Musicians Who Died in November 2012

  • Nov 4 Ted Curson, American jazz trumpeter, dies from a heart attack at 77
  • Nov 5 Elliott Carter, American composer, dies from natural causes at 103
  • Nov 7 Cleve Duncan, American rocker (The Penguins - "Earth Angel"), dies at 78
  • Nov 9 Major Harris, American R&B singer ("Love Won't Let Me Wait"), dies from congestive heart and lung failure at 65
  • Nov 18 Philip Ledger, British organist, composer, conductor, and academic (King's College Cambridge), dies of cancer at 74
  • Nov 20 Michael Dunford, British guitarist and songwriter (The Nashville Teens, 1960-63; Renaissance - "Scheherazade"), dies of a cerebral hemorrhage at 68
  • Nov 20 Wim van Gennep, Dutch dance band singer and keyboardist (De Heikrekels - "Waarom heb jij me laten staan?"), dies at 87
  • Nov 22 David Allyn [Albert DiLello], American jazz singer (Boyd Raeburn Band), dies at 93 [1]
  • Nov 24 Christopher "Chris" Stamp, British music producer, psychodrama therapist and manager (The Who; Jimi Hendrix), dies of cancer at 70
  • Nov 25 Earl "Speedoo" Carroll, American doo-wop vocalist (Cadillacs; The Coasters), dies of complications from diabetes and a stroke at 75
  • Nov 27 Jan Maegaard, Danish composer and musicologist (Triptykon), dies at 86
  • Nov 27 Mickey Baker, American guitar player ("Love is strange"), dies at 87
  • Nov 28 Franco Ventriglia, American opera singer, dies at 90