MUSICIANS WE LOST IN 2016
MUSICIANS WE LOST IN 2016
Here is a list of some of the musicians and music related-personalities who died in 2016.
JANUARY 3
PAUL BLEY
JASON MACKENROTH / ROLLINS BAND DRUMMER 1998 - 2004, MOTHER SUPERIOR, BLUE MAN GROUP
JANUARY 5
PIERRE BOULEZ
JABUARY 8
OTIS CLAY
JANUARY 10
DAVID BOWIE
JANUARY 13
GIORGIO GOMELSKY
JANUARY 17
DALE "BUFFIN" GRIFFIN
JANUARY 18
GLENN FREY
JANUARY 26
BLACK
JANUARY 28
PAUL KANTNER
SIGNE ANDERSON
JANUARY 31
JON BUNCH / US HARDCORE PUNK SINGER SONGWRITER (REASON TO BELIEVE), POST-HARDCORE (SENSE FIELD, WAR GENERATION), EMO (FURTHER SEEMS FOREVER), NEMESIS RECOERDS, REVELATION RECORDS, SUICIDAL O.D.
FEBRUARY 3
BRAD KENT / VANCOUVER PUNK GUITAR, THE SKULLS, D.O.A., THE WASTED LIVES, THE AVENGERS, VICTORIAN PORK, THE SICK ONES, THE 45'S
FEBRUARY 4
MAURICE WHITE
FEBRUARY 15
VANITY
MARCH 17
STEVE YOUNG
FEBRUARY 19
VI SUBVERSA (FRANCES SOKOLOV) / UK SINGER GUITARIST, POISON GIRLS, RADICAL FEMINIST, BECAME PUNK ROCKER AT 44 & MOTHER OF TWO (KIDS IN FATAL MICROBES, RUBELLA BALLET), DOC FILM SHE'S A PUNK ROCKER
FEBRUARY 22
SONNY JAMES
FEBRUARY 25
JOHN CHILTON
MARCH 3
JOHN THOMAS
MARCH 5
NIKOLAUS HARNONCOURT
MARCH 8
GEORGE MARTIN
CLAUS OGERMAN (born 1930 in Raciborz)
ANDREW LOOMIS / DRUMMER, US (PORTLAND) DIY PUNK ROCK (COUNTRY INFL.) BAND DEAD MOON, ALSO THE SHINY THINGS
JOHN MORTHLAND
MARCH 9
NANÁ VASCONCELOS
MARCH 10
ERNESTINE ANDERSON
KEITH EMERSON
MARCH 14
PETER MAXWELL DAVIES
MARCH 16
FRANK SINATRA JR.
MARCH 23
JIMMY RILEY
PHIFE DAWG
MARCH 26
DAVID BAKER
APRIL 2
GATO BARBIERI
APRIL 4
ELZBIETA DZIEBOWSKA
GÉTATCHÈW MÈKURYA
APRIL 6
MERLE HAGGARD
DENNIS DAVIS
APRIL 7
JIMMIE VAN ZANT
APRIL 9
TONY CONRAD
APRIL 12
FLOYD AUGUST "GIB" GUILBEAU
APRIL 13
JEREMY STEIG
APRIL 19
RICHARD LYONS
PETE ZORN
APRIL 21
LONNIE MACK
PRINCE
APRIL 24
BILLY PAUL
PAPA WEMBA
MAY 1
DOUG RANEY
MAY 4
URSULA MAMLOK
MAY 5
ISAO TOMITA
MAY 7
JOHN STABB (JOHN DUKES SCHROEDER) / US HARDCORE PUNK SINGER, JOURNALIST, ACTOR, FOUNDING MEMBER OF GOVERNMENT ISSUE (OTHER BANDS: BETTY BLUE, THE FACTORY INCIDENT, STABB, STAIN, EMMA PEEL, WEATHERHEAD, HISTORY REPEATED, GLEE CLUB)
MAY 11
MARIA MORBITZER
JOE TEMPERLEY
MAY 13
BUSTER COOPER
MAY 17
GUY CLARK
MAY 19
JOHN BERRY / THE ORIGINAL & FOUNDING MEMBER AND GUITARIST OF US NYC HARDCORE (NOT HIP-HOP AS ROLLING STONE MAG SAYS) BAND BEASTIE BOYS (1981). PLAYED ON POLLY WOG STEW EP (1982) AND INVENTED THE BAND'S NAME
MAY 21
NICK MENZA
JUNE 3
DAVE SWARBRICK
JUNE 13
ANAHID AJEMIAN
JUNE 14
HENRY McCULLOUGH
JUNE 16
SIR CHARLES THOMPSON
JUNE 18
PETER FEUCHTWANGER
JUNE 22
MIKE HART
JUNE 23
RALPH STANLEY
JUNE 24
BERNIE WORRELL
JUNE 27
BONNY "MACK" RICE
JUNE 28
SCOTTY MOORE
JUNE 29
ROB WASSERMAN
JUNE 30
DON FRIEDMAN
JULY 15
CHARLES DAVIS
JULY 16
ALAN VEGA / US SINGER, MUSICIAN, SCULPTOR, PAINTER, PUNK, NO WAVE, ELECTRONIC PROTO PUNK SUICIDE (DUO w/MARTIN REV), POST PUNK THE SISTERHOOD (w/ANDREW ELDRITCH), RIC OCASEK, AL JOURGENSEN, LYDIA LUNCH, GENESIS P-ORRIDGE
CLAUDE WILLIAMSON
JULY 19
TAMÁS SOMLÓ
JULY 26
SANDY PEARLMAN
JULY 27
DUCHESS DeSADE / LA PUNK SINGER
JULY 30
NIGEL GRAY
AUGUST 6
PETE FOUNTAIN
JÓZSEF LAUX
AUGUST 13
CONNIE CROTHERS
AUGUST 14
JAMES WOOLLEY
AUGUST 15
BOBBY HUTCHERSON
AUGUST 19
DEREK SMITH
AUGUST 21
HEADLEY BENNETT
AUGUST 22
GILLI SMYTH
TOOTS THIELEMANS
AUGUST 25
RUDY VAN GELDER
SEPTEMBER 1
FRED HELLERMAN
SEPTEMBER 6
LEWIS MERENSTEIN
SEPTEMBER 8
PRINCE BUSTER
SEPTEMBER 14
DON BUCHLA
SEPTEMBER 21
JOHN D. LOUDERMILK
SEPTEMBER 24
BUCKWHEAT ZYDECO
SEPTEMBER 25
JEAN SHEPARD
DATE UNKNOWN
ROD TEMPERTON
OCTOBER 2
NEVILLE MARRINER
JOAN MARIE JOHNSON
OCTOBER 4
CAROLINE CRAWLEY
OCTOBER 18
PHIL CHESS
OCTOBER 23
PETE BURNS
OCTOBER 24
EUGENIUSZ RUDNIK
BOBBY VEE
OCTOBER 26
PINISE SAUL
OCTOBER 27
BOBBY WELLINS
NOVEMBER 1
BAP KENNEDY
NOVEMBER 2
BOB CRANSHAW
NOVEMBER 3
KAY STARR
NOVEMBER 4
JEAN-JACQUES PERREY
NOVEMBER 6
ZOLTÁN KOCSIS
NOVEMBER 7
LEONARD COHEN
NOVEMBER 9
AL CAIOLA
NOVEMBER 11
VICTOR BAILEY
NOVEMBER 13
LEON RUSSELL
NOVEMBER 15
MOSE ALLISON
NOVEMBER 16
ROBERT PAISTE
NOVEMBER 17
DON WALLER / PUNK ROCK SINGER (PROTO-PUNK IMPERIAL DOGS), JOURNALIST (MOJO, BILLBOARD, RADIO & RECORDS, LA TIMES), PUBLISHER (BACK DOOR MAN MUSIC MAG), WROTE THE MOTOWN STORY BOOK (1986)
NOVEMBER 18
SHARON JONES
NOVEMBER 24
PAULINE OLIVEROS
NOVEMBER 29
ALLAN ZAVOD
DECEMBER 1
MICKY FITZ
DECEMBER 2
CASH ASKEW
DECEMBER 4
RADIM HLADÍK / JAZZ, ROCK GUITAR, MODRÝ EFEKT, BLUE EFFECT, JIŘÍ STIVÍN, MARTIN KRATOCHVÍL, JAZZ Q, MARIÁN VARGA
DECEMBER 6
MICHAEL WHITE
DECEMBER 7
GREG LAKE
DECEMBER 11
ESMA REDŽEPOVA
DECEMBER 24
RICK PARFITT
DECEMBER 25
GEORGE MICHAEL
ALPHONSE MOUZON
64 MEMBERS OF THE ALEXANDROW ENSEMBLE CHOIR
DECEMBER 28
DEBBIE REYNOLDS
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