Deaths Famous Dead Musicians
Kizito Mihigo
Rwandan gospel singer · 17 February 2020 · February 2020 · February 17
Giorgi Shengelaia
Georgian film director (The Journey of a Young Composer) · 17 February 2020 · February 2020 · February 17
Erickson Le Zulu
Ivorian DJ · 17 February 2020 · February 2020 · February 17 · Musicians · Zulu
Buzzy Linhart
American folk-rock singer and songwriter · 16 February 2020 · February 2020 · February 16
Pearl Carr
British singer ("Sing · 16 February 2020 · February 2020 · February 16
Cavan Grogan
Welsh rock and roll singer (Crazy Cavan and the Rhythm Rockers) · 16 February 2020 · February 2020 · February 16 · Welsh
Graeme Allwright
New Zealand born French singer and song writer · 16 February 2020 · February 2020 · February 16 · French
Mike Lilly
American banjo player & singer · 16 February 2020 · February 2020 · February 16
Prince Kudakwashe Musarurwa
Zimbabwean singer-songwriter · 15 February 2020 · February 2020 · February 15 · Musarurwa
Darryl Braxton
Trinidadian music producer (Bunji Garlin · 15 February 2020 · February 2020 · February 15
Jacob Thiele
American rock keyboardist (The Faint) · 14 February 2020 · February 2020 · February 14
Sonam Sherpa
Indian guitarist (Parikrama) · 14 February 2020 · February 2020 · February 14
Lynn Evans
American singer (The Chordettes) · 13 February 2020 · February 2020 · February 13
Paul English
American drummer (Willie Nelson) · 12 February 2020 · February 2020 · February 12
Joseph Shabalala
South African musician (Ladysmith Black Mambazo) · 11 February 2020 · February 2020 · February 11
Lyle Mays
American jazz pianist and composer (Pat Metheny Group) · 11 February 2020 · February 2020 · February 11
Abdel Aziz El Mubarak
Sudanese singer · 09 February 2020 · February 2020 · February 9 · Mubarak
Sergei Slonimsky
Russian and Soviet composer · 09 February 2020 · February 2020 · February 9
Romuald Lipko
Polish composer and multiinstrumentalist · 07 February 2020 · February 2020 · February 7
Nexhmije Pagarusha
Albanian singer and actress · 07 February 2020 · February 2020 · February 7
Diego Farias
American metal guitarist (Volumes) · 06 February 2020 · February 2020 · February 6
Buddy Cage
American pedal steel guitarist (New Riders of the Purple Sage) · 05 February 2020 · February 2020 · February 5
Volker David Kirchner
German violist and composer · 05 February 2020 · February 2020 · February 5 · Kirchner
Ljiljana Petrović
Serbian and former Yugoslav singer · 04 February 2020 · February 2020 · February 4 · Petrovic
Viktor Afanasyev
Russian military musician · 04 February 2020 · February 2020 · February 4
Andrew Brough
New Zealand musician and songwriter (Straitjacket Fits) · 04 February 2020 · February 2020 · February 4
Ivan Kral
Czech-American musician and filmmaker · 03 February 2020 · February 2020 · February 3 · Czech · Iván · Kráľ
Kofi B
Ghanaian highlife musician · 02 February 2020 · February 2020 · February 2
Harold Beane
American guitarist (Isaac Hayes · 02 February 2020 · February 2020 · February 2
Andy Gill
English post-punk guitarist (Gang of Four) and record producer · 02 February 2020 · February 2020 · February 2
Peter Serkin
American classical pianist · 02 February 2020 · February 2020 · February 2
Vidmantas Bartulis
Lithuanian composer · 01 February 2020 · February 2020 · February 1
Rachelle Delarosa
British musical singer · 30 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 30
Nedda Casei
American operatic mezzo-soprano · 30 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 30
Bob Nave
American musician (The Lemon Pipers) and broadcaster · 30 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 30
Natasha Stuart
Australian rock singer (Michael Bolton · 30 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 30
Toni Smith
American R&B singer ("Funkin' for Jamaica (N.Y.)"). · 29 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 29
Tonni Smith
American R&B singer ("Funkin' for Jamaica"). · 29 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 29
Alberto Naranjo
Venezuelan musician · 28 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 28
Reed Mullin
American rock drummer (Corrosion of Conformity · 28 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 28
Bob Shane
American singer and guitarist (The Kingston Trio) · 28 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 28
Norman Amadio
Canadian jazz pianist and bandleader · 26 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 26
Norm Amadio
Canadian jazz pianist and bandleader · 26 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 26
Bob Gullotti
American jazz drummer (Surrender to the Air) and music professor (Berklee College of Music) · 26 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 26
Sean Reinert
American drummer (Cynic · 25 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 25
Nusrat Badr
Indian lyricist ("Dola Re Dola") · 25 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 25
Joe Payne
American metal bassist (Divine Heresy · 25 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 25
Calder Prescott
New Zealand jazz musician and broadcaster (Otago Access Radio) · 24 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 24
Franz Mazura
Austrian operatic bass-baritone · 24 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 24
Guy Thomas
Belgian-born French songwriter · 23 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 23 · French
Barry Mayger
British musician (Chicory Tip) · 22 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 22
Meritxell Negre
Spanish singer (Peaches and Herb) · 22 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 22
Robert Parker
American R&B singer ("Barefootin'") · 20 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 20
Dan Andrei Aldea
Romanian rock musician (Sfinx) · 19 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 19 · Aldea
Sunanda Patnaik
Indian classical singer · 19 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 19
Jo Heng
Singaporean lyricist · 19 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 19
Dennis Garcia
Filipino rock bassist (Hotdog) · 19 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 19 · Filipino · García
Puerto Plata
Dominican musician · 17 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 17
Barry Tuckwell
Australian horn player and conductor · 17 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 17
Maxim Golovin
Russian film composer (Savages · 17 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 17
Chris Darrow
American musician (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band · 17 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 17
Bruno Nettl
Czech-born American ethnomusicologist and musicologist · 16 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 16 · Czech
Steve Martin Caro
American singer (The Left Banke) · 15 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 15 · Caro
Hylda Sims
English folk musician and poet · 15 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 15
Naděžda Kniplová
Czech operatic soprano · 14 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 14 · Czech
Ana Lucrecia Taglioretti
Paraguayan violinist · 13 January 2020 · January 2020 · Taglioretti · January 13
Petar Introvič
Czech blues singer (Bluesberry) · 11 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 11 · Czech
Wolfgang Dauner
German jazz fusion pianist · 10 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 10
Neil Peart
Canadian rock drummer and lyricist (Rush) · 10 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 10
Tom Alexander
Scottish musician (The Alexander Brothers) · 10 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 10
Martin Griffin
English rock drummer (Hawkwind · 08 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 8
Emanuel Borok
Soviet-born American violinist (Boston Symphony Orchestra · 06 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 6