Musicians who died in 2019:
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FEBRUARY
Cadet (09 Feb 2019): British rapper Cadet, who was involved an automobile accident on February 9th. He was 28 years old. Like these other working musicians, Cadet was on his way to Keele University to perform a show.
Albert Finney (07 Feb 2019): Actor Albert Finney died on February 7 at the age of 82. Although he's known mostly as an English actor, producer, and director of films & television... but he’s been known to sing, if the roles required him to do so. Finney sang in three films Scrooge (1970), Annie (1982), and Corpse Bride (2005). More importantly, he had been a great inspiration to Morrissey (singer of The Smiths), and have often appeared in many of the band’s images and cover artwork.
Legarda (07 Feb 2019): Next, is Colombian singer and YouTube star Legarda died on February 7th, after being shot in the head in an Uber. He was 29. The singer was out to promote his new single “Nutella” when the crime took place. According to many Columbian musicians, they cited that crime and violence are rampant in their country.
Carverton (06 Feb 2019): The most bizarre and tragic of these deaths is for 24-year-old Nashville musician Kyle Yorlets, the singer of Carverton, who was shot dead on February 6 by a gang of teenagers! The oldest gang member is 16 and youngest at 12. These children mugged Yorlets and shot him for his car keys. Since most of the kids were under the age of 13, per local law, their identities have not been released to the public. Carverton's upcoming single "Misery" is coming out February 22, 2019.
Transit (02 Feb 2019): Founding member of Transit, Tim Landers, has died on February 2, 2019, according to altpress.com. Landers left Transit in 2014 and later to become the Cold Collective guitarist and singer.
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[18 Feb 2019] Diana Chang Chung-wen (Hong Kong actress and singer of Shaw Brothers films), 82
[17 Feb 2019] Ethel Ennis (American jazz musician), 86, stroke
[17 Feb 2019] Šaban Šaulić (Serbian pop-folk singer), 67, traffic collision
[15 Feb 2019] Kofi Burbridge (American rock multi-instrumentalist for Tedeschi Trucks Band, Aquarium Rescue Unit), 57
[14 Feb 2019] Sergei Zakharov (Russian singer), 68
[13 Feb 2019] Carl Petter (Danish singer), 71
[13 Feb 2019] Marisa Solinas (Italian singer and actress for Boccaccio '70, Almost Blue), 79
[13 Feb 2019] Hans Stadlmair (Austrian conductor), 89
[13 Feb 2019] Connie Jones (American jazz trumpeter), 84
[13 Feb 2019] Willy Lambregt (Belgian rock musician for The Scabs), 59, cancer
[13 Feb 2019] Arif Şirin (Turkish singer and composer), 69, throat cancer
[12 Feb 2019] Dadhi Gelan (Ethiopian singer), accidental shooting
[12 Feb 2019] Deise Cipriano (Brazilian singer for Fat Family), 39, liver cancer
[12 Feb 2019] Joe Hardy (American music producer for ZZ Top and engineer for Ardent Studios), 66
[12 Feb 2019] Olli Lindholm (Finnish singer and guitarist for Appendix, Yö), 54
[11 Feb 2019] Harvey Scales (American soul singer and songwriter), 76, kidney failure and pneumonia
[10 Feb 2019] Juanjo Domínguez (Argentine musician), 67
[09 Feb 2019] Guy Webster (American celebrity photographer for The Doors, The Beach Boys), 79, complications from diabetes and liver cancer
[09 Feb 2019] Phil Western (Canadian electronic musician), 47
[09 Feb 2019] Bruce Williams (American Hall of Fame radio host for WCTC), 86
[09 Feb 2019] Cadet (British rap artist), 28, traffic collision
[08 Feb 2019] Sali Sidibé (Malian composer and singer), 59
[07 Feb 2019] Legarda (Colombian reggaeton musician), 29, shot
[07 Feb 2019] Albert Finney (English actor, inspired The Smiths), 82, chest infection
[06 Feb 2019] Kyle Yorlets (American musician for Carverton), 24, shot
[06 Feb 2019] Gerald English (British tenor), 93
[06 Feb 2019] Carlos Fernando Nogueira (Brazilian singer, architect and graphic designer), 60
[05 Feb 2019] George Klein (American disc jockey for WLFP), 83, complications from dementia
[04 Feb 2019] Giampiero Artegiani (Italian singer-songwriter), 63
[04 Feb 2019] Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov (Russian composer), 82
[04 Feb 2019] Zbigniew Penherski (Polish composer), 84
[04 Feb 2019] Kulyush Sakieva (Kazakh singer and actress), 98
[04 Feb 2019] Matti Nykänen (Finnish ski jumper and singer), 55
[04 Feb 2019] Izzy Young (American-Swedish folklorist and author and music personality for musikpersonlighet), 90
[03 Feb 2019] Peter Posa (New Zealand guitarist), 77
[03 Feb 2019] Detsl (Russian hip hop artist), 35, heart attack
[02 Feb 2019] Tim Landers (American rock guitarist and singer for Transit)
[02 Feb 2019] Bill Sims (American blues musician), 69
[01 Feb 2019] Alex Brown (American painter and punk rock musician for Gorilla Biscuits), 52, brain aneurysm
[01 Feb 2019] Ayub Ogada (Kenyan musician), 63
[01 Feb 2019] Spatsz (French musician for KaS Product), 61
Cadet (09 Feb 2019): British rapper Cadet, who was involved an automobile accident on February 9th. He was 28 years old. Like these other working musicians, Cadet was on his way to Keele University to perform a show.
Albert Finney (07 Feb 2019): Actor Albert Finney died on February 7 at the age of 82. Although he's known mostly as an English actor, producer, and director of films & television... but he’s been known to sing, if the roles required him to do so. Finney sang in three films Scrooge (1970), Annie (1982), and Corpse Bride (2005). More importantly, he had been a great inspiration to Morrissey (singer of The Smiths), and have often appeared in many of the band’s images and cover artwork.
Legarda (07 Feb 2019): Next, is Colombian singer and YouTube star Legarda died on February 7th, after being shot in the head in an Uber. He was 29. The singer was out to promote his new single “Nutella” when the crime took place. According to many Columbian musicians, they cited that crime and violence are rampant in their country.
Carverton (06 Feb 2019): The most bizarre and tragic of these deaths is for 24-year-old Nashville musician Kyle Yorlets, the singer of Carverton, who was shot dead on February 6 by a gang of teenagers! The oldest gang member is 16 and youngest at 12. These children mugged Yorlets and shot him for his car keys. Since most of the kids were under the age of 13, per local law, their identities have not been released to the public. Carverton's upcoming single "Misery" is coming out February 22, 2019.
Transit (02 Feb 2019): Founding member of Transit, Tim Landers, has died on February 2, 2019, according to altpress.com. Landers left Transit in 2014 and later to become the Cold Collective guitarist and singer.
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Harold Bradley (31 Jan 2019): Also, worth a mention is that American Hall of Fame country musician, Harold Bradley, passed away on January 31, 2019, at the age of 93. Kyle Young, CEO of Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum issued this statement: For decades, Harold Bradley went to work doing something that he called 'playing.' He surveyed every sonic situation and determined what he could do to make things better, more melodic, and more harmonious. There are lessons in Harold's approach to playing that go far beyond music. He lived his life with kindness, gentility, and discretion. On hopeful days, I will try to view Harold Bradley as an inspiration and not an aberration.
The Browns (19 Jan 2019): Country singer Maxine Brown (not to be confused with soul singer Maxine Brown) of The Browns, has died at the age of 87. The Browns were a family band, featuring Jim Ed Brown and his sisters Maxine and Bonnie. The American country and folk music vocal trio, known for their 1959 Grammy-nominated hit, “The Three Bells”. After they broke up in 1967, Maxine did try a solo career, releasing one album called Sugar Cane County. Maxine’s death was the last of the three Browns, Jim Ed died on June 11, 2015 and Bonnie died about a year after, on July 16, 2016.
The Hollies (05 Jan 2019): Six-string bassist Eric Haydock of The Hollies has died at the age of 75. According to bestclassicbands.com, Haydock’s death was confirmed by Hollies co-founder Bobby Elliott, “Along with Tony [Hicks], Eric and I were the rhythm section that created the springboard for [Allan] Clarke, Hicks and [Graham] Nash to launch that famous three-way Hollies harmony…On the early package tours, Dave Clark, the Kinks and artists of the period would watch from the wings as we effortlessly rocked the screaming theatre audiences into a frenzy…Although Eric left the Hollies in 1966, I occasionally listen enthralled by our BBC and Abbey Road recording sessions and dear Eric masterfully playing his six string bass.”
Captain and Tennille (02 Jan 2019): Daryl Dragon, aka “The Captain” of Captain and Tennille, has died today (January 2nd) to renal failure, according to NBCMiami.com. The Captain was 76.
Captain & Tennille was known for such hits like “Do That To Me One More Time” and their signature song “Love Will Keep Us Together”. Unfortunately, love did not keep them together, as we previously wrote about their divorce in early 2014.
January (64)
[31 Jan 2019] Harold Bradley (American Hall of Fame country musician), 93
[31 Jan 2019] Johnny Lion (Dutch singer and actor), 77, lung cancer
[31 Jan 2019] Harri Marstio (Finnish musician), 62, traffic collision
[29 Jan 2019] James Ingram (American R&B singer-songwriter), 66, brain cancer
[29 Jan 2019] Sanford Sylvan (American baritone), 65, heart attack
[28 Jan 2019] Noel Rawsthorne (British organist and composer), 89
[28 Jan 2019] Yoskar Sarante (Dominican bachata singer), 49, pulmonary fibrosis
[28 Jan 2019] Pepe Smith (Filipino rock musician for Juan de la Cruz Band, Speed), 71
[28 Jan 2019] Paul Whaley (American drummer for The Oxford Circle), 72, heart failure
[26 Jan 2019] Ingo Bischof (German musician for Kraan), 68
[26 Jan 2019] Jean Guillou (French composer, organist and pianist), 88
[26 Jan 2019] Wilma Lipp (Austrian operatic soprano), 93
[26 Jan 2019] Michel Legrand (French composer for The Thomas Crown Affair, conductor and jazz pianist), 86
[25 Jan 2019] Jacqueline Steiner (American folk singer-songwriter and social activist), 94
[25 Jan 2019] Bruce Corbitt (American musician for Rigor Mortis, Warbeast), 56, esophageal cancer
[25 Jan 2019] Terry Jennings (American musician and author), 62
[25 Jan 2019] Roland Keijser (Swedish jazz musician), 74
[23 Jan 2019] Oliver Mtukudzi (Zimbabwean musician), 66, diabetes
[23 Jan 2019] Ryszard Peryt (Polish conductor and librettist), 71
[23 Jan 2019] Lyudmila Turcan (Ukrainian opera singer), 81
[23 Jan 2019] Ole Mjelde (Norwegian musician), 93
[22 Jan 2019] Roman Kołakowski (Polish composer, poet and musician), 61
[22 Jan 2019] Ahmed Imtiaz Bulbul (Bangladeshi musician and political activist), 63, heart attack
[21 Jan 2019] Marcel Azzola (French accordionist for Jacques Brel), 91
[21 Jan 2019] Maxine Brown (American country singer for The Browns), 87, complications of heart and kidney disease
[21 Jan 2019] Ulises Butrón (Argentine rock guitarist and singer), 56, complications from pneumonia
[19 Jan 2019] Mario Bertoncini (Italian composer, pianist, and music educator), 86
[19 Jan 2019] Ted McKenna (Scottish drummer for The Sensational Alex Harvey Band), 68, cerebral haemorrhage
[18 Jan 2019] Marcelo Yuka (Brazilian drummer and songwriter for O Rappa), 53, stroke
[17 Jan 2019] Reggie Young (American musician for The Memphis Boys), 82
[17 Jan 2019] Debi Martini (American punk rock singer and bassist for Red Aunts)
[17 Jan 2019] S. Balakrishnan (Indian film score composer and music director), 69
[16 Jan 2019] Lorna Doom (American punk rock bassist for Germs), 60
[16 Jan 2019] Alfred Kunz (German-Canadian composer), 89, heart disease
[16 Jan 2019] Ilgam Shakirov (Russian singer), 83
[16 Jan 2019] Rita Vidaurri (American singer), 94
[16 Jan 2019] Chris Wilson (Australian musician for Short Cool Ones), 62, pancreatic cancer
[16 Jan 2019] Brian Velasco (Filipino drummer for Razorback), 41, suicide
[15 Jan 2019] Carol Channing (American actress and singer), 97, natural causes
[13 Jan 2019] Bonnie Guitar (American country musician and co-founder of Dolton Records), 95
[13 Jan 2019] Willie Murphy (American blues musician), 75, pneumonia
[12 Jan 2019] Sanger D. Shafer (American country songwriter), 84
[10 Jan 2019] Theo Adam (German opera singer), 92
[10 Jan 2019] Larry Cunningham (American singer for The Floaters), 67, heart attack
[10 Jan 2019] Kevin Fret (Puerto Rican musician), 24, murdered
[09 Jan 2019] Joseph Jarman (American jazz musician for Art Ensemble of Chicago), 81
[08 Jan 2019] Georges Dimou (Greek singer), 87
[08 Jan 2019] Sigvald Tveit (Norwegian composer), 73
[08 Jan 2019] Linda Waterfall (American singer-songwriter), 69, cancer
[07 Jan 2019] Clydie King (American singer), 75
[07 Jan 2019] John Joubert (South African-born British composer), 91
[07 Jan 2019] Houari Manar (French-born Algerian raï singer), 38, heart attack
[07 Jan 2019] Jimmy Hannan (Australian singer and game show host for Saturday Date), 84
[06 Jan 2019] Gregg Rudloff (American sound mixer for Mad Max: Fury Road, The Matrix), 63, suicide
[05 Jan 2019] Eric Haydock (British bassist for The Hollies), 75
[05 Jan 2019] Dan Tshanda (South African musician for Splash), 54, heart attack
[03 Jan 2019] Steve Ripley (American musician for The Tractors), 69, cancer
[02 Jan 2019] Daryl Dragon, aka The Captain (American musician for Captain & Tennille), 76, renal failure
[01 Jan 2019] Shane Bisnett (American bassist for Ice Nine Kills), 31
[01 Jan 2019] Feis Ecktuh (Dutch rapper), 32, shot
[01 Jan 2019] Joan Guinjoan (Spanish composer and pianist), 87
[01 Jan 2019] Kris Kelmi (Russian singer-songwriter for Autograph), 63
[01 Jan 2019] Joe Stapleton (American radio broadcaster for WBZ, WAAF), 55
[01 Jan 2019] Pegi Young (American singer-songwriter), 66, cancer
Harold Bradley (31 Jan 2019): Also, worth a mention is that American Hall of Fame country musician, Harold Bradley, passed away on January 31, 2019, at the age of 93. Kyle Young, CEO of Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum issued this statement: For decades, Harold Bradley went to work doing something that he called 'playing.' He surveyed every sonic situation and determined what he could do to make things better, more melodic, and more harmonious. There are lessons in Harold's approach to playing that go far beyond music. He lived his life with kindness, gentility, and discretion. On hopeful days, I will try to view Harold Bradley as an inspiration and not an aberration.
The Browns (19 Jan 2019): Country singer Maxine Brown (not to be confused with soul singer Maxine Brown) of The Browns, has died at the age of 87. The Browns were a family band, featuring Jim Ed Brown and his sisters Maxine and Bonnie. The American country and folk music vocal trio, known for their 1959 Grammy-nominated hit, “The Three Bells”. After they broke up in 1967, Maxine did try a solo career, releasing one album called Sugar Cane County. Maxine’s death was the last of the three Browns, Jim Ed died on June 11, 2015 and Bonnie died about a year after, on July 16, 2016.
The Hollies (05 Jan 2019): Six-string bassist Eric Haydock of The Hollies has died at the age of 75. According to bestclassicbands.com, Haydock’s death was confirmed by Hollies co-founder Bobby Elliott, “Along with Tony [Hicks], Eric and I were the rhythm section that created the springboard for [Allan] Clarke, Hicks and [Graham] Nash to launch that famous three-way Hollies harmony…On the early package tours, Dave Clark, the Kinks and artists of the period would watch from the wings as we effortlessly rocked the screaming theatre audiences into a frenzy…Although Eric left the Hollies in 1966, I occasionally listen enthralled by our BBC and Abbey Road recording sessions and dear Eric masterfully playing his six string bass.”
Captain and Tennille (02 Jan 2019): Daryl Dragon, aka “The Captain” of Captain and Tennille, has died today (January 2nd) to renal failure, according to NBCMiami.com. The Captain was 76.
Captain & Tennille was known for such hits like “Do That To Me One More Time” and their signature song “Love Will Keep Us Together”. Unfortunately, love did not keep them together, as we previously wrote about their divorce in early 2014.
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