Mildred Bailey (1907-1951)
American jazz singer known as "The Queen of Swing" ("Rockin' Chair"; "Please Be Kind"; "Darn That Dream"), dies of heart failure at 44
- 1956 Lorenzo Perosi, composer, dies at 83
- 1957 Robert Frank Kurka, American composer ("The Good Soldier Schweik"), dies of leukemia at 35
- 1976 John "Jack" Cassidy, American stage and screen actor and Grammy Award-winning singer (Shangri-La; The Eiger Sanction: She Loves Me; Columbo), dies in an apartment fire at 49
- 1976 Vinko Zganec, Croatian ethnomusicologist (b. 1890)
- 1978 Clifton Chenier, American blues singer (Bayou Blues), dies at 53
- 1985 Anne Baxter, American actress (The Razor's Edge; All About Eve), and singer, dies of a stroke at 62
- 1985 Ian Stewart, Scottish keyboardist, road manager, and co-founder of the Rolling Stones, dies of a heart attack at 47
- 1987 Enrique Jorrín, Cuban charanga violinist and pop-dance music composer, considered the father of the cha-cha-chá, dies at 60
- 1987 Louis de Meester, Belgian pianist and classical and electronic music composer (The Great Temptation of St Anthony), dies at 83
- 1987 Truman "Pinky" Tomlin, American singer and actor (Sing While You're Able, With Love and Kisses), dies from a heart attack at 80
- 1991 (Albert Ronald) "Ronnie" Ross, Scottish jazz and session baritone saxophonist, dies of cancer at 58
- 1991 Lex Karsemeijer, Dutch tenor and choral director (Sweet 16, Pro Musica), dies
- 1993 Mary Jarred, British mezzo-soprano and contralto singer (The Rake's Progress), dies at 94
- 1995 Mary Bruce, American tap dance teacher, dies at 95
- 1997 (Irving) "Mouse" Randolph, American swing jazz trumpeter (Cab Calloway Orchestra), dies at 88
- 1999 Leo Smit, American classical pianist, composer (The Alchemy of Love), teacher and photographer, dies of congestive heart failure at 78
- 2004 Frank Isola, American jazz drummer (Stan Getz; Gerry Mulligan; Mose Allison), dies at 79
- 2006 Kenny Davern, American jazz clarinetist (b. 1935)
- 2006 Lucien Goethals, Belgian composer, dies at 75
- 2007 Ike Turner, American musician ("Rocket 88"; Ike and Tina Turner - "A Fool in Love"; "Proud Mary"), dies of cocaine overdose at 76
- 2011 John Gardner, English classical composer, dies at 94
- 2013 Zbigniew Karkowski, Polish composer and experimental musician (Sensorband), dies of pancreatic cancer at 55
- 2017 Pat DiNizio, American rock singer, songwriter and guitarist (The Smithereens - "Only A Memory"; "Blue Period"), dies from ill health at 62
- 2019 Danny Aiello, American stage and screen actor (Moonstruck; Do The Right Thing; Broadway Danny Rose), and singer dies at 86
- 2019 Jack Scott, Canadian rock and roll singer-songwriter ("My True Love"), dies of congestive heart failure at 83
- 2020 Charley Pride, American country singer (Sweet Country), dies of COVID-19 complications at 86 [1]
- 2021 Vicente Fernández, Mexican Grammy Award-winning singer, known as "El Rey de la Música Ranchera" (The King of Ranchera Music), actor, and film producer, dies at 81
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