Famous Dead Musicians: Recent Musician Deaths and Obituaries
Over 10,000 obituaries of famous dead musicians. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Frankie Sardo
American rock and roll musicianDied on Wednesday February 26th 2014
Duffy Power
English blues and rock and roll singerDied on Wednesday February 19th 2014
Seán Potts
Irish musician (The Chieftains)Died on Tuesday February 11th 2014
Frank Reed
American soul singer (The Chi-Lites)Died on Wednesday February 26th 2014
Simón Díaz
Venezuelan singer and composerDied on Wednesday February 19th 2014
Alice Babs
Swedish singer and actressDied on Tuesday February 11th 2014
Georges Hamel
Canadian country music singer-songwriterDied on Wednesday February 26th 2014
Maria Franziska von Trapp
Austrian-born American singerDied on Tuesday February 18th 2014
Hōzan Yamamoto
Japanese musicianDied on Monday February 10th 2014
Philip Smart
Jamaican record producerDied on Tuesday February 25th 2014
Bernd Noske
German musician (Birth Control)Died on Tuesday February 18th 2014
Tomaž Pengov
Slovenian singer-songwriterDied on Monday February 10th 2014
Emil Simon
Romanian conductor and composerDied on Tuesday February 25th 2014
R. K. Srikantan
Indian Carnatic singerDied on Monday February 17th 2014
Paco de Lucía
Spanish flamenco guitaristDied on Tuesday February 25th 2014
Wayne Smith
Jamaican reggae musician ("Sleng Teng")Died on Monday February 17th 2014
Peter Callander
British songwriter and record producerDied on Tuesday February 25th 2014
Frankie Kao
Taiwanese singerDied on Monday February 17th 2014
Bob McQuillen
American contra dance musicianDied on Thursday February 6th 2014
Angèle Arsenault
Canadian singer-songwriterDied on Tuesday February 25th 2014
Bob Casale
American guitarist (Devo) and film score engineer (Happy GilmoreDied on Monday February 17th 2014
Tzeni Vanou
Greek singerDied on Wednesday February 5th 2014
Anna Reynolds
English opera singerDied on Monday February 24th 2014
Juthika Roy
Indian bhajan singerDied on Wednesday February 5th 2014
Nicolae Herlea
Romanian operatic baritoneDied on Monday February 24th 2014
Richard Hayman
American conductor (St. Louis Symphony)Died on Wednesday February 5th 2014
Franny Beecher
American Hall of Fame guitarist (Bill Haley & His Comets)Died on Monday February 24th 2014
Dénes Zsigmondy
Hungarian classical violinist and music educatorDied on Saturday February 15th 2014
Bunny Rugs
Jamaican reggae musician (Third World)Died on Sunday February 2nd 2014
Penny DeHaven
American country singerDied on Sunday February 23rd 2014
Raghunath Seth
Indian flautist and composerDied on Saturday February 15th 2014
Gerd Albrecht
German conductorDied on Sunday February 2nd 2014
Chip Damiani
American drummer (The Remains)Died on Sunday February 23rd 2014
Marty Thau
American rock and roll entrepreneur and music producerDied on Thursday February 13th 2014
Elisabetta Barbato
Italian opera singerDied on Saturday February 1st 2014
Trebor Jay Tichenor
American ragtime pianist and composerDied on Saturday February 22nd 2014
Ghulam Mohammad Saznawaz
Indian Sufi musicianDied on Thursday February 13th 2014
Karl Anton Rickenbacher
Swiss conductorDied on Friday February 28th 2014
Sakis Boulas
Greek singer-songwriter and actorDied on Friday February 21st 2014
King Kester Emeneya
Congolese singerDied on Thursday February 13th 2014
Anna Gordy Gaye
American songwriter ("BabyDied on Friday January 31st 2014
Claudio Abbado
Italian conductorDied on Monday January 20th 2014
Yashiki Takajin
Japanese singer-songwriter and television presenterDied on Friday January 3rd 2014
William Motzing
American-born Australian composerDied on Thursday January 30th 2014
Phil Everly
American singer and musician (The Everly Brothers)Died on Friday January 3rd 2014
Stevie Woods
American R&B singerDied on Tuesday January 28th 2014
Udo Kasemets
Estonian-born Canadian composerDied on Sunday January 19th 2014
Jay Traynor
American singer (Jay and the Americans)Died on Thursday January 2nd 2014
Dwight Gustafson
American composer and conductorDied on Tuesday January 28th 2014
Dennis Frederiksen
American rock singer (AngelDied on Saturday January 18th 2014
Li Tai-hsiang
Taiwanese composer and folk songwriterDied on Thursday January 2nd 2014
John Cacavas
American television score composer (KojakDied on Tuesday January 28th 2014
Bud Spangler
American jazz drummerDied on Thursday January 16th 2014
Thomas Kurzhals
German composer and musician (Stern-Combo MeißenDied on Thursday January 2nd 2014
Pete Seeger
American folk singer and songwriter ("Turn! Turn! Turn!"Died on Monday January 27th 2014
Flavio Testi
Italian composer and musicologistDied on Tuesday January 14th 2014
Rusty York
American musicianDied on Sunday January 26th 2014
Pierre F. Brault
Canadian composerDied on Tuesday January 14th 2014
Tabby Thomas
American blues musicianDied on Wednesday January 1st 2014
Stephen Clapp
American violinist and music educatorDied on Sunday January 26th 2014
Menachem Zilberman
Israeli comedian and songwriterDied on Monday January 13th 2014
Milan Horvat
Croatian conductorDied on Wednesday January 1st 2014
Arthur Doyle
American jazz musicianDied on Saturday January 25th 2014
Ronny Jordan
English jazz guitaristDied on Monday January 13th 2014
Riz Ortolani
Italian film composerDied on Thursday January 23rd 2014
Bryan Fairfax
Australian conductorDied on Saturday January 11th 2014
Khin Yu May
Burmese actress and singerDied on Thursday January 23rd 2014
Aram Gharabekian
Armenian conductorDied on Friday January 10th 2014
François Deguelt
French singerDied on Wednesday January 22nd 2014
Josef Lammerz
German composer and organistDied on Wednesday January 8th 2014
Roy Cicala
American record producer and sound engineerDied on Wednesday January 22nd 2014
H. Owen Reed
American composerDied on Monday January 6th 2014
Joseph Willcox Jenkins
American composer and academicDied on Friday January 31st 2014
Tony Pabón
American singerDied on Tuesday January 21st 2014
K. P. Udayabhanu
Indian playback singerDied on Sunday January 5th 2014
Alexander Ivashkin
Russian cellistDied on Friday January 31st 2014
Ubaldo Continiello
Italian film composerDied on Monday January 20th 2014
Nelson Ned
Brazilian singerDied on Sunday January 5th 2014
Neil Levang
American musician (The Lawrence Welk Show)Died on Monday January 26th 2015
Pino Daniele
Italian singer and songwriterDied on Sunday January 4th 2015
Demis Roussos
Egyptian-born Greek singer ("Forever and Ever")Died on Sunday January 25th 2015
Kim Fowley
American record producerDied on Thursday January 15th 2015
Bob Gilmore
British musicologistDied on Friday January 2nd 2015
Demetrio González
Spanish-born Mexican actor (Dos Corazones y un Cielo) and singerDied on Sunday January 25th 2015
Ervin Drake
American songwriter ("It Was a Very Good Year"Died on Thursday January 15th 2015
Little Jimmy Dickens
American country music singer ("May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose")Died on Friday January 2nd 2015
Kemal Monteno
Bosnian singer-songwriterDied on Wednesday January 21st 2015
Jeff Golub
American guitaristDied on Thursday January 1st 2015