Now Playing: 2007
Topic: OBITUARIES
Music Deaths in 2007 1/01/07 Del Reeves, country singer, "The Girl On the Billboard" 1/06/07 Sneaky Pete Kleinow, pedal steel player, member of the Byrds 1/12/07 Alice Coltrane, jazz musician 1/13/07 Michael Brecker, jazz saxophonist 1/16/07 Thornton James "Pookie" Hudson, 76, lead singer of the Spaniels 1/19/07 Denny Doherty, 66, Mamas & the Papas 1/23/07 David Shayman, aka, Disco D, hip hop producer 1/31/07 Ronald Muldrow, 57, guitarist for Staple Singers, Eddie Harris 2/01/07 Whitney Balliett, 80, jazz critic 2/02/07 Eric Von Schmidt, 75, folk musician 2/02/07 Billy Henderson, 67, Spinners 2/04/07 Barbara McNair, 72, vocalist and actress 2/06/07 Frankie Laine, 93, vocalist and TV personality 2/15/07 Ray Evans, songwriter of "Mona Lisa," "Que Sera, Sera" 2/21/07 Al Viola, 87, jazz guitarist, Sinatra sideman 2/24/07 Leroy Jenkins- 74, jazz violinist 2/25/07 Mark Spoelstra, 67, folk artist for Elektra 2/27/07 Billy Thorpe- 60, Australian rock artist, "Children of the Sun" 3/01/07 Joel Brodsky, 67, rock photographer 3/07/07 Paul deLay- 55, Portland bluesman 3/09/07 Brad Delp, 55, Boston vocalist 3/16/07 Tupper Saussy, 70, songwriter 3/19/07 Luther Ingram- 69, soul singer and songwriter 3/20/07 G.E. Patterson, 67, "prince of preachers"; TV personality 3/29/07 Tony Scott- 85, jazz clarinetist 4/05/07 Mark St. John, 51, former Kiss guitarist 4/10/07 Dakota Staton, 76, jazz vocalist 4/12/07 Bill Guffey, original keyboard player for Shooting Star 4/13/07 Don Ho, 76, Hawaiian legend 4/17/07 James B. Davis, 90, Dixie Hummingbirds founder 4/19/07 Dick Allen, 80, Dixieland jazz historian 4/20/07 Andrew Hill, 75, jazz pianist 4/21/07 Lobby Loyd, 64, Australian rock guitarist of X 4/28/07 Tommy Newsom, 78, of the Tonight Show band 4/30/07 Zola Taylor, 69, the Platters 5/03/07 J. Robert Bradley, 87, black gospel singer 5/06/07 Carey Bell, 70, Chicago bluesman 5/20/07 Ben Weisman, 85, wrote movie songs for Elvis 5/20/07 Rod Poole, 45, experimental jazz musician 6/04/07 Freddie Scott; 74, "Hey Girl" 7/02/07 Beverly Sills, 78, opera singer and advocate 7/03/07 Boots Randolph, 80, saxophone 7/05/07 Regine Crespin, 80, opera singer 7/05/07 George Melly, 80, trad jazz vocalist 7/09/07 Eddie Fisher, 64, St. Louis blues guitarist 7/10/07 Jerry Hadley, 55, opera singer 7/15/07 Kelly Johnson, 49, Girlschool guitarist 7/17/07 Teresa Stich-Randall, 79, opera singer 7/17/07 Bill Perry, 49, blues guitarist 7/26/07 Art Davis, 73, jazz bassist 7/28/07 Sal Mosca, 80, jazz saxophonist 8/04/07 Lee Hazlewood, 78, songwriter 8/06/07 Paul Rutherford, 67, jazz trombonist 8/10 Tony Wilson, 57, founder of Factory Records 8/11/07 Herb Pomeroy, 77, jazz trumpeter 8/13/07 Jerome "Jah Jerry" Haynes, 86, Jamaican guitarist 8/15/07 John Wallowitch, 81, cabaret artist 8/16/07 Max Roach, 83, drummer 8/18/07 Jon Lucien, 65, jazz vocalist 9/03/07 Janis Martin, 67, the female Elvis 9/05/07 Luciano Pavarotti, 71, opera star 9/09/07 Hughie Thomasson, 55, Outlaws guitarist 9/11/07 Joe Zawinul, 75, jazz innovator 9/11/07 Wilson "Willie Tee" Turbington, 63, New Orleans musician and producer 9/12/07 Bobby Byrd, 73, James Brown arranger 9/15/07 Generoso Jimenez, 90, Cuban trombonist 9/28/07 Lamine Koite, , Senegalese kora player and vocalist 10/05/07 Jack Wilson, 71, jazz pianist 10/11/07 Mike Stewart, 64, acoustic blues revivalist and historian 10/16/07 Deborah Kerr, 86, actress 10/17/07 Teresa Brewer, 76, jazz and pop vocalist 10/19/07 Lucky Dube, 43, reggae star 10/20/07 Paul Raven, 46, bassist for Killing Joke, Ministry, Prong 10/21/07 Donald Ayler, 65, jazz trumpeter, younger brother of Albert 10/22/07 Paul Fox, 56, guitarist for the Ruts 10/22/07 Lance Hahn, 40, founder of Austin punk band J Church 10/27/07 Ricky Parent, age?, Enuff Z'Nuff drummer 10/28/07 Porter Wagoner, 80, country star 10/30/07 Robert Goulet, 73, Broadway star 10/30/07 Marchel Ivery, 69, Texas tenor jazz musician 11/02/07 Dan Billings, 51, drummer for Missouri 11/06/07 Hank Thompson, 82, country star 11/20/07 Ernest "Doc" Paulin, 100, New Orleans trad jazz musician 11/2307 Gary Deal, 52. KKFI radio DJ 11/23/07 Casey Calvert, , rhythm guitarist for Hawthorne Heights 11/25/07 Kevin DuBrow, 52, vocalist for Quiet Riot 12/01/07 Zayda Pena, 28, front person in Zayda & Los Culpables 12/02/07 Sergio Gomez, , vocalist for K-Paz de la Sierra 12/04/07 Pimp C, 33, UGK 12/05/07 Carlos "Patato" Valdes, 81, Cuban percussionist 12/05/07 Karlheinz Stockhausen, 79, composer 12/13/07 Ike Turner, 76, rock architect 12/14/07 Frank Morgan, 73, jazz saxophonist 12/16/07 Dan Fogelberg, 56, pop folk star 12/17/07 Joel Dorn, 65, jazz and pop producer 12/23/07 Oscar Peterson, 82, jazz pianist 12/25/07 Cotton Candy, 76, Kansas City blues singer 12/26/07 Joe Dolan, 68, Irish vocalist