2023 in music

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January

1
* Gangsta Boo, 43, American rapper
* Sebastian Marino, 57, American metal guitarist
* Fred White, 67, American funk drummer
2
* Andrew Downes, 72, British classical composer
* Kingsize Taylor, 83, British rock and roll singer and guitarist
3
* Joseph Koo, 91, Hong Kong film composer
* Notis Mavroudis, 77, Greek classical guitarist and composer
* Alan Rankine, 64, Scottish post-punk keyboardist and guitarist
4
* Stan Hitchcock, 86, American country music singer and co-founder of CMT
* Zoran Kalezić, 72, Serbian-Montenegrin folk singer
* Beeyar Prasad, 61, Indian film lyricist
5
* Mark Capps, 54, American sound engineer
* Gordy Harmon, 79, American R&B and soul singer
6
* Jeff Blackburn, 77, American rock guitarist and songwriter
* Danny Kaleikini, 85, American Hawaiian pop singer
7 – Aleksandr Kharchikov, 73, Russian folk singer-songwriter
8 – Slim Newton, 90, Australian country music singer-songwriter
9
* Séamus Begley, 73, Irish folk fiddler and accordionist
* Dick Flood, 90, American country music singer-songwriter
* Magnar Mangersnes, 84, Norwegian classical organist and choral conductor
* Yoriaki Matsudaira, 91, Japanese classical composer
10
* Jeff Beck, 78, British rock guitarist
* Dennis Budimir, 84, American jazz and rock guitarist
* José Evangelista, 79, Spanish classical composer
11 – Yukihiro Takahashi, 70, Japanese electronic and rock drummer and singer
12
* Robbie Bachman, 69, Canadian rock drummer
* Lisa Marie Presley, 54, American country rock singer-songwriter
* Laylaw, American hip hop record producer.
13
* Keith Beaton, 72, American R&B singer
* Ray Cordeiro, 98, Hong Kong disc jockey
14 – Matthias Carras, 58, German pop singer
15
* Doris, 75, Swedish pop singer
* Bruce Gowers, 82, British music video director
* C. J. Harris, 31, American country singer
* Vakhtang Kikabidze, 84, Georgian singer
16 – Johnny Powers, American rockabilly singer and guitarist
17
* Van Conner, 55, American alternative rock bassist
* Manana Doijashvili, 75, Georgian classical pianist
* Leon Dubinsky, 81, Canadian folk composer
* Renée Geyer, 69, Australian pop singer
* Larry Morris, 75, New Zealand garage rock singer
* Richard Oesterreicher, 90, Austrian jazz guitarist and conductor
18
* David Crosby, 81, American folk rock singer-songwriter
* Victor Rasgado, 63, Mexican classical pianist and composer
* Gary Smith, American record producer
* Marcel Zanini, 99, Turkish-born French jazz clarinetist
19 – Alex Napier, 75, English hard rock drummer
20
* Stella Chiweshe, 76, Zimbabwean folk mbira player
* Loïc Guguen, French opera singer
* Nick Todd, 87, American pop singer
21 – B.G., the Prince of Rap, 57, American rapper
22
* Easley Blackwood Jr., 89, American classical and electronic composer and pianist
* Lin Brehmer, 68, American disc jockey and radio personality
* Zhanna Pliyeva, 73, Georgian classical composer and pianist
23
* Carol Sloane, 85, American jazz singer
* Top Topham, 75, English blues rock guitarist
26
* Dean Daughtry, 76, American rock keyboardist
* Peter McCann, 74, American songwriter and singer
27 – Floyd Sneed, 80, Canadian rock drummer
28
* Odd Børre, 83, Norwegian pop singer
* David Challinor, Australian indie rock singer-songwriter and guitarist
* Barrett Strong, 81, American R&B singer-songwriter
* Tom Verlaine, 73, American art punk singer-songwriter and guitarist
29
* Heddy Lester, 72, Dutch pop singer
* Gabriel Tacchino, 88, French classical pianist
31
* Donnie Marsico, 68, American rock singer
* Charlie Thomas, 85, American R&B singer

February

1
* Lucy Quintero, 74, Panamanian folk singer
* George Zukerman, 95, Canadian classical bassoonist
2
* Butch Miles, 78, American jazz drummer
* Tim Quy, 61, English post-punk percussionist and keyboardist
3 – Paul Janovitz, 54, American alternative rock singer and guitarist
4 – Vani Jairam, 77, Indian playback singer
5
* Phil Spalding, 65, English rock bassist
* Lillian Walker, 78, American R&B singer
7
* Mendelson Joe, 78, Canadian folk singer-songwriter
* Steve Sostak, 49, American experimental rock singer and saxophonist
8
* Burt Bacharach, 94, American pop songwriter and composer
* Dennis Lotis, 97, South African-born British swing singer
10
*AKA, 35, South African rapper
* Joe Millar, 87, Northern Irish folk singer and musician
11 – Tito Fernández, 80, Chilean folk singer-songwriter
12 – David Jolicoeur, 54, American rapper
13
* Tim Aymar, 59, American progressive metal singer
* Guido Basso, 85, Canadian jazz trumpeter
* Alain Goraguer, 91, French jazz pianist, arranger and composer
* Huey "Piano" Smith, 89, American R&B pianist
* Spencer Wiggins, 81, American soul singer
14
* Friedrich Cerha, 96, Austrian classical composter and conductor
* Peter Renkens, 55, Belgian new beat singer
* Akira Tsuneoka, 51, Japanese pop punk drummer
15 – Raquel Welch, 82, American dance singer
16
* Chuck Jackson, 85, American R&B singer
* Michael Kupper, 65, German heavy metal guitarist
* Maon Kurosaki, 35, Japanese pop singer
* Marilú, 95, Mexican bolero singer
* Tony Marshall, 85, German schlager and opera singer
* Alberto Radius, 80, Italian pop rock guitarist and singer-songwriter
17
* Otis Barthoulameu, American pop punk singer and guitarist
* Jerry Dodgion, 90, American jazz saxophonist and flautist
* Gerald Fried, 95, American film and television composer
* Kyle Jacobs, 49, American songwriter
* Vijay Kichlu, 92, Indian classical singer
* Hans Poulsen, 77, Australian soft rock singer-songwriter
* Tom Whitlock, 68, American pop rock songwriter
19 – Davis Causey, 74, American Southern rock guitarist
20
* Bruce Barthol, 75, American psychedelic rock bassist
* Victor Brox, 81, English blues singer
* Lyubomyr Futorsky, 50, Ukrainian rock singer
* Tom Stephen, 68, Canadian blues rock drummer
21
* Ron Altbach, 76, American rock keyboardist
* Jesse Gress, 67, American rock guitarist
23
* Slim Borgudd, 76, Swedish rock drummer
* Junnosuke Kuroda, 34, Japanese rock guitarist
25 – Walter Ferguson, 103, Panamanian-born Costa Rican calypso singer-songwriter
27 – Ismaïla Touré, 73, Senegalese Mbalax singer and percussionist

March

1
* Wally Fawkes, 98, British-Canadian jazz clarinettist
* Leon Hughes, 92, American R&B singer
* Neela Ramgopal, 87, Indian Carnatic singer
* Irma Serrano, 89, Mexican ranchera and corrido singer
2
* Johnny Johnson, 80, American soul singer
* Steve Mackey, 56, British indie rock bassist and record producer
* Wayne Shorter, 89, American jazz saxophonist
* Gothart Stier, 84, German classical singer, organist and conductor
3
* David Lindley, 78, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
* Calvin Newton, 93, American gospel singer
4
* Sueli Costa, 79, Brazilian MPB composer and singer
* Robert Haimer, 69, American comedy rock singer-songwriter
* Michael Rhodes, 69, American country bassist
* Spot, 72, American record producer and engineer
* James "Owl" Walsh, 74, American rock singer and keyboardist
5
* Arif Cooper, Jamaican reggae DJ and multi-instrumentalist
* Gary Rossington, 71, American Southern rock guitarist
6 – Eric Alan Livingston, 38, American experimental metal multi-instrumentalist
7 – Michael Brimer, 89, South African-Australian classical organist and conductor
8
* Jim Durkin, 58, American thrash metal guitarist
* Josua Madsen, 45, Danish thrash metal drummer
9 – Robin Lumley, 74, British jazz keyboardist
10
* Junior English, 71–72, Jamaican reggae singer
* Napoleon XIV, 84, American novelty singer-songwriter
11 – Costa Titch, 27, South African rapper
12 – Marek Kopelent, 90, Czech classical composer
13
* Simon Emmerson, 67, English jazz and worldbeat guitarist
* Jim Gordon, 77, American rock drummer and songwriter
* Canisso, 57, Brazilian rock bassist
14
* Bobby Caldwell, 71, American singer-songwriter
* Dix Denney, American punk guitarist
15 – Théo de Barros, 80, Brazilian jazz multi-instrumentalist and composer
16 – Tony Coe, 88, English jazz clarinetist and saxophonist
17
* Fuzzy Haskins, 81, American R&B and funk singer
* Fito Olivares, 75, Mexican cumbia saxophonist
* Mick Slattery, 77, British space rock guitarist
20 – Dmitry Nova, 34, Russian synthpop and house producer
21
* Oleksandr Kozarenko, 59, Ukrainian classical pianist and composer
* Anita Thallaug, 85, Norwegian pop singer
22
* Tom Leadon, 70, American rock guitarist
* Wayne Swinny, 59, American nu metal guitarist
23
* Luca Bergia, 54, Italian alternative rock drummer
* Keith Reid, 76, English psychedelic rock lyricist and songwriter
* Peter Shelley, 80, English pop singer-songwriter
25
* Juca Chaves, 84, Brazilian comedy pop singer
* Nick Lloyd Webber, 43, English theatre and television composer
26 – Ray Pillow, 85, American country singer
27
* James Bowman, 81, English opera singer
* Daniel Chorzempa, 78, American classical organist and composer
* Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou, 99, Ethiopian classical pianist and composer
* Howie Kane, 81, American pop singer
* Jocelyn Morlock, 53, Canadian classical composer
* Peggy Scott-Adams, 74, American blues and R&B singer
28
* Blas Durán, 73, Dominican bachata singer
* Sanath Nandasiri, 81, Sri Lankan playback and pop singer
* Ryuichi Sakamoto, 71, Japanese electronic keyboardist and composer
29
* Brian Gillis, 48, American pop singer
* Sweet Charles Sherrell, 80, American R&B and funk bassist
30
* Alfio Cantarella, 81, Italian rock drummer
* Mark Russell, 90, American musical comedy singer and pianist
* Ray Shulman, 73, English progressive rock multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and record producer
* Caroline "Care Failure" Kawa, 36, Canadian alternative rock singer

April

2
* Pedro Lavirgen, 92, Spanish opera singer
* Seymour Stein, 80, American music executive and founder of Sire Records
3
* Andrew Laing, British punk drummer
* Rena Koumioti, 81, Greek new wave singer
* Jack Vreeswijk, 59, Swedish folk singer and composer
4 – Vivian Trimble, 59, American alternative rock keyboardist and singer
5 – Duško Gojković, 91, Serbian jazz trumpeter, composer, and arranger
6
* Paul Cattermole, 46, English pop singer
* Nora Forster, 80, German music promoter
7
* Guy Bailey, British hard rock guitarist and songwriter
* Ian Bairnson, 69, Scottish rock guitarist and saxophonist
* Kidd Jordan, 87, American jazz saxophonist
* John Regan, 71, American hard rock bassist
* Lasse Wellander, 70, Swedish pop guitarist
8 – Bob Heatlie, 76, Scottish songwriter and record producer
9
* Karl Berger, 88, German jazz pianist
* Valter Dešpalj, 75, Croatian classical cellist
* Chuck Morris, 46, American jam band percussionist
11 – Cynara, 78, Brazilian bossa nova singer
12 – Jah Shaka, Jamaican dub and reggae sound system operator
14
* Cliff Fish, 73, English pop bassist
* Mark Sheehan, 46, Irish pop rock guitarist
15 – Peter Badie, 97, American jazz bassist
16 – Ahmad Jamal, 92, American jazz pianist
17
* Ivan Conti, 76, Brazilian jazz-funk drummer
* April Stevens, 93, American pop singer
18 – Otis Redding III, 59, American funk and soul singer and guitarist
19
* Moonbin, 25, South Korean K-pop singer
* Ron "Patch" Hamilton, 72, American Christian pop singer-songwriter
* Martin Petzold, 67, German classical singer
* Carlo Saba, 54, Indonesian jazz pop singer
* Federico Salvatore, 63, Italian pop singer-songwriter
20 – Pamela Chopra, 75, Indian playback singer
21 – Mark Stewart, 62, English post-punk singer-songwriter
22 – Ron Cahute, 68, Canadian folk singer-songwriter and accordionist
23
* Keith Gattis, 52, American country singer-songwriter
* Isaac Wiley Jr., 69, American funk drummer
24 – Lilian Day Jackson, 63, American disco singer
25
* Harry Belafonte, 96, American calypso and pop singer
* Ralph Humphrey, 79, American psychedelic rock drummer
* Manfred Weiss, 88, German classical composer
26 – Billy "The Kid" Emerson, 97, American rock and roll singer-songwriter
27 – Wee Willie Harris, 90, English rock and roll singer
28
* Tim Bachman, 71, Canadian rock guitarist
* Helge Engelke, 61, German hard rock guitarist
* Johnny Fean, 71, Irish Celtic rock guitarist
* Claude Gray, 91, American country music singer
29 – Don Sebesky, 85, American jazz multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger, and conductor
30 – Broderick Smith, 75, Australian rock singer and harmonica player

May

1
* Gordon Lightfoot, 84, Canadian folk singer-songwriter
* Pugh Rogefeldt, 76, Swedish psychedelic pop singer-songwriter
3
* Moulay Tahar Al Asbahani, 75, Moroccan funk and gnawa singer
* John Albert, 53, American punk guitarist and drummer
* Linda Lewis, 72, English pop and soul singer-songwriter
4
* Rob Laakso, 44, American indie rock guitarist
* Karaikudi Mani, 77, Indian Carnatic mridangam player
* Jasmin Stavros, 68, Croatian pop singer
5
* Chris Strachwitz, 91, American record company founder and executive
* Jack Wilkins, 78, American jazz guitarist
6 – Menahem Pressler, 99, German-born Israeli-American classical pianist
7
* Grace Bumbry, 86, American opera singer
* Soňa Červená, 97, Czech opera singer
* Seán Keane, 76, Irish Celtic fiddler
8 – Rita Lee, 75, Brazilian Tropicália and psychedelic rock singer-songwriter
9
* Liudmila Kovnatskaya, 82, Russian musicologist
* Jon Povey, 80, British rock drummer and keyboardist
* Joaquin Romaguera, 90, American opera singer
* Günter Wewel, 88, German opera singer
10
* Rolf Harris, 93, Australian pop singer and multi-instrumentalist
* Stu James, 77, British rock singer
11 – Francis Monkman, 73, English progressive rock guitarist, keyboardist and songwriter
12 – Dum-Dum, 54, Brazilian rapper
13 – Arno Veimer|et, 50, Estonian hard rock guitarist and lyricist
14
* John Giblin, 71, Scottish rock and jazz bassist
* Ingrid Haebler, 93, Austrian classical pianist
15 – Bernt Rosengren, 85, Swedish jazz saxophonist
16
* Richard Landis, 77, American country singer-songwriter and record producer
* Lester Sterling, 87, Jamaican ska saxophonist
17 – Algy Ward, 63, English punk and heavy metal bassist
19
* Pete Brown, 82, English rock singer and lyricist
* Andy Rourke, 59, English indie rock bassist
20
* Paul Desenne, 63, Venezuelan classical cellist and composer
* Sven Nyhus, 90, Norwegian folk fiddler
21
* Ed Ames, 95, American pop singer
* Thotakura Somaraju, 68, Indian film composer
22
* Kirk Arrington, 61, American heavy metal drummer
* Ferus Mustafov, 72, Macedonian folk saxophonist
* Chas Newby, 81, British rock bassist
23
* Mark Adams, 64, American doom metal bassist
* Redd Holt, 91, American jazz drummer
* Floyd Newman, 91, American R&B and soul saxophonist
* Sheldon Reynolds, 63, American funk and R&B guitarist
24
* Javier Álvarez, 67, Mexican classical composer
* Jack Martin Händler, 75, Slovak classical violinist and conductor
* Bill Lee, 94, American jazz bassist and film composer
*George Maharis, 94, American pop singer
* Tina Turner, 83, American-born Swiss rock and R&B singer
25
* Joy McKean, 93, Australian country singer-songwriter
* Jean-Louis Murat, 71, French pop singer-songwriter
26
* Jack Lee, 71, American power pop singer-songwriter and guitarist
* Reuben Wilson, 88, American jazz organist
28 - George Cassidy, 86, Northern Irish jazz saxophonist and music teacher of Van Morrison
31 – Dickie Harrell, 82, American rock and roll drummer

June

1
* Pacho El Antifeka, 42, Puerto Rican rapper
* Roy Taylor, Irish pop rock singer and bassist
* Cynthia Weil, 82, American pop songwriter
* Kurt Widmer, 82, Swiss classical singer
2 – Kaija Saariaho, 70, Finnish classical composer
4
* Dora María, 89, Mexican folk singer
* George Winston, 74, American new age and R&B pianist
5 – Astrud Gilberto, 83, Brazilian samba and bossa nova singer
6 – Tony McPhee, 79, English blues rock guitarist
7 – Banani Ghosh, Indian Rabindra Sangeet singer
8 – Peter Belli, 79, Danish pop singer
9 – Niel Immelman, 78, South African classical pianist
10 – Yannis Markopoulos, 84, Greek classical and film composer
11 – Suna Kan, 86, Turkish classical violinist
13
* Christy Dignam, 63, Irish rock singer
* Blackie Onassis, 57, American alternative rock drummer
14 – Sharda, 85, Indian playback singer
15
* Sergey Kolchin, 45, Russian rock guitarist
* Dan Lardner, American indie rock singer and guitarist
* Luiz Schiavon, 64, Brazilian keyboardist
16 – Peter Dickinson, 88, English classical composer and musicologist
17 – Dave Maclean, 78, Brazilian pop rock singer-songwriter
18
* Big Pokey, 48, American rapper
* Nasrollah Nasehpour, 82, Iranian radif singer
* Krzysztof Olesiński, 70, Polish rock bassist
* Cornel Țăranu, 88, Romanian classical composer
* Teresa Taylor, 60, American alternative rock drummer
19
* Max Morath, 96, American ragtime pianist
* Gabriele Schnaut, 72, German opera singer
* Ryan Siew, 26, Australian metalcore guitarist
20
* Choi Sung-bong, 33, South Korean singer
* Vyacheslav Nagovitsin, 83, Russian classical composer
* John Waddington, 63, English post-punk guitarist
* Paolo Zavallone, 90, Italian disco singer
22
* Robert Black, 67, American classical bassist
* Peter Brötzmann, 82, German jazz saxophonist
23
* Sheldon Harnick, 99, American musical theater lyricist and songwriter
* Jesse McReynolds, 93, American bluegrass mandolinist, singer and songwriter
* Lee Rauch, 58, American metal drummer
24
* Claude Barzotti, 69, Belgian pop singer
* Rachel Yakar, 87, French opera singer
25 – Tapas Das, 68, Indian rock singer-songwriter
27 – Bobby Osborne, 91, American bluegrass mandolinist and singer
30
* Lord Creator, 87, Trinidad-born Jamaican calypso and ska singer-songwriter
* Monte Cazazza, American industrial composer and singer
* Rick Froberg, 55, American post-hardcore singer and guitarist

July

2 – Margaret Nisbett, 94, Australian opera singer
3
* Vicki Anderson, 83, American soul singer
* Mo Foster, 78, English rock and pop multi-instrumentalist
* Sudakshina Sarma, 88, Indian borgeet singer
4
* Jenő Jandó, 71, Hungarian classical pianist
* Canelita Medina, 84, Venezuelan salsa singer
* Robin Tamang, 60, Nepalese hard rock singer
5
* Rob Agerbeek, 85, Indonesian-born Dutch jazz pianist
* Anthony Gilbert, 88, British classical composer
* Coco Lee, 48, Hong Kong-American pop singer-songwriter
* Ralph Lundsten, 86, Swedish classical composer
* Martin Stevens, 69, Canadian pop singer
* George Tickner, 76, American rock guitarist
6
* Graham Clark, 81, English opera singer
* Peter Nero, 89, American pop and classical pianist and conductor
* Caleb Southern, 53, American record producer
8
* Victor Pikayzen, 90, Russian classical violinist
* Özkan Uğur, 69, Turkish rock bassist
10
* Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky, 89, German jazz multi-instrumentalist
* Bob Segarini, 77, American-Canadian rock singer-songwriter
11
* Toni Carbone, 62, Italian new wave bassist
* Sam Cutler, 80, English tour manager
* Yuzo Toyama, 92, Japanese classical composer
12 – André Watts, 77, American classical pianist
14 – Anthony Meo, American hardcore punk drummer
15 – Chen Mao-shuen, 87, Taiwanese classical composer
16 – Jane Birkin, 76, English-French pop singer
17
* DJ Deeon, 56, American house DJ and producer
* João Donato, 88, Brazilian jazz and bossa nova pianist
* Walt Groller, 92, American polka accordionist
* Marc Herrand, 98, French pop and chanson singer
19 – Mark Thomas, 67, British film composer
21
* Hafiz Abdelrahman, Sudanese traditional and classical flautist
* Tony Bennett, 96, American pop singer
* Neal Langford, 50, American indie rock bassist
* Chollathee Tharnthong, 85, Thai luk thung composer and singer
22
* Peter Austin, 78, Jamaican ska singer
* Vince Hill, 89, English pop singer
* Knut Riisnæs, 77, Norwegian jazz saxophonist and flautist
23 – Raymond Froggatt, 81, English pop singer and songwriter
24
* Leny Andrade, 80, Brazilian jazz singer
* Brad Houser, 62, American alternative rock bassist
* Dóris Monteiro, 88, Brazilian pop singer
* Cecilia Pantoja, 79, Chilean bolero singer-songwriter
25 – Andreas Tsoukalas, 60, Greek pop singer-songwriter
26
* Randy Meisner, 77, American country rock singer-songwriter and bassist
* Sinéad O'Connor, 56, Irish alternative rock singer-songwriter
* Surinder Shinda, 70, Indian Punjabi singer
27 – Ruth W. Greenfield, 99, American classical pianist
28
* Jim Parker, 88, British classical composer
* Tommi Stumpff, 65, German EBM singer and multi-instrumentalist
29 – Manolo Miralles, 71, Spanish folk singer
31 – Anders Stenmo, 67, Swedish-Austrian pop drummer

August

1
* Alexander Kolker, 90, Russian film composer
* Dom Minasi, 80, American jazz guitarist
3 – Carl Davis, 86, American-born British film composer and conductor
4 – John Gosling, 75, British rock keyboardist
5 – Tristan Honsinger, 73, American free jazz cellist
6 – David LaFlamme, 82, American psychedelic rock singer and violinist
7
* Gillian Bibby, 77, New Zealand classical composer and pianist
* DJ Casper, 58, American dance DJ and songwriter
* Erkin Koray, 82, Turkish Anatolian rock singer-songwriter and guitarist
* Toussaint McCall, 89, American R&B singer
8 – Sixto Rodriguez, 81, American psychedelic folk singer-songwriter
9
* Peppino Gagliardi, 83, Italian pop singer
* Robbie Robertson, 80, Canadian rock singer-songwriter and guitarist
10 – Brad Thomson, American mathcore guitarist
11
* Ron Peno, 68, Australian alternative rock singer-songwriter
* Carlos Camacho, 73, Puerto Rican pop singer
* Shoji Tabuchi, 79, Japanese-American country fiddler
12
* Vilayil Faseela, 63, Indian Mappila songs singer
* Berit Lindholm, 88, Swedish opera singer
13
* Clarence Avant, 92, American music executive
* Magoo, 50, American rapper and songwriter
14 – Jessica Cash, 84, British opera singer
15 – Arnold Östman, 83, Swedish classical conductor
16
* Jerry Moss, 88, American recording executive
* Renata Scotto, 89, Italian opera singer
17
* Bobby Eli, 77, American soul and funk guitarist, songwriter, and record producer
* Gary Young, 70, American indie rock drummer
18 – Ray Hildebrand, 82, American pop singer-songwriter
19
* Gloria Coates, 89, American-born German classical composer
* Václav Patejdl, 68, Slovak pop rock singer and keyboardist
20 – Luc Smets, 76, Belgian rock singer and keyboardist
21 – Denis LePage, 74, Canadian disco singer-songwriter and keyboardist
22
* Toto Cutugno, 80, Italian pop singer-songwriter
* Vaccine, 43, American dubstep producer
23 – Bob Feldman, 83, American pop singer, songwriter, and record producer
24
* Bernie Marsden, 72, English hard rock guitarist and songwriter
* Sakevi Yokoyama, Japanese hardcore punk singer
25 – Carlos Gonzaga, 99, Brazilian rock singer
26
* Bosse Broberg, 85, Swedish jazz trumpeter and composer
* John Kezdy, 64, American punk singer
27
* Robert Hale, 90, American opera singer
* Brian McBride, 53, American ambient multi-instrumentalist
* Denyse Plummer, 69, Trinidadian calypso and gospel singer
28
* August 08, 31, American R&B singer-songwriter
* James Casey, 40, American jam band saxophonist
29 – Peter King, 84, Nigerian Afrobeat and jazz multi-instrumentalist
30 – Jack Sonni, 68, American rock guitarist

September

1
* Robert Becerra, 64, American punk guitarist
* Jimmy Buffett, 76, American country rock singer-songwriter
* Milka Stojanović, 86, Serbian opera singer
2 – Walter Arlen, 103, Austrian-American classical composer and music critic
3 – José Sébéloué, 74, French pop guitarist and singer
4
* Teté Caturla, 85, Cuban pop singer
* Steve Harwell, 56, American alternative rock singer
* Sherali Joʻrayev, 76, Uzbek folk singer
* Tail Dragger Jones, 82, American blues singer
* Gary Wright, 80, American rock singer-songwriter and keyboardist
5
* Tom Davies, 48, British-American stoner rock bassist
* Joe Fagin, 83, British pop singer
* Bruce Guthro, 62, Canadian folk and country singer-songwriter
* Richard Laviolette, 41, Canadian folk rock singer-songwriter
* Anatol Ugorski, 80, Russian-born German classical pianist
6
* Larry Chance, 82, American doo-wop singer
* Richard Davis, 93, American jazz bassist
* Malini Rajurkar, 82, Indian classical singer
* Steve Roden, 59, American lowercase composer and synthesizer player
7
* Charles Gayle, 84, American jazz saxophonist and pianist
* María Jiménez, 73, Spanish bolero and ranchera singer
* Margherita Rinaldi, 88, Italian opera singer
8 – Mylon LeFevre, 78, American Christian rock singer
10
* Evgeny Brazhnik, 78, Russian classical conductor
* Brendan Croker, 70, English country rock guitarist
* Charlie Robison, 59, American country singer-songwriter
* Matthew Stewart, 41, American ska punk trumpeter
11 – Dedi Graucher, 62, Israeli religious singer
12
* Beytocan, 67, Turkish-born Swedish Kurdish folk singer
* MohBad, 27, Nigerian Afrobeats rapper and singer-songwriter
13
* Manik Bhide, 88, Indian Hindustani classical singer
* Roger Whittaker, 87, British folk singer-songwriter
14 – Fred Lewis, 72, American funk percussionist
15
* Franco Migliacci, 92, Italian pop lyricist
* Suzanne Sarroca, 96, French opera singer
* Paul Woseen, 56, Australian hard rock bassist and songwriter
16
* Nikolai Dobronravov, 94, Russian pop and estrada lyricist
* Irish Grinstead, 43, American R&B singer
* Milo Hrnić, 73, Croatian pop singer
* John Marshall, 82, English jazz fusion and progressive rock drummer
17 – Lies Adji Rachman, 78, Indonesian pop singer
19
* Lou Deprijck, 77, Belgian pop singer-songwriter and record producer
* Stephen Gould, 61, American opera singer
20
* Katherine Anderson, 79, American R&B singer
* Yaacov Bergman, 78, Israeli classical conductor
* Kent Stax, American hardcore punk drummer
21 – Robert W. Smith, 64, American classical trumpeter and composer
22
* Mike Henderson, 70, American country singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
* Peter Horton, 82, Austrian pop guitarist and singer
* Stan Klees, 91, Canadian businessman and record executive
* Alejandro Meerapfel, 54, Argentine opera singer
* Dieter Schneider, 86, German schlager lyricist
23
* François Glorieux, 91, Belgian classical conductor and composer
* Terry Kirkman, 83, American sunshine pop singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
24
* Felix Ayo, 90, Spanish-born Italian baroque and chamber violinist
* Barry Olivier, 87, American folk guitarist, guitar teacher and founder of the Berkeley Folk Music Festival
25 – David McCallum, 90, Scottish easy listening composer, arranger and multi-instrumentalist
27 – Dom Famularo, 70, American jazz drummer
28 – Stephen Ackles, 57, Norwegian rock and roll singer and pianist
29
* Jon Fausty, 74, American sound and recording engineer
* Ron Howden, 78, English progressive rock drummer
30
* Russell Batiste Jr., 57, American funk and jazz fusion drummer
* Russell Sherman, 93, American classical pianist

October

1
* Julian Bahula, 85, South African jazz drummer
* Patricia Janečková, 25, Slovak opera singer
* Joy Webb, 91, British gospel singer
* Ricky Wolff, 78, South African pop singer
2
* Herbert Handt, 97, American opera singer and conductor
* Lefteris Hapsiadis, 69, Greek laïko and rebetiko lyricist
3
* Jacqueline Dark, 55, Australian opera singer
* Lena McLin, 95, American classical and religious composer and music teacher
5 – Bruno Filippini, 78, Italian pop singer
6 – Maurice Bourgue, 83, French classical oboist, composer, and conductor
7 – Reiner Goldberg, 83, German opera singer
8 – Ritchie Routledge, 73, British rock singer and guitarist
9
* Hugh Friel, 71, Irish new wave drummer
* Steven Lutvak, 64, American musical theater composer
* Buck Trent, 85, American country multi-instrumentalist
11 – Rudolph Isley, 84, American R&B singer-songwriter
12
* Michael Cooper, 71, Jamaican reggae keyboardist
* Aérea Negrot, 43, Venezuelan house DJ and singer
13 – Garry Mapanzure, 25, Zimbabwean Afropop singer
14 – Gary Nuñez, 71, Puerto Rican plena and bomba bassist
16 – Gennady Gladkov, 88, Russian film composer
17 – Carla Bley, 87, American jazz composer and pianist
18 – Dwight Twilley, 72, American power pop singer-songwriter
19
* The 45 King, 62, American hip hop record producer and DJ
* Lasse Berghagen, 78, Swedish schlager singer
* Atsushi Sakurai, 57 Japanese alternative rock singer-songwriter
22 – Gregg Sutton, 74, American country rock bassist and songwriter
23
* Chronis Aidonidis, 95, Greek folk singer
* Angelo Bruschini, 62, English alternative rock and trip-hop guitarist
* István Láng, 90, Hungarian classical composer
* Mervin Shiner, 102, American country singer-songwriter and guitarist
24
* Lily Afshar, 63, Iranian classical guitarist
* Ricardo Iorio, 61, Argentine heavy metal singer and bassist
* Steve Riley, 67, American hard rock drummer
25 – Zdeněk Mácal, 87, Czech classical conductor
26
* Goa Gil, 72, American psytrance and goa trance DJ
* Rigo Star, 68, Congolese soukous guitarist and composer
27 – Axali Doëseb, 69, Namibian anthem composer
29 – Heath, 55, Japanese visual kei bassist

November

1
* Pierre Dutour, 91, French classical and jazz trumpeter, composer, and conductor
* Leela Omchery, 94, Indian classical singer and musicologist
* Vladimir Urbanovich, 85, Russian opera singer
* Vic Vergeat, 72, Italian rock guitarist and singer-songwriter
2
* Michel Pilz, 78, German jazz clarinetist
* Evgeniy Shiryaev, 80, Russian classical composer
* Yuri Temirkanov, 84, Russian classical conductor
3 – Pete Garner, 61, British alternative rock bassist
5
* Ryland Davies, 80, Welsh opera singer
* Lolita Rodrigues, 94, Brazilian pop singer
6
* Nadira Begum, Bangladeshi folk singer
* Sean Martin, 26, English indie pop singer and guitarist
7 – C-Knight, 52, American rapper
9
* R.L. Boyce, 68, American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist
* Junko Ohashi, 73, Japanese pop singer
10 – Johnny Ruffo, 35, Australian dance pop singer
11
* Luis Carlos Gil, 72, Spanish pop singer
* Conny Van Dyke, 78, American pop singer
* Angelita Vargas, 77, Spanish flamenco singer
12 – Mohammed al Amin, 80, Sudanese folk singer-songwriter and oud player
13 – Ivo Kuusk, 86, Estonian opera singer
14 – Buzy, 66, French pop singer
15
* P. K. Narayanan Nambiar, 96, Indian traditional mizhavu player
* Karl Tremblay, 47, Canadian folk singer
16
* George "Funky" Brown, 74, American funk drummer and songwriter
* Thành Được, 89, Vietnamese cải lương singer
17
* Christiane Bervoets, 75, Belgian pop singer
* Seóirse Bodley, 90, Irish classical composer
* Charlie Dominici, 72, American progressive metal singer
* Claude Kahn, 88, French classical pianist
18 – David Del Tredici, 86, American classical composer
19
* Ninie Doniah, 56, Malagasy salegy singer and composer
* Catherine Christer Hennix, 75, Swedish minimalist and drone multi-instrumentalist and composer
* Sara Tavares, 45, Portuguese pop and jazz singer
20 – Mars Williams, 68, American new wave and jazz fusion saxophonist
21
* Chad Allan, 80, Canadian rock singer, guitarist and keyboardist
* Horacio Malvicino, 94, Argentine jazz and tango guitarist and composer
22
* Jean Knight, 80, American soul and funk singer
* Phil Quartararo, 67, American music industry executive
24 – Jukka Haavisto, 93, Finnish swing accordionist and vibraphonist
25
* Julio Anderson, 74, Chilean folk rock bassist
* Les Maguire, 81, English pop rock keyboardist and saxophonist.
* Akzhol Meirbekov, 73, Kazakh rock singer
* Yngvar Numme, 79, Norwegian pop singer
* B. Sasikumar, 74, Indian carnatic violinist
26
* Brian Godding, 78, Welsh jazz rock guitarist.
* Geordie Walker, 64, English post-punk guitarist and songwriter
28
* Queenzy Cheng, 37, Malaysian pop singer
* John Colianni, 61, American jazz pianist
29 – Scott Kempner, 69, American rock guitarist
30 – Shane MacGowan, 65, Irish Celtic punk singer-songwriter.

December

1 – Badar uz Zaman, 83, Pakistani classical singer
2 – Medea Amiranashvili, 93, Georgian opera singer.
3
* Thanga Darlong, 103, Indian folk singer
* Myles Goodwyn, 75, Canadian hard rock singer and guitarist
4
* John Hyatt, British post-punk singer
* Vlado Pravdić, 73, Bosnian hard rock keyboardist
5
* Mama Diabaté, 63, Guinean folk singer and multi-instrumentalist
* Denny Laine, 79, English rock guitarist and songwriter
6 – Michel Sardaby, 88, French jazz pianist
7
* Ramón Ayala, 96, Argentine folk singer-songwriter
* Terry Baucom, 71, American bluegrass singer and banjoist
* Lola Dee, 95, American pop singer
8 – Nidra Beard, 71, American soul and funk singer
10 – Cayle Sain, 31, American metal drummer.
11
* Jeffrey Foskett, 67, American pop rock singer-songwriter and guitarist
* Richard Kerr, 78, English singer-songwriter
* Essra Mohawk, 75, American jazz rock singer-songwriter
* Zahara, 36, South African Afro-soul singer
12
* Roderick McLeod, Australian psychedelic rock singer
* Ole Paus, 76, Norwegian ballad tradition|ballad] singer-songwriter
13 – Travis Dopp, American post-hardcore guitarist
14 – Giorgos Tolios, 58, Greek post-punk drummer
15
* Anup Ghoshal, 78, Indian playback singer and film composer
* Bob Johnson, 79, British folk rock singer and guitarist
16
* Óscar Agudelo, 91, Colombian bolero singer
* Colin Burgess, 77, Australian rock drummer
* Carlos Lyra, 90, Brazilian bossa nova singer and composer
* Tim Norell, 68, Swedish pop songwriter.
17
* Amp Fiddler, 65, American funk singer-songwriter and keyboardist
* Jim Ladd, 75, American disc jockey and radio personality,
* Mike Maxfield, 79, English pop rock guitarist and songwriter.
18
* Ronnie Caryl, 70, English rock guitarist
* Susanna Parigi, 62, Italian pop singer-songwriter and pianist
19
* Gunther Emmerlich, 79, German opera singer and jazz banjoist
* Russell Hunter, 76, British psychedelic rock drummer
* Bram Inscore, 41, American rock and pop multi-instrumentalist, producer and songwriter
20 – Eric Moyo, 41, Zimbabwean gospel singer
22
* Laura Lynch, 65, American country singer and bassist
* Heike Matthiesen, 59, German classical guitarist
23
* Murad Kajlayev, 92, Russian classical composer and conductor
* Lisandro Meza, 86, Colombian cumbia singer and accordionist
24
* Vasilis Karras, 70, Greek laïko singer
* Alice Parker, 98, American choral composer and conductor
* Willie Ruff, 92, American jazz bassist and French hornist
25 – Thanh Điền, 56, Vietnamese Đờn ca tài tử guitarist
26
* Tony Oxley, 85, English avant-garde jazz drummer
* Tom Smothers, 86, American comedy and folk singer and guitarist
27
* Michael Gibbons Jr, American crossover thrash guitarist
* Mbongeni Ngema, 68, South African lyricist and composer
28
* Francis Dhomont, 97, French electroacoustic composer
* Pedro Suárez-Vértiz, 54, Peruvian rock singer-songwriter
* Tommy Talton, 74, American rock guitarist
29 – Les McCann, 88, American jazz pianist
30 – Bhavani Shankar, 66–67, Indian Hindustani classical pakhawaj drummer
31
* Shmulik Bilu, 71, Israeli pop singer
* O. S. Thyagarajan, 76, Indian Carnatic singer

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