2011 in music


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; January4Gerry Rafferty, Scottish singer29Milton Babbitt, American jazz composer, music theorist, and teacher.
; February3Eline Nygaard Riisnæs, Norwegian pianist and musicologist.6Gary Moore, Northern Irish musician 14George Shearing, British jazz pianist.22Beau Dollar, American soul-R&B singer and drummer.
;March8 - Mike Starr , American Bassist 29 – Ray Herr, American rock guitarist.
; April10Børt-Erik Thoresen, Norwegian television host and folk singer.22Eyvind Solås, Norwegian musician, composer, actor, and program host.24Dag Stokke, Norwegian keyboardist in the band TNT, church organist and mastering engineer.26Phoebe Snow, American jazz singer, songwriter, and guitarist.
; May7John Walker, American singer and guitarist 14 – Don Wood, American rock drummer 15Bob Flanigan, American jazz tenor vocalist and founding member of The Four Freshmen.31Sølvi Wang, Norwegian singer and actress.
; June3Andrew Gold, American singer, songwriter, musician and arranger20Ottilie Patterson, singer, "the godmother of British blues"
; July17Taiji Sawada,, Japanese heavy metal musician 23Amy Winehouse, English rock, soul and jazz singer, and songwriter.24
; August11Jani Lane, American metal singer and songwriter .22Nickolas Ashford, American singer
; September4Hilde Heltberg, singer songwriter.7Eddie Marshall, American drummer.19Johnny Răducanu, Romanian pianist.21John Larson, American trumpeter.
; October8
; November3Andrea True, American singer19Russell Garcia, American composer and music arranger.22Paul Motian, American guitarist.
; December2Bill Tapia, American guitarist.17Cesária Évora, Cape Verdean singer.20Sean Bonniwell, American rock singer-songwriter and guitarist.