Deaths Famous Dead Musicians
Stan Robinson
British jazz tenor saxophonist and flautist · 18 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 18
Martín Elías
Colombian vallenato singer · 16 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 16 · Martin
Allan Holdsworth
British guitarist and composer (Bruford · 16 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 16
Alan Henderson
Northern Irish bassist (Them) · 15 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 15
Bruce Langhorne
American folk musician (Bob Dylan) and film scorer (The Hired Hand) · 15 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 15
Barry “Frosty” Smith
American drummer (Lee Michaels · 14 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 14 · Smith
Kathleen Cassello
American operatic soprano · 14 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 14
Banner Thomas
American bass guitarist (Molly Hatchet) · 14 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 14
Bob Wootton
American country guitarist (Johnny Cash · 13 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 13
José Miguel Class
Puerto Rican singer · 13 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 13 · Class
Bob Cunningham
American jazz bassist · 13 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 13
Mika Vainio
Finnish electronic and experimental musician (Pan Sonic) · 13 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 13
Toby Smith
British keyboardist (Jamiroquai) · 13 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 13
Keni Richards
American drummer (Autograph) · 13 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 13
Kim Plainfield
American jazz drummer · 13 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 13
David Angel
British violinist (Maggini Quartet · 12 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 12 · Ángel
J. Geils
American guitarist (The J. Geils Band) · 11 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 11
Linda Hopkins
American actress and blues and gospel singer · 11 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 11
Yuushi Matsuyama
Japanese composer and film scorer · 10 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 10
Ben Speer
American musician (Speer Family) · 09 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 9
Ryan Star
American indie rock singer-songwriter · 07 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 7
David Peel
American singer and political activist · 07 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 7
Brenda Jones
American R&B singer (The Jones Girls) · 06 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 6
L.A. Dre
American record producer and keyboardist · 06 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 6 · La.
Kishori Amonkar
Indian classical singer · 03 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 3
Elyse Steinman
American hard rock guitarist (Raging Slab) · 03 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 3
Lonnie Brooks
American blues guitarist and singer · 02 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 2
Rosie Hamlin
American singer (Rosie and the Originals) · 02 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 2
Gabriel Mafa
Romanian musician (Negură Bunget) · 01 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 1
Aldo Guibovich
Peruvian singer of Latin pop group Los Pasteles Verdes · 29 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 29
Arthur Blythe
American jazz alto saxophonist and composer · 28 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 28
Roberta Knie
American operatic soprano · 28 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 28
Edward Grimes
American post-rock drummer (Rachel's · 27 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 27
Clem Curtis
Trinidadian-born British singer (The Foundations) · 27 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 27
Vincent Falcone
American conductor (Frank Sinatra) · 26 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 26
Avo Uvezian
American jazz pianist and cigar manufacturer · 25 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 25
Peter Shotton
British musician (The Quarrymen) and businessman (Fatty Arbuckle's · 24 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 24
Roy Fisher
British poet and jazz pianist · 23 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 23
Tony Terran
American trumpeter and session musician · 23 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 23
Sib Hashian
American drummer (Boston) · 23 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 23
Sven-Erik Magnusson
Swedish musician (Sven-Ingvars) · 22 March 2017 · March 2017 · Magnússon · March 22
Jim Fuller
guitarist (The Surfaris) · 20 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 20
Chuck Berry
American rock and roll musician ("Johnny B. Goode" · 18 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 18
Phil Garland
New Zealand folk musician · 16 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 16
Fiora Corradetti Contino
American opera conductor · 16 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 16 · Contino
Ileana Ciuculete
Romanian folklore singer · 14 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 14
Don Warden
American country musician and manager · 14 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 14
John Lever
British drummer (The Chameleons) · 13 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 13
Paul Abler
American jazz guitarist · 13 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 13
Gata Cattana
Spanish rapper and poet · 13 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 13
Joey Alves
American guitarist (Y&T) · 12 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 12
Evan Johns
American guitarist (The LeRoi Brothers) · 12 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 12
Joni Sledge
American singer (Sister Sledge) · 12 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 12
Tony Lorenzo
American guitarist (Sons of Azrael) · 10 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 10
Kamran Aziz
Turkish Cypriot musician and pharmacist · 09 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 9
Lyle Ritz
American bassist and ukulelist · 08 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 8
Ric Marlow
American songwriter and Grammy winner ("A Taste of Honey") · 07 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 7
Lars Diedricson
Swedish songwriter Take Me to Your Heaven (winner Eurovision Song Contest 1999) · 06 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 6
Edi Fitzroy
Jamaican reggae singer · 05 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 5
Misha Mengelberg
Dutch jazz pianist and composer · 03 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 3
Hiroshi Kamayatsu
Japanese musician (The Spiders) · 02 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 2
Eva Maria Zuk
71 Polish-born Mexican pianist · 02 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 2 · Zuk