Fats Waller (1904-1943)
American jazz organist, piano player, singer and composer ("Ain't Misbehavin'"; "Honeysuckle Rose"; "Hot Chocolate"), dies of pneumonia at 39 [1]
Glenn Miller (1904-1944)
American bandleader and jazz composer (Glenn Miller Orchestra - "In The Mood"; "Moonlight Serenade"; "String Of Pearls"), dies in a suspected plane crash over the English Channel, while serving in the US Army,at 40
- 1946 Frederic Norton, British composer (Chu Chin Chow), dies at 77
- 1950 Robert Müller-Hartmann, German composer, dies at 66
- 1951 María Grever, Mexican-American composer ("What A Difference A Day Makes" / "Cuando vuelva a tu lado"), dies at 66
- 1953 Kishio Hirao, Japanese composer, dies at 46
- 1972 Herbert Eimert, German composer and musicologist (Glockenspiel), dies at 75
- 1973 Orest Evlahkov, Russian Soviet composer and educator (Leningrad Conservatory), dies at 61
- 1974 Erich Walter Sternberg, German-Israeli composer (co-founder of Israel Philharmonic Orchestra), dies at 83
- 1975 Mukhtar Ashrafi, Soviet-Uzbek composer, dies at 63
- 1983 Jimmy McLin, American jazz banjo player, and guitarist (James P. Johnson; Willie "The Lion" Smith; The Ink Spots), dies at 75
- 1983 “Big Chief” Russell Moore, Pima-American jazz trombonist (Lionel Hampton; Louis Armstrong), and composer ("Wounded Knee Chant"), dies at 70
- 1984 Jan Peerce [Jacob Pincus Perelmuth], American tenor (NBC Symphony, 1938-55; NY Metropolitan Opera, 1941-67; "Bluebird of Happiness"), dies at 80
- 1986 Serge Lifar, Russian-French dancer, choreographer (Paris Opera Ballet), dies at 81
- 1994 Hans de Jong, Dutch conductor (De Damrakkertjes; Amsterdams Vrouwenkoor), dies at 86
- 1994 Harry Tobias, American songwriter, dies at 99
- 1995 Jim [James Geoffrey Cutcliffe] Hepburn, English tap-dancer and socialist, dies at 88
- 1995 Johnny Lytle, American jazz drummer and vibraphonist, known as "Fast Hands", dies of kidney failure at 63
- 1996 Tristan Keuris, Dutch composer (Sinfonia), dies at 50
- 1998 Jan Meyerowitz, German-American composer, dies at 85
- 1999 George Elrick, Scottish-British singer ("I Like Bananas Because They Have No Bones"), and broadcaster known as 'The Smiling Voice of Radio' (BBC's "Housewives' Choice"), dies at 95
- 2000 Charles Dearnley, English church organist (Salisbury Cathedral; St Paul's Cathedral), and educator, dies at 70
- 2001 Rufus Thomas, American vaudevillian, singer-songwriter, and R&B musician known as "Mr. Swing" ("Walking the Dog", "Do the Funky Chicken"), dies of heart failure at 84
- 2009 Carolyn DeZurik, American country and polka singer and yodeler (The Cackle Sisters; Prairie Ramblers; The Polka Chips), dies at 90
- 2011 Bob Brookmeyer, American jazz and studio pianist, valve trombone player, arranger, and composer (Stan Getz; Jerry Mulligan), dies of congestive heart failure at 81
- 2014 Ray Steadman-Allen, British choral and brass band composer, dies at 92
- 2019 Monique Leyrac, French Canadian singer ("Mon Pays"), and actress (Act of the Heart), dies at 91
- 2020 Charles Shere, American contemporary classical composer, broadcaster, music critic, and educator, dies at 85
- 2021 Francisco Kroepfl, Argentinian composer, dies at 90
- 2021 Wanda Young, American pop singer (The Marvelettes - "Please Mr. Postman"; “Don’t Mess With Bill"), dies of heart disease at 78
- 2022 Dino Danelli, American rock drummer (Fotomaker; Young Rascals; Little Steven & the Disciples of Soul), dies at 78
- 2022 Shirley Eikhard, Canadian Juno Award-winning country singer-songwriter (Something to Talk About), dies of cancer at 67
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