R.I.P

Robert Johnson (Robert Leroy Johnson) - King Of The Delta Blues.
Born 5-8-1911Died 8-16-1938.
Singer and guitarist
Blind Willie Johnson
Born 1902 - Died 1947
Singer and guitarist
Leadbelly ( Huddie Ledbetter ) - The King of the Twelve-String Guitar -
Born 1-21-1888 Died 12-6-1949
Singer and guitarist
Kurt Weill (Kurt Julian Weill)
Born 3-2-1900 Died 4-3-1950
Hank Williams (Hiram King Williams) (aka Luke the Drifter) -
Born 9-17-1923 Died 5-16-1953
Singer and guitarist
Django Reinhardt (Jean Baptiste Reinhardt)
Born 1-23-1910 Died 5-16-1953
Guitarist
Charlie Parker Jr. (aka Bird and Yardbird)
Born 8-29-1920 Died 3-12-1955
Saxophonist
Buddy Holly ( Charles Hardin Holley )
Born 9-7-1936 Died 2-3-1959
Singer, songwriter and guitarist.
Ritchie Valens ( Ricardo Steven Valenzuela )
Born 5-13-1941 Died 2-3-1959
Singer and guitarist
Big Bopper (Jiles Perry Richardson Jr.)
Born 10-24-1930 Died 2-3-1959
Singer and guitarist

Billie Holiday (Eleanora Fagan Gough) (aka Lady Day)
Born 4-7-1915 Died 7-17-1959
Singer
Eddie Cochran ( Ray Edward Cochrane )
Born 10-3-1938 Died 4-17-1960
Singer, guitarist, songwriter.
Marilyn Monroe (Norma Jean Baker)
Born 1926 Died 8-5-1962
Singer, actress.
Elmore James (Elmore Brooks) (aka Cleanhead and Joe Willie James)
Born 1-27-1918 Died 5-24-1963
Singer and guitarist
Cole Porter (Cole Albert Porter)
Born 6-9-1891 Died 10-15-1964
Pianist and songwriter
Sam Cooke (Samuel Cook)
Born 1-22-31 Died 12-11-1964
Singer, songwriter.
Nat King Cole (Nathaniel Adams Coles)
Born 3-17-1919 Died 2-15-1965
Singer
Lenny Bruce (Leonard Alfred Schneider)
Born10-13-1925 Died 8-3-1966
Comedian, surrealist.
Joe Meek ( Robert George Meek )
4-5-1929 2-3-1967
Producer, songwriter
Woody Guthrie ( Woodrow Wilson Guthrie )
7-14-1912 Died 10-3-1967
Singers, guitarist, songwriter
Otis Redding (Otis Redding Jr.)
9-9-1941 - 12-10-1967
Singer

Brian Jones (Lewis Brian Hopkin Jones)
2-28-1942 - Died 7-3-1969
Guitarist,songwriter.
Jimi Hendrix (James Marshall Hendrix) (aka Jimmy James)
11-27-42 - Died 9-18-1970
Guitarist, singer, songwriter.
Janis Joplin (Janis Lyn Joplin)
1-19-1943 - Died 10-4-1970
Singer
Jim Morrison ( James Douglas Morrison ) The Lizard King
12-8-1943 - Died 7-3-1971
Singer
Gene Vincent ( Vincent Eugene Craddock )
Born 2-11-1935 - Died 10-12-1971
Singer, guitarist.
Gram Parsons ( Cecil Ingram Connor )
Born 11-5-1946 - Died 9-19-1973
Singer, guitarist, songwriter.
Gene Krupa (Eugene Bertram Krupa)
Born 1-15-1909 - Died 10-16-1973
Drummer
Zeke Zettner (Tommy Zettner)
Born 9-21-1948 - Died 11-10-1973
Bass player.
Bobby Darin ( Walden Robert Cassotto )
Born 5-14-1936 - Died 12-20-1973
Singer, songwriter and actor

Duke Ellington (Edward Kennedy Ellington)
Born 4-29-1899 - Died 5-24-1974
Leader, composer, arranger and piano player
Mama Cass Elliot ( Ellen Naomi Cohen )
Born 9-19-1943 - Died 7-29-1974
Singer
Nick Drake
Born 6-18-1948 - Died 11-25-1974
Singer, songwriter
T-Bone Walker (Aaron Thibeaux Walker)
Born 5-28-1910 - Died 3-16-1975
Singer, guitarist, pianist.
Tim Buckley (Timothy Charles Buckley III)
Born 2-14-1947 - Died 6-29-
Singer and guitarist
Cannonball Adderley (Julian Edwin Adderley)
9-15-1928 - Died 8-8-
Saxophonist
Al Jackson Jr
Born 11-27-1935 - Died 10-1-1975
Drummer
Dave Alexander (David Michael Alexander) (aka Zander)
Born 6-3-1947 - Died 2-10-1975
Bassist
Bernard Herrmann
Born 6-29-1911 - Died 12-24-1975
Composer and conductor
Howlin' Wolf ( Chester Arthur Burnett )
Born 6-10-1910 - Died 1-10-76
Singer, songwriter, guitarist and harmonica player
Adolph Rickenbacker (aka Adolph Rickenbacher) (Adolf Adam Riggenbacher)
Born 4-1-1887 - Died 3-7-1976
Founder of The Rickenbacker Guitar Company and co-founder of The Ro-Pat-In Company.
Elvis Presley (Elvis Aron Presley) (aka Elvis Aaron Presley) (aka The Hilbilly Cat)
Born 1-8-1935 - Died 8-16-1977
Singer and guitarist

Marc Bolan (Mark Feld) (aka Toby Tyler)
Born 9-30-47 - Died 9-16-1977
Singer and Guitarist
Keith Moon
Born 8-23-1947 - Died 9-7-1978
Drummer for The Escorts, The Beachcombers and The Who
Johnny O'Keefe (John Micheal O'Keefe) - The Wild One, Australia's 'King of Rock'N'Roll'
Born 1-19-1935 - Died 10-6-
Singer
Jacques Brel
Born 4-8-1929 - Died 10-9-1978
Singer and songwriter
Charles Mingus Jr.
Born 4-22-1922 - Died 1-5-1979
Bassist and
Sid Vicious ( John Simon Ritchie )
Born 5-10-1957 - Died 2-2-1979
Bassist and singer
Minnie Riperton (Minnie Julia Riperton)
Born 11-8-1947 - Died 7-12-1979
Singer
Ian Curtis (Ian Kevin Curtis)
Born 7-15-1956 - Died 5-18-
Singer and guitarist
John Lennon (Born, John Winston Lennon)
Singer, guitarist, pianist and songwriter
Bob Marley ( Robert Nesta Marley ) (aka Tuff Gong and Bobby Martell)
Born 2-6-1945 - Died 5-11-1981
Singer, songwriter and guitarist
Lightnin' Hopkins ( Sam Hopkins)
Born 3-15-1912 - Died 1-30-1982
Guitarist
Thelonious Monk (Thelonious Sphere Monk)
Born 10-11-1917 - Died 2-17-1982
Piano player
Lester Bangs (Leslie Bangs)
Born 12-14-1948 - Died 4-30-1982
Rock Critic

James Honeyman Scott
Born 11-4-1957 - Died 6-16-1982
Guitarist
Joe Tex (Joseph Arrington Jr. aka Joseph Hazziez)
Born 8-8-1933 - Died 8-13-
Billy Fury (Ronald William Wynchley)
Born 4-17-1941 - Died 1-28-1983
Karen Carpenter (Karen Anne Carpenter)
Born 3-2- 1950 - Died 2-4-1983
Singer
Muddy Waters ( McKinley Morganfield ) - The father of Chicago blues
Born 4-4-1915 - Died 4-30-1983
Singer and guitarist
Jobriath Boone (Bruce Wayne Campbell) (aka Jobriath Salisbury and Cole Berlin)
Born 12-14-1946 - Died 8-3-1983
Singer, guitarist and keyboardist
Klaus Nomi (Klaus Sperber)
Born 1-24-1944 - Died 8-6-1983
Singer
Prince Far I (aka King Cry-Cry) (Michael Williams)
Born 1944 - Died 9-15-1983
Producer, Selector
Dennis Wilson
Born 12-4-1944 – Died 12-28-1983
Singer and drummer, The Beach
Jackie Wilson (Jack Leroy Wilson)
Born 6-9-1934 - 1-21-1984
Singer

Marvin Gaye (Marvin Pentz Gay Jr.)
Born 4-2-1939 - Died 4-1-1984
Singer, drummer, songwriter and producer.
Count Basie (William James Basie)
8-21-1904 - Died 4-26-1984
Pianist, organist and composer
Ricky Wilson (Ricky Helton Wilson)
Born 3-19-1953 - Died 10-13-1985
Guitarist - The B-52s
Ricky Nelson ( Eric Hilliard Nelson )
Born 5-8-1940 - Died 12-31-1985
Singer-songwriter, instrumentalist, and actor.
Tracy Pew
12-19-1957 - Died 7-5-1986
Bass player - The Birthday Party
Stewie Speer
Born 6-26-1928 - Died 9-16-1986
Drummer - Max Merritt & The Meteors and The Brian Brown Quintet.
Cliff Burton (Clifford Lee Burton)
Born 2-10-1962 - Died 9-27-1986
Bassist and pianist

Andy Warhol (Andrew Warhola)
Born 8-6-1928 - Died 2-22-1987
Artist and designer
Peter Tosh (Winston Hubert MacIntosh) (aka Stepping Razor)
Born 10-9-1944 - Died 9-11-1987
Singer and guitarist
Divine (Harris Glenn Milstead)
Born 10-19-1945 - Died 3-7-1988
Actor and singer
Andy Gibb (Andrew Roy Gibb)
Born 3-5-1958 - Died 3-10-1988
Singer
Hillel Slovak
Born 4-13-62 - Died 6-27-1988
Guitarist.
Nico (Christa Paffgen)
Born 10-16-1938 - Died 7-18-1988
Model, actress and singer
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Born 12-22-1960 - Died 8-12-1988
Artist, Dj
Roy Orbison (Roy Kelton Orbison) (aka The Big O)
Born 4-23-1936 - Died 12-6-1988
Singer, songwriter and guitarist
Sylvester (Sylvester James)
Born 9-6-1947 - Died 12-16-1988
Singer
King Tubby (Osborne Ruddock)
Born 1-28-1941 - Died 2-6-1989
Producer, Engineer.
Pete De Freitas
Born 8-2-1961 - Died 6-14-1989
Drummer, Echo & the Bunnymen.
Del Shannon (Charles Weedon Westover)
Born 12-30-1934 - Died 2-8-1990
Singer and guitarist.

Johnnie Ray (John Alvin Ray) - Prince Of Wails
Born 1-10-1927 - Died 2-24-1990
Singer
Stevie Ray Vaughan (Stephen Ray Vaughan)
Born 10-3-54 - Died 8-27-
Singer, Guitarist.
Martin Hannett
Born 1950 - Died 4-18-1991
Produceer - Joy Division, The Buzzcocks, New Order, U2, The Psychedelic Furs, John Cooper-Clarke and Magazine .
Steve Marriott (Stephen Peter Marriott)
Born 1-30-1947 - Died 4-20-1991
Guitarist and singer, The Small Faces
Johnny Thunders ( John Anthony Genzale Jr.) (aka Johnny Volume)
Born 7-15-1952 - Died 4-23-
Guitarist and vocalist.
Gene Clark (Harold Eugene Clark)
Born 11-17-1944 - Died 5-24-1991
Singer, Siongwriter, Guitarist - The Byrds
Joe Cole
Born 1961 - Died 12-19-1991
Writer, Roadie.
Stefanie Sargent (Stefanie Ann Sargent)
Born 6-8-1968 - Died 6-27-1992
Guitarist
Larry Levan
Born 7-18-1954 - Died 11-8-1992
DJ and Producer.
Dizzy Gillespie (John Birks Gillespie)
Born 10-21-1917 - Died 1-6-1993
Trumpet player
Mick Ronson
Born 5-26-1946 - Died 4-29-1993
Guitarist, Producer.
Sun Ra (Herman Sonny Blount)
Born 5-22-1914 - Died 5-30-1993
Composer, pianist, philosopher.
G.G. Allin
Born 8-29-1956 - Died 6-28-1993
Singer, Songwriter.

Mia Zapata (Mia Katherine Zapata)
Born 8-25-1965 - Died 7-7-1993
Singer
River Phoenix
Born 8-23-1970 - Died 10-31-1993
Actor, Guitarist.
Frank Zappa (Francis Vincent Zappa Jr.)
Born 12-21-1940 - Died 12-4-1993
Singer, composer and
Charizma (Charles Hicks)
Born 7-6-1973 - Died 12-19-1993
MC
Bill Hicks (William Melvin Hicks)
Born 12-16-1961 - Died 2-26-1994
Comedian - Social Commentator
Kurt Cobain (Kurt Donald Cobain)
Singer and guitarist
Kristen Pfaff
Born 5-26-1967 - Died 6-16-1994
Bass player.
Eazy E ( Eric Wright )
Born 9-7-1963 - Died 3-27-1995
MC
Jerry Garcia (Jerome John Garcia)
Born 8-1-1942 - Died 8-9-1995
Guitarist, banjo and piano player
Sterling Morrison (Holmes Sterling Morrison, Jr.)
Born 8-29-1942 - Died 8-30-
Guitarist
Buffy The Human Beat Box ( Darren Robinson )
Born 6-10-1967 - Died 12-10-
MC
Timothy Leary
Born 10-22-1920 - Died 5-31-1996
Writer, Spoken Word Artist.

Ella Fitzgerald (Ella Jane Fitzgerald) (aka Lady Ella) The First Lady of Song
Born 4-25-1917 - Died 6-15-1996
Singer
Rob Collins (Robert Collins)
Born 2-23-1963 - Died 7-22-1996
Organ player
Tupac (2pac ) Shakur (Tupac Amaru Shakur) (aka Makaveli)
Born 6-16-1971 - Died 9-13-1996
MC
Chris Acland (Christopher John Dyke Acland)
Born 9-7-1966 - Died 10-17-1996
Drummer
Robert Racic
Born 1-8-1964 - Died 10-25-1996
Producer, DJ and arranger
Notorious B.I.G. (Christopher Wallace)
Born 21-5-1972 - Died 3-9-1997
MC
Allen Ginsberg - ( Irwin Ginsberg)
Born 6-3-1926 - Died 4-5-1997
Poet, Writer
Jeff Buckley (Jeffrey Scott Buckley) (aka Scottie Moorhead)
Born 11-17-1966 - Died 5-29-
Singer, songwriter and guitarist
Ronnie Lane (Ronald Frederick Lane) (aka Plonk)
Born 4-1-1946 - Died 6-4-1997
Singer, songwriter and bass player.
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
Born 10-13-1948 - Died 8-16-1997
Singer, composer, Multi-instrumentalist
John Denver ( Henry John Deutschendorf Jr. )
Born 12-31-1943 - Died 10-12-1997
Guitarist, singer, songwriter.
Michael Hutchence
Born 1-22-1960 - Died 11-22-1997
Singer
Carl Perkins (Carl Lee Perkings)
Born 4-9-1932 - Died 1-19-1998
Musician, songwriter.
Carl Wilson (Carl Dean Wilson)
Born 12-21-1946 - Died 2-6-1998
Singer and guitarist
Falco (Johann H. Holzel)
Born 2-19-1957 - Died 2-6-1998
Singer

Wendy O. Williams (Wendy Orlean Williams) (aka The Squirrel Lady)
Born 5-28-1949 - Died 4-6-1998
Singer and actress
Linda McCartney (Linda Louise Eastman) (Lady McCartney)
Born 9-24-1941 - Died 4-17-1998
Singer, keyboardist and
Frank Sinatra (Francis Albert Sinatra) (aka Ol' Blue Eyes) The Chaiman Of The Board
Born 12-12-1915 - Died 5-14-1998
Singer
Marc Hunter
Born 9-07-1954 - Died 7-17-1998
Singer
David McComb (David Richard Mccomb)
Born 2-17-1962 - Died 2-2-1999
Singer, songwriter.
Big L (Lamont Coleman)
Born 5-30-1974 - Died 2-15-1999
MC
Dusty Springfield ( Mary Isabel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien )
Born 4-16-1939 - Died 3-2-1999
Singer
Rob Gretton (Robert Leo Gretton)
Born 1-15-1953 - Died 5-15-1999
Manager, Impresario
Augustus Pablo (Horace Swaby)
Born 06-21-1953 - Died 5-18-1999
Producer, keyboardist.
Curtis Mayfield
Born 6-3-1942 - Died 12-26-1999
Singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist.

Screamin Jay Hawkins (Jalacy J. Hawkins)
Born 7-18-1929 - Died 2-12-2000
Singer, Songwriuter, guitarist.
Ofra Haza
Born 11-19-1959 - Died 2-23-2000
Singer.
Ian Dury (Ian Robbins Dury)
Born 5-12-1942 - Died 3-27-2000
Singer
DJ Screw (Robert Earl Davis Jr.)
Born 6-27-1971 - Died 11-16-2000
DJ
Kirsty MacColl (aka Mandy Doubt)
Born 10-10-1959 - Died 12-18-2000
Singer, songwriter.
John Lee Hooker (aka John Lee Cooker, John Lee Booker, Delta John, Texas Slim, Birmingham Sam and the Boogie Man)
Born 8-22-1917 - Died 6-21-2001
Singer, songwriter and guitarist
Chet Atkins (Chester Burton Atkins)
Born 6-20-1924 - Died 6-30-2001
Producer, vocalist, guitarist, arranger and fiddler.
Aaliyah (Aeliyatt Dani Haughton)
Born 1-16-1979 - Died 8-25-2001
Singer, actress.
Shirley Strachan (Graeme Strachan)
Born 1-2-1952 - Died 8-29-2001
Singer, Actor.
George Harrison (George Harold Harrison)
Born 2-24-1943 - Died 11-29-2001
Guitarist, sitar player and singer.
Stuart Adamson (William Stuart Adamson)
Born 4-11-1958 - Found dead 12-16-
Guitarist and singer.
Waylon Jennings (Waylon Arnold Jennings)
Born 6-15-1937 - Died 2-13-2002
Singer and guitarist.
Layne Staley (Layne Thomas Staley)
Born 8-22-1967 - died 4-5-2002
Singer and guitarist
Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes (Lisa Nicole Lopes)
Born 5-27-1971 - Died 4-25-2002
Singer

Dee Dee Ramone (Douglas Glenn Colvin) (aka Dee Dee King)
Born 9-18-1952 - Died 6-5-2002
Bassist, singer and songwriter.
Jam Master Jay (Jason Mizell)
Born 1-21-1965 - Died 10-30-2002
DJ, Producer.
Mary Hansen
Born 11-1-1966 - Died 12-9-2002
Singer, keyboardist and guitarist
Joe Strummer (John Graham Mellor) (aka Woody)
Born 8-21-1952 - Died 12-22-2002
Singer and guitarist .
Nina Simone (Eunice Kathleen Waymon) - High Priestess of Soul
Born 2-21-1933 - Died 4-21-2003
Singer and pianist.
June Carter Cash
Born 6-23-1929 - Died 5-15-2003
Singer, guitarist, autoharp player, composer.
Barry White (Barry Eugene Carter) - King of make out music
Born 9-12-1944 - Died 7-4-2003 -
Singer, keyboardists and arranger.
Wesley Willis
Born 5-31-1963 - Died 8-21-2003
Singer, Guitarist.
Warren Zevon (Warren William Zevon)
Born 1-24-1947 - Died 9-7-2003
Guitarist, Pianist, singer, Songwriter.
Johnny Cash (J. R. Cash) - The Man in Black
Born 2-26-1932 - Died 9-12-2003
Singer, songwriter and guitarist.
Robert Palmer (Alan Palmer)
Born 1-19-1949 - Died 9-26-2003
Singer and guitarist
John McGeogh
Born 5-28-1955 - Died 3-5-2004
Guitarist
Timi Yuro (Rosemarie Timotea Aurro)
Born 8-4-1940 - Died 3-30-2004
Singer
Ray Charles (Ray Charles Robinson)
Born 9-23-1930 - Died 6-10-2004
Singer, bandleader and pianist.
Rick James (James Johnson Jr.)
Born 2-1-1948 - Died 8-6-2004
Singer, Songwriter, Producer
Johnny Ramone (John William Cummings)
Born 10-8-1948 - Died 9-15-2004
Guitarist

John Peel ( John Robert Parker Ravenscoft)
Born 8-30-1939 - Died 10-25-2004
DJ - Music Promoter
Mac Dre (Andre Hicks)
Born 7-5-1970 - Died 11-1-2004
MC.
O.D.B. (Russell Tyrone Jones) (aka Ol' Dirty Bastard, Joe Bannanas, Dirt Dog, Dirt McGirt and Big Baby Jesus)
Born 11-15-1969 - Died 11-13-2004
MC
Lyn Collins - The Female Preacher
Born 6-12-1948 - Died 3-13-2005
Singer
Paul Hester (Paul Newell Hester)
Born 1-8-1959 - Died 3-26-2005
Drummer, TV Personality.
Bob Moog (Dr. Robert Moog) (Robert A. Moog)
Born 5-23-1934 - Died 8-21-2005
Inventor of the Moog.
R.L. Burnside
Born 11-23-1926 - Died 9-1-2005
Guitarist and singer.
Willie Hutch (Willie McKinley Hutchison)
Born 12-6-1944 - Died 9-19-2005
Guitarist, singer, songwriter and producer
Link Wray (Frederick Lincoln Wray)
Born 5-2-1929 - Died 11-5-2005
Guitarist and singer.
Wilson Pickett (aka the Wicked Pickett)
Born 3-18-1941 - Died 1-19-2006
Singer.

Jay Dee (aka J Dilla) (James Yancy)
Born 2-7-1974 - Died 2-10-2006
Producer and MC
Billy Thorpe
Born 3-29-1946 - Died 2-28-2007
Singer, songwriter and guitarist.
Pete Wells
Born 1948 - Died 3-27-2006
Guitarist.
Grant McLennan
Born 12-02-1958 - Died 5-6-2006
Singer, songwriter and guitarist.
Robbie "Rocket" Watts
Died 7-1-2006
Guitarist and banjo player
Syd Barrett - (Roger Keith Barrett)
Born 1-6-1946 - Died 7-7-2006
Singer, songwriter and guitarist
Arthur Lee (Arthur Taylor Porter)
Born 3-7-1945 - Died 8-3-2006
Singer and guitarist
James Brown (James Joseph Brown Jr.) - Godfather of Soul - The Hardest Working Man in Show Business - Soul Brother Number One
Born 5-3-1933 - Died 12-25-2006
Singer, songwriter, bandleader and producer.
Lee Hazlewood (Barton Lee Hazlewood)
Born 7-9-1929 - Died 8-4-2007
Singer, songwriter and producer.
Tony Wilson (Anthony Howard Wilson)
Born 2-20-1950 - Died 8-10-2007
Broadcaster, Label boss, impresario.
Pimp C (Chad Butler)
Born 12-29-1973 - Found dead 12-4-2007
MC
Ike Turner (Izear Wister Turner)
Born 11-5-1931 - Died 12-12-2007
Producer, pianist, guitarist and singer.

Jackie Orszaczky (Miklos Orszacky)
Born 5-8-1948 - Died 2-3-2008
Bassist, singer and producer.
Bo Diddley (Otha Ellas Bates) (Ellas McDaniel) - the Originator
Born 12-30-1928 - Died 6-2-2008
Guitarist, songwriter and singer.
Isaac Hayes (Isaac Lee Hayes Jr.)
Born 8-20-1942 - Died 8-10-2008
Singer pianist, flautist, saxophonist, songwriter, producer, arranger and actor
Levi Stubbs (Levi Stubbles Jr.)
Born 6-6-1936 - Died 10-17-2008
Singer
Richey James Edwards (Richard James Edwards)
Born 12-22-1967 - Officially declared dead 11-23-2008
Songwriter, guitarist.
Ron Asheton (Ronald Franklin Asheton, Jr.)
Born 7-17-1948 - Found dead 1-6-2009
Guitarist, bass player, accordion player, songwriter.
Charlie Cooper (Charles Wesley Cooper III)
Born 4-12-1977 - Died 1-22-2009
Composer, songwriter.
Dean Turner (aka Dean Dirt)
Born 1-6-1972 - Died 8-21-2009
Guitarist
Lux Interior (Erick Lee Purkhiser)
Born 10-21-1946 - Died 2-4-2009
Singer.
Eddie Bo (Edwin Joseph Bocage) (aka Spider Bocage)
Born 9-20-1929 - Died 3-18-2009
Singer and pianist
Michael Jackson (Michael Joseph Jackson ) - The King Of Pop
Born 8-29-1958 - Died 6-25-2009
Singer, songwriter, dancer
Les Paul (Lester William Polfuss) (aka Red Hot Red)
Born 6-9-1915 - Died 8-13-2009
Guitarist, banjo player and harmonica player.
DJ AM (Adam Goldstien)
Born 3-30-1973 - Died 8-28-2009
DJ, producer.

Roc Raida (Anthony Williams)
Born 5-18-1972 - Died 9-19-2009
DJ, producer.
Mr. Magic (John Rivas) (aka Sir Juice and Super Rocking Mr. Magic)
Born 3-15-1956 - Died 10-2-2009
DJ and promoter.
Liam Maher
Born 1968 - Died 10-20-2009
Singer
Vic Chesnutt (James Victor Chesnutt)
Born 11-12-1964 - Died 12-25-2009
Singer, songwriter and guitarist
Rowland S Howard (aka Rowie) ( Rowland Stuart Howard )
Born 10-24-1959 - Died 12-30-2009
Guitarist.
Chris 'Spacewolf' Feinstein
Born 05-26-1967 - Died 12-15-2009
Musician
Jay Reatard (Jimmy Lee Lindsey Jr.)
Born 5-1-1980 - Died 1-12-2010
Singer, percussionist, keyboardist and guitarist.
Teddy Pendergrass (Theodore DeReese Pendergrass Jr.) (aka Teddy P, TP and Teddy Bear)
Born 3-26-1950 - Died 1-13-2010
Singer and drummer.
Mark Linkous
Born 9-11-1962 - Died 03-06-2010
Singer and songwriter.
Alex Chilton (William Alexander Chilton)
Born 12-28-1950 - Died 03-17-2010
Songwriter, guitarist, singer and producer.

Malcolm McLaren
Born 01-22-1946 - Died 04-08-2010
Musician, band manager, entrepreneur, songwriter.
Ronnie James Dio
Born 07-10-1942 - Died 05-16-2010
Musician, singer-songwriter, producer.
Marvin Isley
Born 08-18-1953 - Died 06-06-2010
Bass player (The Isley Brothers).
Stuart Cable
Born 05-19-1970 - Died 06-07-2010
Drummer (Stereophonics), broadcaster.

Richard Bailey
Born 10-11-1957 - Died 06-15-2010
Photographer.
Solomon Burke
Born 03-21-1940 - Died 10-10-2010
American singer/songwriter, entrepeneur, mortician, archbishop of the United House of Prayer For All People
Norman Wisdom
Born 02-04-1915 - Died 10-04-2010
English comedian, singer-songwriter and actor.
Phelps 'Catfish' Collins
Born 1944 - Died 8-6-2010
Musician
"Ari Up" (Ariane Daniele Forster)
Born 01-17-1962 - Died 10-20-2010
English punk group The Slits
Peter Martin Christopherson
Born 02-27-1955 - Died 11-24-2010
Musician, video director, designer

James Moody
Born 03-26-1925 - Died 12-09-2010
American jazz saxophonist
Albert Abraham "Little Smokey" Smothers
Born 01-02-1939 - Died 11-20-2010
African American, Chicago blues guitarist and singer.
Albert 'Gentleman June' Gardner
Born 1930 - Died 11-19-2010
Legendary New Orleans drummer
Gregory Isaacs
Born 07-15-1951 - Died 10-25-2010
Jamaican reggae musician.
James Freud
Born 06-29-1959 - Died 11-4-2010
From Australian rock band Models
Don Partridge
Born 10-27-1941 - Died 09-21-2010
English singer and songwriter
Gerry Rafferty
Born 04-16-1947 - Died 01-01-2011
Scottish singer and songwriter
Mick Karn
Born 07-24-1958 - Died 01-04-2011
English multi-instrumentalist musician/songwriter for the art rock band Japan.
Trish Keenan
Born 1969 - Died 01-14-2011
Lead singer of Broadcast
John Barry
Born 11-03-1933 - Died 01-30-2011
Oscar-winning English film score composer

Dame Elizabeth Rosemond "Liz" Taylor
Born 02-27-1932 - Died 03-23-2011
One of the great screen actresses of Hollywood's Golden Age.
Loleatta Holloway
Born 11-05-1946 - Died 03-21-2011
American gospel & disco singer.
Joseph William 'Pinetop' Perkins
Born 07-07-1913 - Died 03-21-2011
American blues musician.
Joseph A. Morello
Born 07-17-1928 - Died 03-12-2011
Jazz drummer best known for his 12½-year stint with The Dave Brubeck Quartet.
Don Kirshner
Born 04-17-1934 - Died 01-17-2011
American song publisher/rock producer who is best known for managing pop groups, such as The Monkees and The Archies.
Buddy Charleton
Born 03-06-1938 - Died 01-25-2011
Elmer Lee “Buddy” Charleton, the musician and teacher whose pedal steel guitar work was an integral element in Country Music Hall of Famer Ernest Tubb’s famed Texas Troubadours band.
Gladys Horton
Born 05-30-1944 - Died 01-26-2011
American R&B and pop singer, famous for being the founder and lead singer of the popular Motown all-female vocal group The Marvelettes.

Charlie Louvin
Born 07-07-1927 - Died 01-26-2011
American country music singer and songwriter. He is best known as one of the Louvin Brothers, and was a member of the Grand Ole Opry since 1955.
Gary Moore
Born 04-04-1952 - Died 02-06-11
Northern Irish musician from Belfast, best recognised as a blues rock guitarist and singer.
Amy Winehouse
Born 09-14-83 - Died 07-23-11
English singer-songwriter known for her powerful deep contralto vocals & her eclectic mix of musical genres including R&B, soul and jazz.