Musical Deaths From COVID-19

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

JOHN PRINE ~ "SAM STONE";


JOHN PRINE ~ "ANGEL FROM MONTGOMERY";


JOHN PRINE ~ "WHEN I GET TO HEAVEN";


Adam Schlesinger ~ 52 ~ Emmy winning Singer/songwriter/guitarist with 1990's Indie band Fountains of Wayne ("Stacey's Mom") and songwriter ("That Thing You Do")

FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE ~ "STACEY'S MOM";


FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE ~ "HEY JULIE";


Matthew Seligman ~ 64 ~ English new wave bassist w/Bruce Woolley & the Camera Club ("Video Killed The Radio Star), The Soft Boys ("Underwater Moonlight"), Thomas Dolby ("She Blinded me With Science", "One of Our Submarines Are Missing"), Thompson Twins, the Dolphin Bros, David Bowie, Robyn Hitchcock, Stereo MC's, The Waterboys, Sinéad O'Connor, Transvision Vamp, Morrissey, Tori Amos, Kimberley Rew and Alex Chilton

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


THE SOFT BOYS ~ "ONLY THE STONES REMAIN";


THOMAS DOLBY ~ "SHE BLINDED ME WITH SCIENCE";


THOMAS DOLBY ~ "ONE OF OUR SUBMARINES";


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

BRIAN ENO & HAROLD BUDD ~ "LATE OCTOBER";
Alan Merrill ~ 69 ~ American Singer/songwriter with 1960 bands The Kaleidoscope, The Rayne, Watertower West and the Left Banke and 70's rock bands The Arrows ("I Love Rock & Roll"), Vodka Collins, Runner, later w/Rick Derringer, Stevie Winwood, Mick Taylor and solo

THE ARROWS ~ "TOUCH TOO MUCH";


THE ARROWS ~ "I LOVE ROCK & ROLL";


THE ARROWS ~ "MY LAST NIGHT WITH YOU";


VODKA COLLINS ~ "PINK SOUP";


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

RIOT ~ "FIRE DOWN UNDER";


RIOT ~ "BLOOD STREETS";


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


I RIBELLI ~ "PUGNI CHIUSI":


Sergio Bassi ~ 69 ~ Italian folk singer-songwriter

SERGIO BASSI ~ "IMPRESSIONI";


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

JOE DIFFIE ~ "BIGGER THAN THE BEATLES";


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


Lee Konitz ~ 92 ~ American jazz composer and alto saxophonist w/Chet Baker, Wayne Marsh, Stan Getz, Miles Davis, Gerry Mulligan, Gil Evans, Art Farmer, Paul Bley, Bill Frisell, Chick Corea, Lennie Tristano, Stan Kenton, Charles Mingus, Dave Brubeck, Max Roach

LENNIE TRISTANO w/LEE KONITZ & WAYNE MARSH;


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


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


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

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


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

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


ELLIS & WYNTON MARSALIS ~ "MOZARTIN";


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

WALLACE ROONEY ~ "ROUND MIDNIGHT";


Jacques Pellen - 63 - French jazz guitarist

JACQUES PELLEN ~ "MORO SONG";


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

TRINI LOPEZ ~ "IF I HAD A HAMMER";


Marcelo Peralta ~ 59 ~ Argentine Jazz saxophonist

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


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

AURLUS MABELE ~ "EMBARGO";


AURLUS MABELE ~ "LIST ROUGE";


Hamdi Benani ~ 77 ~ Algerian musician and singer

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

MANU DIBANGO ~ "WOA";


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

PREACHER JACK;


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

Troy Sneed ~ 52 ~ American gospel singer

TROY SNEED ~ "MY HEART SAYS YES";


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

JAMES LAST ORCH ~ "ROCKY THEME";


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

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

CHRISTOPHE ~ "ALINE";


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

CRISTINA ~ "YOU CAN DRIVE MY CAR";


CRISTINA ~ "TICKET TO THE TROPICS";


Alberto Carpani ~ 64 ~ Italian 1970's Disco singer

ALBERTO CARPANI ~ "FOR YOUR LOVE";


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

BOO-YAA TRIBE ~ "RAID";


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

THE ONES ~ "FLAWLESS";


Black & Mild ~ 44 ~ New Orleans Bounce Music DJ

BLACK & MILD ~ "SURE THING";


Kiing Shooter ~ 24 ~ American rapper

KIING SHOOTER ~ "SAY LESS";


Fred the Godson - 35 - American DJ and rapper

FRED THE GODSON ~ "FREE STYLE";


Ty ~ 47 ~ British rapper

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

CIRO PESSOA;


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

DOBBY DOBSON ~ "THE LOVING PAUPER";


Aldir Blanc ~ 73 ~ Brazilian songwriter

Fabiana Anastácio ~ 45 ~ Brazilian Christian Contemporary singer

Vinicio Franco - 87 - Dominican merengue singer-songwriter

Kishen Bholasing ~ 35 ~ Surinamese singer & percussionist

KISHEN BHOLASING;


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

YOSHIO ~ "EL REENCUENTRO";


Cosmas Magaya ~ 67 ~ Zimbabwean mbira player

David Corrêa ~ 82 ~ Brazilian singer-songwriter

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

Claudio Garbolino ~ 54 ~ Argentine keyboardist

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

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

OSCAR CHAVEZ ~ "MACONDO";


Dragan Vučić ~ 65 ~ Macedonian composer and singer

Reynaert ~ 65 ~ Belgian 1980's Pop singer

David Refael ben Ami ~ 70 ~ Israeli singer

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

BILL MACK & WILLIE NELSON ~ "DRINING CHAMPAGNE";


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

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

BILL PURSELL ~ "OUR WINTER LOVE";


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

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

ANTHROPIC;


ANTHROPIC;

Some 1960's & 70's Rockers

Paul Revere; Leader and keyboard player for Paul Revere and The Raiders, the first of the great Garage/Frat Rock bands to come out of the Pacific Northeast which would later include The Kingsmen, Sonics, Wailers and Frantics. Originally formed in Idaho as an instrumental band called The Downbeats by Revere (full name Paul Revere Dick) they changed their name and sound when Revere added singer Mark Lindsey. They would also adopt a flashy stage persona including dressing up in revolutionary war garb (forty years before the Tea Party, and less angry) and Revere's organ souped up to resemble the front of a Hot Rod Edsel. They would have hits with versions of "Louie Louie" (later also done by The Kingsmen and The Sonics), "Stepping Stone" (later covered by The Monkees, Sex Pistols and Minor Threat), "Just Like Me" and "Kicks", possibly the greatest anti-drug song ever.

PAUL REVERE & THE RAIDERS ~ "KICKS";
PAUL REVERE & THE RAIDERS ~ "LOUIE LOUIE";


PAUL REVERE & THE RAIDERS ~ "UPS AND DOWNS";


PAUL REVERE & THE RAIDERS ~ "THE GREAT AIRPLANE STRIKE";


Jack Bruce ~ Scottish Bassist, Singer and Harpist with 1960's classic power trio Cream ("Sunshine Of Your Love", "White Room", "I Feel Free", "Tales Of Brave Ulysses", "Crossroads", "Badge", "Strange Brew", although Cream is remembered as Eric Clapton's showcase most of the vocals and much of the songwriting was actually done by Bruce. He had previously played with The Graham Bond Organization, Alexis Korner, John Mayall and Manfred Mann. He would later play with Leslie West and Corky Laing from Mountain, John McLaughlin, Frank Zappa, Mick Taylor, Carla Bley, Cozy Powell, Gary Moore, Robin Tower, Ringo Starr, Peter Frampton, Rory Gallagher, The Golden Palominos, Bernie Worrell, Vernon Reid ~ 71

CREAM ~ "STRANGE BREW";


CREAM ~ "CROSSROADS"


CREAM ~ "SUNSHINE OF YOUR LOVE";


Bob Montgomery ~ Songwriter w Buddy Holly's first band, Bob & Buddy; wrote "Heartbeat" (later covered by The Knack), "Love's Made A Fool Of You" (covered by Bibby Fuller and Matchbox) and "Back In Baby's Arms" (done by Patsy Cline and Emmylou Harris) and "Misty Blue" by Eddy Arnold ~ 77

BUDDY HOLLY & THE CRICKETS ~ "HEARTBEAT";


THE BOBBY FULLER 4 ~ "LOVE'S MADE A FOOL OF YOU";


THE KNACK ~ "HEARTBEAT";


MATCHBOX ~ "LOVE'S MADE A FOOL OF YOU";


Michele "Shele" Pinizzotto ~ 66 ~ Guitarist with early 1970's American all-woman hard rock band Birtha

BIRTHA ~ "TOO MUCH WOMAN FOR A HENPECKED MAN";


BIRTHA ~ "FREE SPIRIT";


John Holt ~ Jamaican singer for Ska band The Paragons and songwriter "The Tide Is High" (later covered by Blondie) ~ 67

THE PARAGONS ~ "TIDE IS HIGH";


BLONDIE ~ "TIDE IS HIGH";


Clive Jones ~ Sax and Flute player with 1960's British Psyche/Metal Band Black Widow ~ 67

BLACK WIDOW ~ "COME TO THE SABBAT";


Jake Hooker ~ Israeli-born American pop musician (Arrows), co-writer ("I Love Rock 'n' Roll") and producer ~ 61

THE ARROWS ~ "I LOVE ROCK & ROLL";


JOAN JETT & THE BLACKHEARTS ~ "I LOVE ROCK & ROLL";


RAPHAEL RAVENSCROFT ~ British sax player, best known for playing on Gerry Rafferty's 1978 hit "Baker Street" and Pink Floyd's "The Final Cut" also Abba, Marvin Gaye, America, Maxine Nightingale,Daft Punk, Kim Carnes, Mike Oldfield, Chris Rea, Robert Plant, Brand X, Hazel O'Connor, and Bonnie Tyler. ~ 60

GERRY RAFFERTY ~ "BAKER STREET";


Acker Bilk ~ British 1950's & 60's Trad Jazz clarinet player ("Stranger On The Shore") ~ 85

ACKER BILK ~ "STRANGER ON THE SHORE";