Months in Year 2008: January February March April May June July August September October November December
Deaths 1 - 77 of 77
Jan 8th - Clyde Otis,
American song writer and music producer (b. c. 1924)
Jan 18th - Frank Lewin,
American composer and music theorist (b. 1925)
Jan 19th - John Stewart,
American musician (The Kingston Trio) (b. 1939)
Jan 25th - Evelyn Barbirolli,
nglish musician (b. 1911)
Feb 9th - Scott Halpin,
a one time drummer of The Who.
Feb 19th - Yegor Letov,
Russian song writer and singer (b. 1964)
Feb 24th - Larry Norman,
American musician, singer, songwriter and producer (b. 1947)
Feb 25th - Static Major,
American singer (b. 1974)
Feb 26th - Buddy Miles,
American drummer (Band of Gypsies; b. 1947)
Feb 28th - Mike Smith,
English musician (The Dave Clark Five) (b. 1943)
Mar 2nd - Jeff Healey,
Canadian musician (b. 1966)
Mar 4th - Leonard Rosenman,
American film, television and concert composer (b. 1924)
Mar 15th - Vytautas Kernagis,
Lithuanian singer, TV shows announcer (b. 1951)
Mar 15th - Mikey Dread, amaican singer (b. 1954)
Mar 16th - Ola Brunkert,
Swedish session drummer for ABBA (b. 1946)
Mar 20th - Klaus Dinger,
German Musician (b. 1946)
Mar 22nd - Cachao López,
Cuban mambo musician (b. 1918)
Mar 24th - Chalmers "Spanky" Alford,
American guitarist (b. 1955)
Apr 20th - VL Mike,
American Rapper (b. 1976)
Apr 21st - Al Wilson,
American singer (b. 1939)
Apr 25th - Humphrey Lyttelton,
Jazz musician and broadcaster, (b. 1921)
May 8th - Eddy Arnold,
Country music star (b. 1918)
May 10th - Leyla Gencer,
Turkish soprano (b. 1928)
May 11th - Dottie Rambo,
American gospel singer (b. 1934)
May 11th - John Rutsey, Canadian drummer, formerly for Canadian progressive rock band Rush (b.1953)
May 15th - Alexander Courage,
composer of original Star Trek theme (b. 1919)
Jun 2nd - Bo Diddley,
American musician (b. 1928)
Jun 8th - Šaban Bajramović,
Serbian Romani musician (b. 1936)
Jun 14th - Jamelão,
Brazilian samba singer (b. 1913)
Jun 14th - Esbjörn Svensson, Swedish jazz pianist (b. 1964)
Jun 17th - Cyd Charisse,
American dancer and actress (b. 1922)
Jul 1st - Mel Galley,
English guitarist (b. 1948)
Jul 2nd - Natasha Shneider,
Russian-born musician (b. 1956)
Jul 3rd - Oliver Schroer,
Canadian fiddler and composer (b. 1956)
Jul 6th - Bobby Durham,
American jazz drummer (b. 1937)
Jul 16th - Jo Stafford,
American singer of traditional pop music (b. 1917)
Jul 20th - Artie Traum,
American guitarist (b. 1943)
Jul 24th - Norman Dello Joio,
American composer (b. 1913)
Jul 27th - Horst Stein,
German conductor (b. 1928)
Jul 28th - Susan Tamim,
Lebanese singer and actress, murdered (b. 1977)
Jul 29th - Ishmeet Singh Sodhi,
Indian Playback Singer (b. 1989)
Aug 5th - Reg Lindsay,
Australian country and western singer/songwriter (b. 1929)
Aug 10th - Isaac Hayes,
American musician and actor (b. 1942)
Aug 12th - Christie Allen,
British-Australian pop singer (b. 1954)
Aug 15th - Jerry Wexler,
music producer and coiner of the term "Rhythm & Blues"
Aug 16th - Ronnie Drew,
Ex-Singer of The Dubliners & Solo Artist (b. 1934)
Aug 16th - Dorival Caymmi, Brazilian singer and songwriter (b. 1914)
Aug 19th - LeRoi Moore,
American musician (Dave Matthews Band) (b.1961)
Aug 31st - Jerry Reed,
American country music singer and actor (b. 1937)
Sep 7th - Dino Dvornik,
Croatian singer (b. 1964)
Sep 15th - Richard Wright,
keyboardist and founding member of Pink Floyd (b. 1943)
Sep 26th - Marc Moulin,
Belgian musician and journalist (b. 1942)
Sep 27th - Mahendra Kapoor,
Indian singer (b. 1934)
Oct 9th - Gidget Gein,
American musician (b. 1969)
Oct 15th - Edie Adams,
American singer and Broadway actress (b. 1927)
Oct 17th - Levi Stubbs,
American baritone singer (Four Tops) (b. 1936)
Oct 18th - Dee Dee Warwick,
American soul singer (b. 1945)
Oct 24th - Moshe Cotel,
American composer and pianist (b. 1943)
Oct 29th - Mike Baker,
American singer Shadow Gallery (b. 1963)
Nov 1st - Nathaniel Mayer,
American soul musician (b. 1944)
Nov 1st - Yma Sumac, Peruvian singer (b. 1922)
Nov 1st - Shakir Stewart, American music producer (b. 1974)
Nov 10th - Miriam Makeba,
South African singer and anti-apartheid activist (b. 1932)
Nov 12th - Mitch Mitchell,
English musician (b. 1947)
Nov 17th - George Stephen Morrison,
American admiral and father of The Doors' lead singer Jim Morrison
Nov 24th - Kenny MacLean,
Scottish musician (Platinum Blonde) (b. 1956)
Nov 30th - Munetaka Higuchi,
Japanese drummer (Loudness) (b. 1958)
Dec 1st - Mikel Laboa,
Basque singer and songwriter (b. 1934)
Dec 2nd - Odetta,
American singer (b. 1930)
Dec 5th - Anca Parghel,
Romanian jazz singer and composer (b. 1957)
Dec 7th - Marky Cielo,
Filipino and Igorot dancer and actor (b. 1988)
Dec 10th - Didith Reyes,
Filipino singer (b. 1948)
Dec 17th - Freddy Breck,
German schlager singer, composer, record producer and news anchor (b. 1942)
Dec 19th - Kenny Cox,
American jazz musician (b. 1940)
Dec 25th - Eartha Kitt,
American actress and singer (b. 1927)
Dec 27th - Delaney Bramlett,
American musician (b. 1939)
Dec 29th - Freddie Hubbard,
American jazz trumpet player (b. 1938)
