Deaths Famous Dead Musicians
Idaho
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Idaho) · 09 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 9
Jānis Vaišļa
Latvian musician (Pirates of the Sea) · 09 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 9
David Bowie
legendary rock musician · 10 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 10
Hernán Gamboa
Venezuelan musician · 10 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 10
Otis Clay
American R&B and soul singer · 08 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 8
Red Simpson
American country singer-songwriter ("I'm a Truck") · 08 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 8
Jit Samaroo
Trinidadian Steelpan musician and arranger · 07 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 7
Jason Mackenroth
American drummer (Blue Man Group) · 03 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 3
Nick Caldwell
American R&B singer (The Whispers) · 05 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 5
Elizabeth Swados
American writer and composer (Runaways) · 05 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 5
Long John Hunter
American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter · 04 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 4 · Hunter
Paul Bley
Canadian Jazz pianist · 03 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 3
Craig Strickland
American country singer · 04 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 4
Brad Fuller
American video game composer (Atari) · 03 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 3
Andy M. Stewart
Scottish folk singer (Silly Wizard) · 27 December 2015 · December 2015 · December 27 · Stewart
Guru Josh
Jersey musician · 28 December 2015 · December 2015 · December 28
Lemmy
English heavy metal singer (Motörhead · 28 December 2015 · December 2015 · December 28
Tore Andersen
Norwegian country musician · 26 December 2015 · December 2015 · December 26
Stevie Wright
English born Australian musician and songwriter · 27 December 2015 · December 2015 · December 27
William Guest
American R&B singer (Gladys Knight & the Pips) · 24 December 2015 · December 2015 · December 24
Manuel Agujetas
Spanish flamenco singer · 25 December 2015 · December 2015 · December 25
Peter Lundblad
Swedish singer ("Ta mig till havet") · 22 December 2015 · December 2015 · December 22
Gareth Mortimer
Welsh musician (Racing Cars) · 17 December 2015 · December 2015 · December 17
Gevorg Geodakyan
Armenian musicologist · 20 December 2015 · December 2015 · December 20
Peter Broggs
Jamaican reggae musician · 19 December 2015 · December 2015 · December 19
Andreja Preger
Hungarian-born Serbian pianist and Holocaust survivor · 18 December 2015 · December 2015 · December 18
Adam Roth
American guitarist (Del Fuegos) · 16 December 2015 · December 2015 · December 16
Mick Lynch
Irish indie rock singer (Stump) · 17 December 2015 · December 2015 · December 17
Sándor Benkó
Hungarian clarinetist and bandleader · 15 December 2015 · December 2015 · December 15 · Benkő
Rainer Bloss
German electronic musician (Drive Inn) · 10 December 2015 · December 2015 · December 10
Gladstone Anderson
Jamaican musician · 03 December 2015 · December 2015 · December 3
Gary Marker
American bassist and recording engineer (Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band) · 08 December 2015 · December 2015 · December 8
Mattiwilda Dobbs
American coloratura soprano · 08 December 2015 · December 2015 · December 8
Bonnie Lou
American country singer · 08 December 2015 · December 2015 · December 8
Heinz Fricke
German conductor and music director · 07 December 2015 · December 2015 · December 7
Marque Lynche
American singer (The Mickey Mouse Club) · 06 December 2015 · December 2015 · December 6
John Garner
American rock drummer and vocalist (Sir Lord Baltimore) · 05 December 2015 · December 2015 · December 5
Chris Carney
American singer (The Prom Kings) and reality star (twentyfourseven) traffic collision. · 04 December 2015 · December 2015 · December 4
Joachim Carlos Martini
Chilean-born German conductor (Junge Kantorei) · 29 November 2015 · November 2015 · November 29 · Martini
Scott Weiland
American musician (Stone Temple Pilots) · 03 December 2015 · December 2015 · December 3
Ronnie Bright
American singer (The Coasters · 26 November 2015 · November 2015 · November 26
Buddy Moreno
American musician and radio personality · 29 November 2015 · November 2015 · November 29
Wayne Bickerton
British songwriter ("Sugar Baby Love") · 29 November 2015 · November 2015 · November 29
Mack McCormick
American musicologist and folklorist · 18 November 2015 · November 2015 · November 18
Arthur Brooks
American singer (The Impressions) · 22 November 2015 · November 2015 · November 22
David VanLanding
American rock singer (Michael Schenker Group · 17 November 2015 · November 2015 · November 17
John Theunissen
Dutch Pussycat guitarist · 24 November 2015 · November 2015 · November 24
Eli Avramov
Israeli rock and new wave musician (HaClique) · 24 November 2015 · November 2015 · November 24
David Van Landing
American rock singer (Michael Schenker Group · 17 November 2015 · November 2015 · November 17 · Landing
Robert “Mack” McCormick
American musicologist and folklorist · 18 November 2015 · November 2015 · November 18 · McCormick
Cynthia Robinson
American musician (Sly and the Family Stone) · 23 November 2015 · November 2015 · November 23
Nguyen-Thien Dao
Vietnamese-French composer · 20 November 2015 · November 2015 · November 20
Daniel Ferro
American opera singer and vocal coach · 18 November 2015 · November 2015 · November 18