Months in Year 1995: January February March April May June July August September October November December
Deaths 1 - 150 of 210
Jan 1st - Jess Stacy,
US jazz pianist (Great Gatsby), dies at 90
Jan 1st - Ted Hawkins, US blues singer (Watch Your Step), dies at 58
Jan 3rd - Al Duncan,
drummer, dies at 68
Jan 4th - Eduardo Mata,
Mexican conductor, dies in air crash at 52
Jan 4th - Leonard Hirsch, Brit violinist/conducter (BBC Empire Orch), dies at 92
Jan 5th - Francis Lopez,
Fren dentist/operetta composer (Andalousie), dies at 78
Jan 6th - James Clay,
saxophonist, dies at 59
Jan 7th - Arthur Leavins,
violinist, dies at 77
Jan 11th - Willem N "Pim" Koot,
pianist (Concert Building), dies at 76
Jan 11th - Josef Gingold, Russian-American violinist (b. 1909)
Jan 12th - Francis Lopez,
songwriter, dies at 77
Jan 13th - Ruby Starr,
vocalist (Grey Ghost), dies of brain tumor at 44
Jan 14th - Alexander Gibson,
Brit conductor/founder (Scottish Opera), dies at 68
Jan 14th - Alexander Gibson, conductor, dies at 69
Jan 15th - Sollie McElroy,
singer, dies at 61
Jan 16th - William Dillard,
trumpeter/singer, dies at 83
Jan 18th - Charles Baskerville,
vocalist, dies at 54
Jan 19th - Gene MacLellan,
Canadian composer and singer (b. 1938)
Jan 27th - Geoffrey Parsons,
Australian/British pianist, dies at 65
Jan 30th - George Richard James,
saxophonist, dies at 88
Feb 3rd - Turner Fodrell,
blues singer/guitarist, dies at 66
Feb 4th - Betty Davis,
British dance teacher of Dame Margot Fonteyn, dies
Feb 6th - Arthur S Taylor Jr,
US drummer/author (Notes on notes), dies at 65
Feb 12th - Earring George Mayweather,
blues harmonica player, dies at 66
Feb 12th - Terence Beckles, pianist/teacher, dies at 82
Feb 12th - Tony Secunda, rock band manager, dies at 54
Feb 13th - Wilton "Bogey" Gaynair,
saxophonist, dies at 68
Feb 17th - Jan Bart Klaster,
music editor (The Slogan), dies at 50
Feb 17th - Uta Graf, singer/teacher, dies at 80
Feb 18th - Denny Cordel,
rock music producer-Laverack, dies at 51
Feb 18th - Eddie Williams, blues/Jazz Bassist, dies at 82
Feb 18th - John Rhea "Yank" Lawson, trumpeter, dies at 83
Feb 18th - Yank Lawson, US jazz trumpeteer (Stormy weather), dies at 84
Feb 18th - Bob Stinson, American guitarist (b.1959)
Feb 23rd - David Melvin English Franklin,
singer, dies at 52
Feb 24th - Richard Nicholson,
musician, dies at 89
Feb 25th - Terence Weil,
cellist/teacher, dies at 73
Feb 28th - Herman "Ace" Wallace,
blues guitarist/singer, dies at 69
Feb 28th - Max Rudolf, conductor, dies at 92
Mar 2nd - Hugo Cole,
musician/critic, dies at 77
Mar 4th - Eden Ahbez,
songwriter, dies at 86
Mar 5th - Vivian Stanshall,
British musician (Magical Mystery Tour), dies at 51
Mar 6th - Delroy George Wilson,
singer, dies at 46
Mar 7th - John Arthur Neill Lambert,
composer teacher organist, dies at 69
Mar 8th - Ingo Schwichtenberg,
German drummer (b. 1965)
Mar 10th - Alexander Hyatt-King,
Mozart scholar, dies at 84
Mar 10th - Hendrik W van Leeuwen, Dutch musician, dies at 79
Mar 11th - Carel Birnie,
found Utrecht Opera/Dutch Dance Theater, dies at 69
Mar 13th - Lorraine Macleod,
dancer (Girls Just Want to Have Fun), dies at 65
Mar 14th - Gerard Thomas Victory,
composer, dies at 73
Mar 16th - Sydney Simone,
band leader, dies at 80
Mar 17th - Sunnyland Smart,
jazz/blues singer/pianist (Delta Blues), dies at 87
Mar 18th - Charles Drain,
singer, dies at 65
Mar 18th - Heinrich Sutermeister, Swiss composer (Raskolnikov), dies at 84
Mar 19th - Kenneth Norman Joseph Loveless,
priest folk musician, dies at 83
Mar 23rd - Alan Barton,
singer (Smokie, Black Lace), dies in a bus crash
Mar 23rd - Daniel George "Danny" Apolinar, composer/songwriter, dies at 61
Mar 23rd - Ripley L. Ingram, singer, dies at 65
Mar 24th - Joey Long,
blues/cajun guitarist, dies at 62
Mar 26th - Rapper-E (Eazy Eric Wright),
dies at 31
Mar 27th - Chet Gierlach,
music publisher/composer, dies at 75
Mar 29th - Baltimora,
British singer (b. 1957)
Mar 30th - Rozelle Claxton,
pianist/arranger, dies at 82
Mar 31st - Selena,
Mexican Grammy winning singer, killed by a fan at 24
Apr 1st - Francisco Moncion,
dancer, dies at 73
Apr 2nd - Julius Arthur Hemphill,
saxophonist, dies at 57
Apr 4th - Peter Brinson,
dance educationalist, dies at 67
Apr 10th - Joseph Anthony "Joe" Richards,
singer/actor (Colo Ranger), dies at 44
Apr 12th - Chris Pyne,
trombonist, dies at 56
Apr 14th - Burl Ives,
folk singer/actor (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof), dies at 85
Apr 14th - James Daniel "Danny" Turner, saxophonist, dies at 75
Apr 15th - Cleo Brown,
pianist, dies at 91
Apr 22nd - Don Pullen,
pianist/composer, dies at 53
Apr 23rd - Lonesome Sundown,
blues singer/guitarist, dies at 66
Apr 25th - Ginger Rogers,
actress/dancer (Top Hat, Stage Door), dies at 83
Apr 30th - Donald Edwin White,
ad copywriter/opera administrator, dies at 59
May 4th - Louis Krasner,
violinist, dies at 91
May 5th - Thomas Eden Binkley,
musician, dies at 63
May 6th - Leanoard "Red" Truss,
R&B singer, dies at 47
May 7th - Ray McKinley,
drummer, dies at 84
May 8th - Teresa Teng,
singer, dies at 41
May 9th - Marshall Royal,
jazz Sax/Clarinet, dies at 82
May 10th - Jimmy Raney,
jazz guitarist, dies at 67
May 15th - Johnny Van Derrick,
jazz violinist, dies at 68
May 15th - Perry Lederman, folk singer, dies at 52
May 16th - Lola Flores,
singer/actress (Kuma Ching, Faraona), dies at 70
May 17th - Nathan "Dambuza" Mdledle,
singer, dies at 72
May 18th - Alexander Gudonov,
Russian dancer/actor (Witness), dies at 45
May 18th - Gordon Reynolds, musician, dies at 74
May 24th - Mike Pyne,
jazz Pianist, dies at 54
May 25th - Dick Curless,
singer/songwriter, dies at 63
May 26th - Ron Weatherburn,
jazz pianist, dies at 61
May 27th - C W Stubblefield,
music promoter, dies at 64
May 27th - Ulyses Simpson Kay, composer, dies at 78
May 28th - Henning Kronstam,
dancer, dies at 60
Jun 1st - Prudence Hyman,
dancer, dies at 80
Jun 5th - Bettina Vernon-Warren,
dancer, dies at 75
Jun 6th - Imam Elissa,
singer, dies at 76
Jun 8th - Sheikh Iman,
singer, dies at 76
Jun 9th - Frank Chacksfield,
conductor/arranger, dies at 81
Jun 11th - Lovelace Watkins,
singer, dies at 58
Jun 12th - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli,
pianist, dies at 75
Jun 13th - David Parry,
guitarist, dies 53
Jun 14th - Rory Gallagher,
Irish rock guitarist (See Here), dies at 47
Jun 19th - Murray Dickie,
opera singer/director, dies at 71
Jun 20th - Dennis Gomm,
musician, dies at 84
Jun 27th - Lionel Edmund "Sonny" Taylor,
musician, dies at 70
Jun 27th - Prez "Kidd" Kenneth, blues singer/guitarist, dies at 61
Jun 30th - Phyllis Hyman,
R&B/Jazz singer (Prime of My Life), suicides at 45
Jul 3rd - Brad Lee Sexton,
bass guitarist, dies at 47
Jul 6th - Ivor Keys,
musician/teacher, dies at 76
Jul 12th - Alan David Marks,
pianist/composer, dies at 49
Jul 12th - Earl Coleman, singer, dies at 69
Jul 12th - Ernie Furtado, bassist, dies at 72
Jul 15th - Willie George "Bill" Woodruff Sr,
vocalist, dies at 66
Jul 16th - Charles Bruck,
Hungarian/French/US conductor (Dutch Opera), dies at 83
Jul 16th - Travis Kemp, dancer/teacher, dies at 91
Jul 19th - Sydney Lipton,
bandleader/violin, dies at 89
Jul 20th - Natalia Dmitrevna Shpiller,
singer, dies at 85
Jul 21st - Edwin "Russell" House,
saxophonist, dies at 65
Jul 22nd - Dave Clark,
music promoter/songwriter, dies at 85
Jul 22nd - Percy Humphrey, musician, dies at 90
Jul 23rd - Floyd McDaniel,
blues singer/guitarist, dies at 80
Jul 24th - Jeremiah Jerry Patrick Lordam,
songwriter/compser, dies at 61
Jul 25th - Charlie Rich,
country singer (Lonely Weekends), dies at 62
Jul 25th - Osvaldo Pugliese, musician/composer, dies at 89
Jul 26th - Laurindo Almeida,
composer/guitarist, dies at 76
Jul 27th - Doris Mae Akers,
gospel singer/songwriter, dies at 72
Jul 27th - Miklos Rozsa, Hung movie composer (Atomic Cafe, Fedora), dies at 88
Jul 30th - Biggie Rodwell Tembo Marasha,
musician, dies at 36
Aug 1st - Robert L "Bob" Talley,
pianist, dies at 75
Aug 3rd - Carl Donnell "Kansas" Fields,
drummer, dies at 79
Aug 3rd - Jose B M Barreto y Casanova, pianist vocalist bandleader, dies at 88
Aug 6th - Youly Algaroff,
ballet dancer, dies at 77
Aug 9th - Jerry Garcia,
rock vocalist (Grateful Dead), dies at 53
Aug 10th - Peter Lancelot Williams,
dance journalist, dies at 81
Aug 11th - Herbert Whitton John Sumsion,
organist/composer, dies at 96
Aug 13th - Jesse Thomas,
blues singer, dies at 84
Aug 15th - Erbie Bowser,
pianist, dies at 77
Aug 16th - Robert "Robby" Debarge,
r&B Musician, dies at 36
Aug 17th - William Strethan "Wild Bill" Davis,
musician, dies at 76
Aug 19th - Pierre Schaeffer,
composer/radio innovator, dies at 85
Aug 20th - John E Gilmore,
tenor Saxophonist, dies at 63
Aug 20th - Paul Foster, singer, dies at 75
Aug 21st - Anatole Fistoulari,
conductor, dies at 88
Aug 21st - James Truitte, dancer, dies at 72
Aug 23rd - Dwayne Rudolph Goettel,
musician, dies at 31
Aug 24th - Gary Crosby,
singer/actor (Operation Bikini, Mardi Gras), dies at 61
Aug 25th - R B Hudmon,
R&B/Soul Singer, dies at 41
Aug 26th - Ronald Anthony White Jr,
singer, dies at 57
