Piero de Palma
Italian opera singerDied on Friday April 5th 2013
Famous Dead Musicians: Recent Musician Deaths and Obituaries
Over 10,000 obituaries of famous dead musicians. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
János Starker
Hungarian-born American cellistDied on Sunday April 28th 2013
Dariush Safvat
Iranian musicianDied on Wednesday April 17th 2013
Stephen Dodgson
British composerDied on Saturday April 13th 2013
Tommy Tycho
Hungarian-born Australian composerDied on Thursday April 4th 2013
George Jones
American country music singer ("He Stopped Loving Her Today"Died on Friday April 26th 2013
T. K. Ramamoorthy
Indian composer and violinistDied on Wednesday April 17th 2013
Chris Bailey
Australian bass guitarist and vocalistDied on Thursday April 4th 2013
Yoshio Tabata
Japanese ryūkōka and enka singerDied on Thursday April 25th 2013
Robert Ward
American composer (The Crucible)Died on Wednesday April 3rd 2013
Jacob Avshalomov
Chinese-born American conductor and composerDied on Thursday April 25th 2013
Bernard Gilmore
American composerDied on Wednesday April 17th 2013
Gilles Marchal
French songwriter and singerDied on Thursday April 11th 2013
Harry J
Jamaican music producerDied on Wednesday April 3rd 2013
Bob Brozman
American guitarist and ethnomusicologistDied on Tuesday April 23rd 2013
Sita Chan
Hong Kong pop singerDied on Wednesday April 17th 2013
Thomas Hemsley
English opera singerDied on Thursday April 11th 2013
David Burge
American pianistDied on Monday April 1st 2013
Walter Boeykens
Belgian clarinetist and conductorDied on Tuesday April 23rd 2013
George Beverly Shea
Canadian-born American gospel music singerDied on Tuesday April 16th 2013
Don Blackman
American jazz-funk pianistDied on Thursday April 11th 2013
Shamshad Begum
Indian singerDied on Tuesday April 23rd 2013
Rita MacNeil
Canadian Juno Award-winning singer and variety show hostDied on Tuesday April 16th 2013
Olive Lewin
Jamaican social anthropologist and musicologistDied on Wednesday April 10th 2013
Robert Suderburg
American composerDied on Monday April 22nd 2013
Jean-François Paillard
French classical conductorDied on Monday April 15th 2013
Jimmy Dawkins
American blues musicianDied on Wednesday April 10th 2013
Carmel Kaine
Australian violinistDied on Monday April 22nd 2013
Scott Miller
American singer-songwriter and musician (Game TheoryDied on Monday April 15th 2013
Emilio Pericoli
Italian singerDied on Tuesday April 9th 2013
Lalgudi Jayaraman
Indian violinistDied on Monday April 22nd 2013
Dave McArtney
New Zealand musician (Hello Sailor)Died on Monday April 15th 2013
Marian Robertson Wilson
American musicianDied on Monday April 8th 2013
Richie Havens
American folk singer and guitaristDied on Monday April 22nd 2013
P. B. Sreenivas
Indian singerDied on Sunday April 14th 2013
Sara Montiel
Spanish-Mexican actress and singerDied on Monday April 8th 2013
Jean-Michel Damase
French composerDied on Sunday April 21st 2013
George Jackson
American singer-songwriter ("Old Time Rock and Roll"Died on Sunday April 14th 2013
Annette Funicello
American actress (The Mickey Mouse Club) and singer ("Tall Paul")Died on Monday April 8th 2013
Scott Hardkiss
American electronic music producer (Hardkiss)Died on Monday March 25th 2013
Sripada Pinakapani
Indian musicianDied on Monday March 11th 2013
Jewel Akens
American R&B singer ("The Birds and the Bees")Died on Friday March 1st 2013
Deke Richards
American Motown songwriter ("ABC"Died on Sunday March 24th 2013
Wolf Gorelik
Russian conductorDied on Sunday March 10th 2013
Sukhraj Aujla
Indian folk singerDied on Saturday March 23rd 2013
Tengiz Amirejibi
Georgian pianistDied on Saturday March 9th 2013
Bebo Valdés
Cuban pianistDied on Friday March 22nd 2013
Sammy Masters
American rockabilly musicianDied on Friday March 8th 2013
Risë Stevens
American operatic mezzo-sopranoDied on Wednesday March 20th 2013
Ricardo da Force
English dance vocalist (The KLFDied on Friday March 8th 2013
Emílio Santiago
Brazilian singerDied on Wednesday March 20th 2013
Jeffrey Skitch
British opera singer and educatorDied on Thursday March 7th 2013
Eddie Bond
American rockabilly singerDied on Wednesday March 20th 2013
Claude King
American country music singer ("Wolverton Mountain")Died on Thursday March 7th 2013
David Parland
Swedish musician (Dark Funeral)Died on Tuesday March 19th 2013
Seijin Noborikawa
Japanese folk musicianDied on Tuesday March 19th 2013
Phil Ramone
South African-born American record producerDied on Saturday March 30th 2013
Bobby Smith
American singer (The Spinners)Died on Saturday March 16th 2013
Stompin’ Tom Connors
Canadian country-folk singer ("The Hockey Song")Died on Wednesday March 6th 2013
Franco Califano
Italian lyricistDied on Saturday March 30th 2013
Hardrock Gunter
American musicianDied on Friday March 15th 2013
Melvin Rhyne
American jazz organistDied on Tuesday March 5th 2013
Hugh McCracken
American rock and roll session musicianDied on Thursday March 28th 2013
Jack Greene
American country music singer ("Statue of a Fool"Died on Thursday March 14th 2013
Fran Warren
American singer ("Sunday Kind of Love") and actress (Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd)Died on Monday March 4th 2013
Roosevelt Jamison
American songwriter ("That's How Strong My Love Is")Died on Wednesday March 27th 2013
Edward Bland
American filmmaker and composer (Cry of Jazz)Died on Thursday March 14th 2013
Bobby Rogers
American soul singer and songwriter (The Miracles)Died on Sunday March 3rd 2013
Danilo Orozco
Cuban musicologistDied on Tuesday March 26th 2013
Paul Nassau
American composer and lyricistDied on Wednesday March 13th 2013
Margie Alexander
American R&B and soul singerDied on Tuesday March 26th 2013
Clive Burr
British drummer (Iron Maiden)Died on Tuesday March 12th 2013
Damon Harris
American soul and R&B singer (The Temptations)Died on Monday February 18th 2013
Armando Trovajoli
Italian film composer and pianistDied on Thursday February 28th 2013
Kevin Ayers
English psychedelic rock songwriter and musician (Soft MachineDied on Monday February 18th 2013
Egil Hovland
Norwegian composerDied on Tuesday February 5th 2013
Daniel Darc
French singer (Taxi Girl)Died on Thursday February 28th 2013
Mike Westhues
American singer-songwriter and guitaristDied on Sunday February 17th 2013
Reg Presley
British singer (The Troggs) and songwriter ("Love Is All Around")Died on Monday February 4th 2013
DJ Ajax
Australian DJDied on Thursday February 28th 2013
Mindy McCready
American country music singer (Ten Thousand Angels)Died on Sunday February 17th 2013
Achilla Orru
Ugandan musicianDied on Monday February 4th 2013
Richard Street
American singer (The MonitorsDied on Wednesday February 27th 2013
Shmulik Kraus
Israeli actor and pop rock singerDied on Sunday February 17th 2013
Oscar Feltsman
Russian composerDied on Sunday February 3rd 2013
Van Cliburn
American pianistDied on Wednesday February 27th 2013
Tony Sheridan
English rock and roll singerDied on Saturday February 16th 2013
Cecil Womack
American musician and singerDied on Friday February 1st 2013