Tony Aceves
American musician
Died on Tuesday May 5th 2015
Famous Dead Musicians: Recent Musician Deaths and Obituaries
Over 10,000 obituaries of famous dead musicians. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Mel Waiters
American soul singer
Died on Thursday May 28th 2015
Rocky Frisco
American pianist (JJ Cale Band)
Died on Tuesday May 26th 2015
Darius Minwalla
American drummer (The Posies)
Died on Thursday May 21st 2015
Louis Johnson
American bassist (The Brothers Johnson
Died on Thursday May 21st 2015
Lucy Fabery
Puerto Rican jazz singer
Died on Wednesday May 13th 2015
State of Bengal
Bangladeshi-born British DJ and music producer
Died on Wednesday May 20th 2015
Elbert West
American country music singer-songwriter (Sticks and Stones)
Died on Monday May 18th 2015
Bobby Jameson
American pop singer and songwriter
Died on Tuesday May 12th 2015
Ortheia Barnes
American R&B and jazz singer
Died on Friday May 15th 2015
Robert Drasnin
American composer and clarinet player
Died on Wednesday May 13th 2015
Paul Walter Myers
British classical record producer
Died on Friday May 1st 2015
Amy Winehouse
English singer and songwriter known for her deep vocals and her eclectic mix of genres, including soul, rnb, jazz and reggae
Died on Saturday July 23rd 2011
Jim Morrison
American singer, songwriter and poet best remembered as the lead singer of The Doors
Died on Saturday July 3rd 1971
Jack Body
New Zealand composer
Died on Sunday May 10th 2015
Alexander Kok
South African-born British cellist
Died on Friday May 1st 2015
Rutger Gunnarsson
Swedish bassist (ABBA) (death announced on this date)
Died on Friday May 8th 2015
Jerome Cooper
American jazz drummer
Died on Wednesday May 6th 2015
Craig Gruber
American rock musician (Rainbow
Died on Tuesday May 5th 2015
Guy Carawan
American folk singer and civil rights activist
Died on Saturday May 2nd 2015
Errol Brown
Jamaican-born British singer (Hot Chocolate)
Died on Wednesday May 6th 2015
Teresa Rebull
Spanish songwriter
Died on Wednesday April 15th 2015
Benjamin F. Logan
American electrical engineer and bluegrass musician
Died on Friday April 24th 2015
Ellen Albertini Dow
American actress (The Wedding Singer
Died on Monday May 4th 2015
Clarence “Frogman” Henry
American Rythum and Blues Singer (Ain't Got No Home)
Died on Monday May 4th 2015
Alfred Schreyer
Ukrainian-born Polish fiddler and singer
Died on Saturday April 25th 2015
Gianna D’Angelo
American opera singer
Died on Friday December 27th 2013
Tetsurō Kashibuchi
Japanese musician
Died on Tuesday December 17th 2013
Lynne Kieran
British-born Austrian singer (The Rounder Girls)
Died on Sunday December 8th 2013
Roberto Ciotti
Italian bluesman and composer (Marrakech Express)
Died on Tuesday December 31st 2013
Marta Eggerth
Hungarian-born American singer and actress
Died on Thursday December 26th 2013
Paul Bäumer
Dutch record producer (Bingo Players)
Died on Tuesday December 17th 2013
Hung Sin-nui
Chinese Cantonese opera singer and actress
Died on Sunday December 8th 2013
Ibrahim Sylla
Ivorian record producer
Died on Monday December 30th 2013
Lolita Sevilla
Spanish actress and singer
Died on Monday December 16th 2013
Ayhan Sökmen
Turkish composer and physician
Died on Monday December 30th 2013
Adnan Şenses
Turkish musician and actor
Died on Wednesday December 25th 2013
Michael Vetter
German composer and novelist
Died on Saturday December 7th 2013
Lakshmi Shankar
Indian classical vocalist
Died on Monday December 30th 2013
Germán Coppini
Spanish pop musician and singer (Siniestro Total
Died on Tuesday December 24th 2013
Stan Tracey
British jazz pianist
Died on Friday December 6th 2013
Eiichi Ohtaki
Japanese musician (Happy End)
Died on Monday December 30th 2013
Ricky Lawson
American drummer (Michael Jackson
Died on Monday December 23rd 2013
Marcel Cellier
Swiss organist and musicologist
Died on Friday December 13th 2013
Gail Collins Pappalardi
American artist and songwriter (Strange Brew)
Died on Friday December 6th 2013
Diomedes Díaz
Colombian vallenato musician
Died on Sunday December 22nd 2013
Rae Woodland
British soprano
Died on Thursday December 12th 2013
Tom Krause
Finnish opera singer
Died on Friday December 6th 2013
Martin Berkofsky
American classical pianist
Died on Monday December 30th 2013
El Perlo de Triana
Spanish singer and poet
Died on Saturday December 21st 2013
Maria Lidka
German-born British violinist
Died on Thursday December 12th 2013
Robert Allman
Australian operatic baritone
Died on Wednesday December 4th 2013
Katja Andy
German-born American classical pianist
Died on Monday December 30th 2013
Björn J:son Lindh
Swedish musician and composer
Died on Saturday December 21st 2013
Zbigniew Karkowski
Polish composer
Died on Thursday December 12th 2013
Junior Murvin
Jamaican reggae singer ("Police and Thieves")
Died on Monday December 2nd 2013
Henri Lazarof
Bulgarian composer
Died on Sunday December 29th 2013
Lars Edlund
Swedish composer and organist
Died on Saturday December 21st 2013
Rex Garvin
American R&B musician
Died on Monday December 2nd 2013
Wojciech Kilar
Polish composer (Bram Stoker's Dracula
Died on Sunday December 29th 2013
Trigger Alpert
American jazz double-bassist (Glenn Miller band)
Died on Saturday December 21st 2013
The Child of Lov
Belgian-born Dutch pop musician
Died on Tuesday December 10th 2013
Richard Coughlan
English drummer (Caravan)
Died on Sunday December 1st 2013
Benjamin Curtis
American rock musician (Tripping Daisy
Died on Sunday December 29th 2013
Reginaldo Rossi
Brazilian singer-songwriter
Died on Friday December 20th 2013
Jimmy Amadie
American jazz musician
Died on Tuesday December 10th 2013
Sheila Guyse
American actress and singer
Died on Saturday December 28th 2013
David Richards
British record producer (Queen
Died on Friday December 20th 2013
Barbara Hesse-Bukowska
Polish classical pianist
Died on Monday December 9th 2013
Nelly Omar
Argentine actress and singer
Died on Friday December 20th 2013
Edward Williams
English composer (Life on Earth)
Died on Sunday December 8th 2013
Esther Borja
Cuban singer
Died on Saturday December 28th 2013
Lord Infamous
American rapper (Three 6 Mafia)
Died on Friday December 20th 2013
Sándor Szokolay
Hungarian composer and professor
Died on Sunday December 8th 2013
Winton Dean
English musicologist
Died on Thursday December 19th 2013
Ernest Sauter
German composer
Died on Sunday December 8th 2013
Arik Einstein
Israeli singer
Died on Tuesday November 26th 2013
Bob Beckham
American music publisher and country singer
Died on Monday November 11th 2013
Toshiaki Tsushima
Japanese film score composer (The Fall of Ako Castle
Died on Monday November 25th 2013