Months in 2003: January February March April May June July August September October November December
Events in Music
Events 1 - 3 of 3
Jan 13th - Rock musician Pete Townshend of The Who was arrested in London on suspicion of possessing indecent images of children. He was later cleared.
Feb 2nd - Russian pop girl duo Tatu start a four-week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'All The Things She Said'
Sep 27th - Actress Halle Berry announces her separation from second husband, R&B singer Eric Benet
Deaths in Music
Deaths 1 - 85 of 85
Jan 2nd - Eric Jupp,
British-Australian pianist, composer, arranger (b. 1922)
Jan 4th - Yfrah Neaman,
Lebanese-born violinist (b. 1923)
Jan 5th - Doreen Carwithen,
British composer, widow of William Alwyn (b. 1922)
Jan 8th - Ron Goodwin,
British composer and conductor (b. 1925)
Jan 11th - Mickey Finn,
English drummer (T. Rex) (b. 1947)
Jan 12th - Maurice Gibb,
British singer, songwriter, and musician (Bee Gees) (b. 1949)
Jan 15th - Doris Fisher,
American singer and songwriter (b. 1915)
Jan 17th - Balint Vazsonyi,
Hingarian pianist (b. 1936)
Jan 23rd - Nell Carter,
American singer and actress (b. 1948)
Feb 1st - Mongo Santamaria,
Cuban percussionist and band leader (b. 1922)
Feb 2nd - Lou Harrison,
American composer (b. 1917)
Feb 4th - Charlie Biddle,
Canadian jazz bassist (b. 1926)
Feb 19th - Johnny PayCheck,
American country singer/songwriter (b. 1938)
Feb 20th - Ty Longley,
American guitarist (Great White) (b. 1971)
Feb 23rd - Howie Epstein,
American bass guitarist (Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers) (b. 1955)
Feb 27th - John Lanchbery,
English composer (b. 1923)
Mar 2nd - Hank Ballard,
American musician (b. 1927)
Mar 2nd - Malcolm Williamson, Australian composer (b. 1931)
Mar 3rd - Goffredo Petrassi,
Italian composer (b. 1904)
Mar 8th - Adam Faith,
English singer and actor (b. 1940)
Mar 28th - Rusty Draper,
American country and pop singer (b. 1923)
Mar 31st - Tommy Seebach,
Danish singer (b. 1949)
Apr 1st - Leslie Cheung,
Hong Kong actor and singer (b. 1956)
Apr 2nd - Edwin Starr,
American singer (b. 1942)
Apr 6th - Babatunde Olatunji,
Nigerian drummer (b. 1927)
Apr 10th - Little Eva,
American singer (b. 1943)
Apr 17th - Earl King,
American musician and songwriter (b. 1934)
Apr 21st - Nina Simone,
American singer and pianist (b. 1933)
Apr 22nd - Felice Bryant,
American songwriter (b. 1925)
May 10th - Milan Vukcevich,
Yugoslavian chemist and chess problem composer (b. 1937)
May 11th - Noel Redding,
English bassist (The Jimi Hendrix Experience) (b. 1945)
Country Singer June Carter Cash (May 15th)
May 15th - June Carter Cash,
American musician and singer (b. 1929)
May 25th - Jeremy Michael Ward,
American musician (The Mars Volta) (b. 1976)
May 27th - Luciano Berio,
Italian composer (b. 1925)
Jun 5th - Manuel Rosenthal,
French composer and conductor (b. 1904)
Jun 6th - Dave Rowberry,
British musician (The Animals) (b. 1940)
Jul 1st - Herbie Mann,
American jazz flutist (b. 1930)
Jul 4th - Barry White,
American singer, dies at 58
Jul 4th - André Claveau, French singer (b. 1915)
Jul 6th - Skip Battin,
American rocker, dies at 69
Jul 7th - Izhak Graziani,
Bulgarian-born conductor (b. 1924)
Jul 12th - Benny Carter,
American musician (b. 1907)
Jul 13th - Compay Segundo,
Cuban musician (b. 1907)
Jul 16th - Celia Cruz,
Cuban musician (b. 1924)
Jul 17th - Rosalyn Tureck,
American pianist and harpsichordist (b. 1914)
Jul 25th - Erik Brann,
American musician (Iron Butterfly) (b. 1950)
Singer Barry White (Jul 4th)
Aug 3rd - Roger Voudouris,
American singer and songwriter (b. 1954)
Aug 9th - Gregory Hines,
American actor and dancer (b. 1946)
Aug 10th - Carmita Jiménez,
Puerto Rican singer
Aug 13th - Ed Townsend,
American songwriter and producer (b. 1929)
Aug 15th - Gösta Sundqvist,
Finnish songwriter and singer (heart attack) (b. 1957)
Aug 18th - Tony Jackson,
English musician (The Searchers) (b. 1938)
Aug 21st - Wesley Willis,
American musician (b. 1963)
Aug 22nd - Imperio Argentina,
Argentinian singer and actress (b. 1906)
Sep 4th - Tibor Varga,
Hungarian violinist and conductor (b. 1921)
Sep 4th - Lola Bobesco, Romanian-born violinist (b. 1921)
Sep 5th - Gisele MacKenzie,
Canadian-born singer (b. 1927)
Sep 7th - Warren Zevon,
American musician (b. 1947)
Sep 12th - Johnny Cash,
American singer and guitarist (b. 1932)
Sep 14th - John Serry,
Sr., American musician, (b. 1915)
Sep 15th - Jack Brymer,
English clarinetist (b. 1915)
Country Singer Johnny Cash (Sep 12th)
Sep 16th - Sheb Wooley,
singer and actor (b. 1921)
Sep 19th - Slim Dusty,
Australian singer (b. 1927)
Sep 23rd - Ronnie Dawson,
American rockabilly musician (b. 1939)
Sep 24th - Rosalie Allen,
American singer and disc jockey (b. 1924)
Sep 26th - Robert Palmer,
English singer (b. 1949)
Sep 26th - Shawn Lane, American guitarist (b. 1963)
Oct 7th - Arthur Berger,
American composer (b. 1912)
Oct 10th - Eugene Istomin,
American pianist (b. 1925)
Oct 21st - Elliott Smith,
American musician (b. 1969)
Oct 23rd - Tony Capstick,
English actor, comedian, and musician (b. 1944)
Oct 24th - Rosie Nix Adams,
Stepdaughter of Johnny Cash (b. 1958)
Oct 31st - Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer,
Indian singer (b. 1908)
Nov 5th - Bobby Hatfield,
American singer (Righteous Brothers) (b. 1940)
Nov 8th - Guy Speranza,
American singer, original Riot frontman (b. 1956)
Nov 12th - Tony Thompson,
American drummer (Chic, Power Station) (b. 1954)
Nov 15th - Speedy West,
Country Music Hall of Fame Steel Guitarist (b. 1924)
Nov 17th - Arthur Conley,
American singer (b. 1946)
Nov 17th - Don Gibson, American singer (b. 1928)
Nov 18th - Michael Kamen,
American composer (b. 1948)
Nov 26th - Soulja Slim,
American rapper (b. 1978)
Dec 8th - Rubén González,
Cuban pianist (Buena Vista Social Club) (b. 1919)
Dec 16th - Gary Stewart,
American musician and songwriter (b. 1945)
Dec 22nd - Dave Dudley,
American singer (b. 1928)
Dec 30th - Anita Mui,
Hong Kong singer and actress (b. 1963)
