Rest in Playlist 2024

June 2024

[13 Jun 2024] Nahim [pt], 71, Brazilian singer, fall.

[13 Jun 2024] Skowa, 68, Brazilian singer-songwriter (Trio Mocotó), cardiac arrest.

[12 Jun 2024] Johnny Canales, 77, Mexican Tejano singer and television host.

[11 Jun 2024] Enchanting, 26, American rapper, complications from an overdose.

[11 Jun 2024] Marcel Guilloux, 93, French singer and storyteller.

[11 Jun 2024] Françoise Hardy, 80, French singer-songwriter (“Tous les garçons et les filles“, “All Over the World“) and actress (Grand Prix), laryngeal cancer.

[11 Jun 2024] Gaps Hendrickson, 73, British musician and vocalist (The Selecter), cancer.

[11 Jun 2024] Adam Lewis, 45, American musician (Fenix TX), pancreatic cancer.

[11 Jun 2024] Rajeev Taranath, 91, Indian classical musician.

[09 Jun 2024] Alex Riel, 83, Danish jazz and rock drummer.

[08 Jun 2024] Mark James, 83, American songwriter (“Hooked on a Feeling“, “Suspicious Minds“, “Always on My Mind“).

[08 Jun 2024] Charlie Lennon, 85, Irish traditional fiddler and composer.

[07 Jun 2024] Rose-Marie, 68, Northern Irish singer and television personality.

[07 Jun 2024] Ernstalbrecht Stiebler, 90, German composer.

[05 Jun 2024] Ranch Sironi, 32, American bassist (Nebula).

[04 Jun 2024] C.Gambino, 26, Swedish rapper, shot.

[03 Jun 2024] Brother Marquis, 58, American rapper (2 Live Crew), heart attack.

[02 Jun 2024] Emma Lou Diemer, 96, American composer.

[02 Jun 2024] Colin Gibb, 70, British musician (Black Lace).

[01 Jun 2024] Harry van Hoof, 81, Dutch conductor (“Ding-a-dong“, “I See a Star“), composer (“How Do You Do“) and music arranger.

May 2024

[31 May 2024] Ed Mann, 69, American drummer and keyboardist (Frank Zappa).

[30 May 2024] Doug Dagger, 56, American punk rock singer (The Generators).

[29 May 2024] Cayouche, 75, Canadian singer-songwriter, cancer.

[29 May 2024] Mansour Seck, 69, Senegalese singer and musician.

[28 May 2024] Gustavo Mullem, 72, Brazilian guitarist (Camisa de Vênus, Raul Seixas), complications from lung cancer.

[27 May 2024] Ghigo Agosti, 87, Italian singer-songwriter.

[27 May 2024] Rodger Fox, 71, New Zealand jazz trombonist, educator (Massey University) and bandleader.

[27 May 2024] Francesco Petrozzi, 62, Peruvian lyric tenor and politician, MP (2016–2019).

[27 May 2024] Stefan Wojtas [pl], 80, Polish pianist.

[25 May 2024] Richard M. Sherman, 95, American film songwriter (Mary Poppins, The Jungle Book, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang), Oscar winner (1965).

[24 May 2024] Doug Ingle, 78, American musician (Iron Butterfly) and songwriter (“In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida“).

[22 May 2024] Charlie Colin, 58, American bassist and guitarist (Train, The Side Deal), fall.

[22 May 2024] Toni Montano, 62, Serbian rock musician.

[21 May 2024] Werner Hink [ja], 81, Austrian violinist.

[21 May 2024] Carlos Paravís, 56, Uruguayan physician and folk singer, esophageal cancer.

[19 May 2024] Peggi Blu, 77, American singer and vocal coach.

[18 May 2024] Palle Danielsson, 77, Swedish jazz double bassist.

[18 May 2024] Frank Ifield, 86, Australian singer (“I Remember You“, “Lovesick Blues“, “The Wayward Wind“).

[18 May 2024] John Koerner, 85, American songwriter and guitarist (Koerner, Ray & Glover), bile duct cancer.

[18 May 2024] Jon Wysocki, 53, American rock drummer (Staind).

[17 May 2024] Roberta Marrero, 52, Spanish artist, singer and actress, suicide.

[17 May 2024] Missinho, 64, Brazilian singer (Chiclete com Banana), multiple organ failure.

[15 May 2024] Ahmed Piro, 92, Moroccan singer.

[15 May 2024] John Hawken, 84, English keyboardist (The Nashville Teens, Renaissance, Strawbs), melanoma.

[14 May 2024] Jimmy James, 83, Jamaican-British singer (“Now Is the Time“, “I’ll Go Where Your Music Takes Me“).

[14 May 2024] Mélanie Renaud [fr], 42, Canadian singer, ovarian cancer.

[13 May 2024] Christian Escoudé, 76, French Gypsy jazz guitarist.

[13 May 2024] Enrico Musiani [it], 86, Italian singer.

[13 May 2024] Luis María Serra, 82, Argentine musician and composer.

[12 May 2024] David Sanborn, 78, American alto saxophonist (Young Americans) and television host (Night Music), six-time Grammy winner, prostate cancer.

[10 May 2024] Jhonny Iskandar [id], 64, Indonesian singer.

[09 May 2024] Fred Noonan, Australian drummer (Six Ft Hick), cancer.

[09 May 2024] Dennis Thompson, 75, American Hall of Fame drummer (MC5), complications from a heart attack.

[09 May 2024] Andrés Vega Delfín [es], 93, Mexican folk guitarist.

[08 May 2024] John Barbata, 79, American rock drummer (The Turtles, Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship).

[08 May 2024] Conrad Kelly, 65, Jamaican-born British drummer (Steel Pulse).

[08 May 2024] Giovanna Marini, 87, Italian singer-songwriter.

[07 May 2024] Steve Albini, 61, American musician (Big Black, Shellac) and record producer (In Utero), heart attack.

[07 May 2024] Ignatius Jones, 66–67, Australian-Filipino singer (Jimmy and the Boys, Pardon Me Boys) and journalist.

[07 May 2024] Jan Ptaszyn Wróblewski, 88, Polish jazz musician, composer and arranger.

[07 May 2024] Phil Wiggins, 69, American blues musician (Cephas & Wiggins), cancer.

[06 May 2024] Bill Holman, 96, American jazz composer and saxophonist.

[06 May 2024] Wayland Holyfield, 82, American songwriter (“Arkansas (You Run Deep in Me)“, “Rednecks, White Socks and Blue Ribbon Beer“, “You’re My Best Friend“).

[06 May 2024] Christiane Stefanski, 74, Belgian singer.

[05 May 2024] Belgacem Bouguenna, 61, Tunisian singer and teacher.

[05 May 2024] Willie Hona, 70, New Zealand Hall of Fame musician (Herbs), pancreatic cancer.

[04 May 2024] Ron Kavana, 73, Irish singer-songwriter.

[03 May 2024] Jim Mills, 57, American banjo player (Kentucky Thunder), heart attack.

[02 May 2024] Gary Floyd, 71, American singer (Dicks, Sister Double Happiness).

[02 May 2024] John Pisano, 93, American jazz guitarist.

[01 May 2024] Hasna El-Bacharia, 74, Algerian musician.

[01 May 2024] Richard Maloof, 84, American tuba player (Lawrence Welk Orchestra).

[01 May 2024] Uma Ramanan, 69, Indian playback singer.

[01 May 2024] Richard Tandy, 76, English Hall of Fame musician (Electric Light Orchestra, The Move).

April 2024

[30 Apr 2024] Duane Eddy, 86, American Hall of Fame guitarist (“Rebel-‘Rouser“, “Because They’re Young“, “Peter Gunn“), cancer.

[29 Apr 2024] Dagne Groven Myhren, 83, Norwegian literary scholar and folk musician.

[28 Apr 2024] Norman Carol, 95, American violinist and concertmaster (Philadelphia Orchestra).

[27 Apr 2024] Maria Feliciana [pt], 77, Brazilian singer.

[27 Apr 2024] Jean-Pierre Ferland, 89, Canadian singer-songwriter.

[27 Apr 2024] Louiselle, 77, Italian singer.

[27 Apr 2024] Jean Musy [fr], 76, French musician, composer and arranger.

[26 Apr 2024] Robin George, 68, British guitarist, singer and producer.

[26 Apr 2024] Anderson Leonardo [pt], 51, Brazilian singer (Molejo), cancer.

[26 Apr 2024] Frank Wakefield, 89, American mandolin player.

[25 Apr 2024] Kaisa Korhonen, 82, Finnish theatre director, actress, and singer.

[24 Apr 2024] Mike Pinder, 82, English Hall of Fame musician (The Moody Blues) and songwriter (“The Best Way to Travel“, “A Simple Game“).

[23 Apr 2024] Samuel Kummer, 56, German organist (Frauenkirche, Dresden) and academic.

[23 Apr 2024] Fergie MacDonald, 86, Scottish accordionist.

[22 Apr 2024] Dušan Grúň [sk], 81, Slovak singer, pneumonia.

[22 Apr 2024] Chan Romero, 82, American singer-songwriter (“Hippy Hippy Shake“) and guitarist.

[21 Apr 2024] Harold “Bobby” Davis, 77, Jamaican singer (The Sensations).

[21 Apr 2024] Alex Hassilev, 91, American musician (The Limeliters) and actor (The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming).

[21 Apr 2024] Ingrid Fuzjko Hemming, 92, Swedish classical pianist.

[21 Apr 2024] KODA, 45, Ghanaian gospel singer.

[21 Apr 2024] MC Duke, 58, British rapper.

[20 Apr 2024] Kaj Chydenius, 84, Finnish musician and composer.

[20 Apr 2024] Chris King, 32, American rapper, shot.

[20 Apr 2024] Josef Laufer [cs], 84, Czech singer and actor (Starci na chmelu, Cirkus Humberto, The Last Butterfly), cardiac arrest.

[20 Apr 2024] Miroslav Švejda [cs], 84, Czech operatic tenor, Thalia Award for Lifetime Achievement in Opera recipient.

[20 Apr 2024] Tony Tuff, 69, Jamaican reggae singer (The African Brothers).

[19 Apr 2024] Eddie Sutton, 59, American singer (Leeway), lung cancer.

[18 Apr 2024] Dickey Betts, 80, American Hall of Fame musician (The Allman Brothers Band) and songwriter (“Jessica“, “Ramblin’ Man“), cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

[18 Apr 2024] Steve Kille, American musician (Dead Meadow).

[18 Apr 2024] Mandisa, 47, American gospel singer (“Only the World“, “Angels We Have Heard on High“, “Stronger“).

[16 Apr 2024] Clorofila, 56, Mexican nortec musician (Nortec Collective).

[16 Apr 2024] Gavin Webb, 77, Australian rock bassist (The Masters Apprentices), cancer.

[15 Apr 2024] Reita, 42, Japanese bassist (The Gazette).

[15 Apr 2024] Pooch Tavares, 81, American singer (Tavares).

[15 Apr 2024] Eugene Wolfgramm, 57, American singer (The Jets).

[14 Apr 2024] Ben Eldridge, 85, American five-string banjo player (The Seldom Scene).

[14 Apr 2024] Calvin Keys, 82, American jazz guitarist, stroke.

[13 Apr 2024] Lorenzo Palomo, 86, Spanish composer.

[12 Apr 2024] Lucy Rimmer, British vocalist (The Fall).

[12 Apr 2024] Rico Wade, 52, American music producer (Organized Noize) and songwriter (“Player’s Ball“, “Don’t Let Go (Love)“).

[11 Apr 2024] Park Bo-ram, 30, South Korean singer.

[10 Apr 2024] O. J. Simpson, 76, American Hall of Fame football player (Buffalo Bills) and actor (The Naked Gun, The Towering Inferno), Heisman Trophy winner (1968), acquitted double murderer, convicted armed robber, prostate cancer.

[09 Apr 2024] Sturgis Nikides, 66, American guitarist (Low Society, Cool It Reba), cancer.

[09 Apr 2024] Bob Lanese, 82, American trumpeter (James Last Orchestra).

[09 Apr 2024] Muluken Melesse, 70, Ethiopian singer and drummer.

[09 Apr 2024] Max Werner, 70, Dutch singer and drummer (Kayak).

[08 Apr 2024] Jon Card, 63, German-born Canadian drummer (SNFU, D.O.A., Subhumans).

[08 Apr 2024] Yevgeny Kungurov [ru], 40, Russian opera and pop singer, suicide.

[08 Apr 2024] Melitha Sidabutar [ms], 23, Indonesian gospel singer, heart failure.

[07 Apr 2024] Clarence “Frogman” Henry, 87, American singer (“Ain’t Got No Home“, “(I Don’t Know Why) But I Do“, “You Always Hurt the One You Love“).

[07 Apr 2024] Antonette Mendes, 79, Indian singer, actress (Amchem Noxib, Nirmon, Mohabbat Zindagi Hai), and playwright.

[07 Apr 2024] Joe Viera, 91, German jazz saxophonist and educator, founder of the Internationale Jazzwoche Burghausen.

[06 Apr 2024] Dutty Dior, 27, Norwegian rapper.

[06 Apr 2024] Bjørgulv Straume [no], 85, Norwegian Jew’s harp player.

[05 Apr 2024] Phil Nimmons, 100, Canadian jazz clarinetist.

[05 Apr 2024] Rocket Norton, 73, Canadian drummer (Prism).

[05 Apr 2024] C. J. Snare, 64, American musician (FireHouse) and songwriter (“Love of a Lifetime“, “When I Look into Your Eyes“), cardiac arrest.

[04 Apr 2024] Keith LeBlanc, 69, American drummer (Little Axe, Tackhead) and music producer (“No Sell Out“).

[03 Apr 2024] Joe Aitken, 79, Scottish bothy ballad singer, cancer.

[03 Apr 2024] Albert Heath, 88, American jazz drummer (Heath Brothers), leukemia.

[03 Apr 2024] Kalevi Kiviniemi, 65, Finnish concert organist.

[03 Apr 2024] Muñequita Milly, 23, Peruvian folk singer, complications from surgery.

[03 Apr 2024] Jaafar Onn [ms], 72, Malaysian actor, singer and television presenter.

[02 Apr 2024] John Sinclair, 82, American poet, heart failure.

[01 Apr 2024] Sue Chaloner [nl], 71, British-Dutch singer.

[01 Apr 2024] Michael Ward, 57, American musician (The Wallflowers, School of Fish).

March 2024

[31 Mar 2024] Guylaine Guy, 94, Canadian singer and painter.

[30 Mar 2024] Casey Benjamin, 45, American musician (Robert Glasper Experiment), producer, and songwriter.

[29 Mar 2024] Gerry Conway, 76, English drummer and percussionist (Jethro Tull, Fairport Convention, Cat Stevens), complications from motor neurone disease.

[28 Mar 2024] Mark Spiro, 67, American songwriter (“Are You Still in Love with Me“, “I’ll See You in My Dreams“, “Mighty Wings“) and record producer, lung cancer.

[26 Mar 2024] Clare Elliott, New Zealand singer (Suburban Reptiles).

[26 Mar 2024] Chandra Kumara Kandanarachchi, 76, Sri Lankan singer.

[26 Mar 2024] Slađana Milošević, 68, Serbian singer, songwriter and record producer, Sjögren syndrome.

[26 Mar 2024] George Nicolescu, 74, Romanian musician.

[25 Mar 2024] Humphrey Campbell, 66, Surinamese-Dutch singer, cancer.

[25 Mar 2024] Chris Cross, 71, English musician (Ultravox, Tiger Lily) and songwriter (“Vienna“).

[25 Mar 2024] Maurice El Médiouni, 95, Algerian pianist, singer, and composer.

[24 Mar 2024] Vincent Bonham, 67, American singer (Raydio).

[24 Mar 2024] Def Rhymz, 53, Surinamese-Dutch rapper, heart failure.

[23 Mar 2024] Ulf Georgsson, 61, Swedish songwriter and drummer (Flamingokvintetten).

[23 Mar 2024] Igor Ozim, 92, Slovenian classical violinist and pedagogue.

[23 Mar 2024] Maurizio Pollini, 82, Italian pianist.

[21 Mar 2023] Laurens van Rooyen, 88, Dutch pianist and composer.

[20 Mar 2024] Faramarz Aslani, 78, Iranian singer, guitarist and music producer, cancer.

[20 Mar 2024] George Darko, 73, Ghanaian burger-highlife musician.

[20 Mar 2024] Gene Elders, 80, American fiddler (Ace in the Hole Band).

[20 Mar 2024] Cocky Mazzetti, 87, Italian singer.

[19 Mar 2024] Greg Lee, 53, American singer (Hepcat), brain aneurysm.

[18 Mar 2024] Jimmy Hastings, 85, British musician (Caravan, Soft Machine, Hatfield and the North).

[18 Mar 2024] Kevin Toney, 70, American jazz pianist (The Blackbyrds) and composer, cancer.

[17 Mar 2024] Mile Agatonović Aga [sr], 75, Serbian singer.

[17 Mar 2024] Cola Boyy, 34, American musician.

[17 Mar 2024] Sandra Crouch, 81, American gospel singer, Grammy winner (1984), and minister.

[17 Mar 2024] Steve Harley, 73, English musician (Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel), songwriter (“Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)“, “Mr. Soft“) and producer, cancer.

[15 Mar 2024] Hans Blum, 95, German singer-songwriter (“Primaballerina“).

[14 Mar 2024] Lamara Chkonia, 93, Georgian operatic soprano.

[14 Mar 2024] Frank Darcel, 65, French guitarist (Marquis de Sade).

[14 Mar 2024] Byron Janis, 95, American classical pianist.

[14 Mar 2024] Jean-Pierre Marty, 91, French pianist and conductor.

[14 Mar 2024] Angela McCluskey, 64, Scottish singer-songwriter.

[13 Mar 2024] Dick Allix, 78, British drummer (Vanity Fare) and darts official.

[13 Mar 2024] John Blunt, British drummer (The Searchers).

[13 Mar 2024] Sylvain Luc, 58, French jazz guitarist.

[13 Mar 2024] Sadi Mohammad, 70, Bangladeshi singer and composer, suicide by hanging.

[12 Mar 2024] Michael Knott, 61, American singer-songwriter (Lifesavers Underground).

[12 Mar 2024] James Whitbourn, 60, British composer and conductor, cancer.

[12 Mar 2024] Russ Wilson, 62, American musician (Junkhouse).

[11 Mar 2024] Boss, 54, American rapper (“Deeper“), kidney failure.

[11 Mar 2024] Eric Carmen, 74, American musician (Raspberries), singer (“Hungry Eyes“), and songwriter (“All by Myself“).

[10 Mar 2024] Blake Harrison, 48, American musician (Pig Destroyer, Hatebeak).

[10 Mar 2024] Paul Nelson, American guitarist, record producer and songwriter, heart attack.

[10 Mar 2024] T. M. Stevens, 72, American bass guitarist (The Pretenders), complications from dementia.

[10 Mar 2024] Karl Wallinger, 66, Welsh musician (The Waterboys, World Party) and songwriter (“Ship of Fools“).

[09 Mar 2024] Malcolm Holcombe, 68, American singer-songwriter, respiratory failure.

[09 Mar 2024] Guy Touvron, 74, French trumpeter.

[09 Mar 2024] Jonathan Zak [he], 91, Israeli pianist.

[08 Mar 2024] Ernie Fields Jr., 89, American baritone saxophonist and session musician.

[08 Mar 2024] Ľubomír Stankovský, 72, Slovak pop rock musician (Modus).

[07 Mar 2024] Pedro Altamiranda, 88, Panamanian singer.

[07 Mar 2024] Joe Cutajar, 83, Maltese singer (Helen and Joseph).

[07 Mar 2024] Steve Lawrence, 88, American singer (“Go Away Little Girl“, “Footsteps“) and actor (The Blues Brothers), complications from Alzheimer’s disease.

[07 Mar 2024] Pete Rodriguez, 89, American pianist (“I Like It Like That“) and bandleader.

[06 Mar 2024] Dimos Moutsis, 85, Greek singer-songwriter and composer.

[05 Mar 2024] Linda Balgord, 64, American stage actress and singer (The Pirate Queen, Cats, The Phantom of the Opera).

[05 Mar 2024] Debra Byrd, 72, American singer and vocal coach.

[05 Mar 2024] Pavel Zajíček, 72, Czech poet, musician (DG 307) and visual artist, pneumonia.

[04 Mar 2024] B. B. Seaton, 79, Jamaican singer (The Gaylads), songwriter and record producer.

[03 Mar 2024] Oscar Ghiglia, 85, Italian classical guitarist.

[03 Mar 2024] Amjad Parvez, 78, Pakistani singer and writer.

[03 Mar 2024] Félix Sabal Lecco, 64–65, Cameroonian drummer.

[03 Mar 2024] Brit Turner, 57, American drummer (Blackberry Smoke), glioblastoma.

[02 Mar 2024] Jim Beard, 63, American keyboardist (Steely Dan).

[02 Mar 2024] W. C. Clark, 84, American blues musician.

[02 Mar 2024] Blues Boy Willie, 77, American blues musician.

February 2024

[28 Feb 2024] Cat Janice, 31, American singer-songwriter, cancer.

[26 Feb 2024] Bhakta Raj Acharya, 81, Nepali singer and composer.

[26 Feb 2024] Jaakko Teppo [fi], 71, Finnish singer-songwriter.

[26 Feb 2024] Pankaj Udhas, 72, Indian ghazal singer.

[25 Feb 2024] Bigidagoe, 26, Dutch rapper, shot.

[25 Feb 2024] Peter “Peetah” Morgan, 46, Jamaican reggae singer (Morgan Heritage).

[25 Feb 2024] Georg Riedel, 90, Czechoslovak-born Swedish musician.

[24 Feb 2024] Juana Bacallao, 98, Cuban singer and dancer.

[23 Feb 2024] Tina Rainford, 77, German singer (“Silver Bird“).

[22 Feb 2024] John Lowe, 81, English pianist (The Quarrymen).

[22 Feb 2024] Roni Stoneman, 85, American bluegrass banjo player (Hee Haw).

[21 Feb 2024] Roberto Darvin [es], 82, Uruguayan singer-songwriter and guitarist.

[21 Feb 2024] Getachew Kassa, 79, Ethiopian singer and percussionist.

[21 Feb 2024] Vitalij Kuprij [hu], 49, Ukrainian-American musician (Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Ring of Fire) and composer.

[20 Feb 2024] Ashima Bhattacharya, 86, Indian composer and film producer (Chowringhee, Mem Saheb, Bagh Bondi Khela).

[20 Feb 2024] David Libert, 81, American music executive, musician (The Happenings) and author.

[20 Feb 2024] Geoffrey Michaels, 79, Australian violinist and violist.

[20 Feb 2024] Judi Pulver, 77, American singer, lung cancer.

[19 Feb 2024] Jozef Ábel [sk], 82, Slovak opera singer, actor and dancer.

[19 Feb 2024] Bobby Tench, 79, British musician (The Jeff Beck Group, Hummingbird, Streetwalkers).

[18 Feb 2024] Davlatmand Kholov, 73, Tajik musician, cancer.

[18 Feb 2024] Hasina Mumtaz, 78, Bangladeshi singer.

[16 Feb 2024] Etterlene DeBarge, 88, American singer.

[16 Feb 2024] Fritz Hinz, 68, Canadian drummer (Helix), cancer.

[16 Feb 2024] Ben Lanzarone, 85, American composer (The Love Boat), lung cancer.

[16 Feb 2024] Dexter Romweber, 57, American musician (Flat Duo Jets).

[16 Feb 2024] Cynthia Strother, 88, American singer (The Bell Sisters).

[15 Feb 2024] Ian Amey, 79, English musician and singer (Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich).

[13 Feb 2024] Jussi Raittinen [fi], 80, Finnish musician.

[12 Feb 2024] Tamás Deák, 95, Hungarian composer and conductor.

[12 Feb 2024] Rudolf Jansen, 84, Dutch classical pianist.

[12 Feb 2024] Juris Kulakovs [lv], 65, Latvian musician (Pērkons).

[11 Feb 2024] Ladislav Burlas, 96, Slovak composer and musicologist.

[11 Feb 2024] Randy Sparks, 90, American musician (The New Christy Minstrels, The Back Porch Majority) and songwriter (“Green, Green“).

[09 Feb 2024] Renata Flores, 74, Mexican actress (Rosa salvaje, La usurpadora, Amores verdaderos) and rock singer, cancer.

[09 Feb 2024] Damo Suzuki, 74, Japanese singer (Can) and songwriter (“Vitamin C“, “Spoon“), colon cancer.

[09 Feb 2024] Jimmy Van Eaton, 86, American rock drummer, singer and record producer.

[08 Feb 2024] Yuri Borzov [ru], 70, Russian graphic artist, architect and drummer (Mashina Vremeni).

[07 Feb 2024] Henry Fambrough, 85, American Hall of Fame singer (The Spinners).

[07 Feb 2024] Mojo Nixon, 66, American musician (“Debbie Gibson Is Pregnant with My Two-Headed Love Child“) and actor (Super Mario Bros., Great Balls of Fire!).

[06 Feb 2024] Donald Kinsey, 70, American guitarist and singer (The Kinsey Report, The Wailers Band).

[05 Feb 2024] Toby Keith, 62, American country singer (“Should’ve Been a Cowboy“, “How Do You Like Me Now?!“, “Red Solo Cup“) and songwriter, stomach cancer.

[04 Feb 2024] Kamla Srivastava, 90, Indian folk singer, cardio-respiratory failure.

[03 Feb 2024] Aston “Family Man” Barrett, 77, Jamaican musician (Bob Marley and the Wailers, The Upsetters).

[02 Feb 2024] Wilhelmenia Fernandez, 75, American soprano.

[02 Feb 2024] Wayne Kramer, 75, American guitarist (MC5) and songwriter (“Kick Out the Jams“), pancreatic cancer.

[02 Feb 2024] Marcelo Yzurieta [es], 49, Argentine singer, guitarist and composer.

January 2024

[30 Jan 2024] Chita Rivera, 91, American actress (West Side Story, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Chicago), Tony winner (1984, 1993).

[29 Jan 2024] Tony Cedras, 71, South African musician.

[29 Jan 2024] Yuri Ilchenko [ru], 72, Russian vocalist and guitarist (Mify, Zemlyane).

[29 Jan 2024] Franco Tozzi [it], 79, Italian singer.

[27 Jan 2024] Lillebjørn Nilsen, 73, Norwegian singer-songwriter and folk musician.

[26 Jan 2024] Dean Brown, 68, American jazz guitarist, cancer.

[26 Jan 2024] Michael Watford, 80, American dance music singer.

[26 Jan 2024] Michel Hausser, 96, French jazz vibraphonist.

[25 Jan 2024] Bruno Amstad, 59–60, Swiss jazz singer, cancer.

[25 Jan 2024] Bhavatharini, 47, Indian singer, composer (Bharathi, Azhagai Irukkirai Bayamai Irukkirathu) and music director (Mitr, My Friend), liver cancer.

[24 Jan 2024] Anders Lampe [da], 59, Danish guitarist (Bamses Venner).

[24 Jan 2024] Frank Farian, 82, German singer, songwriter (“Rasputin“) and record producer (Boney M., Milli Vanilli).

[24 Jan 2024] Melanie, 76, American singer-songwriter (“Brand New Key“, “Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)“) and guitarist, Emmy winner (1989).

[23 Jan 2024] Anders Sandberg, 55, Swedish singer (Rednex).

[22 Jan 2024] Cynthia Garrison, 64, American singer (The Three Degrees).

[22 Jan 2024] Margo Smith, 81, American singer (“Still a Woman“), complications from a stroke.

[22 Jan 2024] Sergei Yefremenko, 51, Russian singer, guitarist, and lyricist (Markscheider Kunst).

[21 Jan 2024] Zoran Erić, 73, Serbian composer.

[20 Jan 2024] Charis Kostopoulos, 59, Greek singer-songwriter, cancer.

[19 Jan 2024] Ewa Podleś, 71, Polish  coloratura contralto singer.

[19 Jan 2024] Pluto Shervington, 73, Jamaican reggae musician, pneumonia.

[19 Jan 2024] Marlena Shaw, 81, American singer (“It’s Better than Walking Out“, “California Soul“).^[

[19 Jan 2024] Mary Weiss, 75, American singer (The Shangri-Las), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

[18 Jan 2024] Katelele Ching’oma, 32, Malawian musician, liver damage.

[18 Jan 2024] Silent Servant, American techno DJ and producer.

[18 Jan 2024] The Soft Moon, American musician.

[18 Jan 2024] Ivan Moody, 59, British composer and musicologist.

[18 Jan 2024] Slim Pezin [fr], 78, French guitarist, arranger and conductor.

[18 Jan 2024] Yogesh Vaidya, 77, Nepalese singer.

[17 Jan 2024] Serge Laprade, 83, Canadian singer and radio broadcaster, prostate cancer.

[16 Jan 2024] Peter Schickele, 88, American composer and musical satirist (P. D. Q. Bach).

[15 Jan 2024] K. J. Joy, 77, Indian composer.

[14 Jan 2024] Jerry Coker, 91, American jazz saxophonist.

[13 Jan 2024] Prabha Atre, 91, Indian classical vocalist.

[13 Jan 2024] Bruno Ducol, 74, French pianist and composer.

[13 Jan 2024] Jo-El Sonnier, 77, American singer-songwriter and accordionist, Grammy winner (2015).

[13 Jan 2024] Romuald Twardowski, 93, Polish composer, organist and academic teacher (Warsaw State Academy of Music).

[12 Jan 2024] Bill Hayes, 98, American singer (“The Ballad of Davy Crockett“) and actor (Days of Our Lives, The Cardinal).

[12 Jan 2024] Anthony Holt, 83, British baritone singer (The King’s Singers).

[12 Jan 2024] David Lumsdaine, 92, Australian composer.

[11 Jan 2024] Sigi Schwab, 83, German guitarist.

[10 Jan 2024] Audie Blaylock, 61, American bluegrass singer and guitarist.

[10 Jan 2024] Tamara Milashkina, 89, Russian operatic soprano.

[09 Jan 2024] Vitalii Bilonozhko [uk], 70, Ukrainian singer.

[09 Jan 2024] Rashid Khan, 55, Indian Hindustani classical musician, prostate cancer.

[09 Jan 2024] James Kottak, 61, American drummer (Scorpions, Kingdom Come, Kottak).

[08 Jan 2024] Guy Bonnet, 78, French author, composer and singer.

[08 Jan 2024] Tuomas Haapanen [fi], 99, Finnish violinist, conductor and music teacher.

[08 Jan 2024] Mar Mar Aye, 81, Burmese singer and actress.

[07 Jan 2024] Germana Caroli, 92, Italian singer.

[07 Jan 2024] Tony Clarkin, 77, English guitarist and songwriter (Magnum).

[07 Jan 2024] Yüksel Uzel [tr], 73, Turkish singer.

[06 Jan 2024] Iasos, 76, Greek-born American musician.

[06 Jan 2024] Sarah Rice, 68, American actress (Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street) and singer, cancer.

[06 Jan 2024] Amparo Rubín, 68, Mexican singer and lyricist.

[05 Jan 2024] Larry Collins, 79, American guitarist (The Collins Kids) and songwriter (“Delta Dawn“).

[05 Jan 2024] Del Palmer, 71, English singer-songwriter, bass guitarist, and sound engineer.

[04 Jan 2024] Ayla Algan, 86, Turkish singer and actress (The House of Leyla, O Hayat Benim, Binbir Gece).

[04 Jan 2024] Ruy Mingas, 84, Angolan composer (national anthem), musician and politician, deputy (2017–2021).

[04 Jan 2024] David Soul, 80, American-British actor (Starsky & Hutch, Magnum Force) and singer (“Don’t Give Up on Us“).

[04 Jan 2024] Marie Nilsson Lind [sv], 62, Swedish singer (Ainbusk).

[03 Jan 2024] Quinho do Salgueiro [pt], 66, Brazilian samba singer (Acadêmicos do Salgueiro).

[02 Jan 2024] Chris Karrer, 76, German guitarist and composer (Amon Düül II), COVID-19.