Some 70's & 80's Soul, R&B & Blues Figures

Anita Pointer - 74 - Singer with The Pointer Sisters

THE POINTER SISTERS ~ "SLOW HAND";


THE POINTER SISTERS ~ "FIRE";


THE POINTER SISTERS ~ "JUMP FOR MY LOVE";


THE POINTER SISTERS ~ "I'M SO EXITED";


Irene Cara - 63 - American singer ("Flashdance... What a Feeling") and actress ("Sparkle", "Fame", "Sister Sister", "City Heat"), Oscar winner (1983)

IRENE CARA ~ "WHAT A FEELING";


IRENE CARA ~ "OUT ON MY OWN";


Calvin Simon - 79 - Singer with 1970's American Funk band Parliament-Funkadelic

PARLIAMENT FUNKADELIC ~ "BRING BACK THE FUNK";


PARLIAMENT FUNKADELIC ~ "COSMIC SLOP";



Greg Webster - 84 - Drummer w/1970's R&B band the Ohio Players

THE OHIO PLAYERS ~ "ROLLERCOASTER OF LOVE";


THE OHIO PLAYERS ~ "FIRE";



Sidney Kirk - 78 - American Jazz and R&B pianist with Issac Hayes, Dionne Warwick, Albert King, Rufus Thomas & the Platters

ISSAC HAYES ~ "SHAFT";


William Hart - 77 - American singer/songwriter with 1970's R&B group The Delfonics ("La-La (Means I Love You)", "Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)")

THE DELFONICS ~ "DIDN'T I BLOW YOUR MIND THIS TIME";


THE DELFONICS ~ "LA LA LA MEANS I LOVE YOU";


Sam Gooden - 87 - Singer with 1970's R&B group The Impressions

THE IMPRESSIONS ~ "IT'S ALL RIGHT";


THE IMPRESSION ~ "PEOPLE GET READY";


Betty Davis - 77 - American 1970's Funk and Soul singer

BETTY DAVIS ~ "FUNK";



Howard Grimes ~ 80 ~ Memphis Soul drummer for Stax and Hi Records in the 1960's & 70's w/Rufus & Carla Thomas, Al Green, Willie Mitchell, Otis Clay, O.V. Wright, Syl Johnson, Ann Peebles, Don Bryant, The Bo-Keys, Cyndi Lauper, Deke Dickerson

RUFUS & CARLA THOMAS ~ "CAUSE I LOVE";


AL GREEN ~ "TIRED OF BEING ALONE";


AL GREEN ~ "LET'S STAY TOGETHER";


David Tyson ~ 62 ~ Singer w/1970's Vocal group the Manhattans

THE MANHATTANS ~ "GIRL OF MY DREAM";


THE MANHATTANS ~ "KISS & SAY GOODBYE";



Richard Pratt - Singer with 1970's Soul vocal group Blue Magic

BLUE MAGIC ~ "CHASING RAINBOWS":



Timmy Thomas ~ 77 ~ US 1960's & 70's Soul singer

TIMMY THOMAS ~ "WHY CAN'T WE LIVE TOGETHER";



Eric Mercury ~ 70's ~ Toronto 1960's & 70's R&B singer with The Soul Searchers

ERIC MERCURY & THE SOUL SEARCHERS ~ "LONELY GIRL";



Adam Wade - 87 - American Soul singer ("The Writing on the Wall") and television host (Musical Chairs)
ADAM WADE ~ "THE HUNGARY YEARS";


Donny Gerrard ~ Vancouver 1970's Soul and R&B singer w/Skylark, later backup singer with Mavis Staples, Bruce Springsteen, Elton John & Cher

SKYLARK ~ "WILDFLOWER"



Geraldine Hunt - 77 - American R&B singer ("Can't Fake the Feeling")

GERALDINE HUNT ~ "CAN'T FAKE THE FEELING":


Syl Johnson ~ 85 ~ 1970's Chicago Soul singer

SYL JOHNSON ~ "WE DID IT";


SYL JOHNSON ~ "ANY WAY THE WIND BLOWS";


Jimmy Johnson (real name James Earl Thompson) - 93 - Blues guitarist and singer w/Slim Harpo, Freddie King, Albert King, Magic Sam, Otis Rush, Eddy Clearwater, Otis Clay and Jimmy Johnson (to whom he was not actually realated), brother to Syl Johnson

JIMMY JOHNSON & BIG TIME SARAH ~ "B.L.U.E.S";


JIMMY JOHNSON ~ "AS THE YEARS GO PASSING BY";


Luther Johnson - 83 - Mississippi BLues singer/guitarist w/Muddy Waters, Magic Sam, John Lee Hooker (including in "The BLues Brothers"), Jimmy Johnson & solo

LUTHER JOHNSON;


Freddie Roulette ~ 83 ~ Chicago Blues & Gospel steal guitarist & singer

FREDDIE ROULETTE ~ "LUCILLE";


Walter Wolfman Washington ~ 79 ~ New Orleans Blues and R&B singer/guitarist

WALTER WOLFMAN WASHINGTON ~ "STEAL AWAY";


WALTER WOLFMAN WASHINGTON ~ "NOBODY'S FAULT BUT MINE";


Barbara Morrison - 72 - American Jazz and R&B singer w/Johnny Otis, Jimmy Smith, Kenny Burrell, Jr Mance, Joe Sample

BARARA MORRISION ~ "WHAT A DIFFERENCE A DAY MAKES";


Ernie Andrews ~ 94 ~ American Jazz, Blues, Big Band and R&B singer from the 1940's onward

ERNIE ANDREWS ~ "IF I DON'T LOVE YOU";


ERNIE ANDREWS ~ "OLD MAN JAZZ":



Derf Reklaw Raheem ~ Percussionist with 1970's & 80 Jazz/Funk Fusion bands The Pharohs, The Intentions, The Blend Crafters,

THE PHAROAHS ~ "THE TRACKS OF MY TEARS";


THE INTENTIONS ~ "DIG IT";



Charles E. McCormick - 75 - Singer with American 1970's R&B band Bloodstone

BLODDSTONE ~ "NEVER LET YOU GO";


James Mtume - 76 - American Jazz musician (keyborads, bass, percussion,guitars) w/Mtume & Miles Davis and songwriter ("Juicy Fruit", "The Closer I Get to You")

MTUME ~ "JUICY FRUIT";


MTUME ~ "YOU ME & HE";



Benjamin Moore Jr ~ 81 ~ Singer/guitarist with the Blind Boys Of Alabama from the 2000's onward

THE BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA ~ "AMAZING GRACE";


THE BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA ~ "SPIRIT IN THE SKY";


Joyce Sims - 63 - American R&B singer-songwriter ("Come Into My Life")

JOYCE SIMMS ~ "COME INTO MY LIFE";


Jessie Daniels - 58 - Singer w/1980's American R&B the Force MD's

THE FORCE MD'S ~ "TENDER LOVE";


THE FORCE MD'S ~ "LOVE IS A HOUSE";



Traci Braxton - 50 - American R&B singer (The Braxtons) and television personality (Braxton Family Values)

THE BRAXTONS ~ "THE BOSS";


THE BRAXTONS ~ "WHERE'S THE GOOD IN GOODBYE";



Keith Martin - 55 - American R&B singer

KEITH MARTIN ~ "NEVER FIND SOMEONE LIKE YOU";



Roderick "Pooh" Clark - 49 - American R&B singer w/1990's R&B group Hi-Five

HI-FIVE ~ "I LIKE THE WAY";


HI-FIVE ~ "SHE'S PLAYING HARD TO GET";

Diane Luckey (AKA Q Lazzarus) ~ 61 ~ American R&B singer ("Goodbye Horses")

Q LAZZARUS ~ "GOOBYE HORSES";


Jewell Caples ~ 53 ~ American 1990's R&B singer for Death Row Records

JEWELL CAPLES ~ "WOMAN TO WOMAN";

Some Punk, New Wave & Alt Artists

Bruce Anderson ~ Guitarist w/American 1980's Post Punk Noise band MX-80 Sound

MX80 SOUND ~ "MAN ON THE MOVE";


MX80 SOUND ~ "WHY ARE WE HERE";



Sam Henry - 65 - Drummer with American Punk band the Wipers and Naplam Beach

THE WIPERS ~ "YOUTH OF AMERICA";
THE WIPERS ~ "OVER THE EDGE";



Nicky Tesco ~ Singer w/UK Punk band The Members ("The Sound Of The Suburbs")

THE MEMBERS ~ "THE SOUND OF THE SUBURBS";


THE MEMBERS ~ "SOLITARY CONFINEMENT";


THE MEMBERS ~ "OFFSHORE BANKING";


THE MEMBERS ~ "WORKING GIRL";



Henny Vrienten - 73 - Singer-songwriter with Dutch 1980's Ska Punk band Doe Maar

DOE MARR ~ "DORIS DAY";


DOE MAAR ~ "DE BOM";



Bill Von Hagen (AKA Bill Bored) ~ 50's ~ Drummer with 1980's Pittsburgh Garage band The Cynics

THE CYNICS ~ "CREEPIN"



Rachel Nagy ~ 40's ~ Singer with American Garage band The Detroit Cobras

THE DETROIT COBRAS ~ "CHA CHA TWIST";


THE DETROIT COBRAS ~ "STAY DOWN";


THE DETROIT COBRAS ~ "BO DIDDLY";



Haunted George (real name Steve Pallow) ~ 50's ~ American Garage & Trashabilly singer/guitarist with the Beguiled, the Necessary Evils, Thee Cormans and as a solo one-man-band

THE NECESSARY EVILS ~ "MOTOR WITCH";


THEE CORMANS ~ "DANCE ON TEENS";


THEE CORMANS ~ "CREATURE'S CRAWL";


HAUNTED GEORGE ~ "SWAMP WITCH";


HAUNTED GEORGE ~ "SATAN DOESN'T ALWAYS WEAR BLACK";



King Louie Bankston ~ 40's ~ New Orleans singer/guitarist w/Garage Punk bands the Royal Pendletons, The Persuaders, The Exploding Hearts and as a one-man-band

KING LOUIE ~ "BEAT UP BY A GIRL";



Andy Ross ~ Singer/guitarist with 1970's UK Punk band the Disco Zombies, later A&R exec working with Blur and the Bluetones

THE DISCO ZOMBIES ~ "TOP OF THE POPS";


THE DISCO ZOMBIES ~ "DRUMS OVER LONDON";



Mark Langan ~ 57 ~ Singer/guitarist Grunge band The Screaming Trees and Mad Season, the Queens Of The Stone Age, the Gutter Twins, also with Kurt Cobain

THE SCREAMING TREES ~ "I NEARLY LOST YOU";


THE SCREAMING TREES ~ "SHADOW OF THE SEASON";


THE QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE ~ "SONG FOR THE DEAD";



Roger Segal ~ 49 ~ Bassist with Philadelphia punk band Trashlight Vision and Sorry & the Sinatras

TRASHLIGHT VISION ~ "ALERGIC TO YOU";


TRASHLIGHT VISION ~ "BONZO GOES TO BITBURG";


SORRY & THE SINATRAS ~ "HATED HEART";


SORRY & THE SINATRAS ~ "BURNS CITY BURNS";



Davey Bales ~ 50's ~ Singer & poet w/Los Angeles Punk bands Lost Tribe and The Wraith

THE WRAITH ~ "WARHEAD";


THE WRAITH ~ "PREVAIL";



Gabe Serbian - 45 - Drummer w/American hardcore punk bands The Locust, Dead Cross

THE LOCUST ~ "AOTKPTA";


THE LOCUST ~ "RECYCLABLE BODY FLUIDS";



Tim Feerick - 34 - Bassist with American Math Rock band Dance Gavin Dance

DANCE GAVIN DANCE ~ "INSPIRE THE LIARS";


DANCE GAVIN DANCE ~ "WE OWN THE NIGHT";


Keaton Pierce - 31 - Singer with Lexington Kentucky Post Emo band Too Close To Touch

TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT ~ "SYMPATHY";


TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT ~ "F.I.N.E";



Chris Bocast ~ 60's ~ Bassist with 1980's UK Goth band The Mission and later solo electonica artist

THE MISSION ~ "WASTELAND";


THE MISSION ~ "TOWER OF STRENGTH";



Chuck Criss ~ 36 ~ Bass, banjo, keyboards with New York Indie band Freelance Whales

FREELANCE WHALES ~ "HANNAH";


FREELANCE WHALES ~ "GENERATOR"";



Trey Johnson - 53 - Singer and guitarist w/Texas Alternative band Sorta

SORTA ~ "I'LL BE THERE";


SORTA ~ "TELL ME A STORY";

Some Artists From The 1950's & 60's

Don Wilson ~ 88 ~ Guitarist with 1960's Surf band the Ventures ("Walk Don't Run", "Hawaii 5-0", "Telstar", "The Lonely Bull", "Twilight Zone", "Out Of Limits")

THE VENTURES ~ "DIAMOND HEAD";


THE VENTURES ~ "WALK DON'T RUN";


THE VENTURES ~ "TWILIGHT ZONE";


THE VENTURES ~ "OUT OF LIMITS";


Sandy Nelson ~ 83 ~ American 1960's Surf drummer ("Let There Be Drums", "And Then There Were Drums", "Teen Beat")

SANDY NELSON ~ "LET THERE BE DRUMS";



Richie Podolor (AKA Richie Allen) ~ 80's ~ Guitarist solo and w/Sandy Nelson ("Let There Be Drums", "Teen Beat"), producer for Steppenwolf, Standells, Electric Prunes, Davie Allen, Chocolate Watchband, Iron Butterfly, Black Oak Arkansas, Three Dog Night

DICKIE POLODOR ~ "I NEED A LITTLE GIRL";


RICHIE ALLEN ~ "RISING SURF";


THE ELECTRIC PRUNES ~ "I HAD TOO MUCH TO DREAM LAST NIGHT";


THE STANDELLS ~ "DIRTY WATER";


THE CHOCOLATE WATCHBAND ~ "DON'T NEED YOUR LOVING";


STEPPENWOLF ~ "BORN TO BE WILD";


IRON BUTTERFLY ~ "INNA GADDA DAVIDA";



Fred Parris - 85 - Singer/songwriter 1950's Doo Wop group The Five Satins ("In The Still Of The Night")




Bobby Hendricks - 84 - R&B Singer with the Drifters ("Drip Drop") and solo

THE DRIFTERS ~ "DRIP DROP";


Rosa Lee Hawkins ~ 76 ~ American singer w/ 1960's group The Dixie Cups ("Chapel Of Love", "Iko Iko")

THE DIXIE CUPS ~ "CHAPEL OF LOVE";


THE DIXIE CUPS ~ "YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN THE WAY HE LOOKED AT ME";


THE DIXIE CUPS ~ "TWA-WAY-POK-AWAY";



Freddie Hughes - 78 - American R&B and Gospel singer

FREDDIE HUGHES ~ "OWEE BABY I LOVE YOU";


Ronnie Spector ~ 78 ~ American Hall of Fame singer with 1960's Girl Group The Ronettes ("Be My Baby","Baby I Love You", "Walking In The Rain")

THE RONETTES ~ "IS THIS WHAT I GET FOR LOVING YOU";


THE RONETTES ~ "BE MY BABY";


THE RONETTES ~ "BABY I LOVE YOU";


THE RONETTES ~ "WALKING IN THE RAIN";



Sonny Turner ~ 83 ~ American singer w/The Platters in their second version from 1959 into the 60's ("I Love You 1000 Times", "With This Ring" and "Washed Ashore")

THE PLATTERS ~ "I LOVE YOU 1000 TIMES";



Gerry Granahan ~ 89 ~ American 1950's & 60's Pop Rock singer (AKA Dickie Doo & the Don'ts, Jerry Grant), producer/songwriter and co-founder of Caprice Records (The Angels, The Wild Ones, James Ray), later vice-president of Dot Records and Paramount Records

DICKIE DOO & THE DON'TS ~ "NEE NEE NA NA NA NU";


DICKIE DOO & THE DON'TS ~ "CLICK CLACK";


DICKIE DOO & THE DON'TS ~ "LEAVE ME ALONE";


Phillip Paul ~ 96 ~ Drummer w/Hank Ballad & The Midnighters ("Work With Me Annie", "The Twist"), Little Willie John's ("Fever"), Charles Brown ("Please Come Home for Christmas"), Tiny Bradshaw ("Train Kept a Rollin'"), Wynonie Harris' ("Good Rockin' Tonight"), Freddie King, Milt Buckner, Cowboy Copas, John Lee Hooker, Albert King

TINY BRADSHAW ~ "TRAIN KEPT ROLLIN";


HANK BALLARD & THE MIDNIGHTERS ~ "WORK WITH ME ANNIE";


WYNONIE HARRIS ~ "ROCK MR BLUES";


LITTLE WILLIE JOHN ~ "FEVER";


FREDDIE KING ~ "HIDE AWAY";


Gary Brooker ~ 76 ~ Singer with UK Orchestral Rock band Procul Harum ("A Whiter Shade Of Pale")

PROCUL HARUM ~ "A WHITER SHADE OF PALE";


PROCUL HARUM ~ "SALTY DOG";



Dick Halligan ~ 78 ~ Horn player with 1960's Big Band Rockers Blood Sweat & Tears

BLOOD SWEAT & TEARS ~ "AND WHEN I DIE";


BLOOD SWEAT & TEARS ~ "YOU'VE MADE ME SO VERY HAPPY";


BLOOD SWEAT & TEARS ~ "SPINNING WHEEL";


José Enrique Sarabia ~ 81 ~ Venezuelan musician and songwriter (“Ansiedad”, covered by Nat King Cole)

NAT KING COLE ~ "ANSIEDAD";



Helen Grayco - 97 - American singer (The Spike Jones Show) and actress

SPIKE JONES;


SPIKE JONES ~ "DER FURHER'S FACE";



Con Cluskey - 86 - Singer guitarist with 1960's Irish Folk Pop group The Bachelors

THE BACHELORS ~ "DIANNE";

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THE BACHELORS ~ "LOVE ME WITH ALL OF YOUR HEART";


Regine Zylerberg ~ 92 ~ (AKA Regine) French Torch Singer from the 1940's onward

REGINE ~ "LES PETITS PAPIERS";


Carmela Corren - 83 - Austrian/Israeli singer Pop singer ("Vielleicht geschieht ein Wunder"), 1963 Eurovision

CARMELA CORREN ~ "VIELLEICHT GESHIEHT EIN WUNDER";



Robert Cogoi - 82 - Belgian 1960's Pop singer, 1964 Eurovision

ROBERT COGOI ~ "PAS UNE PLACE POUR ME GARER";

Some Canadian Artists

Mel Shaw ~ 82 ~ 1950's Regina Rock & Roll singer and later manager & producer for the Stampeders

MEL SHAW ~ "MEAN LOVER";


R Dean Taylor ~ 82 ~ Canadian singer/songwriter/producer from the 1960's & 70's solo ("At The Highschool Dance", "There's A Ghost In My House", "Indiana Want's Me") and as part of Motown's The Clan studio team

R DEAN TAYLOR ~ "THERE'S A GHOST IN MY HOUSE";


R DEAN TAYLOR ~ "INDIANA WANTS ME";



Susan Jacks - 73 - Canadian singer-songwriter (The Poppy Family) and record producer

THE POPPY FAMILY;


THE POPPY FAMILY ~ "HAPPY TOGETHER";


THE POPPY FAMILY ~ "WHICH WAY YOU GOING BILLY";


Walter Rossi - 74 - Italian-Canadian guitarist w/1960's Toronto band Luke & The Apostles

LUKE & THE APSOTLES ~ "GOOD MORNING LITTLE SCHOOL GIRL" & "I AIN'T GOT YOU";


LUKE & THE APOSTLES ~ "OH YEAH";



Mike Harrison ~ 60's ~ Toronto bassist w/1970's Blues/Rock bands Grant Smith & The Power and McKenna-Mendelson Mainline

McKENNA-MENDELSON MAINLINE ~ "OUR HOME & NATIVE LAND";


GRANT SMITH & THE POWER ~ "KEEP ON RUNNING";



John McGale - 66 - Musician and singer with Canadian 1970's Prog Rock band Offenbach

OFFENBACH ~ "AYOYE";


OFFENBACH ~ "CALINE DE BLUES";


Jerry Doucette - 70 - Canadian 1970's singer/guitarist w/The Seeds Of Time, Brutus, The Reefers, Rocket Norton and Doucette ("Mama Let Him Play")

THE SEEDS OF TIME ~ "KALEIDESCOPE";


THE SEEDS OF TIME ~ "MY HOMETOWN";


THE SEEDS OF TIME ~ "CRYIING THE BLUES";


DOUCETTE ~ "RUN BUDDY RUN";


DOUCETTE ~ "MAMA LET HIM PLAY";


DOUCETTE ~ "DANGER ZONE";



Jake Heibert (AKA Big Rude Jake) ~ 58 ~ Toronto Jazz/Swing/Rockabilly singer/songwriter/guitarist

BIG RUDE JAKE ~ "QUEER FOR CAT";


BIG RUDE JAKE ~ "SWING BABY";


BIG RUDE JAKE & TENNESSEE VOODOO COUP ~ "ONE HAND LOOSE";


Harpdog Brown ~ 70's ~ B.C. Blues singer & harpist

HARPDOG BROWN ~ "ONE STEP FORWARD";


HARPDOG BROWN ~ "REEFER LOVIN BABY";



JOHN T DAVIS ~ "SUMMERTIME":


Shirley Eikhard - 67 - Award winning New Brunswick singer/songwriter ("Something To Talk About", covered by Bonnie Rait)

SHIRLEY EIKHARD - "SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT";


Kody Chiason ~ 37 ~ Singer/Guitarist/Banjoist w/PEI Folk band the East Pointers

THE EAST POINTERS ~ "ELMIRA";


THE EAST POINTERS ~ "WINTERGREEN";


Bill Bourne ~ 68 ~ Alberta Folk singer with Tri-Continetal and solo

TRI-CONTINENTAL ~ "WALKIN BLUES";


BILL BOURNE ~ "WILL THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN";


Harry Bryan - 60's - Toronto singer guitarist with 1970's Folk Rock band Cherri and solo

CHERRI ~ "OF THE COUNTRY";


HARRY BRYAN ~ "RIDE THE WIND";



Bob Yeomans ~ 72 ~ Sualt St Marie singer/songwriter w/1970's band Jackson Hawke ("You Can't Dance")

JACKSON HAWKE ~ "YOU CAN DANCE";


Karl Tremblay - 47 - French Canadian Folk singer (Les Cowboys Fringants)

LES COWBOYS FRINGANTS ~ "L'AMERIQUE PLEUR";


Vince Fontaine ~ 60 ~ Singer/guitarist with 1990's Canadian Aborigninal Rock bands Eagle & Hawk, Indian City

EAGLE & HAWK ~ "RUNNING WITH THE HAWK";


Ella Medakovic ~ 21 ~ Hamilton, Ontario singer

ELLA MEDAKOVIC ~ "JACK & BLOW";


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

MIKE UNGER;


Diana McIntosh ~ 83 ~ Manitoba Avant Garde pianist, composer and sound artist

DIANA McINTOSH ~ "USER FRIENDLY";

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Beegie Adair ~ 84 ~ American Jazz, Pop & Country pianist w/Johnny Cash, Chet Atkins, Dolly Parton, Lucille Ball, Steve Allen, Dinah Shore, Mama Cass Elliot, Peggy Lee and solo

Stu Allan - 60 - British music DJ and record producer with dance & rap band Clock

Jerry Allison - 82 - American Hall of Fame drummer w/Buddy Holly & The Crickets and songwriter ("That'll Be the Day", "Peggy Sue") later with Eddie Cochran, the Everly Brothers, Lee Dresser, Waylon Jennings, Conway Twitty, Bobby Vee, Johnny Burnette

Alejandro Alonso - 69 - Mexican singer and guitarist

Michal Ambrož - 68 - Guitarist, singer and composer with 1980's Czech band Jasná Páka

Sol Amarfio - 84 - Ghanaian-British drummer with Afro Rock band Osibisa

Bruce Anderson ~ Guitarist w/American Post Punk band MX-80 Sound

Rick Anderson - 75 - American rock bassist with American band The Tubes

Ernie Andrews ~ 94 ~ American Jazz, Blues, Big Band and R&B singer from the 1940's onward

Endo Annaconda ~ 66 ~ Singer/guitarist with Swiss-German band Stiller Hass

Stuart Anstis - 48 - Guitarist with UK Metal band Cradle of Filth

Jon Appleton - 83 - American Electronic composer & synclavier player

Babis Argyriou ~ 60's ~ Greek Punk & underground music journalist, pirate radio host, fanzine editor, novelist, record label owner, keyboard player in 80's Post Punk band Life In A Cage

Mike Armstrong ~ 50's ~ Percussionist with 1980's & 90's Post Punk bands Change Of Heart, King Cobb Steelie, Jolly Tamourine Man, & Slightly Damaged

Carol Arnauld - 61 - French singer-songwriter

Eduard Nikolayevich Artemyev - 85 - Russian electronic and film score composer

Chris Atkinson ~ 50's ~ Singer/guitarist with Toronto Punk bands Motor Sin & Rude Awakening

Azuquita - 76 - Panamanian Salsa singer and composer

Barry Bailey - 73 - Guitarist w/1970's US band the Atlanta Rhythm Section

Davey Bales ~ 50's ~ Singer & poet w/Los Angeles Punk bands Lost Tribe and The Wraith

Adam Balsam - Drummer for Toronto bands the Most Serene Republic and the Wilderness Of Manitoba

Gabe Balthazar ~ 92 ~ American Jazz sax player w/Stan Kenton

King Louie Bankston ~ 40's ~ New Orleans singer/guitarist w/Garage Punk bands the Royal Pendletons, The Persuaders, The Exploding Hearts and as a one-man-band

Carlos Barbosa-Lima - 77 - Brazilian classical and jazz guitarist

J. J. Barnes - 79 - American Motown R&B singer

Jess Barr ~ 46 ~ Guitarist with Texas Southern Rock/Cowpunk band Slobberbone

Randy Begg ~ 71 ~ Drummer with 1970's Canadian Pop bands Wednesday ("Hang On Girl", "Teen Angel", "Last Kiss"), Cellophane Spoon, Lockerbie, The Scott Street Band and releasing album material with The Edge and The September Skye Band.

Ana Bejerano - 60 - Singer with 1970's Spanish Pop group Mocedades ("Eres Tu")

Luke Bell - 32 - American country singer-songwriter

Thom Bell - 79 - Jamaican-born 1970's American R&B songwriter ("The Rubberband Man", "La-La (Means I Love You)", "Mama Can't Buy You Love"), arranger and record producer

Bernard Belle - 57 - American Soul & Gospel musician, music producer and songwriter w/Michael Jackson & Whitney Houston

Bill Belson - 70's Toronto 70's & 80's drummer w/Johnny Lovesin and club owner (Klub Domino, the Spectrum, Willie John's)

Barry Benedetta ~ 62 ~ Guitarist with 1980's American Glam Rock band Cinderella

Steve Bennett ~ 40's ~ Drummer with Montreal Thrash punk bands Inepsy, Wisigoth, Disagree

William Bennett ~ 86 ~ British Jazz & Classical flautist w/Jimi Hendrix, Wynton Marsalis

Marilyn Bergman - 93 - American Hall of Fame songwriter ("The Way We Were", "The Windmills of Your Mind", "You Don't Bring Me Flowers"), Oscar winner (1969, 1974, 1984)

Warren Bernhardt ~ 83 ~ American Jazz & Rock pianist (Steely Dan, Steps Ahead, Art Farmer, Gerry Mulligan)

Denis Bertrand ~ 60's ~ Bassist with Toronto bands John Romas and Friends, and The Big River Band

Dominic Besignano (AKA Bezi) ~ 75 ~ Thunder Bay, Ontario Blues promotor, manager and founder of the Harbour Lights Blues Festival

Guillaume Bideau - 44 - Singer w/French Metal band Mnemic

Big Scarr - 22 - American rapper

Steve Biggs ~ 60's ~ Drummer with 1980's Toronto Garage Bands Parts Found In Sea and Rex Chainbelt & photographer

Carmelo La Bionda - 73 - Italian 1970's Disco musician (La Bionda) and songwriter ("There for Me", "One for You, One for Me")

Jet Black ~ 82 ~ Drummer with UK Punk band The Stranglers

Black Stalin ~ 81 ~ Trinidadian Calypso singer

Allen Blairman ~ 81 ~ American Free Jazz drummer w/Albert Ayler

Alan Blaikley - 82 - English songwriter ("Have I the Right?" by the Honeycombs, "The Legend of Xanadu" by "Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich, "I've Lost You"by Fairpoint Convetion)

Kimmo Blom - 52 - Singer with Finnish Finnish Metal band Raskasta Joulua

Chris Bocast ~ 60's ~ Bassist with 1980's UK Goth band The Mission and later solo electonica

Uli Bohnet ~ 60's ~ Toronto bassist with Danny B and the Son of a B's, the Johnny Max Band, the Kennsington Hillbillies

Rolando Boldrin - 86 - Brazilian actor, singer and television presenter

Stephen "tWitch" Boss - 40 - American dancer, television personality (The Ellen DeGeneres Show, So You Think You Can Dance) and actor (Step Up)

Bill Bourne ~ 70's ~ Juno Award winning Edmonton, Alberta singer with Folk bands the Tannahill Weavers and Tri-Continental and solo

Jaimie Branch - 39 - American jazz trumpeter and composer

Traci Braxton - 50 - American R&B singer (The Braxtons) and television personality (Braxton Family Values)

Thom Bresh ~ 70's ~ American guitarist with 1960's Surf band The Crescents, later Country singer/guitarist

Pat Briggs ~ 50's ~ Singer with LA Glam & Shock Rock bands The Limelight, Impotant Sea Snaks & Psychotica, club owner, later actor in the Rock Musical "Rent"

Gary Brooker ~ 76 ~ Singer with UK Orchestral Rock band Procul Harum ("A Whiter Shade Of Pale")

Steve Broughton - 72 - British rock drummer with 1960's & 70's band Edgar Broughton Band

Harpdog Brown ~ 60's ~ B.C. Blues singer & harpist

Mike Bryson - 60's - Bassist in Sheffield 1980's Post Punk bands Forkeyes and Bog-Shed and cover art illustrator

Michel Bühler - 77 - Swiss singer-songwriter, poet and writer

Ralf Bursy - 66 - East German singer and music producer

Joe Bussard - 86 - American 78's record collector, archivist, writer, radio host and founder of the Fontotone Records label

Buzy - 66 - French singer

Harry Bryan - 60's - Toronto singer guitarist with 1970's Folk Rock band Cherri and solo

Joyce Bryant ~ 95 ~ American Jazz and Cabaret singer and dancer, AKA the Bronze Blonde Bombshell

Dennis Cahill ~ 68 ~ Guitarist with Irish-American Folk group The Gloaming

Keenan Cahill - 27 - American Youtube lipsyncher in videos with Katy Perry & the Oakridge Boys, later pop singer

Cristina Calderón - 93 - Chilean Yaghan folk singer

Doug Caldwell ~ 94 ~ New Zealand Jazz pianist

Marciano Cantero - 62 - Argentine singer

María José Cantilo - 68 - Argentine singer-songwriter

Jewell Caples ~ 53 ~ American 1990's R&B singer for Death Row Records

Irene Cara - 63 - American singer ("Flashdance... What a Feeling") and actress (Sparkle, Fame), Oscar winner (1983)

Erasmo Carlos - 81 - Brazilian singer-songwriter

Martin Carrizo ~ 50 ~ Drummer with Argentine Thrash Metal bands A.N.I.M.A.L., Gustavo Cerati, Indio Solari

Dave Carruthers - 60 - Drummer with Toronto Country band Whiskey Jack

Jeff Carson - 58 - American country singer ("Not on Your Love", "The Car", "Holdin' Onto Somethin'")

Aaron Carter - 34 - American singer ("Crush on You", "Aaron's Party (Come Get It)", "Leave It Up to Me")

FBG Cash - 31 - American rapper

Brian Cassar - 86 - British 1960's singer and guitarist w/Cass and the Cassanovas, Casey Jones and the Engineers

Ernesto Cavour - 82 - Singer w/Bolivian Folk Pop group Los Jairas

Guayo Cedeño - 48 - Honduran musician and record producer

Manny Charlton - 80 ~ Guitarist with 1970's Scottish rock band Nazareth ("The Flight Tonight", "Love Hurts)

Jean-Louis Chautemps ~ 90 ~ Frencj Jazz sax player w/Claude Bolling, Sidney Bechet, Django Reinhardt, Zoot Sims, Lester Young, Albert Ayler, Roy Eldridge, Chet Baker, Lester Bowie, Lee Konitz

David Ornette Cherry ~ 64 ~ American Jazz musician and composer, son of horn player Don Cherry, brother to Eagle Eye Cherry and step brother to Neneh Cherry

Kody Chiason ~ 37 ~ Singer/Guitarist/Banjoist w/PEI Folk band the East Pointers

Gene Cipriano - 94 - American Jazz, Big Band and Pop sax and woodwindist with Los Angeles seeion group The Wrecking Crew (for The Beach Boys, Monkees, Frank Sinatra, Neil Diamond, Rosemary Clooney, Stan Kenton, Tony Bennett, Frank Zappa, and Lady Gaga) and with Henri Mancini, Andre Previn, Neal Hefti, Lalo Schifrin, Marvin Hamlisch, Tex Beneke, Lee Konitz, Gerry Mulligan, Thelonius Monk and Claude Thornhill. Played on soundtracks for "Peter Gunn", "Mission Impossible", "Batman", "The Flintstones", "M*A*S*H*", "Star Trek", "The Simpsons", "American Dad" "West Side Story", "Some Like It Hot" and "The Thomas Crown Affair"

Roderick "Pooh" Clark - 49 - American R&B singer w/1990's R&B group Hi-Five

Claudisabel - 40 - Portuguese singer

Con Cluskey - 86 - Singer guitarist with 1960's Irish Folk Pop group The Bachelors

Robert Cogoi - 82 - Belgian 1960's Pop singer

Commander Tom - German DJ and record producer

Jeff Cook - 73 - Guitarist & fiddle player with American 1980's C&W band Alabama)

Coolio - 59 - American rapper ("Gangsta's Paradise", "Fantastic Voyage", "C U When U Get There") and actor, Grammy winner

Jean-Paul Corbineau - 74 - French singer-songwriter with Breton Folk Rock group Tri Yann

Carmela Corren - 83 - Austrian/Israeli singer Pop singer ("Vielleicht geschieht ein Wunder"), 1963 Eurovision

José Luis Cortés - 70 - Cuban flutist, composer, and musical director

Gal Costa - 77 - Brazilian Pop & Samba singer

Cathal Coughlan - 61 - Irish singer/keyboardist with Microdisney & Fatima Mansions

Zuri Crai - 44 - American actor and singer (America's Got Talent).

Brian Cram ~ 50's ~ Toronto trumpet player with Indie bands Do Make Say Think, Guh and Gesundheit

A. B. Crentsil - 78 - Ghanaian singer

Lyell Cresswell - 77 - New Zealand composer of Contemporary Classical Music

Antonio Cripezzi - 76 - Singer and keyboardist with 1960's Italian band I Camaleonti

Chuck Criss ~ 36 ~ Bass, banjo, keyboards with New York Indie band Freelance Whales

Julee Cruise ~ 61 ~ American Art Pop singer ("Twin Peaks")

George Henry Crumb Jr - American Avant Garde composer

Bettye Crutcher - 83 - Tennessee R&B songwriter w/Stax Records singers Johnny Taylor, BB King, Albert King, Bobby Blue Bland, The Staples Singers, Sam & Dave

Jerry Crutchfield - 87 - American Country music producer and executive w/Lee Greenwood, Tanya Tucker, Chris LeDoux, Anne Murray, Dottie West, Tammy Wynette, Glen Campbell, Brenda Lee, Buck Owens, Larry Gatlin, The Gatlin Brothers and Dave Loggins, songwriter w/Elvis Presley, The Crickets, Brenda Lee, Eddy Arnold, Tanya Tucker, Lou Rawls, Ricky Nelson, Ernest Tubb, Faron Young, Charley Pride, Lefty Frizzell and Brenda Lee ("My World Falling Apart")

Ronnie Cuber - 80 - American jazz saxophonist w/Patti Austin, George Benson, J Giels Band, Maynard Ferguson, David Clayton Thomas, Billy Joel, Lee Konitz, Lonnie Smith, Horace Silver, Dr John, Paul Simon, Tom Scott

Andrés Cuervo - 34 - Colombian singer-songwriter

Don Cullen ~ 90 ~ Toronto writer/actor and owner of 1960's Folk & Beatnik coffee house the Bohemian Embassy

Penda Dallé - 64 - Cameroonian Makossa singer/guitarist

Dino Danelli - 78 - Drummer with 1960's US band The Rascals

Darius Campbell Danesh - 41 - Scottish Pop/Jazz singer-songwriter ("Colourblind", "Rushes", "Incredible (What I Meant to Say)")

Dino Danelli ~ 78 ~ Drummer with 1960's New Jersey band the Rascals

Jessie Daniels - 58 - Singer w/1980's American R&B the Force MDs

Miguel Vicens Danus ~ 79 ~ Bassist w/1960's Spanish band Los Bravos ("Black Is Black")

Julie Daraîche - 83 - Quebec Franco Country singer

Kal David - 79 - American blues guitarist and singer

Betty Davis - 77 - American 1970's Funk and Soul singer

John T Davis - 78 - Toronto Jazz,Blues, Gospel and R&B pianist,organist and singer

Chuck Deardorf - 68 - American jazz bassist and bandleader w/Larry Coryell, Randy Becker, Dave Mathews

Joey DeFrancesco ~ 51 ~ American Jazz organist

DJ Delete - 30 - Australian DJ and music producer

Pavel Deshura - 36 - Russian guitarist and arranger w/ Folk Rock band Pelageya

Christine DeVebber ~ 60's ~ Guitarist/singer with 1980's Vancouver & London Ont, Punk bands The Zellots, Ukase, Jane Doe, Little Egypt

Paulo Diniz - 82 - Brazilian Pop & Folk singer

Joe Diorio - 85 - American jazz guitarist w/Sonny Stitt, Robben Ford, Anita O'Day, Horace Silver, Eddie Harris

Povl Dissing ~ 82 ~ Danish Folk Rock singer/guitarist

Jerry Doucette - 70 - Canadian 1970's Pop singer w/The Seeds Of Time, Brutus, The Reefers, Rocket Norton and Doucette ("Mama Let Him Play")

Tyrone Downie - 66 - Jamaican keyboardist w/Bob Marley and the Wailers

Lamont Dozier - 81 - R&B Songwriter/producer for Motown Records w/Martha and the Vandellas, The Supremes, The Four Tops, The Isley Brothers, later Alison Moyet, Phill Collins, Debbie Gibson, Peabo Bryson, Joss Stone. In the early sixties singer w/ The Romeos, The Voice Masters, Ty Hunter and The Voice Masters

Nicky Dread (real name Nick Taylor) ~ 60's ~ Reggae DJ at Guelph radio station CFRU since 1979

Gerd Dudek - 84 - German Jazz saxophonist, clarinetist and flautist & bandleader w/Jean Luc Pinty, Don Cherry, the Global Unity Orch

Martin Duffy ~ 55 ~ Keyboardist with UK bands Felt, Primal Scream, The Charlatans, The Chavs

Noel Duggan ~ 73 ~ Irish singer & musician with Folk bands Clannad, The Duggans and Norland Wind

Shonka Dukureh ~ 44 ~ American Jazz & Blues singrer and actress (Big Mama Thorton on "Elvis")

Howard Dumble ~ 77 ~ American amplifier desginer

Brian Dunning ~ 70 ~ Irish Folk/Jazz flautist and composer w/Puck Fair

Judith Durham - 79 - Singer with 1960's Folk Pop group The Seekers

Dennis East - 73 - South African songwriter and record producer

Denny Eddy - BC Country singer

Sandy Edmunds ~ 74 ~ New Zealand/Australian 1960's Pop singer

Don Edwards - 86 - American cowboy singer

Jamal Edwards ~ 31 ~ British DJ, producer & Hip-Hop fashion designer

Shirley Eikhard - 67 - Award winning New Brunswick singer/songwriter ("Something To Talk About", covered by Bonnie Rait)

Grandpa Elliott - 77 - New Orleans street busking blues singer & harpist

Ralph Emery - 88 - American Hall of Fame Country music DJ and television host at the Grand Ole Opry and ocasional singer "Hello Fool")

Margot Eskens - 82 - German 1950's Schlager Pop singer

Muvaffak "Maffy" Falay - 91 - Turkish Jazz trumpeter

Tim Feerick - 34 - Bassist with American Math Rock band Dance Gavin Dance

Gian Pietro Felisatti ~ 72 ~ Italian music producer, composer and songwriter

Núria Feliu - 80 ~ Spanish Catalan folk singer

Ray Fenwick - 75 - Guitarist with UK bands The Spencer Davis Group, Ian Gillan Band

Ludmila Ferber - 56 - Brazilian Christian singer-songwriter

Will Ferdy - 95 - Belgian Flemish 1950's pop singer

Anton Fier - 66 - drummer for the Feelies, Pere Ubu, Golden Palominos, Lounge Lizards, Voidoids, Bob Mould, Bill Laswell, John Zorn & Laurie Anderson

Mark Fleischman - 82 - Former co-owner of 1970's New York Disco Studio 54

Andy Fletcher - 60 - Keyboardist with English Techno Band Depeche Mode ("People Are People", "Personal Jesus", "Master & Servant")

Jake Flint - 37 - American Red Dirt country singer-songwriter

Vince Fontaine ~ 60 ~ Singer/guitarist with 1990's Canadian Aborigninal Rock bands Eagle & Hawk, Indian City

Jerry Foster ~ 70's ~ Toronto/PEI C&W singer songwriter w/Max Falcon & The Falcons and solo

Oliver Frank - 58 - German 1990's Pop singer

Deborah Fraser - 56 - South African gospel singer

Dallas Frazier - 82 - American country musician and songwriter ("There Goes My Everything", "All I Have to Offer You (Is Me)", "Elvira")

Wes Freed ~ 50's ~ Cover artist for the Drive By Truckers

Walter Froebrich ~ 50's ~ Toronto Punk & Heavy Metal phographer

Chabelita Fuentes - 92 - Chilean singer and folklorist

Luiz Galvão ~ 87 - Songwriter with Brazilian group Novos Baianos

Armando Gama - 67 - Portuguese singer-songwriter

Charles Gatt ~ 77 ~ Maltese musician and art teacher, founder of the Malta Jazz Festival

Ricky Gardiner ~ 73 ~ Scottish guitarist w/Iggy Pop ("The Passenger", "Lust For Life"), David Bowie ("Low") and Beggar's Banquet

Paul Garon - 80 - American writer and blues historian

Franco Gatti - 80 - Singer and musician with 1970's Italian Pop group Ricchi e Poveri

Donny Gerrard ~ Vancouver 1970's Soul and R&B singer w/Skylark, later backup singer with Mavis Staples, Bruce Springsteen, Elton John & Cher

Mickey Gilley ~ 86 ~ American country singer/pianist ("Room Full of Roses", "Don't the Girls All Get Prettier at Closing Time", "Stand by Me"), owner of "Mickey's" roadhouse made famous in "Urban Cowboy" and cousin of Jerry Lee Lewis and Jimmy Swaggart

Jean Giroux ~ 60's ~ Montreal 1980's Rockabilly singer

Glen Glenn ~ 88 ~ Missouri 1950's Rockabilly singer ("Everybody's Movin")

Darío Gómez - 71 - Colombian singer

Dennis González - 67 - American jazz trumpeter

Luis "Checho" González - 89 - Chilean folk singer

Dallas Good ~ 49 ~ Singer guitarist with Toronto Psychedelic Cowpunks The Sadies and the Satanatras also w/Robyn Hitchcock, Neko Case, Gord Downie, The Mekons, Jon Spencer, Andre Williams, Career Suicide, The Shadowy Men, Phonocomb, John Doe, Greg Keelor, Gordon Pinsett, Margarett Atwood

Tristan Goodall - 48 - Musician and songwriter with Australian band The Audreys

Sam Gooden - 87 - Singer with 1970's R&B group The Impressions

Mick Goodrick - 77 - American jazz guitarist w/Pat Metheny, Woody Herman, Jack DeJohnette, Charlie Haden, Gary Burton, Bill Frisell, and music teacher

Robert Gordon ~ 75 ~ American Rockabilly singer from the 1970's onward ("Fire", "Only Make Believe", The Way I Walk")

Robert Gordy - 91 - American music publishing executive w/Motown and actor (Lady Sings the Blues), brother of Berry Gordy

Manuel Göttsching - 70 - Guitarist with 1970's German Space Rock band Ash Ra Tempel and Ashra

Charlie Gracie ~ 86 ~ American 1950's Rockabilly singer

Gerry Granahan ~ 89 ~ American 1950's & 60's Pop Rock singer (AKA Dickie Doo & the Don'ts, Jerry Grant), producer/songwriter and co-founder of Caprice Records (The Angels, The Wild Ones, James Ray), later vice-president of Dot Records and Paramount Records

Grand Daddy I.U. - 54 - American rapper (Juice Crew)

Helen Grayco - 97 - American singer (The Spike Jones Show) and actress

Jeremiah Green - 45 - Drummer with American Indie band Modest Mouse

Bruce Greig ~ 54 ~ Guitarist with American Death Metal bands Misery Index & Dying Fetus

John Grenell - 78 - New Zealand country singer

Howard Grimes ~ 80 ~ Memphis Soul drummer for Stax and Hi Records in the 1960's & 70's w/Rufus Thomas, Al Green, Willie Mitchell, Otis Clay, O.V. Wright, Syl Johnson, Ann Peebles, Don Bryant, The Bo-Keys, Cyndi Lauper, Deke Dickerson

Steve Grimmett - 62 - English heavy metal singer (Grim Reaper, Onslaught, Lionsheart)

Françoise Guimbert - 76 - French singer

Chad Von Haden ~ 50's ~ Oregon singer/songwriter

Mattis Hætta - 63 - Norwegian singer ("Sámiid ædnan", Eurovision 1980)

Bill Von Hagen (AKA Bill Bored) ~ 50's ~ Drummer in 1980's Pittsburgh Garage band The Cynics

Patrick Haggerty - 78 - American country singer-songwriter (Lavender Country)

Jussi Hakulinen - 57 - Musician and singer-songwriter with Finnish 1980's Rock band Yo

Terry Hall ~ 63 ~ Singer with UK Ska bands The Specials, Fun Boy Three, the Colourfield, Terry, Blair & Anouchka and Vegas

Dick Halligan ~ 78 ~ Horn player with 1960's Big Band Rockers Blood Sweat & Tears

Mike Harrison ~ 60's ~ Toronto bassist w/1970's Blues/Rock bands Grant Smith & The Power and McKenna-Mendelson Mainline

William Hart - 77 - American singer/songwriter with 1970's R&B group The Delfonics ("La-La (Means I Love You)", "Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)").

John Hartman - 72 - Drummer with The Doobie Brothers

Haunted George (real name Steve Pallow) ~ 50's ~ American Garage & Trashabilly singer/guitarist with the Beguiled, the Necessary Evils and as a solo one-man-band

Ronnie Hawkins ~ Arkansas born Toronto 1950's & 60's Rocker w/The Hawks (AKA The Band)

Rosa Lee Hawkins ~ 76 ~ American singer w/ 1960's group The Dixie Cups ("Chapel Of Love", "Iko Io")

Taylor Hawkins ~ 50 ~ Drummer with the Foo Fighters, Allanis Morrisette, Sass Jordan, The Birds Of Satan

Bob Heathcote - 58 - Bassist for LA Thrash Punk band Suicidal Tendencies ("Institutionalized")

Svenne Hedlund - 77 - Singer with 1960's Swedish bands (Hep Stars, Idolerna, Svenne and Lotta)

Claes-Göran Hederström - 77 - Swedish pop singer (Eurovision Song Contest 1968)

Jake Heibert (AKA Big Rude Jake) ~ 58 ~ Toronto Jazz/Swing/Rockabilly singer/songwriter/guitarist

Homer Henderson ~ 70's ~ 1970's & 80's Country singer

Micheal Henderson ~ 72 ~ American Jazz & R&B bassist & vocalist with Miles Davis, Stevie Wonder and the Dramatics

Bobby Hendricks - 84 - R&B Singer with the Drifters ("Drip Drop") and solo

Winston Henry - 74 - Trinidadian Calypso singer

Judy Henske - 85 - American 1960's folk singer ("High Flying Bird")

Sam Henry - 65 - Drummer with American Punk band the Wipers

Howard Hessemen ~ 81 ~ Actor, AKA Dr Johnny Fever on WKRP in Cincinatti as well is in "This Is Spinal Tap", previously radio DJ at KMPX FM in San Francisco

Marva Hicks - American 1980's R&B singer and actress ("Never Been In Love Before")

Jimbeau Hinson - 70 - American country music singer-songwriter

Arno Hintjens - 72 - Singer with Blegian New Wave Bands Tjens-Coulter and TC Matic

Hiroshima ~ Drummer w/Japanese 1980's Thrash band G.I.S.M

Tracy Hitchings - 60 - Singer with English Prog Rock band Landmarq

CPO Boss Hogg - 52 - American rapper

Georgia Holt - 96 - American 1950's Pop singer, mother of Cher

Hana Horka - 57 - Czech singer singer with Celtic Folk band Asonance

Fred Van Hoven - 84 - Belgian Free Jazz pianist w/Peter Brotzman and solo

Maud Hudson ~ 70's ~ Singer and wife of Garth Hudson, keyboardist with The Band

Marc Dé Hugar - 52 - Guitarist w/Australian bands the Candy Harlots, The Screaming Tribesmen

Freddie Hughes - 78 - American R&B and Gospel singer

Darryl Hunt ~ 72 - Bassist with Irish/English Folk Punk band The Pogues

Geraldine Hunt - 77 - American R&B singer ("Can't Fake the Feeling")

Ivory Jo Hunter, 82, American songwriter ("Behind a Painted Smile", "Since I Met You Baby", "Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever", "Dancing in the Street")

Derek Hussey ~ 65 ~ British singer w/ UK New Wave band The Blockheads

Kenny J - 69 - Trinidad and Tobago Calypso and Soca singer

Susan Jacks - 73 - Canadian singer-songwriter (The Poppy Family) and record producer

Michael James Jackson - 56 - American music producer (Kiss, L.A. Guns)

Roddy Jackson ~ 79 ~ California Rockabilly dinger, sax & piano player

Khan Jamal ~ 75 ~ American 1970's Jazz vibraphonist w/Sounds Of Liberation, Ronald Shannon Jackson and solo

Dynamo Dave James ~ 60's ~ Nova Scotia Jazz drummer w/ The Jazz Report All-Stars, Magnolia Nights

Joni James ~ 91 ~ 1950's & 60's American Pop singer

Conrad Janis - 94 - American actor and Dixieland Jazz trombonist

Carmen Jara - 85 - Spanish Copla Folk singer

Danny Javier - 75 - Musician with Filipino band APO Hiking Society

Philip Jeck ~ 69 ~ English Avante Garde electronic and electro-acoustic composer solo and w/David Sylvian & Jah Wobble

Harvey Jett - 73 - Guitarist with 1970's Souther Rock band Black Oak Arkansas

Mable John - 91 - American R&B singer ("Your Good Thing (Is About to End)")

Fred Johnson - 80 - Singer w/1950's Doo Wop group the Marcells ("Blue Moon")

Jimmy Johnson (real name James Earl Thompson) - 93 - Blues guitarist and singer w/Slim Harpo, Freddie King, Albert King, Magic Sam, Otis Rush, Eddy Clearwater, Otis Clay and Jimmy Johnson (to whom he was not actually realated), brother to Syl Johnson

Luther Johnson - 83 - Mississippi BLues singer/guitarist w/Muddy Waters, Magic Sam, John Lee Hooker (including in "The BLues Brothers"), Jimmy Johnson & solo

Syl Johnson ~ 85 ~ 1970's Chicago Soul singer

Trey Johnson - 53 - Singer and guitarist w/Texas Alternative band Sorta

Wilco Johnson ~ 75 ~ Guitarist & vocals w/UK band Dr Feelgood and actor in "Game Of Thrones"

Amb Osayomore Joseph - 69 - Nigerian musician

Naomi Judd ~ 76 ~ Singer with The Judds from the 1980's & 90's

Orlando Julius - 79 - Nigerian saxophonist, singer and bandleader

Bang Jun-Seok - 51 - South Korean composer, music director, and singer-songwriter with Prog Band U & Me Blue and film composer

Danny Kalb ~ 80 ~ Guitarist with 1960's New York Blues Rock band the Blues Project and later various acoustic projects with Steffan Grossman, Dave Van Ronk and various solo projects

Artie Kane - 93 - American pianist, film score composer (Eyes of Laura Mars, Night of the Juggler, Wrong Is Right) and conductor

Ryan Karazija - 40 - Singer/guitarist/composer with Icelandic Post Rock/Electronic Band Low Roar

Thomas Keating (AKA Tommy Gunn) ~ 60 ~ Singer/guitarist with Kitchener Ontario Metal bands Atomic Tomb, Raw Dog, Shock Army and Voodoo Dollies

Lil Keed - 24 - American rapper ("Nameless")

Anita Kerr - 94 - American Pop & Country singer, pianist, arranger in the 1960's w/The Anita Kerr Singers, Rod McCuen, Dale Evans, Eddy Arnold, Burl Ives, Ernest Tubb, Hank Snow, Brenda Lee, Perry Como, Pat Boone, Rosemary Clooney, Bobby Vinton, Roy Orbison, Willie Nelson, Floyd Cramer, Al Hirt, Ann-Margret, Chet Atkins, Bobby Bare and Jim Reeves. Two time Gramy winner

Dave Kerr - 50's - Guitarist with Ottawa Punk band the Lindburg Babies and cartoonist

Hamish Kilgour - 65 - Drummer with New Zealand 1980's Garage/Psyche band The Clean

Sidney Kirk - 78 - American Jazz and R&B pianist with Issac Hayes, Dionne Warwick, Albert King, Rufus Thomas & the Platters

Ted Kirkpatrick - 62 - Drummer w/American Christian Metal band Tourniquet

Anton Khabibulin - 44 - Guitarist with Russian band Tantsy Minus

Yitzhak Klepter - 72 - Israeli singer-songwriter, composer and guitarist w/Israeli 1960's & 70's bands The Churchills & Kaveret

Valeri Kocharov - 74 - Georgian rock guitarist and singer w/The Bliz and Cold Flame

Chris Koerts - 74 - Guitarist and composer with 1970's Dutch band Earth and Fire

Roman Kostrzewski ~ 61 ~ Singer w/Polish Metal band Kat

Kornelije Kovač - 80 - Serbian Jazz Fusion composer and keyboardist (Korni Grupa, Indexi)

Rolf Kühn - 92 - German jazz clarinetist and bandleader solo and with Tommy Dorsey, Eartha Kitt, Oscar Pettiford, Buddy DeFranco from the 50's on

Sergei Kuznetsov - 58 - Composer, songwriter and keyboardist with Russian Boy Band Laskovyi Mai

Art Laboe ~ 97 ~ Los Angeles radio DJ, record producer (Sandy Nelson "Teen Beat", Preston Epps "Bongo Rock") record label owner of Original Sounds, show promoter from the 1940's to the 60's

Michael Lang - 80 - American Jazz & Pop pianist and film composer w/Sarah Vaughan, Peggy Lee, Dusty Springfield, Solomon Burke, Tom Waits, Bette Midler, Aretha Franklin, Willie Nelson, Keny Rogers, Vince Gill, Jose Fleciano

Mike Lang ~ 77 ~ Co-Founder of the Woodstock and Monterey Music Festivals

Mark Langan ~ 57 ~ Singer/guitarist Grunge band The Screaming Trees and Mad Season, the Queens Of The Stone Age, the Gutter Twins

Lenny Larourx ~ Dutch Folk & Folk Rock multi-instrmentalist

Sam Lay ~ 86 ~ Drummer for the Butterfield Blues Band as well as Little Walter, Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, Howlin' Wolf, Eddie Taylor, John Lee Hooker, Junior Wells, Bo Diddley, Magic Sam, Jimmy Rogers, Earl Hooker, Bob Dylan, the Siegal-Schwall Band and solo

Willie Leacox - 74 - Drummer with 1970's American Pop band America ("Horse With No Name", "Muskrat Love", "You Can Do Magic")

Roberto Lecaros - 77 - Chilean jazz musician and composer

Calvin Mark Lee - 85 - American music producer (Mercury Records), early producer for David Bowie

Mon Legaspi - 54 - Bassist with Filipino Metal band Wolfgang

Keith Levene ~ 65 ~ English guitarist with The Clash and Public Image Limited

Martin Lewd - 40's - singer with Toronto 1990's & 2000's Hardcore Punk bands the Unabombers, Terrorists and Krotch Wrot

Gord Lewis ~ 65 ~ Guitarist with iconic Canadian Punk band Teenage Head

Jerry Lee Lewis ~ 87 ~ Classic 1050's R&R and C&W singer/pianist ("Great Balls Of Fire", "Breathless", "Whole Lot Of Shakin Going On", "High School Confidential")

Ramsey Lewis ~ 87 ~ US Jazz pianist ("The In Crowd", "A Hard Days Night" )

Jon Lind - 73 - American R&B songwriter ("Save the Best for Last", "Crazy for You")

Nils Lindberg ~ 88 ~ Swedish Jazz pianist & composer

Lenny Lipton - 82 - American poet and lyricist ("Puff, the Magic Dragon" by Peter Paul & Mary and filmmaker

Dennis Littler ~ 80's ~ UK Guitarist with 1950's Skiffle Bands, breifly in the Quarrymen

Lasse Lönndahl - 94 - Swedish 1960's Pop singer and actor

Diane Luckey (AKA Q Lazzarus) ~ 61 ~ American R&B singer ("Goodbye Horses")

Loretta Lynn - 90 - American Hall of Fame country singer-songwriter ("Coal Miner's Daughter", "You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Man)", "The Pill"), multiple Grammy winner

Terry McAdorey ~ 90 ~ Canadian Jazz trumpet player, father of Michelle McAdorey of 80's & 90's group Crash Vegas

Danny McCafferty ~ 75 ~ Singer with 1970's Scottish Hard Rock band Nazareth

C. W. McCall - 93 - American 1970's country singer ("Convoy")

Diana McIntosh ~ 83 ~ Manitoba Avant Garde pianist, composer & sound artist

Charles E. McCormick - 75 - Singer with American 1970's R&B band Bloodstone

Deborah McCrary - 67 - American gospel singer w/The McCrary Sisters

Ian McDonald ~ 75 ~ British sax & flute player with King Crimson & Foreigner as well as John Wetton, Steve Hackett, Robert Fripp, T-Rex, Asia

John McGale - 66 - Musician and singer with Canadian 1970's Prog Rock band Offenbach

Bob McGrath - 90 - 1950's & 60's Folk/Pop singer, from 1969 on "Sesame St"

Noel McKoy - 62 - British 1990's soul singer, club owner & DJ

Leah McLoed ~ 40's ~ Singer with Toronto 2000's Punk band the No-No's and drummer with Kittypants

Reid MacMaster ~ 23 ~ Singer/guitarist with Toronto Indie band the Fade Awaays

Bertha Barbee-McNeal - 82 - American singer with 1960's R&B vocal group The Velvelettes

Ken McNeil ~ 60's ~ Guitarist with 80's Halifax indie band Terry & The Deambeats

Bob McNiven - 60's - Toronto Country guitsrist with Whiskey Jack

Warner Mack - American Country singer & singwriter

Madosini - 78 - South African traditional Xhoxa folk musician

Hans Magnusson - 73 - Saxophonist with Swedish band Thorleifs

Al Mair ~ Toronto former President of Attic Records, executive with Universal Music, manager to Gordon Lightfoot

Kyle Maite - 37 - Guitarist with Ohio Pop Punk band Hit the Lights

Ray Major ~ 70's ~ Guitarist with 1970's UK band Mott The Hoople

David Malachowski ~ 67 ~ American bassist w/Greg Kihn, Commander Cody, Savoy Brown, Garth Hudson, Shania Twain, Greg Austin

Tony Malone ~ 60's ~ Singer/songwriter/producer with Toronto 80's New Ave band Drastic Measures, the Beefheart Project and solo

Mampintsha - 40 - Musician with South African Kwaito band Big Nuz

Emil Mangelsdorf ~ 96 ~ German Jazz sax & clarinet player from the 1950's onward

Jane Marczewski (AKA Nightbirde) ~ 31 ~ American Pop singer, contestant on America's Got Talent

James Marck ~ 60's ~ Music writer for Toronto's Now Magazine in the 1980's & 90's

Jo Mersa Marley - 31 - Jamaican-American Reggae singer, grandson of Bob Marley

Robert Marlow ~ English Techno Pop singer/synth player w/Film Noir (with Vince Clarke) The Vandals (with Alison Moyet) and solo

Ingram Marshall - 80 - American Avant Garde and Electracoustic composer

Brad Martin - 48 - American country singer ("Before I Knew Better")

Keith Martin - 55 - American R&B singer

Mac Martin ~ 96 ~ American Bluegrass singer, guitarist & mandolinist

Mario Martínez ~ Guitarist with Spanish New Wave band La Unión

Maxi Jazz - 65 - English musician with Techno Dance band Faithless and songwriter ("Insomnia", "God Is a DJ")

Tina May - 60 - English Jazz singer

Sister Janet Mead ~ 83 ~ Australian Nun & singer who had a Pop hit in 1974 with "The Lord's Prayer"

Meatloaf - 74 - American Rock 1970's & 80's singer ("Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad", "Paradise By The Dashboard Light", "I Would Do Anything For Love", "Bat Out Of Hell"

Ella Medakovic ~ 21 ~ Hamilton, Ontario singer

Eric Mercury ~ 70's ~ Toronto 1960's & 70's R&B singer with The Soul Searchers

Joe Messina - 93 - Guitarist with Motown session band The Funk Brothers

Verckys Kiamuangana Mateta - 78 - Congolese saxophonist, bandleader and composer

Chank Middleton - 72 Roadie, driver & stage tech for the Allman Bros Band

The Mighty Bomber (real name Clifton Ryan) - 93 - Grenadian-born Trinidad & Tobago Calypso singer

Ron Miles - 58 - American jazz trumpet & cornet player solo and w/Bill Frisell, Joshua Redman, Ginger Baker

Mikaben - 41 - Haitian singer, songwriter, and producer

Pablo Milanés - 79 - Cuban singer-songwriter

Totoyo Millares (AKA Totoyo Thousands) - 86 - Spanish folk guitarist and composer

Jody Miller - 80 - American country singer, Grammy winner (1966)

Dave Mirabella - Singer/guitarist with Boston band The Rationales

Zelito Miranda - 68 - Brazilian singer

Charnett Moffett - 54 - American Jazz bassist and bandleader solo and w/Ornette Colemen, Brantford Marsalis, Coutney Pine, McCoy Tyner, Anita Baker, Pharaoh Sanders, Sonny Sharrock, Stanley Jordan

Boris Moiseev - 68 - Russian pop singer, choreographer and dancer

Mick Moloney - 77 - Irish folk singer, musician and folklorist

Grachan Moncur III - 85 - American Jazz trombonist w/Herbie Hancock, Joe Henderson, Jackie McLean, Lee Morgan, Archie Shepp, Cassandra Wilson

Gracia Montes - 86 - Spanish Copla Folk singer

Jordan Mooney (real name Pamela Rooke) - 66 - London model for Vivienne Westwood & Malcom McLaren & Punk scenester

Benjamin Moore Jr ~ 81 ~ Singer/guitarist with the Blind Boys Of Alabama

Nicky Moore - 75 - Singer with 1980's UK Metal band Samson

Tommy Morgan ~ 80 ~ Studio harmonica player from the 1950's to w/the Andrews Sisters, Johnny Cash, The Beach Boys ("Good Vibrations"), The Hollies "He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother"), The Carpenters ("Rainy Days & Mondays"), Glen Yarborough, Rod McKuen

Massimo Morante - 69 - Guitarist with Italian Prog Rock band Goblin

Jordan Mooney (real name Pamela Rooke) ~ 68 ~ 1970's London Punk scenester, model for Malcolm McLaren & Vivian Westwood, actress ("Jubille") & early manager of Adam & The Ants

Ben Moore ~ 80 ~ American soul singer (Purify Bros, The Blind Boys of Alabama)

Nicky Moore - 75 - Singer with English 1980's Metal band Samson

Owen Moran - 62 - Bassist with 1980's UK New Wave band Cook da Books

Wayne Morris ~ 60's ~ Musician with 1980's & 90's Toronto Industrial & Sound College band Sucking Chest Wound and radio host at CKLN

Barbara Morrison - 72 - American Jazz and R&B singer w/Johnny Otis, Jimmy Smith, Kenny Burrell, Jr Mance, Joe Sample

Christina Moser - 70 - Singer and composer with Swiss New Wave band Krisma

James Mtume - 76 - American Jazz musician (keyborads, bass, percussion,guitars) w/Mtume & Miles Davis and songwriter ("Juicy Fruit", "The Closer I Get to You")

Tshala Muana - 64 - Congolese singer (La Vie est Belle, Aya of Yop City).

Rachel Nagy ~ 40's ~ Singer with American Garage band The Detroit Cobras

Zbigniew Namysłowski - 82 - Polish jazz musician and composer

Scott Nash - Bassist w/Australian hard rock band Asteroid B-612

María Inés Naveillán - 68 - Chilean Jazz and Pop singer

Dawit Nega - 34 - Ethiopian singer and musician

Bobbie Nelson ~ 91 ~ Pianist with brother Willie Nelson

Sandy Nelson ~ 83 ~ American 1960's Surf drummer ("Let There Be Drums", "Teen Beat")

Bob Neuwirth - 82 - American singer-songwriter ("Mercedes Benz")

Don Newkirk ~ 51 ~ Hip Hop Musician, singer, composer & producer w/DeLa Soul, Stetsasonic, Prince Paul, Chris Rock

Dame Olivia Newton-John - 73 - British-Australian singer ("I Honestly Love You", "Physical", "Xannadu") and actress (Grease), Grammy winner

Rab Noakes ~ 76 ~ 1970's Scottish singer/songwriter/guitarist solo and with Gerry Rafferty and Stealers Wheel

El Noba - 25 - Argentine cumbia singer

Monty Norman - 94 - UK 1960's Big Band singer and composer ("The James Bond Theme", "Expresso Bongo")

Nosfe - 37 - Romanian rapper

Andrzej Nowak - 63 - Guitarist with Polish 1980's Metal band TSA

Monsta O - 56 - American rapper (Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E.)

Bobby O'Jay - 68 - Radio DJ from WDIA in Memphis

Sammie Okposo - 51 - Nigerian gospel singer

Oladips - 28 - Nigerian rapper.

Mo Ostin - 95 - American Hall of Fame record executive (Warner Records, Reprise Records, Verve Records)

David Otanez - 50's Drummer with Toronto band Mr Mouray

Tommy Ottosen (AKA Tommy Tokyo) ~ 50 - Norwegian singer, guitarist and songwriter with bands Piggyback, Starving for My Gravy and solo

LaShun Pace - 60 - American gospel singer w/the Pace Sisters

Pierre Papadiamandis (AKA Pierre Diamandis) - 85 - French pianist & composer w/Grace Jones, Celine Dion, Ray Charles, Johnny Hallyday

Dario Parisini - 55 - Italian guitarist, composer and actor (Bank Clerks, Graduation Party, The End of the Night)

Mimi Parker - 55 - Singer & drummer w/American 2000's Alternative band Low

Tom Parker - 33 - Singer with UK Boy Band The Wanted

Ric Parnell - 70 - Drummer with English 1970's hard rock band Atomic Rooster and Spinal Tap

Fred Parris - 85 - Singer/songwriter 1950's Doo Wop group The Five Satins ("In the Still of the Night")

Norman Pattiz - 79 - Los Angeles radio execuative and founder of the Westwood One network and concert promoter

Phillip Paul ~ 96 ~ Drummer w/Hank Ballad & The Midnighters ("Work With Me Annie", "The Twist"), Little Willie John's ("Fever"), Charles Brown ("Please Come Home for Christmas"), Tiny Bradshaw ("Train Kept a Rollin'"), Wynonie Harris' ("Good Rockin' Tonight"), Freddie King, Milt Buckner, Cowboy Copas, John Lee Hooker, Albert King

César Pedroso - 75 - Cuban pianist w/Latin Jazz bands Los Van Van, Pupy y Los que Son, Son

Jens Vilhelm "Fuzzy" Pedersen - 83 - Danish Avant Garde Electronic musician w/Karlheinz Stockhausen, György Ligeti "and composer (Eight Hours Don't Make a Day" soundtrack)

D. H. Peligro ~ 63 ~ American drummer (Dead Kennedys, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Feederz, Nailbomb, Peligro)

Osvaldo Peredo - 91 - Argentine Tango singer

Giovanni Pezzoli - 70 - Drummer with Italian 70's & 80's band Stadio

Keaton Pierce - 31 - Singer with Lexington Kentucky Post Emo band Too Close to Touch

Steve "Human" Pfauter ~ 58 ~ Bassist with 1980's Califoria Punk bands The Vandals, Detox, graphic artist w/TSOL & Dead Kennedys

Boris Pfeiffer - 53 - Bagpipes, shawm, flute plyer with German Medieval Prog Folk band In Extremo

Kelly Joe Phelps ~ 62 ~ Washington Folk/Blues singer guitarist

Gregg Philbin - 75 - Bassist with American 1980's band REO Speedwagon ("Keep On Loving You", "Can't Fight This Feeling", "Take It On The Run")

Idris Phillips - 64 - American Jazz/Folk musician and composer

Paul Plimley - 69 - Canadian free jazz pianist and vibraphonist

Richie Podolor (AKA Richie Allen) ~ 80's ~ Guitarist solo and w/Sandy Nelson ("Let There Be Drums", "Teen Beat"), producer for Steppenwolf, Standells, Electric Prunes, Davie Allen, Chocolate Watchband, Iron Butterfly, Black Oak Arkansas, Three Dog Night

Anita Pointer - 74 - Singer with The Pointer Sisters

Pamela Popo - 70's - Singer guitarist with 1970's French all-girl Punk bands The Lou's and the Les Rois Faineants

Jim Post ~ 82 ~ American Folk singer (Friend & Lover) and songwriter ("Reach Out of the Darkness")

Jesse Powell - 51 - American R&B singer ("All I Need", "I Wasn't with It", "You")

Richard Pratt - Singer with 1970's Soul vocal group Blue Magic

Rick Price - 77 - English bassist with 1960's & 70's Prog Rock bands The Move, Wizzard

Michelle Puska ~ Toronto music booker and promoter, drummer w/Psyche band Seraphic Lights

Howie Pyro ~ 61 ~ NY Bassist with Punk bands The Blessed, D-Generation, Danzig, Joey Ramone, Genesis P Orridge and DJ

Derf Reklaw Raheem ~ Percussionist with 1970's & 80 Jazz/Funk Fusion bands The Pharohs, The Intentions, The Blend Crafters,

Erkki Raid (AKA Max E Pad) ~ 50's ~ Bassist with 1990's Hamilton, Ontario Punk band the Munday Nuns

Randy Rand - 62 - Bassist 1980's American Hair Metal band Autograph ("Turn Up The Radio")

Raymond Raposa ~ 41 ~ Singer-songwriter with American Psyche Folk band the Castanets

Wolfgang Reisinger - 66 - Austrian jazz percussionist

Zalo Reyes - 69 - Chilean singer

Patricio Renán ~ 77 ~ Chilean singer

Riky Rick - 34 - South African rapper

Wim Rijken - 63 - Dutch pop singer, songwriter & actor.

Archie Roach - 66 - Australian musician and singer-songwriter

Hargus Pig Robbins ~ 84 ~ American Country session keyboard player w/John Stewart, Dolly Parton, Connie Smith, Patti Page, Loretta Lynn, Kenny Rogers, George Jones, Charlie Rich, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, J.J. Cale, John Hartford, Mark Knopfler, Ween, Alan Jackson, Merle Haggard, Roger Miller, David Allan Coe, Moe Bandy, George Hamilton IV, Conway Twitty, Joan Baez, Bob Dylan & solo

Bob Roberts ~ 59 ~ Rythym guitarist with mid 80's Missouri Garage band Untamed Youth

Sandy Roberton - 1970's English record producer w/Folk Rock band Steeleye Span

Garry Roberts - 72 - Guitarist with 1980's Irish Punk band Irish The Boomtown Rats

PnB Rock - 30 - American rapper

Lalo Rodríguez - 64 - Puerto Rican salsa singer ("Ven, Devórame Otra Vez")

Art Rosenbaum - 83 - American Old Time Country folklorist, archivist and banjo player, Grammy winner

Andy Ross ~ Singer/guitarist with 1970's UK Punk band the Disco Zombies, later A&R exec working with Blur and the Bluetones

Walter Rossi - 74 - Italian-Canadian guitarist w/1960's Toronto band Luke & The Apostles

Freddie Roulette ~ 83 ~ Chicago Blues & Gospel steal guitarist & singer

Jamie Roy - 33 - Scottish DJ and producer

Art Rupe ~ 104 ~ American Hall of Fame music executive and record producer (Specialty Records)

Bobby Rydell ~ 79 ~ 1950's & 60's Teen Idol Pop singer

Paul Ryder ~ 58 ~ Bassist for UK 90's band Happy Mondays

Jordi Sabates ~ 73 ~ Spanish pianist with Folk Rock band Pic-Nic, Prog Rock band Om

Mauro Sabbione - 65 - Composer and keyboardist w/Italian Pop band Matia Bazar

Pete St. John - 90 - Irish folk singer-songwriter ("The Fields of Athenry", "The Rare Ould Times")

Marty Sammon ~ 45 ~ American BLues pianist w/Buddy Guy, Otis Rush, Carlos Santana, Michael Coleman, Lil Ed & The Bues Imperials

Pharoah Sanders ~ 81 ~ American Jazz saxophonist & composer ("The Master Plan")

Manolo Sanlúcar - 78 - Spanish flamenco composer and guitarist

José Enrique Sarabia ~ 81 ~ Venezuelan musician and songwriter (“Ansiedad”, covered by Nat King Cole)

Paul Sartin - 51 - English folk singer, musician, composer (Bellowhead, Faustus, Belshazzar's Feast)

Massimo Savić - 60 - Singer with Croatian Art Rock band Dorian Gray

Vittorio De Scalzi - 72 - Singer/composer w/Italian Prog Rock band New Trolls

Mike Schank - 56 - American musician and actor

Klaus Schulze - 74 - German electronic musician (Tangerine Dream, Ash Ra Tempel, The Cosmic Jokers)

Jim Schwall ~ 79 ~ Singer/guitarist for the 1960's Chicago Blues band and ochestral band the Siegel-Schwall Band

Chris Scicluna ~ 62 ~ Maltese singer-songwriter (Chris and Moira)

Dennis Dazzer Scott ~ 45 ~ Drummer w/Toronto Glam Punk band Die Mannequin

Dan Seals ~ 79 ~ Singer/songwriter with 1970's Soft Rock duo Seals & Croft ("Summer Breeze"), previously sax player with The Champs ("Tequila"), Eddie Cochran, Glen Campbell, Dean Beard

Roger Segal ~ 49 ~ Bassist with Philadelphia punk bands Trashlight Vision and Sorry & the Sinatras

Gabe Serbian - 45 - Drummer w/American hardcore punk bands The Locust, Dead Cross

Paul Siebel - 84 - American singer-songwriter

Fitzroy "Bunny" Simpson ~ 70 ~ Singer with Jamaican Reggae band The Mighty Diamonds and the Wailers

Harry Sheppard ~ 94 ~ American Jazz vibes player w/Roy Eldridge, Red Allen, Cozy Cole, Georgie Auld, Clark Terry, Al Cohn, Zoot Sims, Billie Holiday, Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington, Ben Webster, Barbra Streisand, Doc Severinsen, Coleman Hawkins, JC Higginbottom, Sonny Greer

Mark Shreeve - 65 - British electronic music composer Redshift and solo and songwriter w/Samantha Fox ("Touch Me (I Want Your Body)")

Mel Shaw ~ 82 ~ 1950's Regina Rock & Roll singer and later manager & producer for the Stampeders

Tommy Tabby Shaw ~ 67 ~ Singer with Jamaican Reggae band the Mighty Diamonds and The Wailers

Burke Shelley ~ 71 ~ Singer/Bassist w/1970's Welsh Hard Rock band Budgie

Dave Sherman - 55 - American rock bassist and singer (Spirit Caravan, Earthride, Wretched)

Alexander Shevchenko - 61 - Russian Pop singer, composer and producer w/Alsou

DJ Shog - 46 - German trance DJ and producer

Guitar Shorty ~ 87 ~ Texas Blues singer & guitarist

Riho Sibul - 64 - Singer and guitarist with Estonian and Ultima Thule

Ziggy Sigmund ~ 50's ~ Canadian guitarist with Vancouver Punk bands Slow & Econoline Crush

Joyce Sims - 63 - American R&B singer-songwriter ("Come Into My Life")

Calvin Simon - 79 - Singer with 1970's American Funk band Parliament-Funkadelic

Lucy Simon - 82 - American 1960's Folk singer w/Carly Simon as the Simon Sisters & composer (The Secret Garden) and Grammy winner

Ken Simmons - 75 - Welsh guitarist with UK Blues Rock band Savoy Brown Band

Setha Sirichaya - 77 - Thai singer w/1970's band The Impossibles and actor

Herschel Sizemore ~ 87 ~ American Bluegrass mandolin player w/The Dixie Gentlemen, Country Grass, Del McCrory, Rual Yarborough, Blue Ridge Mountain Boys

MC Skibadee ~ 47 ~ British musician and rapper

Sasha Skul - 33 - Russian rapper

Allan Slaight - 90 - Toronto radio DJ and Program Director of CHUM Radio from the 1950's-60's and later radio consultant and station owner

DJ Kay Slay - 50's - New York DJ and graffiti artist

Young Slo-Be - 29 - American rapper

Grandpa Elliot Small - 90's ~ New Orleans Blues singer

Dave Smith ~ 72 ~ Grammy winning inventer of the MIDI and other electronic insturments

Gilbert Smith ~ 50's ~ Guitarist with 1980's London, Ontario Post Punk band Sheep Look Up

Steve "Cast Iron" Smith ~ 60's ~ Singer with UK Oi Punk Band Red Alert

B Smyth - 28 - American singer and songwriter

Gary Smythe - 50's - Bassist with Windsor, Ontario Honky-Tonk/Rockabilly band the Silvertones

Daniel Snow (AKA Bug Phace) ~ Singer guitarist for Colorado 90's Ska Punk Band Bill The Welder and Irish Folk Punk band the Villagers

Elza Soares - 91 - Brazilian Samba singer

Torgny Söderberg - 77 - Swedish Folk Pop songwriter

Jim Sohns ~ 75 ~ Singer with 1960's Chicago Garage band The Shadows Of Knight ("Gloria", "Shake", "Gonna Make YOu Mine", "Someone like Me")

Sophie (Full name Sophie Xeon) ~ 34 ~ Scottish Electropop singer/producer/DJ

Ronnie Spector ~ 78 ~ American Hall of Fame singer with 1960's Girl Group The Ronettes ("Be My Baby","Baby I Love You", "Walking In The Rain", "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town"

Andrew Speight - 58 - Australian-born American saxophonist

Ramón Stagnaro - 67 - Peruvian guitarist w/Diana Ross, Enrique Eglesias, Gino Vanelli, Yanni

Atilio Stampone - 96 Argentine Latin Jazz & Tango pianist, composer and arranger

Jim Stewart - 92 - American Hall of Fame record producer, co-founder of Stax Records, home of classic 60's R&B; Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Eddie Floyd, Booker & the MG's, Rufus & Carla Thomas, William Bell, Gus Cannon

Al Stanwyck - 81 - Jazz trumpet player wit the Boss Brass

Pat Stay - 36 - Canadian rapper

Paul Stoddard - Singer with American Metal band Diecast

Trevor Strnad ~ 41 ~ Singer with American Metal band The Black Dahlia Murder

Phil Strong - 60's Toronto Electro-Acoustic artist, composer & producer

Fredy Studer - 74 - Swiss Jazz & Avante Garde drummer

Alan John Such ~ 70 ~ Bassist for Bon Jovi ("Wanted Dead Or Alive", "Living On A Prayer", "You Give Love A Bad Name")

Monnette Sudler - 70 - American jazz guitarist.

Bobby Sutliff - 50's - Singer/songwriter/guitarist with Mississipi 1980's Power Pop band the Windbreakers

Isao Suzuki - 89 - Japanese jazz double-bassist w/Hampton Hawes, Ron Carter, Paul Desmond, Ella Fitzgerald, Jim Hall, Wynton Kelly, Charles Mingus, Thelonious Monk, and Bobby Timmons

Robin Sylvester - 72 - Bassist with British Jam Band RatDog

Piotr Szkudelski - 66 - Drummer with Polish band Perfect

Takeoff - 28 - American rapper (Migos) and songwriter ("Versace", "MotorSport")

Tame One - 52 - American rapper (Artifacts, The Weathermen, Leak Bros)

Joseph Tarsia - 88 - American recording engineer and studio owner at Sigma Sound Studios (Gamble & Huff's "Philadelphia Sound", David Bowie's "Young Americans", Madonna's debut album, Billy Joel "Captain Jack")

Creed Taylor - 93 - American jazz trumpeter and record producer w/Charles Mingus, Bill Evans, Oscar Pettiford, Kai Winding, Stan Getz, Wes Montgomery, Jimmy Smith, founder of Impulse! Records and CTI Records.

R Dean Taylor ~ 82 ~ Canadian singer/songwriter/producer from the 1960's & 70's solo ("At The Highschool Dance", "There's A Ghost In My House", "Indiana Want's Me") and as part of Motown's The Clan studio team

Iain Templeton -~ 60's drummer for UK bands The La's ("There She Goes") and of Shack

Nicky Tesco ~ Singer w/UK Punk band The Members ("The Sound Of The Suburbs")

Graeme Thomas ~ 70's Australian Rockabilly bassist w/the Rockabilly Rebels, the Wildcats & the Straight 8's and producer at Preston Studios

Jimmy Thomas - 83 - American 1960's soul singer with the Kings of Rhythm and solo

Timmy Thomas ~ 77 ~ US 1960's & 70's Soul singer

Barbara Thompson - 77 - English jazz saxophonist (Colosseum, Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Keef Hartley Band)

Butch Thompson - 78 - American traditional Jazz pianist and clarinetist

Trygve Thue - 71 - Norwegian guitarist and producer

John Till - 70's - Canadian Guitarist with Ronnie Hawkins' Hawks, Janis Joplin's Ful Tilt Boogie Band

Louise Tobin ~ 104 ~ American 1930's & 40's Big Band singer w/Benny Goodman, Ben Pollack, Harry James, married to Harry James

Terry Tolkin ~ 62 ~ American music journalist and music executive (Elektra Records, Touch and Go Records, No.6 Records), credited with coining the term "Alternative Music"

Trevor Tomkins - 81 - British Jazz Fusion drummer (Gilgamesh, Nucleus, Sonny Stitt, Lee Konitz)

Traxamillion - 42 - American hip hop producer

José Ángel Trelles - 78 - Argentine singer, musician and composer

Karl Tremblay - 47 - French Canadian Folk singer (Les Cowboys Fringants)

Héctor Tricoche - 66 - Puerto Rican salsa singer-songwriter

Trouble - 34 - American rapper

Tokollo Tshabalala - 45 - South African kwaito musician (TKZee)

Nik Turner - 82 - Singer/sax & woodwind player with 1970's UK Space Rock band Hawkwind

Sonny Turner ~ 82 ~ Singer with Doo-Wop group the Platters from 1959 on

Václav Týfa - 79 - Czech Big Band trumpeter

David Tyson ~ 62 ~ Singer w/1970's Vocal group the Manhattans

Ian Tyson ~ 89 ~ Canadian Folk & Country singer/songwriter from the early 60's onward w/Ian & Sylvia & solo ("Four Strong Winds")

Brett Tuggle - 70 - American keyboardist (Fleetwood Mac, David Lee Roth) and songwriter ("Just Like Paradise")

Sonny Turner ~ 83 ~ American singer w/The Platters in their second version from 1959 into the 60's ("I Love You 1000 Times", "With This Ring" and "Washed Ashore")

William "Prez" Tyus - 80's - American Doo-Wop singwriter ("I'm So Young" & "Every Day Of The Week" for the Students, later covered by the Ronettes & Beach Boys)

Jason Ulrich - 50's - Toronto Techno DJ and founder of Labor Records

Sarah Danger Underhill ~ 30's ~ Singer with Baltimore Punk band the Mallwalkers

Margaret Urlich - 57 - New Zealand Pop singer ("Escaping", "Number One (Remember When We Danced All Night)", "Boy in the Moon")

Mike Unger - 50's - Bassist with Toronto Metal bands Elvis Manson & Brass Knuckle Therapy

Bin Valencia - 61 - Drummer with Argentine Metal band Almafuerte

John Valentine ~ 50's ~ Singer with Hamilton Rockabilly & Blues bands Black N' Blue and the Treble Makers

Paul Vance - 92 - American 1950's & 60's Pop songwriter and record producer for Perry Como ("Catch A Falling Star"), Brian Hyland ("Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini"), Johnny Mathis

Vitaliy Vanchugov - 70 - Russian saxophonist with 1970's Folk Pop band Leysya, Pesnya

Vangelis - 79 - Greek electronic musician (Aphrodite's Child, Jon & Vangelis) and Oscar winning film composer (Chariots of Fire, Blade Runner)

John P. Varkey - 52 - Guitarist with Indian Alternative band Avial

Leluț Vasilescu - 66 - Drummer with Romanian band Compact

Diego Verdaguer - 70 - Argentine singer-songwriter

Rino Vernizzi ~ 75 ~ Italian Jazz & Classical bassoonist

Karina Vismara - 31 - Argentine folk singer-songwriter

Mikhail Vladimirov - 55 - Russian guitarist (Mify, Chizh & Co)

Henny Vrienten - 73 - Singer-songwriter with Dutch 1980's Ska Punk band Doe Maar

Adam Wade - 87 - American singer ("The Writing on the Wall") and television host (Musical Chairs)

Abdul Wadud - 75 - American Jazz cellist

Charles Ward - British recording studio owner (Rockfield Studios)

Walter Wolfman Washington ~ 79 ~ New Orleans Blues and R&B singer/guitarist

Dennis Waterman - 74 - English 1980's & 90's Pop singer and actor (The Sweeney, New Tricks)

Norma Waterson - 82 - English musician w/UK Folk band The Watersons

Jody Wayne - 77 - South African singer and music producer

Jay Weaver - 42 - Bassist w/ American Christian Contemporary band Big Daddy Weave

Jerry Weber - 60's - Owner of Jerry's Records in Pittsburgh

Greg Webster - 84 - Drummer w/1970's R&B band the Ohio Players

Sonny West - 85 - American songwriter ("Oh, Boy!", "Rave On", "Rockahula Baby")

Laura Wiebe ~ 40's ~ Singer with Hamilton, Ontario Metal band Embrace and music journalist

Bobby Weinstein - 82 - American Pop songwriter ("Goin' Out of My Head", "It's Gonna Take a Miracle ", "I'm on the Outside (Looking In)")

Ken West - 64 - Australian music promoter, co-founder of Big Day Out.

Dame Vivienne Westwood - 81 - British fashion designer, Punk scenester & partner of Malcom McLaren

Paul Wheeler - 60's - Drummer with Hamilton, Ontario bands Rob & THe Rockets, The Wheelers Bros, Tight Cheeks, Chillum, Smuggler, More For Play, Universal Juveniles, Van Walen, The Truth and Billy Kidd & The Most Wanted

Joel Whitburn ~ 83 ~ US Chart hsitorian and writer of several Pop music refrence books

Alan White - 72 - English drummer with Prog Rock band Yes, Plastic Ono Band, George Harrison, Ginger Baker, The Ventures, Joe Cocker, Alan Price

Roland White ~ 83 ~ American Bluegrass mandolinist with the Kentucky Colonels, Country Gazzette, The Nashville String Band, Lester Flatt, Marty Stuart, Skip Battin, Doc Watson, Clint Black

Laura Wiebe ~ 46 ~ Singer with Toronto Gothic Metal Band Embrace and music writer

Snootie Wild ~ 36 ~ American rapper ("Yayo", "Made Me")

Jessica Williams - 73 - American jazz pianist and composer

Dean Williams ~ 40's ~ Toronto musician w/Quasimojo, Rol Jui, Three Ring Circuits, and the Fake Prom Band, zine writer and co-founder of the Wavelentgh Concert Serie

Don Wilson ~ 88 ~ Guitarist with 1960's Surf band the Ventures ("Walk Don't Run", "Hawaii 5-0", "Telstar", "The Lonely Bull")

Scotty Wray ~ American songwriter and guitarist w/1990's Country band The Wrays

Bernard Wright - 58 - American funk and jazz singer ("Who Do You Love")

Micheal Wycroft ~ 60's ~ Toronto album cover designer (Bruce Cockburn, Colin Linden, Blackie & Rodeo Kings), manager (Bob Snider), booker (Hugh's Room) and radio host

Nathaniel Ian Wynter - 67 - Jamaican Bassist w/Bob Marley and the Wailers

Shane Yellowbird - 42 - Canadian country singer

Bob Yeomans ~ 72 ~ Sualt St Marie singer/songwriter w/1970's band Jackson Hawke ('You Can't Dance")

YOSHI - 19 - Japanese singer and actor

Jay Da Youngan - 24 - American rapper

Clive Zanda - 82 - Trinidad & Tobago Calypso/Jazz pianist & percussionist

John Zazula ~ 69 - American Metal manager and promoter founder of Megaforce Records & Metallica

Drummie Zeb ~ 62 ~ Druer w/English band Aswad and record producer

Regine Zylerberg ~ 92 (AKA Regine) French Torch Singer and nightclub owner from the 1940's onward