December 2020

[29 Dec 2020] Claude Bolling (French pianist and big band leader), 90

[25 Dec 2020] Tony Rice (American bluegrass guitarist), 69

[23 Dec 2020] John “Ecstasy” Fletcher (American rapper with Whodini), 56

[23 Dec 2020] Leslie West (American singer and guitarist for Mountain), 75, heart attack

[21 Dec 2020] K. T. Oslin (American country singer-songwriter), 78, Parkinson’s disease/COVID-19

[20 Dec 2020] Chad Stuart (English singer and musician for Chad & Jeremy), 79, pneumonia

[17 Dec 2020] Jeff Clayton (American jazz saxophonist), 66, complications from kidney cancer

[16 Dec 2020] Carl Mann (American rockabilly singer), 78

[15 Dec 2020] Albert Griffiths (Jamaican reggae musician for The Gladiators), 74

[15 Dec 2020] Sam Jayne (American rock musician for Love as Laughter), 46

[12 Dec 2020] Charley Pride (American Country Hall of Fame singer), 86, COVID-19

[10 Dec 2020] Joseph “Mojo” Morganfield (American blues singer), 56

[09 Dec 2020] Jason Slater (American rock bassist for Third Eye Blind), 49, liver failure

[07 Dec 2020] LD Beghtol (American musician for Flare Acoustic Arts League, the Magnetic Fields), 55

[06 Dec 2020] Eric Pacheco (American bass guitarist for Babylon A.D.), 53

November 2020

[26 Nov 2020] Herman Green (American jazz and blues saxophonist), 90

[23 Nov 2020] i_o (American techno DJ), 30

[23 Nov 2020] Hal Ketchum (American country singer-songwriter), 67, dementia

[18 Nov 2020] Dominic Grant (British pop singer for Guys ‘n’ Dolls), 71, abdominal aortic aneurysm

[18 Nov 2020] Tony Hooper (English guitarist for Strawbs), 81

[13 Nov 2020] Doug Supernaw (American country musician), 60, lung and bladder cancer

[11 Nov 2020] Mo3 (American rapper), 28, shot

[10 Nov 2020] Alec Baillie (American bassist for Leftöver Crack)

[08 Nov 2020] Alex Trebek (Canadian game show host), 80, pancreatic cancer

[07 Nov 2020] Bones Hillman (New Zealand musician for Midnight Oil), 62, cancer

[06 Nov 2020] King Von (American rapper), 26, shot

[05 Nov 2020] Len Barry (American singer for The Dovells), 78

[04 Nov 2020] Ken Hensley (English singer-songwriter for Uriah Heep), 75

[01 Nov 2020] Nikki McKibbin (American singer-songwriter), 42, cancer

[01 Nov 2020] Ronnie Peel (Australian guitarist and singer for Thunderclap Newman, The La De Da’s), 74

October 2020

[31 Oct 2020] MF DOOM (British rapper), 49

[31 Oct 2020] Sean Connery (Scottish actor), 90

[28 Oct 2020] Billy Joe Shaver (American country musician), 81, stroke

[23 Oct 2020] Jerry Jeff Walker (American singer-songwriter), 78, throat cancer

[22 Oct 2020] Margie Bowes (American country music singer for Grand Ole Opry), 79

[19 Oct 2020] Spencer Davis (Welsh singer and guitarist for The Spencer Davis Group), 81, pneumonia

[19 Oct 2020] Tony Lewis (English bassist, singer and songwriter for The Outfield), 62

[18 Oct 2020] Chet “JR” White (American bassist for Girls), 40

[16 Oct 2020] Johnny Bush (American country singer-songwriter), 85

[16 Oct 2020] Gordon Haskell (English singer-songwriter and musician for King Crimson), 74

[15 Oct 2020] Dave Munden (English drummer and singer for The Tremeloes), 76, respiratory infection

[13 Oct 2020] Saint Dog (American rapper for Kottonmouth Kings), 44

[08 Oct 2020] Brian Locking (English rock bass guitarist for The Shadows), 81, bladder cancer

[06 Oct 2020] Johnny Nash (American singer-songwriter), 80

[06 Oct 2020] Eddie Van Halen (American guitarist)

[02 Oct 2020] Cookie Monsta (American dubstep DJ), 31

September 2020

[29 Sep 2020] Mac Davis (American country singer), 78

[29 Sep 2020] Helen Reddy (Australian-American singer), 78

[23 Sep 2020] W. S. Holland (American drummer for The Tennessee Three), 85

[21 Sep 2020] Tommy DeVito (American musician and singer for The Four Seasons), 92, COVID-19

[21 Sep 2020] Roy Head (American singer), 79

[19 Sep 2020] Dave Kusworth (English musician for Jacobites), 60

[18 Sep 2020] Pamela Hutchinson (American singer for The Emotions), 61

[16 Sep 2020] Roy C (American southern soul singer-songwriter), 81

[14 Sep 2020] Al Kasha (American songwriter), 83

[14 Sep 2020] Peter Starkie (Australian rock guitarist for Skyhooks), 72, fall

[12 Sep 2020] Edna Wright (American R&B singer for Honey Cone), 76

[11 Sep 2020] Toots Hibbert (Jamaican singer for Toots and the Maytals), 77, Coronavirus

[09 Sep 2020] Ronald Bell (American saxophonist for Kool & the Gang), 68

[08 Sep 2020] Simeon Coxe (American musician for Silver Apples), 82

[06 Sep 2020] Bruce Williamson (American singer for The Temptations), 49, Coronavirus

[04 Sep 2020] Gary Peacock (American jazz double-bassist for Gary Peacock Trio), 85

[04 Sep 2020] Lucille Starr (Canadian singer), 82

[01 Sep 2020] Ian Mitchell (Irish bassist for Bay City Rollers), 62

[01 Sep 2020] Erick Morillo (American DJ for Reel 2 Real, music producer and record label owner), 49

August 2020

[31 Aug 2020] Mark Colby (American saxophonist), 71, cancer

[31 Aug 2020] John Meyer ( Australian slide guitarist for Rose Tattoo), 67

[27 Aug 2020] Mike Noga (Australian rock multi-instrumentalist for The Drones), 43

[25 Aug 2020] Gerry McGhee (Scottish singer for Brighton Rock), 58, cancer

[25 Aug 2020] Steve Sample Sr (American bandleader and arranger for Million Dollar Band), 90

[24 Aug 2020] Riley Gale (American trash metal singer for Power Trip), 34

[23 Aug 2020] Charli Persip (American jazz drummer), 91

[22 Aug 2020] Walter Lure (American guitarist for The Heartbreakers), 71, lung and liver cancer

[22 Aug 2020] D.J. Rogers (American soul singer and producer), 72

[20 Aug 2020] Justin Townes Earle (American singer-songwriter), 38

[20 Aug 2020] Frankie Banali (American drummer for Quiet Riot), 68, pancreatic cancer

[19 Aug 2020] Todd Nance (American drummer for Widespread Panic), 57

[19 Aug 2020] Lou Ragland (American R&B singer for Ink Spots), 78

[18 Aug 2020] Steve Gulley (American bluegrass singer-songwriter), 57, pancreatic cancer

[18 Aug 2020] Sean Pentecost (Australian metal drummer for Superheist)

[18 Aug 2020] Roger Quigley (English singer and songwriter), 51

[18 Aug 2020] Jack Sherman (American guitarist for Red Hot Chili Peppers), 64

[14 Aug 2020] Pete Way English rock bass guitarist for UFO), 69, injuries sustained in accident

[11 Aug 2020] Trini Lopez (American singer), 83, Coronavirus

[08 Aug 2020] Salome Bey (American-born Canadian singer), 86

[06 Aug 2020] Wayne Fontana (English singer for The Mindbenders), 74, cancer

[06 Aug 2020] Vern Rumsey (American recording engineer and bassist for Unwound, Fitz of Depression), 47

[05 Aug 2020] Jan Savage (American guitarist for The Seeds), 77

[04 Aug 2020] Tony Costanza (American metal drummer for Machine Head), 52

[04 Aug 2020] FBG Duck (American rapper), 26, shot

[02 Aug 2020] Leon Fleisher (American pianist), 92, cancer

[02 Aug 2020] Steve Holland (American guitarist for Molly Hatchet), 66

[01 Aug 2020] Wilford Brimley (American actor and singer), 85

July 2020

[29 Jul 2020] Malik B (American rapper for The Roots), 47

[27 Jul 2020] Denise Johnson (English singer for Primal Scream), 56

[25 Jul 2020] Peter Green (English rock singer-songwriter and guitarist for Fleetwood Mac), 73

[24 Jul 2020] Regis Philbin (American singer, entertainer and television personality), 88, heart attack

[21 Jul 2020] Annie Ross (British-American jazz singer and songwriter for Lambert, Hendricks & Ross), 89, emphysema and heart disease

[18 Jul 2020] Martha Flores (Cuban singer), 91, pancreatic cancer

[16 Jul 2020] Ken Chinn (Canadian punk rock vocalist for SNFU), 57

[16 Jul 2020] Jamie Oldaker (American drummer for Eric Clapton), 68

[12 Jul 2020] Rod Bernard (American singer), 79

[12 Jul 2020] Judy Dyble (British singer-songwriter for Fairport Convention), 71, lung cancer

[11 Jul 2020] Lil Marlo (American rapper), 30, shot

[06 Jul 2020] Charlie Daniels (American country singer-songwriter and musician), 83, hemorrhagic stroke

[05 Jul 2020] Cleveland Eaton (American jazz bassist), 80

[03 Jul 2020] J. Marvin Brown (American soul singer for The Softones), 66

June 2020

[29 Jun 2020] Stepa J. Groggs (American rapper for Injury Reserve), 32

[29 Jun 2020] Johnny Mandel (American composer), 94

[29 Jun 2020] Benny Mardones (American singer-songwriter), 73, Parkinson’s disease

[29 Jun 2020] Willie Wright (American soul singer), 80

[27 Jun 2020] Pete Carr (American guitarist for LeBlanc and Carr), 70

[27 Jun 2020] Freddy Cole (American jazz singer and pianist), 88, complications from cardiovascular disease

[27 Jun 2020] Tom Finn (American musician for The Left Banke), 71

[24 Jun 2020] Bris (American rapper), 24, shot

[26 Jun 2020] Charles Lawton Jiles (American songwriter and musician for Buck Owens), 90

[19 Jun 2020] Tray Savage (American rapper), 26, shot

[18 Jun 2020] Hux Brown (Jamaican guitarist for Toots and the Maytals), 75

[18 Jun 2020] Vera Lynn (British singer), 103

[14 Jun 2020] Keith Tippett (British jazz pianist for King Crimson), 72

[12 Jun 2020] Ricky Valance (Welsh singer), 84, dementia

[09 Jun 2020] Paul Chapman (Welsh rock guitarist for UFO), 66

[08 Jun 2020] Bonnie Pointer (American singer for The Pointer Sisters), 69, cardiac arrest

[07 Jun 2020] Frank Bey (American blues singer), 74

[05 Jun 2020] Rupert Hine (English musician for Quantum Jump), 72, cancer

[04 Jun 2020] Steve Priest (British bassist and singer for The Sweet), 72

[01 Jun 2020] Joey Image (American drummer for Misfits), 63, liver cancer

May 2020

[25 May 2020] George Floyd aka Big Floyd (African-American security guard and former rapper for Screwed Up Click), 46, killed by police during an arrest

[24 May 2020] Al Rex (American bassist for Bill Haley & His Comets), 91

[22 May 2020] KJ Balla (American rapper), 23, shot

[22 May 2020] Steve Hanford (American punk rock drummer for Poison Idea), 50, heart attack

[22 May 2020] Mory Kanté (Guinean singer and kora player), 70

[17 May 2020] Sean Tyla (English singer-songwriter and musician for Ducks Deluxe), 73

[17 May 2020] Lucky Peterson (American blues singer and musician), 55

[16 May 2020] Donn Trenner (American jazz pianist), 93

[15 May 2020] Fred Willard (American comedian), 86

[15 May 2020] Phil May (English singer for The Pretty Things), 75, hip surgery

[14 May 2020] Joey Giambra (American jazz musician, playwright and actor), 86, Coronavirus

[14 May 2020] Jorge Santana (Mexican guitarist for Malo, Santana), 68

[13 May 2020] Yoshio (Mexican singer), 70, Coronavirus

[12 May 2020] Renée Claude (Canadian actress and singer), 80, Coronavirus

[11 May 2020] Jean Nichol (Canadian singer), 75, cancer

[10 May 2020] Betty Wright (American soul and R&B singer), 66

[09 May 2020] Little Richard (American rock and roll pianist and singer), 87, bone cancer

[07 May 2020] İbrahim Gökçek (Turkish bass player for Grup Yorum), 41, suicide by starvation

[06 May 2020] Brian Howe (English rock singer for Bad Company), 66, heart attack

[06 May 2020] Florian Schneider (German electronic musician for Kraftwerk), 73, cancer

[05 May 2020] Sweet Pea Atkinson (American singer for Was (Not Was)), 74, heart attack

[05 May 2020] Kiing Shooter (American rapper), 24, Coronavirus

[05 May 2020] Alfred “Uganda” Roberts (American percussionist for Professor Longhair), 77, lung cancer

[03 May 2020] Dave Greenfield (English keyboardist for The Stranglers), 71, Coronavirus

[03 May 2020] Bob Lander (Swedish rock musician for The Spotnicks), 78

[02 May 2020] Cady Groves (American singer-songwriter), 30

[02 May 2020] Richie Cole (American jazz saxophonist), 72

April 2020

[29 Apr 2020] Stezo (American rapper), 51, heart complications

[28 Apr 2020] McKenzie Bell (American guitarist for He Is Legend), 24

[28 Apr 2020] Bobby Lewis (American singer), 95

[27 Apr 2020] Troy Sneed (American gospel singer), 52, Coronavirus

[27 Apr 2020] Scott Taylor (British guitarist for Then Jerico), 58, brain tumor

[27 Apr 2020] Young Jessie (American R&B singer for The Flairs, The Coasters), 83

[26 Apr 2020] Big Al Carson (American blues singer), 66, heart attack

[24 Apr 2020] Hamilton Bohannon (American percussionist, songwriter and record producer), 78

[24 Apr 2020] Harold Reid (American Country singer and songwriter for The Statler Brothers), 80, kidney failure

[24 Apr 2020] Mike Huckaby (American deep house and trance deejay)

[23 Apr 2020] Fred the Godson (American DJ and rapper), 35, Coronavirus

[22 Apr 2020] Bootsie Barnes (American jazz saxophonist), 82, Coronavirus

[21 Apr 2020] Derek Jones (American rock guitarist for Falling in Reverse), 35

[20 Apr 2020] Ebow Graham (UK rapper for Foreign Beggars), 41

[17 Apr 2020] Matthew Seligman (English new wave bassist for The Soft Boys), 64, Coronavirus

[17 Apr 2020] Giuseppi Logan (American jazz musician), 84, Coronavirus

[17 Apr 2020] Henry Grimes (American jazz musician), 84

[15 Apr 2020] Eddie Cooley (American songwriter and singer for Eddie Cooley & the Dimples), 87

[15 Apr 2020] Gary McSpadden (American gospel singer for Oak Ridge Boys), 77, pancreatic cancer

[10 Apr 2020] Jymie Merritt (American jazz bassist for The Jazz Messengers), 93, liver cancer

[10 Apr 2020] Big George Brock (American blues musician), 87

[09 Apr 2020] Richard Teitelbaum (American electronic music composer), 80, stroke

[08 Apr 2020] Chynna Rogers (American rap artist), 25, drug overdose

[07 Apr 2020] Steve Farmer (American songwriter and musician for The Amboy Dukes), 71

[07 Apr 2020] Eddy Davis (American jazz musician for Woody Allen), 80, Coronavirus

[07 Apr 2020] John Prine (American singer-songwriter), 73, Coronavirus

[06 Apr 2020] Black the Ripper (British MC and rapper), 32

[04 Apr 2020] Alex Harvey (American singer and songwriter), 73

[03 Apr 2020] Tweedy Bird Loc (American rapper), 52

[03 Apr 2020] Vaughan Mason (American music producer and songwriter for Vaughan Mason & Crew), 69

[01 Apr 2020] Bucky Pizzarelli (American jazz guitarist), 94, Coronavirus

[01 Apr 2020] Adam Schlesinger (American musician for Fountains of Wayne), 52, Coronavirus

[01 Apr 2020] Cristina (American singer), 61, Coronavirus

March 2020

[31 Mar 2020] Wallace Roney (American jazz trumpeter), 59, Coronavirus

[30 Mar 2020] Bill Withers (American singer-songwriter), 81, heart disease

[29 Mar 2020] Joe Diffie (American country music singer-songwriter), 61, Coronavirus

[29 Mar 2020] Alan Merrill (American musician for Arrows), 69, Coronavirus

[28 Mar 2020] Jan Howard (American country singer and songwriter), 91

[27 Mar 2020] Bob Andy (Jamaican reggae singer for The Paragons), 75

[27 Mar 2020] Delroy Washington (British-Jamaican reggae singer), 67

[25 Mar 2020] Landon Spradlin (American musician), 66, Coronavirus

[24 Mar 2020] Bill Rieflin (American rock drummer for King Crimson, Ministry, R.E.M.), 59, cancer

[23 Mar 2020] Tres Warren (American singer and guitarist for Psychic Ills), 41

[22 Mar 2020] Mike Longo (American jazz pianist), 83, Coronavirus

[22 Mar 2020] Eric Weissberg (American folk musician), 80, Alzheimer’s disease

[20 Mar 2020] Kenny Rogers (American singer and songwriter), 81

[20 Mar 2020] Jerry Slick (American rock drummer for The Great Society), 80

[19 Mar 2020] Black N Mild (American bounce music deejay), 44, Coronavirus

[16 Mar 2020] Jason Rainey (American guitarist for Sacred Reich), 53

[14 Mar 2020] Genesis P-Orridge (British musician for Psychic TV), 70, leukemia

[09 Mar 2020] Doug Rice (American musician), 72

[09 Mar 2020] Eric Taylor (American folk singer-songwriter), 70

[07 Mar 2020] Charlie Baty (American blues guitarist for Little Charlie & the Nightcats), 66

[06 Mar 2020] McCoy Tyner (American jazz pianist), 81

[04 Mar 2020] Barbara Martin (American singer for The Supremes), 76

February 2020

[28 Feb 2020] Mike Somerville (American rock guitarist for Head East), 67

[26 Feb 2020] Nick Apollo Forte (American musician and actor), 81

[26 Feb 2020] Ray Abshire (American accordionist for Balfa Brothers), 68

[25 Feb 2020] David Roback (American guitarist and and songwriter for Mazzy Star), 61

[19 Feb 2020] Pop Smoke (American rapper), 20, shot

[17 Feb 2020] Henry Gray (American Hall of Fame blues pianist and singer), 95

[17 Feb 2020] Andrew Weatherall (English music producer, disc jockey and musician for The Sabres of Paradise), 56, pulmonary embolism

[15 Feb 2020] Cavan Grogan (Welsh rock and roll singer for Crazy Cavan and the Rhythm Rockers), 70

[14 Feb 2020] Daniel Lee Martin (American country singer), 54, suicide

[13 Feb 2020] Scott Sessions (American musician for The Movers & Shakers), 53, murdered

[13 Feb 2020] Jacob Thiele (American rock keyboardist for The Faint), 40

[12 Feb 2020] Paul English (American drummer for Willie Nelson), 87, pneumonia

[11 Feb 2020] Joseph Shabalala (South African musician for Ladysmith Black Mambazo), 78

[10 Feb 2020] Lyle Mays (American jazz pianist and composer for Pat Metheny Group), 66

[08 Feb 2020] Robert Conrad (American actor and recording artist), 84, heart failure

[07 Feb 2020] Steve Weber (American guitarist for Holy Modal Rounders), 76

[06 Feb 2020] Diego Farias (American metal guitarist for Volumes), 27

[05 Feb 2020] Kirk Douglas (American actor and one-time singer), 103

[04 Feb 2020] Buddy Cage (American pedal steel guitarist for New Riders of the Purple Sage), 73, multiple myeloma

[04 Feb 2020] Andrew Brough (New Zealand musician for Straitjacket Fits)

[02 Feb 2020] Mario Vigil (American musician and producer for Ruben Ramos and the Mexican Revolution), colon cancer

[01 Feb 2020] Josh Pappe (American bassist for Dirty Rotten Imbeciles), 53

[01 Feb 2020] Harold Beane (American guitarist for Funkadelic), 73

[01 Feb 2020] Andy Gill (English guitarist and founder of Gang of Four), 64, respiratory illness

January 2020

[28 Jan 2020] Bob Nave (American jazz radio host and keyboardist for The Lemon Pipers)

[28 Jan 2020] Toni Smith (American R&B singer for The Crystals)

[27 Jan 2020] Reed Mullin (American rock drummer for Corrosion of Conformity), 53

[26 Jan 2020] Bob Shane (American singer and guitarist for The Kingston Trio), 85, pneumonia

[24 Jan 2020] Joe Payne (American heavy metal bassist and guitarist for Divine Heresy), 35

[19 Jan 2020] Robert Parker (American R&B singer), 89

[19 Jan 2020] Jimmy Heath (American jazz saxophonist for Heath Brothers), 93

[18 Jan 2020] David Olney (American singer-songwriter), 71, heart attack

[18 Jan 2020] Steve Fataar (American guitarist for The Flames)

[15 Jan 2020] Chris Darrow (American musician for Kaleidoscope and Nitty Gritty Dirt Band), 75

[14 Jan 2020] Steve Martin Caro (American singer for The Left Banke), 71

[09 Jan 2020] Bobby Comstock (American pop singer), 78

[09 Jan 2020] 5th Ward Weebie (American rapper), 42, complications from heart surgery

[07 Jan 2020] Neil Peart (Canadian Hall of Fame drummer for Rush), 67, glioblastoma

[06 Jan 2020] Martin Griffin (English drummer for Hawkwind)

[03 Jan 2020] Mikey Lawless (British bassist for Falling Red)

[03 Jan 2020] Bo Winberg (Swedish guitarist for The Spotnicks), 80

[02 Jan 2020] Lorraine Chandler (American singer and songwriter)

[01 Jan 2020] Lexii Alijai (American rapper), 21

[01 Jan 2020] Marty Grebb (American musician for The Buckinghams), 74