- Jan 2 Jay Traynor, American singer (Jay and the Americans), dies of liver cancer at 70
Phil Everly (1939-2014)
Jan 3 American rock and roll singer-guitarist (The Everly Brothers - "Bye, Bye Love"; "Wake Up Little Susie"; "When WIll I Be Loved"), dies of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at 74
- Jan 6 H. Owen Reed, American composer, dies at 103
- Jan 10 Aram Gharabekian, Armenian conductor (National Chamber Orchestra of Armenia; Boston SinfoNova, 1983-96), dies at 58
- Jan 14 Flavio Testi, Italian composer and musicologist, dies at 91
- Jan 18 Dennis Frederiksen, American rock singer, dies from liver cancer at 62
- Jan 19 Udo Kasemets, Estonian-born Canadian composer, dies at 94
- Jan 20 Claudio Abbado, Italian conductor (La Scala, 1969-86; London Symphony, 1979-87; Berlin Philharmonic, 1989-2002), dies of stomach cancer at 80
- Jan 22 Roy Cicala, American sound engineer (Record Plant Studios (NYC) - Jimi Hendrix; John Lennon; Frank Sinatra), dies at 74
- Jan 23 Elmira Nazirova, Azerbaijani-Israeli classical pianist, composer, and educator, dies at 85
- Jan 23 Riz Ortolani, Italian Grammy Award-winning composer and arranger, predominantly of film scores (Mondo Cane - "More"), dies at 87
Pete Seeger (1919-2014)
Jan 27 American folk singer (The Weavers - "Goodnight Irene") and activist, helped create the modern American folk music movement, dies at 94
- Jan 31 Alexander Ivashkin, Russian cellist, conductor, and sitar player, dies at 65
- Jan 31 Paul Humphrey, American jazz, R&B, and rock session and touring drummer, dies at 78
- Jan 31 Rainer Boesch, Swiss pianist, composer, improviser, and teacher, dies at 75
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