Feb 03, 1959 - Buddy Holly



Feb 03, 1959 - Ritchie Valens



Feb 03, 1959 - J.P “The Big Bopper” Richardson



Mar 05, 1963 - Patsy Cline



Dec 11, 1964 - Sam Cooke



Feb 15, 1965 - Nat "King" Cole



Dec 10, 1967 - Otis Redding



Sep 19, 1970 - Jimi Hendrix



Oct 19, 1970 - Janis Joplin



Jul 06, 1971 - Louis Armstrong



Oct 29, 1971 - Duane Allman (The Allman Brothers band)



Nov 11, 1972 - Berry Oakley (The Allman Brothers band)



Jul 29, 1974 - Cass Elliot (The Mamas & The Papas)



Apr 24, 1975 - Peter Ham (Badfinger)



Mar 19, 1976 - Paul Kossof (Free)



Aug 16, 1977 - Elvis Presley



Oct 20, 1977 - Ronnie Van Zant (Lynyrd Skynrd)



Oct 20, 1977 - Steve Gaines (Lynryd Skynyrd)



Jan 23, 1978 - Terry Kath (Chicago)



Sep 07, 1978 - Keith Moon (The Who)



Dec 08, 1980 - John Lennon (The Beatles)



Jun 11, 1981 - Bob Marley (The Wailers)



Jul 16, 1981 - Harry Chapin



Mar 19, 1982 - Randy Rhoads (Ozzy Osbourne, Quiet Riot)



Feb 04, 1983 - Karen Carpenter (The Carpenters)



Dec 29, 1983 - Dennis Wilson (The Beach Boys)



Jan 21, 1984 - Jackie Wilson (Billy Ward and His Dominoes)



Mar 01, 1984 - Marvin Gaye (The Marquees, The Moonglows)



Jul 30, 1985 - Peter Knight (The Moody Blues, The London Festival Orchestra)



Dec 06, 1988 - Roy Orbison (Traveling Wilburys)*



Jan 23, 1990 - Allen Collins (Lynyrd Skynyrd)



Jul 26, 1990 - Brent Mydland (Bob Dylan, Grateful Dead)



Sep 06, 1990 - Tom Fogerty (Creedence Clearwater Revival)



Jan 08, 1991 - Steve Clark (Def Leppard)



Mar 01, 1991 - Frank Esler-Smith (Air Supply)



Nov 24, 1991 - Freddie Mercury (Queen)



Aug 05, 1992 - Jeff Porcaro (Toto)



Dec 04, 1993 - Frank Zappa (The Mothers of Invention)



Jan 15, 1994 - Harry Nilsson



Apr 05, 1994 - Kurt Cobain (Nirvana)



Aug 09, 1995 - Jerry Garcia (Grateful Dead)



Jun 15, 1996 - Ella Fitzgerald (Louis Armstrong)



Oct 12, 1997 - John Denver**



Nov 22, 1997 - Michael Hutchence (INXS)



Jan 05, 1998 - Sonny Bono (Caesar & Cleo, Sonny & Cher)



Feb 06, 1998 - Falco (Drahdiwaberl)



Feb 06, 1998 - Carl Wilson (The Beach Boys)



Apr 05, 1998 - Cozy Powell (Black Sabbath, ELP, P. G., Rainbow, Whiteshake...)



Dec 10, 1999 - Rick Danko (The Band, Bob Dylan)



Feb 06, 2000 - Steve Waller (Manfred Manns Earth Band)



Oct 04, 2000 - Benjamin Orr (The Cars)



Mar 18, 2001 - John Phillips (The Mamas & The Papas)



Apr 15, 2001 - Joey Ramone (Ramones)



Jul 27, 2001 - Leon Wilkerson (Lynyrd Skynyrd)



Nov 29, 2001 - George Harrison (The Beatles)*



Feb 13, 2002 - Waylon Jennings (The Highwaymen)



Jun 27, 2002 - John Entwistle (The Who)



Sep 07, 2003 - Warren Zevon



Sep 12, 2003 - Johnny Cash (The Highwaymen)



Sep 26, 2003 - Robert Palmer (The Power Station, Vinegar Joe)



Feb 28, 2004 - Billy Thorpe (also Mick Fleetwood's Zoo)



Jun 10, 2004 - Ray Charles (also w/Billy Joel)



Aug 26, 2004 - Laura Branigan



Sep 15, 2004 - Johnny Ramone (Ramones)



Sep 27, 2004 - Louis Satterfield (Earth, Wind & Fire, Phil Collins)



Nov 09, 2004 - Terry Melcher (The Beach Boys)



Jan 28, 2005 - Jim Capaldi (Traffic)



Feb 08, 2005 - Keith Knudsen (The Doobie Brothers)



Apr 11, 2006 - June Pointer (The Pointer Sisters)



Aug 23, 2006 - Maynard Ferguson (Chicago)



Mar 09, 2007 - Brad Delp (Boston)



Dec 16, 2007 - Dan Fogelberg (also w/Tim Weisberg, Jackson Browne)*



May 07, 2008 - John Earle (Mike & the Mechanics)



Jul 03, 2008 - Colin Cooper (Climax Blues Band)



Sep 15, 2008 - Richard Wright (Pink Floyd)



Jun 25, 2009 - Michael Jackson (also w/Jackson 5, The Jacksons)



Sep 16, 2009 - Mary Travers (Peter, Paul & Mary)



Dec 02, 2009 - Eric Woolfson (The Alan Parsons Project)



Mar 12, 2010 - Leslie Duncan (Pink Floyd)



May 16, 2010 - Ronnie James Dio (Dio, also w/Black Sabbath, Elf, Rainbow)



Sep 03, 2010 - Mike Edwards (Electric Light Orchestra)



Apr 01, 2011 - Gerry Rafferty (Stealers Wheel, also The Humblebums)*



Feb 11, 2011 - Witney Houston (also w/Mariah Carey, Enrique Iglesias, George Michael...)



Mar 15, 2011 - Ronnie Hammond (Atlanta Rhythm Section)



May 16, 2011 - Curley Cooke (Steve Miller Band)



Jun 08, 2011 - Alan Rubin (J. Geils Band, Blues Brothers, Billy Joel, Meatloaf, et al)



Jun 16, 2011 - Clarence Clemons (Bruce Springsteen & the E Street band)



Jul 24, 2011 - Dan Peek (America)**



Aug 11, 2011 - Jani Lane (Warrant)



Feb 29, 2012 - Davy Jones (The Monkees)



Mar 12, 2012 - Michael Hossack (The Doobie Brothers)



Mar 28, 2012 - Earl Scruggs (Waylon Jennings)



May 17, 2012 - Donna Summer (Barbra Streisand)



Jul 16, 2012 - Jon Lord (Deep Purple, Whitesnake)



Sep 25, 2012 - Andy Williams (Cruzados)



Oct 04, 2012 - Farrell Morris (Alabama, D.Fogleberg, N.Young, Kris Krist.., John Cash...)



Feb 11, 2013 - Kevin Peek (Sky, Alan Parsons, Olivia Newton-John, Kiki Dee, New Seekers...)



Apr 28, 2013 - Lonnie Turner (Steve Miller Band)



Oct 27, 2013 - Lou Reed (The Velvet Underground, Garland Jeffreys)



Jul 11, 2014 - Tommy Ramone (The Ramones)



Aug 28, 2014 - Stuart Gordon (The Beach Boys, The Korgis, XTC)



Jan 10, 2015 - Tim Drummond (Ry Cooder, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Don Henley, Neil Young)



Dec 22, 2014 - Joe Cocker



Jan 13, 2015 - William(Bill) Carl Thompson (Jefferson Airplane)



Feb 22, 2015 - Chris Rainbow (The Alan Parsons Project, Camel)



Mar 15, 2015 - Mike Porcaro (Toto, America, Chris Cross, D.Fogleberg, Jeff. Airplane...)



Apr 14, 2015 - Percy Sledge



May 14, 2015 - B. B. King (Eric Clapton, Gary Moore, U2)



Jun 27, 2015 - Chris Squire (YES)*



Jul 18, 2015 - Buddy Buie (Atlanta Rhythm Section)



Jan 10, 2016 - David Bowie (Iggy Pop, also w/Tina Turner, T. Rex, Queen)



Jan 18, 2016 - Glenn Frey (Eagles, J. Browne, J. Buffett, D.Fogelberg, Bob Seger, W.Zevon)



Jan 28, 2016 - Paul Kantner (Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship)



Feb 03, 2016 - Maurice White (Earth, Wind & Fire)



Mar 08, 2016 - George Martin (The Beatles, Gary Brooker, Little River Band, Paul McCartney)



Mar 10, 2016 - Keith Emerson (Emerson, Lake & also The Nice, Palmer/Powell, Keith Emerson Band)



Apr 21, 2016 - Prince (Jill Jones, Mayte, 94 East)



Jun 21, 2016 - Wayne Jackson (Buffett, Cash, Jennings, Doobies, Hank Jr, Winwood, N.Young..)



Nov 24, 2016 - Jaki Whitren (The Alan Parsons Project)



Dec 07, 2016 - Greg Lake (King Crimson, Emerson, Lake & Palmer)



Dec 25, 2016 - George Michael



Jan 24, 2017 - Butch Trucks (The Allman Brothers Band)



Feb 12, 2017 - Al Jarreau (USA for Africa)



Apr 11, 2017 - Jay Geils (The J. Geils Band)



May 18, 2017 - Chris Cornell (Soundgarden, Audioslave)*



May 27, 2017 - Gregg Allman (The Allman Brothers Band)



Oct 02, 2017 - Tom Petty (Traveling Wilburys, also w/Stevie Nicks, Hank Jr, Del Fuegos...)**



Oct 24, 2017 - Fats Domino



Nov 18, 2017 - Malcom Young (AC/DC)



Jan 04, 2018 - Ray Thomas (The Moody Blues)



Jun 08, 2018 - Danny Kirwan (Fleetwood Mac)



Aug 16, 2018 - Aretha Franklin (Four Tops, Eurythmics)



Aug 22, 2018 - Ed King (Lynyrd Skynyrd)



Sep 27, 2018 - Marty Balin (Jefferson Airplane)



Jan 02, 2019 - Daryl Dragon (Captain & Tennille, The Beach Boys)



Feb 21, 2019 - Peter Tork (The Monkees)



Sep 13, 2019 - Eddie Money



Oct 06, 2019 - Larry Junstrom (Lynyrd Skynyrd, 38 Special)



Jan 07, 2020 - Neal Peart (Rush)



Mar 20, 2020 - Kenny Rogers



Mar 24, 2020 - Bill Rieflin (Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3, King Crimson, R.E.M.)



Apr 07, 2020 - John Prine



May 09, 2020 - "Little" Richard Penniman



Jun 08, 2020 - Bonnie Pointer (The Pointer Sisters)



Jul 06, 2020 - Charlie Daniels (Charlie Daniels Band, also w/Marshall Tucker, Bob Dylan, Youngbloods)



Sep 29, 2020 - Helen Reddy



Oct 06, 2020 - Johnny Nash



Oct 06, 2020 - Eddie Van Halen (Van Halen)



Oct 19, 2020 - Spencer Davis



Dec 12, 2020 - Charlie Pride



May 29, 2021 - B. J. Thomas



Jun 29, 2021 - John Lawton (Uriah Heep)



Jul 09, 2021 - Andy Williams (Casting Crowns drummer)



Jul 28, 2021 - Dusty Hill (ZZ Top)



Aug 20, 2021 - Tom T. Hall



Aug 21, 2021 - Don Everly (The Everly Brothers)



Aug 24, 2021 - Charlie Watts (Rolling Stones drummer)



Aug 29, 2021 - Ron Bushy (Iron Butterfly drummer)



Nov 11, 2021 - Graeme Nash (The Moody Blues drummer)



Nov 17, 2021 - Keith Allison (Paul Revere & the Raiders)



Dec 10, 2021 - Michael Nesmith (The Monkeys)



Jan 20, 2022 - Meatloaf



Jan 22, 2022 - Don Wilson (The Ventures)



Feb 09, 2022 - Ian McDonald (King Crimson, Foreigner)



Feb 19, 2022 - Gary Brooker (Procol Harum)



May 26, 2022 - Alan White (YES)



Jun 06, 2022 - Jim Seals (Seals & Crofts)



Jun 19, 2022 - Brett Tuggle (Fleetwood Mac)



Aug 08, 2022 - Olivia Newton-John



Sep 22, 2022 - John Hartman (Doobie Brothers)



Oct 24, 2022 - Gregg Philbin (REO Speedwagon)



Oct 28, 2022 - Jerry Lee Lewis



Nov 30, 2022 - Christine McVie (Fleetwood Mac)





Sources:
https://rateyourmusic.com/list/montezuma/all-dead-all-dead-worlds-largest-list-of-dead-musicians/13/

https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/rock-stars-whose-deaths-were-the-most-untimely

https://weheartmusic.typepad.com/blog/musicians-who-died-in-2021.html











"They were singing:

'Bye-bye, Miss American Pie.

Drove my Chevy to the levee

but the levee was dry.

Them good old boys

were drinkin' whiskey and rye.

Singing This'll be the day that I die.'"

Words and Music for "American Pie" ©1971 by Don McLean. (Duh)
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