2019 in music

Overview of the events of 2019 in musicTemplate:SHORTDESC:Overview of the events of 2019 in music

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## Specific locations

* African music
* American music
* Asian music
* Australian music
* Brazilian music
* British music
* Canadian music
* Chinese music
* Czech music
* Danish music
* European music
* Finnish music
* French music
* German music
* Icelandic music
* Indian music
* Irish music
* Japanese music
* Latin music
* Malaysian music
* Monogolian music
* Norwegian music
* Philippine music
* Polynesian music
* Scandinavian music
* South Korean music
* Swedish music
* Taiwanese music
* Vietnamese music

## Specific genres

* Classical
* Country
* Electronic
* Jazz
* Latin
* Heavy metal
* Hip hop
* Rock

## Bands formed

* Simple Creatures
* Sunday Service
* Better Oblivion Community Center
* The Highwomen
* Itzy
* TXT
* Cherry Bullet
* Everglow
* Purple Mountains
* Real Like You
* SuperM
* WayV
* Bvndit
* Newkidd
* CIX
* EXO-SC
* We in the Zone
* Wooseok x Kuanlin
* Rocket Punch
* Hinapia
* Oneus
* Onewe
* SB19
* ALLMO$T

## Bands reformed

* Alphabeat
* Bauhaus
* Bikini Kill
* The Black Crowes
* Egypt Central
* Heart
* Idiot Pilot
* Jawbox
* Jonas Brothers
* McFly
* Motion City Soundtrack
* My Chemical Romance
* Oysterhead
* Rage Against the Machine
* The Rapture
* Rockpile
* Roxy Music (one performance)
* Stereolab
* Supergrass
* The Pussycat Dolls
* Vex Red
* Vivian Girls

## Bands on hiatus

* DNCE
* Devin Townsend Project
* Fifth Harmony
* fun.
* f(x)
* Hedley
* Katatonia
* Linkin Park[*citation needed*]
* Moose Blood
* One Direction
* Shinee

## Bands disbanded

* The Apocalypse Blues Revue
* Boyzone
* Cassius
* The Cranberries
* Delorean
* Divinyls
* Fischerspooner
* Free Cake for Every Creature
* Her's
* Hobbs' Angel of Death
* Hollerado
* Little Green Cars
* The Muffs
* The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
* Nine Muses
* Prophets of Rage
* Purple Mountains
* Rah Rah
* Roxette
* The Searchers
* Serebro
* Slayer
* Spandau Ballet
* Superjoint
* Thursday
* Toto
* Yeasayer

## Deaths

### January

* **1**
	+ Shane Bisnett (31), American metalcore bassist (Ice Nine Kills)
	+ Feis Ecktuh (32), Dutch rapper
	+ Joan Guinjoan (87) Spanish composer and pianist
	+ Kris Kelmi (63), Russian rock singer and keyboardist
	+ Pegi Young (66), American folk rock singer-songwriter and guitarist
* **2** – Daryl Dragon (76), American pop keyboardist and songwriter (Captain & Tennille, The Beach Boys)
* **3** – Steve Ripley (69), American country rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Tractors)
* **5**
	+ Alvin Fielder (83), American jazz drummer
	+ Eric Haydock (75), British rock bassist (The Hollies)
	+ Dan Tshanda (54), South African pop singer and bassist (Splash)
* **7**
	+ Jimmy Hannan (84), Australian pop singer
	+ John Joubert (91), British classical music composer
	+ Clydie King (75), American pop and rock singer
	+ Houari Manar (38), Algerian rai singer
* **9** – Joseph Jarman (81), American jazz saxophonist (Art Ensemble of Chicago)
* **10**
	+ Larry Cunningham (67), American R&B singer (The Floaters)
	+ Kevin Fret (24), Puerto Rican trap singer
* **12** – Sanger D. Shafer (84), American country singer-songwriter
* **13**
	+ Bonnie Guitar (95), American country singer
	+ Willie Murphy (75), American blues singer and pianist
	+ David "Frenchy" O'Brien (71), American drummer (Animotion)
* **16**
	+ Lorna Doom (61), American punk rock bassist (Germs)
	+ Brian Velasco (41), Filipino hard rock drummer (Razorback)
	+ Chris Wilson (62), Australian blues singer and guitarist
* **17**
	+ Debi Martini, American punk rock singer and bassist (Red Aunts)
	+ Ron Watson (62), Canadian rock guitarist (Helix)
	+ Reggie Young (82), American rock guitarist (The Memphis Boys)
* **19** – Ted McKenna (68), Scottish glam rock drummer (The Sensational Alex Harvey Band)
* **21**
	+ Marcel Azzola (91), French chanson accordionist
	+ Kaye Ballard (93), American pop singer
	+ Edwin Birdsong (77), American funk keyboardist
	+ Maxine Brown (87), American country singer (The Browns)
* **23** – Oliver Mtukudzi (66), Zimbabwean afro-jazz guitarist
* **25**
	+ Bruce Corbitt (56), American thrash metal singer (Rigor Mortis, Warbeast)
	+ Jacqueline Steiner (94), American folk singer-songwriter
* **26**
	+ Jean Guillou (88), French composer and classical organist
	+ Michel Legrand (86), French composer, conductor and jazz pianist
* **27** – Pepe Smith (71), Filipino rock singer and guitarist (Juan de la Cruz Band, Speed, Glue & Shinki, Asin)
* **28** – Paul Whaley (72), American psychedelic rock drummer (Blue Cheer, The Oxford Circle)
* **29** – James Ingram (66), American R&B singer-songwriter
* **31** – Harold Bradley (93), American country guitarist

### February

* **1**
	+ Alex Brown (52), American punk rock guitarist (Gorilla Biscuits, Project X, Side by Side)
	+ Ayub Ogada (63), Kenyan worldbeat singer and Nyatiti player
* **2** – Tim Landers, American emo guitarist and singer (Transit, Misser)
* **3**
	+ Detsl (35), Russian rapper
	+ Peter Posa (77), New Zealand pop guitarist
* **6** – Gerald English (93), British opera singer
* **9**
	+ Cadet (28), British rapper
	+ Phil Western (47), Canadian electronic synthesizer player and guitarist (Download, PlatEAU)
* **11**
	+ Olli Lindholm (54), Finnish rock singer and guitarist (Yö, Appendix)
	+ Harvey Scales (78), American R&B and soul singer-songwriter
* **13** – Willy Lambregt (59), Belgian rock guitarist (The Scabs, Vaya Con Dios)
* **15** – Kofi Burbridge (57), American jam band keyboardist and flautist (Tedeschi Trucks Band, The Derek Trucks Band, Aquarium Rescue Unit)
* **16** – Ken Nordine (98), American jazz spoken word artist
* **17** – Ethel Ennis (86), American jazz singer
* **19** – Artie Wayne (77), American pop singer, songwriter and producer
* **20**
	+ Dominick Argento (91), American classical music composer
	+ Gerard Koerts (71), Dutch progressive rock keyboardist (Earth and Fire)
* **21**
	+ Gus Backus (81), American doo-wop singer (The Del-Vikings)
	+ Jackie Shane (78), American soul singer
	+ Peter Tork (77), American rock bassist and singer (The Monkees)
* **23** – Dorothy Masuka (83), Zimbabwean-born South African jazz singer-songwriter
* **24** – Mac Wiseman (94), American bluegrass singer and guitarist (Foggy Mountain Boys)
* **25** – Mark Hollis (64), British new wave and post-rock singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (Talk Talk)
* **26** – Andy Anderson (68), British new wave drummer (The Cure, The Glove, Hawkwind),
* **27** – Doug Sandom (89), British rock drummer (The Who)
* **28**
	+ Stephan Ellis (69), American rock bassist (Survivor)
	+ André Previn (89), German-born American jazz and classical pianist, conductor and composer

### March

* **1** – Paul Williams (78), British rock and blues singer (Zoot Money's Big Roll Band, Juicy Lucy, Tempest, Allan Holdsworth)
* **2** – Al Hazan (84), American pianist (B. Bumble and the Stingers), songwriter and record producer
* **3** – Leo de Castro (70), New Zealand funk and soul singer and guitarist
* **4**
	+ Keith Flint (49), British electronica singer (The Prodigy)
	+ Sara Romweber (55), American jangle pop drummer (Let's Active, Dex Romweber Duo)
* **5** – Jacques Loussier (84), French jazz pianist and film score composer (Jacques Loussier Trio)
* **6**
	+ James Dapogny (78), American jazz pianist and musicologist
	+ Mike Grose, British rock bassist (Queen)
	+ Charlie Panigoniak (72), Canadian Inuk folk singer-songwriter
* **8** – Eddie Taylor Jr. (46), American blues singer and guitarist
* **10** – Asa Brebner (65), American power pop singer, songwriter and guitarist (The Modern Lovers, Robin Lane & The Chartbusters)
* **11**
	+ Hal Blaine (90), American rock and pop drummer (The Wrecking Crew)
	+ Danny Kustow (63), British punk rock guitarist (Tom Robinson Band)
* **12** – John Kilzer (62), American rock singer-songwriter
* **16** – Dick Dale (81), American surf rock guitarist
* **17**
	+ Wolfgang Meyer (64), German classical clarinetist
	+ Bernie Tormé (66), Irish guitarist (Gillan, Guy McCoy Tormé, Atomic Rooster, Desperado)
	+ Yuya Uchida (79), Japanese rock musician (Flower Travellin' Band)
	+ David White (79), American doo-wop and pop singer (Danny & the Juniors, The Spokesmen)
	+ Andre Williams (82), American R&B singer
* **20** – Terje Nilsen (67), Norwegian pop singer-songwriter
* **21** – Doris Duke (77), American gospel and soul singer
* **22** – Scott Walker (76), American-born British pop and avant garde singer-songwriter (The Walker Brothers)
* **23** – Shahnaz Rahmatullah (66), Bangladeshi playback singer
* **25** – Ranking Roger (56), British ska and new wave singer (The Beat, General Public)
* **27**
	+ Stephen Fitzpatrick (24), British indie rock singer and guitarist (Her's)
	+ Audun Laading (25), Norwegian indie rock bassist (Her's)
* **28** – Bill Isles (78), American R&B singer (The O'Jays)
* **30**
	+ Geoff Harvey (83), British-Australian television music composer and pianist
	+ Simaro Lutumba (81), Congolese soukous guitarist (TPOK Jazz)
* **31** – Nipsey Hussle (33), American rapper

### April

* **1** – Armando Vega Gil (64), Mexican rock bassist (Botellita de Jerez)
* **2**
	+ Rick Elias, American contemporary Christian singer-songwriter and guitarist (A Ragamuffin Band)
	+ Kim English (48), American house and gospel singer
* **4**
	+ Alberto Cortez (79), Argentine pop singer-songwriter
	+ Tiger Merritt (31), American psychedelic rock singer and guitarist (Morning Teleportation)
* **5**
	+ Pastor López (74), Venezuelan cumbia singer-songwriter and bandleader
	+ Shawn Smith (53), American alternative rock singer and keyboardist (Brad, Satchel, Pigeonhed)
	+ Davey Williams (66), American avant-garde and free jazz guitarist (Curlew)
	+ Wowaka (31), Japanese Vocaloid producer, singer and guitarist
* **6**
	+ Jim Glaser (81), American country singer
	+ Ib Glindemann (84), Danish jazz bandleader and composer
* **10** – Earl Thomas Conley (77), American country singer-songwriter
* **12** – Johnny Hutchinson (78), British rock and roll drummer (The Big Three)
* **13** – Paul Raymond (73), British hard rock keyboardist (UFO, Savoy Brown, Chicken Shack)
* **15**
	+ Les Reed (83), British pop bandleader and songwriter
	+ Joe Terry (78), American rock and roll singer (Danny & the Juniors)
* **18** – Eddie Tigner (92), American blues singer and keyboardist
* **20** – Martin Böttcher (91), German classical composer, arranger and conductor
* **22**
	+ Heather Harper (88), Northern Irish classical singer
	+ Dave Samuels (70), American jazz vibraphonist and marimba player (Spyro Gyra)
* **24** – Dick Rivers (74), French rock and roll singer (Les Chats Sauvages)
* **26** – Phil McCormack (58), American southern rock singer (Molly Hatchet)
* **30**
	+ Boon Gould (64), English new wave guitarist (Level 42)
	+ Beth Carvalho (72), Brazilian samba singer

### May

* **2** – John Starling (79), American bluegrass guitarist (The Seldom Scene)
* **3** – Mose Se Sengo (73), Congolese jazz guitarist (TPOK Jazz)
* **4** – J. R. Cobb (75), American rock guitarist and songwriter (Atlanta Rhythm Section, Classics IV)
* **6** – Pekka Airaksinen (73), Finnish electronic composer
* **7** – Subir Nandi (66), Bangladeshi playback singer
* **8**
	+ Luther Jennings (86), American gospel singer (Jackson Southernaires)
	+ Yevgeny Krylatov (85), Russian film composer
* **9**
	+ Malcolm Black (58), New Zealand new wave singer and guitarist (Netherworld Dancing Toys)
	+ Preston Epps (88), American percussionist
	+ Freddie Starr (76), English stand up comedian, impressionist and singer
* **11** – Peggy Lipton (72), American pop singer and actress
* **13** – Doris Day (97), American pop singer and actress
* **14**
	+ Leon Rausch (91), American country singer (Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys)
	+ Mike Wilhelm (77), American psychedelic rock guitarist (The Charlatans, Flamin' Groovies)
* **15**
	+ Chuck Barksdale (84), American R&B singer (The Dells)
	+ Huelyn Duvall (79), American rockabilly singer and guitarist
* **16** – Sol Yaged (93), American jazz clarinetist
* **17** – Eric Moore (67), American hard rock singer and bassist (The Godz)
* **18**
	+ Melvin Edmonds (65), American new jack swing singer (After 7)
	+ Geneviève Waïte (71), South African pop singer
* **19** – Alfred Janson (82), Norwegian classical pianist and composer
* **21** – Jake Black (59), British acid jazz singer and songwriter (Alabama 3)
* **28**
	+ Willie Ford (68), American soul singer (The Dramatics)
	+ John Gary Williams (73), American R&B singer (The Mad Lads)
* **29**
	+ Tony Glover (79), American blues singer and harmonica player (Koerner, Ray & Glover)
	+ Jeff Walls (62), American jangle pop guitarist (Guadalcanal Diary)
* **30** – Leon Redbone (69), Cypriot-American jazz and ragtime singer and guitarist
* **31** – Roky Erickson (71), American psychedelic rock singer-songwriter (The 13th Floor Elevators)

### June

* **2** – Paulo Pagni (61), Brazilian rock drummer (RPM)
* **4** – Mikey Dees, American punk rock singer and guitarist (Fitz of Depression)
* **5** – Brian Doherty (51), American alternative rock guitarist (Big Wreck)
* **6** – Dr. John (77), American R&B and jazz singer-songwriter and keyboardist
* **8** – Andre Matos (47), Brazilian heavy metal singer (Viper, Angra, Shaman)
* **9**
	+ Bushwick Bill (52), Jamaican-born American rapper (Geto Boys)
	+ Jim Pike (82), American pop singer (The Lettermen)
* **10**
	+ Chuck Glaser (83), American country singer (Tompall & the Glaser Brothers)
	+ Paul "Lil' Buck" Sinegal (75), American blues and zydeco guitarist
* **13** - Nature Ganganbaigal (29), Chinese folk metal guitarist and multi-instrumentalist (Tengger Cavalry)
* **16**
	+ Bishop Bullwinkle (70), American soul and novelty singer
	+ Sergey Ostroumov (53), Russian blues rock drummer (Mashina Vremeni)
* **19** – Philippe Zdar (50), French house musician and producer (Cassius)
* **21** – Kelly Jay Fordham (77), Canadian rock singer-songwriter and keyboardist (Crowbar)
* **23** – Dave Bartholomew (100), American R&B and rock and roll trumpeter, composer and bandleader
* **24** – Jeff Austin (45), American bluegrass singer and mandolinist (Yonder Mountain String Band)
* **27**
	+ Gualberto Castro (84), Mexican pop singer (Los Hermanos Castro)
	+ Louis Thiry (84), French classical organist
* **29** – Gary Duncan (72), American psychedelic rock guitarist (Quicksilver Messenger Service)

### July

* **1**
	+ Sid Ramin (100), American composer and arranger
	+ Bogusław Schaeffer (90), Polish classical composer
* **2** – Ibrahim Emin (56), Azerbaijani heavy metal bassist (Yukhu)
* **6**
	+ João Gilberto (88), Brazilian bossa nova singer and guitarist
	+ Thommy Gustafsson (71), Swedish pop keyboardist (Sven-Ingvars)
	+ Yannis Spathas (68), Greek hard rock guitarist (Socrates Drank the Conium)
* **9** – Aaron Rosand (92), American classical violinist
* **10** – Jerry Lawson (75), American a cappella singer (The Persuasions)
* **12**
	+ Dick Richards (95), American rock and roll drummer (Bill Haley & His Comets)
	+ Russell Smith (70), American country rock singer (Amazing Rhythm Aces, Run C&W)
* **16**
	+ Johnny Clegg, 66, South African afro-pop singer and guitarist (Juluka, Savuka)
	+ Pat Kelly, 70, Jamaican reggae singer
	+ Bill Vitt, American rock drummer (Jerry Garcia, Merl Saunders)
* **18** – Bob Frank, 75, American folk singer-songwriter
* **19** – Yao Lee, 96, Chinese pop singer
* **21** – Ben Johnston, 93, American microtonal composer
* **22**
	+ Daniel Rae Costello, 58, Fijian folk guitarist
	+ Art Neville, 81, American funk and R&B keyboardist (The Meters, The Neville Brothers)
* **25** – Anner Bylsma, 85, Dutch classical cellist
* **26** – Cacik Jonne, 54, Brazilian axé guitarist and composer (Chiclete com Banana)
* **29** – Ras G, 39, American instrumental hip-hop producer
* **30** – Lol Mason, 69, English progressive rock singer (City Boy, The Maisonettes)

### August

* **1**
	+ Ian Gibbons, 67, British rock keyboardist (The Kinks)
	+ Hamid Ali Khan, 66, Pakistani classical singer
* **3**
	+ Damien Lovelock, 65, Australian rock singer (The Celibate Rifles)
	+ Katreese Barnes, 56, American R&B singer-songwriter (Juicy)
* **4** – Bob Wilber, 91, American jazz clarinetist
* **5** – Lizzie Grey, 60, American glam metal guitarist (Spiders & Snakes, London)
* **6** – Danny Doyle, 79, Irish folk singer
* **7**
	+ David Berman, 52, American indie rock singer-songwriter (Silver Jews, Purple Mountains)
	+ Francesca Sundsten, 58, American post-punk bassist (The Beakers)
	+ Nicky Wonder, 59, American power pop guitarist (Wondermints, Brian Wilson)
* **11** – Jim Cullum Jr., 77, American jazz cornetist
* **12** – DJ Arafat, 33, Ivorian Coupé-Décalé singer and disk jockey
* **19** – Larry Taylor, 77, American bass guitarist (Canned Heat)
* **21** – Celso Piña, 66, Mexican cumbia singer and accordionist
* **27**
	+ Neal Casal, 50, American rock guitarist (Chris Robinson Brotherhood, Ryan Adams & the Cardinals, Blackfoot)
	+ Donnie Fritts, 76, American country keyboardist and songwriter
* **28** – Nancy Holloway, 86, American jazz and pop singer
* **29** – Jimmy Pitman, 72, American rock singer, songwriter and guitarist (Strawberry Alarm Clock)

### September

* **2** – Laurent Sinclar, 58, French new wave keyboardist (Taxi Girl)
* **4** – Dan Warner, 49, American Latin pop guitarist
* **5** – Jimmy Johnson, 76, American rock and soul guitarist (Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section)
* **7** – Camilo Sesto, 72, Spanish pop singer
* **9**
	+ Gru, 46, Serbian rapper
	+ Lavrentis Machairitsas, 62, Greek rock singer and guitarist
* **10**
	+ Jeff Fenholt, 68, American rock and Christian contemporary singer (Bible Black, Geezer Butler Band)
	+ Daniel Johnston, 58, American lo-fi folk singer-songwriter
* **11** – Hossam Ramzy, 65, Egyptian rock percussionist
* **13** – Eddie Money, 70, American pop rock singer
* **15**
	+ Roberto Leal, 67, Portuguese-Brazilian pop singer
	+ Ric Ocasek, 75, American new wave singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Cars)
* **16**
	+ John Cohen, 87, American folk banjoist and guitarist (New Lost City Ramblers)
	+ Mick Schauer, 47, American stoner rock keyboardist (Clutch)
	+ Vic Vogel, 84, Canadian jazz pianist
* **17** – Alexandr Vasilyev, Russian new wave drummer (Center)
* **18** – Tony Mills, 57, British hard rock singer (Shy, TNT)
* **19**
	+ Sandie Jones, 68, Irish pop singer
	+ Harold Mabern, 83, American jazz pianist
	+ María Rivas, 59, Venezuelan Latin jazz singer
	+ Yonrico Scott, American rock and blues drummer (The Derek Trucks Band)
	+ Larry Wallis, 70, British rock guitarist (Pink Fairies, Motörhead)
* **21** – Woo Hye-mi, 31, South Korean pop singer
* **23** – Richard Brunelle, 55, American heavy metal guitarist (Morbid Angel, Paths of Possession)
* **24** – Robert Hunter, 78, American rock lyricist and multi-instrumentalist (Grateful Dead)
* **26**
	+ Jimmy Spicer, 61, American rapper
	+ Martin Wesley-Smith, 74, Australian classical composer
* **28**
	+ Dessie O'Halloran, 79, Irish folk fiddler and singer
	+ José José, 71, Mexican Latin pop singer
* **29**
	+ busbee, 43, American country and pop songwriter and producer
	+ Larry Willis, 78, American jazz pianist (Blood, Sweat & Tears)
* **30**
	+ Jessye Norman, 74, American opera singer
	+ Louie Rankin, 61, Jamaican-born Canadian dancehall singer

### October

* **1** – Beverly Watkins, 80, American blues guitarist
* **3** – Vinnie Bell, 87, American session guitarist
* **2**
	+ Barrie Masters, 63, British pub rock singer (Eddie and the Hot Rods)
	+ Kim Shattuck, 56, American alternative rock singer and guitarist (The Muffs, The Pandoras, Pixies)
	+ Morten Stützer, Danish thrash metal guitarist (Artillery)
* **4**
	+ Ed Ackerson, 54, American alternative rock singer and guitarist (Polara, Antenna)
	+ Glen Brown, 75, Jamaican reggae singer
* **5** – Larry Junstrom, 70, American Southern rock bassist (.38 Special, Lynyrd Skynyrd)
* **6**
	+ Ginger Baker, 80, British rock and jazz drummer (Cream, Blind Faith, Ginger Baker's Air Force, The Graham Bond Organisation).
* **8** – Molly Duncan, 74, British funk saxophonist (Average White Band)
* **11** – Kadri Gopalnath, 69, Indian classical and jazz saxophonist
* **12**
	+ George Chambers, 88, American psychedelic soul bassist and singer (The Chambers Brothers)
	+ Gerry McGee, 81, American surf rock guitarist (The Ventures)
	+ Kenny Dixon, 27, American country drummer (Kane Brown)
	+ Dallas Harms, 82, Canadian country singer
* **14**
	+ Steve Cash, 73, American Southern rock singer (Ozark Mountain Daredevils)
	+ Sulli, 25, Korean pop singer (f(x))
* **15** – Cacho Castaña, 77, Argentine bolero singer and actor
* **17** – Ray Santos, 90, American Latin pop saxophonist
* **21** – Peter Hobbs, 58, Australian thrash metal guitarist and singer (Hobbs' Angel of Death)
* **22**
	+ Raymond Leppard, 92, British classical conductor and harpsichordist
	+ Hans Zender, 82, German classical conductor
* **25** – Joe Sun, 76, American country singer
* **26** – Paul Barrere, 71, American Southern rock guitarist (Little Feat)
* **31** – Kendra Malia, 37, American witch house singer (White Ring)

### November

* **2** – Marie Laforêt, 80, French-Swiss pop singer
* **4** – Timi Hansen, 67, Danish metal bassist (Mercyful Fate, King Diamond)
* **5** – Jan Erik Kongshaug, 75, Norwegian jazz guitarist
* **7**
	+ Ivan Maksimović, 57, Serbian hard rock guitarist (Metro, The No Smoking Orchestra)
	+ Gilles Bertin, 58, French punk rock singer and bassist (Camera Silens)
* **8**
	+ Fred Bongusto, 84, Italian pop singer
	+ Ramakant Gundecha, Indian dhrupad singer (Gundecha Brothers)
* **9** – Taiwo Lijadu, 71, Nigerian Afrobeat singer (Lijadu Sisters)
* **10** – Jan Byrczek, 83, Polish jazz bassist
* **11** – Bad Azz, 43, American rapper
* **16** – Éric Morena, 68, French pop singer
* **19**
	+ José Mário Branco, 77, Portuguese folk singer-songwriter
	+ Lloyd Watson, 70, British rock guitarist
* **20**
	+ Doug Lubahn, 71, American psychedelic rock and jazz bassist (Clear Light, The Doors)
	+ John Mann, 57, Canadian folk rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (Spirit of the West)
* **21**
	+ Donna Carson, 73, American folk singer (Hedge and Donna)
	+ Farris Lanier Jr., 70, American R&B-soul-funk singer (Lanier & Co.)
* **22** – Eduardo Nascimento, 76, Angolan pop singer
* **24** – Goo Hara, 28, South Korean K-pop singer (Kara)
* **25** – Iain Sutherland, 71, British folk singer and guitarist (The Sutherland Brothers)
* **27** – Martin Armiger, 70, Australian new wave singer and guitarist (The Sports)
* **28** – Padú del Caribe, 99, Aruban waltz songwriter
* **29** – Irving Burgie, 95, American calypso songwriter

### December

* **1** – Stuart Fraser, Australian hard rock guitarist (Noiseworks)
* **2**
	+ Jimmy Cavallo, 92, American rock and roll singer
	+ Greedy Smith, 63, Australian new wave singer and keyboardist (Mental as Anything)
* **3** – Shaaban Abdel Rahim, 62, Egyptian sha'abi singer
* **4** – Rosa Morena, 78, Spanish flamenco pop singer
* **5** – Jerry Naylor, 80, American rock and roll musician (The Crickets)
* **7**
	+ Herb Cox, 81, American doo-wop singer and songwriter (The Cleftones)
	+ Herbert Joos, 79, German jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist
	+ Joe McQueen, 100, American jazz saxophonist
* **8** – Juice Wrld, 21, American rapper
* **9** – Marie Fredriksson, 61, Swedish pop rock singer (Roxette)
* **10** – Gershon Kingsley, 97, German-born American electronic composer and synthesizer player
* **12** – Jack Scott, 83, Canadian rock and roll singer
* **13**
	+ Roy Loney, 73, American garage rock singer and guitarist (Flamin' Groovies)
	+ Emil Richards, 87, American classical and jazz vibraphonist
* **14** – Irv Williams, 100, American jazz saxophonist
* **15** - Monique Leyrac, 91, Canadian pop singer
* **18**
	+ Patxi Andión, 72, Spanish pop singer-songwriter
	+ Alain Barrière, 84, French chanson singer
	+ Kenny Lynch, 81, British pop singer
	+ Arty McGlynn, 75, Irish folk guitarist (Patrick Street)
	+ Abbey Simon, 99, American classical pianist
* **22** – Ubirajara Penacho dos Reis, 85, Brazilian pop singer and bassist
* **24**
	+ Dave Riley, 59, American punk rock bassist (Big Black)
	+ Allee Willis, 72, American pop and funk songwriter
* **25**
	+ Kelly Fraser, 26, Canadian pop singer-songwriter
	+ Peter Schreier, 84, German opera tenor and conductor
* **26** – Sleepy LaBeef, 84, American rockabilly singer and guitarist
* **27**
	+ Garrett List, 76, American jazz trombonist and singer
	+ Jack Sheldon, 75, American jazz and children's music singer and trumpter
	+ Art Sullivan, 69, Belgian pop singer
* **28**
	+ Amy Patterson, 107, Argentine classical singer and composer
	+ Erzsébet Szőnyi, 95, Hungarian classical and opera composer
* **29**
	+ Neil Innes, 75, British comedy rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, The Rutles, Monty Python)
	+ Norma Tanega, 80, American folk singer-songwriter

## See also

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* Timeline of musical events
* Women in music