Yes it's "Rock and Roll Heaven" or "The people who died". A list of obits of Rock & Roll figures and related musical genres like Blues, Country, Folk, Jazz, Swing, R & B, Gospel, Hip-Hop, Pop and some World Beat & Avant Garde Classical Music. From 2009 on regularly updated.
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Tuesday, 31 January 2023
Some Punk, New Wave & Alt Figures
Tom Verlaine ~ 73 ~ Singer/guitarist with New York 1970's Punk/New Wave band Television ("Marquee Moon", "Little Johnny Jewell", "Venus De Milo")
TELEVISION ~ "FOXHOLE";
TELEVISION;
TELEVISION ~ "MARQUEE MOON";
TOM VERLAINE ~ "WORDS FROM THE FRONT";
Jack Lee ~ 71 ~ Singer/guitarist/singwriter with Los Angeles New Wave band The Nerves ("Hanging On Telephones")
THE NERVES ~ "ARE YOU FAMOUS";
THE NERVES ~ "YOU WON'T BE HAPPY";
THE NERVES ~ "WORKING TOO HARD";
Dwight Twilley ~ 72 ~ American 1980's Power Pop singer ("I'm On Fire")
DWIGHT TWILLEY ~ "GIRLS";
DWIGHT TWILLEY ~ "I'M ON FIRE";
DWIGHT TWILLEY & TOM PETTY ~ "CHANCE TO GET AWAY";
Phil Marcade - 68 - Singer with New York 1970's & 80's Punk band The Senders, later author.
THE SENDERS & JOHNNY THUNDERS ~ "DADDY ROLLING STONE";
THE SENDERS ~ "LITTLE ROCKER" & "JUST DON'T";
THE SENDERS ~ "BABY GLOWS IN THE DARK";
Jorg Evers ~ 73 ~ Bassist with 1970's German Punk and Kraut Rock bands The Pack, Embryo and Amun Duul II
THE PACK ~ "NOBDOY" & "COME ON":
EMBRYO ~ "POLITICAL PRISONERS";
EMBRYO;
Hans-Joachim Behrendt ~ 68 ~ Drummer with German Kraut Rock and New Wave band The Ideal
THE IDEAL ~ "BLAUE AUGEN";
Algy Ward ~ 63 - Bassist with Australian Punk band The Saints and UK bands The Damned and Tank
THE SAINTS ~ "THIS PERFECT DAY";
THE DAMNED ~ "SMASH IT UP" & "JUST CAN'T BE HAPPY TODAY";
Andrew Laing - Drummer with UK Punk band Cockney Rejects
THE COCKNEY REJECTS ~ "I'M FOREVER BLOWING BUBBLES";
THE COCKNEY REJECTS ~ "I'M NO FOOL";
Hugh Friel - 71 - Drummer w/Irish New Wave band The Atrix
THE ATRIX ~ "I WONDER WHY";
THE ATRIX ~ "TREASURE ON THE WASTELAND";
John Giblin - 71 - Scottish bassist w/Peter Gabriel "Peter Gabriel 3), Phil Collins ("In The Air Tonight", "You Can't Hurry Love"), Annie Lenoxx, Simple Minds ("Once Upon A Time" & "Street Fighting Years"), Kate Bush, Jon Anderson, Brand X, Scott Walker ("Tilt"), Chris DeBurgh ("Lady In Red"), John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Joan Armatrading, Al Green, Roberta Flack, Judie Tuzuke, Gerry Rafferty, George Martin, Hugh Masekela, Mavis Staples, Manfred Mann, Richrad Ashcroft, John Martyn, Alan Parsons
PETER GABRIEL ~ "GAMES WITHOUT FRONTIERS";
PETER GABRIEL ~ "I DON'T REMEMBER";
PHIL COLLINS ~ "IN THE AIR TONIGHT";
SIMPLE MINDS ~ "ALIVE & KICKING";
SIMPLE MINDS ~ "SANCIFY YOURSELF";
Ryuichi Sakamoto ~ 71 ~ Japanese electronoc/experimental musician, producer & composer and actor w/the Yellow Magic Orchestra (YMO), solo & David Sylvian
Yukihiro Takahashi ~ 70 ~ Drummer & siger with Japanese 80's New Wave Tecno band Yellow Magic Orchestra (YMO)
YELLOW MAGIC ORCHESTRA ~ "TIGHTEN UP";
YELLOW MAGIC ORCHESTRA ~ "RYDEEN";
RYUICHI SAKAMOTO ~ "SELF PORTRAIT";
RYUICHI SAKAMOTO & DAVID SYLVIAN ~ "FORBIDDEN COLOURS";
RYUICHI SAKAMOTO ~ "BAMBOO HOUSES";
Monte Cazazza ~ 68 ~ American Industrial artist solo & with Throbbing Gristle
MONTE CAZAZZA ~ "SIX EYES FROM HELL":
MONTE CAZAZZA ~ "WITCHES CURSE";
Mark Stewart - 62 - Singer with 1980's UK Post Punk band The Pop Group
John Waddington - guitarist w/UK Post Punk bands the Pop Group and Maximum Joy;
THE POP GROUP ~ "WHERE THERE'S A WILL THERE'S A WAY";
THE POP GROUP ~ "WE ARE ALL PROSTITUTES";
Phil Spalding - 65 - English bass player w/GTR, Original Mirrors, Toyah Wilcox, Mike Oldfield
THE ORIGINAL MIRRORS ~ "REFELCTIONS" & "BOYS CRY":
THE ORIGINAL MIRRORS ~ "COULD THIS BE HEAVEN";
Tim Quy - Drummer & keyboardist with British Art Rock band the Cardiacs
THE CARDIACS ~ "RES";
THE CARDIACS ~ "IS THIS THE LIFE";
Alan Rankine - 64 - Guitarist with Scottish New Wave band The Associates and solo
THE ASSOCIATES ~ "CLUB COUNTRY";
THE ASSOCIATES ~ "PARTY FEARS TOO";
Simon Booth ~ 60's ~ Guitarist with 1980's UK Jazz Rock Pop band Working Week
WORKING WEEK ~ "INNER CITY BLUES";
WORKING WEEK ~ "VENCEREMOS";
Jack Sonni ~ 68 ~ American guitarist/keyboardist with Dire Straits ("Brothers In Arms")
DIRE STRAITS ~ "MONEY FOR NOTHING";
DIRE STRAITS ~ "THE WALK OF LIFE";
DIRE STRAITS ~ "BROTHERS IN ARMS";
Guy Bailey ~ 60's ~ Guitarist with 1980's & 90's UK band the London Quireboys (AKA the Quireboys)
THE LONDON QUIREBOYS ~ "SEVEN O'CLOCK";
THE LONDON QUIREBOYS ~ "HEY YOU";
Labels:
Associates,
Christian Death,
Cockney Rejects,
Damned,
Dwight Twilley,
Monte Cazazza,
Nerves,
Original Mirrors,
Pop Group,
Pulp,
Quireboys,
Saints,
Senders,
Simple Minds,
Television,
Yellow Magic Orch
Sunday, 29 January 2023
Some Rockers From The 1950's & 60's
David Crosby ~ 82 ~ Singer/songwriter with the Byrds (first five albums), Crosby Stills Nash & Young and solo
THE BYRDS ~ "TURN TURN TURN";
THE BYRDS ~ "MR TAMBORINE MAN";
THE BYRDS ~ "SO YOU WANNA BE A ROCK & ROLL STAR";
THE BYRDS ~ "I'LL FEEL A WHOLE LOT BETTER";
THE BYRDS ~ "EIGHT MILES HIGH";
CROSBY STILL NASH & YOUNG ~ "OHIO";
Jeff Beck ~ 78 ~ UK guitarist w/the Yardbirds, Screaming Lord Sutch, the Jeff Beck Group
THE YARDBIRDS ~ "SHAPES OF THINGS";
THE YARDBIRDS ~ "OVER UNDER SIDEWAYS DOWN";
THE YARDBIRDS ~ "TRAIN KEPT ROLLIN";
THE JEFF BECK GROUP ~ "DEFINITELY MAYBE";
THE JEFF BECK GROUP ~ "TONIGHT I'LL BE STAYING HERE WITH YOU";
Top Topham ~ 75 ~ Original guitarist with the Yardbirds, later solo and with Winston G & The Wicked (with Marc Bolan), Peter Green, Christine McVie, Duster Bennet and solo, also a painter
TOP TOPHAM;
Keith Reid ~ 76 ~ Lyicist with 1960's & 70's UK band Procul Harum ("A White Shade Of Pale")
PROCUL HARUM ~ "HOMBERG";
PROCUL HARUM ~ "A WHITER SHADE OF PALE";
PROCUL HARUM ~ "SALTY DOG";
David Lindley ~ 78 ~ American guitarist & multi-instrumentalist from the 1960's onward w/Kaleidescope and El-Rayo-Rex and Ry Cooder, Jackson Browne, Linda Ronstadt, Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, Bonnie Raitt, Warren Zevon, Curtis Mayfield, Crosby & Nash, Rod Stewart, Warren Zevon, Leonard Cohen, The Youngbloods, Marshall Crenshaw, Shawn Covin, Tanita Tikaram, Rickie Lee Jones, Bruce Springsteen
KALEIDESCOPE ~ "FLIGHT FROM AYESHA";
KALEIDESCOPE ~ "LIE TO ME";
Bruce Barthol - 75 - Bassist with 1960's US Psychedelic band Country Joe and the Fish ("Feel Like I'm Fixing To Die Rag")
COUNTRY JOE & THE FISH ~ "FEEL LIKE I'M FIXING TO DIE RAG";
Victor Brox - 81 - English blues singer, keyboardist, guitarist & horn player w/Aysnley Dunbar, Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan of Deep Purple, Screaming Lord Sutch, Charlie Mingus, Memphis Slim, Dr. John, Graham Bond, Alexis Korner, John Mayall, Country Joe McDonald, Keith Moon, appeared in "Jesus Christ Superstar", wrote the original version of "The Warning" later covered by Black Sabbath
THE AYSNLEY DUNBAR RETALIATION ~ "TORE DOWN";
THE AYNSLEY DUNBAR RETALIATION ~ "THE WARNING";
Ted "King Size Taylor ~ 70's ~ UK singer with the Dominos
KINGSIZE TAYLOR & THE DOMINOS ~ "STUPIDITY";
KINGSIZE TAYLOR & THE DOMINOS ~ "BROKEN ARROW";
Larry Morris ~ 75 ~ Singer with 1960's New Zealand band Larry's Rebels
LARRY'S REBELS ~ "I'LL MAKE YOU HAPPY";
LARRY'S REBELS ~ "PAINTER MAN";
LARRY'S REBELS ~ "LET'S THINK OF SOMETHING";
Alfio Cantarella - 81 - Drummer with Italian 60's band Equipe 84
EQUIPE 84 ~ "IO HO IN MENTE TE";
EQUIPE 84 ~ "84 SEPTEMBRE";
Hans Poulsen - 77 - Australian Folk Pop singer and songwriter
HANS POULSEN ~ "BOOM SHA LA LA LO";
HANS POULSEN ~ "THERE'S A LIGHT";
Dennis Budimir - 84 - American jazz and rock guitarist solo and with Bobby Troup ("Route 66") and Julie London ("Cry Me A River"), then session guitarist in The Wrecking Crew w/The Stone Poney ("Different Drum"), Bobby Darin "If I Were A Carpenter"), Van Dyke Parks ("Song Cycle"), Linda Ronstadt ("What's New"), Joni Mitchell, The Carpenters, Brian Wilson, Barbra Streisand, Ravi Shankar, Frank Zappa, Linda Ronstadt, Dusty Springfield, Quincy Jones, David Axelrod, Lalo Schifrin, Tom Waits, Harry Nilsson, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Johnny Mathis, Cher, Doris Day, Ella Fitzgerald, Milt Jackson, Stan Getz, Jimmy Smith, Ray Brown, Johnny Mandel, 5th Dimension, Linda Rondstadt, Peggy Lee, Robert Palmer, The Partridge Family, Harry Nilson, Tom Scott, Gene Ammons, Sergio Mendes, Steve Allen, Bert Bacharach, Glenn Campbell, Debbie Boone, David Cassidy, Keith Carridine, Cher, Clarence Carter, Rosemarry Clooney, Judy Collins, Bobby Darin Dion, Neil Diamond, Cass Elliot, Dizzy Gillespie, Lesley Gore, Richard Groove Holmes, Johnny Hartman, Amy Grant, Mellissa Manchester, Barry Manilow, The Monkees, Bette Midler, Maria Muldar, Lou Rawls, Nelson Riddle, Boots Randolph, Helen Reddy, Phil Spector, Dusty Springfield, Barbara Striesand, The Stone Poneys, Brian Wilson, Bill Withers
BOBBY TROUP ~ "ROUTE 66";
JULIE LONDON ~ "CRY ME A RIVER";
THE RONETTES ~ "BABY I LOVE YOU";
BOBBY DARIN ~ "IF I WERE A CARPENTER";
THE STONE PONEYS ~ "DIFFERENT DRUM";
LINDA RONSTADT & NELSON RIDDLE ~ "WHAT'S NEW";
Burt Bacharach - 94 - American Hall of Fame composer ("Raindrops Keep Fallin on My Head", "Walk On By", "Little Red Book", "This Guy's In Love With You", "Close To You")
BURT BACHARACH & DIONNE WARWICK;
BURT BACHARACH & DUSTY SPRINGFIELD;
BURT BACHARACH & BARBARA STREISAND;
Howie Kane - 81 - American 1960's Pop singer w/Jay and the Americans ("This Magic Moment", "Cara Mia")
JAY & THE AMERICANS ~ "COME A LITTLE CLOSER" & "WALKING IN THE RAIN";
JAY & THE AMERICANS ~ "THIS MAGIC MOMENT";
Napoleon XIV (Jerrold Samuels) - 84 - American singer and singer with 1960's novelty hit ("They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!")
NAPOLEON XIV ~ "THEY'RE COMING TO TAKE ME AWAY";
Dennis Lotis - 97 - South African-born British Pop and Big Band singer and actor
DENNIS LOTIS ~ "CELEBRATION";
Doris Svenson (AKA Doris) ~ 75 ~ Swedish Pop singer
DORIS SVENSON ~ "MAMA DIDN'T LIE";
DORIS SVENSON ~ "DON'T";
Anita Thallaug - 85 - Norwegian singer (Eurovision Song Contest 1963) and actress
ANITA THALLAUG ~ "SOHLVERV";
ANITA THALLAUG ~ "VIMS";
Rena Koumioti - 81 - Greek Greco-Pop singer
RENA KOUMIOTI ~ "DOSE MOU TO STOMA SOU";
Labels:
Aynsley Dunbar,
Burt Bacharach,
Byrds,
CSNY,
David Lindley,
Doris Svenson,
Equipe 84,
Hans Poulsen,
Jeff Beck,
Kingsize Taylor,
Larry Morris,
Naploleon XIV,
Procul Harum,
Wrecking Crew,
Yardbirds
Thursday, 26 January 2023
The People Who Died 2023 Edition
Stephen Ackles - 57 - Norwegian Rock & Country Rock singer/guitarist
Keith Adams - 50's - Moncton New Brunswick Country singer/songwriter
Mark Adams - 64 - Bassist with American Metal band Saint Vitus
Peggy Scott-Adams - 74 - American blues and R&B singer
Walter Aipolani - 68 - Hawaiian singer/guitarist
John "Jay" Albert ~ 58 ~ Guitarist with California Goth Punk band Christian Death
Dave Alcock - 50's - Drummer with Calgary Punk bands Chixdiggit and Falconhawk
Chad Allen ~ 80 ~ Singer, keyboardist & guitarist with Winnipeg bands Chad Allen & the Expressions, The Guess Who, Chad Allen & The Reflections, Brave Belt
Kenn Allison - 60's - Singer with London, Ontario band The Bluesmen Revue
Sophie Anderson - 36 - British pornographic actress, recording artist, and Internet personality
Mehmet Koray Aplergin - 43 - Turkish-UK Rap radio DJ
Ron Altbach - 76 - American keyboardist & songwriter w/1970's band King Harvest, Celebration
Ed Ames - 95 - American 1960's Pop singer ("My Cup Runneth Over", "Time, Time") and actor (Daniel Boone)
Marcel Amont - 93 - French Pop and Cabaret singer from the 1950's-80's
Julio Anderson ~ 74 ~ Bassist with Chilean 1960's Psyche band Los Jaivas
Katherine Anderson - 79 - Singer with 1960's Soul Girl Group The Marvellettes ("Don't Mess With Bill", "Please Mr Postman", "Beachwood-7845")
Leny Andrade - 80 - Brazilian Latin Jazz singer and musician
Sebastian Angelo - 70's Toronto keyboard palyer with 60's band the Lords Of London ("Ice Cream & Cornflakes") and later Spuff, in the 70's Country rosk band Patches & Cowpunk band S.C.A.B and solo under the name Sebastian Country
Nick Anthony - 52 - Bassist with Nova Scotia Metal band Hogstooth
Pacho El Antifeka - 42 - Puerto Rican rapper
Jae Apple ~ Singer with New York Punk band A.P.P.L.E
Alan Arkin - 89 - American actor and singer with 1960's Folk group the Tarriers
Kirk Arrington - 61 - Drummer w.US Metal band Metal Church
Michael Arthurs - 60 - Toronto Jazz and R&B Sax player
Shaun Atkins - Singer w/English Punk band The English Dogs (90's lineup)
August 08 - 31 - American singer-songwriter w/DJ Khaled("I'm the One").
Peter Austin - 78 - Singer w/Jamaican Reggae & Rocksteady bands The Clarendonians and the Soul Lads
Jim Auten - 50's - Drummer with 1980's Michigan Thrash band Genocide
Pete Avery - 40's - Singer/guitarist with Oakland Hardcore Punk bands Hit Self DEstruct, Pine Away, C'Est Dommage, writer with Maximumn Rock And Roll
Tim Aymar - 59 - Singer with American Heavy Metal bands Pharaoh and Control Denied
Jimmy Ayoub - 70 - Canadian Hard Rock drummer with Mahogony Rish, Ted Nuent, Myles Goodwin
Mariano Azqueta - 45 - Argentine radio DJ
B.G. The Prince of Rap - 57 - American rapper and Eurodance artist
Burt Bacharach - 94 - American Hall of Fame composer ("Raindrops Keep Fallin on My Head", "Walk On By", "Little Red Book", "This Guy's In Love With You")
Robbie Bachman - 69 - Canadian hard rock drummer with Bachman-Turner Overdrive (BTO) and Brave Belt
Tim Bachman - 71 - Canadian guitarist with Bachman-Turner Overdrive (BTO)
Denis Badault - 65 - French Jazz pianist, conductor and composer w/Les Orchestre National de Jazz
Julian Bahula - 85 - Drummer, composer and bandleader with South Aftican band Jabula
Guy Bailey ~ 60's ~ Guitarist with 1980's & 90's UK band the London Quireboys (AKA the Quireboys)
Ian Bairnson - 69 - Scottish guitarist,keyboardist and sax player w/The Alan Parsons Project, Pilot, Kate Bush)
Russell Batiste Jr. - 57 - Drummer with New Orleans Funk groups The Meters, Vida Blue, Papa Grows Funk
Peter "Max" Baranet - 70's - American builder of Les Paul guitars
Les Barker - 72 - UK Folk singer, poet, comic & spoken word artist
Doug Barron ~ 70 ~ Toronto music promoter
Bruce Barthol - 75 - Bassist with 1960's US Psychedelic band Country Joe and the Fish ("Feel Like I'm Fixing To Die Rag")
Otis Barthoulameu - 71 - Singer/guitarist with American Punks bands Fluf, Olivelawn) and record producer
Guido Basso ~ 85 ~ Toronto Jazz trumpet player and band leader with Rob McConnell, Anne Murray, Sophie Milman, Holly Cole, Mel Torme, Peter Appleyard and solo
Terry Baucom - 71 - American Bluegrass singer and banjo player (Boone Creek, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, Russell Moore & 3rd Tyme Out)
David Gavan Baxter ~ 60's ~ Toronto guitarist with 80's New Wave bands The Sharks & Sherry Kean and Country Rock bands Lori Yates & Hey Stella, David Wilcox & The Teddy Bears, Alanis Morrissette, Suzi Vinick, Justin Routledge, Corin Raymond, Tressa Levasseur, Bob Snider & Heather Morgan
Nidra Beard - 71 - American singer w/1970's & 80's R&B band Dynasty
Beatle Bob (real name Bob Matonis) - 69 - American scenester, 60's dancer and music writer
Keith Beaton - 72 - Singer with 70's Soul group Blue Magic
Robert Becerra - 64 - Guitarist with East LA Chicano Hardcore band the Stains
Jeff Beck ~ 78 ~ UK guitarist w/the Yardbirds, Screaming Lord Sutch, the Jeff Beck Group
Séamus Begley - 73 - Irish accordian and fiddle player
Hans-Joachim Behrendt ~ 68 ~ Drummer with German Kraut Rock and New Wave band The Ideal
Harry Belafonte - 96 - Jamaican-American Calypso singer ("The Banana Boat Song", "Jump in the Line"), actor and Civil Rights activist from the 1950's onward
Klee Benally - 48 - Guiatarist/singer with Navajo American Punk band Blackfire
Rob Bennett - 70's - Toronto 1970's & 80's concert promoter, founder of RBI Promotions
Tony Bennett ~ 96 ~ Iconic Jazz and Pop crooner from the 1950's onward
Luca Bergia - 54 - Drummer with Italian Noise Rock band Marlene Kuntz
Karl Hans Berger - 88 - German Jazz pianist, vibes player and bandleader w/Don Cherry, Bill Laswell, Anthony Braxton, Carla Bley, Leo Konitz, Slide Hampton, Charles Mingus, John McLaughlan, Sly & Robbie, Better Than Ezra and the Swans
Christiane Bervoets - 75 - Belgian singer ("Eviva España")
Big Pokey - 45 - American rapper ("Sittin' Sidewayz")
Dick Biondi - 90 - 1960's Rock radio DJ at Chicago and Buffalo
Jane Birkin - 76 - English-French model, actress & singer ("Je t'aime... moi non plus")
Robert Black - 67 - American bassist w/Avante Garde group Bang on a Can All Stars
Jeff Blackburn - 77 - American songwriter ("My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue)" for Neil Young) and guitarist (Blackburn & Snow, Moby Grape)
Jerry Blavat ~ 80's AKA "The Geator with the Heator" 1950's Philadelphia radio DJ and promoter
Carla Bley - 87 - American jazz composer (Escalator over the Hill) and pianist & organist (Jazz Composer's Orchestra)
TJ De Blois ~ 38 ~ Drummer with American Metal band A Life Once Lost
Gangsta Boo - 43 - American rapper w/Three 6 Mafia
Simon Booth ~ 60's ~ Guitarist with 1980's UK Jazz Rock Pop band Working Week
Slim Borgudd - 76 - Drummer with 1960's Swedish band the Lea Riders Group and race car driver
Odd Børre - 83 - Norwegian pop singer (Eurovision Song Contest 1968)
Jerry Bradley - 83 - Head of RCA Nashville
Nashawn Breedlove - 46 - American rapper and actor ("8 Mile")
Lin Brehmer - 68 - Chicago Rock & Pop disc jockey and radio personality (WXRT)
Bosse Broberg - 85 - Swedish jazz trumpeter and composer
Peter Brotzmann ~ 82 ~ German Free Jazz sax player
George "Funky" Brown - 74 - American drummer with Kool & the Gang) and songwriter ("Ladies' Night", "Celebration", "Get Down On It")
Les Brown Jr ~ 82 ~ American 1960's rock drummer, Big Band leader, producer w/Santana, Merle Haggard, Lorretta Lynne
Pete Brown - 82 - Beat English poet, singer w/Piblokoto & Battered Ornaments, lyricist w/Cream ("I Feel Free", "Sunshine of Your Love", "White Room")
Victor Brox - 81 - English blues singer, keyboardist, guitarist & horn player w/Aysnley Dunbar, Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan of Deep Purple, Screaming Lord Sutch, Charlie Mingus, Memphis Slim, Dr. John, Graham Bond, Alexis Korner, John Mayall, Country Joe McDonald, Keith Moon, appeared in "Jesus Christ Superstar", wrote the original version of "The Warning" later covered by Black Sabbath
Angelo Bruschini - 62 - English guitarist (The Blue Aeroplanes, Massive Attack)
Dennis Budimir - 84 - American jazz and rock guitarist solo and with Bobby Troup ("Route 66") then session guitarist in The Wrecking Crew w/Joni Mitchell, The Carpenters, Brian Wilson, Barbra Streisand, Ravi Shankar, Frank Zappa, Linda Ronstadt, Julie London, Dusty Springfield, Quincy Jones, David Axelrod, Lalo Schifrin, Tom Waits, Harry Nilsson, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Johnny Mathis, Cher, Doris Day, Ella Fitzgerald, Milt Jackson, Stan Getz, Jimmy Smith, Ray Brown, Johnny Mandel, 5th Dimension, Linda Rondstadt, Peggy Lee, Robert Palmer, The Partridge Family, Harry Nilson, Tom Scott, Gene Ammons, Sergio Mendes, Steve Allen, Bert Bacharach, Glenn Campbell, Debbie Boone, David Cassidy, Keith Carridine, Cher, Clarence Carter, Rosemarry Clooney, Judy Collins, Bobby Darin, Dion, Neil Diamond, Cass Elliot, Dizzy Gillespie, Lesley Gore, Richard Groove Holmes, Johnny Hartman, Amy Grant, Mellissa Manchester, Barry Manilow, THe Monkees, Bette Midler, Maria Muldar, Van Dyke Parks, Lou Rawls, Nelson Riddle, Boots Randolph, Helen Reddy, Phil Spector, Dusty Springfield, Barbara Striesand, The Stone Poneys, Brian Wilson, Bill Withers
Jimmy Buffett - 76 - American singer-songwriter ("Margaritaville", "Cheeseburger in Paradise")
Colin Burgess - 72 - Australian 1970's & 80's Hard Rock drummer with Master's Apprentice, His Majesty and origial drummer with AC/DC
Brian Burke - 50's - Jazz Sax player with Windsor Honky-Tonk & Rockbilly bands the Silvertones and the Squares
C-Knight - 52 - American rapper (The Dove Shack)
Indrira Nanavati Cadena - 40's - Mexican born Toronto Jazz singer and owner of Jazz club La Rev
Bobby Caldwell - 71 - American 1970's & 80's Blue Eyed Soul, & Jazz singer "What You Won't Do For Love"
Carlos Camacho - 73 - Singer with 1960's Puerto Rican vocal group Los Hispanos
Canisso - 57 - Bassist with Brazilian Punk band Os Raimundos
Greg Cannon ~ 60's ~ Hamilton Ontario drummer with the Florida Razors and David Bradstreet
Alfio Cantarella - 81 - Drummer with Italian 60's band Equipe 84
Mark Capps - 54 - Nashville Country & Gospel producer & engineer
Toni Carbone ~ 62 ~ Bassist with Italian New Wae band Denovo
Matthias Carras - 58 - German pop singer
Ronnie Caryl - 70 - English guitarist with 1960's band Flaming Youth and later Phil Collins
James Casey - 40 - Saxophonist with American Jam Band the Trey Anastasio Band
DJ Casper - 58 - American DJ and songwriter ("Cha Cha Slide")
Paul Cattermole - 46 - Singer with English 90's Pop group S Club 7
Teté Caturla - 85 - Singer with Cuban vocal group Cuarteto d'Aida from the 1950's & 60's
Davis Causey - 74 - Guitarist with American 1970's Southern Rock band Sea Level
Monte Cazazza ~ 68 ~ American Industrial artist solo & with Throbbing Gristle
Spencer Chakedis - 40's - Singer, guitarist, banjo player with Florida CountryRock band Sunset Ryder
Larry Chance - 82 - Singer with American Doo Wop group The Earls ("Remember Then")
Cayle Charlton - 36 - Singer with Canadain Metal bands DayOne, Social Arsonist, and Archelaos
Juca Chaves - 84 - Brazilian singer and comedian
Jeff Cherep - 50's - Singer/guitarist with Pittsburgh Punk band Submachine since the 1990's
Stella Chiweshe - 76 - Zimbabwean singer and mbira player
Olga Chorens - 99 - Cuban singer and actress
C-Knight - 52 - American Rapper with The Dove Shack
Tony Coe - 88 - English Jazz clarinet and flute player and bandleader with Humphry Lyttleton, Georgie Fame, Sarah Vaughan, Cleo Laine, Kenny Clarke, Dizzy Gillespie, Clarke Terry, Peter Brotzman, Tubby Hayes, the Hollies
John Colianni - 61 - American Jazz pianist with Lionel Hampton, Mel Torme, Larry Coryell, Muriel Anderson & solo
Van Conner ~ 55 ~ Bassist with 1990's Seattle Grunge bands The Screaming Trees and later Solomon Grundy, Dinosaur Jr, Gardner, Valis & Musk Ox
Ivan Conti - Drummer with Brazilians Jazz Funk band Azymuth
Arif Cooper - Jamaican musician, music producer and DJ
Michael Cooper - 71 - Keyboardist with Jamaican Reggae bands Inner Circle & Third World
Ray Cordeiro - 98 - Hong Kong disk jockey
Matt Cormier - 40's - Drummer with Hamilton Punk/Rap/Metal band Warsawpack
Sueli Costa - 79 - Brazilian composer and singer
Jamie Crick - 57 - British radio broadcaster (Classic FM, Jazz FM, Scala Radio)
Al Crook ~ 60's - Bassist with 1980's Montreal New Wave band Sid Serious & The Pseuds and sound engineer & guitar tech
David Crosby ~ 82 ~ Singer/songwriter with the Byrds (first fice albums), Crosby Stills Nash & Young and solo
Iván Cruz - 77 - Peruvian bolero singer and composer
Dave Curry - 60's - Guitarist with St Catherines, Ont Blues/Rock bands Willie Mojo & Bluesafire and the Mighty Ducks Blues Band
Sam Cutler - 80 - English tour manager w/The Rolling Stones & Grateful Dead
Roseline Damian - 39 - Kenyan gospel singer
Chris Daniels ~ 70's - UK born Toronto Dixieland Jazz bassist w/the Climax Jazz Band, the New Orleans Connection All-Stars, the Don Valley Stompers, the Happy Pals
Dean Daughtry - 76 - Keyboard player with 70's bands Classics IV and Atlanta Rhythm Section
Tom Davies - 48 - British-American bassist with US Stoner Rock band Nebula
Richard Davis ~ 93 ~ American Jazz bassist with Eric Dolphy, Thad Lewis, Evin JOnes, Sarah Vaughan, Frank Sinatra, Cal Tjader, Mel Lewis, Miles Davis, Dexter Gordon, Joe Henderson and Ahmad Jamal also Van Morrison and Bruce Springsteen
Don Daynard - 88 - Toronto radio DJ at CHFI
DJ Deeon - 56 - American dance music DJ and producer
Dix Denny - 60's - Guitarist with L.A Punk band the Weirdos
Mama Diabaté - 63 - Guinean singer and musician
Christy Dignam - 63 - Singer with Irish band Aslan
Jerry Dodgion - 90 - American jazz saxophonist and flautist w/Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Randy Brecker, Donald Byrd, Ron Carter, Herbie Hancock, Quincy Jones, Thad Jones, Wes Montgomery
Charlie Dominici - 72 - Singer with American Prog Metal band Dream Theater
João Donato - 88 - Brazilian jazz and bossa nova pianist
Dum-Dum - 54 - Brazilian rapper (Facção Central)
Blas Durán - 73 - Dominican Bachata singer
Nigel Dutru - 50's - Toronto guitarist with Punk bands Pink Sundays and skateboarder
Jack Earls ~ 89 ~ Tennessee Rockabilly singer with Sun Records ("Slow Down", "Let's Bop")
Bobby Eli - 77 - Guitarist with 1970's Disco group MFSB songwriter ("TSOP", "Love Won't Let Me Wait"), backing band with Teddy Pendergrast, Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, the O'Jays, the Stylistics, the Spinners, Wilson Pickett, and Billy Paul
Royston Ellis - 82 - English writer and Beat poet, often backed by the Shadows and the Beatles
Billy The Kid Emerson ~ 97 ~ 1950's Rock & Roll singer with Sun Records ("Red Hot")
Vale Patrick Emery - 52 - Australian Rock journalist
Junior English - 71 - Jamaican Reggae singer
Helge Engelke - 61 - Guitarist with German Hard Rock band Fair Warning
Ken Erb ~ 63 - Guitarist with American Hair Metal band Shock Paris
Jon Erickson - 60's - Toronto sound emgineer w/Rush, Max Webster, the Tragically Hip, Bruce Cockburn and Steely Dan
Jorg Evers ~ 73 ~ Bassist with 1970's German Punk and Kraut Rock bands The Pack, Embryo and Amun Duul II
Georgie Fab (real name Robert George Johnson) ~ 70 ~ Hamilton Ontario singer/pianist/guitarist w/Buxton Castle and solo, songwriter/producer w/Lighthouse, King Biscuit Boy, the Posion Arrows, Sylvain Sylvain, Kim Mitchell
Joe Fagin - 83 - British 1970's Pop singer ("Breakin' Away / That's Livin' Alright")
Care Failure (Real name Caroline Kawa) ~ 40's ~ Toronto singer with Hard Rock bands the Bloddy Mannequins, Die Mannequin and the Big Dirty Band
Dom Famularo - 70 - American Jazz drummer
Wally Fawkes ~ 98 ~ Canadian Born British Trad Jazz clarinettist w/Humphry Littleton in the 1940's to the 60's and later cartoonist
Johnny Fean - 71 - Guitarist with Irish Celtic Rock band the Horslips
Bob Feldman - 83 - American songwriter w/The Angels ("My Boyfriend's Back"), Strangeloves", "I Want Candy" & "Nightime") and record producer w/The McCoys ("Hang On Sloopy", "Caralin"), Link Wray, Dion, The Belmonts, The Merseys
Valeria Fellini - 50's - Drummer with Vancouver Girl Punk band Cub and the Transvestimentals, Gaze, and the Black Market Babies
Walter Ferguson - 103 - Panamanian-born Costa Rican Calypso singer-songwriter
Tito Fernández - 80 - Chilean singer-songwriter
Amp Fiddler - 65 - American 1970's & 80's Funk musician w/Enchantment, Parliament, Funkadelic), composer, and record producer
Julian Figueroa - 28 - Mexican Banda singer & actor
Cliff Fish - 73 - Bassist with 1970's UK Pop band Paper Lace ("The Night Chicago Died" & "Billy Don't Be A Hero")
Kiernan Forbes - 35 - (Hip Hop name AKA) South African Rapper
Nora Forster - 80 - German music promoter (The Slits, Sex Pistols, The Clash), mother of Slits singer Ari Up and married to Sex Pistols/PIL singer Johnny Lydon
Jeffrey Foskett - 67 - American singer, songwriter, and producer (The Beach Boys)
Mo Foster - 78 - UK bassist w/Phiul Collins, Jeff Beck, Gerry Rafferty, Ringo, Michael Schenker, Gary Moore, Scott Walker, Peter Green, Cher, Joan Aratrating, Olvi Newton John, Meatloaf
David Freeman - 84 - American collector of Bluegrass & Old Time Country records, co-founder of record labels Sugar Hill Records and County Records
Gerald Fried - 95 - American film and television composer (Paths of Glory, The Killing, Star Trek)
Hugh Friel - 71 - Drummer w/Irish New Wave band The Atrix
Don Fritz - 63 - Reno Nevada AM Radio DJ
Raymond Froggatt - 81 - 1960's English singer/songwriter ("Callow-la-vita", "Big Ship", "Rachel")
Chabelita Fuentes - 92 - Chilean singer and folklorist
Lyubomyr Futorsky - 50 - Singer with 1990's Ukrainian band Dead Rooster
Pete Garner - 61 - Bassist with British band The Stone Rose ("I Wanna Be Adored")
Dan Garrett - 50's - Drumer with Hawaiian Noise Punk band the Fuckin' Flyin' A-Heads
Keith Gattis - 52 - American country music artist, songwriter and producer
Charles Gayle - 84 - American Jazz saxophonist and pianist solo and w/Cecil Taylor & Rasheid Ali,
Renee Geyer - 62 - Australian Soul and Jazz singer
Astrud Gilberto - 83 - Grammy winning Brazilian Samba and Bossa Nova singer ("The Girl from Ipanema")
John Giblin - 71 - Scottish bassist w/Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins ("In The Air Tonight", "You Can't Hurry Love"), Annie Lenoxx, Simple Minds, Kate Bush, Jon Anderson, Brand X, Scott Walker ("Tilt"), Chris DeBurgh ("Lady In Red"), John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Joan Armatrading, Al Green, Roberta Flack, Judie Tuzuke, Gerry Rafferty, George Martin, Hugh Masekela, Mavis Staples, Manfred Mann, Richrad Ashcroft, John Martyn, Alan Parsons,
Goa Gil - 72 - American musician, DJ, & remixer
Luis Carlos Gil - 72 - Singer with Spanish 1970's Pop vocal group Trigo Limpio
Brian Gillis - 47 - American singer with Hip Hop group LFO
Manuel Castillo Girón - 83 = Honduran singer-songwriter
Brian Godding - 78 - Welsh guitarist with 1960's Psyche bands Blossom Toes, Centipede
Mark Goodwin - 50's - London, Ontario singer/guitarist w/1980's New Wave bands Second Thoughts, Conning Tower, Objects Of Desire, Map Turtle & the Magic Binmen
Myles Goodwin - 75 - Canadian singer, guitarist & composer with 1970's & 80's Classic Rock band April Wine ("I Like To Rock", "Sign Of The Gypsy Queen", "Roller", "Enough Is Enough")
Duško Gojković - 91 - Serbian Jazz trumpeter, composer & arranger
Carlos Gonzaga - 99 - Brazilian singer
Alain Goraguer - 91 - French Jazz pianist, arranger and film composer (Fantastic Planet)
Jim Gordon - Wrecking Crew drummer w/Harry Nilson, Derek & Dominos, Joe Cocker, Frank Zappa, Alice Cooper, Steely Dan, Byrds, Beau Brummels, Johnny Rivers, CSNY, John Lee Hooker, BB King, Stone Poney, Van Dyke Parks, George Harrison, Bread, Cher
Lanny Gordin - 72 - Brazilian instrumentalist and composer
John Gosling - 75 - English keyboardist for The Kinks in the 70's ("Lola")
Jesse Gress - 67 - American Rock guitarist w/Tod Rundgren and Tony Levin
John Grove - 50's - Toronto Punk poster, zine and cover artist, singer/guitarist with Bob, Animal Grove and the Huge Grove Experience
Christopher Gunning - 78 - English TV composer (La Vie en rose, Agatha Christie's Poirot, Middlemarch)
Bruce Guthro - 61 - Cape Breton Folk Rock singer solo and with Scottish band Runrig
Ron Haffkine - 84 - American record producer and music manager (Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show)
George Haggarty - 81 - Kentucky Mountain Dulcimer player, luthier and festival organizer
Robert Haimer - 69 - American musician & songwriter w/musical comedy duo Barnes & Barnes ("Fish Heads") also in Soft Rock and America in the 80's
Lee Halliday - 96 - American born French Pop singer and record producer w/Johnny Halliday
Fred Hammersland ~ 50's ~ Singer & bassist with 1990's Norwegain bands Pogo Pops, Popium & the Doomsville Boys
Gordy Harmon - 79 - American soul singer with vocal group The Whispers
Wee Willie Harris - 90 - UK 1950's Rock & Roll singeer, pianist & bassist
Dickie "Be-Bop" Harrell - 82 - Rockabilly drummer with Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps ("Be-Bop-A-Lula")
C. J. Harris - 31 - American singer (American Idol)
Steve Harwell - 56 - Singer with 1990's American band Smash Mouth ("Walkiig On The Sun" & "All Star")
Fuzzy Haskins - 81 - American Hall of Fame singer for Parliament-Funkadelic;
Heath - 55 - Bassist with Japanese Metal band X Japan
Shelley Heber - 70's - Manager of California band The Blasters and Dave Alvin
Carl Van Helm - 60ish - Drummer for Montreal 80's Punk band the American Devices
Mike Henderson - 70 - American Country and Bluegrass singer-songwriter ("Broken Halos", "Starting Over") with The SteelDrivers
Pedro Henrique = 30 - Brazilian gospel singer
Ray Hildebrand - 82 - American 1950's Pop singer w/Paul & Paula ("Hey Paula", "Young Lovers")
Vince Hill - 89 - English 1960's Pop singer ("Edelweiss", "Take Me To Your Heart Again")
Maurice Hines - 80 - American dancer, singer and actor (The Cotton Club), brother of Gregory Hines
Stan Hitchcock ~ 84 ~ American Country singer
John Hoevenaars - 68 - London, Ontario Blues radio DJ at CHRW and founder of the London Music Archives
Pelle "Pelle Pop" Hökengren - 61 - Musician and guitarist with Swedish Pop band Trance Dance
Peter Horton - 82 - Austrian Pop guitarist, composer and singer (Eurovision Song Contest 1967)
Brad Houser - 62 - Bass, Sax and Clarinet player with Edie Brickell & New Bohemians
Ron Howden - 78 - Drummer with 1970's English Prog Rock band Nektar
Ralph Humphrey - 79 - American rock drummer w/Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention
Ricardo Iorio - 61 - Argentine heavy metal singer and bassist (Almafuerte, Hermética, V8)
Robert (Arden) Innis - 60's - Toronto Jazz bassist, guitartist & cellist
Rudolph Isley - 84 - American 1960's & 70 R&B singer w/The Isley Brothers) and songwriter ("Shout", "Twist & Shout", "Respectable", "It's Your Thing")
Chuck Jackson ~ 85 ~ American R&B singer ("Any Day Now", "I Keep Forgettin'", "Tell Him I'm Not Home")
Lilian Day Jackson - 63 - American born singer with 1970's & 80's Dutch band Spargo
Kyle Jacobs ~ 49 - Country singer/songwriter, married to singer Kellie Pickler
Ahmad Jamal ~ 92 ~ American Jazz pianist from the 1950's onward ("Poinciana")
Rawle James ~ 60's ~ Toronto 1990's & 2000's Dance DJ, producer and promoter
Stu James - 77 - Singer w/British band The Mojos and music executive
Paul Janovitz ~ 54 ~ Singer/guitarist with 1990's Boston Grunge band Cold Water Flat and photographer
Joan Jarra - 96 - Chilean dancer, folklorist, activist & widow of Folksinger Victor Jara who was murdered by the Pinochet regime
Bongo Black Jesse Jendah - 70's - Jamaican Reggae producer and DJ
MarÃa Jiménez - 73 - Spanish singer
David Jude Jolicoeur - 54 - Rapper & composer with Grammy winning 1990's Hip Hop group De La Soul ("Me Myself and I", "Feel Good Inc.")
Mark Howard Jones (AKA The 45 King) - 62 - American record producer and DJ
Tail Dragger Jones - 82 - American Chicago blues singer
Kidd Jordan - 87 - American Jazz saxophonist & bandleader solo and w/Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder, R.E.M., Archie Shepp, Ornette Coleman, Ellis Marsalis, Cannonball Adderley, Cecil Taylor, Larry Williams, Professor Longhair, The World Saxophone Quartet
Terry Juric - 70's - Bassist with 1970's Toronto band Moxy
Danny Kaleikini - 85 - American Hawaiian singer
Howie Kane - 81 - American 1960's Pop singer w/Jay and the Americans
Sean Keane ~ 76 ~ Fiddler with Irish Folk band the Chieftains
Scott "Top Ten" Kempner ~ 69 ~ Guitarist for 1970's New York Punk band The Dictators and Cow Punk band the Del-Lords and the Brandos
Tom Ker (AKA Tommy K) - 60's - Bassist with Toronto Metal band Maximum Overdrive
Richard Kerr - 78 - English singer, songwriter for Barry Manilow and Dionne Warwick("Mandy", "I'll Never Love This Way Again", "Looks Like We Made It")
John Kezdy - 64 - Singer with Cleveland Punk band The Effigies
Rob King ~ 68 ~ Drummer with Deteroit 1970's Punk/Noise band Destroy Monsters
Vakhtang Kikabidze - 84 - Georgian singer & actor
Terry Kirkman - 83 - American singer and woodwind player & composer with 1960's California Pop band The Association ("Cherish", "Everything That Touches You", "Never My Love")
Hans Kish - 50's - Bassist with Chicago Psychobilly band Hi-Fi & The Raodrunners
Stan Klees - 70's - 1960's producer of Little Caesar & the Consuls, the British Modbeats, Rock Show of the Yeomen, Jack London & the Sparrows, the Big Town Boys, Shirley Matthews
Jean Knight - 80 - American 1970's R&B singer ("Mr. Big Stuff")
Sergey Kolchin - 45 - Guitarist with Russian band Zemlyane
Joseph Koo - 91 - Hong Kong film composer (The Way of the Dragon, Fist of Fury, A Terra-Cotta Warrior)
Edward Koplola ~ 60's - Toronto guitarist with 1970's & 80's Blues band Breathless and 2000's Jazz bands the BTB's and the Niagara Rhythm section
Erkin Koray - 82 - Turkish 1960's & 70's Psyche, Prog and Folk Rock singer-songwriter & guitarist
Rena Koumioti - 81 - Greek Greco-Pop singer
Frank Kozik - 60's - American poster amd album cover artist
Ryan Krieger - 50's - Drummer with New York Hardcore bands the Cro Mags & Harley's War
Barbara Kroetsch - 70's - Toronto record label executive w/Canadian Custom Records and Polygram
Junnosuke Kuroda - 34 - Guitarist & singer with Japanese Ar Rock band Sumika
Michael Kupper - 65 - German Heavy Metal guitarist with 1980's band Running Wild
Rob Laakso - 44 - American guitarist with Indie bands Kurt Vile, the Swirlies, the Violators
Jim Ladd - 75 - American radio disc jockey (KMET, KLOS, Sirius XM), radio producer and writer
David LaFlamme - 82 - American singer and violinist with 1960's & 70's Pysche and Prog Rock band It's a Beautiful Day
Mark LaForme - 70's - Hamilton guitarist w/Blues & Country Rock band Next, Stompin Tom Connors and solo
Denny Laine - 79 - English guitarist w/The Moody Blues and Wings and songwriter ("Mull of Kintyre")
Andrew Laing - Drummer with UK Punk band Cockney Rejects
DJ Lalla - 34 - Romanian disc jockey and radio presenter
Dane Lanken - 77 - Canadian author and folk singer with the McGarrigle Sisters, married to Anna McGarrigle
Dan Lardner - 30's - Singer/guitarist with American indie band QTY
Jamie Larson - 60's - Bassist with 1970's Toronto band Hellfield and the Mustangs
Richard Laviolette - Ontario Folk singer
Tom Leadon - 70 - Florida guitarist with 70's bands Mudcrutch and Silver as well as Linda Ronstadt
Bill Lee - 94 - American Jazz and Folk bassist w/Bob Dylan ""It's All Over Now Baby Blue", Gordon Lightfoot ("Oh Linda"), Cat Stevens, Harry Belafonte, Chad Mitchell Trio, Gordon Lightfoot, Aretha Franklin, Odetta, Simon and Garfunkel, Ian & Sylvia, Tom Rush, Burt Bacharach, Peter, Paul and Mary, Arlo Guthrie, Tom Paxton, John Lee Hooker, Josh White, Duke Ellington, Malvina Reynolds, The Clancy Brothers and film compser (She's Gotta Have It (1986), School Daze (1988), Do the Right Thing (1989), and Mo' Better Blues (1990), father of Spike Lee,
Jack Lee ~ 71 ~ Singer/guitarist/singwriter with Los Angeles New Wave band The Nerves ("Hanging On Telephones")
Rita Lee - 75 - Singer with 1960's Brazilian Psyche band Os Mutantes
Lefty SM - 31 - Mexican rapper
Kevin Lemons - 44 - American Gospel singer.
Joel Lamontagne - 48 - Singer/guitarist for Montreal Metal bands Insanity and Demence
Dano LeBlanc - 55 - New Brunswick Acadian artist, writer, filmmaker and musican with The Great Balancing Act, Sunset Industry and God Speed You Black Emporer
Denis LePage - 74 - Canadian musician & songwriter with Disco band Lime ("Your Love")
Heddy Lester - 72 - Dutch 1970's Pop singer
Linda Lewis - 72 - English R&B singer-songwriter ("Rock-a-Doodle-Doo")
Gordon Lightfoot - 84 - Canadian singer-songwriter ("Sundown", "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald", "If You Could Read My Mind") from the 60's onward
David Lindley ~ 78 ~ American guitarist & multi-instrumentalist from the 1960's onward w/Kaleidescope and El-Rayo-Rex and Ry Cooder, Jackson Browne, Linda Ronstadt, Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, Bonnie Raitt, Warren Zevon, Curtis Mayfield, Crosby & Nash, Rod Stewart, Warren Zevon, Leonard Cohen, The Youngbloods, Marshall Crenshaw, Shawn Covin, Tanita Tikaram, Rickie Lee Jones, Bruce Springsteen
Jack Lipton ~ 60's ~ Singer with New York 80's Garage band The Penetrators
Jack Litchfield - 70's - Canadian Jazz historian & writer
Eric Alan Livingston - 38 - Multi-instrumentalist with Art Rock/Black Metal band Mamaleek
Glen “Spot” Lockett - 72 - Engineer with Punk label SST Records (Black Flag, the Misfits, Descendents, Meat Puppets, Minutemen, Husker Du), sometime sax and clarinet player with the Butthole Surfers
Lord Creator - 87 - Trinidadian-born Jamaican singer-songwriter ("Kingston Town")
Dennis Lotis - 97 - South African-born British Pop and Big Band singer and actor
Robin Lumley - 74 - British keyboardist with Jazz fusion band Brand X
Laura Lynch - 65 - American bassist with the Dixie Chicks
Toussaint McCall - 89 - American 1960's R&B singer & organist ("Nothing Takes The Place Of You")
Les McCann - 88 - American Jazz pianist and band leader solo and with Teddy Edwards, Richard Groove Holmes, Stanley Turrentine. Lou Rawls, Bill Evans, Herbie Mann
Shane MacGowan - 65 - English-born Irish singer with the Pogues
Les McGuire - 84 - Keyboardist with 1960's Liverpool band Gerry & The Pacemakers ("Ferry Cross The Mersey", "I Like It", "You'll Never Walk Alone")
Steve Mackey - 56 - Bassist with 1990's English Brit Beat band Pulp and record producer (M.I.A, Florence + the Machine, The Long Blondes and Arcade Fire).
Dave Maclean - 78 - Singer/songwriter w/Brazilian band Os Botoes and solo singer/songwriter
Kirsteen MacLennan - 49 - Scottish Gealic singer
Prudence McIntire - 78 - Singer with 1950's Pop sister duo Patience & Prudence "("You Belong To Me")
Joy McKean - 93 - Australian Country singer
James McLaughlin - 50's - Singer with Toronto 2000's Indie band the Madvarks
Tony McPhee - 79 - English guitarist with 1960's band the Groundhogs and Champion Jack Dupree & John Lee Hooker
Jesse McReynolds - 93 - American Bluegrass mandolinist and singer w/Jim & Jesse
Josua Madsen - 45 - Drummer with Danish Thrash Metal band Artillery
Magoo - 50 - American rapper (Timbaland & Magoo) and songwriter ("Up Jumps da Boogie")
Horacio Malvicino - 94 - Argentine Latin Jazz and tango guitarist and composer
Robert Manley - 60's - Hamilton Rock band photographer
Marianne Mantell - 93 - American lebel execuative & co-founder of Caedmon Audio spoken word label
George Maharis - 94 - American actor (Route 66, Exodus) and singer ("Teach Me Tonight")
Phil Marcade - 68 - Singer with New York 1970's Punk band The Senders, later author.
MC Marcinho - 45 - Brazilian funk melody singer
Dora MarÃa - 89 - Mexican folk singer
Sebastian Marino - 57 - American guitarist with Metal bands Overkill & Anvil
John Marlatt - 70's - Oakville, Ontario Country & Country Rock singer and owner of the Moonshine Cafe
Bernie Marsden - 72 - English rock guitarist and songwriter with American 80's Hair Metal band Whitesnake ("Fool for Your Loving", "Here I Go Again")
Donnie Marsico - 68 - American singer with early 70's band The Jaggerz ("The Rapper")
Germano Mathias - 88 - Brazilian samba singer
Juan Barbuzano MartÃn - 77 - Spanish Sambist
Sean Martin - 26 - Singer/guitarist with English Indie band The Night Café
Mike Martt ~ 60's Guitarist with LA Cowpunk band Tex & The Horseheads and Thelonious Monster, also briefly in later versions of the Gun Club and TSOL
Dylan Matthews - 50's ~ Guitarist with Hamilton Hard Rock bands Dr Tongue & Hammer Of The Gods
Yoriaki Matsudaira - 91 - Japanese Classical, Jazz and Electronic composer
Sandy Matusik ~ 50's - Bassist with Vancouver Psychobilly bands the Bates Motel and Big John Bates & the Voodoo Dolls
Mike Maxfield - 79 - English songwriter and guitarist with 1960's band The Dakotas ("The Cruel Sea") and Billy J Kramer
Randy Meisner ~ 77 - Singer/guitarist/songwriter with the Eagles, Poco and solo
Mendleson Joe ~ 78 ~ (Real name Joe Mendleson) Toronto singer guitarist with 1960's & 70's Blues Rock band McKenna-Mendleson Mainline and solo in the 80's
Anthony Meo - 50's - Original drummer with New York Hardcore band Biohazard
Pedro Messone - 88 - Chilean singer, composer and actor
Lisandro Meza - 86 - Colombian singer and accordionist
Mighty Ha - American rapper with 2000's Hip Hop group Cru
Butch Miles - 78 - Jazz drummer with the Count Basie Orchestra, Dave Brubeck, Ella Fitzgerald, Sammy Davis Jr, Frank Sinatra, Lena Horne, Tony Bennett, Dick Hyman, Peter Appleyard, Ray Charles, Rosemary Clooney, Helen Humes, Alberta Hunter, Bucky & John Pizzarelli, Gerry Mulligan, Wild Bill Davis, Wild Bill Davidson
Velho Milongueiro - 83 - Brazilian singer and composer
Dom Minasi - 80 - American jazz guitarist, composer and music producer
Manolo Miralles - 71 - Spanish musician and singer with Folk band Al Tall
Aurel Mitran - 68 - Romanian rock band manager (Holograf)
Essra Mohawk - 75 - American 1970's singer and songwriter w/The Primoridals, Frank Zappa, Tina Turner, Cyndi Lauper and "School House Rock"
Francis Monkman - Guitarist & keyboardist with 1970's UK Prog Rock bands Curved Air and Sky, also with Renaissance, Al Stewart, 801 (w/Brian Eno & Phil Manzanaro) the Shadows and solo, later film composer ("The Long Good Friday")
Piero Montanari - 76 - Italian Jazz composer and bassist
Dóris Monteiro - 88 - Brazilian singer and actress
Peter Moore - 68 - Toronto Producer & Engineer for the Cowboy Junkies, Jr Gone Wild, Swamp Baby, Hardcore Logo, Sadies, The Band, Ian Tyson, Neil Young, Doughboys, Killjoys, Rough Trade, Silos, Lunachicks, S.C.O.T.S, Garth Hudson, Joni Mitchell, James Taylor, Oscar Peterson, Diana Krall, Neko Case, Bruce Cockburn, Murray McLauchlan, Holly Cole, Bob Wiseman, Finger Eleven, Sloan, Kensington Hillbillies, Parkdale Rebels, John Borra, Parts Found In Sea, Wild Strawberries, Corndogs, Rheostatics, Bourbon Tablernacle Choir, Martha & Muffins, Wild T & The Spirit, Jughead, An April March, Maria Muldair, Saddletramps, Great Speckled Bird, Bobby Charles, Punchbuggy, Cottage Industry, Busted Flush, and more
Max Morath - 96 - American ragtime pianist, television presenter and author
Ange Morris - 40's - Singer with Victoria BC punk band Lesbian Fist Magnet (LFM)
Chuck Morris - 46 - Percussionist with American Jam Band Lotus
Larry Morris ~ 75 ~ Singer with 1960's New Zealand band Larry's Rebels
Jerry Moss - 88 - American Hall of Fame recording executive, co-founder of A&M Records.
Majik Moti ~ 65 ~ Guitarist for American Metal band Running Wild
Eric Moyo - 41 - Zimbabwean singer
Tess Mulligan - 50's - Singer with 1980's UK Metal band White Vice
Jean-Louis Murat - 71 - French singer-songwriter, guitarist & sax player
Ferus Mustafov - 72 Macedonian Roma saxophonist
Napoleon XIV (Jerrold Samuels) - 84 - American singer and singer with 1960's novelty hit ("They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!")
Aérea Negrot - 43 - Venezuelan performer, singer and electronic musician
Bill Nemeth - 70's - Guitarist with Toronto 80's Metal bands Rif Raf and the Lee Arron Band
Chas Newby - 81 - British bassist with an early lineup of the Beatles & the Quarrymen
Floyd Newman - 91 - American saxophonist w/The Mar-Keys (including Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett, BB King, Aretha Frankin, Etta James, Bozz Skaggs, Lulu, Stephen Stills) & The Memphis Horns
Calvin Newton ~ 93 ~ Singer with 1950's American White Gospel groups the Blackwood Brothers, the Sons Of Song and the original Oakridge Boys
Slim Newton - 90 - Australian country music singer-songwriter (The Redback on the Toilet Seat)
Dmitry Nova - 34 - Singer & musician with Russian Techno Pop band Cream Soda
Yngvar Numme - 79 - Singer with 1960's & 70's Norwegian Pop band Dizzie Tunes
Sven Nyhus - 90 - Norwegian folk musician
Sinead O'Connor ~ 56 ~ Irish singer ("Nothing Compares To You", "Mandinka", "Troy")
Richard Oesterreicher - 90 - Austrian Big Band guitarist and bandleader
Fito Olivares - 75 - Mexican Cumbia sax player
Barry Olivier - 87 - American guitar instructor, creator of the Berkeley Folk Music Festival
Morten Omlid - 62 - Norwegian blues guitarist
Blackie Onassis (real name; Johnny Rowan) ~ 57 ~ Drummer with Chicago band Urge Overkill ("Girl You'll Be A Woman Soon", "Havana Woman")
Tony Oxley - 85 - English Free Jazz drummer w/Cecil Taylor, Anthony Braxton, Peter Brotzman, Bill Evans, Georgie Fame, Jon Luc Ponty, John McLaughlan, Ronnie Scott, Vangelis, co-founder of Incus Records.
Jacob Palahnuk - 40's - Bassist with Toronto Indie band Young Empires
Pansequito - 78 - Spanish flamenco singer
Tony Pantano - 74 - Italian-born 1970's Australian Pop singer
Cecilia Pantoja - 79 - Chilean singer-songwriter
Kevin Parrott - British singer with 1970's Folk Pop duo Brian and Michael ("Matchstick Men & Matchstick Cats & Dogs")
Václav Patejdl - 68 - Singer & keyboard player with 1970's & 80's Slovakian Pop Rock band Elán
Ole Paus - 76 - Norwegian Folk singer and songwriter
Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky ~ 89 ~ German Free Jazz sax, calrinet & flute player from the 1950's onward
Haakon Pedersen - 64 - Norwegian Pop singer
Ron Peno - 68 - Singer-songwriter with Australian 1990's band Died Pretty
Dominique Perrier - 73 - French electronic musician and composer (Space Art, Stone Age, Jean Michelle Jarre)
Dino Piana - 93 - Italian Jazz trombonist w/Chet Baker, Charlie Mingus, Kai Winding, Kenny Clarke, Thad Jones, Mel Lewis
Ray Pillow - 85 - American Country singer/songwriter with Jean Shepard
Michel Pilz - 78 - German jazz clarinetist
Bernie Pitters - 70's - Jamaican born Toronto Reggae keyboardist and producer with Toots & The Maytals, Leroy Sibbles, Ishan Band, Sly & Robbie, Human Rights & Bruce Cockburn
Toni De La Ploiești - 31 - Romanian pop-folk singer
Denyse Plummer - 69 - Trinidadian Calypso singer
Ted Phillips - 60's - Toronto sound artist and engineer
Metal John Portier - 50's - Guitaris with Ottawa 80's & 90's Metal bands Enforcer and Peace Colony
Hans Poulsen - 77 - Australian 1960's Folk Pop singer and songwriter
Jon Povey - 80 - British keyboarist with the Pretty Things, Bern Elliott and the Fenmen
Johnny Powers ~ 83 ~ 1950's Detroit Rockabilly singr
Edgar Pozzer - 84 - Brazilian singer
Lewis Pragasam - 66 - Malaysian Jazz Fusion drummer
Vlado Pravdić - 73 - Bosnian keyboardist with 1970's Yugoslavian band Bijelo Dugme
Lisa Marie Presley - 54 - American singer-songwriter ("Lights Out", "You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet"), daughter of Elvis Presley, ex-wife of Michael Jackson
Philip Michael Quartararo - 67- American record label president with Warner Bros, Virgin and EMI
Tim Quy - Drummer & keyboardist with British Art Rock band the Cardiacs
Alberto Radius - 80 - Guitarist and singer-songwriter with 1970's Italian band Formula 3
Alan Rankine - 64 - Guitarist with Scottish New Wave band The Associates and solo
Lee Rauch - 58 - Original drummer with Amercian Thrash bands Megadeth & Dark Angel
Otis Redding III - 59 - American singer and guitarist of R&B group The Reddings, son of Otis Redding
Sandra Reaves-Phillips - 79 - American Jazz singer and actress (Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Round Midnight, Lean on Me)
John Regan - 71 - Bass guitarist w/American Metal band Frehley's Comet
Jaimie Reid - 76 - English album and singles cover artist for the Sex Pistols ("Never Mind The Bollocks", "God Save The Queen" & "Holiday's In The Sun")
Keith Reid ~ 76 ~ Lyicist with 1960's & 70's UK band Procul Harum ("A White Shade Of Pale")
Rafał Rękosiewicz - 75 - Polish organist, lyricist and music producer
Peter Renkens - 55 - Singer with Belgian 1990's New Beat dance band Confetti's
Sheldon Reynolds - 63 - American guitarist w/R&B bands Sun, Commodores, Earth, Wind & Fire
Michael Rhodes - 69 - American bassist w/Country Rock band Rodney Crowell & The Notorious Cherry Bombs and Wynonna Judd, Steve Winwood,Larry Carlton, the Dixie Chicks, Reba McEntire, Tanya Tucker, Hank Williams, Jr., Rosanne Cash, Vince Gill, Dolly Parton, Randy Travis, Faith Hill, Toby Keith, and Kenny Chesney
Bill Rice - 84 - American Rockabilly and Country music singer and songwriter
Steve Riley - 61 - Drummer with Los Angeles Hair Metal bands LA Guns, WASP & Keel
Babu Robespierre - 50's - Kenyan DJ
Chick Roberts ~ 70's ~ Drummer & singer with early sixties Toronto Folk band the Dirty Shames
Robbie Robertson - 80 - Canadian guitarist & singer with Ronnie Hawkins & The Hawks and The Band
Red Robinson ~ 86 - Vancouver Rock & Roll radio DJ from the 1950's onward
Sixto Rodriguez - 81 - American singer-songwriter AKA "Sugar Man"
Margarete Roeder - 84 - Austrian/American art gallery owener and promoter of Avant Garde composer and perfomrs John Cage & Merce Cunningham
Pugh Rogefeldt - 76 - Swedish 1960's & 70's Rock singer/guitarist
Jackson Rohm - 51 - American Country singer-songwriter
Biff Rose - 85 - New Orleans singer/songwriter/pianist & comic, wrote "Fill Your Heart" later covered by Bowie
Christian Rose - 60's - American Rock, Blues & Jazz photographer
Bernt Rosengren - 85 - Swedish jazz tenor saxophonist w/Lester Bowie, Don Cherry
Gary Rossington - 71 - Guitarist w/1970's Southern Rock bands Lynyrd Skynyrd & the Rossington Collins Band
Andy Rourke - 59 - Bassist for The Smiths ("How Soon Is Now", "Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want", "I Started Something")
Ritchie Routledge - 73 - Singer and guitarist w/British band The Cryin' Shames ("Sugar & Spice")
Marc Roy ~ 39 ~ Toronto and Peterborough Bluegrass singer/guitarist with Tony Rice, Crazy Strings and solo
Willie Ruff - 92 - American jazz French horn and bass player with the Mitchell-Ruff Duo, Miles Davis, Gil Evans, Quincy Jones, Milt Jackson, Jimmy Smith, Lalo Schifren, Sonny Stitt, Leonard Cohen
Johnny Ruffo - 35 - Australian singer ("On Top") and actor (Home and Away)
Cayle Sain - 31 - Drummer with American Metal band Twitching Tongues
Sakevi (real name Shigehisa Yokoyama) - 50's - Singer with 1980's Japanese Hardcore Thrash band G.I.S.M
Ryuichi Sakhamoto ~ 71 ~ Japanese electronoc/experimental musician, producer & composer and actor w/the Yellow Magic Orchestra and solo
Atsushi Sakurai - 57 - Japanese singer with Japanese 80's band Buck-Tick
Michel Saradaby - 88 - French Jazz pianist
Luiz Schiavon - 64 - Keyboardist with Brazilian band RPM
Scott Schinder - 61 - American music critic and journalist (Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly, Trouser Press)
José Sébéloué - 74 - French Guianan singer and musician (La Compagnie Créole)
Bob Segarini ~ 60's ~ Fixture on the original 70's Toronto New Wave scene as bandleader, producer, radio DJ and Toronto's first TV VJ
Paul de Senneville - 89 - French pop composer and music producer
Jah Shaka (AKA Zulu Warrior) - 70's - Jamaican/British Reggae DJ singer & producer
Mark Sheehan - 46 - Guitarist and songwriter ("Breakeven", "Hall of Fame") with Irish band The Script
Sweet Charles Sherrell - 80 - American bassist w/James Brown & The JB's
Mervin Shiner - 102 - American country singer ("Why Don't You Haul Off and Love Me", "Peter Cottontail)
Wayne Shorter - 89 - American Jazz saxophonist (Miles Davis Quintet, Weather Report, The Jazz Messengers), 12-time Grammy winner
Philip Shulman - 85 - Sax, horn and keyboard player with 1970's Scottish Prog Rock band Gentle Giant
Pete Silverton - 70 - UK rock journalist with Sounds, The Guardian, Sunday Express, Daily Mail, Time Out & Glen Matlaock's autobiography
Andrei Sin - 40 - Guitarist with Toronto Hard Rock bands CJ Sleaze and Psycho Mad Sally
Mick Slattery - 77 - Guitarist for 1970's British Space Rock band Hawkwind
Carol Sloane - 85 - American Jazz singer and critic with Downbeat
Luc Smets - 76 - Singer, composer and keyboardist w/1960's Belgian band The Pebbles
Connie Guybo Smith ~ 84 ~ Rockabilly bassist with Eddie Cochran ("Summertime Blues", "Someting Else", "C'Mon Everybody") and Glen Glenn ("Everybody's Moving")
Huey Piano Smith - 89 - American R&B pianist & songwriter ("Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu", "Don'tcha Just Know It")
Tommy Smothers - 86 - American Folk singer/guitarist & comedian with the Smothers Brothers
Floyd Sneed - 80 - Canadian drummer with 70's American band Three Dog Night ("Joy To The World", "Mama Told Me Not To Come")
Michael Snow ~ 94 ~ Toronto Jazz pianist with the Canadian Creative Music Collective and solo, artist & filmmaker
Peter Solley - 75 - Keyboardist with 1970's English Pop band Fox ("SSS Single Bed") and record producer
Jack Sonni ~ 68 ~ American guitarist/keyboardist with Dire Straits ("Brothers In Arms")
Steve Sostak - 49 - American rock musician (Sweep the Leg Johnny)
Phil Spalding - 65 - English bass player (GTR, Original Mirrors, Toyah)
Aaron Spears - 47 - American session drummer (Lil Wayne, Carrie Underwood, Chaka Khan)
Belle Star - 40's - London UK club DJ and drummer with MGT
Rigo Star - 68 - Congolese soukous guitarist and composer
Stephen Starr - 50's ~ Bassist with Toronto Garage bands the Screamagers and the Trollblazers
Jasmin Stavros - 68 - Croatian pop musician
Kent Stax - 61 - Drummer with California Hardcore band Scream
Seymour Stein - 80 - American founder of Sire Records (the Ramones, Talking Heads, Pretenders, Madonna, Barenaked Ladies, KD Lang, The Replacements, Depeche Mode, The Smiths, The Cure, Ice-T, Ministry, The Undertones, Echo & the Bunnymen.
Lester Sterling - 87 - Jamaican Ska saxophonist w/The Skatalites, Byron Lee and the Dragonaires
April Stevens - 93 - American Grammy winning 1960's Pop singer ("Deep Purple", "Whispering")
John Rambo Stevens - 70's - Manager of Johnny Lydon and PIL
Martin Stevens - 69 - Canadian 1970's Disco singer ("Love Is in the Air")
Craig Stewart - 60's - Owener of the Emporer Jones Records label
Mark Stewart - 62 - Singer with 1980's UK Post Punk band The Pop Group
Chris Strachwitz - 91, American record company founder and executive of Arhoolie Records
Adrian Street - 82 - Welsh professional wrestler and R&R singer
Barrett Strong - 81 - American singer with Motown ("Money (That's What I Want)") and songwriter ("I Heard It Through the Grapevine", "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone")
Tommi Stumpff - 65 - German EBM musician
MoneySign Suede - 22 - American rapper
Gregg Sutton - 74 - Guitarist & Basist with American musician Cow Punk band Lone Justice ("Shelter") and The Rollong Stones, Bob Dylan, Sass Jordan, Dave Alvin
Doris Svenson ~ 75 ~ Swedish Pop & Soul singer
Chris Swietzer - 50's - Singer with 90's Toronto Punk band Repeat Offender
Wayne Swinny - 59 - Guitarist with American 90's Nu Metal band Saliva
Shoji Tabuchi - 79 - Japanese-American C&W fiddler
Yukihiro Takahashi ~ 70 ~ Drummer & siger with Japanese 80's New Wave band the Yellow Magic Orchestra
Tommy Talton - 74 - American guitarist with 1960's bands We the People, Cowboy also later with Gregg Allman, Paul Butterfield, the Allman Brothers Band, Bonnie Bramlett, Clarence Carter, Corky Laing, Billy Joe Shaver, Dickey Betts, Kitty Wells, Martin Mull, Johnny Rivers
Lil Tay - 14 - Canadian Rapper
Roy Taylor - Singer and bassist with Irish Pop band Jump the Gun
Teresa Taylor - 60 - Drummer for Texas Post Punk band the Butthole Surfers
Vicky Taylor ~ 70's ~ Toronto 1960's Folk singer
Anita Thallaug - 85 - Norwegian singer (Eurovision Song Contest 1963) and actress
Charlie Thomas ~ 85 ~ Singer with 1950's & 60's R&B vocal group the Drifters ("There Goes My Baby", "Sweets For My Sweet";
Brad Thomson - 40's - Guitarist for Tennessee Mathcore band The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza
George Tickner - 76 - American guitarist with 60's band Fruminous Bandersnatch and later founding member of Journey in the 70's
Costa Titch - 27 - South African rapper
Giorgos Tolios - 58 - Drummer Greek Post Punk band Trypes
Tongo - 65 - (real name;José Abelardo Gutiérrez Alanya) Peruvian Pop singer and comedian
Joe Toole ~ 60's ~ Guitarist with 1980's Toronto band the Phantoms and Ottawa Rockabilly/Honky Tonk bands the Lucky Ron Show, the Bearcats
Top Topham ~ 75 ~ Original guitarist with the Yardbirds, later solo and with Winston G & The Wicked (with Marc Bolan), Peter Green, Christine McVie, Duster Bennet and solo, also a painter
Torch - 50's - Bassist for 1990's Punk band Spittle
Ismaïla Touré - 73 - Singer & musician with Senegalese band Touré Kunda (Talking Heads, Carlos Santana)
Buck Trent - 85 - South Carolina banjo player and inventer of the electric banjo, "Hee Haw" performer
Vivian Trimble - 59 - American keyboardist w/Luscious Jackson, Dusty Trails, The Kostars
Kirk Tracey - 40's - American Rockabilly sax player with the Kid & Nic Show and Danny Dean
Akira Tsuneoka - 51 - Drummer with Japanese Punk band Hi-Standard
Linda Turner - 76 - DJ at San Franciso station KSAN-FM and Los Angeles station KMET in the 70's & 80's
Tina Turner - 83 - American Hall of Fame singer ("River Deep – Mountain High", "Proud Mary", "What's Love Got to Do with It") and actress (Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome), eight-time Grammy winner
Dwight Twilley ~ 72 ~ American 1980's Power Pop singer ("I'm On Fire")
Özkan Uğur - 69 - Musician with 1970's & 80's Turkish band (MFÖ)
Bob Urh - 50's - Singer/guitarist w/NCY Gargage Psyche band the Ultra 5 and Bob Urh & the Bare Bones
Lázaro Valdés - 83 - Cuban Latin Jazz and Son pianist
Conny Van Dyke - 78 - American singer with Motown Records and actress (Hell's Angels '69, W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings, Framed)
Angelita Vargas - 77 - Spanish flamenco singer and dancer
Arno Veimer - 50 - Guitarist & composer w/Estonian Hard Rock band Terminaator
Vic Vergeat - 72 - Italian guitarist, singer-songwriter and record producer
Tom Verlaine ~ 73 ~ Singer/guitarist with New York 1970's Punk/New Wave band Television ("Marquee Moon", "Little Johnny Jewell", "Venus De Milo")
Jimmy Villotti ~ 79 - Singer,guitarist & pianist with 1960's Italian band the Meteors and later Prog bands I Baci & Jimmu MEC and Rock Opera composer
Jack Vreeswijk - 59 - Swedish Pop singer & composer
Dennis Waldrup ~ 72 ~ Florida Mountain Dulcimer player and promoter
Georgie Walker ~ 64 ~ Guitarist with UK POst Punk band Killing Joke ("The Wait", "Love Like Blood", Eighties")
Lillian Walker ~ 78 ~ Singer with 1960's R&B vocal group the Exiters
Ken Wall ~ 50's ~ Guitarist with 1980's Calgary Hardcore/Thrash bands Beyond Possession and Joker
Algy Ward ~ 63 - Bassist with Australian Punk band The Saints and UK bands The Damned and Tank
Jerry Webb - 70's - Owner of Jerry's Records in Pittsburgh
Joy Webb - 91 - Singer with 1960's UK Christian Pop group The Joystrings
Nick Lloyd Webber - 43 - English composer (Love, Lies and Records, Fat Friends The Musical, The Last Bus) and record producer, son of Andrew Lloyd Webber
Cynthia Weil - 82 - Grammy winning American Hall of Fame songwriter w/the Brill Building w/the Righteous Bros ("You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin"), The Animals ("We've Gotta Get Out Of This Place"), Paul Revere & The Raiders ("Kicks"), The Drifters ("On Broadway"), Max Frost ("Shapes Of Things To Come")
Sammantha Weinstein - 28 - Singer/guitarist with Toronto Garage band the Killer Virgins and actress ("Carrie", "Jesus Henry Christ")
Lasse Wellander - 70 - Bassist for Swedish group ABBA
Wendell B - 65 - American R&B singer
Fred White- 67 - Drummer with R&B band Earth, Wind & Fire
Tom Whitlock - 68 - Oscar winning American songwriter ("Danger Zone", "Take My Breath Away", "Winner Takes It All")
Spencer Wiggins - 81 - American 1060's & 70's Soul and Gospel singer
Mars Williams - 68m - American Saxophonist w/The Waitresses, The Psychedelic Furs, Liquid Soul, Peter Brotzmann
Tom Williams - 60's - Toronto Record company execuative at Attic Records
Jack Wilkins - 78 - American Jazz guitarist and bandleader with Charles Mingus, Buddy Rich, Chet Baker, Eral Fatha Hines, Morganna King, Astrud Gilberto, Sammy Kaye, Les Elgart, Larry Elgart, Kenny Barron, Sonny Fortune, Stan Getz, Dizzy Gillespie, Lionel Hampton, Jimmy McGriff, Zoot Sims, Sonny Stitt, Jack DeJohnette, Phil Woods, and the Brecker Brothers
Thomasina Winslow ~ 57 - American Blues singer
George Winston - 73 - Grammy winning American Jazz & New Age pianist
Ricky Wolff - 78 - South African born singer with UK 1970's Pop band White Plains
Crystal Woods - 64 - Las Vegas Diana Ross impersonator
Gary Wright - 80 - American 1970's singer-songwriter ("Dream Weaver", "Love Is Alive") and keyboardist with 1960's UK band Spooky Tooth
Lorraine Wright - 83 - Toronto Jazz promotor
Gary Young ~ 70 - Drummer with American Indie band Pavement
Zahara - 36 - South African singer ("Phendula", "Loliwe")
Marcel Zanini - 99 - Turkish-born French Jazz clarinetist, music critic and Artistic Director of the Barclay Label
Benjamin Obadiah Iqbal Zephaniah - 65 - Jamaican/English Dub Poet, singer, author and actor
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