2017 in music

Overview of the events of 2017 in musicTemplate:SHORTDESC:Overview of the events of 2017 in music

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## Specific genres

* Classical
* Country
* Electronic
* Jazz
* Latin
* Heavy metal
* Hip hop
* Rock
* R&B
* New Wave
* Opera
* Pop
* Punk

## Bands formed

* 3RACHA
* 7Senses
* 14U
* 22/7
* A.C.E
* BNK48
* THE BOYZ
* Busters
* Duetto
* Elris
* FanxyRed
* Favorite
* Fromis 9
* Gizmodrome
* Golden Child
* Good Day
* Hash Tag
* Highway Sisters
* Honeyst
* Hyeongseop X Euiwoong
* IN2IT
* In Real Life
* IZ
* JBJ
* Josh Todd and the Conflict
* Longguo & Shihyun
* MVP
* MXM
* My Indigo
* Myteen
* ONF
* P.O.P
* Powerflo
* Rainz
* The Rampage from Exile Tribe
* The Rose
* The Sea Within
* S.I.S
* Seven O'Clock
* Sons of Apollo
* Top Secret
* TRCNG
* Triple H
* Varsity
* Wanna One
* Weki Meki
* Vespera
* YHBOYS

## Bands reformed

* As I Lay Dying
* Audioslave
* Big Dumb Face
* Carnivore
* Chimaira
* Company of Thieves
* Eagles
* Eighteen Visions
* Elastica
* Exhorder
* Heavy Load
* House vs. Hurricane
* Jawbreaker
* Jethro Tull
* The KLF
* Light This City
* Lionheart
* Madina Lake
* Nachtmystium
* NRG
* Orbital
* Pleymo
* Sadus
* Sleeper
* Steps
* The Streets
* Stornoway
* Sugarland
* Tripping Daisy
* Viva Brother
* The Union Underground
* Xscape

## Bands on hiatus

* Camera Obscura
* Dark Sermon
* Dave Matthews Band
* Disclosure
* fun.
* Girls’ Generation
* The Gaslight Anthem
* Heart
* Katatonia
* Karnataka
* Linkin Park
* One Direction
* Pinegrove
* PWR BTTM
* Slipknot
* Soundgarden
* Twenty One Pilots
* With Confidence

## Bands disbanded

* A Tribe Called Quest
* Amoral
* Audioslave
* Black Sabbath
* Brontide
* The Cab
* Chairlift
* Cibo Matto
* Cinderella
* Circus Devils
* Coal Chamber
* The Crookes
* The Dillinger Escape Plan
* Donovan Wolfington
* Friendzone
* Game Theory
* HIM
* Hail of Bullets
* Heaven's Basement
* In Dying Arms
* Letlive
* Les B.B.
* The Maccabees
* Marionette
* Mindless Behavior
* Miss A
* Mobb Deep
* Mudcrutch
* The Pagans
* The Poster Boy
* Poured Out
* The Roches
* The Saturdays
* Spawn of Possession
* Staind
* Textures
* Those Who Fear
* Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
* The Tragically Hip
* Trap Them
* Vallenfyre
* Vanna
* Vant
* We Are the Ocean
* White Miles
* William Control
* The Wonder Girls
* Xerath
* Yellowcard
* Your Memorial

## Deaths

### January

* **1** – Memo Morales (79), Venezuelan rumba singer
* **2** – Auriel Andrew (69), Indigenous Australian country singer
* **4** – Bade Fateh Ali Khan (82), Pakistani classical music and Khyal singer
* **6** – Sylvester Potts (78), American R&B singer (The Contours)
* **7** – Jerzy Kossela (74), Polish rock guitarist (Czerwone Gitary)
* **8** – Peter Sarstedt (75), British folk pop singer
* **10** – Buddy Greco (90), American jazz singer and pianist
* **11** – Tommy Allsup (83), American rock and roll guitarist
* **13**
	+ Horacio Guarany (91), Argentine folklore singer
	+ Richie Ingui (69), American soul singer (Soul Survivors)
* **14** – John Boudreaux (80), American jazz and soul drummer
* **15** – Greg Trooper (61), American alternative country singer and songwriter
* **16**
	+ William Onyeabor (70), Nigerian funk singer-songwriter
	+ Steve Wright (66), American power pop bassist and songwriter (The Greg Kihn Band)
* **18** – Mike Kellie (69), British psychedelic rock and power pop drummer (Spooky Tooth, The Only Ones)
* **19** – Loalwa Braz (63), Brazilian pop and lambada singer (Kaoma)
* **20**
	+ Ronald "Bingo" Mundy (76), American singer (The Marcels)
	+ Joey Powers (82), American pop singer
	+ Tommy Tate (71), American soul singer
* **21**
	+ Karl Hendricks (46), American alternative rock singer (The Karl Hendricks Trio)
	+ Walter "Junie" Morrison (62), American funk keyboardist (The Ohio Players, Parliament-Funkadelic)
	+ Maggie Roche (65), American folk singer (The Roches)
* **22**
	+ Jaki Liebezeit (78), German experimental rock drummer (Can)
	+ Pete Overend Watts (69), British glam rock bassist (Mott the Hoople)
* **23** – Bobby Freeman (76), American pop and R&B singer
* **24**
	+ Gil Ray (60), American power pop drummer (Game Theory, The Loud Family)
	+ Butch Trucks (69), American rock drummer (The Allman Brothers Band, Les Brers)
* **25** – Ronnie Davis (66), Jamaican reggae singer (The Tennors, The Itals)
* **27** – Stan Boreson (91), American comedian, accordionist and singer
* **28**
	+ Guitar Gable (79), American blues singer and guitarist
	+ Geoff Nicholls (68), British rock musician and keyboardist (Black Sabbath, Quartz)
	+ Alexander Tikhanovich (64), Belarusian pop singer (Verasy)
* **29** – Elkin Ramírez (54), Colombian hard rock singer (Kraken)
* **30** – James Laurence (27), American hip hop musician and producer (Friendzone) (death announced on this date)
* **31**
	+ Deke Leonard (72), British progressive rock guitarist (Man)
	+ John Wetton (67), British progressive rock singer, bassist, and songwriter (Asia, King Crimson)

### February

* **1** – Robert Dahlqvist (40), Swedish alternative rock guitarist and singer (The Hellacopters, Thunder Express, Dundertåget)
* **4** – Steve Lang (67), Canadian rock bassist (April Wine)
* **5**
	+ David Axelrod (85), American jazz musician and producer
	+ Sonny Geraci (70), American pop and rock singer (Climax, The Outsiders)
* **7** – Svend Asmussen (100), Danish jazz violinist
* **8**
	+ Rina Matsuno (18), Japanese pop singer (Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku)
	+ Tony Särkkä (44), Swedish black metal multi-instrumentalist
* **11** – Jarmila Šuláková (87), Czech folk singer
* **12**
	+ Al Jarreau (76), American jazz singer
	+ Damian (52), British pop singer
* **13**
	+ Trish Doan (31), American heavy metal bassist (Kittie) (death announced on this date)
	+ E-Dubble (34), American rapper
* **16** – Pericoma Okoye (81), Nigerian traditional music singer
* **17**
	+ Peter Skellern (69), English easy listening singer-songwriter and pianist
	+ Dave Yorko (73), American rock and roll guitarist (Johnny and the Hurricanes)
* **18** – Clyde Stubblefield (73), American funk and soul drummer (James Brown, The J.B.'s)
* **19** – Larry Coryell (73), American jazz fusion guitarist
* **20** – Huang Feili (99), Chinese classical music conductor
* **23**
	+ Horace Parlan (86), American jazz pianist
	+ Leon Ware (77), American funk singer and songwriter
* **25**
	+ Rick Chavez, American progressive metal singer and guitarist (Drive)
	+ Toshio Nakanishi (61), Japanese new wave guitarist (Plastics)
	+ Bill Paxton (61), American new wave keyboardist (Martini Ranch) and actor

### March

* **1** – Hiroshi Kamayatsu (78), Japanese rock singer (The Spiders, Vodka Collins)
* **2** – Gata Cattana (26), Spanish rapper
* **3**
	+ Jim Fuller (69), American surf rock guitarist (The Surfaris)
	+ Lyle Ritz (87), American rock bassist and ukuleleist (The Wrecking Crew)
	+ Danny Spooner (80), British-born Australian folk singer
* **4**
	+ Valerie Carter (64), American rock singer and songwriter
	+ Edi Fitzroy (61), Jamaican reggae and dancehall singer
	+ Tommy Page (46), American pop singer
* **6**
	+ Ritchie Adams (78), American songwriter and singer (The Fireflies)
	+ Lars Diedricson (66), Swedish rock singer (Snowstorm)
	+ Alberto Zedda (89), Italian conductor and musicologist
* **7** – Kalika Prasad Bhattacharya (46), Indian folk singer
* **8**
	+ Dave Valentin (64), American jazz flutist
	+ Wordsayer (47), American rapper (Source of Labor)
* **10** – Joni Sledge (60), American R&B and disco singer (Sister Sledge)
* **11**
	+ Evan Johns (60), American rockabilly guitarist (The LeRoi Brothers)
	+ Ángel Parra (73), Chilean folk singer
	+ Don Warden (87), American country slide guitarist
* **12** – Joey Alves (63), American hard rock rhythm guitarist (Y&T)
* **13**
	+ Robert "P-Nut" Johnson, American funk singer (Parliament-Funkadelic)
	+ John Lever (55), British post-punk drummer (The Chameleons)
* **15**
	+ Phil Garland (75), New Zealander folk singer
	+ Vicky (69), Colombian pop singer
* **16** – James Cotton (81), American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter
* **18** – Chuck Berry (90), American rock and roll guitarist, singer and songwriter
* **20**
	+ Buck Hill (90), American jazz tenor and soprano saxophonist
	+ Tony Terran (90), American rock and pop trumpeter (The Wrecking Crew)
* **21** – Gabriel "Negru" Mafa (42), black metal drummer (Negură Bunget)
* **22**
	+ Sib Hashian (67), American rock drummer (Boston)
	+ Sven-Erik Magnusson (74), Swedish pop singer and guitarist (Sven-Ingvars)
* **23** – Sebastián (63), Argentine cuarteto singer
* **24**
	+ Vincent Falcone (78), American pianist (Frank Sinatra) and conductor
	+ Pete Shotton (75), British skiffle percussionist and washboardist (The Quarrymen)
* **25** – Edward Grimes (43), American post-rock drummer (Rachel's)
* **26**
	+ Alessandro Alessandroni (92), Italian film composer and classical guitarist
	+ Jimmy Dotson (83), American blues singer and songwriter
* **27** – Clem Curtis (76), Trinidadian-British singer (The Foundations)
* **28** – Terry Fischer (70), American pop singer (The Murmaids)
* **30** – Rosie Hamlin (71), American pop singer (Rosie and the Originals)

### April

* **1**
	+ Lonnie Brooks (83), American blues singer and guitarist
	+ Ikutaro Kakehashi (87), Japanese engineer, founder of Roland Corporation, manufacturer of electronic musical instruments
	+ Wycliffe Noble (91), British gospel singer (The Joystrings) and architect
* **3** – Brenda Jones (62), American singer (The Jones Girls)
* **5** – Paul O'Neill (61), American progressive metal composer, lyricist, producer, and songwriter (Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Savatage)
* **6** – David Peel (74), American folk singer and songwriter
* **7** – Ben Speer (86), American gospel singer (Speer Family)
* **8** – Keni Richards (60), American rock drummer (Autograph)
* **9**
	+ Alan Henderson (72), Northern Irish rock bassist (Them)
	+ Bob Wootton (75), American country guitarist (The Tennessee Three)
* **10** – Banner Thomas (62), American hard rock bassist (Molly Hatchet)
* **11**
	+ J. Geils (71), American blues, rock and jazz guitarist (The J. Geils Band)
	+ Scotty Miller (65), American drummer (Instant Funk)
	+ Toby Smith (46), English acid jazz keyboardist, songwriter and producer (Jamiroquai)
* **12** – Barry "Frosty" Smith (71), American rock drummer (Sweathog, Soulhat)
* **14** – Bruce Langhorne (78), American folk singer
* **15**
	+ Allan Holdsworth (70), British jazz fusion guitarist (Gong, Soft Machine, U.K.)
	+ Matt Holt (39), American heavy metal singer (Nothingface)
	+ Sylvia Moy (78), American songwriter
* **19** – Dick Contino (87), American accordionist and singer
* **20** – Cuba Gooding Sr. (72), American soul and R&B singer (The Main Ingredient)
* **23** – Jerry Adriani (70), Brazilian rock singer
* **27**
	+ Jeff Decker, Canadian heavy metal guitarist (Thor)
	+ John Shifflett (64), American jazz bassist
* **28** – Joanna Brouk (68), American electronic music composer

### May

* **1**
	+ Bruce Hampton (70), American rock and jazz fusion singer and guitarist (Hampton Grease Band, Col. Bruce Hampton and the Aquarium Rescue Unit)
	+ Erkki Kurenniemi (75), Finnish electronic music composer
* **2** – Kevin Garcia (41), American indie rock bassist (Grandaddy)
* **3**
	+ Casey Jones (77), American blues drummer (Johnny Winter)
	+ C'el Revuelta, American punk rock bassist (Black Flag)
	+ Saxa (83), Jamaican ska saxophonist (The Beat)
* **4** – Katy Bødtger (84), Danish singer (Eurovision Song Contest 1960)
* **5** – Clive Brooks (67), British progressive rock drummer (Egg)
* **9**
	+ Michael Parks (77), American country singer and actor
	+ Robert Miles (47), Swiss-born Italian electronic dance record producer, composer and DJ
* **10** – Pierre DeMudd (64), American trumpeter and singer (Dazz Band)
* **11** – İbrahim Erkal (50), Turkish folk singer
* **12** – Bill Dowdy (84), American jazz drummer (The Three Sounds)
* **13** – Jimmy Copley (63), British rock drummer
* **14** – Keith Mitchell, American dream pop drummer (Mazzy Star)
* **17** – Chris Cornell (52), American alternative rock singer and songwriter (Soundgarden, Audioslave, Temple of the Dog)
* **18** – Frankie Paul (51), Jamaican dancehall singer
* **20**
	+ Jimmy Dale (81), British-Canadian film and television composer
	+ Ace Still, American doom metal singer (Goatlord)
* **21**
	+ Jimmy LaFave (61), American folk singer and songwriter
	+ Tulsa Pittaway (42), South African indie rock drummer (Watershed, Evolver One)
* **22**
	+ Rosa Speer (94), American gospel singer (Speer Family)
	+ Zbigniew Wodecki (67), Polish pop singer and violinist
* **25** – Saucy Sylvia (96), Canadian-born American comedy music singer and pianist
* **27**
	+ Gregg Allman (69), American rock singer, songwriter and keyboardist (The Allman Brothers Band)
	+ Guillermo Sanchez, Argentinian heavy metal bassist (Rata Blanca)
* **29** – Arleen Lanzotti (73), American pop singer (The Delicates)
* **31** – Bern Nix (69), American jazz guitarist

### June

* **2** – Aamir Zaki (49), Pakistani psychedelic rock guitarist
* **6**
	+ Sandra Reemer (66), Dutch pop singer
	+ Vin Garbutt (68), British folk singer and songwriter
* **8** – Norro Wilson (79), American country music singer, songwriter and record producer
* **11** – Rosalie Sorrels (83), American folk singer and songwriter
* **12** – Geri Allen (60), American jazz pianist
* **16** – Eliza Clívia (37), Brazilian forro singer
* **17** – Thara Memory (68), American jazz trumpeter
* **18** – Chris Murrell (60), American gospel and jazz singer
* **20**
	+ Prodigy (42), American rapper (Mobb Deep)
	+ Bo Wagner (72), American marimba player (Starbuck)
* **21** – Belton Richard (77), American Cajun accordionist
* **22** – Jimmy Nalls (66), American blues rock guitarist (Sea Level)
* **25** – Dave Evans (66), American bluegrass singer and banjoist
* **28**
	+ Gary DeCarlo (75), American pop singer and songwriter (Steam)
	+ Nic Ritter (37), American thrash metal drummer (Warbringer)
	+ Dave Rosser (50), American alternative rock guitarist (The Afghan Whigs)

### July

* **3** – Rudy Rotta (66), Italian blues rock guitarist
* **4** – John Blackwell, Jr. (43), American funk and R&B drummer (D'Angelo, The New Power Generation)
* **5** – Pierre Henry (89), French musique concrète composer
* **6**
	+ Mick Bund, British post-punk bassist (Felt)
	+ Melvyn "Deacon" Jones (73), American soul keyboardist (Baby Huey & the Babysitters)
* **9** – Erik Cartwright (66), American blues rock guitarist (Foghat)
* **12**
	+ Marc 'Blaash' Michaelson, American black metal drummer (Bahimiron)
	+ Tamara Miansarova (86), Russian pop singer
	+ Ray Phiri (70), South African jazz fusion singer and guitarist
* **13**
	+ Simon Holmes (54), Australian jangle pop guitarist (The Hummingbirds)
	+ Egil Kapstad (76), Norwegian jazz pianist and composer
	+ Chris Wong Won (53), American rapper (2 Live Crew)
* **14**
	+ Mahi Beamer (88), American-Native Hawaiian folk singer and pianist
	+ David Zablidowsky (38), American hard rock bassist (Adrenaline Mob, Trans-Siberian Orchestra)
* **16** – Wilfried (67), Austrian pop singer
* **17** – Peter Principle (63), American post-punk bassist (Tuxedomoon)
* **19**
	+ Barbara Weldens (35), French pop singer and songwriter
	+ Graham Wood (45), Australian jazz pianist
* **20**
	+ Chester Bennington (41), American hard rock singer and songwriter (Linkin Park, Stone Temple Pilots, Dead by Sunrise)
	+ Andrea Jürgens (50), German schlager singer
* **21**
	+ Errol Dyers (65), South African jazz guitarist
	+ Geoff Mack (94), Australian country singer and songwriter
	+ Kenny Shields (69), Canadian hard rock singer (Streetheart)
	+ Paapa Yankson (73), Ghanaian highlife singer
* **22**
	+ Polo Hofer (72), Swiss pop singer
	+ Bobby Taylor (83), American soul singer (Bobby Taylor & the Vancouvers)
* **25**
	+ Michael Johnson (72), American country singer and songwriter
	+ Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu (46), Indigenous Australian folk singer and guitarist
* **27** – Billy Joe Walker Jr. (64), American country music record producer
* **28** – D.L. Menard (85), American Cajun music singer
* **31** – Chuck Loeb (61), American jazz guitarist (Fourplay)

### August

* **1** – Goldy McJohn (72), Canadian hard rock keyboardist (Steppenwolf)
* **2** – Daniel Licht (60), American film and television composer
* **4** – Luiz Melodia (66), Brazilian MPB singer
* **8** – Glen Campbell (81), American country music singer and songwriter
* **11** – Segun Bucknor (71), Nigerian soul and funk keyboardist and guitarist
* **19** – Bea Wain (100), American big band singer (Larry Clinton and His Orchestra)
* **20** – Jerry Lewis (91), American actor and pop singer
* **21** – Sonny Burgess (88), American rockabilly singer
* **22** – John Abercrombie (73), American jazz fusion guitarist
* **24**
	+ Pete Kuykendall (79), American bluegrass banjoist
	+ Larry Marshall (75), Jamaican reggae singer
* **26** – Wilson das Neves (81), Brazilian bossa nova singer and percussionist
* **28** – Melissa Bell (53), British R&B and soul singer (Soul II Soul)
* **29** – Larry Elgart (95), American jazz bandleader and alto saxophonist
* **30** – Skip Prokop (73), Canadian rock and jazz fusion drummer (Lighthouse, The Paupers)

### September

* **1** – Mick Softley (77), British folk singer and songwriter
* **2** – Dave Hlubek (66), American rock guitarist and songwriter (Molly Hatchet)
* **3** – Walter Becker (67), American jazz rock guitarist, bassist and songwriter (Steely Dan)
* **4** – Earl Lindo (64), Jamaican reggae keyboardist (Bob Marley and the Wailers)
* **5** – Rick Stevens (77), American R&B singer (Tower of Power)
* **6** – Holger Czukay (79), German experimental rock bassist (Can)
* **8**
	+ Troy Gentry (50), American country singer (Montgomery Gentry)
	+ Don Williams (78), American country singer
* **11** – Virgil Howe (41), British alternative rock drummer (Little Barrie)
* **12**
	+ Riem de Wolff (74), Dutch-Indonesian rock and roll singer (The Blue Diamonds)
	+ Josh Schwartz (45), American alternative country guitarist (Beachwood Sparks)
	+ Jessi Zazu (28), American garage rock singer and songwriter (Those Darlins)
* **13** – Grant Hart (56), American alternative rock singer, songwriter and drummer (Hüsker Dü)
* **17** – Laudir de Oliveira (77), Brazilian rock and jazz percussionist (Chicago)
* **18** – Mark Selby (56), American blues rock singer and guitarist
* **21** – Cees Bergman (65), Dutch glam rock singer (Catapult)
* **22**
	+ Ammon Tharp (75), American soul singer and drummer (Bill Deal and the Rhondels)
	+ Eric Eycke (41), American heavy metal singer (Corrosion of Conformity)
* **23** – Charles Bradley (68), American soul singer
* **27**
	+ CeDell Davis (91), American blues guitarist
	+ Joy Fleming (72), German pop singer
	+ Hiromi Hayakawa (34), Japanese-born Mexican pop singer
* **30** – Tom Paley (89), American folk guitarist and banjoist (New Lost City Ramblers)

### October

* **2** – Tom Petty (66), American rock singer, songwriter and guitarist (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Traveling Wilburys, Mudcrutch)
* **4** – Janis Hansen (74), American pop and bossa nova singer (Sérgio Mendes & Brasil '66, The Carnival)
* **5**
	+ Alvin DeGuzman, American post-hardcore guitarist (The Icarus Line)
	+ Rodrigo BVevino (42), British heavy metal singer (Avenger)
* **6** – Bunny Sigler (76), American soul singer, songwriter and record producer
* **7** – Jimmy Beaumont (76), American doo-wop singer (The Skyliners)
* **8** – Grady Tate (85), American jazz drummer and singer
* **16**
	+ Augustin Mawangu Mingiedi (56), Congolese afro-pop lkembist (Template:Proper name)
	+ Iain Shedden (60), Australian punk rock drummer (The Saints)
* **17**
	+ Gord Downie (53), Canadian rock singer and songwriter (The Tragically Hip)
* **18** – Eamonn Campbell (70), Irish folk singer and guitarist (The Dubliners)
* **21** – Martin Eric Ain (50), American-Swiss heavy metal bassist (Celtic Frost)
* **22**
	+ Al Hurricane (81), American folk singer and songwriter
	+ Scott Putesky (49), American heavy metal guitarist (Marilyn Manson)
	+ George Young (70), British-born Australian rock guitarist and songwriter (The Easybeats, Flash and the Pan)
* **24**
	+ Fats Domino (89), American rock and roll singer and pianist
	+ Larry Ray (63), American power pop guitarist (Outrageous Cherry)
* **27**
	+ Mike Hudson (61), American punk rock singer (The Pagans)
	+ Dick Noel (90), American big band singer
* **28** – Bruce Black, American power metal drummer (Meliah Rage)
* **29**
	+ Muhal Richard Abrams (87), American free jazz pianist
	+ Billy Mize (88), American country singer and steel guitarist
	+ Keith Wilder (65), American funk singer (Heatwave)

### November

* **1**
	+ Katie Lee (98), American folk singer
	+ Scott Wily, American death metal singer (Vital Remains)
* **2** – María Martha Serra Lima (72), Argentinean bolero singer
* **3** – Gaetano Bardini (91), Italian opera singer
* **5**
	+ Danny Anaya (52), American heavy metal drummer (MX Machine)
	+ Robert Knight (72), American soul singer
	+ Louis Roney (96), American opera tenor
* **7**
	+ Paul Buckmaster (71), British rock and orchestral arranger and conductor
	+ Robert De Cormier (95), American folk arranger
	+ Pentti Glan (71), Finnish rock drummer (Mandala, Lou Reed, Alice Cooper)
* **9** – Fred Cole (69), American garage rock singer and guitarist (The Lollipop Shoppe, Dead Moon)
* **10** – Chuck Mosley (57), American alternative rock singer (Faith No More)
* **11** – Chiquito de la Calzada (85), Spanish flamenco singer
* **12** – Chad Hanks (46), American metal bassist (American Head Charge)
* **15**
	+ Bonnie Flower (63), American sunshine pop singer (Wendy and Bonnie)
	+ Lil Peep (21), American rapper
* **16** – Michael "Dik Mik" Davies (73), British space rock keyboardist (Hawkwind)
* **17** – Rikard Wolff (59), Finnish pop singer and actor
* **18**
	+ Ben Riley (84), American jazz drummer
	+ Malcolm Young (64), Australian hard rock guitarist (AC/DC)
* **19**
	+ Ronnie Butler (80), Bahamanian calypso singer
	+ Warren "Pete" Moore (79), American R&B singer (The Miracles)
	+ Della Reese (86), American gospel singer
	+ Mel Tillis (85), American country singer
* **20** – Laila Sari (82), Indonesian children's music singer
* **21**
	+ David Cassidy (67), American pop singer and actor
	+ Wayne Cochran (78), American soul singer and songwriter
* **22** – Tommy Keene (59), American power pop singer and songwriter
* **23**
	+ John Coates Jr. (79), American jazz pianist
	+ Jon Hendricks (96), American jazz singer
	+ Dmitri Hvorostovsky (55), Russian opera singer
* **24**
	+ Mitch Margo (70), American doo-wop singer and songwriter (The Tokens)
	+ Clotilde Rosa (87), Portuguese classical harpist
	+ Bari Siddiqui (63), Bangladeshi folk singer and flautist
* **26** – Patrick Bourgeois (54), Canadian rock singer and guitarist (Les B.B.)
* **27** – Robert Popwell (66), American rock and jazz bassist (The Young Rascals, The Crusaders)
* **28** – Shadia (86), Egyptian pop singer
* **29** – Robert Walker (80), American blues guitarist
* **30**
	+ Jim Nabors (87), American actor and singer
	+ Zé Pedro (61), Portuguese new wave guitarist (Xutos & Pontapés)

### December

* **2**
	+ Norihiko Hashida (72), Japanese folk singer and songwriter (The Folk Crusaders)
	+ Mundell Lowe (95), American jazz guitarist
* **6** – Johnny Hallyday (74), French rock singer
* **7** – Sunny Murray (81), American free jazz drummer
* **8** – Gloria Ann Taylor (73), American soul singer
* **12**
	+ Pat DiNizio (62), American power pop singer and guitarist (The Smithereens)
	+ Willie Pickens (86), American jazz pianist
* **13**
	+ Dave Christenson (54), American new wave singer (Stabilizers)
	+ Warrel Dane (56), American heavy metal singer (Sanctuary, Nevermore)
	+ Rory O'Donoghue (68), Australian rock and pop guitarist
* **16**
	+ Ralph Carney (61), American rock and jazz saxophonist and clarinetist (Tin Huey)
	+ Richard Dobson (75), American country singer and songwriter
	+ Michael Prophet (60), Jamaican reggae singer
	+ Keely Smith (89), American jazz singer
* **17** – Kevin Mahogany (59), American jazz singer
* **18** – Kim Jong-hyun (27), South Korean K-pop singer and songwriter (Shinee)
* **19**
	+ Jim Forrester (43), American hard rock bassist (Sixty Watt Shaman)
	+ Leo Welch (85), American gospel blues singer and guitarist
* **21**
	+ Roswell Rudd (82), American free jazz trombonist
	+ Marilyn Tyler (91), American opera singer
* **22** – Pam the Funkstress, American hip hop DJ (The Coup)
* **28**
	+ Rose Marie (94), American actress, singer and comedienne
	+ Curly Seckler (98), American bluegrass guitarist and mandolinist (Foggy Mountain Boys, Nashville Grass)
* **31** – Maurice Peress (87), American conductor and music educator

## See also

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* Timeline of musical events
* Women in music