Today's
death - January 15
| Death Year | Name | Full name | Bio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Sammy Cahn | Samuel Cohen | LA-based musician, songwriter and Tin Pan Alley-style lyricist for romantic films and Broadway shows, wrote or co-wrote dozens of popul... | |
| 1996 | Les Baxter | Leslie Thompson Baxter | Pianist, easy listening/pop music composer, pioneer of "exotica" incorporating Polynesian and African sounds, "Poor People Of Paris" (#... | |
| 2001 | Bob Braun | Long-time radio DJ (WLWT-Cincinnati), TV music show host and one hit wonder pop-rock singer, "Till Death Do Us Part" (#26, 1962), died ... | ||
| 1998 | Junior Wells | Amos Wells Blakemore, Jr. | Chicago blues harmonica player and singer, "Little By Little" (R&B #23, 1960), worked with Buddy Guy, toured in fr... | |
| 1994 | Harry Nilsson | Harry E. Nilsson, III | Grammy-winning folk-pop singer, songwriter and guitarist, "Everybody's Talkin" (#6, 1969) from the movie Midnight Cowboy, and ... | |
| 2015 | Kim Fowley | Kim Vincent Fowley | Singer-songwriter, producer, disc jockey and band manager, best known for putting together the all-girl punk/hard rock The Runa... | |
| 2018 | Edwin Hawkins | Edwin Reuben Hawkins | Multiple Grammy-winning contemporary gospel and R&B singer, composer, keyboardist and leader of the gospel-pop Edwin Hawkins Si... | |
| 2020 | Chris Darrow | Christopher Lloyd Darrow | Highly-skilled and sought-after multi-instrumentalist L.A. session musician and country-rock pioneer, co-founded 60s American eclectic ... | |
| 1992 | Dee Murray | David Murray Oates | Bassist for numerous rock and pop acts, most notably the Elton John... | |
| 2009 | Leroy Smith | Founding member and keyboardist for Philly-style Brit R&B/soul Sweet Sensation, "Sad Sweet Dreamer" (#14, UK #1, 1975)... | ||
| 2018 | Dolores O'Riordan | Dolores Mary Eileen O'Riordan | Founding member and lead vocals for Irish jangle/dream pop-rock The Cranberries, "Linger" (#8, 1993), led the band fro... | |
| 2022 | Ralph Emery | Walter Ralph Emery | The "Dick Clark of Country Music," tireless multi-media promoter and pre-eminent broadcaster of country music over six decades, first a... | |
| 2022 | Beverly Ross | Brill Building songwriter and musician who co-wrote several dozen hits in the 50s and 60s, including the earliest pop-... | ||
| 2022 | Jon Lind | Jonathan Gus Lind | Late 60s classical guitarist and Greenwich Village folk singer, fronted folk-pop Fifth Avenue Band an... |
