Search Results for: "American Singer" (Part 3)

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Birthdays 201 - 300 of 860

  • 1940-03-25 Anita Bryant, American singer (George Gobel Show) and anti-homosexuality campaigner, born in Barnsdall, Oklahoma
  • 1940-05-08 (Cathryn) "Toni" Tennille, American singer-songwriter, keyboardist (Captain & Tennille - "Love Will Keep Us Together") and female Beach Boy, born in Montgomery, Alabama
  • 1940-05-10 Arthur Alexander, American singer-songwriter ("Lonely Just Like Me"), whose songs were covered by The Beatles ("Anna"), The Rolling Stones ("You Better Move On"), and Bob Dylan ("Sally Sue Brown"), born in Sheffield, Alabama (d. 1993) [1] [2]
  • 1940-06-08 Nancy Sinatra, American singer ("These Boots Are Made for Walkin'"; "Something Stupid"), and daughter of Frank Sinatra, born in Jersey City, New Jersey
  • 1940-06-11 Joey Dee [DiNicola] American singer (The Starliters - "Peppermint Twist"), born in Passaic, New Jersey
  • 1940-07-11 Ronnie Mack, American singer-songwriter ("He's So Fine"), born in Harlem, New York (d. 1963)
  • 1940-08-14 (Darrell) "Dash" Crofts, American singer (Seals & Crofts - "Summer Breeze"; "Diamond Girl"), born in Cisco, Texas
  • 1940-09-19 Paul Williams, American singer, composer ("Rainy Days and Mondays"; "Evergreen"; songs from Ishtar; "Rainbow Connection"), and actor ("Battle for the Planet of the Apes"; "Smokey and the Bandit"), born in Omaha, Nebraska
  • 1940-09-23 Tim Rose, American singer-songwriter, born in Washington D. C. (d. 2002)
  • 1940-09-30 Lori Burton [Dolores Squeglia], American singer, songwriter and record producer, born in New Haven, Connecticut
  • 1940-10-03 Alan O'Day, American singer and songwriter ("Undercover Angel"; over 100 songs for the Muppet Babies), born in Hollywood, California (d. 2013)
  • 1940-10-23 Ellie Greenwich, American singer-songwriter ("Da Doo Ron Ron"; "Leader of the Pack"), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2009)
  • 1940-11-28 Bruce Channel [McMeans], American singer ("Hey! Baby"), born in Jacksonville, Texas

Dionne Warwick (83 years old)

1940-12-12 American singer ("I Say a Little Prayer"; "Do You Know The Way to San Jose"; "That's What Friends Are For"), born in East Orange, New Jersey

  • 1941-01-15 Captain Beefheart [Don Van Vliet], American singer-songwriter ("Bongo Fury"; "Shiny Beast"), born in Glendale, California (d. 2010)
  • 1941-01-21 Richie Havens, American singer-songwriter, and guitarist who opened the Woodstock Festival ("Freedom"; "Here Comes the Sun"), born in Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York (d. 2013)

Neil Diamond (83 years old)

1941-01-24 American singer-songwriter ("Sweet Caroline"; "I'm A Believer"; "Solitary Man"), born in Brooklyn, New York

  • 1941-05-21 Ronald Isley, American singer (Isley Brothers - "Twist and Shout"; "This Old Heart Of Mine"), born in Cincinnati, Ohio

Bob Dylan (82 years old)

1941-05-24 American singer-songwriter ("Blowin' In The Wind"; "The Times They Are A-Changin'"; "Positively Fourth Street") and cultural icon, born in Duluth, Minnesota

  • 1941-06-10 Shirley Owens Alston, American singer (Shirelles - "Soldier Boy"; "Will You Love Me Tomorrow"), born in Henderson, North Carolina
  • 1941-07-26 Darlene Love [Wright], American singer ("He's a Rebel"; "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)"), born in Los Angeles, California

Paul Anka (82 years old)

1941-07-30 Canadian-American singer (Put Your Head on My Shoulder; Diana; Lonely Boy), and songwriter (It Doesn't Matter Anymore; My Way; She's A Lady), born in Ottawa, Ontario

  • 1941-08-02 Doris Coley, American singer (The Shirelles), born in Goldsboro, California (d. 2000)
  • 1941-08-02 Homer Banks, American singer and songwriter (Be What You Are), born in Memphis, Tennessee (d. 2003)
  • 1941-08-14 Connie Smith, American singer (Dream Painter, New Horizons), born in Elkhart, Indiana
  • 1941-08-21 Jackie DeShannon [Sharon Lee Myers], American singer-songwriter ("What the World Needs Now Is Love"; "When You Walk In The Room"), born in Hazel, Kentucky
  • 1941-09-08 Donald "Dante" Drowty, American singer (The Evergreens), born in Los Angeles, California
  • 1941-09-15 Signe Toly Anderson, American singer, founding member of Jefferson Airplane ("Chauffeur Blues"), born in Seattle, Washington (d. 2016)

Chubby Checker (82 years old)

1941-10-03 American singer-songwriter ("The Twist"; "Limbo Rock"), born in Spring Gully, South Carolina

  • 1941-10-17 Jim Seals, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and fiddler (Seals & Crofts - "Summer Breeze"), born in Sidney, Texas (d. 2022)
  • 1941-10-28 Curtis Lee, American singer ("Pretty Little Angel Eyes"), born in Yuma, Arizona (d. 2015)
  • 1941-11-05 Art Garfunkel, American singer (Simon and Garfunkel - "Bridge Over Troubled Water"), and actor (Carnal Knowledge), born in New York City
  • 1941-11-22 Jesse Colin Young, American singer songwriter (Youngbloods; Song For Juli), born in Queens, New York
  • 1941-12-09 Dan Hicks, American singer and songwriter (Dan Hicks and his Hot Licks), born in Little Rock, Arkansas (d. 2016)
  • 1941-12-23 Tim Hardin, American singer ("If I Were A Carpenter"; "Black Sheep Boy"; "Reason to Believe"), born in Eugene, Oregon (d. 1980)
  • 1942-01-15 Edward "Sonny" Bivins, American singer (Manhattans - "Kiss and Say Goodbye"), born in Macon, Georgia
  • 1942-01-29 Claudine Longet, French-American singer, actress, and former Mrs Andy Williams (1961-75), born in Paris, France
  • 1942-01-30 Marty Balin [Buchwald], American singer (Jefferson Airplane/Starship), born in Cincinnati, Ohio (d. 2018)

Aretha Franklin (1942-2018)

1942-03-25 American singer known as "The Queen of Soul" ("Respect"; "Think"; "Chain of Fools"), pianist, songwriter, and first female performer inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1987), born in Memphis, Tennessee

  • 1942-04-03 Wayne Newton, American singer and entertainer (Daddy, Don't You Walk So Fast; Danke Schon), born in Norfolk, Virginia
  • 1942-05-17 Taj Mahal [Henry Saint Clair Fredericks, Jr.], American singer-songwriter (Real Thing), born in Harlem, New York

Curtis Mayfield (1942-1999)

1942-06-03 American singer-songwriter and soul musician ("Freddie's Dead"; "Superfly"), born in Chicago, Illinois

  • 1942-06-08 Chuck Negron, American singer-songwriter (Three Dog Night - "Joy to the World"; "One";"Old Fashioned Love Song"), born in The Bronx, New York
  • 1942-06-12 Len Barry [Leonard Borisoff], American singer, songwriter and producer (The Dovells - "Bristol Stomp"; solo - "1-2-3"), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2020)

Brian Wilson (81 years old)

1942-06-20 American singer-songwriter, vocal arranger, and producer (Beach Boys - "In My Room"; "Good Vibrations"; "God Only Knows"; Caroline No"), born in Inglewood, California

  • 1942-06-27 Bruce Johnston [Benjamin Baldwin], American singer (The Beach Boys), songwriter ("I Write The Songs"), and record producer, born in Peoria, Illinois
  • 1942-07-10 Ronnie James Dio [Padavona], American singer, songwriter and musician (Elf; Rainbow; Black Sabbath; Dio; and Heaven & Hell), born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire (d. 2010)
  • 1942-07-10 [Sixto] Rodríguez, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ("Sugar Man"), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2023)
  • 1942-07-23 Madeline Bell, American singer (Black Nativity; Blue Mink), born in Newark, New Jersey
  • 1942-08-07 B.J. Thomas, American singer ("Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head"; "Hooked On A Feeling"; "Growing Pains Theme"), born in Hugo, Oklahoma (d. 2021)
  • 1942-08-26 Vic Dana [Samuel Mendola], American singer and dancer ("Red Roses For A Blue Lady"), born in Buffalo, New York
  • 1942-09-04 Merald "Bubba" Knight, American singer (Gladys Knights & Pips), born in Atlanta, Georgia
  • 1942-09-11 Lola Falana [Loletha Elayne], American singer and actress (Golden Boy; A Man Called Adam), born in Camden, New Jersey
  • 1942-11-07 Johnny Rivers [Ramistella], American singer ("Secret Agent Man"), and record producer, born in New York City
  • 1942-11-08 Gerald Alston, American singer (Manhattans-Crazy), born in Henderson, Vance County, North Carolina

Jim Croce (1943-1973)

1943-01-10 American singer-songwriter ("Time in a Bottle"; "Bad, Bad LeRoy Brown"), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

  • 1943-02-06 Georgeanna Tillman, American singer (The Marvelettes - "Please Mr. Postman"), born in Inkster, Michigan (d. 1980)
  • 1943-02-07 Walter Scott, American singer (Bob Kuban) whose murder was featured on "Forensic Files", born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 1983)
  • 1943-02-19 Lou Christie [Lugee Sacco], American singer-songwriter ("Lightnin' Strikes"), born in Glenwillard, Pennsylvania
  • 1943-03-08 Gayla Peevey, American singer ("I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas"), and songwriter, born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
  • 1943-04-28 The Fantastic Johnny C [Johnny Corley], American singer ("Boogaloo Down Broadway"), born in Greenwood, South Carolina
  • 1943-05-04 Stella Parton, American singer ("A Woman's Touch"), sister of Dolly Parton, born in Sevierville, Tennessee
  • 1943-05-25 Leslie Uggams, American singer and actress (Leslie Uggams Show; Roots), born in New York City
  • 1943-08-04 Tina Cole, American singer (King Cousins) and actress (My Three Sons - "Katie"), born in Hollywood, California
  • 1943-09-11 Jack Ely, American singer and guitarist (The Kingsmen - "Louie, Louie"), born in Portland, Oregon (d. 2015)
  • 1943-09-22 Toni Basil [Antonia Basilotta], American singer (Mickey), and choreographer, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • 1943-10-23 Billy Talbot, American singer-songwriter and bassist (Crazy Horse), born in New York City
  • 1943-11-16 Winfred "Blue" Lovett, American singer (Manhattans - "One Life to Live"), born in Macon, Georgia (d. 2014)
  • 1943-11-28 Randy Newman, American singer-songwriter ("Short People"; "You've Got a Friend in Me"; "Louisiana 1927") and film score composer (The Natural; Seabiscuit; Pixar films), born in New Orleans, Louisiana

Jim Morrison (1943-1971)

1943-12-08 American singer-songwriter (The Doors) and poet, born in Melbourne, Florida

  • 1944-01-10 Frank Sinatra, Jr., American singer and bandleader, born in Jersey City, New Jersey (d. 2016)
  • 1944-01-16 Jim Stafford, American singer-songwriter ("Spiders & Snakes"; "My Girl Bill"), born in Eloise, Florida
  • 1944-01-16 Katherine Anderson, American singer (The Marvelettes - "Please Mr. Postman"[ "Don't Mess With Bill"), born in Ann Arbor, Michigan (d. 2023)
  • 1944-03-07 Townes Van Zandt, American singer-songwriter ("Kathleen"; "Loretta"), born in Fort Worth, Texas (d. 1997)
  • 1944-03-17 John Sebastian, American singer (Loving Spoonful - "Summer In The City"; solo - "Welcome Back"), born in New York City

Diana Ross (80 years old)

1944-03-26 American singer (The Supremes - "Stop! In The Name Of Love"; "You Can't Hurry Love"; "I Hear A Symphony"), and actress (Lady Sings Blues; Mahogany), born in Detroit, Michigan

  • 1944-05-04 Peggy Santiglia, American singer-songwriter (Angels), born in Belleville, New Jersey
  • 1944-05-09 Richard Furay, American singer-songwriter, and guitarist (Buffalo Springfield; Poco), born in Yellow Springs, Ohio
  • 1944-05-13 Carolyn Franklin, American singer-songwriter ("Angel"), born in Memphis, Tennessee (d. 1988)

Gladys Knight (79 years old)

1944-05-28 American singer known as the Empress of Soul (The Pips - "Midnight Train to Georgia"), born in Atlanta, Georgia

  • 1944-06-04 Michelle Phillips, American singer and actress (Mamas & Papas - "California Dreaming"), born in Long Beach, California
  • 1944-06-12 Maurice Jackson, American singer (The Independents - "Leaving Me"), born in Chicago, Illinois
  • 1944-07-19 Commander Cody [George Frayne], American singer and pianist (Commander Cody & Lost Planet Airmen - "Hot Rod Lincoln"), born in Boise, Idaho (d. 2021)
  • 1944-07-27 Bobbie Gentry [Roberta Streeter], American singer and songwriter ("Ode to Billy Joe"), born in Chickasaw County, Mississippi
  • 1944-08-08 Michael Johnson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, born in Alamosa, Colorado
  • 1944-08-15 Pamela Polland, American singer-songwriter (Hawaiianized Pop Classics), born in California

Barry White (1944-2003)

1944-09-12 American singer ("Can't Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe"; "You're The First, The Last, My Everything"), born in Galveston, Texas

  • 1944-10-07 Judee Sill, American singer-songwriter (Crayon Angels: Jesus Was A Cross Maker), born in Studio City, California (d. 1979) [1]
  • 1944-11-04 Scherrie Payne, American singer (The Supremes), born in Detroit, Michigan
  • 1944-11-10 Dave Loggins, American singer ("Please Come To Boston"), born in Mountain City, Tennessee
  • 1944-11-13 Timmy Thomas, American singer and songwriter ("Why Can't We Live Together"), born in Evansville, Indiana (d. 2022)
  • 1944-11-17 (Harold Eugene) Gene Clark, American singer-songwriter (The Byrds - "Eight Miles High"), born in Tipton, Missouri (d. 1991)
  • 1944-11-26 Jean Terrell, American singer (The Supremes, 1970-73), born in Belzoni, Mississippi
  • 1945-01-03 Stephen Stills, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Buffalo Springfield - "For What It's Worth"; Crosby, Stills & Nash - "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes"), born in Dallas, Texas
  • 1945-02-02 Ronnie Goodson, American singer (Hi-Lites), born in New Jersey (d. 1980)

Micky Dolenz (79 years old)

1945-03-08 American singer (The Monkees - "I'm A Believer"), and actor (Circus Boy), born in Los Angeles, California

  • 1945-04-12 Willie Parnell, American singer (Archie Bell & the Drells - "Tighten Up"), born in Houston, Texas
  • 1945-04-13 Stacy Johnson, American singer (Ike and Tina Turner Revue; The Sharpees - "Tired of Being Alone"), born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 2017)
  • 1945-04-29 Tammi Terrell [Thomasina Montgomery], American singer ("Ain't No Mountain High Enough" - duet with Marvin Gaye), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1970)
  • 1945-05-06 Bob Seger, American singer and songwriter ("Old Time Rock and Roll"; "Hollywood Nights"; "Against The Wind"), born in Detroit, Michigan

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Deaths in Music

Deaths 201 - 300 of 310

  • 2006-03-17 Bob Blue, American singer/songwriter (b. 1948)
  • 2006-05-10 Soraya [Lamilla], Colombian-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, arranger and record producer ("Amor En Tus Ojos / Love In Your Eyes"'; "Casi"), dies of breast cancer at 37
  • 2006-05-13 Johnnie Wilder, Jr., American singer (Heatwave), dies at 56
  • 2006-11-10 Gerald Levert, American singer (In My Songs), dies of acute narcotic intoxication at 40
  • 2007-02-04 Barbara McNair, American singer ("Till There Was You") and actress (They Call Me MR. Tibbs), dies of throat cancer at 72
  • 2007-02-06 Frankie Laine [Francesco Paolo LoVecchio], American singer ("Jezebel"; "Rawhide"; "Blazing Saddles"), songwriter ("We'll Be Together Again"), and actor (Bring Your Smile Along), dies of heart failure at 93
  • 2007-02-19 Janet Blair [Martha Janet Lafferty], American singer and actress (Leave it to the Girls; Smith Family), dies of pneumonia at 85
  • 2007-02-23 Donnie Brooks, American singer (b. 1936)
  • 2007-04-25 Bobby "Boris" Pickett, American singer-songwriter ("Monster Mash"), dies from leukemia at 69
  • 2007-06-01 Tony Thompson, American singer-songwriter in R&B group Hi-Five, dies at 31
  • 2007-06-04 Freddie Scott, American singer and songwriter ("Cry To Me"), dies at 74
  • 2007-06-18 Henry "Hank" Medress, American singer (The Tokens - "The Lion Sleeps Tonight"), and record producer (The Chiffons; Tony Orlando & Dawn), dies of lung cancer at 68
  • 2007-12-22 Joe Ames, American singer and actor (The Ames Brothers Show), dies at 86
  • 2008-02-25 Static Major, American singer (b. 1974)
  • 2008-08-05 Robert Hazard [Rimato], American singer-songwriter ("Escalator Of Life"; "Girls Just Want to Have Fun"), dies after surgery at 59
  • 2008-11-16 Ralph "Rusty" Gill, American singer (Polka Time), dies at 89
  • 2008-12-25 Eartha Kitt, American singer (Santa Baby), dancer, comedian, actress and activist (Catwoman-Batman), dies at 81
  • 2009-06-05 Jeff Hanson, American singer-songwriter, dies of a drug overdose at 31
  • 2009-06-07 Kenny Rankin, American singer-songwriter ("Peaceful"), dies of lung cancer at 69
  • 2009-06-27 Gale Storm [Josephine Owaissa Cottle], American singer ("I Hear You Knockin'"), and actress (My Little Margie; The Gale Storm Show), dies at 87
  • 2009-08-26 Ellie Greenwich, American singer-songwriter ("Da-Doo Ron Ron"; "Leader of the Pack"), dies of a heart attack at 68
  • 2009-10-30 Norton Buffalo [Phillip Jackson], American singer-songwriter and country and blues harmonica player, dies of cancer at 58
  • 2009-12-25 Vic Chesnutt, American singer-songwriter, dies of an overdose of muscle relaxants at 46
  • 2010-02-14 Doug Fieger, American singer–songwriter (The Knack - "My Sharona"), dies of cancer at 57
  • 2010-05-16 Ronnie James Dio [Padavona], American singer, songwriter and musician (Elf; Rainbow; Black Sabbath; Dio; and Heaven & Hell), dies at 67
  • 2010-06-24 Deborah Jo Billingsley, American singer (Lynyrd Skynyrd) and songwriter, dies of cancer at 58
  • 2010-09-08 Rich Cronin, American singer-songwriter (Lyte Funkie Ones), dies of cancer aged 36
  • 2010-12-28 Agathe von Trapp, Austrian-born American singer (oldest von Trapp child), dies at 97
  • 2011-01-09 Debbie Friedman, American singer-songwriter and arranger of Jewish religious music ("Mi Shebeirach"), dies of pneumonia at 59
  • 2011-01-10 Margaret Whiting, American singer (It Might As Well Be Spring, Time After Time), dies at 86
  • 2011-04-26 Phoebe Snow [Laub], American singer-songwriter ("Poetry Man"), dies at 60
  • 2011-09-29 Sylvia Robinson, American singer (Mickey & Sylvia - "Love Is Strange"; solo - "Pillow Talk"), record producer, and record label executive (Sugar Hill Records), dies of congestive heart failure at 76

Etta James (1938-2012)

2012-01-20 American singer ("Roll With Me"; "At Last"), dies from leukemia at 73

Whitney Houston (1963-2012)

2012-02-11 American singer ("I Will Always Love You"; "I Wanna Dance With Somebody"), actress (The Bodyguard), and film producer (The Princess Diaries), dies from an accidental bathtub drowning at 48

  • 2012-02-14 Dory Previn, American singer-songwriter, dies at 86
  • 2012-02-22 Billy Strange, American singer-songwriter, dies at 81
  • 2012-03-24 Marion Marlowe, American singer ("The Man in the Raincoat"; Arthur Godfrey & His Friends), and actress, dies at 83
  • 2012-07-27 Tony Martin, American singer, dies from natural causes at 98
  • 2012-08-02 Jimmy Jones, American singer-songwriter ("Handy Man"), dies at 75
  • 2012-08-18 Scott McKenzie, American singer, dies at 73
  • 2012-09-27 R. B. Greaves, American singer, dies from prostate cancer at 68

Jenni Rivera (1969-2012)

2012-12-09 Mexican-American singer-songwriter (Jenni, 2008), dies in a plane crash at 43

  • 2013-01-20 Bob Engemann, American singer, (The Lettermen), dies at 77
  • 2013-04-22 Richie Havens, American singer-songwriter, and guitarist who opened the Woodstock Festival ("Freedom"; "Here Comes The Sun"), dies from a heart attack at 72
  • 2013-05-17 Alan O'Day, American singer and songwriter ("Undercover Angel"; over 100 songs for the Muppet Babies), dies of brain cancer at 72
  • 2013-05-29 Marvin Junior, American singer (The Dells - Oh What a Nite), dies at 77
  • 2013-06-15 Gloria Lambert, American singer (Sing Along With Mitch), dies at 80
  • 2014-01-02 Jay Traynor, American singer (Jay and the Americans), dies of liver cancer at 70
  • 2014-02-18 Maria Franziska von Trapp, Austrian-born American singer, dies at 99
  • 2014-12-09 Winfred "Blue" Lovett, American singer (Manhattans - "One Life to Live"), dies at 71
  • 2015-01-08 Virginia "Patsy" Garrett, American singer and actress (Nanny & the Professor, Fred Waring's Pleasure Time), dies at 93
  • 2015-04-28 Jack Ely, American singer and guitarist (The Kingsmen - "Louie, Louie"), dies at 71
  • 2015-05-01 Grace Lee Whitney, American singer and actress (Yeoman Rand-Star Trek), dies at 85
  • 2015-07-08 Ernie Maresca, American singer and songwriter ("Runaround Sue"; "The Wanderer"), dies at 76
  • 2015-09-05 (Frederick) "Denny" Greene, American singer (Sha Na Na, 1968-84), dies from cancer at 66
  • 2015-12-24 William Guest, American singer (Gladys Knight Show), dies at 74
  • 2016-01-07 Troy Shondell, American singer (This Time (We’re Really Breaking Up)), dies from complications of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease at 76
  • 2016-01-28 Signe Toly Anderson, American singer, founding member of Jefferson Airplane, dies of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at 74
  • 2016-02-04 Maurice White, American singer-songwriter (Earth, Wind & Fire - "Shining Star"), dies at 74
  • 2016-02-06 Dan Hicks, American singer and songwriter (Dan Hicks and his Hot Licks), dies at 74
  • 2016-02-15 George Gaynes, Dutch-Finnish-American singer, stage and screen actor (Tootsie; Police Academy; General Hospital), dies at 98
  • 2016-03-10 Gogi Grant [Myrtle Audrey Arinsberg], American singer ("The Wayward Wind"), dies at 91
  • 2016-03-16 Frank Sinatra, Jr., American singer and bandleaderr, dies at 72
  • 2016-05-12 Julius La Rosa, American singer (fired by Arthur Godfrey on the air), dies at 86
  • 2016-06-10 Christina Grimmie, American singer and contestant on "The Voice", dies of a gunshot wound at 22
  • 2016-10-08 Don Ciccone, American singer-songwriter (The Critters - "Mr. Dieingly Sad"; The Hit Men), dies of a heart attack at 70
  • 2017-01-21 Maggie Roche, American singer-songwriter (The Roches - "Hammond Song"), dies of cancer at 65
  • 2017-01-23 Bobby Freeman, American singer (Do You Want to Dance), dies at 76
  • 2017-03-23 Lola Albright, American singer and actress (Delta Country, Kid Galahad, A Cold Wind in August), dies at 92
  • 2017-03-30 Rosalie “Rosie” Hamlin, American singer-songwriter (Rosie and The Originals – “Angel Baby”), dies at 71
  • 2017-07-20 Chester Bennington, American singer and songwriter (Linkin Park), commits suicide at 41
  • 2017-07-22 Bobby Taylor, American singer and producer who discovered "The Jackson 5" (Motown Records), dies of cancer at 83
  • 2017-09-27 Anne Jeffreys [Annie Carmichael], American singer and actress (Dick Tracy; Topper; General Hospital), dies at 94
  • 2017-11-19 Della Reese [Delloreese Patricia Early], American singer and actress (Della Reese Show; Royal Family), dies at 86
  • 2017-11-21 David Cassidy, American singer and actor (Keith-Partridge Family), dies at 67
  • 2017-12-13 Warrel Dane, American singer (Nevermore -"Enemies of Reality"), dies of a heart attack at 56
  • 2018-02-11 Vic Damone [Vito Farinola], American singer ("On the Street Where You Live"), entertainer, actor and TV presenter (Vic Damone Show), dies at 89
  • 2018-05-27 Russell Nype, American singer and actor (The Stuff,;Call Me Madam; Dorothy), dies at 98
  • 2018-07-03 Richard Swift [Ochoa], American singer and songwriter (The Black Keys), dies of complications from hepatitis at 41

Aretha Franklin (1942-2018)

2018-08-16 American singer known as "The Queen of Soul" ("Respect"; "Think"; "Chain of Fools"), pianist, songwriter, and first female performer inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1987), dies of pancreatic cancer at 76

  • 2018-09-27 Marty Balin [Buchwald], American singer (Jefferson Airplane/Starship), dies at 76
  • 2018-11-21 Devin Lima [Harold Lima], American singer (LFO), dies of cancer at 41
  • 2018-12-28 Ray Sawyer, American singer (Dr Hook), dies at 81
  • 2019-03-15 David White, American singer and songwriter (Danny And The Juniors - "At The Hop": Leslie Gore - "You Don't Own Me"), dies of cancer at 79 [1]
  • 2019-04-10 Earl Thomas Conley, American singer-songwriter with 18 No. 1 country hits ("Once In A Blue Moon"; "Angel In Disguise"), dies from cerebral atrophy at 77

Doris Day (1922-2019)

2019-05-13 American singer ("Sentimental Journey; "Que Sera, Sera"), actress known as the "girl next door" (Pillow Talk; The Man Who Knew Too Much), and animal rights activist, dies of pneumonia at 97

Dr. John (1941-2019)

2019-06-06 American singer and piano player ("Right Place, Wrong Time"), dies at 77

  • 2020-03-14 Phil Phillips [Baptiste], American singer-songwriter (Sea of Love), dies at 94
  • 2020-03-22 Eric Weissberg, American singer and musician (Duelling Banjos), dies of Alzheimer’s at 80

Bill Withers (1938-2020)

2020-03-30 American singer-songwriter and rhythm & blues musician ("Ain't No Sunshine"; "Lean on Me"; "Just The Two Of Us"), dies of heart complications at 81

Little Richard (1932-2020)

2020-05-09 American singer-songwriter and rock 'n' roll pioneer (Tutti Frutti), dies at 87

  • 2020-07-06 Charlie Daniels, American singer (Devil Went Down to Georgia), dies at 83
  • 2020-08-11 Trinidad "Trini" Lopez, American singer and guitarist ("If I Had A Hammer"; "Lemon Tree"), and actor (The Dirty Dozen), dies of COVID-19 at 83 [1]
  • 2020-11-05 Len Barry [Leonard Borisoff], American singer, songwriter and producer (The Dovells - "Bristol Stomp"; solo - "1-2-3"), dies of bone marrow cancer at 78
  • 2021-05-29 B.J. Thomas, American singer ("Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head"; "Hooked On A Feeling"; "Growing Pains Theme"), dies of lung cancer at 78
  • 2021-08-13 Nanci Griffith, American singer ("From A Distance"), and songwriter ("Once in a Very Blue Moon"; "Love at the Five and Dime"), dies at 68
  • 2021-09-16 Jane Powell [Suzanne Burce], American singer and actress (Royal Wedding; Seven Brides for Seven Brothers), dies at 92
  • 2021-09-26 Commander Cody [George Frayne], American singer and pianist (Commander Cody & Lost Planet Airmen - "Hot Rod Lincoln"), dies of esophageal cancer at 77
  • 2022-01-13 Sonny Turner, American singer (The Platters, 1959-70 - "With This Ring", The Metrotones), dies of cancer at 82
  • 2022-06-06 Jim Seals, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and fiddler (Seals & Crofts - "Summer Breeze"; "Diamond Girl"), dies at 79

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