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1981 - Rushton Moreve, American bass player (b. 1948)

1987 - Snakefinger, British-born musician (b. 1949)

1995 - Wolfman Jack, disc jockey (Midnight Special), dies at 57

1999 - Guy Mitchell, American popular singer (b. 1927)

2003 - Herbie Mann, American jazz flutist (b. 1930)

2005 - Luther Vandross, American singer (b. 1951)

2005 - Obie Benson, American musician (b. 1936)

2008 - Mel Galley, English guitarist (b. 1948)

1990 - Snooky Lanson, singer, dies at 76

1992 - Edith Valckaert, Belgian violinist, dies at 42

1992 - Jose Monje, [Camaron de la Isla], Spanish flamenco singer, dies

1994 - Marion Williams, gospel singer, dies of diabetes at 66

2002 - Ray Brown, American jazz bassist (b. 1926)

2008 - Natasha Shneider, Russian-born musician (b. 1956)

1969 - Brian Jones, guitarist (Rolling Stones), drowns to death at 25

1971 - Jim Morrison, rock singer (Doors), dies of heart failure at 27

1972 - Mississippi Fred McDowell, jazz artist, dies at 68

1986 - Rudy Vallee, singer (Vagabond Dreams), dies at 84

1995 - Brad Lee Sexton, bass guitarist, dies at 47

2001 - Johnny Russell, American country singer and songwriter (b. 1940)

2008 - Oliver Schroer, Canadian fiddler and composer (b. 1956)

1971 - Don McPherson, rocker, dies at 29

1984 - Jimmie Spheeris, American singer-songwriter (b. 1949)

1992 - Joe Newman, US jazz trumpetist (Count Basie), dies

2003 - Barry White, American singer (b. 1944)

2007 - Bar?? Akarsu, Turkish rock musician (b. 1979)

2007 - Bill Pinkney, American singer and performer (b. 1925)

2009 - Drake Levin, American rock musician (b. 1946)

2009 - Jim Chapin, American drummer (b.1919)

1969 - Wilhelm Backhaus, German pianist (Rubinstein-1905), dies at 85

19 1992 - Georgia Brown, British singer/actress (Love at Stake), dies at 59

79 - Judson Laire, actor/singer (Papa-Mama), dies at 76

1997 - Mrs. Miller, American singer (b. 1907)

2001 - Ernie K-Doe, American singer (b. 1936)

2005 - Shirley Goodman, American singer (b. 1936)

2007 - George Melly, British jazz & blues musician (b. 1926)

1950 - Fats Navarro, American jazz trumpet player (b. 1923)

1961 - Scott LaFaro, American musician (b. 1936)

1971 - Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong, jazz musician (Hello Dolly), dies at 71

1979 - Van McCoy, singer/songwriter (Hey Mr DJ, Hustle), dies at 35

2004 - Syreeta Wright, American singer (b. 1946)

2008 - Bobby Durham, American jazz drummer (b. 1937)

2009 - Johnny Collins, British folk and maritime music singer (b. 1938)

1970 - Louise Harrison, mother of Beatle George, dies

1993 - Mia Zapata, American singer with The Gits (b. 1965)

2001 - Fred Neil, American singer-songwriter (b. 1936)

2006 - Syd Barrett, original guitarist and vocalist of the band Pink Floyd (b. 1946)

1971 - Charlie Shavers, American jazz trumpet player (b. 1920)

1994 - Cornelius Boyson, bassist, dies at 57

1994 - William "Sabby" Lewis, jazz Pianist/Arranger, dies at 79

2006 - Milan Williams, American musician (The Commodores) (b. 1948)

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Link: RIP Chuck Brown August 22, 1936 – May 16, 2012. The Godfather of go go died in Baltimores's John Hopkins Hospital, he was 75

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Link: RIP Donna Summer. She was 63

Link: RIP Belita Woods October 23, 1948 – May 14, 2012, sorry for the belated post as we were in Edmonton.

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