Musicians Who Died in 2013

Patti Page (1927-2013)

Jan 1 American pop singer ("With My Eyes Wide Open, I'm Dreaming"; "Tennessee Waltz"), dies at 85

Jan 2 Rod Hicks, American bassist (Paul Butterfield Blues Band), dies at 71
Jan 3 M S Gopalakrishnan, Indian Carnatic violinist, dies at 81
Jan 4 Sammy Johns, American country artist, dies at 66
Jan 5 Sybil Michelow, South-African contralto and composer, dies at 87
Jan 15 Daphne Anderson, British actress (Beggar's Opera; Hobson's Choice), dies at 90
Jan 15 Mario Kuri-Aldana, Mexican composer, and teacher, dies at 81
Jan 15 Yuli Turovsky, Russian-Canadian cellist (Borodin Trio, 1976-91), conductor (I Musici de Montreal Chamber Orchestra, 1983-2011), and teacher, dies at 73 [1]
Jan 17 Lizbeth Webb, English soprano, dies at 86
Jan 20 Bob Engemann, American singer, (The Lettermen), dies at 77
Jan 21 Michael Adamis, Greek electro-acoustic music composer, dies at 83
Jan 25 Zekkariyas [Cecil Womack], American soul songwriter, singer, and record producer (Womack & Womack - "Teardrops"), dies at 64
Jan 26 Edwin London, American horn player, conductor (Cleveland Chamber Orchestra; Ineluctable Modality Choir), and composer (Dream Thing on Biblical Episodes), dies at 83
Jan 28 Bobby Sharp, American piano player, songwriter (“Unchain My Heart”), and drug rehab counselor, dies at 88
Jan 30 Patty Andrews, American pop and swing jazz singer (The Andrews Sisters - "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy"; "Rum and Coca-Cola"), dies at 94
Jan 30 Thorkell Sigurbjörnsson, Icelandic composer, dies at 74
Feb 1 Dag Schjelderup-Ebbe, Norwegian musicologist, educator, and composer, dies at 86
Feb 4 Donald Byrd, American jazz trumpeter (Black Byrd), dies at 80
Feb 4 Pat Halcox, British trumpeter, dies at 82
Feb 4 Reg Presley [Reginald Ball], English rock vocalist (Troggs - "Wild Thing"; "Love Is All Around"), and songwriter, dies from lung cancer at 71
Feb 5 Dietrich Manicke, German composer, dies at 89
Feb 5 Egil Hovland, Norwegian composer, dies at 88
Feb 5 Paul Tanner, American trombonist (Glenn Miller Orchestra), developer and player of the Electro-Theremin (The Beach Boys - "Good Vibrations"; "I Just Wasn't Made for These Times"), and educator (UCLA), dies of pneumonia at 95
Feb 8 James DePreist, American conductor (Mitropoulos Prize, 1964, Oregon Symphony, 1980-2003), dies of a heart attack at 76
Feb 11 Rick Huxley, British rock guitarist (Dave Clark Five - "Glad All Over"), dies from emphysema at 72
Feb 12 Richard Orton, British modern classical and electronic music composer, performer, and educator (University of York, 1967-96), dies at 73

Tony Sheridan (1940-2013)

Feb 16 British singer-songwriter and guitarist who collaborated with the pre-fame Beatles ("My Bonnie"), dies at 72

Feb 17 Mindy McCready, American country music singer ("Guys Do It All the Time"; "A Girl's Gotta Do (What a Girl's Gotta Do)", commits suicide by gunshot at 37
Feb 18 Damon Harris, African-American soul singer (The Temptations-My Girl), dies from prostate cancer at 62
Feb 18 Kevin Ayers, British progressive rocker (Soft Machine; Joy of a Toy), dies at 68
Feb 19 Manfred Niehaus, German composer, dies at 79
Feb 22 Wolfgang Sawallisch, German conductor (Vienna Symphony, 1960-70; Philadelphia Orchestra, 1993-2003), and pianist, dies aged 89
Feb 25 "Dangerous" Dan Toler, American rock guitarist (Dickey Betts; Allman Brothers), dies of ALS at 64
Feb 26 Marie-Claire Alain, French organist and composer (world's most recorded classical organist), dies at 86
Feb 27 Richard Street, American R&B musician (The Temptations), dies at 70
Feb 27 Van Cliburn, American pianist (Tchaikovsky Competition winner, 1958), dies at 78
Mar 1 Rafael Puyana, Colombian baroque harpsichordist (NY debut 1957), dies at 81
Mar 3 Bobby Rogers, American pop and soul tenor vocalist (The Miracles - "You've Really Got a Hold on Me"), and songwriter ("Going To A Go-Go"; "The Way You Do the Things You Do"), dies from complications from diabetes at 73
Mar 4 Fran Warren [Wolff], American big band and pop singer ("A Sunday Kind of Love"; "I Said My Pajamas (and Put On My Pray'rs)"), dies on her 87th birthday
Mar 6 Alvin Lee, English rocker, dies from complications from surgery at 68
Mar 6 Stompin' Tom Connors, Canadian country artist, dies from natural causes at 77
Mar 7 Claude King, American country music singer (Wolverton Mountain), dies at 90
Mar 7 Kenny Ball, English jazz musician, dies of pneumonia at 82
Mar 7 Peter Banks [Brockbanks], British rock guitarist and singer-songwriter described as "the architect of progressive music" (Yes, the Syn, Flash), dies of heart failure at 65
Mar 12 Clive Burr, English drummer, dies from complications from multiple sclerosis at 56
Mar 13 Ramesh Mishra, Indian sarangi, a 3-string bowed traditional music instrument, player (Aerosmith - "Taste of India"), dies of cancer at 68
Mar 14 Jack Greene, American country artist, dies from complications from Alzheimer's disease at 83
Mar 15 Terry Lightfoot, British clarinetist and bandleader (New Orleans Jazzmen), dies at 77
Mar 16 Bobby Smith, American pop and R&B singer (The Spinners, 1954-2013 - "Working My Way Back To You"), dies from complications of influenza and pneumonia at 76
Mar 20 Risë Stevens [Steenberg], American mezzo-soprano (Metropolitan Opera, 1938-61 - "Carmen"), vocal coach, and arts administrator, dies at 99
Mar 22 Derek Watkins, British trumpet player and composer (The Spy Who Loved Me, Skyfall), dies of cancer at 68
Mar 22 Gerardo Gandini, Argentinian pianist and composer (Laberynthus Johannes), dies at 76
Mar 23 Barbara Donald, American jazz trumpeter and bandleader ("The Past and Tomorrows"), dies at 70
Mar 25 Eddy Doorenbos, Dutch jazz and pop vocalist, guitarist (De Millers), and painter, dies at 91
Mar 28 Hugh McCracken, American session guitarist (Aretha Franklin; Paul McCartney; Steely Dan; Billy Joel; John Lennon), dies of luekemia at 70
Mar 30 Phil Ramone [Rabinowitz], American 14-time Grammy Award-winning music producer (Burt Bacharach; Paul Simon; Billy Joel; Tony Bennett), and studio owner (co-founded A&R Recording), dies from an aortic aneurysm at 79
Apr 3 Robert Ward, American composer (Pantaloon), dies at 95
Apr 7 Andy Johns, British sound engineer and record producer (Humble Pie; Free; Joe Satriani), dies at 62
Apr 8 Annette Funicello, American actress (Mickey Mouse Club; Beach Blanket Bingo), and singer ("Tall Paul"). dies from multiple sclerosis complications at 70
Apr 8 Sara Montiel, Spanish actress and singer (The Last Torch Song; The Violet Seller), dies at 85
Apr 10 Jimmy Dawkins, American electric blues musician, dies at 76

Maria Tallchief (1925-2013)

Apr 11 American prima ballerina (The Nutcracker), dies at 88

Apr 13 Bernhard Krol, German hornist and composer (Figaro Metamorphoses), dies at 92 [1]
Apr 13 Chi Cheng, American Bassist (Deftones), dies at 42
Apr 13 Stephen Dodgson, British composer, dies at 89
Apr 14 George Jackson, American rhythm & blues, rock, and southern soul songwriter (One Bad Apple; Old Time Rock and Roll), and singer, dies of cancer at 68
Apr 14 Sir Colin Davis, British conductor (Covent Garden, 1970-85; Bavarian Radio Symphony, 1983-93; London Symphony, 1995-2006), dies at 85
Apr 15 Jean-François Paillard, French conductor, dies at 85
Apr 15 Jo Roland [Rolando Bonardelli], Swiss pop singer and TV personality (Rendez-vous), known as the 'Swiss Perry Como', dies at 80
Apr 16 George Beverly Shea, Canadian-American Grammy Award-winning gospel singer (Billy Graham Crusades, 1947-2013), dies at 104
Apr 17 Bi Kidude, Tanzanian Taarab singer, dies at c. 100
Apr 17 Deanna Durbin [Edna Mae Durbin], Canadian actress and vocalist (Every Sunday, Three Smart Girls, 100 Men & a Girl), dies at 91
Apr 18 Cordell "Boogie" Mosson, American musician (Parliament-Funkadelic collective), dies of liver failure at 60
Apr 18 Storm Thorgerson, British graphic designer and music video director (Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Genesis, The Cranberries), dies of cancer at 69
Apr 21 Chrissy Amphlett, Australian singer- songwriter (Divinyls - "I Touch Myself"), dies of breast cancer at 53
Apr 21 Jean-Michel Damase, French pianist and composer, dies at 85
Apr 22 Lalgudi Jayaraman, Indian Carnatic violinist and composer, dies at 82
Apr 22 Richie Havens, American singer-songwriter, and guitarist who opened the Woodstock Festival ("Freedom"; "Here Comes The Sun"), dies from a heart attack at 72
Apr 23 Bob Brozman, American world music guitarist, ethnomusicologist, and educator, commits suicide at 59
Apr 25 Jacob Avshalomov, Russian-American composer (Symphony of Songs; The Oregon), conductor (Portland Youth Philharmonic, 1954-91), and pedagogue, dies at 94
Apr 26 George Jones, American country singer-songwriter ("Golden Rings"; "Oh Lonesome Me"), dies from hypoxic respiratory failure at 81
Apr 28 János Starker, Hungarian-American cellist, dies at 88
Apr 28 Lonnie Turner, American rock and blues bassist (Steve Miller Band - "Fly Like An Eagle"), dies of lung cancer at 66
Apr 29 John La Montaine, American composer, dies at 93
May 2 Jeff Hanneman, American haevy metal guitarist (Slayer), dies from liver failure at 49
May 11 Oliver "Ollie" Mitchell, American musician and bandleader (The Wrecking Crew), dies of cancer at 86
May 17 Alan O'Day, American singer and songwriter ("Undercover Angel"; over 100 songs for the Muppet Babies), dies of brain cancer at 72
May 17 Harold Shapero, American composer (9 Minute Opera), dies at 93
May 20 Anders Eliasson, Swedish contemporary classical composer, dies at 66
May 20 Ray Manzarek, American musician and keyboardist (The Doors - "Light My Fire", "Hello, I Love You"), dies of cancer at 74
May 20 Robert DiDomenica, American flautist, composer and educator, dies at 86
May 21 Frank Comstock, American big band and pop orchestral arranger (Les Brown; Doris Day; Warner Bros; Brian Setzer), film and television composer (Rocky and His Friends; Adam-12), and recording artist (Project: Comstock - Music from Outer Space), dies at 90
May 21 Trevor Bolder, British rock bassist (The Spiders From Mars; Uriah Heep, 1976-2013), and record producer, dies from pancreatic cancer at 62
May 22 Henri Dutilleux, French composer (Tout un monde lointain, L'arbre des songes), dies at 97
May 25 Marshall Lytle, American rock bassist (Bill Haley, 1951-55), dies from lung cancer at 79
May 29 Marvin Junior, American singer (The Dells - Oh What a Nite), dies at 77
May 29 Mulgrew Miller, American jazz pianist (Duke Ellington; Betty Carter; Artie Shaw; Art Blakey), composer, and educator (William Patterson University), dies of a stroke at 57
May 30 Elliot del Borgo, American music educator (SUNY/Crane School of Music, 1966-95) and composer (1980 Winter Olympics), dies at 74
May 31 Marta Romero, Puerto Rican actress (La Divina Infiel; The Shadow of the Bat), and singer ("Es tarde ya" (It's Too Late Now)), dies at 85
Jun 2 Mario Bernardi, Canadian pianist and conductor, dies at 82
Jun 4 Cornelius "Nini" Harp, American doo-wop singer (The Marcels - "Blue Moon"), dies at 73
Jun 4 Joey Covington [Michno], American drummer (Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna, and Jefferson Starship), dies in a single vehicle car crash at 67
Jun 11 Johnny Smith, American cool jazz guitarist ("Moonlight In Vermont"; "Walk, Don't Run"), dies from injuries sustained in a fall at 90
Jun 15 Gloria Lambert, American singer (Sing Along With Mitch), dies at 80
Jun 19 Bojidar Dimov, Bulgarian pianist and composer (Die Hochzeit von Susa), dies at 61
Jun 19 Filip Topol, Czech singer-songwriter (Psí vojáci - Dog Soldiers), dies at 48
Jun 19 Slim Whitman, American country singer (Rose Marie), dies from heart failure at 90
Jun 23 Bobby "Blue" Bland, American blues an soul singer ("Call on the Drummer"), dies at 83
Jun 24 Alan Myers, American rock drummer (Devo, 1976-86 - "Whip It!"), dies of cancer at 58
Jun 27 Henrik Otto Donner, Finnish trumpeter, and avant garde and film score composer, dies at 73
Jul 2 Bengt Hallberg, Swedish jazz pianist and composer, dies at 80
Jul 9 Andrea Veneracion, Filipina singer, choral conductor (Philippine Madrigal Singers), composer, arranger, and educator, dies from stroke complications at 84
Jul 12 Amar Bose, American electrical engineer, academic (M.I.T.), sound engineer, inventor, and entrepreneur (Bose Corporation), dies at 83

Cory Monteith (1982-2013)

Jul 13 Canadian actor and singer (Glee; Monte Carlo), dies of heroin and alcohol overdose at 31

Jul 13 Laurie Ann Frink, American big band jazz trumpeter and educator, dies of cancer at 61 [1]
Jul 17 Peter Appleyard, British-Canadian jazz vibraphonist, dies from natural causes at 84
Jul 24 Nikos Mamangakis, Greek classical and electronic music composer, dies at 84
Jul 25 Mike Shipley, Australian audio engineer, and record producer of rock and country music (Paper Airplane), dies of an apparent suicide at 56
Jul 26 J. J. Cale, American rock guitarist and songwriter ("After Midnight": "Call Me The Breeze"; "Cocaine"), dies of a heart attack at 74
Jul 28 Rita Reys [Maria Reijs], Dutch jazz singer, dies from a intracranial hemorrhage at 88
Aug 5 George Duke, American Grammy Award-winning jazz and funk keyboard player, and composer, dies from chronic lymphocytic leukemia at 67
Aug 7 Kelly Garrett, American actress and singer (The Night That Made America Famous), dies of cancer at 69
Aug 8 Regina Resnik, American operatic singer, dies at 90
Aug 10 Eydie Gormé [Edithe Gormezano], American Grammy and Emmy Award-winning pop singer ("Blame It On The Bossa Nova"; Steve and Eydie), dies at 84
Aug 11 Lamberto Puggelli, Italian stage and opera director (Spoleto Festival), dies at 75
Aug 13 (Thomas Paul) "Tompall" Glaser, American country singer ("Put Another Log on the Fire"), dies at 79
Aug 13 Jon Brookes, English drummer (The Charlatans), dies of cancer at 44
Aug 14 Allen Lanier, American rock keyboardist, guitarist and vocalist (Blue Oyster Cult), dies from complications from COPD at 67
Aug 19 Cedar Walton, American hard bop jazz pianist (Jazztet; Art Blakey), and composer ("Mosaic"), dies at 79
Aug 20 Marian McPartland, British jazz pianist, and radio host (Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz), dies at 95
Aug 20 Richard Angas, British operatic bass singer (English National Opera, 1980-2000), dies at 71
Aug 21 Sid Bernstein, American music producer/promoter, dies at 95
Aug 22 Keiko Fuji, Japanese enka singer and actress, dies at 62
Aug 23 David Garrick [Philip Darryl Core], British singer ("Dear Mrs. Applebee"), dies at 67
Aug 26 Ruth S. White, American electronic music composer (Flowers Of Evil), dies at 87
Aug 28 Rob du Bois, Dutch composer, dies at 79
Aug 30 Lotfollah "Lotfi" Mansouri, Persian opera director (Canadian Opera Company, 1976-88; introduced opera surtitles, 1983; San Francisco Opera, 1988-2001), dies at 84
Sep 7 Fred Katz, American classical and jazz cellist (Chico Hamilton Quintet), and composer (Roger Corman films), dies at 84
Sep 7 Ilja Hurnik, Czech composer, dies at 90
Sep 13 Bayani Mendoza de Leon, Filipino-American musician and composer (Batong-Buhay), dies at 70
Sep 15 Jackie Lomax, British singer-songwriter (Is This What You Want?; Sour Milk Sea)), dies at 69
Sep 17 Marvin Rainwater, American country and rockabilly singer, dies from heart failure at 88
Sep 18 Lindsay Cooper, British bassoonist, oboe player, and composer (Henry Cow; News From Babel; Feminist Improvising Group), dies from complications of multiple sclerosis at 62
Sep 18 Lisa Otto, German soprano (Berlin State Opera, 1951-85), dies at 93
Sep 21 Roman Vlad, Romanian-born Italian composer, dies at 93
Sep 27 John de Mol, Dutch pop vocalist, songwriter, and producer, dies at 81
Oct 2 Bob Rozario, American pianist (Louis Prima), and orchestra leader (Bobby Darin; Tony Orlando; Donny & Marie), dies of cancer at 80
Oct 4 Akira Miyoshi, Japanese composer (Conversations; A Diary of the Sea), dies at 80
Oct 6 Will Ogdon, American composer, dies at 92
Oct 7 Patrice Chéreau, French opera director and actor (Danton), dies from lung cancer at 68
Oct 8 Larry Verne, American novelty song singer (Mr. Custer), dies of heart failure at 77
Oct 8 Philip Chevron, Irish musician (Pogues - "Peace & Love"), dies from esophageal cancer at 56
Oct 10 Janice Lynn Kuehnemund, American rock guitarist (Vixen - "Edge of a Broken Heart"), dies of cancer at 59
Oct 13 Tommy Whittle, British jazz tenor saxophonist (Ted Heath; BBC Show Band), and bandleader, dies of pneumonia on his 87th birthday
Oct 15 Gloria Lynne [Wilson], American jazz vocalist (Dell Tones), dies of a heart attack at 83
Oct 19 Noel Harrison, British singer and actor, dies of a heart attack at 79
Oct 19 Ronald Shannon Jackson, American avant-garde jazz and funk drummer, and composer (Cecil Taylor; Last Exit; Decoding Society), dies of leukemia at 73
Oct 19 Roy Elihu Travis, American composer (Passion of Oedipus), dies at 91
Oct 21 Marion Morgan (née Swires), American big band jazz singer (Harry James; Stop the Music), dies at 89
Oct 24 Héctor Quintanar, Mexican composer, dies at 77
Oct 27 Lou Reed, American rock singer-songwriter (Velvet Underground - "Sweet Jane"; solo -"Take A Walk On The Wild Side"), dies from liver disease at 71
Oct 29 Rudolf Kehrer, Soviet classical pianist of German heritage, dies at 90
Oct 30 Frank Wess, American jazz flutist, saxophonist (Duke Ellington, 1953-64; New York Jazz Quartet, 1974-82) and composer, dies of a heart attack related to kidney failure at 91
Oct 30 Pete Haycock, British blues-rock guitarist, vocalist, and composer (Climax Blues Band - "Couldn't Get It Right"), dies of a heart attack at 62
Nov 5 Lee Crystal [Sackett], American drummer (Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - "I Love Rock'n'Roll"), dies at 57
Nov 10 Herbert Worthington lll, American photographer and album cover artist (Stevie Nix; Fleetwood Mac), dies of heart disease at 69 (exact date uncertain, last seen on the 6th, body discovered on 10th)
Nov 11 Billy Adamson, Scottish drummer (The Searchers, 1969-98), dies at 69
Nov 12 Allan Blank, American composer, dies at 87
Nov 12 John Tavener, British composer (The Whale; The Protecting Veil), dies from complications of Marfan syndrome, a genetic connective tissue disorder, at 69
Nov 13 Carlena Williams, American session and touring vocalist (Ike & Tina Turner Revue; Humble Pie; Pink Floyd; The Carpenters; Donna Summer), dies at 71
Nov 21 Bernard Parmegiani, French composer (L'Oeil écoute - The Eye Listens), dies at 86
Nov 25 (Foreststorn) "Chico" Hamilton, American jazz drummer (Lester Young; Gerry Mulligan; Count Basie), and bandleader (Chico Hamilton Quintet), dies at 92
Nov 25 Oralia Domínguez, Mexican mezzo-soprano, dies at 88
Nov 25 Toshiaki Tsushima, Japanese film score composer, dies of pneumonia at 77
Nov 30 Tabu Ley Rochereau [Pascal-Emmanuel Sinamoyi Tabu], African musician (Orchestre Afrisa International), dies at 76
Dec 1 Martin Sharp, Australian cartoonist, album cover artist songwriter (Cream), and filmmaker, dies of emphysema at 71
Dec 1 Richard Coughlan, British progressive rock drummer and percussionist (Caravan - "In the Land of Grey and Pink"), dies of pneumonia at 66
Dec 6 Stan Tracey, British jazz pianist, dies at 86
Dec 8 Sándor Szokolay, Hungarian composer and pedagogue, dies at 82
Dec 10 Jim Hall, American jazz guitarist and composer, dies at 83
Dec 12 Zbigniew Karkowski, Polish composer and experimental musician (Sensorband), dies of pancreatic cancer at 55
Dec 16 Ray Price, American country music singer-songwriter, and guitarist ("For the Good Times"; "You're the Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me"), dies from pancreatic cancer at 87
Dec 17 Leland Smith, American composer, bassoonist and computer coder who led music publishing into the digital age (SCORE), dies at 88
Dec 21 Lars Edlund, Swedish composer, dies at 91
Dec 23 Ricky Lawson, American musician, dies at 59
Dec 23 Yusef Lateef, American jazz saxophonist and flautist, dies at 93
Dec 29 Leonard "Red" Balaban, American jazz tuba and sousaphone player, dies at 84
Dec 29 Wojciech Kilar, Polish classical (Missa Pro Pace), and film score composer (Bram Stoker's Dracula; The Pianist), dies from cancer at 81
Dec 31 Al Porcino, American big band jazz and session trumpeter (Woody Herman, Stan Kenton), dies after a fall at 88