Musicians lost in 2020

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Gone But Not Forgotten: Musicians We Lost in 2020
5/10/2020 by Billboard Staff



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Betty Wright
(Dec. 21, 1953 - May 10, 2020)

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Little Richard
(Dec. 5, 1932 - May 9, 2020)

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Brian Howe
(July 22, 1953 - May 6, 2020)


Photo by Ebet Roberts/Redferns

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Sweet Pea Atkinson
(Sept. 20, 1945 – May 5, 2020)

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David Roback
(April 4, 1958 – Feb. 24, 2020)

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Florian Schneider
(April 7, 1947 - May 6, 2020)


Lorne Thomson/Redferns

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Dave Greenfield
(March 29, 1949 - May 3, 2020)

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Cady Groves
(July 30, 1989 - May 2, 2020)

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Scott Taylor
(Dec. 31, 1961 - April 27, 2020)


Courtesy of Emtro Gospel

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Troy Sneed
(Dec. 14, 1967 - April 27, 2020)

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Hamilton Bohannon
(March 7, 1942 - April 24, 2020)

Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images for Eaton Hotel

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DJ Mike Huckaby
(1966 - April 24, 2020)


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Fred The Godson
(Jan. 1, 1985 - 2020)

Courtesy of Chynna Rogers

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Chynna Rogers
(Aug. 19, 1994 - April 8, 2020)

Danny Clinch

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John Prine
(Oct. 10, 1946 - April 7, 2020)


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Hal Willner
(1957 - April 7, 2020)

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John "Bucky" Pizzarelli
(Jan. 9, 1926 - April 1, 2020)

Ebet Roberts

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Cristina Monet-Zilkha
(Jan. 2, 1959 - April 1, 2020)


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Adam Schlesinger of Fountains of Wayne
(Oct. 31, 1967 - April 1, 2020)

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Bill Withers
(July 4, 1938 - March 30, 2020)

Photo by Erika Goldring/Getty Images

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Ellis Marsalis
(Nov. 14, 1934 - April 1, 2020)


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Wallace Roney
(May 25, 1960 - March 31, 2020)

Crystal K. Martel

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Joe Diffie
(Dec. 28, 1958 - March 29, 2020)

Neil H Kitson/Redferns

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Alan Merrill
(Feb. 19, 1951 - March 29, 2020)


David Corio/Redferns

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Manu Dibango
(Dec. 12, 1933 - March 24, 2020)

Donn Jones/Invision/AP

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Kenny Rogers
(Aug. 21, 1938 - March 20, 2020)

Courtesy of Facebook

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DJ Black N Mild
(Died: March 20, 2020)


Heike Jaenichen

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Jonty Skrufff
(Died: March 6, 2020)


Neville Elder/Redferns.

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Genesis P-Orridge
(Feb. 22, 1950 - March 14, 2020)

Barry Brecheisen/WireImage for NARAS

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Keith Olsen
(May 12, 1945- March 9, 2020)


SMH Picture by Dallas Kilponen

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Don Burrows
(Aug. 8, 1928 - March 12, 2020)

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McCoy Tyner
(Dec. 11, 1938 - March 6, 2020)

GAB Archive/Redferns

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Barbara Martin of The Supremes (bottom left)
(June 16, 1943 – March 4, 2020)


Courtesy of Dixie Crush

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Lindsey Lagestee of Dixie Crush (second from left)
(Died: Feb. 17, 2020)

Hayley Madden/Redferns

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Andrew Weatherall
(April 6, 1963 - Feb. 17, 2020)

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Paul English
(Nov. 6, 1932 - Feb. 12, 2020)


AP Photo/Joseph Kaczmarek, File

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Joseph Shabalala
(Aug. 28, 1940 - Feb. 11, 2020)

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Lyle Mays
(Nov. 27, 1953 - Feb. 10, 2020)

Michael Lamont

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Steven Cagan
(Feb. 1, 1943 - Feb. 1, 2020)


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Mirella Freni
(Feb. 27, 1935 - Feb. 9, 2020)

Roger Kisby/Getty Images for REVOLVE

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J.Scott
(Died: Feb. 4, 2020)

Fryderyk Gabowicz/picture alliance via Getty Images

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Andy Gill
(Jan. 1, 1956 - Feb. 1, 2020)


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Bob Shane of The Kingston Trio (left)
(Feb. 1, 1934 - Jan. 26, 2020)

Ebet Roberts/Redferns

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Jimmy Heath
(Oct. 25, 1926 - Jan. 19, 2020)

Adam Gasson/Future Publishing/Shutterstock

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Reed Mullin of Corrosion Of Conformity
(Feb. 12, 1966 - Jan. 27, 2020)


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David Olney
(March 23, 1948 - Jan. 18, 2020)

Yojan Valencia

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Carlos "Cuco" Rojas
(1954 - Jan. 10, 2020)

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Neil Peart of Rush
(Sept. 12, 1952 - Jan. 7, 2020)


Michael Bezjian/WireImage

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Harry Hains
(Dec. 4, 1992 - Jan. 7, 2020)

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Absolutely terrible

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Addition to post 1


Gone But Not Forgotten: Musicians We Lost in 2020
9/6/2020 by Billboard Staff

William Pursell
(June 9, 1926 - Sept. 5, 2020)

Trini Lopez
(May 15, 1937 - Aug. 11, 2020)

Naya Rivera
(Jan. 12, 1987 - July 8, 2020)


Lil Marlo
(Died July 11, 2020)

Charlie Daniels
(Oct. 28, 1936 - July 6, 2020)

Nick Cordero
(Sept. 17, 1978 - July 5, 2020)


Nick Blixky, "What I Do"

(Died May 10, 2020)

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Bruce Williamson, one-time Temptations lead singer, dies at 49
Maureen Lee Lenker 1 hr ago

Entertainment Weekly logoBruce Williamson, one-time Temptations lead singer, dies at 49

Bruce Williamson, who was the lead singer of iconic group The Temptations from 2006 to 2015, has died. He was 49.

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The singer died Sunday night in his Las Vegas home following a battle with COVID-19, TMZ reported Monday. His son also shared a tribute on Facebook, writing, "There's no words in the world that can express how I feel right now I love you Daddy thank you for being awesome thank you for being loving thank you for being Who You Are I pray to God and we will meet again. I love you Daddy. R.I.H KING WILLIAMSON."

Bruce Williamson talking on a cell phone: Bruce Williamson, who was the lead singer of The Temptations from 2006 to 2015, has died.© Marc Broussely/Redferns Bruce Williamson, who was the lead singer of The Temptations from 2006 to 2015, has died.

Williamson was best known to audiences for his nearly decade-long tenure as the lead singer of iconic Motown group, The Temptations. He first joined the group, which has seen many members come and go since its 1960 inception, in 2006. As a Temptation, Williamson led the group in both concert and television performances.

He also featured on Temptations albums Back to Front and Still Here, as well as joined the group in a cameo in Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story.

Born in Compton, Calif. on Sept. 28, 1970, Williamson was raised singing gospel music in church. He first rose to prominence singing on the Las Vegas strip as part of funk cover band BlackBerry Jam.

He was introduced to the Temptations via vocalist Ron Tyson, who reportedly spent years trying to get Williamson into the group.

Williamson has often been quoted as saying that he had done "more in six months of being a Temptation than many artists have done in a lifetime."

He also sang with the Las Vegas Ten Tenors and after leaving The Temptations in 2015 had been pursuing a solo career, specifically in the gospel genre.

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Ronald Bell of Kool & The Gnag

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Edna Wright, Honey Cone Singer and Sister of Darlene Love, Dies
9/12/2020 by Ashley Iasimone



Edna Wright, best known as the lead singer of The Honey Cone, the girl group that went to No. 1 on the Hot 100 with the song "Want Ads" in 1971, has died.

Wright's sister, singer Darlene Love, confirmed the news of her passing with a statement posted on social media Saturday night (Sept. 12).

"I’m in complete shock and so heartbroken by the sudden loss of my beautiful baby sister," Love wrote on Facebook. "Please keep me and my family in your prayers during this very sad time for us."

"I didn't just fall into The Honey Cone," Wright said in an interview in 2019, speaking of her group with Carolyn Willis and Shelly Clark, formed in the late '60s. "I dreamed of that. I watched Diana Ross. I watched Martha Reeves, and I said, 'Oh, that's phenomenal.'"

"It was very positive," she said of "Want Ads," reflecting on the hit. "It was a girl that was just really tired of stupid. She was the kind of girl who knew how to say no, and knew how to reach for what she wanted."

Wright added, "I always try to put out positive songs that reflect, that I can watch through this life and say, 'Yeah, that was me. I'm proud of that.'"

"We have something that everybody should know. We have one mouth, and we have two ears. We should learn to hear and listen better and speak less, and then we'll win what we're going after," she said.

The Honey Cone's chart highlights also included 1971's "Stick Up," as well as 1972's "One Monkey Don't Stop No Show" and "The Day I Found Myself."

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Midnight Oil’s Bass Player Bones Hillman Dies at 62
By Lars Brandle
11/9/2020
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Midnight Oil

Bones Hillman, longtime bass player with seminal Australian rock outfit Midnight Oil, died Saturday (Nov. 9) at his home in Milwaukee after a battle with cancer. He was 62.

“We’re grieving the loss of our brother Bones Hillman,” reads a statement from Midnight Oil. “He was the bassist with the beautiful voice, the band member with the wicked sense of humour, and our brilliant musical comrade.”

Born Wayne Stevens in Auckland, New Zealand, the rocker had a trans-Tasman hit in 1981 with The Swingers’ infectious song “Counting The Beat,” and he appeared in Gillian Armstrong’s music comedy film from 1982, Starstruck.

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This thread is only going to get more painful with each passing year.

All those Silent Gen and Boomer musicians will start leaving us faster and I'm not prepared.

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