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1986 - Sippie Wallace, blues singer, dies at 88

2004 - Mac Dre, American rapper (b. 1970)

2004 - Terry Knight, American music promoter (b. 1943)

2005 - Skitch Henderson, English-born bandleader (b. 1918)

2008 - Nathaniel Mayer, American soul musician (b. 1944)

2008 - Yma Sumac, Peruvian singer (b. 1922)

2

1966 - Mississippi John Hurt, rocker, dies at 73

1991 - Fran Stevens, singer, dies of cancer in Bronx NY at 72

1994 - Egbert George "Pete" Pitterson, trumpeter, dies at 73

1995 - Florence Greenberg, record company founder, dies at 82

1996 - Eva Cassidy, American singer (b. 1963)

2007 - Witold Kie?tyka, Polish metal drummer (Decapitated) (b. 1984)

3

1986 - Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, jazz saxophonist, dies at 65

2006 - Paul Mauriat, French musician (b. 1925)

2010 - Jim Clench, Canadian bassist (April Wine and Bachman-Turner Overdrive) (b. 1949)

4

1931 - Charles Buddy Bolden, US jazz musician, dies

1994 - Fred "Sonic" Smith, guitarist, dies at 46

2010 - Michelle Nicastro, American actress and singer (b. 1960)

5

1956 - Art[hur] Tatum, US jazz pianist/composer, dies at 46

1960 - Johnny Horton, country singer, dies at 33

1977 - Guy Lombardo, orch leader (Auld Lang Syne), dies in Houston at 75

1986 - Bobby Nunn, American singer (The Coasters) (b. 1925)

1989 - Barry Sadler, singer (Green Berets), murdered at 49 in Murfreesboro Tn

1989 - Vladimir Horovitz, Ukrainian/US pianist, dies at 85

1994 - McHenry Boatwright, signer, dies at 66

1996 - Eddie Harris, saxophonist/composer, dies at 62

1997 - Epic Soundtracks, English musician (Swell Maps, Crime and the City Solution, These Immortal Souls) (b. 1959)

2000 - Jimmie Davis, singer and politician (b. 1899)

2002 - Billy Guy, American singer (The Coasters) (b. 1936)

2003 - Bobby Hatfield, American singer (Righteous Brothers) (b. 1940)

2005 - Virginia MacWatters, American soprano (b. 1912)

2010 - Shirley Verrett, American operatic mezzo-soprano (b. 1931)

6

1968 - Charles Munch, French conductor and violinist (b. 1891)

1972 - Billy Murcia, rocker (New York Dolls), chokes to death at 21

1989 - Dickie Goodman, creator of "break-in" records (b. 1934)

2007 - Hank Thompson, American singer (b. 1925)

7

1956 - Una Mae Carlisle, US pianist/singer, dies at 40

1960 - Alvin Carter, vocalist (Carter Family), dies at 69

1986 - Tracy Pew, Australian musician (The Birthday Party) (b. 1957)

1993 - Adelaide Hall, US jazz singer (Cotton Club), dies at 92

1995 - Jerry Daniels, singer/guitarist, dies at 79

8

1974 - Ivory Joe Hunter, rocker, dies at 60

1986 - Beatrice Kay, singer/actress (Sister Sue-Calvin & the Col), dies at 78

1991 - Frances Faye, singer/actress (Pretty Baby), dies after strokes

1991 - John Kirckpatrick, US musicologist (Charles Ives Archives), dies

1992 - Keith "Red" Mitchell, US/Swedish jazz bassist, dies

1995 - Country Dan Dick Montana McLain, singer, dies at 40

1999 - Lester Bowie, American jazz trumpet player (b. 1941)

2003 - Guy Speranza, American singer, original Riot frontman (b. 1956)

9

1994 - Milton M Shorty Rajonsky Rogers, trumpeter, dies at 70

10

1959 - Lupino Lane, actress (Deputy Drummer), dies at 67

1973 - Stringbean, country singer/comedian/banjoist (Hee Haw), dies at 58

1990 - Lisa Kirk, US Broadway-singer, dies

1990 - Ronnie Dyson, US singer (Salvation-I Don't Wanna Cry), dies at 40

1994 - Carmen McRae [Clark], US jazz singer/pianist, dies at about 73

1997 - Tommy Tedesco, American musician (b. 1930)

2004 - Katy de la Cruz, Filipino singer (b. 1907)

2006 - Gerald Levert, American singer (b. 1966)