, Gary Burton, Stanley Clark, Stan Getz, Joe Henderson, Herbie Mann, Wayne Shorter, Sonny Stitt, Elvin Jones and his own groups Circle & Return To Forever

Cedrick Cotton - 46 - American R&B singer w/Ideal

Paul Cotton ~ 78 ~ Singer/Guitarist with American 1970's Country Rock band Poco

Paul Couter - 72 - Guitarist with 1980's Belgian band TC Matic

Jimmy Cox ~ 87 ~ Old Time Banjo player and banjo builder

Johnny Crawford ~ 75 ~ American 1950's child star and pop singer

Jim Creighton ~ Singer/Guitarist w/1980's Scottish Rockabilly band The Shakin' Pyramids

Joaquín Cúneo ~ Peruvian rock vocalist

Cristián Cuturrufo - 48 - Chilean jazz trumpeter

Robbie Dale ~ 81 ~ British 1960's pirate radio radio DJ (Radio Caroline)

Jacky van Dam - 83 - Dutch 1970's & 80's pop singer

Georgie Dann - 81 - French 1970's pop singer

Sarah Dash ~ 76 ~ American singer w/Labelle

Tonton David ~ 53 ~ French Reggae singer

Dave Davies ~ 50's ~ Member of late 80's Toronto Hardcore band Son Of Happy

Betty Davis - 77 ~ Soul singer, model and wife of Miles Davis

John Davis ~ 66 ~ American singer, one of the actual voices of Milli Vanilli

Linda Dawe ~ 73 ~ Canadian music journalist & promoter for RCA, MCA & CBS Records from the 1970's on, founder of the Women In the Music Business (WIMB) lobby group.

Tommy DeBarge - 64 - Bassist and singer with 1970's Funk band Switch on Gordy Records

Prince Markie Dee - 52 - American rapper with 1980's Hip Hop group The Fat Boys

Deezer D - 55 - American rapper

Fred Deller ~ 70's ~ Music writer with Mojo Magazine, biographer of Frank Sinatra and liner notes for Dizzy Gillespie & Piano Red

Raša Đelmaš - 71 - Serbian rock musician (YU Grupa, Zebra, Pop Mašina)

Garth Dennis - 72 - Jamaican reggae musician (Black Uhuru, The Wailing Souls)

Lorrae Desmond - 91 - Australian pop singer & television presenter from the 1940's on

Jacob Desvarieux - 65 - French-Caribbean singer musician and record producer with Guadeloupe Calypso band Kassav'

Micheal D'Amico ~ 40's ~ St Catherines, Ontario singer/songwriter/producer w/Happy As Hell and solo, painter and director of the Niagara Arts Centre

Doug Deveaux - Oshawa Country singer

Winsford Devine ~ 77 Trindadian singer/songwriter

Gabriel Ruiz Díaz - 45 - Bassist with Argentine band Catupecu Machu

BB Dickerson ~ 72 ~ Bassist with 1960's & 70's Funk band Eric Burdon & War ("Low Rider", "Spill The Wine", "Why Can't We Be Friends"

Maximiliano Djerfy - 46 - Guitarist with Argentine band Callejeros

DMX (AKA Earl Simmons) ~ 50 ~ American Rapper ("Party Up In Here")

Alix Dobkin - 80 - American folk singer-songwriter and lesbian feminist activist

Malcolm Dome ~ 66 ~ UK Metal, Prog Rock & Horror movie critic from the 1970's onward w/"errang", "Classic Rock", "Prog", "Metal Hammer", "Louder", "Metal Fury", "Total Rock" & "Horror", wrote the "Encyclopedia Metallica" (1981) and credited with coining the term "Thrash"

Double K - 43 - American rapper (People Under the Stairs)

Dragoljub Đuričić - 68 - Drummer with Montenegrin bands YU Grupa, Leb i sol & Kerber

Drakeo the Ruler - 28 - American rapper

Gary Eckstein ~ 73 ~ Israeli blues rock singer

Greame Edge ~ 80 ~ Drummer w/UK band The Moody Blues "Nights In White Satin", "Ride My See Saw", "Tuesday Afternoon", "Sitting At The Wheel")

Bobby Edwards ~ 72 ~ Toronto guitarist w/Gordon Lightfoot, Glen Campbell, Anne Murray, Kim Mitchell, Oscar Peterson, Henry Mancini, Kenny Rogers, Ella Fitzgerald, Patsy Cline, Al Jolson, and solo, played on "The Friendly Giant" TV show theme

David Edwards ~ 56 ~ Singer with Welsh Post Punk band Datblygu from the 1980's onward

Bill Eid ~ Co-Owner of 1980's Toronto club the Upper Lip

Einár - 19 - Swedish rapper

Jewlia Eisenberg - Singer with American band Charming Hostess

Pee Wee Ellis ~ 80 ~ American R&B sax player with James Brown, also Van Morrison, Maceo Parker, George Benson, Ginger Baker, Jack McDuff, Sonny Stitt, Shirley Scott, Leon Thomas

Hector Emaides - 66 - Argentinian music and festival producer (Cosquin Rock)

Emani - 22 - American R&B singer

Bill Emerson ~ 83 ~ American Bluegrass & Country banjo player from the 1950's onward w/The Country Gentlemen, Cliff Waldron's Leaves Of Grass, Jimmy Martin's Sunny Valley Boys, Red Allen, Buzz Busby & the Bayou Boys and Emerson & Waller

Les Emmerson ~ 77 ~ Singer with Canadian 60's band The Staccatos and 70's band the Five Man Electrical Band ("Sign")

Oleg Emirov - 51 - Russian composer, arranger and keyboardist w/Baroque Pop bands Kolibri & Tequilajazzz

Raquel Ércole - 81 - Colombian folkloric music dancer and actress

Erriquez - 60 - Singer and guitarist with Italian Folk band Bandabardò

Sergio Esquivel - 74 - Mexican singer-songwriter

Deon Estus ~ 65 ~ UK bassist w/Wham & George Micheal

Don Everly ~ 81 ~ Singer with duo The Everly Brothers ("Wake Up Little Suzy", "Bye Bye Love", "Bird Dog", "All I Have To Do Is Dream", "Cathy's Clown", "When Will I Be Loved")

JD Featherstone ~ 60's ~ Drummer with London, Ont Punk band The Demics ("New York City") and Handsome Ned & The Sidewinders

Anne Feeney ~ 69 ~ American folk singer-songwriter and political activist

Vicente Feliú - 74 - Cuban folk singer

Lawrence Ferlinghetti ~ San Francisco Beat scene poet, painter, publisher for Jack Keruac & bookstore owner

Vicente Fernández - 81 - Mexican singer ("La Derrota", "Estos Celos", "El Último Beso")

Bobby Few - 85 - American jazz pianist and bandleader w/ Brook Benton, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Jackie McLean, Joe Henderson, Albert Ayler, Archie Shepp

Jesús Fichamba - 74 - Ecuadorian indigenous singer

Harry Finegold - 70's - Toronto owner of 60's nightclub the Night Owl and manager of Dee and the Yeomen

Mike Finnigan - 76 - American Rock, Blues & Jazz Hammond keyboardist and vocalist w/Jimi Hendrix, Joe Cocker, Etta James, Sam Moore, Crosby Stills & Nash, Dave Mason, Buddy Guy, The Manhattan Transfer, Taj Mahal, Michael McDonald, Maria Muldaur, Peter Frampton, Cher, Ringo Starr, Leonard Cohen, Tower of Power, Rod Stewart, David Coverdale, Tracy Chapman, Los Lonely Boys, Bonnie Raitt and the Serfs and DFK

Bob Fish ~ 72 ~ Singer with 1970's UK R&R Revival Doo Wop band The Darts and later Folk singer and autoharp player

Pat Fish - 64 ~ AKA The Jazz Butcher, British New Wave singer/guitarist/songwriter

Bob Fisher ~ UK Rock archivist ("The History Of Rock" collection)

Michael Fonfara ~ 75 ~ Toronto keyboardist from the 1960's onward with Jon & Lee & the Checkmates, the Electric Flag, Rhinoceros, the Lincolns, Lou Reed, Downchild, Rough Trade, Everley Bros, Foriegner, Chris Houston

Neal Ford ~ 78 ~ American rock singer (Neal Ford & the Fanatics)

George Frayne IV ~ 77 ~ Alias Commander Cody, Singer and keyboardist w/1970's Country Rock band Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen ("Hot Rod Lincoln")

Denny Freeman ~ 76 ~ American blues guitarist and keyboardist w/Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jimmie Vaughan, Bob Dylan, Angela Strehli, Lou Ann Barton, James Cotton, Taj Mahal, Barry Goldberg, Percy Sledge, Otis Rush, Albert Collins, Buddy Guy, Junior Wells, Lazy Lester, The Cobras, The Corals, Southern Feeling

Dave Frishberg - 88 - American jazz pianist, songwriter and singer w/Jimmy Rushing, Blossom Dearie, Rosemary Clooney, Shirley Horn,Anita O'Day, Diana Krall, John Pizzarelli, Mel Tormé, Pee Wee Russell, Ben Webster, wrote the theme for the classic "I'm Just A Bill" cartoon

Jerry Fujio ~ 81 ~ Japanese 1960's singer & actor

Curtis Fuller ~ 86 ~ American Jazz trombonist w/Art Blakey, Miles Davis, Cannonball & Nat Adderly,Bud Powell, Jimmy Smith, Wayne Shorter, Sonny Clark, Lee Morgan, Joe Henderson, Wayne Shorter, Dizzy Gillespie, Count Basie, Art Framer, John Coltrane,Lionel Hampton, Quincy Jones, Yousef Latif, Hank Moberly, Woody Shaw, Jimmy Smith, Dexter Gordon, Abbey Lincoln, Gil Evans, Philly Jo Jones

Ethel Gabriel ~ 99 ~ American record producer with RCA Records, worked with; Elvis Presley, Dolly Parton, Jim Reeves, Eddy Arnold, Henry Mancini ("Pink Panther"), Harry Belafonte, Perez Prado, the Ames Brothers, Eddie Fisher, Jaye P. Morgan, Hugo Winterhalter, Henri René, The Three Suns, Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops Orchestra, Neil Sedaka, Paul Anka, Norma Jean, The Limeliters, Wilf "Montana Slim" Carter, The Living Strings

Grady Gaines ~ 86 ~ R&B Saxman w/The Upsetters, Little Richard, Sam Cooke, Jackie Wilson, Joe Tex, Gatemouth Brown, Curtis Mayfield, Little Willie John, James Brown, Dee Clark, Big Walter Price

Roy Gaines ~ 87 ~ Texas Rock, Blues & Jazz singer/guitarist with Ray Charles, Chuck Willis, Roy Milton, Bobby Bland, Junior Parker, Big Mama Thornton, Everley Bros, the Supremes, Bobby Darin, Stevie Wonder, Gladys Knight and solo ("Skippy Is A Sissy"0

Dmitriy Galitsky - 65 - Russian keyboardist, arranger, and singer-songwriter with Folk Rock band Sinyaya Ptitsa

Rodolfo García ~ 75 ~ Drummer with 1970's Argentine rock bands Almendra & Aquelarre

Ted Gardner - Australian music manager, co-founder of Lollapalooza

Willie Garnett ~ 85 ~ Israeli/British Big Band Jazz sax player

Steve Gerdes ~ 60's ~ Bass/Guitar/Keys with Los Angeles Post-Punk band Fourwaycross

Leonard Gibbs ~ 73 ~ American percussionist w/Anita Baker, Whitney Houston, Bob James, Ricki Lee Jones, Al Jarreau, Grover Washington, Jr., Wyclef Jean, Erykah Badu

Gift Of Gab ~ Rapper with LA Hip Hop group Blackalicious

Ebe Gilkes ~ 90 ~ Guyanese pianist w/Ebe Gilkes Quartet

Mark Goffeney - 51 - American armless blues/rock guitarist w/The Big Toe Band

Ari Gold ~ 42 ~ New York dance club singer, producer and DJ

János Gonda - 89 - Hungarian jazz pianist

Roberto González - 68 - Mexican folk rock musician & composer

Wally Gonzales - 71 - Filipino blues guitarist w/ the Juan de la Cruz Band

John Goodsall - 68 - American-British rock guitarist (Atomic Rooster, Brand X)

Lucien Gourong - 77 - French writer, singer, and storyteller

Alexander Gradsky - 72 - Russian Prog Rock singer, musician and composer

Jerry Granelli ~ 80 ~ Canadian/American Jazz drummer with Vince Guaraldi ("Charlie Brown Theme"), Denny Zietlin, Charlie Haden, Sylvia Tyson

John Gratto ~ 60's ~ drummer with 1970's & 80's Toronto Hard Rock band the Madcats

Milford Graves ~ 79 ~ American jazz drummer (New York Art Quartet, Milton Graves Quartet, Amri Baraka, John Zorn)

Burton Greene ~ 84 ~ American jazz pianist

Nanci Griffith - 68 - American singer-songwriter ("Love at the Five and Dime", "Outbound Plane")

Sally Grossman - 81 - American music label executive (Bearsville Records) wife of Albert Grossman, manager to Bod Dylan & Janis Joplin

Michael Gudinski - 68 - Australian music industry executive, co-founder of Mushroom Records.

Margo Guryan - US 1960's singer/songwriter

Enzo Gusman - 74 - Maltese pop singer

Jonas Gwangwa ~ 83 ~ South African jazz trombonist in the 1960's with South Africa's first imporatnt band The Jazz Epsitles (with Hugh Masakela) and film composer "Cry Freedom"

Tom T Hall - American Country & Western singer songwriter ("Harper Valley", "I Love")

Laila Halme - 87 - Finnish 1960's Pop singer ("Muistojeni laulu").

Slide Hampton - 89 - American jazz trombonist and bandleader w/Art Blakey, Maynard Ferguson, Dexter Gordon, Cannonball Adderley, Art Framer, Curtis Fuller, Dizzy Gillespie, Philly Joe Jones, Charles Mingus, Hank Moberly, Woody Shaw, McCoy Tyner,

Kelli Hand - 56 - American musician and DJ

Nobuo Hara - 94 - Japanese Jazz saxophonist

Sarah Harding ~ 39 ~ Singer with UK Pop group Girls Aloud

Bruce Hare ~ 70's ~ Singer/guitarist with 1970's New Brunswick Country/Pop band Hourglass

Regi Hargis - 70 - Singer, guitarist & bassist with 1970's American band Brick

Larry Harlow - 82 - American salsa musician and composer

Dave Harper ~ Drummer with English Nerd Rock band Frankie & The Heartstrings

Barry Harris - 91 - American Jazz pianist, composer, arranger & bandleader w/Cannonball Adderley, Dexter Gordon, Illinois Jacquet, Yusef Lateef, Hank Mobley, Coleman Hawkins, Thelonius Monk, Miles Davis, Sonny Stitt, Thad Jones, Gene Ammons, Lee Konitz, Art Farmer, Donald Byrd, Johnny Griffin, Red Rodney

Matt Harris ~ Bassist with 1990's American Indie Rock band The Posies

Jon Hassell ~ 84 ~ Avant Garde Jazz horn and electronics player w/La Monte Young, Terry Riley, Brian Eno, Farafina, Ani DiFranco, David Sylvian, Ry Cooder

Andrea Haugen - 52 - Singer with German Metal band Cradle of Filth, writer and model

Tam Harvey - Guitarist with 1970's Scottish Folk/Comedy band The Humblebums w/Billy Connolly & Gerry Rafferty

Alan Hawkshaw - 84 - British composer and keyboard player w/The Shadows, Emile Ford, Love De-Luxe

Roger Hawkins - 75 - American drummer (Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section) and recording studio owner (Muscle Shoals Sound Studio) w/Wilson Pickett, Percy Sledge, Aretha Franklin, Albert King, Bobby Blue Bland, The Staples Singers, Johnnie Taylor, Cat Stevens, Duane Allman, Joe Cocker, Paul Simon, Bob Seger, Rod Stewart, Boz Scaggs, Traffic, Willie Nelson, Eric Clapton.

Shay Healy ~ 78 ~ Irish pop songwriter

Spike Heatley ~ 88 ~ English Jazz bassist with Alexis Korner, The Jazz Couriers, Tubby Hayes, Tim Hardin, Ben Webster

Don Heffington ~ American drummer w/Lone Justice, Bob Dylan, Dave & Phil Alvin, Emmy Lou Harris, Chuck E. Weiss, Buddy Miller, Peter Case, Victoria Williams, Lucinda Williams, Van Dyke Parks, Rosie Flores, Ronee Blakley, Jimmie Dale Gilmore

Hank von Hell - 49 - Singerw/Norwegian Shock Rock band Turbonegro

Bryan Hennessey - 72 ~ Bass & keyboardist with Newfoundland Folk Rock bands The Wonderful Grand Band, Philadelphia Cream Cheese Band

Walter Herbert - 73 - American music manager (Journey, Roxette, Europe, Steve Miller, Fruminoous Bandersnatch, Enuffs Znuf, Mr Big and singer/guitarist w/Sy Klopps Band

Jose Angel Hernandez (AKA Flow La Movie) ~ Latin Pop producer

Ted Herold ~ 72 ~ German 1950's & 60's Rock & Roll singer

Wade Hickman - 67 - Guitarist with Seattle Blues Rock bands Night Train, The Fabulous Mojo Kings and the Moe Ribbs Blues Band

Skilyr Hicks - Pop singer on America's Got Talent

Sean Higgins - 68 - Musician w/1970's & 80's Australian bands The Flatheads and Australian Crawl and songwriter ("Downhearted", "Things Don't Seem")

George Higton ~ 70 ~ Singer/Guitarist with 1970's & 80's New Wave bands the Existers and solo

Don Hill ~ 99 ~ Sax player with the Treniers

Dusty Hill ~ Bassist with Texas rock band ZZ Top and The Moving Sidewalks from the 1960's onward ("Tush", "Sharp Dressed Man", "Legs")

John Hinch - 73 - British drummer with Judas Priest

Ray "Doc" Hinsen ~ 88 ~ Guitarist and singer with the Weems String Band, Old Time Country band from the 1940's & 50's ("Greenback Dollar")

Gary "Chicken" Hirsh ~ 81 ~ Drummer with American Psychedelic band Country Joe & The Fish

Chris Ho ~ Singer w/Singaporean 1980's New Wave band Zircon Lounge and Transformer later radio DJ

John Dee Holeman ~ 92 ~ American Piedmont blues guitarist, singer and

Søren Holm - 25 - Singer with Danish Soul/Pop group Liss

Shahied Wagid Hosain - 59 - Surinamese pop singer

Mike Howe - 55 - Singer with American heavy metal bands Metal Church & Heretic

Leonard Hubbard (AKA Hub) - 62 - American bass guitarist w/The Roots

Farhad Humayun - 42 - Singer and drummer w/Pakistani Prog/Psyche band Overload

Ray Hutchinson ~ 81 ~ Guitarist w/1960's Montreal band The Beaumarks, the first (non Doo Wop) Canadian band to score an international hit ("Clap Your Hands")

Paul Humphrey ~ 60 ~ Singer with 1980's Toronto New Wave band Blue Peter ("Don't Walk Past", "Radio Silence")

John Hutchinson - Original guitarist w/David Bowie ("Space Oddity" & "Alladin Sane"

Chris Hutka - American punk rock vocalist w/Buffalo band The Bunny The Bear

Peter Ind - 93 - British jazz double bassist w/Lennie Tristano, Paul Bley, Lee Konitz, Buddy Rich, Ronnie Ball, Slim Gaillard, producer w/Zoot Sims, Gerry Mulligan and Booker Little.

Guilherme Inês ~ 70 ~ Composer and percussionist with Portugese Prog Rock band Quarteto 1111

Doug Inglis ~ 60's ~ Drummer with Toronto bands Goddo, the Blushing Brides, Ronnie Hawkins, the McBrides, the Dylan Tree

Indian Red Boy - 21 - American rapper

César Isella ~ 82 ~ Argentine singer-songwriter with 1960's folk group Los Fronterizos

Firmino de Itapoan - 78 - Brazilian sambista and composer

JJ ~ 40's? ~ Bassist with Toronto Punk band 2 Pump Louie;

Jacko ~ 30's ~ Bassist with UK Hardcore Punk band Blatoidea

Paul Jackson - 73 - American Latin Jazz/Rock bassist w/The Headhunters, Azteca, Santana

Stonewall Jackson - 89 - American country singer ("Waterloo", "B.J. the D.J.", "I Washed My Hands in Muddy Water")

Greg Shock G Jacobs ~ Hip Hop producer and Digital Underground founder

Tony Jacome ~ 40 ~ Drummer/vocalist with Hamilton, Ontario Heavy Rock band Shallow North Dakota

Bob James ~ 68 ~ Singer with 1970's Hard Rock bands Montrose

Beben Jazz - 54 - Indonesian jazz musician

Fred Johnston (AKA Rev Freddie Johnson) - 56 - London, Ontario Folk, Rock & Country singer/songwriter/guitarist w/Rev Freddie & the Distillers, The SOB's, Thundershack, The Free Beer Band,

Howard Johnson ~ 79 ~ American Jazz sax & tuba player w/Pharoah Sanders, Gil Evans, Charles Mingus, Archie Shepp, Charlie Haden, Leon Thomas, Taj Mahal, Carla Bley, John Lennon, The Band, Levon Helm, Muddy Waters, Jaco Pastorious, James Taylor, Miles Davis, Saturday Night Live Band

Theuns Jordaan - 50 - South African singer-songwriter

Joey Jordison - 46 - Drummer with American band Slipknot and guitarist with the Murderdolls & Sinsaenum

Jaime Junaro - 72 - Bolivian singer-songwriter and guitarist

Jyrki Juvonen ~ 40's ~ Swedish rockabilly guitarist w/Wildfire Willie and the Ramblers and Jack Baymoore and the Bandits

Kangol Kid - 55 - American hip-hop songwriter (UTFO)

Nick Kamen ~ 59 ~ English model, singer ("Each Time You Break My Heart")

Wojciech Karolak - 82 - Polish Jazz & Blues organist from the 1960's onward

Sammy Kasule - 69 - Ugandan musician and singer

Anna Kast - 39 - Singer w/Russian Rave band Little Big

George Katz ~ Writer & photographer with Flipside Magazine

Killer Kau - 23 - South African rapper, dancer and record producer

Mark Keds ~ 50 ~ Singer guitarist with 1980's & 90's British Pop Punk band Senseless Things

Mamady Keïta - 70 - Guinean drummer

Barby Kelly ~ 45 ~ singer with German folk group The Kelly Family

Sean Kennedy - 35 - Bassist with Australian Metal bands Deez Nuts, I Killed the Prom Queen

Nicolas Ker - 50 - Singer w/French Electronic band Poni Hoax

Leo van de Ketterij - 70 - Guitarist with 1970's Dutch band Shocking Blue "Hooked On A Feeling"

MC Kevin - 23 - Brazilian singer-songwriter

Aleksandr Khrabunov - 61 - Guitarist with 1980's Russian band Zoopark

Josky Kiambukuta - 72 - Singer with Congolese Afro-Jazz band TPOK Jazz

Hans Kinds ~ 74 ~ Guitarist with 1960's Garage band Cuby & the Blizzards

Markus Klinke ~ Drummer with German hard rock band Crack Jaw, later in Canada A&R manager and compilation producer with Quality Records and painter

Louie Knuxx - 42 - New Zealand hip hop musician

János Kóbor ~ 78 ~ Singer w/1970's & 80's Hungarian Omega

Bob Koester - 88 - American founder of Delmark Records Jazz & Blues record label

Brendo Kolebaba ~ 30's ~ Singer with Saskachewan Punk band Xembryos

Vanya Kostova ~ 64 ~ Singer with 1970's & 80's Bulgarian pop group Tonika

Walter Kot ~ 60's ~ Guitarist w/1980's Winnipeg Pun band Personality Crisis

Oscar Kraal ~ 50 ~ Drummer w/Dutch pop bands Niels Geusebroek, Van Dik Hout, Milow

Ken Kragen - 85 - American music manager and producer ("We Are the World")

Krzysztof Krawczyk ~ 74 ~ Singer/guitarist with 1960's Polish band Trubadurzy (AKA"the Troubadours") & later solo

Sergei Krinitzin - 65 - Drummer with 1980's Russian band Autograph

Francisco Kröpfl - 90 - Argentine Electro-Acoustic composer and music theorist

Jeff LaBar ~ 58 ~ Guitarist with 1980's American Hair Metal band Cinderella & Naked Beggars

Genival Lacerda - 89 - Brazilian forró singer

Bernard Lachance - 46 - French Canadian singer-songwriter

Michael Laderoute ~ 70's ~ Ottawa singer songwriter from the 1960's onward

Alexi Laiho ~ 41 ~ Finnish Death Metal guitarist and vocalist (Children of Bodom, Sinergy, The Local Band)

Rick Laird - 80 - Irish jazz fusion bassist (Mahavishnu Orchestra, Rasaan Rolnd Kirk, Stan Getz, Sonny Rollins, Buddy Rich, Anita O'Day, Yousef Letif, Brian Auger and the Trinity)

Alan Lancaster ~ Bassist with 1960' & 70's UK band Status Quo

Anita Lane - 61 - Australian singer-songwriter (Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Blixa Bargeld, Kid Kongo Powers, Serge Gainsborough, Die Haut

Duane “Custom” Lavold - 54 - Canadian 90's Alt singer ("Hey Mister")

John Lawton ~ Singer with 1970's Prog Rock band Uriah Heep

David Longdon - 56 - Singer, guitarist, keyboardist & flautist with UK Prog Rock band Big Big Train

Bob Lanois ~ Hamilton, Ontario recording engineer and harmonica player along with brother Daniel from the late 1970's w/Simply Saucer, Willie P. Bennett, the Original Sloth Band, Stan Rogers, Sylvia Tyson, Raffi, Tom Wilson, Blackie & Rodeo Kings, the Shakers

Pablo Larralde - 55 - Argentinian heavy metal singer

David Lasley - 74 - American singer-songwriter w/60's group The Utopias, later composer w/Bonnie Raitt, Whitney Houston, Anita Baker,Maxine Nightingale, Rita Coolidge, Crystal Gayle, and Luther Vandross, backup singer w/Bonnie Raitt, James Taylor, Luther Vandross, Chic, Aretha Franklin, Dionne Warwick, Dusty Springfield and Boz Scaggs

John Lawton ~ 74 ~ Singer/guitarist with UK Prog Rock band Uriah Heep 1976-79 and Lucifer's Friend

Phil Leadbetter ~ 59 ~ American Bluegrass resonator guitar player w/JD Crowe & The New South, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, The Whites, Verne Gosdin, Gandpa Jones

Mark Lee ~ 70's ~ Manager of 1960's Texas Garage/Psyche band Kenny & The Kasuals

Raymond Lévesque - 92 - Canadian singer-songwriter, poet, and actor

David Lewis ~ Keyboardist with 70's & 80's Pop group Ambrosia ("The Biggest Part Of Me")

Lew Lewis ~ Harpist & singer for 1970's UK Pub Rockers Eddie & The Hotrods, the Clash, the Stranglers, Wilko Johnson and solo

Pete Lewis ~ 50's ~ Singer with Toronto 1990's Hardcore band Ulcer

Stefan Liburd ~ Guitarist with Toronto Metal band Retna Burn

Antonín Linhart - 80 - Czech folk singer-songwriter and guitarist

Lea Dali Lion ~ 47 ~ Estonian pop singer

Alexander Lipnitsky - 66 - Musician with 1980's & 90's Russian New Wave band Zvuki Mu

Claude Lombard ~ 76 ~ Belgian 1960's Pop singer ("Quand tu reviendras")

Janice Long ~ 66 ~ BBC Radio DJ from the 1990's onward

Joe Long ~ 88 ~ Bassist with 1960's Doo Wop group Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons

Michel Louvain ~ 83 ~ French Canadian 1960's & 70's pop singer

Alvin Lucier ~ 91 ~ American Electronic, Electro-Accoustic and Avant Garde composer & pianist

Gabi Luncă ~ 82 ~ Romanian Roma folk and lăutărească singer

Nobesuthu Mbadu ~ 76 ~ South African mbaqanga singer with the Mahotella Queens

Gualberto Machado ~ 40's ~ (AKA Sleeping Lies) Toronto singer/songwriter

James MacGaw - Guitarist with French Prog Rock band Magma

Count M'Butu - American percussionist w/The Derek Trucks Band

Randy McConnell - 59 - Branson, Missouri bassist with Country bands the Baldknobbers, Pierce Arrow, Silver Dollar City and Buck Trent

Brandon McCay ~ 52 ~ Kansas City Gospel sax player

Fritz McIntyre - 62 - British keyboardist with British 1980's Pop group Simply Red

Jay McGee (AKA Mr.Q) ~ Toronto 1970's & 80's R&B singer and Rapper

Ellen McIllwaine ~ 75 ~ American/Canadian Blues singer/guitarist

Gay McIntyre - 88 - Irish jazz clarinetist

Les McKeown ~ 65 ~ Singer with 1970's Scottish pop band the Bay City Rollers ("Saturday Night")

Warren McLean ~ Australian rock drummer (Divinyls, Machinations, I'm Talking)

Shawn McLemore - 54 - American gospel singer with New Image

Marilyn McLeod - 82 - American singer-songwriter with Motown Records ("Love Hangover", "You Can't Turn Me Off (In the Middle of Turning Me On)"

Terry McManus ~ 75 ~ Canadian 1970's Pop singer, later music writer and professor

Brad McNally ~ 60's ~ Toronto 1980's radio DJ with CFNY

Robin McNamara - 74 - American 1960's singer-songwriter ("Lay a Little Lovin' on Me") and cast member in "Hair"

Curtis McPeake ~ 93 ~ American Old Time Banjoist

Chrisine McVie ~ 72 ~ UK born Singer/keyboardist with Fleetwood Mac and Chicken Shack

Don Maddox ~ Singer/Guitarist w/1940's & 1950's Country & Hillbilly Boogie group the Maddox Brothers & Rose

Pave Maijanen ~ 70 ~ Finnish musician (Hurriganes, Dingo)

Kenny Malone ~ 83 ~ American Folk & Country session drummer w/as Carl Perkins, Ray Charles, George Jones, Janie Fricke, Johnny Cash, Don Williams, Dobie Gray, Donna Fargo, David Allen Coe, Merle Haggard, The Whites, Crystal Gayle, Charley Pride, Floyd Cramer, Dr. Hook, Barbara Mandrell, Johnny Paycheck, Kenny Rogers, Michael Johnson, Dottie West, Lynn Anderson, John Hartford, New Grass Revival, Béla Fleck, B.J. Thomas, Bobby Bare, Emmylou Harris, Ricky Skaggs, John Anderson, Dolly Parton

Tavish Maloney - Guitarist with American indie band Oso Oso

Pyotr Mamonov ~ 70 ~ Guitarist with Russian Post Punk band Zvuki Mu

Cory Manahan ~ 27 ~ Guitarist w/Toronto metal band Manahan

Junior Mance ~ 92 ~ American Jazz and R&B pianist

Ginny Mancini - 97 - American big band singer, wife of Henry Mancini

Bopol Mansiamina - 72 - Bassist & guitarist w/Congolese Soukous band Les Quatre Étoiles

Patricio Manns ~ 84 ~ Chilean singer, composer ("Arriba en la Cordillera") and writer

Carlos Marín - 53 - German-born Spanish singer w/Pop/Classical vocal group Il Divo

Renée Martel - 74 - French Canadian Country singer

Pat Martino - 77 - American jazz guitarist and w/Lloyd Price, Richard "Groove" Holmes, Jack McDuff, Jimmy Smith and Joey DeFrancesco.

María Mendiola - 69 - Spanish pop singer w/Europop duo Baccara

Philip Margo ~ 79 ~ Singer/guitarist with 60's Doo Wop group the Tokens ("The Lion Sleeps Tonight"), later composer for The Monkees, Chiffons, BJ Thomas

Tony Markellis ~ Bassist w/American Jam band the Trey Anastasio Band

Biz Markie ~ 57 ~ American rapper ("Just a Friend") and actor (Men in Black II, Yo Gabba Gabba!)

María Rosa Marquesano - 68 - Argentine folk singer

Gerry Marsden ~ 78 ~ Singer/guitarist with 1960's English Merseybeat bands Gerry and the Pacemakers ("Ferry Cross The Mersey", "You'll Never Walk Alone", "I Like It") and The Crowd

James Scott Marsden ~ 70's ~ Toronto 1980's radio DJ at CFNY, brother to DJ Dave Marsden

Andrea Martin ~ American R&B songwriter with En Vogue and Toni Braxton

Hélène Martin - 92 - French singer and songwriter

Marco Mathieu ~ 57 ~ Bassist with Italian hardcore band Negazione

Jerzy Matuszkiewicz ~ 93 ~ Polish Jazz sax player from the 1940's onward

Greg Mayne - 67 - Bassist w/1970's American Metal band Pentagram

Elliot Mazer - Producer with 1960's Canadian band The Paupers

John Mears ~ 60's ~ Guitarist w/Victoria BC early 80's New Wave band The Keys and drummer with Punk band the Sikphuxz

Will Mecum - American rock guitarist and songwriter (Karma to Burn, Year Long Disaster)

Marília Mendonça - 26 - Grammy winning Brazilian singer

Meñique - 87 - Panamanian Salsa singer and songwriter

Thomas Mensi Mensforth ~ 65 ~ Singer with English 1970's Punk band the Angelic Upstarts

Buddy Merrill ~ 86 ~ 1950's & 60's Country and Western Swing guitarist & steel guitarist solo and with the Lawrence Welk Orch also with Neil LeVang and Lynn Anderson

Robin Le Mesurier - 68 - British guitarist from the 60's onward with The Reign, Rod Stewart, Ron Wood, Johnny Hallyday, Air Supply, The Farm Dogs, Limey & Lion

John Miles - 72 - British 1970's pop singer-songwriter and musician ("Music")

Douglas Miller ~ 71 ~ American gospel singer

Gerri Miller - American magazine journalist & with editor Metal Edge

Matt Miller - 34 - Keyboardist with American indie band Titus Andronicus

Mike Mitchell ~ Guitarist with 1960's Seattle garage band the Kingsmen ("Louie Louie", "Jolly Green Giant")

Paul Mitchell ~ Singer with 1970's Soul vocal group the Floaters ("Float On")

Wambali Mkandawire - 68- Malawian jazz singer

Chi Modu ~ 54 ~ American Hip Hop photographer

Paddy Moloney ~ 83 ~ Flute and Tin Whistle player with Irish Folk band The Chieftans

Barbara Moore ~ 89 ~ UK Jazz & Pop pianist, singer, composer, arranger w/ Dusty Springfield, Sandi Shaw, Jimi Hendrix, Deena Webster and soundtracks for "The Saint", "Bedazzled" & "Serendipity"

Bob Moore ~ 88 ~ Nashville session bassist w/Patsy Cline, Roy Orbison, Roger Miller ("King Of The Road"), Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan, Jerry Lee Lewis, Marty Robbins, Flatt and Scruggs, Patti Page, Sammy Davis, Jr., Julie Andrews, Andy Williams, Connie Francis, Moby Grape, Wayne Newton, Quincy Jones, Burl Ives

John Morgan - 80 - English drummer w/English folk/comedy band The Wurzels

Misty Morgan ~ 75 ~ American country music singer (Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan)

Dane Morrison ~ 60's ~ Drummer with 1970's & 80's Toronto Punk bands The Ugly, The Wadds and Dick Duck and the Dorks

Everett Morton ~ 71 ~ drummer with UK Ska band the English Beat ("Mirror In The Bathroom", "Save It For Later", "Tears Of A Clown"

Xerardo Moscoso - 77 - Spanish singer-songwriter, playwright and theatre director

Flow La Movie - 38 - Puerto Rican music producer (Ozuna, Bad Bunny, Nio Garcia)

George Mraz ~ 77 ~ Czech-born American jazz musician (Quest, New York Jazz Quartet, The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra)

Marcus Mumm ~ 40's ~ (AKA Das Muster) German Techo DJ/musician

Jaime Murrell ~ 71 ~ Panamanian Christian singer and songwriter

Phil Naro ~ Canadian/American singer with Billy Sheehan & Taro and Lips Turn Blue

Ronnie Nasralla ~ 90 ~ Jamaican record producer with Ska band the Maytals and Socca band Byron Lee and the Dragonaires

Frantisek Nedved ~ 73 ~ Czech Folk & Country singer

Juan Nelson - 62 - American bassist (Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals)

Michael Nesmith ~ 78 ~ American singer, guitarist & songwriter with The Monkees ("Daydream Believer", (Mary Mary") and songwriter ("Different Drum")

Sammy Nestico ~ 96 ~ American jazz composer and arranger

Rupert Neve ~ 94 ~ Designer and builder of recording studio sound boards and equipment

Keith Nichols ~ 75 ~ English Dixeland & Hot Jazz multi-instrumentalist and arranger, played piano, trombone, reeds, and accordion

Zak Nilsson - 40 - American pop singer, son of 1970's singer/songwriter Harry Nilsson

John Nolan ~ Guitarist w/Australian Punk bands Bored! & Powder Monkeys

Ian North ~ Singer/guitarist/bassist with 1980's American New Wave bands Milk & Cookies, The Fast and solo

Gerardo Núñez - 87 - Argentine musician and folklorist

Denis O'Dell ~ 98 ~ British movie producer for Beatles movies "A Hard Day's Night", "Magical Mystery Tour", "How I Won The War" & "Get Back"

Gared O'Donnell - 44 - Singer with American Post-Hardcore band Planes Mistaken for Stars

Jamie O'Hara - 70 - Grammy winning American country musician and songwriter ("Grandpa (Tell Me 'Bout the Good Old Days)", "Older Women")

Henrik Ohlin - Bassist with Swedish hard rock band Black Ingvars

Chloe Onari ~ 80's ~ Toronto CKLN radio Jazz DJ & promoter

Jorge Oñate - 71 - Colombian vallenato folk singer

Sonny Osbourne ~ 83 ~ American Bluegrass banjo player w/The Osbourne Bros

Paul Oscher ~ 71 ~ American Blues harmonica player & guitarist with Muddy Waters, Herbert Sumlin, Lousiana Red, Keb Mo, Mos Def and solo

Peter Ostroushko - 67 - American Bluegrass & Folk violinist and mandolinist w/Bob Dylan, Norman Blake, Chet Atkins, Emmylou Harris, Willie Nelson, Johnny Gimble and John Hartford

Duranice Pace - 62 - American gospel singer (The Anointed Pace Sisters)

Johnny Pacheco ~ 85 ~ Dominican Salsa flutist, producer & bandleader from the 1960's (Fania All-Stars) and label executive (Fania Records)

Omar Moreno Palacios ~ 82 ~ Argentine folk singer

Palo Pandolfo - 56 - Argentine singer-songwriter and musician w/Don Cornelio y la Zona

Radim Pařízek - 67 - Drummer with 1970's Czech hard rock band Citron

Doug Parkinson - 74 - Australian 70's pop and rock singer ("Dear Prudence")

Randy Parton ~ 67 ~ American Country singer/songwriter, brother of Dolly Parton

Mario Pavone - 80 - American jazz bassist w/Anthony Braxton, Bill Smith, Paul Bley

Pavel Pelc - 71 - Bass guitarist and vocalist w/1970's Czech Prog Rock band Progres 2

Jim Pembroke ~ 75 ~ English-born singer with Finnish 1970's Prog Rock band Wigwam

Tati Penna ~ 61 ~ Chilean singer & TV host

Landon Penner ~ London, Ontario and Vancouver guitarist with various bands

Peps Persson ~ 74 ~ Swedish musician

Ralph Peterson Jr - 58 - American jazz drummer (The Jazz Messengers, Out of the Blue)

Lars Göran Petrov - 49 - Swedish heavy metal singer (Entombed, Entombed A.D., Firespawn)

Anders Pettersson ~ 69 ~ Swedish musician w/1970's & 80's Dansband Lasse Stefanz

Jay Jay Phillips - 30 - American musician, America's Got Talent contestant

Florian Pilkington-Miksa - 70 - Drummer w/English 1970's Prog Rock band Curved Air

Nelu Ploieșteanu ~ 70 ~ Romanian Romani music singer

Radek Pobořil - 75 - Accordian and trumpet player w/Czech Folk Rock band Čechomor

Dee Pop ~ 65 ~ Drummer with American post punk bands The Bush Tetras, the Gun Club and the Clash, also played with James Chance, Jayne County, Richard Lloyd, Can, Andy Shernoff, Patti Palladin, The Immaculate Hearts, Darlene Love, Chuck Berry, Odetta.

Nolan Porter ~ 71 ~ American R&B singer-songwriter ("Keep On Keeping On")

Ricky Powell - 59 - New York Hip Hop photographer

Lloyd Price ~ 88 ~ American 1950's & 60's R&B singer ("Personality", "Lawdy Miss Clawdy", "Stagger Lee")

Jordan Prokopick ~ 30's ~ Drummer with Toronto Punk band the Tight Nuns

Idang Rasjidi - 63 - Indonesian Jazz musician

Rinaldo Rafanelli - 71 - Singer with Argentine 1970's bands Sui Generis, Color Humano

Emil Ramsauer - 103 - Swiss double bassist with folk pop group Takasa

Rapper One ~ 41 ~ Peruvian rapper

Gabriel Raymon - 77 - Colombian singer and songwriter

Freddie Redd - 92 - American pianist and composer w/Charles Mingus, Tiny Grimes, Cootie Williams, Oscar Pettiford & Jive Bombers, Art Blakey, Jackie McLean, Paul Chambers, Howard McGhee, Milt Hinton and Joe Chambers

Liam Reilly ~ 65 ~ Singer with 1970's & 80's Irish band Bagatelle

Brother Resistance ~ 66–67 ~ Trinidadian rhythm poet and musician

Ray Reyes - 51 - Puerto Rican singer w/Menudo & El Reencuentro

Rickie Lee Reynolds - 72 - Guitarist with 1970's & 80's Southern Rock band Black Oak Arkansas

Dave Roberts ~ 60's ~ Toronto 70's & 80's Punk scene roadie and stage security guard

Steve Robinson - 57 - Drummer with 80's UK Hardcore band Disorder

Trey Robles – Austin Texas drummer with The Hard Feelings, Young Losers, Big Foot Chester

Elio Roca - 78 - Argentine 1960's Pop singer

Jimmie Rodgers ~ 87 ~ American 1950's Country/Pop singer ("Honeycomb", "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine", "Secretly")

Gustavo Rodrigues ~ 40's ~ Bassist with Brazilian Psychobilly band Os Catalepticos

Roberto Roena ~ 81 ~ Puerto Rican salsa percussionist, orchestra leader, and dancer

Johnny Rogan ~ 67 ~ Music writer for Mojo Magazine and author of books on the Byrds, Neil Young, the Smiths, Van Morrison and Ray Davies

Ack van Rooyen - 91 - Dutch jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist w/Slide Hampton, Bert Kaempfert, Lucky Thompson

Rodion Roșca - 67 - Romanian rock musician

John Rossall ~ 75 ~ UK sax, trumpet & trombone player and bandleader for Gary Glitter ("Rock & Roll", "Do You Wanna Touch Me") and later the Glitter Band

Anita Rossi ~ 60's ~ Toronto Jazz singer

Bob Ruddy ~ 79 ~ Northern Ontario Fol Rock singer/guitarist

Robert Rutman ~ 90 ~ German/American Avant Garde musician, inventer of metal insturments, filmmaker and artist w/The Steel Cello Orchestra, Einstürzende Neubauten, The Swans, Merce Cunningham

Joni Sadler ~ Drummer w/Montreal Punk band LungButter and Music Coordinator w/radio station CKUT

Bryan St. Pere - 52 - Drummer w/American 90's Grunge band HUM ("Stars")

Singing Sandra - 64 - Trinidadian calypso singer

Nelson Sargento - 96 - Brazilian samba musician (Estação Primeira de Mangueira)

Dan Sartain - 39 - Alabama Rockabilly/Garage singer/guitarist

Gil Saunders ~ American soul singer with Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes

R Murray Schafer ~ 88 ~ Canadian electronic, Musique Concrete and Soundscape composer

Al Schmitt ~ 91 ~ American recording engineer w/Sam Cooke, Henry Mancini, Elvis Presley, The Astronauts, Al Hirt, Jefferson Airplane, Steely Dan, Diana Krall, Natalie Cole, Toto, Frank Sinatra, Bob Dylan, Marty Stuart, Ray Charles, Neil Young

Jeff Schriebman - 70's - Bassist with 1960's New Jersey Garage band the Royalties

Miles Seaton - 41 - Multi-instrumentalist with American indie band Akron/Family

Thione Seck - 66 - Senegalese singer and musician (Orchestra Baobab, Raam Daan)

Lee Sexton ~ 92 ~ American Old Time banjo player

Phil Schaap ~ 70 ~ American disc jockey and jazz historian

Robbie Shakespeare - 68 - Jamaican bassist (Sly and Robbie, Black Uhuru)

William Shelby - 65 - American funk musician (Dynasty, Lakeside)

Shingoose ~ 74 ~ Canadian Ojibwe folk musician

Shock G ~ 57 ~ American rapper (Digital Underground) and songwriter ("The Humpty Dance", "I Get Around")

Örs Siklósi ~ 29 ~ Singer with Hungarian Metalcore band AWS

Steven Silberberg ~ Owner of several radio stations in New England and Wyoming

Norman Simmons ~ 91 ~ American Jazz pianist, arranger & band leader w/Carman McRae, Joe Williams,Helen Humes, Carmen McRae, Sarah Vaughan, Anita O'Day, Duke Ellington, Roy Edldridge, Johnny Griffen, Red Holloway, Etta James, Betty Carter, Ramsey Lewis ("Wade In The Water")

Joe Simon - 85 - American soul and R&B singer ("The Chokin' Kind", "Get Down, Get Down (Get on the Floor)", "Power of Love")

Joe Siracusa - 99 - American drummer w/Spike Jones and His City Slickers in the 1940's & 50's ("Cocktails For Two", "You Always Hurt The One You Love")

Jim Skarratt - 76 - Hamilton, Oct 1960's Sax player and in the 1970's & 80's concert promoter w/Alice Cooper, Frank Zappa, Neil Young, Three Dog Night, Chicago, Harry Chapin, Rita Coolidge, Bee Gees, Donovan, Rush, Anne Murray, Kris Kristofferson, Alabama, Willie Nelson & Helix, founder of Spy Records

Len Skeat - 84 - English jazz double-bassist w/Mel Tormé, Ted Heath, Ben Webster, Billy Eckstine, Lionel Hampton, Lou Rawls, Harry Sweets Edison, Eddie Lockjaw Davis, Stéphane Grappelli

Patrick Sky ~ 80 ~ American/Creek Indian folk singer/songwriter

Slim 400 - 33 - American rapper

Bob Snell ~ 60's ~ Drummer for Sheffield Punk & New Wave bands Molodoy and Dachau Choir

Johnny Solinger ~ 55 ~ American singer-songwriter w/Hair Metal band Skid Row, Soliger and solo country singer

Stephen Sondheim ~ 91 ~ Award winning composer/lyricist for Broadway musicals and movies "West Side Story", "Gypsy", "Sweeney Todd" and Madonna's "Sooner Or Later"

Gabor Soos ~ Drummer with 1990's Toronto Punk band The Sinkin Ships

Sophie - 34 - Scottish singer-songwriter ("Bipp", "Lemonade") and record producer

Raul de Souza - 86 - Brazilian trombonist (Sérgio Mendes, Baden Powell, Milton Nascimento)

Phil Spector ~ 81 ~ American producer/arranger & composer (Righteous Bros, Tina Turner, Ronnettes, Crystals, Teddy Bears, Ramones, John Lennon)

Ladislav Štaidl - 75 - Czech composer and musician

Michael Stanley - 72 - American 1980's Cleveland rock singer/guitarist w/The Michael Stanley Band ("He Can't Love You", "Heartland Rock")

Purvis Staples ~ 85 ~ Singer with the Staple Singers from the 1960's onward

Billy Stark ~ 60's ~ Singer w/1970's NYC Punk band the Blessed

Rude Van Steens ~ (60's) ~ Singer w/Toronto 1970's Punk band Arson

Corey Steger - 42 - Guitarist with American Metal band Underoath

Robby Stenhardt ~ 71 ~ Singer/violinist with 1970's American Prog Rock band Kansas "Carry On My Wayward Son" "Dust In The Wind")

Jim Steinman, 73, American musician, composer and lyricist ("Total Eclipse of the Heart", "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)", "It's All Coming Back to Me Now").

Marcel Leopold Stellman ~ 96 ~ Belgian record producer & lyricist w/Cilla Black, Petula Clark, Charles Aznavour, The Shadows and Tony Bennet

Henry Stephen - 79 - Venezuelan 1960's R&B singer

Yvonne Sterling ~ 65 ~ Jamaican Reggae singer

Jeff Steudel - Guiarist with 1990's Vancouver indie band The Flicks

Tom Stevens - 64 - Bassist with 1980's Cowpunk band The Long Ryders

Jesse Stewart ~ 31 ~ Vancouver singer/songwriter/busker

Tempest Storm ~ 1950's Burlesque Dancer

Warren Storm ~ 84 ~ Louisiana Swamp Rosk singer & drummer from the 1960's onward

David Stypka - 41 - Czech singer-songwriter and guitarist

Sound Sultan ~ 44 ~ Nigerian rapper w/AITL

Gene Summers ~ 82 ~ Texas 1950's Rockabilly singer ("School Of Rock", "School Of Rock")

Weerasak Sunthornsri - 71 - Singer/guitarist w/Thai Folk Rock band Caravan

Belinda Sykes - 55 - British folk musician with Medievalist Folk band Joglaresa

Sylvain Sylvain ~ 69 ~ Singer/guitarist with Proto-Punks The New York Dolls

Quindon Tarver ~ 38 ~ American R&B singer

Greg Tate ~ 64 ~ American music critic and essayist for Downbeat & Village Voice, guitarist for Jazz/Funk/Fusion band Burnt Sugar, co-founder of the Black Rock Coalition

Ralph Tavares - 79 - Singer with 1970's R&B group Tavares ("Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel")

Gene Taylor ~ 68 ~ American pianist with The Blasters, Fabulous Thunderbirds, Downchild Blues Band and Canned Heat

Ghédalia Tazartès ~ 73 ~ French Musique Concrete composer

Lindsay Tebbutt - Drummer and songwriter with Australian Rock band The Choirboys

William "Skinny" Tenn ~ 70's ~ Manager w/1990's Toronto bands The Lowest Of The Low and Andrew Cash

Takeshi Terauchi ~ 82 ~ Japanese rock guitarist from the 1960's onward w/The Blue Jeans

B. J. Thomas ~ 78 ~ American singersongwriter ("Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head", "(Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song", "Hooked on a Feeling")

Dennis Thomas ~ 70 ~ Saxophonist with 1970's & 80's R&B band Kool & the Gang ("Celebrate")

Sue Thompson ~ 96 ~ American 1960's Pop and Country singer

Tim Thornley ~ 70's ~ Winnipeg singer/guitarist/composer/producer with 1980's pop band the Front and solo

Russ Thyret ~ 76 ~ American music executive, Chairman and CEO of Warner Bros Records (1995–2001)

José Ramos Tinhorão - 93 - Brazilian music critic and journalist

Sammi Toki ~ 71 ~ Japanese Jazz, R&B and Rock sax player

Amedeo Tommasi ~ 85 ~ Italian Jazz pianist and film score composer

Rosalie Trombley ~ 82 ~ Program Director at radio station CKLW The Big 8 in Windsor, inspiration for the song "Rosalie" by Bob Seger and Thin Lizzy

Thorleif Torstensson ~ 71 ~ Singer with Swedish R&R revival band Thorleifs from the 1960's onward

Pil Trafa - 62 - Singer and composer w/Argentine 1980's New Wave band Los Violadores

Brian Travers ~ 62 ~ Sax player and composer with UK Reggae band UB-40 ("Red Red Wine", "I Got You Babe", "The Way You Do The Things You Do")

Tommy Truesdale (AKA Ayrshire Elvis) ~ 82 Scottish Rockabilly & Country singer from the 1960's onward w/Th e Sundowners, Joe Duffy Band, Andy Currie Band, later radio DJ

Fan Tsai - 26 - Drummer w/Taiwanese Indie band No Party for Cao Dong

[ Temur Tsiklauri - 75 - Georgian pop singer and actor

Glenn Douglas Tubb ~ 85 ~ American singer-songwriter ("Skip a Rope", "Two Story House", "Home Of The Blues"), nephew of Ernest Tubb & cousin of Justin Tubb

Colin Tully ~ 66 ~ British Jazz keyboard, flute and sax player w/Sensorium, Nuadha Quartet, Cado Belle and John Martyn, film composer for "Gregory's Girl" (1980)

Robbie Tustin - 70's - Toronto agent & club booker for the Gasworks in the 70's & 80's

Ron Tutt - 83 - American drummer w/Elvis Presley, Neil Diamond, Roy Orbison, Jerry Garcie, Billy Joel

U-Roy (Real name Ewart Beckford) - 78 - Jamaican Reggae singer & toastmaster

Mike "Scooter" Unger ~ 50's ~ Toronto guitarist, bassist, singer & sound tech

Antún Castro Urrutia - 74 - Colombian musician and actor

Victor Uwaifo - 80 - Nigerian musician

Luís Vagner - 73 - Brazilian singer, songwriter and musician

Claudio Valdés - 29 - Chilean singer

Hilton Valentine ~ 77 ~ Guitarist with 1960's British band the Animals ("House Of The Rising Sun", "We Gotta Get Out Of This Place", "It's My Life", "Sky Pilot")

Henritte Valium ~ 62 ~ Singer with 1990's Montreal Punk band Valium & Les Depressifs, artist & art gallery owner

Benjamin Vallé - 47 - Guitarist w/Swedish Post Punk band the Viagra Boys

Ad van't Veer ~ 80 ~ Dutch music director and avant garde music group founder (Xenakis Ensemble).

Johnny Ventura - 81 - Dominican salsa & meringue singer, mayor of Santo Domingo (1998–2002)

Jan Verhoeven, Dutch 1980's pop singer

Jan Vering ~ 66 ~ German gospel singer and playwright

Joan Eloi Vila ~ 61 ~ Spanish guitarist

Peter Viskinde - 67 - Singer/Guitarist with Danish Indie Pop bands Malurt, Big Fat Snake

Erik Wagner ~ 62 ~ Singer with Illinois Doom Metal band Trouble, Lid and Probot

Bunny Wailer ~ 73 ~ Founding member of classic Jamaican Reggae group The Wailers with Bob Marley & Peter Tosh

Reggie Warren - 52 - Singer with 1980's American R&B group Troop

Charlie Watts ~ 80 ~ Famously clam, quiet, steady drummer with the Rolling Stones for over 50 years

Jim Weatherly ~ 77 ~ American Hall of Fame singer-songwriter ("Midnight Train to Georgia")

Aaron Wegelin - Drummer with Athens, Georgia Indie Pop band Elf Power & Vic Chesnut

George Wein ~ 95 ~ American Jazz pianist and festival promoter, founder of the Newport Jazz Festival, Newport Folk Festival, and New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.

Chuck E Weiss ~ 76 ~ Las Angeles singer/songwriter/poet from the 1970's onward, inspiration for the song "Chuck E's In Love"

Wes ~ 51 ~ Cammeroonian singer
James White - 81 - Owner of the Broken Spoke club in Austin Texas since the 1960's, where Willie Nelson and George Strait started

Mark Whitecage ~ 83 - American Jazz sax player with the Liquid Time & the Glass House Ensemble as well as Anthnoy Braxton

Andy Williams ~ 49 ~ Drummer with Christian rock band Casting Crowns

Anthony Williams - 90 - Trinidadian steelpan musician and designer

Ronnie Williams ~ 78 ~ Toronto/Jamaican/UK Reggae guitarist w/Bob Marley, Junior Murvin, The Heptones, Tommy McCook, Lee Scratch Perry, Harry J Allstars, Ginger Williams

Warner Williams ~ 91 ~ American blues musician w/Little Bit A Blues

Larry Willoughby - 73 - American country singer-songwriter and music executive, vice-president of A&R at Capitol Records,

Allan Wilmot - 96 - Jamaican-born British singer with 1950's Anglo-Carribean group The Southlanders

Ernest Wilson - 69 - Jamaican reggae singer w/The Clarendonians

Gerry-Jenn Wilson ~ 50's ~ Singer with Vancouver 1990's Punk band The JP5

Mary Wilson - 76 - Detroit singer with 1960's & 70's Soul group the Supremes ("Stop In The Name Of Love", "Where Did Our Love Go")

Ronnie Wilson - 73 - Keyboard & horn player with R&B The Gap Band

Willie Winfield - 91 - Singer with American Doo-Wop group The Harptones

Sean Winter - 40's - Victoria BC Rock, Soul & Jazz sax player

Olli Wisdom - 63 - Singer with British Goth & Punk bands Specimen and The Unwanted

Randy Wizzo - 50+ - Singer/guitarist for Hamilton, Ontario Garage Punk bands Head Disorder, the Randy Wizzo Rebellion, the Mike Williams Band, the GUNN Blues Band, Randy & the Country Squires

Jonny Wong ~ 40's ~ Sax player with Toronto Blues band the 24th Street Wailers

Adam Wood (AKA Atom Would) ~ 30's ~ Singer/guitarist with Hamilton Hardcore Thrash bands At What Cost, Life Imprisonment and Sick Of Shit

Victor Wood ~ 75 ~ Filipino singer and actor

Ian Worang - 47 - Guitarist with Toronto Indie band Uncut

Frank Wright ~ 92 ~ Toronto Jazz vibes player with the Canadian Jazz Ensemble

Martin Wright - Guitarist with 1990's English Alt band Intastella

Walter Yetnikoff - 87 - American President of CBS Records International in the 1970's & 80's

Young Dolph - 36 - American rapper

Rusty Young ~ 75 ~ Pedal steel guitarist with American Country Rock bands Poco & Buffalo Springfield

Wanda Young ~ 78 ~ Singer with Motown group the Marvelettes ("Please Mr Postman", "Don't Mess With Bill", "Beachwood 4-5789")

José Manuel Zamacona - 69 - Singer with Mexican 70's & 80's band Los Yonic's

Miroslav Žbirka ~ 69 ~ Singer with 1970's & 80's Slovak band Modus

Peter Zinovieff ~ 88 ~ UK composer and synth designer for the Beatles, Pink Floyd, Kraftwerk, the Who, Tangerine Dream, Pink Floyd, Brian Eno, David Bowie, Jean Michel Jarre, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Delia Deryshire

Some Canadian Artists

Ray Hutchinson ~ 81 ~ Guitarist w/1960's Montreal band The Beaumarks, the first (non Doo Wop) Canadian band to score an international hit ("Clap Your Hands")

THE BEAUMARKS ~ "CLAP YOUR HANDS";


THE BEAUMARKS ~ "DADDY SAID";


Harry Finegold - 70's - Toronto owner of 60's nightclub the Night Owl and manager of Dee and the Yeomen

DEE & THE YEOMEN ~ "LOVE LIKE MINE";


DEE & THE YEOMEN ~ "BABY IT'S ALL WORTHWHILE";


Michael Fonfara ~ Toronto keyboardist from the 1960's onward with Jon & Lee & the Checkmates, the Electric Flag, Rhinoceros, the Lincolns, Lou Reed, Downchild, Rough Trade, Everly Bros, Foriegner

JON & LEE & THE CHECKMATES ~ "LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL";


JON & LEE & THE CHECKMATES ~ "SHOTGUN";


JON & LEE & THE CHECKMATES ~ "I'LL SHOW YOU THE WAY";


THE LINCOLNS ~ "SOUL MAN";


THE ELECTRIC FLAG ~ "OVER LOVING YOU";


THE ELECTRIC FLAG ~ "WINE WINE WINE"


LOU REED ~ "STREET HASSLE";


Fraser Loveman - 70's - Singer with 1960's Toronto band the British Modbeats

THE BRITISH MODBEATS ~ "LSD";


Les Emmerson ~ 77 ~ Singer with Canadian 60's band The Staccatos and 70's band the Five Man Electrical Band ("Sign")

THE STACCATOS ~ "BAD BOY";


FIVE MAN ELECTRIC BAND ~ "SIGNS";


Ellen McIllwaine ~ 75 ~ American/Canadian Blues singer/guitarist

ELLEN MCILLWAINE ~ "HOUND DOG";


Elliot Mazer - Producer with 1960's Canadian band The Paupers

The Paupers ~ "MAGIC PEOPLE";


THE PAUPERS ~ "THINK I CARE";


THE PAUPERS ~ "IT'S YOUR MIND";


Bob Lanois ~ Hamilton, Ontario recording engineer and harmonica player along with brother Daniel from the late 1970's w/Simply Saucer, Willie P. Bennett, the Original Sloth Band, Stan Rogers, Sylvia Tyson, Raffi, Tom Wilson, Blackie & Rodeo Kings, the Shakers

SIMPLY SAUCER ~ "MOLE MACHINE";


Doug Inglis ~ 60's ~ Toronto drummer with Goddo, the Blushing Brides and Ronnie Hawkins

GODDO ~ "SO WALK ON";


GODDO ~ "TOUGH TIMES/COCK ON";


THE BLUSHING BRIDES ~ "WHAT YOU TALKING ABOUT";


Rosalie Trombley - 82 - Music Director for Windsor Rock radio station CKLW ("The Big 8"), subject of a song by Bob Seger & Thin Lizzy

THIN LIZZY ~ "ROSALIE";


Cory Manahan ~ 27 ~ Guitarist w/Toronto metal band Manahan

MANAHAN ~ "NARCOTIC";


MANAHAN ~ "DON'T CRY";


MANAHAN ~ WICKED GAME";


Randy Wizzo - 55 - Singer/guitarist for Hamilton, Ontario Garage bands Head Disorder, the Randy Wizzo Rebellion, the Mike Williams Band, the GUNN Blues Band, Randy & the Country Squires

RANDY WIZZO ~ "INTO THE MYSTIC";


Fred Johnston (AKA Rev Freddie Johnson) - 56 - London, Ontario Folk, Rock & Country singer/songwriter/guitarist w/Rev Freddie & the Distillers, The SOB's, Thundershack, The Free Beer Band,

REV FREDDIE & THE DISTILLERS ~ "COCAINE BLUES";


THE SOB'S ~ "SHINE ON";


Jesse Stewart ~ 31 ~ Vancouver singer/songwriter/busker

JESSE STEWART ~ "COLD BEER";


John Gratto ~ 60's ~ drummer with 1970's & 80's Toronto Hard Rock band the Madcats

THE MADCATS ~ "SUMMER IN THE CITY";


Jonny Wong ~ 40's ~ Sax player with Toronto Blues band the 24th Street Wailers

THE 24th STREET WAILERS ~ "THE PLEASURE'S ALL MINE";


Tim Thornley ~ 70's ~ Winnipeg singer/guitarist/composer/producer with 1980's pop band the Front and solo

TIM THORNLEY ~ "FREE";


TIM THORNLEY ~ "MISSING PERSON";


Bruce Hare ~ 70's ~ Singer/guitarist with 1970's New Brunswick Country/Pop band Hourglass

HOURGLASS ~ "WHATCHA GONNA DO";


Jo Jo Bennett ~ 81 ~ Toronto/Jamaican Ska & Reggae trumpet player from the 1960's onward w/Juno Award winners The Sattalites also Byron Lee & The Dragonaires, The Fugitive, The Mudie All-Stars

THE SATTALITES ~ "GIMMIE SOME KIND OF SIGN";


THE SATTALITES ~ "WILD";


Jay McGee (AKA Mr.Q) ~ Toronto 1970's & 80's R&B singer and Rapper



Terry McManus ~ 75 ~ Canadian 1970's Pop singer, later music writer and professor

TERRY McMANUS ~ "SUNSHOWER IN THE SPRING";


Bobby Edwards ~ 72 ~ Toronto guitarist w/Gordon Lightfoot, Glen Campbell, Anne Murray, Kim Mitchell, Oscar Peterson, Henry Mancini, Kenny Rogers, Ella Fitzgerald, Patsy Cline, Al Jolson, and solo, played on "The Friendly Giant" TV show theme

BOBBY EDWARDS ~ "GUITARS GUITARS";


SHINGOOSE ~ Canadian Ojjibwe folk/pop singer

SHINGOOSE ~ "INDIAN TIME";


Bryan Hennessey - 72 ~ Bass & keyboardist with Newfoundland Folk Rock bands The Wonderful Grand Band, Philadelphia Cream Cheese Band

THE WONDERFULL GRAND BAND ~ "ST JOHN'S WALTZ";


THE WONDERFULL GRAND BAND ~ "SONNY'S DREAM";


Michael Laderoute ~ 70's ~ Ottawa singer/songwriter from the 1960's onward

MICHAEL LADEROUTE ~ "FISHIN";


Michel Louvain ~ 83 ~ French Canadian 1960's & 70's pop singer

MICHEL LOUVAIN ~ "BUENES NOCHES MI AMOR";


MICHEL LOUVAIN ~ "EMPORTE MOI";


Raymond Lévesque - 92 - Canadian singer-songwriter, poet, and actor

RAYMOND LEVESQUE ~ "AU PARC LAFONTAINE";


RAYMOND LEVESQUE ~ "LES BLOUSONS NOIR";

Some Folk & Country Figures

Paul Cotton ~ 78 ~ Singer/Guitarist with American 1970's Country Rock band Poco

Rusty Young ~ 75 ~ Pedal steel guitarist with American Country Rock bands Poco & Buffalo Springfield

POCO ~ "HEART OF THE NIGHT";


POCO ~ "ROSE OF CIMARRON";


Byron Berline ~ 77 ~ American Country & Bluegrass Fiddler w/Bryron Berline & Sundance, The Dillards, Flying Burrito Bros, Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Elton John, The Byrds, Janis Ian, Earl Scruggs, Dillard & Clark, Willie Nelson, Bill Monroe, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Doc Watson, John Denver, Gene Clark, Rod Stewart, The Eagles, The Band, Vince Gill, Gram Parsons, Emmylou Harris, Tammy Wynette, Alabama, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Mason Williams, Stephen Stills, Bill Wyman, Manhattan Transfer, The Doobie Brothers, Lucinda Williams, Mickey Gilley and Andy Statman.

THE FLYING BURRITO BROS ~ "SIX DAYS ON THE ROAD";


BYRON BERLINE ~ "HAMILTON COUNTY BREAKDOWN";


BYRON BERLINE ~ "SALLY GOODIN";


Richie Albright - 81 - Drummer w/Waylon Jennings backing band Waymore's Outlaws (AKA "Waylon's Right Hand")

WAYLON JENNINGS ~ "NASHVILLE REBEL";


WAYLON JENNINGS ~ "GOOD HEARTED WOMAN";


Don Heffington ~ American drummer w/Bob Dylan, Dave & Phil Alvin, Emmy Lou Harris, Lone Justice, Chuck E. Weiss, Buddy Miller, Peter Case, Victoria Williams, Lucinda Williams, Van Dyke Parks, Rosie Flores, Ronee Blakley, Jimmie Dale Gilmore

DAVE ALVIN ~ "HIGHWAY 61 REVISITED";


LONE JUSTICE ~ "SHELTER";


Nanci Griffith - 68 - American singer-songwriter ("Love at the Five and Dime", "Outbound Plane")

NANCY GRIFFITH ~ "LISTEN TO THE RADIO";


NANCI GRIFFITH ~ "LOVE AT THE FIVE & DIME";


NANCI FRIFFITH ~ "BOOTS OF SPANISH LEATHER";


Tom T Hall ~ 85 ~ American Country singer/songwriter ("Harper Valley PTA", "I Love", "OLD DOGS & WATERMELLON WINE")

TOM T HALL ~ "I LIKE BEER";


TOM T HALL ~ "A WEEK IN A COUNTRY JAIL";


TOM T HALL ~ "BALLAD OF FORTY DOLLARS";


Bill Emerson ~ 83 ~ American Bluegrass & Country banjo player from the 1950's onward w/The Country Gentlemen, Cliff Waldron's New Shades Of Grass, The Tony Rice Unit, The West Virginia Mountaineers, Jimmy Martin's Sunny Valley Boys, Red Allen, Buzz Busby & the Bayou Boys and Emerson & Waller

CLIFF WALDRON'S NEW SHADES OF GRASS ~ "FOUR STRONG WINDS";


THE TONY RICE UNIT;


B. J. Thomas ~ 78 ~ American singersongwriter ("Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head", "(Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song", "Hooked on a Feeling")

BJ THOMAS ~ "I'M SO LONELY I COULD CRY";


BJ THOMAS ~ "HOOKED ON A FEELING";


BJ THOMAS ~ "RAINDROPS KEEP FALLING ON MY HEAD";


Glenn Douglas Tubb ~ 85 ~ American singer-songwriter ("Skip A Rope", "Two Story House", "Home Of The Blues"), nephew of Ernest Tubb & cousin of Justin Tubb

GLENN DOUGLAS TUBB ~ "I'M SO HAPPY I COULD CRY";


Razzy Bailey - 82 - American country musician ("Midnight Hauler", "She Left Love All Over Me", "I Keep Coming Back").

RAZZY BAILEY ~ "MIDNIGHT HAULER";


Johnny Ashcroft - 94 - Australian country singer

JOHNNY ASHCROFT ~ "I'M FALLING LOVE";


Misty Morgan ~ 75 ~ American country pop music singer (Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan)

JACK BLANCHARD & MISTY MORGAN ~ "TENNESSEE BIRDWALK" & "HUMPHREY THE CAMEL";


Lee Sexton ~ 92 ~ American Old Time banjo and fiddle player

LEE SEXTON ~ "DOWN SOUTH BLUES";


LEE SEXTON BAND ~ "WHOA MULE";


LEE SEXTON BAND ~ "OLD JOE CLARK";


LEE SEXTON ~ "SHADEY GROVE", "LITTLE MAGGIE" & "WILDWOOD FLOWER";


Ray "Doc" Hinsen ~ 88 ~ Guitarist and singer with the Weems String Band, Old Time Country band from the 1940's & 50's ("Greenback Dollar")

THE WEEMS STRING BAND ~ "GREENBACK DOLLAR":


Chris McPeake ~ 93 ~ American banjoist with Natchez South
NATCHEZ SOUTH ~ "HEADIN SOUTH";


NATCHEZ SOUTH "MOLLY & TENBROOKS";


Peter Ostroushko - 67 - American Bluegrass & Folk violinist and mandolinist w/Bob Dylan, Norman Blake, Chet Atkins, Emmylou Harris, Willie Nelson, Johnny Gimble and John Hartford

PETER OSTROUSHKO, SAM BUSH & MIKE MARSHALL ~ "BROADWAY";


JOHNNY GIMBLE, PETER OSTROUSHKO & CHET ATKINS ~ "ONE MORE SPRING IN MINNESOTA";


Patrick Sky ~ 80 ~ American/Creek Indian folk singer/songwriter

PATRICK SKY ~ "SEPERATION BLUES";


Ed Britt ~ Boston folk club owner and banjo player with the Blunt Insturments

ED BRITT & DON BORCHELT ~ "LIZA JANE";


ED BRITT & DON BORCHELT ~ "CRIPPLE CREEK";


Jason Rowdy Cope ~ 43 ~ American Country Rock guitarist (The Steel Woods, Jamey Johnson, Lindi Ortega)

THE STEEL WOODS ~ "STAW IN THE WIND";

Some Rockabillies, Cow Punks & Roots Rockers

Don Maddox ~ Singer/Guitarist w/1940's & 1950's Country & Hillbilly Boogie group the Maddox Brothers & Rose

THE MADDOX BROS & ROSE ~ "HONKY TONKIN";


THE MADDOX BROS & ROSE ~ "MOVE IT ON OVER";


THE MADDOX BROS & ROSE ~ "STOP WHISTLING WOLF";


Jimmie Rodgers ~ 87 ~ American 1950's Country/Pop singer ("Honeycomb", "Kisses Sweeter than Wine", "Secretly")

JIMMIE RODGERS ~ "HONEYCOMB";


JIMMIE RODGERS ~ "KISSES SWEETER THAN WINE";


JIMMIE RODGERS ~ "OH OH I'M FALLING IN LOVE AGAIN";


Ray Campi - 83 - Texas Rockabilly singer/bassist, born in New York, family having immigrated from Newfoundland, from the 1950's onward

RAY CAMPI ~ "ROCKABILLY MAN";


RAY CAMPI ~ "ROCKABILLY REBEL";


RAY CAMPI ~ "I NEED LOVE" & "LOVE ME";


Gene Summers ~ 82 ~ Texas 1950's Rockabilly singer ("School Of Rock", "School Of Rock")

GENE SUMMERS ~ "TURNIP GREENS";


GENE SUMMERS ~ "SUZI Q";




GENE SUMMERS ~ "BE BOP CITY";


GENE SUMMERS ~ "SCHOOL OF ROCK & ROLL";


Jim Creighton ~ Singer/Guitarist w/1980's Scottish Rockabilly band The Shakin' Pyramids

THE SHAKIN' PYRAMIDS ~ "TENNESSEE ROCK & ROLL";


THE SHAKIN' PYRAMIDS ~ "TAKE A TRIP";


George Frayne IV ~ 77 ~ Alias Commander Cody, Singer and keyboardist w/1970's Country Rock band Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen ("Hot Rod Lincoln")

COMMANDER CODY & THE LAST PLANET AIRMEN ~ "SMOKE SMOKE SMOKE THAT CIGARETTE";


COMMANDER CODY & THE LAST PLANET AIRMEN ~ "HOT ROD LINCOLN";


COMMANDER CODY & THE LAST PLANET AIRMEN ~ "ROCK THAT BOOGIE";


Lew Lewis ~ Harpist & singer for 1970's UK Pub Rockers Eddie & The Hotrods, the Clash, the Stranglers, Wilko Johnson and solo

EDDIE & THE HOTRODS ~ "GET OUT OF DENVER";


LEW LEWIS REFORMER ~ "MR BARTENDER";


LEW LEWIS REFORMER ~ "WAIT";


James Harman ~ 74 ~ Singer/Harpist w/The James Harman Band, which included Phil Alvin & Gene Taylor (later of the Blasters) and Kid Ramos (Fabulous Thunderbirds) and Hollywood Fats, also played with ZZ Top,e Big Joe Turner, John Lee Hooker, Freddie King, Muddy Waters, Albert King, B. B. King, T-Bone Walker, Lowell Fulsom, Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson, Johnny "Guitar" Watson, and Albert Collins.

JAMES HARMAN ~ "FRENZY";


JAMES HARMAN BAND ~ "OH BABY";


Gene Taylor ~ 68 ~ American pianist w/The Blasters, Fabulous Thunderbirds, Downchild Blues Band, Canned Heat

THE BLASTERS ~ "MARIE MARIE";


THE BLASTERS ~ "I'M SHAKIN";


THE BLASTERS ~ "ONE BAD STUD";


THE BLASTERS ~ "DADDY ROLLING STONE";


THE FABULOUS THUNDERBIRDS ~ "MY BABE";


Tom Stevens - 64 - Bassist with 1980's Cowpunk band The Long Ryders

THE LONG RYDERS ~ "LOOKING FOR LEWIS & CLARK";


THE LONG RYDERS ~ "IVORY TOWER";


THE LONG RYDERS ~ "I WANT YOU BAD";


Don Heffington ~ American drummer w/Lone Justice, Bob Dylan, Dave & Phil Alvin, Emmy Lou Harris, Chuck E. Weiss, Buddy Miller, Peter Case, Victoria Williams, Lucinda Williams, Van Dyke Parks, Rosie Flores, Ronee Blakley, Jimmie Dale Gilmore

LONE JUSTICE ~ "WAYS TO BE WICKED";


LONE JUSTICE ~ "SWEET SWEET BABY";


Jyrki "J.J." Juvonen ~ 50's ~ Swedish Rockabilly guitarist w/Wildfire Willie and the Ramblers & Jack Baymoore and the Bandits

WILDFIRE WILLIE & THE RAMBLERS ~ "DOG MY CATS";


WILDFIRE WILLIE & THE RAMBLERS ~ "YOU'LL BE THE LAST TO KNOW";


JACK BAYMOORE & THE BANDITS ~ "LIFE BEGINS AT 4 O'CLOCK";



JACK BAYMOORE & THE BANDITS ~ "FLAT OUT";


Anita Lane - 61 - Australian singer-songwriter (Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Blixa Bargeld, Kid Kongo Powers, Serge Gainsborough, Die Haut

ANITA LANE ~ "THESE BOOTS ARE MADE FOR WALKING";


ANITA LANE ~ "JESUS ALMOST GOT ME";


Joe Camarillo ~ Chicago drummer for Jon Langford, the Waco Bros, The Hush Drops

THE WACO BROS ~ "I FOUGHT THE LAW";


Denny Freeman ~ 76 ~ American blues guitarist and keyboardist w/Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jimmie Vaughan, Bob Dylan, Angela Strehli, Lou Ann Barton, James Cotton, Taj Mahal, Barry Goldberg, Percy Sledge, Otis Rush, Albert Collins, Buddy Guy, Junior Wells, Lazy Lester, The Cobras, The Corals, Southern Feeling

JIMMY VAUGHAN & DENNY FREEMAN ~ "JUST LIKE PUTTY";


Dan Sartain - 39 - Alabama Garage singer/guitarist

DAN SARTAIN ~ "ATHIEST FUNERAL";


DAN SARTAIN ~ "YOU CAN'T GO HOME NO MORE";