Months in Year 2007: January February March April May June July August September October November December
Deaths 1 - 113 of 113
Jan 1st - Julius Hegyi,
American conductor (b. 1923)
Jan 1st - Del Reeves, American country singer (b. 1932)
Jan 1st - Tad Jones, American jazz music historian (b. 1952)
Jan 3rd - Janos Furst,
Hungarian orchestral conductor (b. 1935)
Jan 6th - Sneaky Pete Kleinow,
American musician and special-effects artist (b. 1934)
Jan 11th - Puchi Balseiro,
Puerto Rican singer & songwriter (b. 1926)
Jan 12th - Alice Coltrane,
American jazz musician (b. 1937)
Jan 13th - Michael Brecker,
American jazz saxophonist (b. 1949)
Jan 18th - Brent Liles,
American musician (Agent Orange/Social Distortion) (b. 1963)
Jan 19th - Denny Doherty,
Canadian singer (The Mamas and the Papas) (b. 1940)
Jan 19th - Murat Nasyrov, Russian singer and composer (b. 1969)
Jan 28th - Karel Svoboda,
Czech composer of popular music (b. 1938)
Jan 31st - Kirka Babitzin,
Finnish singer (b. 1950)
Feb 1st - Gian Carlo Menotti,
Italian-born composer (b. 1911)
Feb 1st - Seri Wangnaitham, Thai dance choreographer (b. 1937)
Feb 1st - Whitney Balliett, American jazz critic (b. 1926)
Feb 2nd - Billy Henderson,
American singer (The Spinners) (b. 1939)
Feb 2nd - Joe Hunter, American pianist and bandleader of The Funk Brothers (b. 1927)
Feb 2nd - Eric von Schmidt, American folk/blues singer-songwriter (b. 1931)
Feb 3rd - Pedro Knight,
Cuban-American musician, husband of legendary singer Celia Cruz (b. 1921)
Feb 4th - Barbara McNair,
American singer and actress (b. 1934)
Feb 6th - Frankie Laine,
American singer (b. 1913)
Feb 12th - Peggy Gilbert,
American jazz saxophonist and bandleader (b. 1905)
Feb 15th - Ray Evans,
American songwriter (b. 1915)
Feb 17th - Dermot O'Reilly,
Irish-born Canadian musician, producer and songwriter (b. 1943)
Feb 23rd - Donnie Brooks,
American singer (b. 1936)
Feb 24th - Leroy Jenkins,
American composer and violinist (b. 1932)
Feb 25th - Mark Spoelstra,
American singer/songwriter (b. 1940)
Feb 27th - Bobby Rosengarden,
American jazz drummer (b. 1924)
Feb 28th - Billy Thorpe,
Australian musician (Billy Thorpe & the Aztecs) (b. 1946)
Mar 4th - Natalie Bodanya (Natalie Bodanskaya),
American soprano (b. 1908)
Mar 4th - Richard Joseph, British games soundtrack composer (b. 1954)
Mar 4th - Tadeusz Nalepa, Polish composer, guitar player, vocalist and lyricist (b. 1934)
Mar 9th - Brad Delp,
American singer (Boston) (b. 1951)
Mar 11th - Betty Hutton,
American actress and singer (b. 1921)
Mar 17th - Roger Bennett,
American Southern Gospel performer (b. 1959)
Mar 19th - Luther Ingram,
American soul singer and songwriter (b. 1937)
Apr 5th - Mark St. John,
American musician (Kiss)(b. 1956)
Apr 10th - Dakota Staton,
American singer (b. 1930)
Apr 14th - Don Ho,
American musician (b. 1930)
Apr 20th - Andrew Hill,
American jazz composer and pianist (b. 1931)
Apr 21st - Lobby Loyde,
Australian guitarist and songwriter (b. 1941)
Apr 25th - Bobby "Boris" Pickett,
American singer and songwriter (b. 1938)
Apr 27th - Mstislav Rostropovich,
Russian cellist and conductor (b. 1927)
Apr 28th - Tommy Newsom,
American bandleader (b. 1929)
Apr 30th - Grégory Lemarchal,
French singer (b. 1983)
Apr 30th - Zola Taylor, American singer (b. 1938)
May 6th - Đorđe Novković,
Croatian songwriter (b. 1943)
May 18th - Yoyoy Villame,
Philippine novelty singer and movie actor (b. 1932)
May 26th - J Edward Oliver,
cartoonist and composer (b. 1942)
May 27th - Izumi Sakai,
Japanese singer (b. 1967)
Jun 1st - Tony Thompson,
Singer in R&B group Hi-Five (b. 1975)
Jun 2nd - Kentaro Haneda,
Japanese composer (b. 1949)
Jun 4th - Freddie Scott,
American singer and songwriter (b. 1933)
Jun 17th - Serena Wilson,
American belly dancer (b. 1933)
Jun 18th - Georges Thurston,
Canadian singer (b. 1951)
Jun 19th - El Fary,
Spanish singer (b. 1937)
Jun 19th - Antonio Aguilar, Mexican singer and actor (b. 1919)
Jun 24th - Natasja Saad,
Danish reggae and dancehall artist (b. 1974)
Jun 25th - Mahasti,
Persian singer (b. 1946)
Jun 26th - Natasja Saad,
Danish Reggae singer (b. 1974)
Jul 2nd - Beverly Sills,
American operatic soprano (b. 1929)
Jul 3rd - Boots Randolph,
American saxophonist (b. 1927)
Jul 4th - Barış Akarsu,
Turkish rock musician (b. 1979)
Jul 4th - Bill Pinkney, American singer and performer (b. 1925)
Jul 5th - Régine Crespin,
French operatic soprano (b. 1927)
Jul 5th - George Melly, British jazz & blues musician (b. 1926)
Jul 12th - Robert Burås,
Norwegian guitar player (b. 1975)
Jul 15th - Kelly Johnson,
English guitarist, dies at 49
Jul 18th - Jerry Hadley,
American opera singer, (b. 1952)
Jul 23rd - Ron Miller,
American songwriter and record producer (b. 1933)
Aug 1st - Tommy Makem,
Irish folk singer (b. 1932)
Aug 4th - Lee Hazlewood,
American country singer, songwriter and producer (b. 1929)
Aug 6th - Zsolt Daczi,
Hungarian rock guitarist (Bikini, Omen, Carpathia Project Tirana Rockers, solo) (b. 1969)
Aug 10th - Tony Wilson,
British music personality and broadcaster (b. 1950)
Aug 14th - Tikhon Khrennikov,
Russian composer (b. 1913)
Aug 15th - Richard Bradshaw,
British opera conductor, (b. 1944)
Aug 16th - Max Roach,
American percussionist, drummer, and composer (b. 1924)
Aug 28th - Hilly Kristal,
American Founder of CBGB/Punk rock legend (b. 1932)
Sep 2nd - Rajae Belmlih,
Morrocan singer (b. 1962 in Casablanca)
Sep 3rd - Carter Albrecht,
Musician (b. 1973)
Sep 5th - ,
omas Hansen (musician) (b. 1976)
Sep 9th - Hughie Thomasson,
American musician (b. 1952)
Sep 11th - Joe Zawinul,
Austrian musician (b. 1932)
Sep 15th - Aldemaro Romero,
Venezuelan musician (b. 1928)
Sep 18th - Pepsi Tate Bassist from the glam-rock band,
tigertailz (b. 1965)
Sep 26th - Dorothy Schwartz,
American violinist (b. 1913)
Oct 1st - Ronnie Hazlehurst,
English conductor and theme song composer (b. 1928)
Oct 11th - Werner von Trapp,
member of the Trapp Family Singers (b. 1915)
Oct 14th - Big Moe,
American rapper (b. 1974)
Oct 16th - Toše Proeski,
Macedonian music star (b. 1981)
Oct 17th - Teresa Brewer,
American pop and jazz singer (b. 1931)
Oct 18th - Lucky Dube,
South African musician (b. 1964)
Oct 19th - LaLa Brown,
American singer (b. 1986)
Oct 21st - Paul Fox,
English musician and singer (The Ruts) (b. 1951)
Oct 24th - Petr Eben,
Czech organ composer (b. 1929)
Oct 28th - Porter Wagoner,
American country singer (b. 1927)
Oct 30th - Linda Stein,
Ramones manager and real estate broker (b. 1945)
Nov 2nd - Witold Kiełtyka,
Polish metal drummer (Decapitated) (b. 1984)
Nov 6th - Hank Thompson,
American singer (b. 1925)
Nov 16th - Grethe Kausland,
Norwegian actress and singer (b. 1947)
Nov 19th - Kevin DuBrow,
American singer (Quiet Riot) (b. 1955)
Nov 29th - Tom Terrell,
musicologist, NPR reviewer, deejay (b. 1950)
Dec 4th - Pimp C,
American Rapper (b. 1973)
Dec 5th - Karlheinz Stockhausen,
German composer (b. 1928)
Dec 5th - Andrew Imbrie, American composer (b. 1921)
Dec 11th - Christie Hennessy,
Irish singer (b. 1945)
Dec 12th - Ike Turner,
American singer, former husband of Tina Turner (b. 1931)
Dec 16th - Dan Fogelberg,
American singer/songwriter (b. 1951)
Dec 23rd - Oscar Peterson,
Canadian jazz pianist and composer (b. 1925)
Dec 25th - Mighty King Kong,
Kenyan reggae musician. (b. 1973)
Dec 26th - Joe Dolan,
Irish singer and entertainer (b. 1943)
Dec 31st - Markku Peltola,
Finnish actor and musician (b. 1956)
