Gilles Marchal
French songwriter and singerDied on Thursday April 11th 2013
Famous Dead Musicians: Recent Musician Deaths and Obituaries
Over 10,000 obituaries of famous dead musicians. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
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
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
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
Wolfgang Sawallisch
German conductor and pianistDied on Friday February 22nd 2013
Kurt Redel
German musician and conductorDied on Tuesday February 12th 2013
Claude Monteux
American flautist and conductorDied on Friday February 22nd 2013
Richard Orton
British composer and academicDied on Tuesday February 12th 2013
Kevin Peek
Australian musician (Sky)Died on Monday February 11th 2013
Cleotha Staples
American gospel singer (The Staple Singers)Died on Thursday February 21st 2013
Rick Huxley
English musician (The Dave Clark Five)Died on Monday February 11th 2013
Magic Slim
American blues singer and guitaristDied on Thursday February 21st 2013
James DePreist
American conductorDied on Friday February 8th 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
Marie-Claire Alain
French organistDied on Tuesday February 26th 2013
Eric Ericson
Swedish choral conductor and teacherDied on Saturday February 16th 2013
Dag Schjelderup-Ebbe
Norwegian musicologist and composerDied on Friday February 1st 2013
John Ayldon
British opera singerDied on Saturday February 16th 2013
Rudolf Dašek
Czech guitaristDied on Friday February 1st 2013
Stewart “Dirk” Fischer
American jazz musician and composerDied on Monday February 25th 2013
Virgil Johnson
American doo-wop singer (The Velvets)Died on Sunday February 24th 2013
Shadow Morton
American songwriter ("Leader of the Pack") and record producer (The Shangri-LasDied on Thursday February 14th 2013
Behsat Üvez
Turkish singer and composerDied on Friday February 22nd 2013
Goldie Harvey
Nigerian R&B and pop singer and television personalityDied on Thursday February 14th 2013
Phạm Duy
Vietnamese songwriterDied on Sunday January 27th 2013
Nic Potter
British bassist (Van der Graaf Generator)Died on Wednesday January 16th 2013
M. S. Gopalakrishnan
Indian violinistDied on Thursday January 3rd 2013
Gour Khyapa
Indian Baul singerDied on Saturday January 26th 2013
Yuli Turovsky
Russian-born Canadian conductor and cellist (I Musici de Montréal Chamber Orchestra)Died on Tuesday January 15th 2013
Patti Page
American singer ("Tennessee Waltz"Died on Tuesday January 1st 2013
Leroy Bonner
American funk singer and guitarist (Ohio Players)Died on Saturday January 26th 2013