Musicians Who Died in January 2015

Jan 3 Ivan Jullien, French jazz and session trumpeter and bandleader, dies at 80
Jan 8 Andraé Crouch, American gospel singer (The Color Purple, The Lion King), dies at 72
Jan 8 Curtis Lee, American doo wop singer (Pretty Little Angel Eyes), dies at 75
Jan 8 Virginia "Patsy" Garrett, American singer and actress (Nanny & the Professor, Fred Waring's Pleasure Time), dies at 93
Jan 10 Timothy Lee Drummond, American musician, dies at 74
Jan 12 Clifford Adams, American trombone player, dies at 62
Jan 13 Dozy [Trevor Ward-Davies], British rock bassist (Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich), dies of liver cancer at 70
Jan 13 Frank Glazer, American pianist (Satie), composer and teacher (Eastman School of Music, 1965-80), dies at 99
Jan 15 Kim Fowley, American record producer (the Runaways), dies at 75
Jan 18 Dallas Taylor, American session drummer (Crosby, Stills & Nash, Clear Light), dies of complications from pneumonia and kidney disease at 66
Jan 20 Edgar Froese, German musician (Tangerine Dream), dies at 70
Jan 21 Waldemar Kmentt, Austrian operatic tenor (Vienna State Opera, 1951-2005), dies at 85
Jan 25 Demis Roussos, Greek singer and performer (Aphrodite's Child), dies from an undisclosed illness at 68
Jan 28 Louise Lopez, American disco singer (Odyssey -"Native New Yorker"; "Use It Up And Wear It Out"), dies at 81
Jan 28 Robert Ceely, American classical and electro-acoustic composer (The Automobile Graveyard), and educator (New England Conservatory, 1966-2003), dies at 85
Jan 29 Paul Panhuysen, Dutch composer, visual and sound artist, dies at 80
Jan 29 Rodney "Rod" McKuen, American poet, singer-songwriter and actor (Jean, Alone, Beatsville), dies at 81
Jan 30 Ezra Sims, American composer of microtonal music, dies at 88
Jan 31 Don Covay [Donald Randolph], American R & B musician and songwriter (Chain of Fools), dies at 78