The Musicians We Misplaced : NPR

It takes a village to make the music we love. There are the voices and devices out entrance, after all, and a band clicking all the things into place. However there are additionally the songwriters who pen memorable melodies and phrases, producers and sound engineers to make all the things sound good, and journalists, photographers and illustrators to inform their tales. The music that has soundtracked your best triumphs and soothed your deepest wounds come from a thousand completely different locations and other people — that is price remembering. 

What follows is a memorial to these music makers we misplaced in 2024, listed beneath in chronological order by the date they left us. 

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Chris Karrer

German guitarist and composer who co-founded the krautrock band Amon Düül

Jan. 20, 1947 — Jan. 2, 2024

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Carl Grubbs

The Philly-born saxophonist turned a mentor to the Baltimore jazz scene, the place he composed “The Internal Harbor Suite”

July 27, 1944 — Jan. 5, 2024

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Larry Collins

The energetic rockabilly guitarist was a member of The Collins Children along with his sister Lorrie

Oct. 4, 1944 — Jan. 5, 2024

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Del Palmer

The English musician and sound engineer was a key collaborator with Kate Bush

Nov. 3, 1952 — Jan. 5, 2024

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Iasos

The Greek-born American composer was a pioneer of recent age music

Jan. 9, 1947 — Jan. 6, 2024

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Phill Niblock

The avant-garde composer and filmmaker tapped into the void with drones and microtones

Oct. 2, 1933 — Jan. 8, 2024

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Annie Nightingale

The primary feminine DJ on BBC Radio 1 and The Previous Gray Whistle Take a look at championed new music throughout genres

April 1, 1940 — Jan. 11, 2024

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Jo-El Sonnier

The Cajun singer and accordionist discovered chart success in nation music

Oct. 2, 1946 — Jan. 13, 2024

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Peter Schickele

With greater than 100 works to his title — carried out by the likes of the New York Philharmonic and Joan Baez — the composer was greatest often known as musical parodist P.D.Q. Bach

July 17, 1935 — Jan. 16, 2024

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Amelia Cuni

The Italian-born, Berlin-based musician studied dhrupad for 15 years to turn out to be a grasp of the North Indian classical vocal type

Might 11, 1905 — Jan. 17, 2024

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John “Juan” Mendez

Working underneath the Silent Servant moniker, the Guatemalan-born DJ and digital music producer helped to form the L.A. techno scene

Aug. 14, 1977 — Jan. 18, 2024

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Jose “Luis” Vasquez

Sole member of The Gentle Moon, a car for the L.A. songwriter to battle his demons and heal by moody post-punk

Might 30, 1979 — Jan. 18, 2024

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Mary Weiss

The singer exuded a robust but tender picture as chief of the Sixties woman group The Shangri-Las

Dec. 28, 1948 — Jan. 19, 2024

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Marlena Shaw

The sultry nightclub singer’s widespread tackle “California Soul” was sampled by Gang Starr and Quasimoto

Sept. 22, 1939 — Jan. 19, 2024

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Neil Kulkarni

A music journalist whose sharp, provocative criticism graced Melody Maker, The Guardian and The Quietus

July 26, 1972 — Jan. 23, 2024

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Frank Farian

German producer behind Boney M. and Milli Vanilli, whose success confirmed a penchant for flash disregard for decorum

July 18, 1941 — Jan. 23, 2024

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Melanie

Woodstock pageant performer who penned the chart-topping innuendo-filled curler skate track “Model New Key”

Feb. 3, 1947 — Jan. 23, 2024

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Shigeichi Negishi

After a colleague critiqued his singing, the Japanese engineer invented the karaoke machine

Nov. 29, 1923 — Jan. 26, 2024

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Brian Griffin

British photographer whose portraits of Kate Bush and Iggy Pop — to not point out album covers for Depeche Mode and Echo and the Bunnymen — outlined the Eighties

April 13, 1948 — Jan. 29, 2024

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Chita Rivera

The singer and dancer lit up Broadway productions of West Facet Story, Bye Bye Birdie and Chicago

Jan. 23, 1933 — Jan. 30, 2024

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Wayne Kramer

Guitarist whose revolutionary riffs in MC5 paved the way in which for punk and later impressed him to co-found Jail Guitar Doorways USA, which offers devices to inmates serving time

April 30, 1948 — Feb. 2, 2024

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Wilhelmina Wiggins Fernandez

Soprano and star of the 1981 French thriller Diva

Jan. 5, 1949 — Feb. 2, 2024

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Aston Barrett

Bassist and bandleader of Bob Marley and the Wailers

Nov. 22, 1946 — Feb. 3, 2024

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Toby Keith

To paraphrase the person himself, a Toby Keith track is the the most effective receptacle for barbecues, tailgates, festivals and festivals

July 8, 1961 — Feb. 5, 2024

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Seiji Ozawa

Longtime Boston Symphony Orchestra conductor

Sept. 1, 1935 — Feb. 6, 2024

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Mojo Nixon

An over-the-top psychobilly rocker who took foolish photographs at movie star, but in addition provided pointed critiques of the institution

Aug. 2, 1957 — Feb. 7, 2024

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Damo Suzuki

When Can wanted a brand new singer in 1970, the Japanese experimentalist’s ecstatic vocalizations expanded the already-adventurous German band’s universe

January 16, 1950 — Feb. 9, 2024

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Dexter Romweber

The rockabilly and roots rock musician influenced generations of energy duos, together with The White Stripes, along with his band Flat Duo Jets

June 18, 1966 — Feb. 16, 2024

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Peetah Morgan

Lead singer of reggae band Morgan Heritage

July 11, 1973 — Feb. 25, 2024

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Eric Carmen

Frontman for the Nineteen Seventies power-pop band Raspberries and solo star behind “All By Myself” and “Hungry Eyes”

Aug. 11, 1949 — March 2024

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Lynn Fainchtein

Music supervisor for movies that included Roma, plus Lee Daniels’ Valuable, The Butler and The US vs. Billie Vacation

1963 — March 1, 2024

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Jim Beard

Jazz-rock pianist who carried out with Steely Dan, Wayne Shorter and Pat Metheny

Aug. 26, 1960 — March 2, 2024

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Pete Rodriguez

The Bronx-born boogaloo pianist and bandleader’s “I Like It Like That” has lived a number of lives, most lately as a pattern on Cardi B, Unhealthy Bunny and J Balvin’s hit “I Like It”

April 16, 1934 — March 7, 2024

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Steve Lawrence

The husband-and-wife vocal duo Steve & Eydie saved the Tiny Pan Alley custom alive properly into rock and roll’s awakening

July 8, 1935 — March 7, 2024

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Blake Harrison

Noise-maker for the grindcore band Pig Destroyer and effusive hypeman for all issues loud, heavy and quick

Dec. 17, 1975 — March 9, 2024

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Karl Wallinger

Welsh singer-songwriter who helped to outline Eighties faculty radio in World Get together and The Waterboys

Oct. 19, 1957 — March 10, 2024

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Michael Knott

A brash and sensible pioneer of the choice Christian rock scene who challenged the trustworthy to look at their faults and hypocrisies

Dec. 22, 1962 — March 12, 2024

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Aribert Reimann

German composer of emotionally devastating operas

March 4, 1936 — March 13, 2024

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Angela McCluskey

Scottish-born, L.A.-based singer for the ’90s band Wild Colonials

Feb. 28, 1960 — March 14, 2024

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Byron Janis

Singular American live performance pianist who specialised in Chopin

March 24, 1928 — March 14, 2024

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Sandra Crouch

Gospel music singer and twin sister to Andraé Crouch

July 1, 1942 — March 17, 2024

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Cola Boyy

Born with spina bifida, Matthew Urango used his disco-influenced indie-pop music to advocate for folks with disabilities

Feb. 14, 1990 — March 17, 2024

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Greg Lee

Co-lead singer of the L.A. ska band Hepcat

Nov. 3, 1970 — March 19, 2024

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Maurizio Pollini

Towering, intellectually rigorous, classical pianist

January 5, 1942 — March 23, 2024

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Peter Eotvos

Main Hungarian modernist composer and conductor

January 2, 1944 — March 24, 2024

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Chris Cross

Bassist for British new wave band Ultravox

July 14, 1952 — March 25, 2024

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Marian Zazeela

Member of the Sixties experimental music collective Theatre of Everlasting Music and lighting designer for the immersive “Dream Home” set up co-created together with her husband, the composer La Monte Younger

April 15, 1940 — March 28, 2024

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Casey Benjamin

Saxophonist and vocoder wizard within the Robert Glasper Experiment

Oct. 10, 1978 — March 30, 2024

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John Sinclair

The poet’s radical politics dovetailed with these of the Detroit rock band MC5, which he managed from 1966-1969

Oct. 2, 1941 — April 2, 2024

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Albert “Tootie” Heath

An expressive drummer who introduced finesse and ahead pull to a sweeping expanse of contemporary jazz over greater than seven many years

Might 31, 1935 — April 3, 2024

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Graem Naysmith

Guitarist for the English shoegaze band Pale Saints

Feb. 9, 1967 — April 4, 2024

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Keith LeBlanc

The in-house drummer for early hip-hop labels Sugar Hill and Tommy Boy additionally appeared on 9 Inch Nails’ Fairly Hate Machine

Nov. 1954 — April 4, 2024

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Clarence “Frogman” Henry

New Orleans R&B singer and pianist whose signature croak might be heard on his track “Ain’t Bought No Residence”

March 19, 1937 — April 7, 2024

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Jon Card

German-born Canadian drummer for the punk bands D.O.A., SNFU and Subhumans

Dec. 11, 1960 — April 8, 2024

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Muluken Melesse

Ethiopian singer whose songs from the Nineteen Seventies and ’80s had been crammed with love and eager for higher occasions

Might 15, 1951 — April 9, 2024

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Rico Wade

This seminal determine in Atlanta hip-hop, who offered the Dungeon that produced OutKast, Goodie Mob and lots of different native gamers, helped lead a regional rap motion as a member of Organized Noize

Feb. 26, 1972 — April 13, 2024

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Dicky Betts

As a founding member of The Allman Brothers Band, his blues, rock and country-influenced guitar type helped outline Southern rock within the Sixties and ’70s

Dec. 12, 1943 — April 18, 2024

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Steve Kille

Bassist for the psychedelic rock band Useless Meadow

Might 26, 1976 — April 18, 2024

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Mandisa

The American Idol singer received a Grammy for her 2013 album Overcomer

Oct. 2, 1976 — April 18, 2024

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Andrew Davis

British conductor and long-standing director of the Lyric Opera of Chicago

Feb. 2, 1944 — April 20, 2024

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Michael Cuscuna

Report producer for the Arista, Freedom and Muse labels, who additionally curated archival field units across the works of Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker and Nat “King” Cole

Sept.  20, 1948 — April 20, 2024

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Duane Eddy

With producer Lee Hazlewood, the unfussy-yet-idiosyncratic guitarist put the twang in early rock and roll

April 26, 1938 — April 30, 2024

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Gary Floyd

Unapologetic frontman of the San Francisco queercore punk band the Dicks

Dec. 11, 1952 — April 30, 2024

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Steve Albini

Because the guitarist for Shellac and Massive Black, he was abrasive and absurd; as an engineer on hundreds of information, he left an indelible mark on how we hear music

July 22, 1962 — Might 7, 2024 

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John Barbata

Drummer for Crosby, Stills, Nash and Younger, Jefferson Airplane and The Turtles, together with on the latter’s 1967 hit “Completely happy Collectively”

April 1, 1945 — Might 8, 2024

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Dennis Thompson

The drummer’s thunderous swing drove the proto-punk chaos of MC5

Sept.  7, 1948 — Might 9, 2024

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David Sanborn

An alto saxophonist whose tone was as vivid and steadfast as a lighthouse beacon throughout a profession that spanned practically 60 years

July 30, 1945 — Might 12, 2024

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Doug Ingle

Founding member of Iron Butterfly who sang and performed organ on the band’s hit track “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida”

Sept.  9, 1945 — Might 24, 2024

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Richard Sherman

Together with his late brother Robert, he wrote “It is A Small World” and scores for a number of Disney movies, together with Mary Poppins, The Jungle E-book and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

June 12, 1928 — Might 25, 2024

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Brad Raub

Bassist in metallic bands Sumerlands and Everlasting Champion

April 26, 1988 — Might 29, 2024

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Brother Marquis

A member of the rap group 2 Stay Crew, which pioneered the Miami bass sound within the late ’80s

April 2, 1967 — June 3, 2024

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Chuck Roberts

The “voice of home music” gave the fervent sermon heard on Rhythm Controll’s 1987 monitor “My Home”

Beginning date unknown — June 6, 2024

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Françoise Hardy

France’s It Lady of the Sixties was a putting presence on the “yé-yé” scene, but her musical profession outlasted lots of her friends, spanning greater than 30 studio albums

Jan. 17, 1944 — June 11, 2024

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Arthur “Gaps” Hendrickson

Caribbean-born singer for the London-based ska band The Selecter

April 29, 1951 — June 11, 2024

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Johnny Canales

The Mexican-born, South Texas-based TV host launched many artists, together with a teenage Selena Quintanilla, to a wider viewers

Aug. 23, 1942 — June 12, 2024

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Angela Bofill

New York R&B singer whose three-and-half octave vary fueled “This Time I will Be Sweeter” and “I Strive”

Might 2, 1954 — June 13, 2024

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Jeremy Tepper

The music journalist championed the outskirts of nation and Americana through SiriusXM

Nov. 18, 1963 — June 14, 2024

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James Likelihood

The saxophonist’s provocative performances and outlandish punk-funk music within the Contortions pioneered New York’s no wave scene

April 20, 1953 — June 18, 2024

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Seth “Shifty Shellshock” Binzer

Frontman for Loopy City, whose “Butterfly” was the one rap-rock track to hit No. 1 on Billboard‘s Scorching 100

Aug. 23, 1974 — June 24, 2024

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Rob Stone

One-time file label government who co-founded Cornerstone Company and The Fader, linking music media and advertising and marketing

July 12, 1968 — June 24, 2024

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Kinky Friedman

The offbeat nation singer and thriller novelist — and candidate for Texas governor in 2006 — who blurred the road between his persona and true id

Nov. 1, 1944 — June 27, 2024

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Peter Collins

Report producer with a various set of credit, starting from Rush and Queensrÿche to Jewel and Indigo Ladies

Jan. 14, 1951 — June 28, 2024

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Patty Waters

The vocalist disappeared after making two hauntingly spare albums for ESP-Disk’ within the Sixties, and was celebrated by the avant-garde group upon her return many years later

March 11, 1940 — June 29, 2024

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Michael Corcoran

Austin-based music journalist who wrote scholarly books concerning the fringes of Texas music

Nov. 30, 1955 — July 1, 2024

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Laurie Lindeen

The singer and guitarist’s time within the Minneapolis indie rock scene impressed her beloved memoir, Petal Pusher: A Rock and Roll Cinderella Story

Sept.  28, 1961 — July 1, 2024

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Joe Egan

Co-founder of Stealers Wheel and co-writer of the Scottish band’s “Caught within the Center With You”

Oct. 18, 1946 — July 6, 2024

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Jim Rotondi

The hard-bop musician introduced a level-headed calm to the function of a trumpet hero

Aug. 28, 1962 — July 7, 2024

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Jon Bonsall

Tenor within the nation and gospel vocal quartet The Oak Ridge Boys

Might 18, 1948 — July 9, 2024

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Dave Loggins

The Nashville songwriter penned songs for Kenny Rogers and the Oak Ridge Boys, and had his personal hit in “Please Come to Boston”

Nov. 10, 1947 — July 10, 2024

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Homer “Skip” Jackson

WRTI host and founding father of the Philadelphia Jazz Venture who, above all, believed in telling tales

March 4, 1957 — July 13, 2024

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Sarah Gibson

Rising pianist, composer and new music advocate

Might 21, 1986 — July 14, 2024

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Zac Crain

Editor at Dallas Observer and D Journal

June 13, 1974 — July 16, 2024

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Bernice Johnson Reagon

A civil rights activist who co-founded The Freedom Singers and later began the African American vocal ensemble Candy Honey within the Rock

Oct. 4, 1942 — July 16, 2024

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Eddie Rosenblatt

Lengthy-running Geffen Data president who oversaw the label’s Weapons N’ Roses and Nirvana years

Nov. 6, 1934 — July 16, 2024

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Completely happy Traum

The Greenwich Village folks singer and guitarist labored with Bob Dylan, Levon Helm, Pete Seeger and Peter Tosh

Might 9, 1938 — July 17, 2024

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Pinche Peach

Co-vocalist (together with cousin Juan Brujo, who died simply two months later) in L.A.-based Latin metallic band Brujeria

Nov. 24, 1966 — July 17, 2024

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Toumani Diabaté

When the Malian musician plucked the kora’s 21 strings, the world fell in love

Aug. 10, 1965 — July 19, 2024

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Jerry Miller

Lead guitarist for the late-’60s psychedelic three-guitar assault of Moby Grape

July 10, 1943 — July 21, 2024

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Abdul “Duke” Fakir

The final surviving unique member of The 4 Tops

Dec. 26, 1935 — July 22, 2024

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John Mayall

Via his band the Bluesbreakers, a number of guitarists flourished underneath the “godfather of the British blues,” together with Eric Clapton, Mick Taylor and Peter Inexperienced

Nov. 29, 1933 — July 22, 2024

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Richard Crawford

Professor of musicology, preeminent scholar of American music and creator of The American Musical Panorama

Might 12, 1935 — July 23, 2024

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Wolfgang Rihm

Strikingly unique, and prolific, German composer

March 13, 1952 — July 27, 2024

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Chino XL

The fireplace-starting Bronx-born rapper and actor who started his profession within the duo Artwork of Origin within the early ’90s as soon as feuded with Tupac Shakur

April 8, 1974 — July 28, 2024

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Martin Phillipps

Within the New Zealand band The Chills, the songwriter crafted the ramshackle indie-rock sound that influenced the likes of R.E.M. and Pavement

July 2, 1963 — July 28, 2024

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Shaun Martin

The Snarky Pet singer and keyboardist was additionally the music director for gospel music titan Kirk Franklin

Aug. 23, 1978 — Aug. 3, 2024

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Antônio Meneses

Beloved Brazilian cellist and member of the Beaux Arts Trio

Aug. 23, 1957 — Aug. 3, 2024

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Maurice Williams

Williams’ track “Keep,” first recorded by his doo-wop group The Zodiacs in 1960, turned successful for The 4 Seasons and The Hollies

April 26, 1938 — Aug. 6, 2024

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Dave Sweetapple

J. Mascis referred to as on this bassist for his stoner rock band Witch and vice versa for the power-pop band Candy Apple

Nov. 8, 1965 — Aug. 8, 2024

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Charles R. Cross

The Rocket editor and author documented Seattle’s rising grunge scene and wrote pivotal books on Jimi Hendrix and Kurt Cobain

Might 7, 1957 — Aug. 9, 2024

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Dean Roberts

The New Zealand singer-songwriter made ghostly music as White Winged Moth and within the band Autistic Daughters

March 24, 1975 — Aug. 10, 2024

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Greg Kihn

The singer-songwriter’s 1983 power-pop hit “Jeopardy” reached No. 2 on the pop chart, behind Michael Jackson’s “Beat It”

July 10, 1949 — Aug. 13, 2024

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Jack Russell

Singer for the onerous rock band Nice White

Dec. 5, 1960 — Aug. 15, 2024

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BeatKing

The Houston rapper, a self-proclaimed Membership Godzilla, produced a number of viral striptease anthems, together with “Then Depart” and the platinum-selling “Thick” with DJ Selected

Nov. 24, 1984 — Aug. 15, 2024

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Joe Chambers

Founding member of the psychedelic soul band The Chambers Brothers

Aug. 22, 1942 — Aug. 15, 2024

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Tore Ylwizaker

Keyboardist for the experimental digital band Ulver

Aug. 16, 1970 — Aug. 16, 2024

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Bobby Hicks

Bluegrass and nation music fiddler who performed with Invoice Monroe and Porter Wagoner

July 21, 1933 — Aug. 16, 2024

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George Walker

Classical music host and producer for WFIU

March 7, 1943 — Aug. 21, 2024

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Justin Chearno

Guitarist for Turing Machine and Pitchblende who later opened the Michelin-starred Brooklyn restaurant The 4 Horseman with LCD Soundsystem frontman James Murphy

June 17, 1970 — Aug. 22, 2024

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Catherine Ribeiro

The adventurous French singer made a pivot from the favored “yé-yé” scene to psychedelic prog-rock within the band Alpes

Sept.  22, 1941 — Aug. 22, 2024

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Daron Beck

Vocalist and keyboardist for the synth-doom duo Pinkish Black

June 19, 1976 — Aug. 22, 2024

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Russell Malone

A versatile and soulful guitarist who epitomized straight-ahead jazz guitar for his era

Nov. 8, 1963 — Aug. 23, 2024

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Steve Silberman

The journalist is greatest recognized for his work in Wired and his writing about neurodiversity, however obtained his begin masking Nineteen Seventies counterculture, together with the artists Grateful Useless and David Crosby

Dec. 23, 1957 — Aug. 29, 2024

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Sérgio Mendes

A musician who emerged with Brazil’s bossa nova motion within the Sixties and have become an envoy for that nation’s music all over the world

Feb. 11, 1941 — Sept. 5, 2024

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Wealthy Homie Quan

The Atlanta rapper scored a number of hits within the mid-2010s, together with “Life-style” as a part of Wealthy Gang, however he will likely be remembered extra for his affect on the feel of contemporary rap

Oct. 4, 1989 — Sept. 5, 2024

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Herbie Flowers

The English bassist was a member of T. Rex and a prolific session musician, whose many credit embrace the long-lasting bass line heard on Lou Reed’s “Stroll on the Wild Facet”

Might 19, 1938 — Sept. 5, 2024

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Will Jennings

Even when you do not know his title, you might properly know all the phrases he wrote for “My Coronary heart Will Go On” and “Tears in Heaven”

June 27, 1944 — Sept. 6, 2024

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Lucine Amara

Stalwart soprano who sang 748 performances with the Metropolitan Opera

March 1, 1925 — Sept. 6, 2024

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Dan Morgenstern

The historian and critic who helmed Metronome and Downbeat believed that jazz is “America’s reward to the world”

Oct. 24, 1929 — Sept. 7, 2024

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Frankie Beverly

For over 5 many years, the R&B and funk legend saved the cookout classics coming in his band Maze

Dec. 6, 1946 — Sept. 10, 2024

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José Mauro

Reissues of his two Nineteen Seventies LPs renewed curiosity within the Brazilian pop singer’s music — and laid to relaxation rumors of his disappearance

Might 1, 1905 — Sept. 13, 2024

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Tito Jackson

Massive brother to Michael, singer and guitarist for the Jackson 5

Oct. 15, 1953 — Sept. 15, 2024

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Roli Mosimann

Swans member and Foetus collaborator who carried on his penchant for extremity by producing information for The The and The Younger Gods

Nov. 7, 1955 — Sept. 15, 2024

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JD Souther

The singer-songwriter formed the Southern California sound, penning songs carried out by the Eagles and Linda Ronstadt

Nov. 2, 1945 — Sept. 17, 2024

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Juan Brujo

Vocalist and co-founder of the outsized metallic band Brujeria

June 28, 1968 — Sept. 18, 2024

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Benny Golson

A grasp saxophonist revered as a lot for the sturdy requirements he contributed to the jazz repertoire as for his eloquent tenor sound

Jan. 25, 1929 — Sept. 21, 2024

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Paul Bakija

Guitarist for the ’80s New York anarcho-punk band Reagan Youth

March 19, 1964 — Sept. 21, 2024

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Cat Glover

The dancer choreographed Prince’s 1987 live performance movie Signal o’ the Instances and rapped on his hit “Alphabet St.”

July 24, 1964 — Sept. 24, 2024

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Kris Kristofferson

A film star and musical insurgent who wrote songs about lovers, loners, boozers and a footloose pair of hitchhikers

June 22, 1936 — Sept. 28, 2024

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Warren Benbow

Drummer who inaugurated James Blood Ulmer’s “avant-gutbucket” jazz trio Odyssey, and who additionally labored with Nina Simone and Larry Willis

Dec. 22, 1951 — Sept. 29, 2024

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Nell Smith

The teenaged Canadian musician had collaborated with the Flaming Lips, and was making ready to launch her debut solo album in 2025

July 17, 2007 — Oct. 6, 2024

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Cissy Houston

Era-spanning gospel singer who carried out with Elvis, Aretha and Van Morrison; mom to Whitney Houston

Sept.  30, 1933 — Oct. 7, 2024

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Leif Segerstam

Eclectic Finnish conductor and composer of 371 symphonies

March 2, 1944 — Oct. 9, 2024

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Adam Abeshouse

Considerate, Grammy-winning classical music producer

June 5, 1961 — Oct. 10, 2024

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Jack Revill

Scottish DJ and producer who carried out as Jackmaster

January 11, 1986 — Oct. 12, 2024

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Ka

This Brooklyn rapper’s hard-work ethic set the usual for DIY artists in all places. His lyrical precision shone a light-weight again on his group.

Aug. 11, 1972 — Oct. 12, 2024

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Liam Payne

A singer who rose to fame as a member of the chart-topping boy band One Route

Aug. 29, 1993 — Oct. 16, 2024

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Barbara Dane

Jazz, blues and folks singer who championed social justice causes

Might 12, 1927 — Oct. 20, 2024

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Paul Di’Anno

Early vocalist for Iron Maiden who sang on the heavy metallic band’s self-titled debut and Killers

Might 17, 1958 — Oct. 21, 2024

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Donald Miller

Guitar mangler for the improvised noise trio Borbetomagus

Might 7, 1958 — Oct. 22, 2024

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Claire Daly

The beloved baritone saxophonist‘s 1999 debut, Swing Low, was chosen for the gathering of the William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum

Feb. 26, 1958 — Oct. 22, 2024

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DJ Clark Kent

The Brooklyn-born producer labored with Jay-Z, The Infamous B.I.G. and Mariah Carey, however will likely be remembered simply as fondly for his mark on rap’s sneaker tradition

Sept.  28, 1966 — Oct. 24, 2024

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Phil Lesh

The bassist and founding member of The Grateful Useless sang on among the band’s most memorable songs, together with “Field of Rain”

March 15, 1940 — Oct. 25, 2024

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Greg Hildebrandt

Together with his brother Tim, the illustrator of the Star Wars: A New Hope poster, he additionally labored on cowl artwork for Black Sabbath’s Mob Guidelines, Manilla Street’s Mystification and a number of other Trans-Siberian Orchestra albums

Jan. 23, 1939 — Oct. 31, 2024

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Bob Bryar

Former drummer of My Chemical Romance, who carried out on its landmark album The Black Parade

Dec. 1979 — Nov. 2024 

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Quincy Jones

The pop music mastermind produced hit albums for a number of many years, together with Michael Jackson’s Thriller, and composed music for The Wiz and The Shade Purple

March 14, 1933 — Nov. 3, 2024

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Lou Donaldson

An alto saxophonist who performed an important function in each the event of onerous bop and its evolution into soul jazz

Nov. 1, 1926 — Nov. 9, 2024

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Ella Jenkins

The first girl of youngsters’s music, whose “You may Sing A Music and I will Sing A Music” will without end be handed down, believed in studying from the world

Aug. 6, 1924 — Nov. 9, 2024

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Roy Haynes

Pioneering fashionable jazz drummer

March 13, 1925 — Nov. 12, 2024

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Shel Talmy

American producer who formed the Brit Beat sound with The Who and The Kinks

Aug. 11, 1937 — Nov. 13, 2024

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Reese McHenry

The garage-rock singer had a voice that might puncture heaven and soothe hell

Feb. 14, 1973 — Nov. 14, 2024

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Peter Sinfield

The British poet co-founded King Crimson with Robert Fripp and penned lyrics for the likes of Cher, Celine Dion and Emerson, Lake & Palmer

Dec. 27, 1943 — Nov. 14, 2024

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Vic Flick

The long-lasting James Bond theme could be nothing with out the session guitarist’s rumbling sound

Might 14, 1937 — Nov. 14, 2024

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Dennis Bryon

Drummer for the Bee Gees throughout its disco years, together with the Saturday Evening Fever soundtrack

April 14, 1949 — Nov. 14, 2024

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Aashish Khan

Indian classical musician who collaborated with Ravi Shankar and George Harrison, and produced the sumptuously cool Disco Jazz for the pop singer Rupa

Dec. 5, 1939 — Nov. 14, 2024

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Charles Dumont

The songwriter labored with French artists Jaques Brel and Juliette Gréco and penned Édith Piaf’s iconic “Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien”

March 26, 1929 — Nov. 18, 2024

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Colin “Smiley” Peterson

Drummer who appeared on Bee Gees’ late ’60s albums, together with Horizontal and Odessa

March 24, 1946 — Nov. 18, 2024

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Saafir

As soon as a dancer in Digital Underground, the Oakland rapper grew to turn out to be a singular presence on the Bay Space scene

Aug. 23, 1970 — Nov. 19, 2024

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Andy Paley

Producer, songwriter and rocker whose broad catalog — Madonna, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, Brian Wilson, Jonathan Richman, SpongeBob SquarePants — was playful and distinctive

Nov. 1, 1951 — Nov. 20, 2024

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Will Cullen Hart

The Elephant 6 collective co-founder meticulously collaged psychedelic-pop symphonies in The Olivia Tremor Management and Circulatory System

June 14, 1971 — Nov. 29, 2024

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Steve Alaimo

Miami-based producer, songwriter and file label proprietor who found Sam & Dave, launched information by KC and the Sunshine Band

Dec. 6, 1939 — Nov. 30, 2024

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Angela Alvarez

The oldest individual to win greatest new artist on the Latin Grammys

June 13, 1927 — Dec. 6, 2024

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Rashid Vally

Founding father of Soultown, As-Shams and The Solar, the one Black-owned labels that operated underneath Apartheid

1939 — Dec. 7, 2024

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Herb Robertson

Jazz trumpeter who labored with avant-garde luminaries akin to Tim Berne, Satoko Fujii and Anthony Davis

Feb. 21, 1951 — Dec. 10, 2024

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Martial Solal

A distinguished French pianist whose dextrous and imaginative command of the jazz language made him a trailblazer in Europe

Aug. 23, 1927 — Dec. 12, 2024

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Zakir Hussain 

Indian tabla participant who united musicians from various cultures and by doing so, formed fashionable world music

March 9, 1951 — Dec. 15, 2024

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Alfa Anderson

Singer of disco group Stylish and voice behind “Le Freak” and “Good Instances”

Sept. 7, 1946 — Dec. 16, 2024

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Dave Mallet

Alison Krauss, Pete Seeger and lots of others have recorded his songs, particularly the people normal “Backyard Music,” which John Denver carried out with The Muppets

April 21, 1951 — Dec. 17, 2024

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Bob “Slim” Dunlap

The beloved rock guitarist joined The Replacements from 1987-1991, and launched a pair of stellar solo albums within the ’90s

Aug. 14, 1951 — Dec. 18, 2024

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Will Chase and Zazil Davis-Vazquez contributed analysis to assist this story. Tom Huizenga and Sheldon Pearce contributed textual content. Jacob Ganz edited.