01/02/19

Daryl Dragon

Captain & Tenille

76

Renal failure

01/05/19

Eric Haydock

Bassist with the Hollies

75

01/07/19

Clydie King

Backing singer for Ray Charles, Bob Dylan & others

75

01/09/19

Joseph Jarman

Jazz saxophonist (Art Ensemble of Chicago)

81

01/15/19

Carol Channing

Broadway star

97

01/17/19

Reggie Young

Pioneering rockabilly & session guitarist (Elvis Presley, John Prine)

82

heart failure

01/21/19

Kaye Ballard

Big-band era singer

94

cancer

01/21/19

Maxine Brown

Country singer (The Browns)

87

01/24/19

Joe Riillo

Regional saxophonist (Lex and Joe)

66

heart attack

01/26/19

Michel Legrand

French film & jazz composer/pianist

86

01/29/19

James Ingram

R&B singer-songwriter

66

brain cancer

01/31/19

Harold Bradley

Nashville Hall of Fame guitarist

93

02/15/19

Kofi Burbridge

Multi-instrumentalist (Tedeschi-Trucks Band)

57

heart attack

02/16/19

Ken Nordine

Voiceover artist, creator of Word Jazz

98

02/17/19

Ethel Ennis

Jazz singer

86

stroke

02/21/19

Peter Tork

Monkees bassist, singer

77

cancer

02/23/19

Ira Gitler

Jazz author, historian

90

02/25/19

Mark Hollis

singer-songwriter from band Talk Talk

64

02/26/19

Andy Anderson

British rock drummer (The Cure)

68

cancer

02/28/19

Ed Bickert

Canadian jazz guitarist

86

03/01/19

Paul Williams

English rock vocalist (Allan Holdsworth)

78

03/06/19

James Dapogny

Jazz pianist, musicologist

78

03/08/19

Eddie Taylor, Jr.

Blues guitarist, singer

46

heart failure

03/10/19

Earl Thomas Conley

Country singer-songwriter

77

03/11/19

Hal Blaine

Hall of Fame drummer (The Wrecking Crew)

90

03/16/19

Dick Dale

Surf guitar pioneer

81

multiple organ failure

04/02/19

John Oddo

Jazz pianist, worked with Woody Herman, Rosemary Clooney

66

05/02/19

John Starling

Bluegrass musician (The Seldom Scene)

79

05/04/19

J.R. Cobb

Guitarist with Atlanta Rhythm section, Classics IV

75

heart attack

05/13/19

Doris Day

Actress, singer, activist

97

pneumonia

05/30/19

Leon Redbone

Distinctive retro vocalist

69

complications from dementia

05/31/19

Roky Erickson

Rock singer-songwriter

71

06/08/19

Spencer Bohren

Roots musician associated with New Orleans

69

06/06/19

Mac "Dr. John" Rebannack

Pianist, singer-songwriter

77

heart attack

06/24/19

Jeff Austin

Mandolinist with Yonder Mountain String Band

45

06/29/19

Gary Duncan

Guitarist with Quicksilver Messenger Service

72

complications from seizure

07/06/19

Joao Gilberto

Brazilian bossa nova pioneer

88

07/10/19

Jerry Lawson

A cappella singer (The Persuasions)

75

07/12/19

Russell Smith

Singer-songwriter, leader of the Amazing Rhythm Aces

70

cancer

07/16/19

Johnny Clegg

South African singer-songwriter (Juluka, Savuka)

66

cancer

08/04/19

Bob Wilber

Jazz clarinetist, saxophonist

91

08/11/19

Jim Cullum

Jazz cornetist, (Riverwalk Jazz)

77

08/19/19

Larry Taylor

rock guitarist (Canned Heat)

77

08/25/19

Clora Bryant

Jazz trumpeter (International Sweethearts of Rhythm)

92

heart attack

08/26/19

Neal Casal

Singer-songwriter-guitarist, Homegrown Music veteran

50

suicide

09/05/19

Jimmy Johnson

Member of Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, co-founder of FAME Studios

76

09/13/19

Eddie Money

Rock vocalist

70

Complications from heart surgery

09/15/19

Ric Ocasek

Founder/frontman of The Cars band

75

cardiovascular disease

09/17/19

Harold Mabern

Jazz pianist

83

heart attack

09/16/19

John Cohen

Folk musician, member of New Lost City Ramblers

87

09/19/19

Yonrico Scott

Drummer with Derek Trucks Band

63

09/23/19

Robert Hunter

Lyricist for Grateful Dead

78

09/25/19

Richard Wyands

Jazz pianist

91

09/29/19

Larry Willis

Jazz pianist

78

09/30/19

Jesseye Norman

Opera singer

74

10/04/19

Diahann Carroll

Vocalist, actress

84

breast cancer

10/06/19

Ginger Baker

Rock drumming legend (Cream)

80

10/06/19

Larry Junstrom

Bassist with Lynyrd Skynyrd, 38 Special

70

10/12/19

Micho Leviev

Bulgarian-born jazz keyboard player (Billy Cobham band)

81

10/14/19

Steve Cash

Singer-songwriter (Ozark Mountain Daredevils)

76

10/26/19

Paul Barerre

Guitarist/vocalist for Little Feat

71

11/05/19

Jan Erik Kongshaug

Norwegian recording engineer known for his sound on ECM Records

75

11/11/19

Lisa Kindred

Folk and blues singer

79

11/19/19

John Mann

Canadian singer, guitarist (Spirit of the West)

57

09/19/19

Doug Lubahn

Rock bassist, recorded with the Doors

71

11/22/19

Eddie Duran

Jazz guitarist

94

12/13/19

Roy Loney

Singer-guitarist with Flamin' Groovies

73

12/18/19

Arty McGlynn

Irish guitarist (Patrick Street)

75

12/24/19

Allie Willis

Singer-songwriter, composed for Earth Wind & Fire, theme to "Friends"

72

Cardiac arrest

12/26/19

Jerry Herman

Broadway Composer ("Hello Dolly," "Mame")

88

12/26/19

Sleepy LaBeef

Rockabilly pioneer

84

12/29/19

Neil Innes

British comedic musician, composer (Bonzo Dog Band, Monty Python, The Rutles)

75

heart attack

12/31/19

Vic Juris

Jazz guitarist, worked with Dave Liebman for over 20 years

66

cancer