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2020 in music

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January1Lexii Alijai, 21, American rapper • Marty Grebb, 74, American rock keyboardist and multi-instrumentalist (The Buckinghams, Chicago) • Tommy Hancock, 90, American country singer • 2Lorraine Chandler, 73, American soul singer • 3 – Bo Winberg, 80, Swedish rock guitarist (The Spotnicks) • 4Emanuel Borok, 75, Russian-born American classical violinist • 5 – Martin Griffin, British space rock drummer (Hawkwind, Hawklords) • 7Neil Peart, 67, Canadian progressive rock drummer and lyricist (Rush) • 8Edd Byrnes, 87, American actor and pop singer • 9 • Tom Alexander, 85, Scottish folk accordionist (The Alexander Brothers) • Bobby Comstock, 78, American rock and roll singer • 10Wolfgang Dauner, 84, German jazz pianist • 11Maceo Woods, 87, American gospel musician • 13 • Demetri Callas, 77, American rock guitarist and singer (The Four Seasons) • Hylda Sims, 87, British skiffle guitarist • 14Steve Martin Caro, 71, American baroque pop singer (The Left Banke) • Chamín Correa, 90, Mexican classical guitarist • Guy Deplus, 95, French chamber music clarinetist • Barry Mayger, 73, English pop bassist (Chicory Tip) • Bruno Nettl, 89, Czech-born American ethnomusicologist and musicologist • 15Chris Darrow, 75, American country and rock singer and multi-instrumentalist (Kaleidoscope, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) • 18 • Dennis Garcia, 67, Filipino pop rock bassist (Hotdog) • David Olney, 71, American folk singer-songwriter • 19Dan Andrei Aldea, 69, Romanian progressive rock singer and multi-instrumentalist (Sfinx) • Jimmy Heath, 93, American jazz saxophonist (Heath Brothers) • Robert Parker, 89, American R&B singer • Sunanda Patnaik, 85, Indian classical singer • 21Meritxell Negre, 48, Spanish pop singer (Peaches & Herb) • 24Joe Payne, 35, American metal bassist (Divine Heresy, Nile) • Sean Reinert, 48, American metal drummer (Cynic, Death, Æon Spoke) • 25 • Bob Gullotti, 71, American free jazz drummer (Surrender to the Air) • Vernon Sandusky, 80, American rock singer and guitarist (The Chartbusters) • 26Bob Shane, 85, American folk singer and guitarist (The Kingston Trio) • 27Reed Mullin, 53, American sludge metal drummer (Corrosion of Conformity) • 28 – Bob Nave, 75, American bubblegum pop keyboardist (The Lemon Pipers) • 30Lucien Barbarin, 63, American jazz trombonist (Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Harry Connick Jr.) February1 • Harold Beane, 73, American funk guitarist (Funkadelic) • Andy Gill, 64, British post-punk guitarist (Gang of Four) • Peter Serkin, 72, American classical pianist • 2Kofi B, Ghanaian highlife singer • Ivan Král, 71, Czech-American rock bassist and songwriter (The Patti Smith Group) • 4Andrew Brough, New Zealand indie rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist (Straitjacket Fits) • Buddy Cage, 73, Canadian folk pedal steel guitarist (New Riders of the Purple Sage, Great Speckled Bird) • Ljiljana Petrović, 80, Serbian pop singer • 6 • Lynn Evans, 95, American pop singer (The Chordettes) • Diego Farias, 27, American progressive metalcore guitarist (Volumes) • Nello Santi, 88, Italian classical conductor • 7Nexhmije Pagarusha, 86, Albanian-Kosovan pop singer • Steve Weber, 76, American folk singer and guitarist (The Holy Modal Rounders) • 8Robert Conrad, 84, American actor and singer • 9Sergei Slonimsky, 87, Russian classical composer • 10Lyle Mays, 66, American jazz fusion keyboardist (Pat Metheny Group) • 11Joseph Shabalala, 78, South African isicathamiya and mbube singer (Ladysmith Black Mambazo) • 12Paul English, 87, American country drummer • Victor Olaiya, 89, Nigerian highlife trumpeter • 13Buzzy Linhart, 76, American folk rock singer-songwriter • Jacob Thiele, 40, American indie rock keyboardist (The Faint) • 14Reinbert de Leeuw, 81, Dutch classical pianist and conductor • Sonam Sherpa, 48, Indian blues rock guitarist (Parikrama) • 15 – Cavan Grogan, 70, Welsh rock and roll singer (Crazy Cavan and the Rhythm Rockers) • 16 • Pearl Carr, 98, British pop singer (Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson) • Graeme Allwright, 93, New Zealand-French folk and jazz singer-songwriter • 17Kizito Mihigo, 38, Rwandan gospel singer • Andrew Weatherall, 56, British electronic musician (Two Lone Swordsmen, The Sabres of Paradise) and record producer • 18Jon Christensen, 78, Norwegian jazz drummer • 19Bob Cobert, 95, American composer • Pop Smoke, 20, American rapper • 24David Roback, 61, American alternative rock and dream pop guitarist (Mazzy Star, Rain Parade, Opal) • Jahn Teigen, 70, Norwegian pop and progressive rock singer (Popol Ace, Prima Vera) • 26Hans Deinzer, 86, German classical clarinetist • Sergei Dorensky, 88, Russian classical pianist • 27Lillian Offitt, 81, American blues and R&B singer • 28 – Mike Somerville, 67, American rock guitarist and songwriter (Head East) • 29Odile Pierre, 87, French classical organist and composer • Bill Smith, 93, American classical and jazz clarinetist March2Jan Vyčítal, 77, Czech country singer • Susan Weinert, 54, German jazz fusion guitarist • Peter Wieland, 89, German pop singer • 3 • Les Cauchi, 77, American pop singer (Johnny Maestro & the Brooklyn Bridge) • Alf Cranner, 83, Norwegian folk singer • 4Barbara Martin, 76, American R&B singer (The Supremes) • 6McCoy Tyner, 81, American jazz pianist • Elinor Ross, 93, American opera soprano • 7Jim Owen, 78, American country singer-songwriter • Laura Smith, Canadian folk singer-songwriter • 9Keith Olsen, 74, American psychedelic rock bassist (The Music Machine) and record producer • Eric Taylor, 70, American folk singer-songwriter • 10Marcelo Peralta, 59, Argentine jazz saxophonist • Beba Selimović, 80, Bosnian folk singer • 11Charles Wuorinen, 81, American classical composer • 12Don Burrows, 91, Australian jazz multi-instrumentalist • 14Phil Phillips, 94, American pop singer-songwriter • Eva Pilarová, 80, Czech jazz singer • Genesis P-Orridge, 70, British industrial singer, songwriter and bassist (Throbbing Gristle, Psychic TV, Thee Majesty) • Diane Ray, 74, American pop singer • 16Sergio Bassi, 69, Italian folk rock singer-songwriter • Ted Cahill, 72, American garage rock guitarist (The Magic Mushrooms) • Jason Rainey, 53, American thrash metal guitarist (Sacred Reich) • 17Thái Thanh, 85, Vietnamese-American pop singer • 19Aurlus Mabélé, 66, Congolese soukous singer • 20Kenny Rogers, 81, American country and pop singer-songwriter • Jerry Slick, 80, American psychedelic rock drummer (The Great Society) • 21Hellmut Stern, 91, German classical violinist • Lee Konitz, 92, American jazz saxophonist • Gary McSpadden, 77, American gospel singer (The Imperials, Gaither Vocal Band, The Oak Ridge Boys) • 16Christophe, 74, French singer-songwriter • Dušan Vančura, 82, Czech folk singer and bassist (Spirituál kvintet) • 17Giuseppi Logan, 84, American jazz multi-instrumentalist • Matthew Seligman, 62, British new wave bassist (Bruce Woolley and the Camera Club, The Soft Boys, Thompson Twins) • 19Alexander Vustin, 76, Russian composer • Ian Whitcomb, 78, British pop singer-songwriter • Emina Zečaj, 91, Bosnian sevdalinka singer • 21Derek Jones, 35, American metalcore guitarist (Falling in Reverse) • Jacques Pellen, 63, French jazz guitarist • Florian Schneider, 73, German krautrock and electronic multi-instrumentalist (Kraftwerk, Organisation) • 22Bootsie Barnes, 82, American jazz saxophonist • Marcos Mundstock, 77, Argentine comedy music singer and multi-instrumentalist (Les Luthiers) • 23Fred the Godson, 35, American rapper • Kamit Sanbayev, 78, Kazakh rock singer (Dos Mukasan) • 24Hamilton Bohannon, 78, American R&B and disco percussionist and music producer • Phil Broadhurst, 70, New Zealand jazz pianist • Harold Reid, 80, American country singer-songwriter (The Statler Brothers) • 25Alan Abel, 91, American classical percussionist • Ronald Frangipane, 75, American session keyboardist (The Archies) • 26Big Al Carson, 66, American blues singer • 27Lynn Harrell, 79, American classical cellist • Troy Sneed, 52, American gospel singer • Scott Taylor, British new wave guitarist (Then Jerico) • 28Bobby Lewis, 95, American R&B singer • 29Martin Lovett, 93, British classical cellist (Amadeus Quartet) • Stezo, 52, American rapper • 30Tony Allen, 79, Nigerian afrobeat and rock drummer (Fela Kuti and Afrika '70, The Good, the Bad & the Queen) • Óscar Chávez, 85, Mexican pop singer • Sam Lloyd, 56, American a cappella singer (The Blanks) Date unknownCeybil Jefferies, American house and R&B singer May1Richard Cole, 72, American jazz saxophonist • Tavo Limongi, 52, Mexican nu metal guitarist (Resorte) • 2Cady Groves, 30, American country singer-songwriter • Idir, 70, Algerian folk singer-songwriter • Jonathan Kelly, 72, Irish folk rock singer-songwriter • Erwin Prasetya, 48, Indonesian alternative rock bassist (Dewa 19) • 3Rosalind Elias, 90, American opera singer • Dave Greenfield, 71, British punk and new wave keyboardist (The Stranglers) • Bob Lander, 78, Swedish rock singer and guitarist (The Spotnicks) • Lorne Munroe, 95, Canadian-born American classical cellist • 4 • John Erhardt, American indie rock musician (Wussy, Ass Ponys) • Frederick C. Tillis, 90, American jazz saxophonist • Dragan Vučić, 65, Macedonian pop singer • 5Sweet Pea Atkinson, 74, American dance-rock singer (Was (Not Was)) • Sonny Cox, 82, American jazz saxophonist • Didi Kempot, 53, Indonesian campursari singer • Ciro Pessoa, 62, Brazilian post-punk singer-songwriter and guitarist (Titãs, Cabine C) • Kiing Shooter, 24, American rapper • Millie Small, 73, Jamaican ska and reggae singer-songwriter • 6Norbert Balatsch, 92, Austrian choral conductor • Brian Howe, 66, British rock singer-songwriter (Bad Company) • 7İbrahim Gökçek, 41, Turkish folk rock bassist (Grup Yorum) • Andre Harrell, 59, American record producer, songwriter, rapper (Dr. Jeckyll & Mr. Hyde), and founder of Uptown Records • Ty, 47, British rapper • 8Mark Barkan, 85, American songwriter, record producer, and musical director for The Banana Splits Adventure Hour9 • Joe Hupp, 78, American rock musician (The Smoke Ring) • Little Richard, 87, American rock and roll singer and pianist • 10David Corrêa, 82, Brazilian samba singer • Betty Wright, 66, American soul and R&B singer and songwriter • 11Moon Martin, 74, American rockabilly singer-songwriter and guitarist • 12 – Takami Asano, Japanese psychedelic rock guitarist (Godiego) • 13Gabriel Bacquier, 95, French opera singer • Yoshio, 60, Mexican pop singer • 14Jorge Santana, 68, Mexican rock guitarist (Malo, Santana) • 15Denny DeMarchi, 57, Canadian rock keyboardist (Alias, The Cranberries) • Sergio Denis, 71, Argentine pop singer • Phil May, 75, British rock singer-songwriter (Pretty Things) • 17Lucky Peterson, 55, American blues singer, guitarist and organist • Peter Thomas, 94, German film composer • 19Willie K, 59, American folk ukuleleist • 21Berith Bohm, 87, Swedish opera singer • Bobby Digital, 59, Jamaican dancehall producer • Neil Howlett, 85, British opera singer • 22 • Steve Hanford, 50, American punk rock drummer (Poison Idea) • Mory Kanté, 70, Guinean folk singer and kora player • KJ Balla, 23, American rapper • Klaus Selmke, 70, German rock drummer (City) • 24Jimmy Cobb, 91, American jazz drummer (Miles Davis Quintet) • Lily Lian, 103, French pop singer • Al Rex, 91, American rock and roll bassist (Bill Haley & His Comets) • 25Bucky Baxter, 65, American folk and rock guitarist • 26Brendan Bowyer, 81, Irish rock and roll singer • Charlie Monttana, 58, Mexican rock singer • Lennie Niehaus, 90, American jazz saxophonist and film composer • 27Evaldo Gouveia, 91, Brazilian MPB singer • 28Bob Kulick, 70, American hard rock guitarist (Balance, Kiss, W.A.S.P.) • 30Mady Mesplé, 89, French opera singer • John Nzenze, 79–80, Kenyan rock and jazz guitarist • 31Bob Northern, 86, American jazz French hornist • Kjeld Wennick, 76, Danish banjoist and singer (Jan & Kjeld) June1Majek Fashek, 57, Nigerian reggae singer and songwriter • Joey Image, 63, American punk rock drummer (Misfits) • 2Chris Trousdale, 34, American pop singer (Dream Street) • 4Marcello Abbado, 93, Italian classical pianist and composer • Rupert Hine, 72, British jazz-rock singer and keyboardist (Quantum Jump) • Steve Priest, 72, British glam rock guitarist (The Sweet) • 5Marjan, 72, Iranian pop singer • 7Frank Bey, 74, American blues singer • Floyd Lee, 86, American blues singer and guitarist • 8James Hand, 67, American country singer • Bonnie Pointer, 69, American R&B singer (The Pointer Sisters) • 9Paul Chapman, 66, Welsh hard rock guitarist (UFO, Lone Star) • Pau Donés, 53, Spanish pop rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (Jarabe de Palo) • 12 • Dodo Doris, 71, Congolese soukous drummer (Orchestra Super Mazembe) • Ricky Valance, 84, Welsh pop singer • 14Keith Tippett, 72, British free jazz and progressive rock pianist (King Crimson, Centipede) • 15 • Rocky Isaac, 73, American pop-rock drummer (The Cherry People) • Nana Tuffour, 66, Ghanaian highlife singer • 16 – Yohan, 28, South Korean K-pop singer (TST) • 17Hugh Fraser, 67, Canadian jazz pianist and trombonist • 18Hux Brown, 75, Jamaican reggae guitarist (Toots and the Maytals) • Vera Lynn, 103, British pop singer • 19A. L. Raghavan, 86, Indian playback singer • 20Aaron Tokona, 45, New Zealand alternative rock guitarist (Weta, Cairo Knife Fight, Fly My Pretties) • 21Jeet Singh Negi, 95, Indian folk singer-songwriter • Joan Pau Verdier, 73, French nòva cançon singer • 23Margarita Pracatan, 89, Cuban novelty singer • 24Michael Hawley, 58, American classical pianist and academic • Claude Le Péron, 72, French rock bassist • 25Huey, 32, American rapper • Graeme Williamson, Canadian new wave singer and guitarist (Pukka Orchestra) • 26Tami Lynn, 81, American soul singer • 27Pete Carr, 70, American rock, pop and soul guitarist (Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, Hour Glass, LeBlanc & Carr) • Freddy Cole, 88, American jazz singer and pianist • Tom Finn, 71, American baroque pop guitarist (The Left Banke) • Mats Rådberg, 72, Swedish country singer and guitarist • 28Simon H. Fell, 61, British jazz bassist • 29 • Steppa J. Groggs, 32, American rapper (Injury Reserve) • Johnny Mandel, 94, American jazz and film composer • Benny Mardones, 73, American soft rock singer-songwriter • Willie Wright, 80, American soul singer July1Max Crook, 83, American pop rock keyboardist • Joe Penny, 92, American country music singer • 3 – J. Marvin Brown, 66, American soul singer (The Softones) • 5Cleveland Eaton, 80, American jazz bassist (Ramsey Lewis Trio) • John Marascalco, 89, American songwriter and record producer • 6Charlie Daniels, 83, American country singer-songwriter and fiddler • Andrew Kishore, 64, Bangladeshi playback singer • Ennio Morricone, 91, Italian film composer • 8Naya Rivera, 33, American pop singer and actress • 10Eddie Gale, 78, American jazz trumpeter (Sun Ra's Arkestra) • 11Gabriella Tucci, 90, Italian opera singer • Rich Priske, 52, Canadian rock bassist (Matthew Good Band) • 12Rod Bernard, 79, American swamp pop singer • Judy Dyble, 71, British folk singer-songwriter and autoharpist (Fairport Convention, Trader Horne) • Eleanor Sokoloff, 106, American classical pianist • 14J. J. Lionel, 72, Belgian pop singer • Raúl Pagano, Argentine rock keyboardist (Bersuit Vergarabat) • 16Ken Chinn, 57, Canadian punk rock singer (SNFU) • Jamie Oldaker, 68, American country drummer (The Tractors) • Víctor Víctor, 71, Dominican folk singer and guitarist • 18Haruma Miura, 30, Japanese pop singer and actor • 19Emitt Rhodes, 70, American pop rock singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (The Merry-Go-Round, The Palace Guard) • 21Dobby Dobson, 77, Jamaican reggae singer • Annie Ross, 89, British-American jazz singer (Lambert, Hendricks & Ross) • Mieko Hirota, 73, Japanese kayokyoku singer • 22Tim Smith, 59, British progressive rock singer and guitarist (Cardiacs, The Sea Nymphs, Spratleys Japs) • 24Regis Philbin, 88, American television personality and singer • 25Peter Green, 73, English blues rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (Fleetwood Mac) • CP Lee, 70, British comedy rock singer and guitarist (Alberto y Lost Trios Paranoias) • 27 • Denise Johnson, 56, British alternative rock singer (Primal Scream) • Miss Mercy, 71, American psychedelic rock singer (The GTOs) • 28 • Pepe Cardona, 72, American pop-rock singer (Alive 'N Kickin') • Bent Fabric, 95, Danish classical pianist and composer • 29 • Balla Sidibé, 79, Senegalese son cubano singer and timbalero (Orchestra Baobab) • Malik B., 47, American rapper (The Roots) • 30Randy Barlow, 77, American country singer • Sonam Tshering Lepcha, 92, Indian folk singer • 31Bill Mack, 88, American country singer-songwriter August2Leon Fleisher, 92, American classical pianist • Steve Holland, 66, American Southern rock guitarist (Molly Hatchet, Gator Country) • Larry Novak, 87, American jazz pianist • 4Tony Costanza, 52, American heavy metal drummer (Machine Head, Crowbar) • 5Agathonas Iakovidis, 65, Greek folk singer • Jan Savage, 77, American garage rock guitarist (The Seeds) • 6Wayne Fontana, 74, British pop singer (The Mindbenders) • Vern Rumsey, 47, American post-hardcore and indie rock bassist (Unwound, Blonde Redhead, Household Gods) • 7Mark Wirtz, 76, French pop singer • 9Salome Bey, 80, American-born Canadian soul singer • Martin Birch, 71, British music producer and recording engineer • 10 – Don Martin, New Zealand new wave bassist (Mi-Sex) • 11Belle du Berry, 54, French chanson singer (Paris Combo) • Pat Fairley, 76, Scottish pop rock singer and bassist (Marmalade) • Trini Lopez, 83, American pop singer • 13Steve Grossman, 69, American jazz fusion saxophonist • 14Julian Bream, 87, British classical guitarist • Ewa Demarczyk, 79, Polish cabaret singer and poet • Valentina Legkostupova, 54, Russian pop singer • Pete Way, 69, English rock bassist (UFO, Waysted, Fastway) • 16Emman, 21, Filipino pop singer • 17Jasraj, 90, Indian classical singer • 18 • Ron Heathman, American rock guitarist (Supersuckers) • Sean Pentecost, Australian alternative metal drummer (Superheist) • Hal Singer, 100, American jazz saxophonist and bandleader • 19Randall Craig Fleischer, 61, American classical conductor • Todd Nance, 57, American jam band drummer (Widespread Panic) • 20Frankie Banali, 68, American hard rock drummer (Quiet Riot, W.A.S.P.) • Justin Townes Earle, 38, American folk singer-songwriter • Mike Kirkland, 82, American folk musician (The Brothers Four) • Jack Sherman, 64, American funk rock guitarist (Red Hot Chili Peppers) • Piotr Szczepanik, 78, Polish pop singer • 22Walter Lure, 71, American punk rock guitarist (The Heartbreakers) • D. J. Rogers, 72, American soul singer • 23Peter King, 80, American jazz saxophonist and clarinetist • Charlie Persip, 91, American jazz drummer • 24 – Riley Gale, 34, American thrash metal singer (Power Trip) • 25Georges Bœuf, 82, French opera composer and saxophonist • Mick Hart, Australian folk singer • Gerry McGhee, 58, British-Canadian hard rock singer (Brighton Rock) • 27Archana Mahanta, 71, Indian folk singer • Mike Noga, 43, Australian alternative rock drummer (The Drones, Legends of Motorsport) September1 • John Meyer, 67, Australian rock slide guitarist (Rose Tattoo, Chain) • Ian Mitchell, 62, British pop rock bassist (Bay City Rollers) • Erick Morillo, 49, Colombian-American house and eurodance DJ (Reel 2 Real) • 2 – Alexander Priko, 46, Russian pop rock keyboardist (Laskovyi Mai) • 3Bill Pursell, 94, American easy listening composer • 4Gary Peacock, 85, American jazz double-bassist • Lucille Starr, 82, Canadian country singer • 6Bruce Williamson, 49, American R&B singer (The Temptations) • 7Xavier Ortiz, 48, Mexican pop singer (Garibaldi) • 8 • Simeon Coxe, 82, American electronic rock singer and synthesizer player (Silver Apples) • Vexi Salmi, 77, Finnish pop rock lyricist • 9Ronald Bell, 68, American funk saxophonist (Kool & The Gang) • Sid McCray, 63, American punk rock singer (Bad Brains) • 10 – Danny Webster, 61, American funk singer and guitarist (Slave) • 11Toots Hibbert, 77, Jamaican reggae singer-songwriter (Toots & The Maytals) • Reggie Johnson, 79, American jazz bassist • 12 – Edna Wright, 76, American R&B singer (Honey Cone) • 14Al Kasha, 83, American pop songwriter • Peter Starkie, 72, Australian rock guitarist (Skyhooks, Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons) • 16Roy C, 81, American soul singer • 18 • Georgia Dobbins, 78, American R&B singer (The Marvelettes) and songwriter • Pamela Hutchinson, 62, American R&B singer (The Emotions) • 19Lee Kerslake, 73, British hard rock drummer (Uriah Heep, Ozzy Osbourne, Toe Fat) • Dave Kusworth, 60, British indie rock singer (Jacobites) • 21Hamdi Benani, 77, Algerian pop singer and violinist • Tommy DeVito, 92, American pop singer and guitarist (The Four Seasons) • Roy Head, 79, American country singer-songwriter • Ira Sullivan, 89, American jazz trumpeter • 23Juliette Gréco, 93, French chanson singer • W. S. Holland, 85, American country drummer (The Tennessee Three, The Great Eighties Eight) • 24Max Merritt, 79, New Zealand soul singer-songwriter and guitarist • 25S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, 74, Indian playback singer • 26Masayoshi Kabe, 70, Japanese rock guitarist and bassist (The Golden Cups, Speed, Glue & Shinki, Vodka Collins) • Mark Stone, American hard rock bassist (Van Halen) • Jimmy Winston, 75, British rock keyboardist (Small Faces) • 28Jackie Dennis, 77, Scottish pop singer • 29Mac Davis, 78, American country singer-songwriter • Rocco Prestia, 69, American funk bassist (Tower of Power) • Helen Reddy, 78, Australian-American pop singer October2 – Lisa Schouw, Australian pop singer (Girl Overboard) • 3Karel Fiala, 95, Czech opera singer • Anthony Galindo, 41, Venezuelan pop singer (Menudo, MDO) • 6Johnny Nash, 80, American pop and reggae singer-songwriter • Eddie Van Halen, 65, Dutch-born American hard rock guitarist and keyboardist (Van Halen) • 7Ray Pennington, 86, American country singer-songwriter • 8Brian Locking, 81, British rock and roll bassist (The Shadows) • Mohammad-Reza Shajarian, 80, Iranian classical singer • 9David Refael ben Ami, 70, Israeli religious singer • Pierre Kezdy, 58, American punk rock bassist (Naked Raygun, Pegboy, Strike Under) • 11Harold Betters, 92, American jazz trombonist • Rajan, 87, Indian film composer (Rajan–Nagendra) • 12Jon Gibson, 80, American minimalist multi-instrumentalist (Philip Glass Ensemble) • Kim Massie, 62, American blues and soul singer • 13Saint Dog, 44, American rapper (Kottonmouth Kings) • 14Paul Matters, Australian hard rock bassist (AC/DC) • 15 – Dave Munden, 76, British rock and roll drummer (The Tremeloes) • 16Johnny Bush, 85, American country singer-songwriter • Gordon Haskell, 74, British progressive rock and jazz singer and bassist (King Crimson, The Fleur de Lys) • P. S. Narayanaswamy, 86, Indian Carnatic singer • 17Toshinori Kondo, 71, Japanese jazz trumpeter • 18 • Alfredo Cerruti, 78, Italian comedy rock musician and producer (Squallor) • Naâma, 84, Tunisian pop singer • José Padilla, 64, Spanish ambient DJ and producer • Maisa Tsuno, 29, Japanese indie rock guitarist (Akai Ko-en) • Chet "JR" White, 40, American indie rock bassist (Girls) • 19Spencer Davis, 81, Welsh rock guitarist (The Spencer Davis Group) • Tony Lewis, 62, British pop rock singer and guitarist (The Outfield) • 21Zero Babu, 80, Indian playback and Carnatic singer • Viola Smith, 107, American swing and classical drummer • 22Margie Bowes, 79, American country singer • K. Deep, 79, Burmese folk singer • 23Jerry Jeff Walker, 78, American country singer-songwriter • 25Dolores Abril, 81, Spanish copla singer • Jan Boerman, 97, Dutch electronic composer • Rosanna Carteri, 89, Italian opera singer • Mahesh Kanodia, 83, Indian Gujarati film singer • 26Stan Kesler, 92, American rock and roll guitarist and songwriter • 28Cano Estremera, 62, Puerto Rican salsa singer • Billy Joe Shaver, 81, American country singer-songwriter • 29 – Denise Ferri, 76, American pop singer (The Delicates) • 30 – Božidar Tanaskovic, Serbian alternative rock bassist (Bjesovi) • 31 • Rance Allen, 71, American gospel singer, guitarist and keyboardist (The Rance Allen Group) • Marc Fosset, 71, French jazz guitarist • MF Doom, 49, British-American rapper (KMD, Madvillain) November1Pedro Iturralde, 91, Spanish jazz saxophonist • Phil K, 51, Australian electronic DJ (Lostep) • Nikki McKibbin, 42, American pop rock singer • Ronnie Peel, Australian rock guitarist (The La De Da's, Thunderclap Newman) • Esteban Santos, 69, Spanish pop singer (Bravo) • 2T. N. Krishnan, 92, Indian Carnatic violinist • 4Ken Hensley, 75, British rock singer, keyboardist and guitarist (Uriah Heep, Toe Fat, The Gods) • 5Len Barry, 78, American soul singer • Reynaert, 65, Belgian pop singer • Ossi Runne, 93, Belgian pop trumpeter and conductor • 6 • Stefano D'Orazio, 72, Italian pop drummer (Pooh) • King Von, 26, American rapper • Jim Radford, 92, British folk singer-songwriter • Timur Selçuk, 74, Turkish pop singer and pianist • 7Cándido Camero, 99, Cuban jazz percussionist • Bones Hillman, 62, New Zealand alternative rock bassist (Midnight Oil, The Swingers, Suburban Reptiles) • 8Oscar Benton, 71, Dutch blues singer • 10Alec Baillie, American punk rock bassist (Choking Victim, Leftöver Crack) • 11 • Adrian Cionco, 48, Argentine rock bassist (La Mosca Tsé - Tsé) • MO3, 28, American rapper • Andrew White, 78, American jazz saxophonist • 12 – Jim Tucker, 74, American pop rock guitarist (The Turtles) • 13Kićo Slabinac, 76, Croatian folk singer • Doug Supernaw, 60, American country singer • 14Des O'Connor, 88, English comedian and pop singer • Eugenia Ratti, 87, Italian opera singer • 16Bruce Swedien, 86, American recording engineer • 18 • László Benkő, 77, Hungarian progressive rock keyboardist (Omega) • Dominic Grant, 71, British pop singer (Guys 'n' Dolls) • Tony Hooper, 81, British folk rock guitarist (Strawbs) • 21 – Tamás Mihály, 73, Hungarian progressive rock bassist (Omega) • 23Hal Ketchum, 67, American country singer-songwriter • 25Duris Maxwell, 74, Canadian rock drummer • Flor Silvestre, 90, Mexican ranchera and huapango singer and actress • Camilla Wicks, 92, American classical violinist • 26Allan Botschinsky, 80, Danish jazz trumpeter • Cecilia Fusco, 87, Italian opera singer • Jamir Garcia, 42, Filipino nu metal singer (Slapshock) • 28 – Piotr Strojnowski, 62, Polish reggae singer and guitarist (Daab) • 29Miša Aleksić, 67, Serbian hard rock bassist (Riblja Čorba) • 30 – Jack Wray, 81, American doo-wop singer (The Earls) December1 – Dan Morrison, Australian ska punk drummer (Area-7) • 2Volodymyr Huba, 81, Ukrainian film composer • Ron Mathewson, 76, British jazz bassist • 3André Gagnon, 84, Canadian pianist, composer, and arranger • 4 – Kenny Jeremiah, 78, American garage-rock singer (Soul Survivors) • 6Džej Ramadanovski, 56, Serbian folk pop singer • 7LD Beghtol, 55, American experimental rock singer and multi-instrumentalist (LD & the New Criticism, Flare Acoustic Arts League, The Magnetic Fields) • Howard Wales, 77, American jazz and rock keyboardist • 8Harold Budd, 84, American avant-garde composer and poet • 9Sean Malone, 50, American progressive rock bassist (Gordian Knot, Cynic) • Jason Slater, 49, American alternative rock bassist (Third Eye Blind, Snake River Conspiracy, Brougham) • 10Kenneth Alwyn, 95, British classical composer and conductor • 11 – Ubirany, 80, Brazilian samba hand-repique player (Fundo de Quintal) • 12Charley Pride, 86, American country singer • 13 – Andrey Sapunov, 64, Russian rock guitarist and bassist (Voskreseniye) • 14 – Paulinho, 68, Brazilian soft rock singer (Roupa Nova) • 15 • Albert Griffiths, 74, Jamaican reggae singer and guitarist (The Gladiators) • Corlynn Hanney, 75, American pop-soul singer (The Groop) • Sam Jayne, 46, American indie rock singer and guitarist (Love as Laughter, Lync) • 16Carl Mann, 78, American rockabilly singer • 17Jeff Clayton, 66, American jazz saxophonist • Stanley Cowell, 79, American jazz pianist (Heath Brothers) • 19 • Pelle Alsing, 60, Swedish pop rock drummer (Roxette) • Clay Anthony, 61, American hard rock bassist (Junkyard) • Pepe Salvaderi, Italian rock guitarist (Dik Dik) • 20 – Chad Stuart, 79, British folk-pop singer and guitarist (Chad & Jeremy) • 21K. T. Oslin, 78, American country singer-songwriter • 23 • John “Ecstasy” Fletcher, 56, American rapper (Whodini) • Leslie West, 75, American hard rock singer and guitarist (Mountain, West, Bruce and Laing, The Vagrants) • 24Ivry Gitlis, 98, Israeli classical violinist • Mojmir Sepe, 90, Slovenian classical composer and conductor • Geoff Stephens, 86, English songwriter and record producer, founder of The New Vaudeville Band25Tony Rice, 69, American bluegrass guitarist (New South) • 26Tito Rojas, 65, Puerto Rican salsa singer • 27Richard Lewis Spencer, 78, American funk and soul singer and saxophonist (The Winstons) • 28Paul-Heinz Dittrich, 90, German composer • Armando Manzanero, 85, Mexican Mayan musician • 29Claude Bolling, 90, French jazz pianist and composer • Hugh X. Lewis, 90, American country music singer-songwriter • Phyllis McGuire, 89, American pop singer (The McGuire Sisters) • Rudy Salas, 72, American R&B and soul guitarist (El Chicano, Tierra) • 30Frank Kimbrough, 64, American jazz pianist • Alto Reed, 72, American rock saxophonist (Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band) • Eugene Wright, 97, American jazz bassist (Dave Brubeck Quartet) ==See also==
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