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";

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";

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

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

María 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

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

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 María - 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 Martín - 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

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