Musicians Who Died in January 1984

  • Jan 1 Alexis Korner, British blues revivalist, guitar player (Blues Incorporated - "Please Please Please Please"), and radio broadcaster, dies of lung cancer at 55
  • Jan 11 Fritz Geissler, German composer, dies at 62
  • Jan 14 Paul Ben Haim [Frankenburger], Israeli composer, dies at 86
  • Jan 17 Kostas Giannidis [Yannis Constantinidis], Greek composer and pianist, dies at 80
  • Jan 18 Vassilis Tsitsanis, Greek singer, rebetiko and laïkó songwriter, and bouzouki player, dies on his 69th birthday

Jackie Wilson (1934-1984)

Jan 21 American soul singer-songwriter and performer ("Lonely Teardrops"; "Higher And Higher": "I Get the Sweetest Feeling"), dies from stroke complications at 49

  • Jan 23 Dean Goffin, New Zealand composer, dies at 67
  • Jan 23 Samuel Gardner, American composer, dies at 92
  • Jan 30 Luke Kelly, Irish folk music singer and banjo player (The Dubliners), dies at 43