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Events in Music


Birthdays in Music

Birthdays 1001 - 1,100 of 6,334

  • 1931-07-11 Tab Hunter [Arthur Andrew Kelm], American actor (The Girl He Left Behind; Lust In The Dust) and singer ("Young Love"), born in New York City (d. 2018)
  • 1931-08-01 "Ramblin' Jack" Elliott [Elliot Adnopoz], American Grammy Award-winning folk singer-songwriter, and guitarist, born in Brooklyn, New York
  • 1931-08-11 Manabendra Mukhopadhyay, Bengali singer and composer (Ei Ganga ei Padda), born in Kolkata (d. 1992)
  • 1931-08-28 John Perkins, Canadian pop singer (Crew Cuts), born in Toronto, Ontario
  • 1931-08-29 Stelios Kazantzidis, Greek singer, born in Nea Ionia, Athens, Greece (d. 2001)
  • 1931-09-01 Boxcar Willie [Travis Martin], American soldier (USAF) and singer ("King of the Road"), born in Ellis County, Texas (d. 1999)
  • 1931-09-04 Mitzi Gaynor [Francesca von Gerber], American actress, singer and dancer (Anything Goes, South Pacific), born in Chicago, Illinois
  • 1931-09-12 George Jones, American country singer-songwriter ("Golden Rings"; "Oh Lonesome Me"), born in Saratoga, Texas (d. 2013)
  • 1931-09-24 Anthony Newley, British actor and singer-songwriter (Doctor Dolittle; Goldfinger theme; Willy Wonka score), born in London, England (d. 1999)
  • 1931-09-27 Freddy Quinn [Franz Nidl], Austrian pop singer and actor, born in Niederfladnitz, Austria
  • 1931-10-15 (Lionel) Frederick "Freddy" Cole, American jazz singer and pianist, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2020) [1]
  • 1931-10-23 Diana Dors [Fluck], British actress and singer (Berserk!, Steaming), born in Swindon, Wiltshire (d. 1984)
  • 1931-11-29 Shintaro Katsu, Japanese actor, singer, producer, and director (Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman), born in Fukagawa, Tokyo, Japan (d. 1997)
  • 1931-11-30 (Beryl) "Jack" Sheldon, American jazz trumpeter (Merv Griffin), singer (Schoolhouse Rock), and actor (Run Buddy Run), born in Jacksonville, Florida (d. 2019)
  • 1931-12-01 Jim Nesbitt, American country music singer, born in Bishopville, South Carolina (d. 2007)
  • 1931-12-03 [Mary] Jaye P. Morgan, American pop singer ("All I Want From You"), game show panelist (Gong Show), born in Mancos, Colorado
  • 1931-12-06 Zeki Müren, Turkish actor, singer, and composer (Game of Silence), born in Bursa, Turkey (d. 1996)

Rita Moreno (92 years old)

1931-12-11 Puerto Rican singer, dancer and actress (West Side Story), born in Humacao, Puerto Rico

  • 1931-12-16 Karl Denver [Angus McKenzie], Scottish pop singer ("Never Say Goodbye"; "Wimoweh"), born in Springburn, Glasgow, Scotland (d. 1998)
  • 1931-12-21 Caroline Kaart (neé Raitt), Scottish-Dutch alto singer, TV and radio presenter, born in Blackness, Scotland (d. 2020)
  • 1931-12-30 Skeeter Davis [Mary Penick], American country-pop singer-songwriter ("(I Can't Help You) I'm Falling Too"; "Set Him Free"; "The End Of The World"), born in Dry Ridge, Kentucky (d. 2004)
  • 1932-01-05 (Laten) Johnny Adams, American blues, jazz and gospel singer (Reconsider Me), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1998)
  • 1932-01-12 Des O'Connor, British television presenter, singer and comedian, born in Stepney, London (d. 2020)
  • 1932-01-14 Grady Tate, American jazz drummer (Oliver Nelson, Lalo Schifrin, Quincy Jones, Jimmy Smith), and singer, born in Durham, North Carolina (d. 2017) [1]
  • 1932-01-25 Moses "Whispering" Smith, American blues harmonica player and singer ("A Thousand Miles From Nowhere"; "Hound Dog Twist"), born in Union Church, Mississippi (d. 1984)
  • 1932-01-29 Beverly Kenney American jazz singer ("I Hate Rock n' Roll"; "Born To Be Blue"), born in Harrison, New Jersey (d. 1960)
  • 1932-01-31 [Anna] Ottilie Patterson, Irish blues and jazz singer (Chris Barber Jazz Band), born in Comber, Northern Ireland (d. 2011)
  • 1932-02-10 Rockin Dopsie Sr [Alton Jay Rubin], American Jazz-Fusion singer (Zydeco), born in Carencro, Louisiana (d. 1993)
  • 1932-02-25 Faron Young, American country and honky-tonk singer ("Hello Walls"; "It's Four in the Morning"), and actor (Hidden Guns; Daniel Boone, Trailblazer), born in Shreveport, Louisiana (d. 1996)

Johnny Cash (1932-2003)

1932-02-26 American country singer ("I Walk the Line"; "Ring of Fire"; "A Boy Named Sue"), born in Kingsland, Arkansas

  • 1932-02-28 Don Francks, Canadian actor, singer and musician (Terminal Choice; Finian's Rainbow), born in Vancouver, British Columbia (d. 2016)
  • 1932-03-04 Miriam Makeba, South African singer and civil rights activist (Grammy for Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording, 1965), born in Johannesburg, South Africa (d. 2008) [1]
  • 1932-03-07 Lola Beltrán, Mexican ranchera singer ("Priscila elque se fue"; "Paloma Negra") and actress (El revólver sangriento), born in El Rosario, Mexico (d. 1966)
  • 1932-03-17 Dick Curless, American country music singer-songwriter (A Tombstone Every Mile), born in Fort Fairfield, Maine (d. 1995)
  • 1932-03-22 Leo "Bud" Welch, American gospel and Delta blues singer-songwriter and guitarist ("You Can't Hurry God"; "Cadillac Baby"), born in Sabougla, Mississippi (d. 2017)
  • 1932-03-23 Louisiana Red [Iverson Minter], American blues guitarist, and singer-songwriter ("Sweet Blood Call"), born in Bessemer, Alabama (d. 2012)
  • 1932-03-27 (Herman) "Junior" Parker, American blues and soul singer and musician ("Mystery Train"), born in Bobo, Mississippi (d. 1971)

Debbie Reynolds (1932-2016)

1932-04-01 American actress and singer (Singin' In The Rain -"Kathy Selden"; The Unsinkable Molly Brown), born in El Paso, Texas

Anthony Perkins (1932-1992)

1932-04-04 American actor (Psycho; Friendly Persuasion;, Fear Strikes Out; Pretty Poison), and singer, born in New York City

  • 1932-04-05 Billy Bland, American singer and songwriter, born in Wilmington, North Carolina (d. 2017)
  • 1932-04-07 Mr. Bo [Louis Collins], American electric blues guitarist and singer, born in Indianola, Mississippi (d. 1995)

Carl Perkins (1932-1998)

1932-04-09 American rockabilly singer and songwriter ("Blue Suede Shoes"; "Honey Don't"), born in Tiptonville, Tennessee [1]

  • 1932-04-10 Kishori Amonkar, Indian classical Hindustani singer, born in Bombay, British India (d. 2017)
  • 1932-04-10 Nate Nelson, American pop and doo-wop singer (Flamingos - "I Only Have Eyes for You"), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1984)

Joel Grey (92 years old)

1932-04-11 American Tony, Grammy, and Academy Award-winning actor and singer (Cabaret; Remo Williams; 7% Solution), born in Cleveland, Ohio

Tiny Tim (1932-1996)

1932-04-12 American singer and ukulele player ("Tiptoe Through The Tulips"), born in Manhattan, New York

Loretta Lynn (1932-2022)

1932-04-14 American country singer-songwriter ("Coal Miner's Daughter"; "Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man"), born in Butcher Hollow, Kentucky

  • 1932-04-16 Vince Hill, English pop singer ("Roses of Picardy"; "La Vie en Rose"; "Edelweiss"), born in Holbrooks, Coventry, England (d. 2023)
  • 1932-04-20 Gerry Granahan, American rockabilly singer-songwriter (Dickey Doo & The Dont's - "Click-Clack"), record producer, and label executive, born in Pittston, Pennsylvania (d. 2022)
  • 1932-05-06 Leon Hughes, American pop-rock singer (The Coasters - "Young Blood"), born in Dallas, Texas
  • 1932-05-19 Alma Cogan, British pop singer ("Dreamboat"; "I Can't Tell a Waltz from a Tango"), born in Whitechapel, London, England (d. 1966)
  • 1932-05-19 Claude Blanchard, French Canadian singer, comedian and actor, born in Joliette, Canada (d. 2006)
  • 1932-05-24 Elaine Malbin, American opera singer, born in New York City
  • 1932-05-26 Alvin Ing, American stage and screen singer and actor (Flower Drum Song), born in Honolulu, Territory of Hawaiʻi (d. 2021)
  • 1932-06-02 Sammy Turner, American pop and R&B singer ("Lavender Blue"; "Always"), born in Patterson, New Jersey
  • 1932-06-12 Charlie Feathers, American country music and rockabilly singer-songwriter, and musician ("Can't Hardly Stand It"), born in Holly Springs, Mississippi (d. 1998)
  • 1932-06-13 Bob McGrath, American musician, singer (Sing Along With Mitch), and actor (Sesame Street, 1969-2017), born in Ottawa, Illinois (d. 2022)
  • 1932-06-13 Jo Roland [Rolando Bonardelli], Swiss pop singer and TV personality (Rendez-vous), known as the 'Swiss Perry Como', born in Geneva, Switzerland (d. 2013)
  • 1932-06-21 O. C Smith, American jazz singer ("Little Green Apples"), born in Mansfield, Louisiana (d. 2001)
  • 1932-06-27 Magali Noël [Guiffray], French actress and singer, born in Izmir, Turkey (d. 2015)
  • 1932-07-06 Della Reese [Delloreese Patricia Early], American singer and actress (Della Reese Show; The Royal Family), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2017)
  • 1932-07-15 Nina Van Pallandt, Danish actress (American Gigolo), and singer (Nina and Frederik), born in Copenhagen Denmark
  • 1932-07-19 Arley "Buster" Benton, American blues singer and guitarist, born in Texarkana, Arkansas (d. 1996)
  • 1932-07-31 Morey Carr [Cohen], American pop and novelty singer (The Playmates - "Beep Beep"), born in Waterbury, Connecticut (d. 1987)
  • 1932-08-06 Dorothy Ashby (née Thompson), American jazz harpist, singer, and composer, born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 1986)
  • 1932-08-08 Mel Tillis [Lonnie Melvin Tillis], American country singer ("Who's Julie"; "M-M-Mel"), born in Pahokee, Florida (d. 2017)

Patsy Cline (1932-1963)

1932-09-08 American country singer ("Crazy"; "I Fall To Pieces"; "Walkin' After Midnight"), born in Winchester, Virginia

  • 1932-09-28 Víctor Jara, Chilean folk singer and activist (d. 1973)
  • 1932-09-29 Mehmood [Ali], Indian actor, singer, director and producer (Do Phoo!, Vardaan), born in Bombay, British India (d. 2004)
  • 1932-10-11 Dottie West [Dorothy Marsh], American country singer ("Here Comes My Baby"; with Kenny Rogers - "What Are We Doin' in Love"), born in Nashville, Tennessee (d. 1991)
  • 1932-10-13 Liliane Montevecchi, French-Italian actress, dancer, and singer (Nine; Grand Hotel), born in Paris, France (d. 2018)
  • 1932-11-04 Tommy Makem, Irish folk singer, born in Keady, County Armagh, Northern Ireland (d. 2007)
  • 1932-11-15 Petula Clark, British pop singer-songwriter (Downtown; My Love; Don't Sleep in the Subway, and actress, born in Epsom, England
  • 1932-11-28 Ethel Ennis, American jazz singer (If Women Ruled The World), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 2019)
  • 1932-11-29 John Gary [Strader], American singer (Cold), born in Watertown, New York (d. 1998)
  • 1932-12-03 Corry Brokken, Dutch pop singer (1957 Eurovision), born in Breda, The Netherlands (d. 2016)
  • 1932-12-05 James Cleveland, American gospel singer, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1991)

Little Richard (1932-2020)

1932-12-05 American singer-songwriter and rock 'n' roll pioneer (Tutti Frutti), born in Macon, Georgia

  • 1932-12-14 Abbe Lane, American singer and wife of Xavier Cugat (Xavier Cugat Show), born in Brooklyn, New York
  • 1932-12-28 Dorsey Burnette, American rockabilly singer ("Tall Oak Tree"; "Hey Little One"), born in Memphis, Tennessee (d. 1979)
  • 1932-12-28 [Grace] Nichelle Nichols, American actress (Star Trek - "Lt. Uhura") and singer (Down To Earth; "Fly Me To The Moon"), born in Robbins, Illinois (d. 2022)
  • 1933-01-11 Goldie Hill, American country singer (Grand Ole Opry; "I Let the Stars Get In My Eyes"), born in Karnes County, Texas (d. 2005)
  • 1933-01-17 Dalida [Yolande Christina Gigliotti], French-Italian actress (The Sixth Day), singer ("Bambino"), and Miss Egypt 1954, born in Cairo, Egypt (d. 1987)
  • 1933-01-18 Vernon Garrett, American soul and blues singer ("I'm at the Crossroad"; "Without You"), born in Omaha, Nebraska
  • 1933-01-23 Chita Rivera, American Tony Award-winning dancer, singer, and actress (West Side Story; Bye Bye Birdie; Sweet Charity; Chicago), born in Washington, D.C. (d. 2024) [1] [2]
  • 1933-01-24 Zeke Carey, American doo-wop and R&B singer (The Flamingos - "I Only Have Eyes For You"), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1999)
  • 1933-01-29 Sacha Distel, French singer ("Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head" cover), born in Paris, France (d. 2004)
  • 1933-02-03 Varetta Dillard, American R&B singer ("Mercy, Mr. Percy"; "Easy, Easy Baby"; "Johnny Has Gone"), and civil rights activist, born in Harlem, New York City (d. 1993) [1]

Yoko Ono (91 years old)

1933-02-18 Japanese artist, poet, singer, and second wife of John Lennon, born in Tokyo, Empire of Japan [1]

Nina Simone (1933-2003)

1933-02-21 American jazz pianist, singer, songwriter, arranger, and civil rights activist (“Mississippi Goddam”; “To Be Young, Gifted, and Black”, “Feeling Good”; “Wild Is The Wind”), born in Tryon, North Carolina

  • 1933-02-22 Ernie K-Doe [Ernest Kador Jr.], American R&B singer ("Mother-in-Law"), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 2001)
  • 1933-02-22 Louise Lopez, American disco singer (Odyssey -"Native New Yorker"; "Use It Up And Wear It Out"), born in Connecticut (d. 2015)
  • 1933-02-26 George Tindley, American soul singer and songwriter (The Dreams; The Red Caps), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1996)
  • 1933-03-03 Marco Antonio Muñoz, Mexican Latin pop singer (Que Murmurmen; Escandallo), and actor (Sinful), born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
  • 1933-03-04 Ann Burton [Anna Rafalowicz], Dutch jazz singer, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1989)
  • 1933-03-05 Tommy Tucker [Robert Higginbotham], American R&B singer-songwriter, and piano player ("Hi-Heel Sneakers"), born in Springfield, Ohio (d. 1982)
  • 1933-03-08 Johnny Dollar, American country and rockabilly singer, born in Kilgore, Texas (d. 1986)
  • 1933-03-09 Lloyd Price, American R&B singer ("Lawdy Miss Clawdy"; "Stagger Lee"; "Personality"), born in Kenner, Louisiana (d. 2021) [1]
  • 1933-03-25 (Charles William) "Wee Willie" Harris, English singer known as "Britain's wild man of rock 'n' roll", born in Bermondsey, England (d. 2023)
  • 1933-04-13 Shani Wallis, Irish-American singer and actress (Oliver!), born in Tottenham, Middlesex, England

Weddings in Music


Divorces in Music


Deaths in Music

Deaths 1001 - 1,100 of 2,318

  • 1998-06-25 Lounès Matoub, Kabylian singer-songwriter, guitar and mandole player, and Berber rights activist, assassinated by the Armed Islamic Group (GIA) at 42
  • 1998-07-14 Beryl Bryden, British jazz and blues singer, and washboard player, dies at 78
  • 1998-07-26 (David Allan) "Chico" Ryan, American rock bassist and singer (Sha Na Na, 1973-98), dies at 50
  • 1998-08-06 Nat Gonella, British big band jazz trumpeter, mellophonist, singer, and bandleader (The Georgians; Oh, Monah), dies at 90
  • 1998-08-13 Nino Ferrer, French-Italian singer and composer (Mirza, Cornichons), dies at 63
  • 1998-08-20 Raquel Rastenni, Danish singer ("Seven Lonely Days"), dies at 82
  • 1998-08-29 Charlie Feathers, American country music and rockabilly singer-songwriter, and musician ("Can't Hardly Stand It"), dies at from stroke complications at 66
  • 1998-09-09 Lucio Battisti, Italian pop singer and composer, dies of cancer at 55
  • 1998-09-10 Vernon Guy, American R&B and gospel singer (Cool Sounds; Sharpees), dies in a car accident at 53
  • 1998-09-14 (Laten) Johnny Adams, American blues, jazz and gospel singer (Reconsider Me), dies of prostate cancer at 66
  • 1998-09-26 Betty Carter [Lillie Mae Jones], American jazz singer and scat vocalist, dies of pancreatic cancer at 69
  • 1998-10-01 Pauline Julien, Canadian singer-songwriter, social and political activist, takes her own life after a brain disease diagnosis, at 70
  • 1998-10-02 Gene Autry, American cowboy singer, songwriter, actor, musician, ("Back In The Saddle Again";"Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer") and business tycoon (owner MLB Angels team, 1961-97), dies of lymphoma at 91
  • 1998-11-11 Patrick "Paddy" Clancy, Irish folk singer, harmonic player, and songwriter (The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem - "Carrickfergus"), dies of lung ccancer at 76
  • 1998-11-19 Glenn Reeves, American rockabilly singer-songwriter and radio deejay ("Heartbreak Hotel"), dies of cancer at 67
  • 1998-11-27 Barbara Acklin, American soul singer ("Love Makes A Woman") and songwriter ("HAve You Seen Her"), dies of pneumonia at 55
  • 1998-12-11 [James] Lynn Strait, American singer (Snot), dies in a car accident at 30
  • 1998-12-21 Karl Denver [Angus McKenzie], Scottish pop singer ("Never Say Goodbye"; "Wimoweh"), dies of a brain tumor at 67
  • 1998-12-25 Bryan MacLean, American singer, musician and songwriter (Love) (b. 1946)
  • 1998-12-30 Johnny Moore, American singer (The Drifters) (b. 1934)
  • 1999-01-10 Frank Parker, American singer (Arthur Godfrey Show, Masquerade Party), dies at 95
  • 1999-01-11 Fabrizio de André, Italian singer-songwriter (Storia di un impiegato), dies of lung cancer at 58
  • 1999-01-21 Charles Brown, American blues singer and pianist ("Merry Christmas Baby"), dies at 76
  • 1999-01-21 Leslie French, British actor and singer (Death in Venice, More than a Miracle), dies at 94
  • 1999-02-01 Barış Manço, Turkish rock guitarist, singer-songwriter (Kurtalan Ekspres - "Arkadaşım Eşek (My Friend the Donkey"), and television producer (From 7 to 77), dies of a heart attack at 56
  • 1999-02-02 David McComb, Australian singer-songwriter, and guitarist (The Triffids, 1976-89; The Blackeyed Susans, 1989–93), dies after unsuccessful heart transplant at 38
  • 1999-02-03 Gwen Guthrie, American singer ("Ain't Nothin' Goin' On But The Rent"), dies of cancer at 48
  • 1999-02-14 Buddy Knox, American singer and songwriter (Party Doll, Lovey Dovey), dies at 65
  • 1999-02-16 Betty Roché [Mary Elizabeth Roach], American jazz singer (Duke Ellington - "Take The 'A' Train"), dies at 81
  • 1999-02-16 Björn Afzelius, Swedish rock and progg singer-songwriter and guitarist (Hoola Bandoola Band), dies of cancer at 52
  • 1999-03-02 David Ackles, American singer-songwriter (American Gothic), dies of lung cancer at 62
  • 1999-03-05 Richard Kiley, American actor and singer (Kismet; Man of La Mancha; Endless Love), dies at 76
  • 1999-03-29 Joe Williams [Goreed], American jazz singer (Everyday I Have The Blues), dies of natural causes at 80
  • 1999-04-12 Boxcar Willie [Travis Martin], American soldier (USAF) and singer ("King Of The Road"), dies of leukemia at 67
  • 1999-04-14 Anthony Newley, British actor and singer-songwriter (Doctor Dolittle; Goldfinger theme; Willy Wonka score), dies at 67
  • 1999-04-16 Alexander "Skip" Spence, Canadian-American guitarist, singer and songwriter (Jefferson Airplane), dies of lung cancer at 52
  • 1999-04-21 Charles "Buddy" Rogers, American film actor (Wings), singer, and dance bandleader, dies at 94
  • 1999-04-22 Apostolos Nikolaidis, Greek singer (first Greek artist to record or re-record the authentic, "prohibited" rebetika songs in the early 1970s with their original lyrics), dies at 60
  • 1999-04-29 Perry Ford [Brian Pugh], British pop singer, session musician and songwriter (The Ivy League - "Tossing And Turning"), dies at 65
  • 1999-06-05 Mel Tormé, American singer (The Velvet Fog) and composer (The Christmas Song), dies at 73
  • 1999-06-27 Brian O'Hara, English rock guitarist and singer (The Foremost - "A Little Loving"), commits suicide at 57
  • 1999-07-01 Dennis Brown, Jamaican reggae singer ("Money In My Pocket"), dies of a collapsed lung, after a heart attack, at 42
  • 1999-07-01 Guy Mitchell [Albert George Cernik], American singer and actor (Red Garters, 3 Redheads from Seattle), dies at 72
  • 1999-07-03 Mark Sandman, American singer-songwriter and musician (Morphine; Treat Her Right), dies of a heart attack at 46
  • 1999-07-04 Ruby Johnson, American singer (I'll Run Your Hurt Away), dies at 63
  • 1999-07-11 Helen Forrest [Fogel], American big band, pop, and swing jazz singer (Artie Shaw; Benny Goodman; Harry James), dies of heart failure at 82 [1]
  • 1999-07-16 Hiromi Yanagihara, Japanese singer (b. 1979)
  • 1999-09-17 Frankie Vaughan, British pop singer ("Give Me the Moonlight, Give Me the Girl"), dies of heart failure at 71
  • 1999-09-28 Carl Hall [Caldwell], American soul singer ("You Don't Know Nothing About Love"; "What About You"), and session vocalist, dies at 65
  • 1999-10-01 Lena Zavaroni, Scottish singer and child star ("Ma! (He's Making Eyes At Me)"), dies of bronchial pneumonia at 35
  • 1999-10-06 Amália Rodrigues, Portuguese fado singer, dies at 79
  • 1999-10-26 Hoyt Axton, American songwriter, singer ("No No Song"; "Joy To The World"; "I've Never Been To Spain"), and actor (McCloud; Gremlins; The Rousters), dies of a heart attack at 61
  • 1999-11-13 Donald Mills, American singer (Mills Brothers), dies at 84
  • 1999-11-21 Alvin Cash [Welch], American pop singer ("Twine Time"; "The Philly Freeze"), and actor, dies of ulcer complications at 60
  • 1999-12-03 "Scatman" John [Larkin], American jazz pianist and singer ("Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop)"), dies of lung cancer at 57
  • 1999-12-03 Madeline Kahn, American stage and screen actress (What's Up, Doc?; Young Frankenstein; Paper Moon; Blazing Saddles), and singer, dies of ovarian cancer at 57
  • 1999-12-10 Rick Danko, Canadian rock bassist and singer (The Band - "Stagefright"), dies of heart failure at 55
  • 1999-12-15 George Elrick, Scottish-British singer ("I Like Bananas Because They Have No Bones"), and broadcaster known as 'The Smiling Voice of Radio' (BBC's "Housewives' Choice"), dies at 95
  • 1999-12-17 Rex Allen, American singer-songwriter known as the "the Arizona Cowboy", and actor (Frontier Doctor - "Dr. Baxter"), dies at 78
  • 1999-12-20 [Clarence] Hank Snow, Canadian country singer ("I'm Moving On"; "I Went To Your Wedding"), dies of heart failure at 85
  • 1999-12-24 Zeke Carey, American R&B singer (The Flamingos - "Goodnight Sweetheart"; "I Only Have Eyes For You"), dies of a heart attack at 66

Curtis Mayfield (1942-1999)

1999-12-26 American singer-songwriter and soul musician ("Freddie's Dead"; "Superfly"), dies from complications of type 2 diabetes at 57

  • 2000-01-16 Will "Dub" Jones, American bass singer (The Coasters - "Charlie Brown"), dies at 71
  • 2000-02-04 Doris Coley, American pop singer (The Shirelles - "Will You Love Me Tomorrow"; "Baby It's You"), dies of breast cancer at 58
  • 2000-02-07 "Lonesome Dave" Peverett, British rock singer and musician (Foghat, Savoy Brown), dies of complications from cancer at 56
  • 2000-02-12 (Jalacy) "Screamin' Jay" Hawkins, American blues-rock singer, guitarist, and songwriter ("I Put a Spell On You"), and actor, dies of an aneurysm at 70
  • 2000-02-12 Oliver [William Swofford], American pop singer ("Good Morning Starshine"), dies of cancer at 54
  • 2000-02-23 Ofra Haza, Israeli singer (b. 1957)
  • 2000-03-07 Pee Wee King [Julius Frank Kuczynski], American country singer, accordionist, and songwriter ("Tennesee Waltz"; "Slow Poke"), dies of a heart attack at 84
  • 2000-03-09 Ivo Robić, Croatian singer and songwriter (b. 1923)
  • 2000-03-20 Gene Eugene [Andrusco], Canadian-American actor, singer-songwriter (Adam Again; Lost Dogs), and record producer, dies of a brain aneurysm at 38
  • 2000-04-11 Diana Darvey, British actress, singer and dancer (b. 1945)
  • 2000-04-21 Neal Matthews, Jr., American singer (The Jordanaires), dies at 70
  • 2000-04-25 Claire Hogan, American jazz and big band singer (Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra, 1948-50), dies at 73 [1]
  • 2000-04-27 Vicki Sue Robinson, American stage and screen actress, and pop singer ("Turn the Beat Around"), dies of cancer at 45
  • 2000-05-10 Dédé Fortin, Quebec singer and songwriter (Les Colocs) (b. 1962)
  • 2000-05-23 Marcus Hutson, American R&B singer (The Whispers - "And the Beat Goes On"; "Rock Steady"), dies of prostate cancer at 57
  • 2000-05-31 Johnnie Taylor, American R&B and multi-genre singer ("Disco Lady"; "I Believe In You"), dies at 66
  • 2000-07-01 Michael "Cub" Koda, American rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (Brownsville Station - "Smokin' In The Boys Room'), dies of kidney disease at 50M
  • 2000-07-15 Paul Young, English singer (Mike + The Mechanics), dies of a cardiac arrest at 53
  • 2000-08-13 Nazia Hassan, Pakistani pop singer-songwriter, lawyer and social activist known as "Queen of Pop" in South Asia, dies of lung cancer at 35
  • 2000-10-03 Benjamin Orr [Orzechowski], American rock bassist and singer (The Cars - "Just What I Needed", "Drive"), dies of pancreatic cancer at 53
  • 2000-10-18 Gwyneth “Gwen” Verdon, American actress, singer and dancer (Cotton Club; Sweet Charity), dies at 75
  • 2000-10-18 Julie London, American singer ("Cry Me A River") and actress (Emergency - "Nurse McCall"), dies at 74
  • 2000-10-19 Hortense Ellis, Jamaican reggae singer ("Right On the Tip of My Tongue"), dies from a stomach infection at 59
  • 2000-10-27 Walter Berry, Austrian lyric bass-baritone singer, dies of a heart attack at 71
  • 2000-11-05 Jimmie Davis, American singer and songwriter ("You Are My Sunshine"), dies at 101
  • 2000-12-18 Kirsty MacColl, English singer and songwriter (Electric Landlady), dies when run over by a power boat in the National Marine Park of Cozumel at 41
  • 2000-12-19 (Roebuck) "Pops" Staples, American gospel singer (The Staple Singers), dies at 85
  • 2000-12-23 Noor Jehan [Allah Rakhi Wasai], Pakistani singer and actress (Mela; Chann Way), dies at 74
  • 2001-01-07 James Carr, American soul singer ("To Love Somebody"; "Dark End of the Street"), dies of lung cancer at 58
  • 2001-01-13 Michael Cuccione, Canadian actor, singer (2gether), and cancer research fundraiser, dies of respiratory failure at 16
  • 2001-01-16 Virginia O'Brien, American actress and singer (Meet the People, Gus, Ziegfeld Follies), dies of a heart attack at 81
  • 2001-02-07 Dale Evans, American actress and singer (Roy Rogers Show), dies at 88
  • 2001-02-17 Debbie Dean [Reba Smith], American pop singer and songwriter (Motown), dies at 73
  • 2001-02-19 Charles Trenet, French pop singer and songwriter ("Boum!"; "La Mer"), dies at 87
  • 2001-02-21 Ronnie Hilton, British radio presenter and singer (Moonraker), dies at 75
  • 2001-02-22 John Farley, American folk singer and guitarist (Transfiguration of Blind Joe Death), dies at 61
  • 2001-03-04 Glenn Hughes, American disco singer (The Village People (Biker)), dies of cancer at 50
  • 2001-03-10 Massimo Morsello, Italian fascist political singer and songwriter, dies at 42

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