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Musicians Who Died in January 2023

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  • Jan 2 Fred White, American drummer (Earth Wind & Fire, 1974-84 - "Shining Star"; "September"), dies at 67
  • Jan 5 Gordy Harmon, American R&B singer (The Whispers - "And the Beat Goes On"; "Rock Steady"), dies at 79
  • Jan 6 Steve James, American guitarist, songwriter, and luthier, dies from a glioblastoma brain tumor at 72
  • Jan 8 Siegfried Kurz, German conductor (Staatsschauspiel Dresden, 1949-60; Staatsoper Dresden, 1960-84), and composer, dies at 92
  • Jan 9 Yoriaki Matsudaira, Japanese composer and academic, dies of pneumonia at 91

Jeff Beck (1944-2023)

Jan 10 English Grammy Award-winning rock guitarist (Yardbirds, 1965-66; Jeff Beck Group, 1967-72), dies of bacterial meningitis at 78 [1] [2]

Jeff Beck
  • Jan 11 Yukihiro Takahashi, Japanese pop-rock drummer and singer (Yellow Magic Orchestra), dies from complications of a brain tumor at 70

Lisa Marie Presley (1968-2023)

Jan 12 American singer-songwriter ("Lights Out"), and daughter of Elvis, dies of cardiac arrest predicated by a small bowel obstruction at 54 [1]

Lisa Marie Presley
  • Jan 12 Robin "Robbie" Bachman, Canadian drummer (Bachman-Turner Overdrive - "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet"; "Takin' Care Of Business"), dies at 69 [1]
  • Jan 17 Renée Geyer, Australian singer ("It's A Man's Man's World"; "Stares and Whispers"), dies at 69 [1]
  • Jan 18 David Crosby, American rock singer-songwriter (The Byrds, 1964-67 - "Eight Miles High"; Crosby, Stills & Nash - "Guinnevere"; "Wooden Ships"), dies at 81 [1]
  • Jan 20 Jerry "The Geator" Blavat, American disc jockey and music promoter, dies of complications from myasthenia gravis (a neuromuscular disease), at 82 [1]
  • Jan 20 Stella Chiweshe, Zimbabwean musician and storyteller (Africa’s best-known female mbira player), dies at 76 [1]
  • Jan 27 Floyd Sneed, Canadian rock drummer (Three Dog Night - "Joy To The World"; Ohio Players), dies at 80
  • Jan 28 Tom Verlaine [Miller], American rock guitarist, songwriter, and vocalist (Television - "Marquee Moon"), dies at 73
  • Jan 29 Barrett Strong, American R&B vocalist ("Money (That's What I Want)"), piano player, and songwriter ("I Heard It Through the Grapevine"; "Just My Imagination";"Papa Was A Rollin' Stone"; "War"), dies at 81 [1]
  • Jan 31 Charlie Thomas, American pop singer (The Drifters, 1958-67 - "Sweets For My Sweet"; "Save The Last Dance For Me"), dies of liver cancer at 85


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