2026 in music

Specific genres

• Country
• Heavy metal
• Hip-hop
• Latin
• R&B
• Rock
• Jazz
• K-pop
• J-pop

Bands formed

• Alpha Drive One
• And2ble
• Daily:Direction
• DK X Seungkwan
• Dodree
• Drippin
• Hiipe Princess
• Keyveatz
• Latency
• Lngshot
• NCT JNJM
• OWIS
• Unchild
• Yuhz

Bands reformed

• Ben Folds Five
• Florida Georgia Line
• I.O.I
• Little Angels
• The Pussycat Dolls

Albums released

Awards

Bands disbanded

• Amefurasshi
• BXB
• CIX
• DKZ
• E'Last
• The Hollies
• Maddie & Tae
• Naked Eyes
• NOMAD
• Sepultura
• Steely Dan
• Svalbard
• Tokyo Girls' Style
• Ukka
• White Reaper

Deaths

January

• 2
  • Ritva Auvinen, 93, Finnish opera singer.
  • Tony Carr, 98, Maltese session drummer and percussionist (CCS, Hot Chocolate).
  • Johnny Legend, 77, American rockabilly musician
• 5
  • Andrew Bodnar, 71, English bass guitarist (The Rumour) and songwriter ("I Love the Sound of Breaking Glass"). (death announced on this date)
  • Andrew Carter, 86, English composer and conductor
  • Mike Embro, 63, Canadian drummer (Razor) (death announced on this date)
  • Elsje de Wijn, 82, Dutch actress and singer
• 6 – Jim McBride, 78, American country music songwriter ("Chasin' That Neon Rainbow", "(Who Says) You Can't Have It All", "Chattahoochee")
• 7
  • James Bernard, American music journalist and magazine editor (The Source, XXL) (death announced on this date)
  • Ihor Blazhkov, 89, Ukrainian conductor
• 8
  • Dave Hitchcock, 76, English record producer (In the Land of Grey and Pink, Foxtrot, The Snow Goose) and accountant.
  • Guy Moon, 63, American television composer (The Fairly OddParents, Danny Phantom, Big Time Rush), traffic collision.
• 9
  • Dieudonné Larose, 80, Haitian singer
  • Terry Sullivan, 87, British drummer (Renaissance)
• 10
  • Yeison Jiménez, 34, Colombian singer, plane crash
  • Bob Weir, 78, American Hall of Fame musician (Grateful Dead) and songwriter ("Sugar Magnolia", "One More Saturday Night"), complications from cancer
• 11
  • Prashant Tamang, 43, Indian singer (Indian Idol), cardiac arrest
  • John Wallace, 76, Scottish trumpeter, composer and arts educator
• 12
  • Sheila Bernette, 94, English singer (The Good Old Days, The Black and White Minstrel Show)
  • Matt Kwasniewski-Kelvin, 26, British guitarist (Black Midi) (death announced on this date)
• 13 – Seán Ó Sé, 89, Irish tenor singer
• 14
  • Melania Pérez, 76, Argentine singer.
  • Quemil Yambay, 87, Paraguayan musician and composer.
• 15
  • Raju Bandara, 65, Sri Lankan singer, kidney disease.
  • Kenny Morris, 68, English drummer (Siouxsie and the Banshees). (death announced on this date)
  • Rubén Patagonia, 69, Argentine singer.
• 16
  • Tony Dallara, 89, Italian singer ("Come Prima", "Romantica"), respiratory illness.
  • Osvaldo Díaz, 76, Chilean singer.
  • Joxean Llorente, 63, Spanish choral conductor, composer and musicologist.
  • Marcel Osztas, 37, Slovak radio presenter and music concert host.
  • Guillermo Rendón García, 90, Colombian composer and organist.
• 17
  • Marikena Monti, 82, Argentine singer and actress.
  • Tucker Zimmerman, 84, American singer-songwriter, smoke inhalation.
• 18
  • Stephen "Cat" Coore, 69, Jamaican guitarist and cellist (Third World).
  • Anders Möller, 63, Swedish musician (Black Ingvars, Swedish Erotica), cancer.
  • Jaan Ross, 68, Estonian musicologist and psychologist.
  • Ralph Towner, 85, American jazz multi-instrumentalist.
• 19
  • Mojmír Maděrič, 70, Czech musician, actor and host.
  • Billy Parker, 88, American country music singer and DJ.
• 20
  • Rob Hirst, 70, Australian musician (Midnight Oil, Ghostwriters) and songwriter ("Forgotten Years"), pancreatic cancer. (death announced on this date)
  • Yaw Sarpong, Ghanaian gospel musician and songwriter.
• 22
  • Francis Buchholz, 71, German bass guitarist (Scorpions).
  • Guy Hovis, 84, American singer (The Lawrence Welk Show).
• 23
  • Dalibor Brun, 81, Croatian singer.
  • Kristinn Svavarsson, 78, Icelandic saxophonist (Mezzoforte). (death announced on this date)
• 24 – Yuri Rymanov, 69, Russian guitarist (Lyube).
• 25
  • Gabe Lopez, 49, American songwriter and producer, lymphoma.
  • Abhijit Majumdar, 54, Indian composer and music director (Sasura Ghara Zindabad, Balunga Toka, Daha Balunga), liver disease.
  • Marie Rouanet, 89, French singer and writer.
  • Lucky Widja, 49, Indonesian singer and songwriter, kidney tuberculosis.
• 26
  • Richie Beirach, 78, American jazz pianist and composer.
  • Sly Dunbar, 73, Jamaican drummer (Sly and Robbie), record producer ("Underneath It All"), and songwriter ("Murder She Wrote").
  • Béla Lattmann, 60, Hungarian jazz bassist.
• 27
  • António Chainho, 88, Portuguese fado guitarist.
  • Vladislav Chernushenko, 90, Russian conductor.
• 28
  • Maroochy Barambah, 70, Australian Turrbal elder and mezzo-soprano singer.
  • Nilton César, 86, Brazilian singer.
  • Bryan Loren, 59, American songwriter ("Do the Bartman"). (death announced on this date)
• 29 – Wojciech Michniewski, 78, Polish composer and conductor. (death announced on this date)
• 30
  • Abdelhadi Belkhayat, 85, Moroccan singer.
  • Parthenon Huxley, 70, American musician (ELO Part II).
  • Fatih Ürek, 59, Turkish singer and actor, complications from a heart attack.
• 31
  • Miklós Fenyő, 78, Hungarian singer, songwriter and musician.
  • Mingo Lewis, 72, American percussionist and drummer (Santana, Al Di Meola, The Tubes). (death announced on this date)
  • Billy Bass Nelson, 75, American Hall of Fame bass guitarist (Parliament-Funkadelic).

February

• 1
  • Fernando Esteso, 80, Spanish singer, comedian, and actor, respiratory failure.
  • Steve Washington, 67, American musician (Slave, Aurra). (death announced on this date)
• 2
  • Chuck Negron, 83, American singer (Three Dog Night), heart failure and COPD.
  • Ken Peplowski, 66, American jazz clarinetist and tenor saxophonist.
  • Yuan Wei-jen, 57, Taiwanese singer-songwriter.
• 3
  • Ron Kenoly, 81, American Christian singer, worship leader, and songwriter.
  • Lamonte McLemore, 90, American singer (The 5th Dimension).
  • S. P. Venkatesh, 70, Indian film score composer (Kilukkam, Spadikam, Rajavinte Makan), cardiac arrest.
• 4
  • François Beukelaers, 88, Belgian singer, actor and stage director.
  • Tommy Crook, 81, American guitarist.
  • Tōsha Meishō, 84, Japanese hayashi musician.
• 5
  • Helen Micallef, 75, Maltese singer (Helen and Joseph).
  • Fred Smith, 77, American bassist (Television, Blondie).
  • Tamás Vásáry, 92, Hungarian pianist and conductor.
• 6 – Lynn Blakey, American musician (Tres Chicas, Let's Active).
• 7
  • Brad Arnold, 47, American singer (3 Doors Down) and songwriter ("Kryptonite", "Here Without You"), renal cell carcinoma.
  • Greg Brown, 56, American musician (Cake, Deathray) and songwriter ("The Distance").
  • Ebo Taylor, 90, Ghanaian musician and producer.
• 8 – Matti Caspi, 76, Israeli singer-songwriter, cancer.
• 9 – Garland Green, 83, American soul singer and pianist.
• 10
  • Des de Moor, 64, English writer and musician. (death announced on this date)
  • Andrew Ranken, 72, English drummer (The Pogues).
• 11
  • Jerry Kennedy, 85, American record producer, songwriter and guitarist.
  • Helmuth Rilling, 92, German choral conductor (Gächinger Kantorei, Oregon Bach Festival, Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart).
  • László Somfai, 91, Hungarian musicologist.
• 12
  • Saúl Cornejo, 79, Peruvian singer and composer (We All Together).
  • Milkman, 36, Mexican rapper, producer, and composer.
  • Michel Portal, 90, French composer, saxophonist and clarinetist.
• 13 – Simon Harris, 63, British music producer, DJ and electronic musician.
• 14 – Tim Very, 42, American rock drummer (Manchester Orchestra). (death announced on this date)
• 15
  • Wayne Proctor, American guitarist (We the People).
  • Leo Rosas, 27, Bolivian singer (The Voice of Mexico).
• 16
  • Marzio Mazzanti, Italian singer and bassist (Homo Sapiens).
  • Billy Steinberg, 75, American songwriter ("Like a Virgin", "True Colors", "Eternal Flame"), cancer.
• 17
  • Jim Čert, 69, Czech singer and accordionist.
  • Ray Reach, 77, American musician, composer and convicted pedophile.
  • Shinya, 56, Japanese musician (Luna Sea), cancer.
  • José van Dam, 85, Belgian operatic bass-baritone.
  • Veikko Virtanen, 97, Finnish organ builder.
• 18
  • Béatrice Ardisson, 62, French composer, cancer.
  • Lil Poppa, 25, American rapper, suicide by gunshot.
• 19 – Nikolai Komyagin, 39, Russian singer (Shortparis).
• 20 – Zoya Dorodova, 85, Russian singer (Buranovskiye Babushki), cancer.
• 21
  • John Bertalot, 94, English organist.
  • Willie Colón, 75, American salsa musician ("Pedro Navaja"), respiratory failure.
  • Mark Kennedy, 74, Australian drummer (Spectrum, Ayers Rock, Marcia Hines) and record producer.
• 22 – Luci4, 23, American rapper.
• 23
  • Oliver "Power" Grant, 52, American executive producer (Wu-Tang Clan).
  • Sondra Lee, 97, American musical actress (Hello, Dolly!, Peter Pan, Sunday in New York) and singer.
  • Éliane Radigue, 94, French composer.
  • Monti Rock III, 86, American singer (Disco-Tex and the Sex-O-Lettes), complications from COPD.
• 24
  • Rostislav Gepp, 74, Russian musician (Ariel).
  • Jiří Valenta, 66, Czech keyboardist (Olympic), suicide.
  • Héctor Zamorano, 47, Mexican singer (La Academia).
• 25 – Roman Kofman, 89, Ukrainian conductor (Kyiv Chamber Orchestra) and composer.
• 26 – Utsav Charan Das, 80, Indian dancer, lyricist and music composer.
• 27
  • Neil Sedaka, 86, American singer ("Breaking Up Is Hard to Do", "Bad Blood") and songwriter ("Love Will Keep Us Together").
  • Travis Wammack, 81, American rock and roll guitarist.
• 28
  • John P. Hammond, 83, American blues singer and guitarist.
  • Boncana Maïga, 77, Malian composer and musician.
  • Viktor Vassiljev, 71, Estonian guitarist.
  • Terry Watkinson, 85, Canadian musician (Max Webster).

March

• 1
  • Bob Power, 74, American record producer and audio engineer.
  • J. Strauss, Swedish singer and musician (Morlocks).
  • Gary Walker, 83, American musician (The Standells, The Walker Brothers).
• 2
  • Len Garry, 84, English musician (The Quarrymen), pneumonia.
  • Mike Vernon, 81, English record producer ("Albatross", "Hocus Pocus"), music executive and recording studio owner (Chipping Norton Recording Studios).
• 3
  • Roy Book Binder, 82, American blues musician.
  • Gustav Gunsenheimer, 91, German composer and church music director.
  • Zsolt Kerestely, 91, Romanian composer and conductor.
• 4 – Bernard Rands, 92, British-born American composer.
• 5
  • Jacques Michel, 84, Canadian musician and songwriter.
  • Mihail Secichin, 82, Moldovan pianist, director of Maria Bieșu National Opera and Ballet Theatre (1990–1992).
  • Lee Turner, 89, American musician (The Dream Weavers).
• 6 – Franco Vito Gaiezza, 66, Italian musician and writer, heart attack.
• 7
  • Vidi Aldiano, 35, Indonesian singer-songwriter, kidney cancer.
  • David Brigati, 85, American singer (Joey Dee and the Starliters, The Rascals).
  • Donny Fattah, 76, Indonesian bassist (God Bless) and songwriter, sarcopenia, vascular blockage, and autoimmune diseases.
  • Walter Martino, 72, Italian drummer (Goblin).
  • Country Joe McDonald, 84, American singer (Country Joe and the Fish) and songwriter ("I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die Rag").
  • Augie Meyers, 85, American musician (Sir Douglas Quintet, Texas Tornados).
• 8
  • Zeph Ellis, 37, British rapper.
  • Dilworth Karaka, 75, New Zealand musician (Herbs) and songwriter ("Sensitive to a Smile").
  • Mantana Morakul, 102, Thai singer and actress.
  • Shane Rout, 53, Australian drummer (Blood Duster).
• 9
  • Tommy DeCarlo, 60, American singer (Boston),
  • Blake Emmons, 81, Canadian country singer.
  • Gabba, British guitarist (Chaos UK).
• 10
  • Willie Anthony Waters, 74, American opera conductor and artistic director (Connecticut Opera). (death announced on this date)
  • Zalek, 30, Colombian reggaeton singer.
• 12
  • Hjálmar H. Ragnarsson, 73, Icelandic composer.
  • Iulian Vrabete, 70, Romanian bassist (Holograf), cancer.
• 13
  • Phil Campbell, 64, Welsh guitarist (Motörhead, Persian Risk, Phil Campbell and the Bastard Sons).
  • Fatma Sarhan, 97–98, Egyptian singer.
• 14 – Paul Geremia, 81, American blues musician.
• 15
  • Irmeli Mäkelä, 83, Finnish pop singer.
  • Cinzia Oscar, 63, Italian singer.
• 16
  • Dolores Keane, 72, Irish folk singer (De Dannan).
  • Wayne Perkins, 74, American guitarist, stroke.
• 17
  • Dominika Elischerová, 23, Czech singer.
  • Bettina Köster, 66, German singer, musician and composer.
  • Rainelle Krause, 37, American soprano.
• 18 – Robert White, 89, American tenor.
• 19 – Terry Cox, 89, British drummer (Pentangle, The Humblebums).
• 20
  • Aref, 84, Iranian pop singer.
  • Louie Louie, 63, American singer ("Sittin' in the Lap of Luxury").
  • Richard Phillips, 85, British music promoter.
• 17
  • Daniel Buira, 54, Argentine drummer (Los Piojos).
  • Steve Houben, 76, Belgian jazz saxophonist and flutist.
• 22
  • Ronnie Bowman, 64, American bluegrass guitarist and singer-songwriter
  • Sylvia Kersenbaum, 84, Argentine pianist, composer and teacher.
• 23
  • Jerry Dee Lewis, American rapper (The Cold Crush Brothers).
  • Shinichiro Sato, 61, Japanese rock drummer (The Pillows), esophageal cancer
  • Chip Taylor, 86, American singer and songwriter ("Angel of the Morning", "Wild Thing").
• 24
  • Gameboy Tetris, 40, Estonian rapper (5miinust), suicide.
  • Gino Paoli, 91, Italian singer-songwriter ("Il cielo in una stanza", "Senza fine", "Sapore di sale") and politician, deputy (1987–1992).
• 25
  • Dash Crofts, 87, American soft rock singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (Seals & Crofts)
  • Mick Roberts, 57, English singer (The Bridewell Taxis).
• 26
  • Ahmad Kaabour, 70, Lebanese singer.
  • Ross the Boss, 72, American guitarist (Manowar, The Dictators), ALS.
• 27
  • Jon Dee Graham, 67, American musician (The Skunks, True Believers).
  • Mahbuba Rahman, 91, Bangladeshi playback singer (Mukh O Mukhosh, The Day Shall Dawn).
• 28
  • DJ Dan, 57, American house music DJ and producer, heart attack.
  • Matt Krupanski, American drummer (BoySetsFire).
  • Marinella, 87, Greek pop singer.
• 29
  • Greg Elmore, 79, American drummer (Quicksilver Messenger Service, The Brogues).
  • Volodymyr Komarov, 62, Ukrainian musician.
  • David Riondino, 73, Italian singer-songwriter.
  • Williametta Spencer, 98, American composer and musicologist.
• 30
  • Carl Bonafede, 85, American music manager (The Buckinghams, Daughters of Eve) and musician.
  • Walt Maddox, 88, American singer (The Marcels).
  • Mykhailo Matsialko, 79, Ukrainian singer.
  • Christopher North, 75, American keyboardist (Ambrosia), throat cancer.
  • Tony Rivers, 85, English singer (Harmony Grass).
  • Michelangelo Zurletti, 89, Italian musicologist and essayist.
• 31 – Bill Leader, 96, English record producer (Hearken to the Witches Rune) and engineer.

April

• 1
  • Kiril Ampov, 77, Bulgarian composer and pop singer.
  • Fuze, 46, Russian rapper (KREC), traffic collision.
  • Suki Lahav, 74, Israeli violinist (E Street Band), singer, and lyricist.
  • Dalia Nausheen, 71, Bangladeshi Nazrul Sangeet singer.
• 2
  • James Gadson, 86, American drummer (Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band) and session musician.
  • Bo Lueders, 38, American guitarist (Harm's Way).
  • Fernando Ríos Palacio, 87, Argentine singer.
• 3
  • Wojciech Morawski, 76, Polish drummer (Breakout).
  • Andrew Perry, 60, English music journalist (Select, Q, Mojo).
  • Fred Simon, 74, American singer (The Lost Generation, The Chi-Lites). (death announced on this date)
• 4 – Sajida Obaed, 68, Iraqi folk singer.
• 5
  • Alvin L, 67, Brazilian singer-songwriter.
  • Donn Landee, 79, American record producer (5150) and recording engineer (Minute by Minute, 1984). (death announced on this date)
  • Albert Mazibuko, 77, South African choral singer (Ladysmith Black Mambazo).
  • David Wiffen, 84, English–Canadian folk singer-songwriter ("Driving Wheel").
• 6
  • Mihail Belchev, 79, Bulgarian singer-songwriter.
  • Blondy, 66, American rapper (The Sequence) and songwriter ("Funk You Up").
  • Álvaro Cassuto, 87, Portuguese composer and conductor.
• 9
  • Afrika Bambaataa, 68, American DJ and rapper.
  • Björgvin Halldórsson, 74, Icelandic musician.
  • Ray Monette, 79, American musician (Rare Earth).
• 10
  • Dinah Christie, 83, Canadian singer and actress.
  • Harry Kim, 74, American trumpeter (The Phenix Horns).
• 11
  • Mike Westbrook, 90, English jazz pianist and composer.
  • Václav Hybš, 90, Czech musician, trumpeter and conductor.
• 12 – Asha Bhosle, 92, Indian playback singer.
• 13
  • Moya Brennan, 73, Irish singer.
  • Patrick Campbell-Lyons, 82, Irish musician (Nirvana) and composer.
  • Al Gunn, Canadian bassist (Men Without Hats).
  • Magsud Mammadov, 96, Azerbaijani ballet dancer.
  • Mister Sam, 80, Argentine music producer (Gretchen).
  • Margret Nikolova, 97, Bulgarian pop singer.
  • Felipe Stait, 64, Argentine guitarist (Enanitos Verdes).
  • Donald K. Tarlton, 82, Canadian music producer and promoter.
• 14 – Dan Wall, 72, American jazz keyboardist.
• 15 – Lucha Moreno, 86, Mexican singer.
• 16
  • Oleg Maisenberg, 80, Ukrainian-born Austrian pianist.
  • Don Schlitz, 73, American songwriter ("The Gambler", "Forever and Ever, Amen", "When You Say Nothing at All").
  • Ernie Smith, 80, Jamaican reggae singer.
• 19 – Dave Mason, 79, English singer-songwriter (Traffic)
• 20
  • Wayne Moss, 88, American session musician and songwriter.
  • Alan Osmond, 76, American singer (The Osmonds).
• 21 – Gregg Foreman, 53, American musician (The Delta 72).
• 22 – Evy, 80, France singer, (Belle Epoque).
• 26 – Nedra Talley, 80, American singer (The Ronettes).
• 27 – Beverley Martyn, 79, English folk singer-songwriter.
• 29 – David Allan Coe, 86, American outlaw country singer-songwriter.
• 30 – Alex Ligertwood, 79, Scottish singer and guitarist (Santana).

May

• 1 – Georg Wadenius, 80, Swedish guitarist (Blood, Sweat & Tears).
• 8 – Warren Tipton, 67, American R&B singer (The Chi-Lites).
• 13 – Clarence Carter, 90, American R&B singer.
• 16
  • Dennis Locorriere, 76, American musician (Dr. Hook).
  • Totó la Momposina, 85, Colombian singer.
• 22 – Rob Base, 59, American rapper (Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock).
• 25 – Sonny Rollins, 95, American jazz musician.
• 29 – Lauren Bennett, 36, English singer (Paradiso Girls, G.R.L.).
• 30
  • Joe Negri, 99, American jazz musician.
  • Foster Sylvers, 64, American singer (The Sylvers).

June

• 2 – Peabo Bryson, 75, American singer.
• 5
  • Indio Solari, 77, Argentine singer (Patricio Rey y sus Redonditos de Ricota).
  • Talay Riley, 35, English singer-songwriter, stabbed.
• 14 – Oliver Tree, 32, American musician, plane crash.
• 15 – Abdullah Ibrahim, 91, South Africa piano musician.
• 17 – Walter Parazaider, 81, American woodwind musician (Chicago).
• 18 – Justin Cary, 50, American bassist (Sixpence None the Richer).
• 19 – Tay Keith, 29, American record producer.
• 22
  • Clive Davis, 94, American record executive, A&R executive and record producer.
  • Guesch Patti, 80, French singer.
• 24 – David Clayton-Thomas, 84, American singer (Blood, Sweat & Tears).
• 25 – Harold Wheeler, 83, American orchestrator and music director.
• 30 – Victor Willis, 74, American singer (Village People).

July

• 1 – Joe Melson, 91, American singer.
• 2 – Tommy Hunter, 89, Canadian country singer.
• 4 – Roger "B. War" Svensson, 60, Swedish bassist (Marduk).
• 5 – Beaky, 81, English musician (Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich).
• 8 – Bonnie Tyler, 75, Welsh singer.
• 9 – Calvin Hayes, 63, English musician (Johnny Hates Jazz).
• 11 – Peppino di Capri, 86, Italian singer.
• 15 – Plas Johnson, 94, American musician.
• 17 – Freddy Cannon, 89, American rock and roll singer.
• 18
  • Jennifer Finch, 59, American bass guitarist (L7).
  • Jim Gilstrap, 79, American session musician and singer.
• 21 – Brian Doerksen, 60, Canadian singer.
• 23 – William Orbit, 69, English ambient musician.
• 24 – Lou Koller, 59, American singer (Sick of It All).
• 28
  • Glen Hansard, 56, Irish singer (The Frames), traffic collision.
  • Kavinsky, 50, French DJ.
• 31 – Jerney Kaagman, 79, Dutch singer (Earth and Fire).

August

• 12
  • Gary "Gazza" Johnson, 61, English synth-pop bassist (China Crisis).
  • Darina Laščiaková, 94, Slovak folk singer.
• 16 – Hayden Panettiere, 36, American singer.
• 17 – Frank Beard, 77, American Hall of Fame rock drummer (ZZ Top).
• 22 – Shelley Fabares, 82, American pop singer ("Johnny Angel") and actress.
• 25
  • Dolly Parton, 80, American Hall of Fame country singer.
  • Tim Curry, 80, English singer.
• 29 - Frankie Miller, 95, American country singer.

September

• 1 - Cassandra Wilson, 70, American jazz singer.
• 5 - Andy Williams, 48, American guitarist (Every Time I Die).
• 14 - Pete Byrne 74, British singer (Naked Eyes)
• 15 - Rosalind Ashford, 83, American Rock & Roll and National Rhythm & Blues Halls of Fame singer (Martha and the Vandellas).
• 17 - Duncan Sheik, 56, American singer.
• 20 - Chad Gilbert, 45, American rock musician (New Found Glory).
• 21
  • - Rick Sollo, 59, Brazilian singer (Rick & Renner).
  • - Angry Anderson, 79, Australian rock singer (Rose Tattoo).

October

• 2 - Sass Jordan, 65, Canadian rock singer.