Deaths Famous Dead Musicians
Matthew Seligman
British new wave bassist (The Soft Boys · 17 April 2020 · April 2020 · April 17
Ceybil Jefferies
American house and R&B singer · 16 April 2020 · April 2020 · April 16
Eddie Cooley
American songwriter ("Fever") and singer ("Priscilla") · 16 April 2020 · April 2020 · April 16
Tantinho da Mangueira
Brazilian samba singer and songwriter (Estação Primeira de Mangueira) · 16 April 2020 · April 2020 · April 16
Kishen Bholasing
Surinamese singer · 15 April 2020 · April 2020 · April 15
Lee Konitz
American jazz composer and alto saxophonist · 15 April 2020 · April 2020 · April 15
Gary McSpadden
American Southern Gospel singer (The Imperials · 14 April 2020 · April 2020 · April 14
Betty Bennett
American jazz and big band singer · 14 April 2020 · April 2020 · April 14
Kasongo wa Kanema
Congolese musician (Orchestra Super Mazembe) · 14 April 2020 · April 2020 · April 14 · Kanema
Moraes Moreira
Brazilian guitarist and singer (Novos Baianos) · 12 April 2020 · April 2020 · April 12
Ryo Kawasaki
Japanese jazz fusion guitarist and composer · 12 April 2020 · April 2020 · April 12 · Ryō
Louis van Dijk
Dutch pianist · 12 April 2020 · April 2020 · April 12 · Dutch · Dijk
André Stordeur
Belgian electronic musician · 11 April 2020 · April 2020 · April 11
Travis Nelsen
American drummer (Okkervil River) · 11 April 2020 · April 2020 · April 11
Steve Farmer
American musician (The Amboy Dukes) and songwriter ("Journey to the Center of the Mind") · 11 April 2020 · April 2020 · April 11
Eddy Davis
American jazz musician (Woody Allen) · 11 April 2020 · April 2020 · April 11
Richard Teitelbaum
American electronic music composer · 11 April 2020 · April 2020 · April 11
Andy González
American jazz and Latin dance bassist · 11 April 2020 · April 2020 · April 11
Jymie Merritt
American jazz bassist (The Jazz Messengers) · 11 April 2020 · April 2020 · April 11
Shanti Hiranand
Indian classical singer · 11 April 2020 · April 2020 · April 11
Lucie Dolène
French actress and singer · 11 April 2020 · April 2020 · April 11 · French
Big George Brock
American blues harmonicist and singer · 11 April 2020 · April 2020 · April 11 · Brock
Claudio Spies
Chilean-born American composer · 11 April 2020 · April 2020 · April 11 · Cláudio
Dmitri Smirnov
Russian-born British composer (Tiriel · 08 April 2020 · April 2020 · April 8
Michel Wiblé
Swiss composer and teacher · 08 April 2020 · April 2020 · April 8 · Swiss
Andrzej Adamiak
Polish bass guitarist · 08 April 2020 · April 2020 · April 8
Dieter Reith
German pianist and organist · 07 April 2020 · April 2020 · April 7
Vaughan Mason
American music producer (Raze · 07 April 2020 · April 2020 · April 7
Helin Bölek
Turkish singer (Grup Yorum) · 07 April 2020 · April 2020 · April 7
Patrick Gibson
French drummer and singer (Gibson Brothers) · 07 April 2020 · April 2020 · April 7 · French
DJ Miller
Rwandan DJ and musician · 07 April 2020 · April 2020 · April 7
Hal Willner
American music producer (Saturday Night Live · 07 April 2020 · April 2020 · April 7
John Prine
American singer-songwriter ("Sam Stone" · 07 April 2020 · April 2020 · April 7
Alan Merrill
American musician (Arrows) and songwriter ("I Love Rock 'n' Roll") · 01 April 2020 · April 2020 · April 1
Joe Diffie
American country singer-songwriter ("Home" · 01 April 2020 · April 2020 · April 1
Riachão
Brazilian samba composer and singer · 01 April 2020 · April 2020 · April 1
Louise Ebrel
French singer (Les Ramoneurs de menhirs) · 01 April 2020 · April 2020 · April 1 · French
Rafael Berrio
Spanish composer and singer · 01 April 2020 · April 2020 · April 1
Adam Schlesinger
American musician (Fountains of Wayne · 01 April 2020 · April 2020 · April 1
Bucky Pizzarelli
American jazz guitarist · 01 April 2020 · April 2020 · April 1
Ellis Marsalis Jr.
American jazz pianist · 01 April 2020 · April 2020 · April 1
Nirmal Singh Khalsa
Indian singer and priest (Darbar Sahib) · 01 April 2020 · April 2020 · April 1 · Khalsa
Ruben Melogno
Uruguayan vocalist and cartoonist · 01 April 2020 · April 2020 · April 1 · Rubén
Lou ‘L. A.’ Kouvaris
Greek-born American guitarist (Riot) · 01 April 2020 · April 2020 · Kouvaris · April 1 · Greek
Paravai Muniyamma
Indian folk singer and actress (Dhool · 28 March 2020 · March 2020 · March 28
Sergei Rainchik
Belarusian keyboardist and sound engineer (Verasy) · 28 March 2020 · March 2020 · March 28
Jan Howard
American country singer and songwriter ("The One You Slip Around With" · 28 March 2020 · March 2020 · March 28
Krzysztof Penderecki
Polish composer (Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima · 28 March 2020 · March 2020 · March 28
Bill Martin
Scottish songwriter ("Puppet on a String" · 27 March 2020 · March 2020 · March 27
Bob Andy
Jamaican reggae vocalist and songwriter · 27 March 2020 · March 2020 · March 27
Naomi Munakata
Japanese-Brazilian conductor · 27 March 2020 · March 2020 · March 27
Jennifer Bate
British concert organist · 26 March 2020 · March 2020 · March 26
Detto Mariano
Italian musician ("I Ribelli") and composer · 25 March 2020 · March 2020 · March 25
Peter Stapleton
New Zealand musician (The Terminals · 25 March 2020 · March 2020 · March 25
Phil Phillips
American singer and songwriter ("Sea of Love") · 24 March 2020 · March 2020 · March 24
Bill Rieflin
American rock drummer (Ministry · 24 March 2020 · March 2020 · March 24
Mike Longo
American jazz pianist · 24 March 2020 · March 2020 · March 24
Tres Warren
American singer and guitarist (Psychic Ills) · 24 March 2020 · March 2020 · March 24
Gabi Delgado-López
Spanish-born German musician (Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft) · 23 March 2020 · March 2020 · March 23
Julie Felix
American-Bitish folk singer · 23 March 2020 · March 2020 · March 23
Eric Weissberg
American folk musician (Dueling Banjos · 23 March 2020 · March 2020 · March 23 · Éric
Oliver Stokes Jr.
New Orleans bounce DJ and radio personality · 22 March 2020 · March 2020 · Musicians · March 22
Leslie Cauchi
Maltese-born American singer (The Del-Satins) · 22 March 2020 · March 2020 · March 22
Wray Downes
Canadian jazz pianist · 22 March 2020 · March 2020 · March 22
Jerry Slick
American rock drummer (The Great Society) and cinematographer · 21 March 2020 · March 2020 · March 21
Muhterem Nur
Turkish actress and singer · 21 March 2020 · March 2020 · March 21
Enrique del Portal
Spanish operatic tenor · 20 March 2020 · March 2020 · March 20 · Portal
Aurlus Mabélé
Congolese musician · 20 March 2020 · March 2020 · March 20