2014 in music

This topic covers notable events and articles related to 2014 in music.

Awards

Bands formed

Bands reformed

Bands on hiatus

Bands disbanded

Deaths

January

4 – Phil Everly, American musician 13 – Ronny Jordan, British guitarist.18 – Dennis Frederiksen, American singer, 27 – Pete Seeger, American guitarist.

February

5 – Samantha Juste, English-American singer and television host.8 – Finbarr Dwyer, Irish accordionist and fiddler.16 – Raymond Louis Kennedy, 67, American pop-rock singer-songwriter17

* Frank Wappat, British DJ and singer.
* Bob Casale,, American guitarist and keyboardist.23 – Chip Damiani,, American drummer 24 – Franny Beecher, American guitarist.25
* Paco de Lucía, Spanish virtuoso flamenco guitarist, composer and producer.
* Peter Callander, English songwriter and record producer.M Magazine, PRS For Music Online Magazine">

March

5 – Dave Sampson, English singer.6 – Marion Stein, British pianist.

April

2 – Lyndsie Holland, English actress and singer.7 – John Shirley-Quirk, British operatic bass-baritone.16 – Stan Kelly-Bootle, British songwriter, author and computer engineer.17 – Cheo Feliciano, Puerto Rican singer and composer 18 – Brian Priestman, British conductor.

May

13 – Akihiro Yokoyama, Japanese thrash metal bassist

25 – Herb Jeffries, American singer and actor.

June

18 – Horace Silver, American jazz pianist.21 – Jimmy C. Newman, country music singer.

July

3 – Jesse Anderson, American blues singer-songwriter and musician.11 – Charlie Haden, American upright-bassist.19 – Lionel Ferbos, American trumpeter.24 – Christian Falk, Swedish record producer and musician.

August

1 – Michael Johns, Australian singer and American Idol contestant.3 – Yvette Giraud, French singer and actress.15 – Svein Nymo, Norwegian violinist and composer.17 – Pierre Vassiliu, Swiss-born French singer.19 – Kåre Kolberg, Norwegian composer.23 – Inga Juuso, singer and actress.24 – Aldo Donati, Italian singer, composer and television personality, 29

* Jan Groth, Norwegian singer,.
*Peret, Spanish singer, guitarist and composer.

September

1 – Jimi Jamison, American singer 2 – Antonis Vardis, Greek composer and singer.8

* Magda Olivero, Italian soprano.
* Gerald Wilson, American jazz trumpeter.12 – Joe Sample, American pianist.15 – Jackie Cain, American jazz singer.17 – George Hamilton IV, American country music singer.18 – Kenny Wheeler, Canadian jazz composer, trumpeter and flugelhorn player.

October

1 – Lynsey de Paul, English singer10 – Olav Dale, Norwegian jazz saxophonist, composer and orchestra leader.16 – Tim Hauser, American jazz singer.

20 - Tyson Stevens, vocals, additional guitar, bass guitar in Arizona Post Hardcore band Scary Kids Scaring Kids.
23 – Alvin Stardust, English singer25 – Jack Bruce, Scottish bassist, composer and orchestra leader.

November

6 – Maggie Boyle, British folk singer and musician.14 – Mike Burney, British jazz saxophonist.15 – Cherry Wainer, South African-born British organist.17

*Jeff Fletcher, British guitarist.
*Jimmy Ruffin, American soul singer20 – Arthur Butterworth, English composer and conductor.27 - Érick Bamy, 64, French singer and Johnny Hallyday's former backing vocalist from 1973 to 2000.

December

8 – Knut Nystedt, Norwegian composer.12 – John Persen, Norwegian composer.22 – Joe Cocker, English singer24 – Buddy DeFranco, American jazz clarinetist.31 – Michael Kennedy, English writer on music.

Musical films

God Help the Girl

''Whiplash''