Musicians Who Died in November 2022

  • Nov 1 Joe Tarsia, American audio engineer and studio owner (Sigma Sound Studio), dies at 88 [1]
  • Nov 1 Takeoff [Kirsnick Ball], American rapper (Migos), shot and killed at 28 [1]
  • Nov 5 Aaron Carter, American singer, rapper and songwriter, accidentally drowns in his bathtub while under the influence of prescription sedatives and non-medicinal inhalants at 34
  • Nov 6 Betty Johnson, American pop and cabaret singer (Jack Paar Show; "I Dreamed"), dies at 93
  • Nov 8 Dan McCafferty, Scottish rock vocalist (Nazareth - "Love Hurts"), dies at 76
  • Nov 8 Father Abraham [Pierre Kartner], Dutch singer and songwriter (The Smurf Song), dies at 87
  • Nov 8 Jeff Cook, American country music guitarist, singer and fiddler (Alabama - "Mountain Music"), dies at 73
  • Nov 9 Gal Costa, Brazilian bossa nova and Tropicália singer, dies at 77
  • Nov 9 Garry Roberts, Irish rock guitarist (Boomtown Rats - "I Don't Like Mondays"), and audio engineer, dies at 72
  • Nov 11 (Julian) Keith Levene, British rock guitarist (The Clash, 1976; Public Image Ltd, 1978-83), dies of liver cancer at 65
  • Nov 11 Nik Turner, British jazz-rock fusion saxophonist, flute player, singer, and composer (Hawkwind), dies at 82
  • Nov 13 Frederick Swann, American church and concert pipe organist (Riverside Church, NYC, 1952-82; Robert Shuller's Crystal Cathedral Hour of Power), dies of cancer at 91
  • Nov 16 Mick Goodrick, American jazz guitarist (Liberation Music Orchestra), and pedagogue (The Advancing Guitarist), dies from complications of Parkinson's Disease at 77
  • Nov 16 Robert Clary [Widerman], French-American actor (Hogan's Heroes - "Cpl LeBeau"; Days of Our Lives), singer, author, artist, lecturer, and Holocaust survivor, dies at 96 [1]
  • Nov 18 Ned Rorem, American Pulitzer Prize-winning composer (Air Music: Ten Etudes for Orchestra; Evidence of Things Not Seen), and author (The Paris Diary), dies at 99 [1]
  • Nov 19 Danny Kalb, American blues guitarist (The Blues Project), dies at 80
  • Nov 19 Fausto Razzi, Italian composer, choral director, and educator, dies at 90
  • Nov 20 (Ione) "Joyce" Bryant, American cabaret artist (Drunk With Love), missionary, schoolteacher, and opera singer, dies at 95 [1]
  • Nov 21 Wilko Johnson [John Wilkinson], British guitarist, singer and songwriter (Dr. Feelgood, 1971-77 - "She Does It Right"), dies of cancer at 75
  • Nov 22 Pablo Milanés, Cuban Nueva Trova singer-songwriter and guitarist (Yolanda; Yo Me Quedo), dies of cancer at 79 [1]
  • Nov 24 Hans Magnus Enzensberger, German writer, poet (Tumult), translator, and librettist, dies at 93
  • Nov 25 Irene Cara [Escalera], American Grammy and Academy Award-winning singer-songwriter ("Fame"; "Flashdance...What A Feeling"), and actress (Fame; D.C. Cab), dies at 63
  • Nov 26 Louise Tobin, American big band singer (Benny Goodman; Ziggy Elman), dies at 104 [1] [2]

Christine McVie (1943-2022)

Nov 30 British rock keyboardist, vocalist, and songwriter (Fleetwood Mac, 1970-98, 2014-2022 - "Don't Stop"; "You Make Loving Fun"; solo - "Got A Hold On Me"), dies at 79 [1]