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Overview of the events of 2005 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2005.
Specific locations [ edit ]
Specific genres [ edit ]
January [ edit ]
January 1 – In most of Europe, copyright expired on a number of classic pop and rock'n'roll songs recorded in 1954 and earlier, including Bill Haley 's "Rock Around the Clock ", and "Only You" by The Platters .[1]
January 7 – Welsh punk band Mclusky officially announce their disbanding via their website. Weeks later, Welsh noisecore/punk band Jarcrew disband due to their drummer becoming a Jehovah's Witness – remnants of the two bands later went on to join forces and become Future of the Left .
January 13 – Duran Duran begins their Astronaut in London, England .
January 17 – Prior to missing 2 live shows, Mike Tempesta is officially no longer part of Powerman 5000 due to fighting with the band.
January 20 – Leonard Slatkin conducts the debut concert of Philip Glass 's Symphony No. 7 "Toltec ".
January 21 –February 6 – The Big Day Out festival takes place in Australia and New Zealand , headlined by Beastie Boys , The Chemical Brothers and System of a Down .
January 22 – The Tsunami Relief concert is held at the Millennium Stadium , Cardiff, Wales – the largest live music event in the UK since the Live Aid concert of 1985. Performers included Madonna , Eric Clapton , Jools Holland , Manic Street Preachers , Lulu , Aled Jones , Charlotte Church , Katherine Jenkins , Feeder , Snow Patrol , Liberty X .
January 29 – Avril Lavigne , Chantal Kreviazuk , the Barenaked Ladies , Raine Maida , and Sarah McLachlan conduct a concert in Vancouver, British Columbia, for tsunami relief .
January 31
February [ edit ]
February 7 – The BRIT Awards are held in London. Scissor Sisters , Keane , Franz Ferdinand , and Joss Stone are among the winners.
February 8 – Matchbox Twenty frontman Rob Thomas releases Lonely No More , his first solo hit. It peaked at #1 in Adult Contemporary.
February 13 – The 47th Grammy Awards are held in Staples Center , Los Angeles , California , hosted by Queen Latifah . The late Ray Charles becomes the big winner at the ceremony, winning five awards, including Album of the Year for Genius Loves Company Record of the Year for a re-recorded duet version of "Here We Go Again " with Norah Jones . John Mayer 's "Daughters " wins Song of the Year , while Maroon 5 win Best New Artist . Britney Spears earned her first Grammy in the category of Best Dance Recording for her hit single Toxic .
February 15 – Sonny Mayo replaces Clint Lowery in Sevendust .
February 22
After being silent since late 2004, Blink-182 announce that they will be taking an indefinite hiatus, the news comes as a big shock for fans. According to guitarist Tom DeLonge , the band will not come completely inactive.
Brian Welch , guitarist of Korn , leaves the band after converting to Christianity.
February 28 – Static-X fires Tripp Eisen because of his arrest for sex offenses involving a minor.
April 3
Country music legend Kenny Rogers signs a major worldwide record deal with Capitol Records .
Alice in Chains original bass player Mike Starr is arrested for "investigation of property destruction and theft". He was also sentenced to 30 days for misdemeanor drug possession in April 1994, two years after being replaced from the group during the recording of Dirt
April 7 – The concert Selena ¡VIVE! takes place at Reliant Stadium in Houston. The memorial concert was held on the 10th anniversary of the murder by firearm of Selena, "The Queen of Tejano Music". Performers include Thalía , Gloria Estefan , Paulina Rubio , Pepe Aguilar , Banda el Recodo , Alejandra Guzmán and Fey .
April 9 – Destiny's Child launch their World Tour Destiny Fulfilled... and Lovin' It in Hiroshima, Japan .
April 12 – Mariah Carey releases her tenth studio album, The Emancipation of Mimi [2] We Belong Together ", was later hailed "Song of the Decade" by Billboard [3] "Shake It Off" , reached number two. The album marked a career revival for the songstress and was her biggest success of the decade.
April 18 – Kenneth Schermerhorn passes away at the age of 85.
April 19 – Mike Jones releases his first studio album entitled "Who Is Mike Jones? " in the United States.
May–June – Operation Ivy /Rancid bassist Matt Freeman is diagnosed with lung cancer.
May 2
May 6 – Audioslave becomes the first American rock group to perform a free outdoor concert in Cuba .
May 17 – Kylie Minogue is diagnosed with breast cancer. Thus she has to cancel her Showgirl: The Greatest Hits Tour .
May 19 –21 – The 50th Eurovision Song Contest , held at the Palace of Sports in Kyiv , Ukraine , is won by Greek-Swedish singer Helena Paparizou , representing Greece with the song "My Number One ". It is the first contest to be broadcast in widescreen 16:9 format.
May 21 – The Los Angeles radio station KROQ-FM airs the 13th Annual Weenie Roast show with Alkaline Trio , Audioslave , Bloc Party , The Bravery , The Dead 60s , Foo Fighters , Hot Hot Heat , Interpol , Jimmy Eat World , The Killers , The Mars Volta , Mötley Crüe , MxPx , My Chemical Romance , Queens of the Stone Age and The Transplants .
May 22 – Tammin Sursok releases her debut and to date only album Whatever Will Be
May 23 – Gorillaz release their second studio album, Demon Days .
May 25 – Carrie Underwood wins the fourth season of American Idol Bo Bice is named runner-up.
May 27 – Gretchen Wilson guest Miranda Lambert at the Schottenstein Center in Columbus, Ohio .
June 4 – Mariah Carey 's "We Belong Together " became her sixteenth chart topper on the US Billboard Hot 100 . The song then spent 14 non-consecutive weeks at number one on both the US Billboard Hot 100 and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. It made history when it became the first song to simultaneously occupy the number one position on nine Billboard charts (the week ending August 6, 2005): the Hot 100, Hot 100 Airplay, Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay , Pop 100 Airplay , Top 40 Mainstream , Rhythmic Airplay Chart , Hot Dance Club Songs , and Hot Ringtones .
June 10 -12 – The annual Download Festival takes place at Donington Park in Leicestershire , England, the festival's first three-day event. Feeder , Black Sabbath and System of a Down headline the main stage, while the Snickers stage is headlined by Billy Idol , In Flames and Motörhead , the Napster stage by Napalm Death , Helmet and Therapy? , and the Snickers Bowl stage by TAT , Reuben and Electric Eel Shock .
June 12 – Pink Floyd announce that they will reunite with former bassist Roger Waters , who left the band in 1985, on July 2 for the Live 8 London concert. This will be the first time the band played together as a quartet since The Wall tour in 1981, and the first public performance by Pink Floyd since 1994.
June 13 – Michael Jackson is found not guilty of child molestation.
June 14 – The Backstreet Boys came back and released their fifth studio album Never Gone after a nearly 5-year hiatus
June 15 – Destiny's Child announce they will disband upon completion of their world tour.
June 16 – Motörhead celebrate their 30th anniversary with a concert in the Hammersmith Apollo , which is later released on DVD.
June 18 –19 – Green Day films their first ever live CD/DVD Bullet in a Bible National Bowl in Milton Keynes , England. They played to over 130,000 fans in two days.
June 21 – Billy Corgan announces that he wants to reform his popular alternative rock group The Smashing Pumpkins , which disbanded on December 2, 2000.
June 25 – Patti Smith curates the Meltdown festival .
July–August [ edit ]
July 2 – Live 8 benefit concerts are held around the world, as part of the Make Poverty History campaign.
July 4 – The Charlie Daniels Band plays (and makes a concert DVD) at Riverfront Park in Nashville, Tennessee
July 6 – Lil' Kim is sentenced to a year and a day in prison for lying to a federal grand jury about her knowledge of suspects in a 2001 shooting outside a New York radio station.[5]
July 11 – The Chemical Brothers release their single, "The Boxer ".
July 21 – Gigantour runs through to September 11, a festival organised by Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine with bands including Dream Theater , Anthrax , Fear Factory and Nevermore .
July 23 –24 – The annual Splendour in the Grass music festival is held in Byron Bay , Australia , headlined by Queens of the Stone Age and Moby .
August 9 – Staind releases Chapter V Billboard 200
August 18 – Interscope Records reports that Eminem has entered rehab for dependency on sleep medication. The rapper had canceled the European leg of the Anger Management 3 Tour two days earlier, citing exhaustion.[6] Relapse
August 24 -31 – The UNESCO-sponsored Fifth Sharq Taronalari (Melodies of the East) International Music Festival is held in Samarkand.[7]
August 26 – Rihanna releases her debut album Music of the Sun Billboard 200Pon de Replay ", which topped number 2 at the US Billboard Hot 100
August 28 – Death Row Records CEO Suge Knight is shot in the leg at an MTV Video Music Awards pre-party in Miami.[8]
August 30 - Kanye West releases his 2nd studio album "Late Registration ".
September–October [ edit ]
November [ edit ]
November 5 , guitarist Link Wray of the Ray Men dies at age 76 in Copenhagen, Denmark
November 6 – Madonna earns her 36th Top Ten single with Warner Bros. Records -based, ABBA-sampled "Hung Up ". This ties her with Elvis Presley for the most Top Ten singles. The Beatles have 34. "Hung Up " is also Madonna's 47th Top Forty single – the most for any female artist. Her new album Confessions On A Dance Floor The Beatles 1
November 8 – The first Guitar Hero PlayStation 2 . The game becomes a major hit, would help make rhythm games one of the most popular video game genres, and increased the sales of artists who have their songs included in the games.
November 15
The Sony BMG copy protection rootkit scandal breaks as Sony BMG announces that it will recall all remaining stock of an estimated 15 million CDs containing copy protection that exposes the computers of consumers to serious security risks if played in their PC disc drives. Several class action lawsuits are filed against Sony in the ensuing public relations disaster.[10]
All-female group Danity Kane is formed on MTV show Making The Band .
November 20 – Madonna 's Warner Bros. Records-based (Festival Mushroom Records in Australia) single, "Hung Up " takes the title as the ARIA #1 single.
November 21 – Kate DeAraugo takes the title of Australian Idol Emily Williams .
November 22
November 24 – Carrie Underwood releases the music video for "Jesus, Take the Wheel ".
November 29 – Chris Brown comes onto the music scene at age 16 with the release of his debut album Chris Brown Usher in 1994.
November 30 – Apocalyptica change locations of the shoot of their DVD "The Life Burns Tour" from Erfurt , Germany (Dec. 2) to Düsseldorf , Germany (Dec. 4) due to technical reasons.
December [ edit ]
December 3 – Marilyn Manson and Dita Von Teese hold a wedding ceremony in Ireland.
December 6 – Korn 's seventh studio album, See You on the Other Side , debuts at number 3 on the Billboard 200Brian "Head" Welch and is the last to feature original drummer David Silveria .
December 7 – The nominations for the 48th Grammy Awards are announced. The top-nominated artists include Mariah Carey , John Legend , and Kanye West , with eight nominations each. Other nominated artists include Gwen Stefani , Beyoncé Knowles (two of her own, plus four with Destiny's Child ), Kelly Clarkson , and 50 Cent .
December 10
Amnesty International launches its "Make Some Noise " music initiative.
The Los Angeles radio station KROQ-FM airs the 16th annual Acoustic Christmas . On November 10, 2005, KROQ's official website announced that it will include Avenged Sevenfold , Fall Out Boy , Korn , Nine Inch Nails , Rise Against , System of a Down and Thrice for the first night. The second night is held the following day, as also announced at KROQ's official website on November 15, 2005 and includes The Bravery , Coldplay , Death Cab for Cutie , Depeche Mode , Hot Hot Heat , Jack Johnson , Nada Surf and The White Stripes .
December 11 – Peter Wichers leaves Soilwork .
December 15 – Madonna 's Warner Bros. Records-based single, "Hung Up " sets a new record in the download charts by staying at #1 for 7 consecutive weeks. The single first appears on Z100 New York, closely followed by 2Day FM (Sydney), Fox FM (Melbourne) and Nova 96.9 (Sydney) other stations follow including: Mix 106.5 (Sydney), Mix 101.1 (Melbourne), Vega 95.3 (Sydney), Vega 91.5 (Melbourne) and the rest of the MIX FM stations.
December 17 – Shayne Ward is named winner of the second series of The X Factor UK . Andy Abraham is named runner-up, while Journey South and Brenda Edwards finish third and fourth respectively.
December 21 – Elton John marries David Furnish in London. This marriage comes in the wake of new British laws affording gay unions the same legal protection enjoyed within straight marriages.
December 31
Also in 2005 [ edit ]
Bands formed [ edit ]
See Category:Musical groups established in 2005
Returning performers [ edit ]
Bands disbanded [ edit ]
See Category:Musical groups disestablished in 2005
Bands reformed [ edit ]
Albums released [ edit ]
Popular songs [ edit ]
"Adagio for Strings " – Tiësto
"Advertising Space " – Robbie Williams
"All About Us " – t.A.T.u.
"All About You/You've Got a Friend " – McFly
"All Hands Against His Own " – The Black Keys
"Almost Dead" – Powerman 5000
"Amor A Medias " – Ha*Ash
"An Honest Mistake " – The Bravery
"Are You Ready " – Shakaya
"Attack " – Thirty Seconds To Mars
"Automatic (I'm Talking to You) " – Elize
"Axel F " – Crazy Frog
"Bad Day " – Daniel Powter
"Bat Country " – Avenged Sevenfold
"Be Without You " – Mary J. Blige
"Be Yourself " – Audioslave
"Because Of You " – Kelly Clarkson
"Behind These Hazel Eyes " – Kelly Clarkson
"Believe " – The Chemical Brothers
"Best of You " – Foo Fighters
"Better Days " – Goo Goo Dolls
"Beverly Hills " – Weezer
"Black Horse and the Cherry Tree " – KT Tunstall
"The Boxer " – The Chemical Brothers
"Breathe In " – Lucie Silvas
"Bullets " – Editors
"Can I Have It Like That " – Pharrell Williams featuring Gwen Stefani
"Candy Shop " – 50 Cent featuring Olivia
"Catch My Disease " – Ben Lee
"Chariot " – Gavin DeGraw
"Check On It " – Beyoncé featuring Slim Thug and Bun B
"The Chronicles of Life and Death " – Good Charlotte
"Cool " – Gwen Stefani
"Crazy " – Alanis Morissette
"Crazy " – Simple Plan
"Dance, Dance " – Fall Out Boy
"DARE " – Gorillaz featuring Shaun Ryder
"Diamonds from Sierra Leone " – Kanye West
"Dirty Harry " – Gorillaz
"Dirty Little Secret " – The All-American Rejects
"Disappear " – Hoobastank
"Do Somethin' " – Britney Spears
"Do You Want To " – Franz Ferdinand
"Don't Bother " – Shakira
"Don't Cha " – The Pussycat Dolls featuring Busta Rhymes
"Don't Forget About Us " – Mariah Carey
"Don't Lie " – The Black Eyed Peas
"Don't Phunk with My Heart " – The Black Eyed Peas
"E-Pro " – Beck
"Every Day Is Exactly the Same " - Nine Inch Nails
"Everything Is Alright " – Motion City Soundtrack
"Everytime We Touch " – Cascada
"Fading In Fading Out " – Ringo Starr
"Feel Good Inc. " – Gorillaz featuring De La Soul
"Feeling Good " – Michael Bublé
"Fight The Power" – Korn featuring Xzibit
"Fix You " – Coldplay
"Follow Through " – Gavin Degraw
"Get Right " – Jennifer Lopez
"Get Your Number " – Mariah Carey
"Ghetto " – Akon
"Gold Digger " – Kanye West featuring Jamie Foxx
"Guns at Dawn " – Baron featuring Pendulum
"The Hand That Feeds " - Nine Inch Nails
"Hate It or Love It " – The Game featuring 50 Cent
"Have A Nice Day " – Bon Jovi
"He Wasn't " – Avril Lavigne
"Heard 'Em Say " – Kanye West featuring Adam Levine of Maroon 5
"Heavy on My Heart " – Anastacia
"Helena " – My Chemical Romance
"Hide Head Blues" – Jim Mills
"Holiday " – Green Day
"Hollaback Girl " – Gwen Stefani
"Home " – Michael Bublé
"Hung Up " – Madonna
"Hypnotize " – System of a Down
"I Am... All of Me " – Crush 40
"I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor " – Arctic Monkeys
"I Caught Fire " – The Used
"I Just Wanna Live " – Good Charlotte
"The Importance of Being Idle " – Oasis
"Incomplete " – Backstreet Boys
"Inside Your Heaven " – Carrie Underwood
"(Is This the Way to) Amarillo " – Tony Christie featuring Peter Kay
"It's Like That " – Mariah Carey featuring Jermaine Dupri , and Fatman Scoop
"Jesus of Suburbia " – Green Day
"Jesus, Take the Wheel " – Carrie Underwood
"Jump " – Paul Anka
"Judas Rising " – Judas Priest
"Just a Lil Bit " – 50 Cent
"Just the Girl " – The Click Five
"Just Want You to Know " – Backstreet Boys
"Kylie " – Akcent
"La Tortura " – Shakira featuring Alejandro Sanz
"Lazy Sunday " – The Lonely Island
"Like Toy Soldiers " – Eminem
"Listen to Your Heart " – DHT featuring Edmee
"Lonely " – Akon
"Lonely No More " – Rob Thomas
"Looking at the World from the Bottom of a Well " – Mike Doughty
"Lose Control " – Missy Elliott featuring Fatman Scoop and Ciara
"Love Generation " – Bob Sinclar featuring Gary Pine
"Luxurious " – Gwen Stefani
"Lyla " – Oasis
"Mockingbird " – Eminem
"Money (Live 8 Version) " – Pink Floyd
"Must Get Out " – Maroon 5
"My Doorbell " – The White Stripes
"My Humps " – The Black Eyed Peas
"Nine Million Bicycles " – Katie Melua
"No Reason " – Sum 41
"O Green World " – Gorillaz
"Obsession (No Es Amor) " – Frankie J featuring Baby Bash
"Oh Ludacris
"Ohio (Come Back to Texas) " – Bowling for Soup
"One Word " – Kelly Osbourne
"Only " – Nine Inch Nails
"Only One " – Yellowcard
"Other Side of the World " – KT Tunstall
"Photograph " – Nickelback
"Pieces " – Sum 41
"Pon de Replay " – Rihanna
"Pot of Gold " – Akon
"Predictable " – Good Charlotte
"Pressure " – Paramore
"Pretty Vegas " – INXS
"Push the Button " – Sugababes
"Rough Justice " – The Rolling Stones
"Run It! " – Chris Brown featuring Juelz Santana
"Scars " – Papa Roach
"Shake It Off " – Mariah Carey
"Shot You Down " – Audio Bullys featuring Nancy Sinatra
"Shut Up! " – Simple Plan
"Signs " – Snoop Dogg featuring Justin Timberlake , and Charlie Wilson
"Silikon " – Modeselektor featuring Sasha Perera
"Sitting, Waiting, Wishing " – Jack Johnson
"Slam " – Pendulum
"Some Say " – Sum 41
"Someday (I Will Understand) " – Britney Spears
"Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own " – U2
"Speed of Sound " – Coldplay
"Spitfire " – The Prodigy
"Stickwitu " – The Pussycat Dolls featuring Avant
"Sugar, We're Goin Down " – Fall Out Boy
"Suddenly I See " – KT Tunstall
"Switch " – Will Smith
"Talk " – Coldplay
"Tarantula " – Pendulum
"These Boots are Made for Walking " – Jessica Simpson
"Torah Torah" – Cheb i Sabbah
"Tripping " – Robbie Williams
"Twisted Transistor " – Korn
"U Don't Know Me " – T.I.
"Ugly " – Sugababes
"Uhn Tiss Uhn Tiss Uhn Tiss " – The Bloodhound Gang
"Under the Weather " – KT Tunstall
"Untitled (How Could This Happen to Me?) " – Simple Plan
"Voodoo People " – The Prodigy featuring Pendulum and Audio Bullys
"Wake Me Up When September Ends " – Green Day
"Waters of Nazareth " – Justice
"We Be Burnin' " – Sean Paul
"We Believe " – Good Charlotte
"We Belong Together " – Mariah Carey (#2 on Radio Top 40 of 2005)
"We Don't Care Anymore" – Story of the Year
"What Happens Tomorrow " – Duran Duran
"When I'm Gone " – Eminem
"Window Shopper " – 50 Cent
"You and Me " – Lifehouse
"You Raise Me Up " – Westlife
"You're Beautiful " – James Blunt
Billboard Top 200 number-one albums[ edit ]
Other international hit singles [ edit ]
Classical music [ edit ]
Musical theater [ edit ]
Musical films [ edit ]
January 20 - Glaive , American singer, songwriter, rapper, and record producer
January 21 - IShowSpeed , American rapper, YouTuber, streamer
March 28 – d4vd , American singer and songwriter
April 4 – Lil Mabu , American rapper
May 31 - coshki - rapper
July 17 - Theoz , Swedish singer
August 3 – Owen Isabelle Landau, daughter of Michelle Branch and husband Teddy Landau
September 14 – Sean Preston Federline, son of Britney Spears and Kevin Federline
September 24 – Aiden Michael Bice, son of Bo Bice and wife Caroline Fisher.
January–February [ edit ]
January 5 – Danny Sugerman , American talent manager, 50
January 11
January 15 – Victoria de los Ángeles , Catalan soprano, 81
January 20 – Solomon King , American pop singer, 74
January 21 – Kaljo Raid , Estonian cellist and composer, 83
January 24 – June Bronhill , Australian soprano, 75
January 25 – Ray Peterson , pop singer, 65
January 28 – Jim Capaldi , British drummer and vocalist, 60
January 29 – Eric Griffiths , guitarist (The Quarrymen ), 64
January 30 – Martyn Bennett , Scottish bagpiper, 33 (cancer)
February 1 – Franco Mannino , Italian composer, 80
February 3
February 6 – Merle Kilgore , singer-songwriter, 70
February 8
February 9 – Tyrone Davis , American soul singer, 66
February 12 – Sammi Smith , American singer-songwriter, 61
February 13 – Sixten Ehrling , Swedish conductor, 86
February 16 – Marcello Viotti , Swiss conductor, 50 (stroke)
February 25 – Edward Patten , R&B/soul singer (Gladys Knight & the Pips ), 65
February 28 – Chris Curtis , British drummer and vocalist, 63
March–April [ edit ]
March 4 – Una Hale , soprano, 82
March 6 – Tommy Vance , DJ, 63
March 9
March 10 – Danny Joe Brown , lead singer of Molly Hatchet , 53 (kidney failure)
March 13 – Lyn Collins , soul singer, 56
March 16 – Justin Hinds , Jamaican ska vocalist, 62
March 16 – Vassar Clements , fiddler, 76
March 21
March 22 – Rod Price , guitarist, 57 (Foghat )
March 26 – Paul Hester , drummer for Crowded House and Split Enz, 46 (suicide)
March 27
March 28 – Moura Lympany , pianist, 88
March 30 – Derrick Plourde , drummer (Lagwagon and the Ataris ), 33 (suicide)
April 2 – Alexander Brott , conductor and composer, 90
April 7 – Grigoris Bithikotsis , Greek singer, 82
April 10 – Norbert Brainin , Austrian violinist, 82
April 11 – Jerry Byrd , lap steel guitarist, 85
April 12 – Ehud Manor , Israeli songwriter, 63
April 13 – Johnnie Johnson , American pianist, 80
April 14 – John Fred , pop singer, 64
April 18 – Kenneth Schermerhorn , conductor, 75
April 19
April 21 – Cyril Tawney , traditional singer, 74
April 23 – Robert Farnon , composer, arranger, 87
April 25 – Hasil Adkins , American rockabilly musician, 67
April 28 – Percy Heath , jazz musician, 81
May–June [ edit ]
May 8 – Nasrat Parsa , Afghan singer, 36 (murdered)
May 10 – David Wayne , former singer of Metal Church , 47 (injuries resulting from car crash)
May 11 – Michalis Genitsaris , Greek singer-songwriter, 87
May 12 – Frankie LaRocka , rock drummer and producer, 51
May 14 – Jimmy Martin , bluegrass musician, 77
May 22 – Thurl Ravenscroft , US singer, 91
May 25
May 29
June 13 – David Diamond , American composer, 89
June 14 – Carlo Maria Giulini , conductor, 91
June 17 – Karl Mueller , bassist of Soul Asylum , 41
June 29 – Mikkel Flagstad , Norwegian saxophonist, 75
June 30 – Clancy Eccles , ska/reggae singer, 64 (complications after heart attack)
July–August [ edit ]
July 1
July 5
July 6 – Richard Verreau , operatictenor, 79
July 7 – Henri Betti , French composer and pianist, 87
July 11 – Frances Langford , US singer and actress, 91
July 14 – Michael Dahlquist , drummer (Silkworm ), 39 (car crash)
July 17 – Laurel Aitken , ska singer, heart attack, 78
July 18 – John Herald songwriter, musician, member of The Greenbriar Boys , 65
July 21 – Long John Baldry , R&B singer, 64
July 22 – Eugene Record , singer (The Chi-Lites ), 64
July 23 – Myron Floren , accordionist, 85
July 27 – Robert Wright , songwriter, 90
July 29 – Hildegarde , US singer, 99
August 1 – Al Aronowitz , American music journalist, 77
August 4 – Little Milton , blues musician, 70
August 6
August 13 – Arnold Cooke , British composer, 98
August 16 – Vassar Clements , fiddler, 77
August 21 – Robert Moog , electronic music pioneer, 71
August 22 – Luc Ferrari , composer, 76
August 26 – Denis D'Amour , guitarist of Voivod , 45
September–October [ edit ]
September 1
September 10 – Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown , blues musician, 81
September 15
September 17 – Alfred Reed , American composer of concert band music, 84
September 18
September 19
October 1 – Paul Pena , singer, songwriter and guitarist, 55
October 2 – Hamilton Camp , singer, songwriter and actor, 70
October 10 – Nick Hawkins , guitarist (Big Audio Dynamite II ), 40
October 12 – Baker Knight , songwriter and musician, 72
October 18 – Marshall Rohner , guitarist for T.S.O.L. , The Cruzados , 42
October 20 – Shirley Horn , jazz singer and pianist, 71
October 22 – Franky Gee (Captain Jack ), 43 (cerebral haemorrhage)
October 31 – John "Beatz" Holohan, drummer for Bayside , 31 (road accident)[14]
November–December [ edit ]
November 4 – Mana Nishiura , drummer (Shonen Knife , DMBQ ), 34 (car accident)
November 5 – Link Wray , rock and roll guitarist and singer, 76
November 6 – Minako Honda , Japanese singer, 38 (leukemia)
November 10 – Gardner Read , American composer, 92
November 20
November 26
November 28 – Tony Meehan , former drummer of The Shadows , 62
November 29 – Deon van der Walt , tenor, 47 (shot)
December 8 – Danny Williams , singer, 63
December 9 – Mike Botts , drummer, 61
December 14 – Gordon Duncan , bagpiper and composer, 41
December 24 – Constance Keene , American pianist, 84
December 25
See also [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
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