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Soloist debuts Bands disbanded Bands on hiatus Deaths January 1 – Mighty Bomber , 93, Trinidadian calypso singer 2 3 – Lewis Jordan, 74, American pop guitarist and singer (The Jordan Brothers ) 4 Jessie Daniels, 58, American R&B singer (Force MDs ) Andrzej Nowak, 63, Polish heavy metal guitarist (TSA ) 5 6 7 Harpdog Brown , 59, Canadian blues singer and harmonica player Koady Chaisson, 37, Canadian folk banjoist (The East Pointers ) Bobby Harrison , 82, British psychedelic rock drummer and singer (Procol Harum , Freedom , Snafu ) Marc Dé Hugar, 52, Australian glam metal guitarist (Candy Harlots ) R. Dean Taylor , 82, Canadian pop singer-songwriter 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 – Carmela Corren , 83, Israeli-Austrian pop singer 17 – Armando Gama , 67, Portuguese pop singer 18 19 – Badal Roy , 82, Indian-American jazz fusion tabla player 20 21 – Terry Tolkin , 62, American music journalist and music executive (Elektra Records ), coined the term "alternative music " 22 23 – Beegie Adair , 84, American jazz pianist 24 25 26 – Janet Mead , 84, Australian Christian music singer 27 29 – Sam Lay , 86, American blues drummer (The Paul Butterfield Blues Band ) 30 Jon Appleton , 83, American electronic composer, co-inventor of the Synclavier Philip Paul , 96, American jazz, blues, and R&B drummer Hargus "Pig" Robbins , 84, American country and rock pianist Norma Waterson , 82, British folk singer (The Watersons ) 31 February 1 2 Endo Anaconda, 66, Swiss pop singer-songwriter (Stiller Has ) Joe Diorio , 85, American jazz guitarist Willie Leacox, 74, American folk rock drummer (America ) 3 – Donny Gerrard , 75, Canadian pop rock singer (Skylark ) 4 5 6 7 – Zbigniew Namysłowski , 82, Polish jazz multi-instrumentalist 8 – Bruce Greig, 54, American death metal guitarist (Misery Index , Dying Fetus ) 9 10 Walter Barylli , 100, Austrian classical violinist Brian Dunning , 71, Irish classical and Celtic flautist (Nightnoise ) Roman Kostrzewski, 61, Polish thrash metal singer (Kat ) Owen Moran, 62, British new wave bassist (Cook da Books ) Steve Salas, 70, American Latin musician (El Chicano , Tierra ) 11 – Mike Rabon , 78, American rock singer and guitarist (The Five Americans ) 12 13 – King Louie Bankston , 49, American power pop and garage rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Exploding Hearts ) 14 15 16 – Ramón Stagnaro , 67, Peruvian folk guitarist 17 18 Christopher Scicluna, 62, Maltese pop singer-songwriter (Chris and Moira ) Scotty Wray, 64, American country guitarist (The Wrays ) 19 20 Sami Clark , 73, Lebanese pop singer Jamal Edwards , 31, British music entrepreneur and DJ Sam Henry , 65, American punk drummer (Wipers , The Rats , Napalm Beach ) Joni James , 91, American pop singer Nils Lindberg , 88, Swedish classical composer and pianist Teruhiko Saigō , 75, Japanese pop singer Setha Sirichaya, 77, Thai rock singer (The Impossibles ) Martin Yeritsyan , 90, Armenian classical violinist 21 – Bernardas Vasiliauskas , 83, Lithuanian classical organist 22 23 Carlos Barbosa-Lima , 77, Brazilian jazz and classical guitarist Jayananda Lama , 65, Nepali folk singer Jaakko Kuusisto , 48, Finnish classical violinist Riky Rick , 34, South African rapper Antonietta Stella , 92, Italian opera singer 24 – Don Craine, 76, British R&B singer and guitarist (Downliners Sect ) 25 26 – Snootie Wild , 36, American rapper March 1 2 – Chuck Criss, 36, American indie folk multi-instrumentalist (Freelance Whales ) 3 – Denroy Morgan , Jamaican-American reggae singer 4 – Jimbeau Hinson , 70, American country singer-songwriter 5 6 8 9 – Richard Podolor , 86, American rock and roll guitarist (The Pets ) and record producer 10 11 12 13 14 – Eric Mercury , 77, Canadian R&B singer 15 16 18 – Bernabé Martí , 93, Spanish opera singer 19 – Michail Jurowski , 76, Russian classical conductor 21 – LaShun Pace , 60, American gospel singer 22 23 – Zinaida Ignatyeva , 84, Russian classical pianist 24 25 26 28 – Mira Calix , South African electronic composer 29 30 31 – Fred Johnson, 80, American doo-wop singer (The Marcels ) April 1 4 – Joe Messina , 93, American R&B guitarist 5 Bobby Rydell , 79, American rock and roll singer Paul Siebel , 84, American country rock singer-songwriter and guitarist 6 7 – Birgit Nordin , 88, Swedish opera singer 8 9 10 – Mario Martínez, Spanish new wave guitarist (La Unión ) 12 David Freel, 64, American indie rock singer and guitarist (Swell ) Charles E. McCormick, 75, American R&B singer (Bloodstone ) 13 14 16 – Bill Bourne , 68, Canadian folk rock singer-songwriter (Tri-Continental ) 17 Roderick Clark, 49, American R&B singer (Hi-Five ) Prafulla Kar , 83, Indian playback singer DJ Kay Slay , 55, American hip hop disc jockey Radu Lupu , 76, Romanian classical pianist Hollis Resnik , 67, American musical theater singer and actress 18 Nicholas Angelich , 51, American classical pianist Harrison Birtwistle , 87, British classical composer José Luis Cortés, 70, Cuban timba flutist (NG La Banda ) Jerry Doucette , 70, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist Andrzej Korzyński , 82, Polish classical composer Janez Matičič , 95, Slovenian classical composer 20 – Guitar Shorty , 89, American blues guitarist 22 – Jan Rot , 64, Dutch pop singer-songwriter 23 – Arno , 72, Belgian rock singer (TC Matic ) 24 25 26 27 29 30 Ray Fenwick , 75, British rock guitarist (The Syndicats , The Spencer Davis Group , Ian Gillan Band ) Naomi Judd , 76, American country singer (The Judds ) Max Riebl , 30, Australian opera singer Gabe Serbian , American hardcore punk guitarist and drummer (The Locust , Dead Cross ) May 1 2 – María José Cantilo , 68, Argentine folk singer-songwriter 4 6 – Jewell , 53, American R&B singer 7 – Mickey Gilley , 86, American country singer-songwriter 9 – Minoru Nojima , 76, Japanese classical pianist 10 11 12 13 14 – Robert Cogoi , 82, Belgian pop singer 15 17 18 19 – Bernard Wright , 58, American jazz and funk singer and keyboardist 21 – Yam Bing-yee , 90, Chinese opera singer 23 – Thom Bresh , 74, American country singer 25 – Jean-Louis Chautemps , 90, French jazz saxophonist 26 29 30 – Paul Vance , 92, American pop songwriter 31 June 1 – Deborah McCrary, 67, American gospel singer (The McCrary Sisters ) 2 3 4 Alec John Such, 70, American hard rock bassist (Bon Jovi ) Trouble , 34, American rapper 6 – Jim Seals, 79, American soft rock singer-songwriter (Seals and Crofts ) 9 11 – Amb Osayomore Joseph , 69, Nigerian highlife singer-songwriter 12 14 – Joel Whitburn , 82, American Billboard charts historian 16 18 – Adibah Noor , 51, Malaysian pop singer 19 20 – Dennis Cahill , 68, American Irish folk guitarist (The Gloaming ) 21 – Lewis Elliott, 84, American bassist (J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers ) 22 – Patrick Adams , 72, American disco arranger and producer (The Universal Robot Band , Musique ) 23 July 1 – Irene Fargo , 59, Italian pop and theater singer 2 – Tristan Goodall, 48, Australian blues guitarist (The Audreys ) 3 Miu Chu , 40, Taiwanese pop singer Antonio Cripezzi, 76, Italian pop singer and keyboardist (I Camaleonti ) 4 – Alan Blaikley , 82, British pop songwriter 5 – Manny Charlton , 80, Scottish hard rock guitarist (Nazareth ) 7 – Adam Wade , 87, American pop singer 8 – Alam Khan , 78, Bangladeshi film composer 9 – Barbara Thompson , 77, British jazz saxophonist (Colosseum , United Jazz + Rock Ensemble ) 10 11 – Monty Norman , 92, British film composer 12 13 14 – William Hart, 77, American R&B singer (The Delfonics ) 15 – Paul Ryder , 58, English alternative dance bassist (Happy Mondays ) 16 – Idris Phillips , 64, American jazz and folk pianist and guitarist 17 – César Pedroso , 75, Cuban songo and timba pianist (Los Van Van , Pupy y Los que Son, Son ) 18 19 20 22 23 24 Vittorio De Scalzi, 72, Italian progressive rock singer and guitarist (New Trolls ) Bob Heathcote, 58, American crossover thrash bassist (Suicidal Tendencies ) 25 26 – Darío Gómez , 71, Colombian pop and ranchera singer 27 28 – Bernard Cribbins , 93, English pop singer and actor 29 – Jim Sohns, 75, American rock singer (The Shadows of Knight ) 30 Archie Roach , 66, Australian folk singer-songwriter Raymond Raposa, American psychedelic folk singer-songwriter (Castanets ) 31 August 1 – Rosa de Castilla , 90, Mexican ranchera singer 3 – Nicky Moore , 75, British heavy metal singer (Samson ) 4 5 6 7 8 9 – Jussi Hakulinen , 57, Finnish pop rock singer-songwriter and keyboardist (Yö ) 10 – Abdul Wadud , 75, American jazz and classical cellist 11 Darius Campbell Danesh , 41, Scottish pop singer Mohamed Huzam , 52, Maldivian playback singer Bill Pitman , 102, American jazz, pop, and rock guitarist (The Wrecking Crew ) Shimoga Subbanna , 83, Indian playback singer 12 – Ebrahim Ghanbari Mehr , 94, Iranian musical instrument maker 14 – Svika Pick , 72, Israeli songwriter 15 16 18 – Rolf Kühn , 92, German jazz clarinetist and saxophonist 19 – Ted Kirkpatrick , 62, American Christian thrash metal drummer and songwriter (Tourniquet ) 20 21 – Monnette Sudler , 70, American jazz guitarist 22 Jerry Allison , 82, American rock and roll drummer and songwriter (The Crickets ), and singer Stuart Anstis, 48, British extreme metal guitarist (Cradle of Filth ) Jaimie Branch , 39, American free jazz trumpeter and composer Fredy Studer , 72, Swizz jazz fusion drummer Piotr Szkudelski, 66, Polish rock drummer (Perfect ) Margaret Urlich , 57, New Zealand pop singer 23 – Creed Taylor , 93, American jazz trumpeter, record producer and music executive 25 26 – Hana Zagorová , 75, Czech pop singer 27 29 31 – Mark Shreeve , 65, British electronic composer and synthesizer player (Redshift ) September 1 – Bamba Bakya , 49, Indian playback singer 2 4 5 – Lars Vogt , 51, German classical composer 7 8 9 10 12 13 14 16 – Marva Hicks , 66, American soul singer 18 – Diane Guérin , 74, Canadian pop singer 21 22 24 26 – Joe Bussard , 86, American record collector 27 Boris Moiseev , 68, Russian pop singer Christian Hummer, 32, Austrian indie rock keyboardist (Wanda ) 28 – Coolio , 59, American rapper 29 – Prins Póló , 45, Icelandic indie rock singer-songwriter 30 — Walkie T , 27, Russian rapper October 1 2 – Mary McCaslin , 75, American folk singer-songwriter 3 – Mon Legaspi, 54, Filipino hard rock bassist (Wolfgang ) 4 5 6 7 8 – Charlie Brown , 80, American radio disk jockey 9 10 11 12 13 Fuzzy , 83, Danish multi-genre composer Verckys Kiamuangana Mateta , 78, Congolese rumba saxophonist Susanna Mildonian , 82, Italian-born Belgian classical harpist Christina Moser, 70, Swiss new wave singer-songwriter (Krisma ) Steve Roberts, 68, British punk drummer (U.K. Subs ) Mike Schank , 56, American film composer and guitarist Joyce Sims , 63, American R&B-dance singer-songwriter 14 – Mariana Nicolesco , 73, Romanian opera singer 15 Noel Duggan, 73, Irish folk singer and guitarist (Clannad , The Duggans ) Mikaben , 41, Haitian compas and dancehall singer-songwriter Marty Sammon , 45, American blues and ragtime keyboardist 17 – Michael Ponti , 84, German classical pianist 18 19 20 21 – Robert Gordy , 91, American music publishing executive and recording artist 22 – Luiz Galvão, 87, Brazilian psychedelic rock and MPB songwriter (Novos Baianos ) 23 24 25 26 27 – Geraldine Hunt , 77, American R&B singer 28 29 30 John McGale, 66, Canadian blues rock singer and multi-instrumentalist (Offenbach ) Anthony Ortega , 94, American jazz clarinetist 31 November 1 2 – Atilio Stampone , 96, Argentine tango pianist and composer 3 Gerd Dudek , 84, German jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and flautist Noel McKoy , 62, British soul singer 4 – Nicole Josy, 76, Belgian pop singer (Nicole and Hugo ) 5 Daniele Barioni , 92, Italian opera singer Aaron Carter , 34, American pop singer and rapper Tyrone Downie , 66, Jamaican reggae keyboardist (Bob Marley and The Wailers ) Carmelo La Bionda, 73, Italian disco producer and songwriter (La Bionda ) Mimi Parker, 55, American indie rock singer and drummer (Low ) 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 – Gene Cipriano , 94, American jazz and pop multi-instrumentalist (The Wrecking Crew ) 14 – Jerzy Połomski . 89, Polish folk and pop singer 15 16 – Mick Goodrick , 77, American jazz guitarist 17 18 – Ned Rorem , 99, American classical composer 19 20 21 – Wilko Johnson , 75, British pub rock guitarist and songwriter (Dr. Feelgood ) 22 23 25 26 – Louise Tobin , 104, American jazz singer 27 – Jake Flint , 37, American Red Dirt country singer 30 December 1 2 3 Jess Barr, 46, American alternative country guitarist (Slobberbone ) Jamie Freeman , 57, British folk singer-songwriter Svenne Hedlund , 77, Swedish pop and schlager singer (Idolerna , Hep Stars , Svenne and Lotta ) Volodymyr Kozhukhar , 81, Ukrainian classical composer Bobby Naughton , 78, American jazz vibraphonist and pianist Alexandre Zelkine , 84, French folk singer 4 5 – Hamsou Garba , 63, Nigerien singer 6 7 – Roddy Jackson , 70, American rockabilly singer and pianist 8 – Yitzhak Klepter , 72, Israeli psychedelic rock singer and guitarist (The Churchills , Kaveret ) 9 10 John Aler , 73, American opera singer J. J. Barnes , 79, American R&B singer Sulochana Chavan , 89, Indian Lavani singer Tracy Hitchings , 60, British progressive rock singer (Landmarq ) Tshala Muana , 64, Congolese Soukous singer Aziouz Raïs , 68, Algerian chaabi singer José Ángel Trelles , 78, Argentine tango singer Kihnu Virve , 94, Estonian folk singer 11 – Angelo Badalamenti , 85, American film and television composer and arranger 12 – Ekambi Brillant , 74, Cameroonian makossa singer 13 Sol Amarfio, 84, Ghanaian-British afro rock drummer (Osibisa ) Benjamin Bossi, 69, American new wave saxophonist (Romeo Void ) Grand Daddy I.U. , 54, American rapper Luis "Checho" González , 89, Chilean folk singer Nihal Nelson , 76, Sri Lankan soul and pop singer Bayan Northcott , 82, British classical composer and music critic Lalo Rodríguez , 64, Puerto Rican salsa singer Kim Simmonds , 75, British rock guitarist (Savoy Brown ) 14 Djene Djento , Cameroonian makossa singer-songwriter Koji Ryu, 60, Japanese rock drummer (C-C-B ) 15 16 17 18 Martin Duffy , 55, British alternative rock keyboardist (Felt , Primal Scream ) Terry Hall , 63, British ska and new wave singer-songwriter (The Specials , Fun Boy Three , The Colourfield , Vegas ) Wim Henderickx , 60, Belgian classical composer and percussionist 19 20 Randy Begg, 71, Canadian pop drummer (Wednesday ) Iain Templeton, British alternative rock drummer (The La's , Shack ) 21 22 23 24 – Mampintsha, 40, South African kwaito singer (Big Nuz ) 25 26 27 28 29 31 Musical films See also References
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