Musicians Who Died in January 2017

Jan 8 Buddy Bregman, American orchestra leader and arranger (Eddie Fisher Show; Ella Fitzgerald's Cole Porter Songbook), dies of Alzheimer's disease complications at 86 [1]
Jan 8 Peter Sarstedt, British pop-folk singer-songwriter and guitarist ("Where Do You Go To (My Lovely?"; "I Am A Cathedral"), dies at 75
Jan 10 (Armando) "Buddy" Greco, American jazz and pop singer ("Ooh! Look-A There, Ain't She Pretty"; "The Lady Is A Tramp"), pianist, and television personality (Away We Go), dies at 90
Jan 11 José Vicente Asuar, Chilean electronic music composer, dies at 83
Jan 13 Alexis Mardas, Greek electronics engineer, entrepreneur, and Beatles hanger-on also known as "Magic Alex", dies of pneumonia at 74
Jan 16 Cuthbert Johnson, English musician and Benedictine abbot, dies at 70
Jan 17 Tibor Fátyol, Hungarian composer, dies at 81
Jan 18 Mike Kellie, British session and touring rock drummer (Spooky Tooth; The Only Ones), dies at 69
Jan 18 Roberta Peters [Peterman], American operatic soprano (NY Metropolitan Opera, 1950-85), dies of Parkinson's disease at 86
Jan 20 Ronald Mundy, American doo-wop tenor vocalist (The Marcels -"Blue Moon"), dies of pneumonia at 73
Jan 21 Maggie Roche, American singer-songwriter (The Roches - "Hammond Song"), dies of cancer at 65
Jan 21 Veljo Tormis, Estonian composer, specializing in choral music (Curse Upon Iron (Raua needmine)), dies at 86
Jan 22 Jaki Liebesit, German rock drummer (Can), dies at 78
Jan 22 Pete Overend Watts, English bass guitar player (Mott the Hoople - "All Young Dudes"), dies from throat cancer at 69
Jan 23 Bobby Freeman, American singer (Do You Want to Dance), dies at 76
Jan 24 Butch Trucks, American rock drummer (The Allman Brothers Band), dies at 69
Jan 27 Benny Barth, American session and touring jazz drummer, dies at 86
Jan 28 Geoff Nicholls, British rock keyboardist (Black Sabbath, 1980-2013), dies from lung cancer at 72
Jan 31 Deke [Roger] Leonard, Welsh rock musician (Man), dies at 72
Jan 31 John Wetton, British rock vocalist and bassist (Asia, King Crimson), dies of cancer at 67