Music year 2015
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This article covers the music year 2015 .
As in the previous year, the most commercially successful artist in Germany is the pop singer Helene Fischer , who dominated the Christmas business with her double album Christmas and thus pushed the internationally most successful singer Adele into second place. Sarah Connor's album Mother tongue was also very successful .
The music year 2015 was overshadowed by two major disasters towards the end of the year. On October 30th, at a concert by the metalcore band Goodbye to Gravity in the Colectiv nightclub in Bucharest, there was a fire accident and mass panic . 60 people died and around 180 were injured, some seriously. On November 13th, a concert by the Eagles of Death Metal in the Parisian club Bataclan was one of the targets of the terrorist attacks on November 13th, 2015 in Paris . 89 concert-goers died and hundreds more were injured, some seriously.
In 2015 some musical legends died, such as the two blues musicians Ben E. King and BB King , the soul singer Percy Sledge and rock singer Lemmy Kilmister from the group Motörhead .
Annual charts
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- With Christmas occupied Helene Fischer for the third consecutive No. 1 on the album charts year.
- Farbenspiel by Helene Fischer and x by Ed Sheeran were already in the top ten of the year in 2014.
→ For further placements and comments see the list of number one hits in Germany (2015)
Austria
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- With Christmas occupied Helene Fischer for the second consecutive No. 1 on the album charts year.
- Color game by Helene Fischer was number 1 in the Austrian charts for three consecutive years
→ For further placements and comments see list of number one hits in Austria (2015)
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→ For further rankings and comments see list of number one hits in the UK charts (2015)
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→ For further placements and notes see list of number one hits in the USA (2015)
Music awards and honors
Alternative Press Music Awards
- Artist of the Year: Issues
- Best newcomer: PVRIS
- Album of the year: Black Veil Brides by Black Veil Brides
- Song of the Year: Kick Me by Sleeping with Sirens
- Vanguard Award: Rob Zombie
- Icon Award: X
Complete list of award winners
Amadeus Austrian Music Award
- Band of the year: daydreamer
- Artist of the year: Udo Jürgens
- Artist of the year: Conchita Wurst
- Album of the year: Melodrome by Julian le Play
- Song of the year: Rise Like a Phoenix by Conchita Wurst
- FM4 Award: Wanda
Complete list of award winners
ARIA Awards
- Album of the Year: Currents by Tame Impala
- Song of the Year: Start Again by Conrad Sewell
- Best Female Artist: Courtney Barnett (Album Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit )
- Best Male Artist: Vance Joy (Album Dream Your Life Away )
- Best Group: Tame Impala (Album Currents )
- Breakthrough Artist: Courtney Barnett (Album Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit )
Brit Awards
- Artist of the Year: Pharrell Williams
- Artist of the Year: Taylor Swift
- Group of the Year: Foo Fighters
- British Artist of the Year: Ed Sheeran
- British Artist of the Year: Paloma Faith
- British newcomer: Sam Smith
- British group: Royal Blood
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- Artist, national rock / pop artist: Herbert Grönemeyer , Oonagh
- Artist, international rock / pop artist: Ed Sheeran , Zaz
- Group national rock / pop: Gunslinger
- International rock / pop group: Pink Floyd
- Rock / Alternative Group (national): Unheilig
- Rock / Alternative group (international): AC / DC
- Artist / group of German-speaking hits: Helene Fischer
- Artist / group of folk music: Andreas Gabalier
- Artist / Group Hip Hop / Urban (national): Kollegah
- Hit of the year (national or international): Helene Fischer - breathless through the night
- Album of the year (national or international): Helene Fischer - Farbenspiel
- Young Talent Award of the German Phono Academy - Newcomer of the Year (national): Oonagh
- Young Talent Award of the German Phono Academy - Newcomer of the Year (international): The Common Linnets
Complete list of award winners
Grammy Awards
- Single of the year : Stay with Me (Darkchild Version) by Sam Smith
- Album of the year : Morning Phase by Beck
- Song of the year : Stay with Me (Darkchild Version) by Sam Smith (writers: James Napier, William Phillips, Sam Smith)
- Best New Artist : Sam Smith
Complete list of award winners
MTV Europe Music Awards
- Best pop act: One Direction
- Best rock act: Coldplay
- Best alternative act: Lana Del Rey
- Best electronic act: Martin Garrix
- Best hip-hop act: Nicki Minaj
- Best Artist: Justin Bieber
- Best artist: Rihanna
- Best Newcomer: Shawn Mendes
- Best Song: Taylor Swift (featuring Kendrick Lamar ) - Bad Blood
- Best Video: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - Downtown
Complete list of award winners
MTV Video Music Awards
- Video of the Year: Beyoncé - 7/11
- Best Male Video: Mark Ronson (featuring Bruno Mars ) - Uptown Funk
- Best Female Video: Taylor Swift - Blank Space
- Best Pop Video: Taylor Swift - Blank Space
- Best Rock Video: Fall Out Boy - Uma Thurman
- Best Hip-Hop Video: Nicki Minaj - Anaconda
Complete list of award winners
German Record Critics' Prize
- Karlheinz Stockhausen : Complete Early Percussion Works (2CD / DVD)
- Artemis Quartet : Johannes Brahms - String Quartets in C minor op.51.1 & B flat major op.67
- Ronald Brautigam : Ludwig van Beethoven : Complete Piano Sonatas (box set)
- Les Siècles : Igor Stravinsky : Le sacre du printemps , Petrouchka (CD)
- Agostino Steffani : Niobe, regina di Tebe (CD)
- Vijay Iyer Trio : Break Stuff (CD)
- Sternal Symphonic Society : Volume 2 (CD)
- Thorbjørn Risager & The Black Tornado: Too Many Roads (CD)
- Cool Million : Sumthin 'Like This (CD)
- Spoon : They Want My Soul (CD)
- Magic Kamancheh : The Pranks 1 - Asia (4CDs + DVD)
- Ulrike Janssen and Norbert Wehr (Eds.): Thomas Kling - The Burned Performance (4CDs with accompanying band)
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame recordings
- Ringo Starr
- The "5" Royales
- The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
- Green Day
- Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
- Lou Reed
- Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
- Bill Withers
Further music prizes and awards
- Billboard Music Award : Taylor Swift
- Mercury Music Prize : Benjamin Clementine - At Least for Now
- Academy Awards 2015 : Best Film Music: Grand Budapest Hotel - Alexandre Desplat , Best Film Song: Glory from Selma - Common and John Legend
- Protest song contest : Wladimir (Put Put Putin) by Rammelhof
- Tony Award for Best Musical: Fun Home / Best Revival of a Musical: The King and I
Music competitions and casting shows
Competitions
- Eurovision Song Contest 2015 : Måns Zelmerlöw (Sweden) with Heroes
- Bundesvision Song Contest 2015 : Mark Forster (Rhineland-Palatinate) with stomach and head
- Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015 : Destiny Chukunyere ( Malta ) with Not My Soul
- Sanremo Festival 2015 : Il Volo with Grande amore
Casting shows
- American Idol : Nick Fradiani
- Germany is looking for the superstar : Severino Seeger
- Pop stars : Leandah
- The Voice of Germany : Jamie-Lee Kriewitz
- The Voice US : Sawyer Fredericks (8th season); Jordan Smith (9th season)
Annual leaderboards
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- January 1: The 2015 New Year's Concert by the Vienna Philharmonic will be broadcast in 92 countries around the world and watched by more than 50 million TV viewers
- January 14th: Opening of the Philharmonie de Paris
- March 5th: Andreas Kümmert , the winner of the ESC preliminary decision, Our song for Austria resigns while the program is still running. The runner-up Ann Sophie achieved 0 points in the main event, the worst result for Germany since Ulla Wiesner (1965)
- June 2nd to June 10th: Severino Seeger , the winner of the 12th DSDS season, is charged with fraud in the district court of Frankfurt am Main . He is said to have brought over 100,000 euros with a gang of senior women. The news of the fraud allegations went through all media.
- August 5, 2015: American pop, hip-hop, and R&B singer and songwriter Mariah Carey receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame .
- August to October: A new edition of the casting show Popstars , last broadcast in 2012 , turned out to be a flop for the production company Brainpool . An average of 0.53 million viewers followed the action, the format changed several times due to the bad ratings the broadcasting slot on RTL II . Even the winning title of the girl group Leandah compiled in the show could not bring in any chart success.
- October 30th: At a concert by the metalcore band Goodbye to Gravity in the Colectiv nightclub in Bucharest, there was a fire accident and a mass panic that killed 60 people.
- November 13th: A concert by the Eagles of Death Metal (opening act: White Miles ) in the Paris Club Bataclan was stormed by Islamist terrorists. 89 concert-goers died and hundreds more were injured, some seriously. It was an attack in the context of the terrorist attacks on November 13, 2015 in Paris , to which the Islamic State (IS) claimed responsibility.
Festivals
- 9-13 February: Sanremo Festival 2015 at the Ariston Theater in Sanremo
- 29.-31. May: Rockavaria in the Olympiapark Munich
- 29.-31. May: Rock im Revier in the Veltins-Arena , Gelsenkirchen (originally planned for the Nürburgring )
- 5th-7th June: Rock am Ring on the site of the former Bundeswehr airfield in Mendig
- 4th-6th June: first rock in Vienna on the Danube Island in Vienna
- June 14th: Birligte (solidarity concert and rally) in Cologne
- 25.-28. June: 12th Fusion Festival in Lärz , MV
- 10-12 July: 24th International Samba Festival in Coburg
- 10-12 July: 18th Splash! Festival in Ferropolis
- 19. – 21. June: Hurricane Festival in Scheeßel
- 26.-28. June: Danube Island Festival in Vienna
- July 18–30. August: Salzburg Festival
- 24.-26. July: The festival (open-air music festival) in Karlsruhe
- 24.-26. July: 11th Tomorrowland in Boom , Belgium
- July 30–1. August: Wacken Open Air in Wacken
- July 31–2. August: 40th Bardentreffen (open-air music festival) in Nuremberg
- October 3: Voices for Refugees (solidarity concert) on Heldenplatz in Vienna
Remembrance days and anniversaries
- January 16 : The Austrian youth culture and music channel FM4 celebrates the 20th anniversary of its start of broadcasting
- May 15th : Rock Me Amadeus by the Austrian musician Falco was released 30 years ago
- September : 35 years ago the first issue of the music magazine Spex appeared
- November 5th : 60 years ago the Vienna State Opera , which was destroyed at the end of the Second World War, was reopened with the opera Fidelio
- December 12 : 100th birthday of the American singer and actor Frank Sinatra
- December 19 : 100th birthday of the French chanson singer Édith Piaf
2015 deceased
January to March
January
- January 1: Jeff Golub , American guitarist (59)
- January 1: Hector Quine , British guitarist and guitar teacher (88)
- January 1: Tommy Ruskin , American jazz drummer (72)
- January 2: Little Jimmy Dickens , American country singer (94)
- January 2: Kurt Illing , German composer and conductor (91)
- January 2nd: Rolf "Rocco" Klein , German rock guitarist (63)
- January 2nd: Walter Kühr , German-American accordionist (59)
- January 3rd: Ricolf Cross , German guitarist (??)
- January 3rd: Rudy Vercruyssee , Belgian guitarist (59)
- January 3: Ivan Jullien , French composer, arranger and trumpeter (80)
- January 4th: Claude Chamboisier , French singer (64)
- January 4th: Pino Daniele , Italian songwriter (59)
- January 4th: Chitresh Das , Indian Kathak dancer (70)
- January 6: Lawrence Gushee , American musicologist (83)
- January 6: Lance Percival , British actor, comedian and singer (81)
- January 7th: Peter Garden , German actor, singer and presenter (90)
- January 8: Andraé Crouch , American composer and gospel musician (72)
- January 8: Rita Haub , German musicologist and historian (59)
- January 8th: Thassilo Herbert , German singer and bassist (34)
- January 8: Curtis Lee , American rock singer (75)
- January 8: Ray McFall , British music club owner (88)
- January 9: Popsy Dixon , American drummer (72)
- January 9: Kurt Guntner , German violinist and university professor (75)
- January 9: Colin Sauer , British violinist (90)
- January 10: Yoko Nagae Ceschina , Japanese patron of music (82)
- January 10: Tim Drummond , American bassist (74)
- January 10: David Josefowitz , British conductor and music producer (96)
- January 10: George Probert , American jazz musician (87)
- January 12: Clifford Adams , American trombonist (62)
- January 12: Maureen Budway , American jazz singer (51)
- January 12: Frank Glazer , American pianist (99)
- January 12: Harold Jones , American flautist and music teacher (80)
- January 12: Jelena Wassiljewna Obraszowa , Russian mezzo-soprano (75)
- January 13: Ronnie Ronalde , British singer and piper (91)
- January 13th: Trevor "Dozy" Ward-Davies , British musician (70)
- January 15: Hans Michael Beuerle , German choir director and orchestra conductor (73)
- January 15: Ervin Drake , American songwriter (95)
- January 15: Kim Fowley , American record producer, songwriter and musician (75)
- January 15: Jochen Hülder , German music manager and entrepreneur (57)
- January 15: Paul Serrano , American jazz trumpeter and sound engineer (83)
- January 16: Werner Forster , German concert organizer (75)
- January 16: Michael Gehrke , German music manager (58)
- January 16: La Sallago , Spanish flamenco singer (97)
- January 16: Traudl Well , German folk musician (95)
- January 17th: Origa , Russian singer (44)
- January 17th: Peter Schleicher , Austrian singer and musician (69)
- January 18: Cynthia Layne , American singer (51)
- January 18: Dallas Taylor , American drummer (66)
- January 18: Bobby Watley , American jazz organist (69)
- January 18: A $ AP Yams , American rapper (26)
- January 19: George Bean , American jazz trumpeter (85)
- January 19: John Bilezikjian , American musician (66)
- January 19: Vera Gornostajewa , Russian pianist and piano teacher (85)
- January 19: Hironori Suzuki , Japanese drummer (33)
- January 19: Ward Swingle , American pianist, singer and arranger (87)
- January 20: Canserbero , Venezuelan rapper (26)
- January 20: Edgar Froese , German musician, composer and artist (70)
- January 20: Rose Marie McCoy , American songwriter (92)
- January 20: Oliver Neighbor , British musicologist (92)
- January 21: Waldemar Kmentt , Austrian tenor (85)
- January 21: Kemal Monteno , Yugoslavian or Bosnian pop singer and songwriter (66)
- January 22nd: Louis Devos , Belgian tenor (88)
- January 22nd: Joan Hinde , British trumpeter (81)
- January 25: Demis Roussos , Greek singer (68)
- January 27: Ebbe Grims-land , Swedish musician and composer (99)
- January 27: Alain De Grosbois , Canadian music producer (67)
- January 27: Neil Levang , American guitarist, violinist and banjo player (83)
- January 29: Rod McKuen , American poet and composer (81)
- January 29th: Reiner Süß , German chamber singer and entertainer (84)
- January 29: Israel Yinon , Israeli conductor (59)
- January 30th: René Nan , French jazz drummer (82)
- January 31: Don Covay , American singer and composer (78)
- January 31: Wilmer Wise , American trumpeter (78)
February 2015
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- February 1: Aldo Ciccolini , Italian-French pianist (89)
- February 1: Anita Darian , American soprano (87)
- February 2: Joseph Alfidi , American pianist (66)
- February 2: Heinz Eckert , German musician and composer (85)
- February 2: Alekos Kitsakis , Greek singer (81)
- February 2: Zane Musa , American jazz saxophonist (36)
- February 3: Mary Healy , American actress and singer (96)
- February 3: William Thomas McKinley , American composer and jazz pianist (76)
- February 3: Michael Schöbel , German artist manager (?)
- February 4th: Celina González , Cuban singer (85)
- February 4th: Alfred Peschek , Austrian composer (85)
- February 5: Siegfried Vogelsänger , German musicologist (87)
- February 6: Marisa Del Frate , Italian singer and actress (83)
- February 6: Friedel von Hagen , German pop singer (60)
- February 6: Benny Vasseur , French jazz trombonist (88)
- February 7: Joe B. Mauldin , American bassist (74)
- February 8: Müzeyyen Senar , Turkish singer (96)
- February 9: Marvin David Levy , American composer (82)
- February 10: Rolf Arland , German composer (92)
- February 10: Anne Naysmith , British pianist (77)
- February 11: Amadeus Schwarzkopf , Russian-Swiss pianist and piano teacher (90)
- February 12: Sam Andrew , American guitarist (73)
- February 12: Désiré Dondeyne , French composer and conductor (93)
- February 12: Friedrich Lenz , German opera singer (88)
- February 12: Richie Pratt , American drummer (71)
- February 12: Steve Strange , British musician (55)
- February 13: Keith Copeland , American jazz drummer (68)
- February 13: John McCabe , British composer (75)
- February 14: Maureen Guy , British opera singer (82)
- February 14: Octavian Naghiu , Romanian opera singer (81)
- February 14: Almut Rößler , German organist and church musician (82)
- February 15: Sergio Blanco , Spanish singer (66)
- February 15: Birger Gesthuisen , German journalist and music producer (62)
- February 15: Gustaf Sjökvist , Swedish conductor (71)
- February 16: Lesley Gore , American singer and songwriter (68)
- February 16: Sydney Humphreys , Canadian violinist and music teacher (88)
- February 18: Hansi Hoffmann , German concert promoter and photographer (86)
- February 19: Scott Cameron , American Music Manager (76)
- February 19: Ulrich Mutz , German music journalist (51)
- February 19: Alban Roetschi , Swiss composer and music teacher (92)
- February 20: Gérard Calvi , French film composer (92)
- February 21: Clark Terry , American jazz trumpeter (94)
- February 22nd: Erik Amundsen , Norwegian jazz musician (78)
- February 22nd: Andranik Assatourian , Iranian composer and musician (73)
- February 22: Charles Kálmán , Austrian composer (85)
- February 24: Robert Belfour , American blues musician (74)
- February 24: Denys Darlow , British composer, organist and festival organizer (93)
- February 24th: Luis "Tata" Guerra , Cuban percussionist and composer (81)
- February 24: Hsiao Tyzen , Taiwanese composer (77)
- February 25: Ariel Camacho , Mexican singer and musician (22)
- February 25: Zbigniew Kalemba , Polish musician (78)
- February 26: Ralf Paulsen , German hit and country singer (85)
- February 27: Death of Dockstader , American composer (82)
- February 28: Ezra Laderman , American composer (90)
- February 28: Charmayne Maxwell , American R&B singer (46)
- February 28: William Röttger , German music manager, label owner and gallery owner (66)
March
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- March 1: Brian Carman , American guitarist and songwriter (69)
- March 1: Paul Jordan , German-American organist and university professor (75)
- March 1: Orrin Keepnews , American jazz producer (91)
- March 1: Ryan Stanek , American drummer (42)
- March 1: Jennifer Ward Clarke , British cellist (79)
- March 4th: Fiete Münzner , German singer and presenter (68)
- March 4th: Ted Reinhardt , American drummer (62)
- March 5: Vlada Divljan , Yugoslav or Serbian musician (56)
- March 5th: Jim McCann , Irish musician (70)
- March 8: Inezita Barroso , Brazilian singer (90)
- March 8: Heinz Karl Kuba , Austrian concert manager (65)
- March 8: Lew Soloff , American jazz trumpeter (71)
- March 9: Peter Dannenberg , German music critic, writer and theater director (84)
- March 9: Boris Vajda , Yugoslav opera singer (82)
- March 10: Sepp Gußmann , German musician and composer (87)
- March 10: Hans Knauer , German entertainer, cabaret artist, author, singer and composer (82)
- March 11: Tony Fenton , Irish disc jockey and radio presenter (53)
- March 11: Jimmy Greenspoon , American musician (67)
- March 13: Daevid Allen , Australian rock musician (77)
- March 15: Mike Porcaro , American bassist (59)
- March 15th: Jozef Sluys , Belgian organist (78)
- March 16: Bruce Crump , American drummer (57)
- March 16: Andy Fraser , British rock musician (62)
- March 16: Dave Frey , American jazz musician (65)
- March 18: Samuel Charters , American musician and music researcher (85)
- March 19: Michael Brown , American musician (65)
- March 19: Peter Katin , British pianist (84)
- March 20: Paul Jeffrey , American saxophonist (81)
- March 20: AJ Pero , American drummer (55)
- March 21: Moncho Alpuente , Spanish author, humorist, musician and journalist (65)
- March 21: Miriam Bienstock , American music and theater producer (92)
- March 21: Jørgen Ingmann , Danish musician (89)
- March 21: Jackie Trent , British singer and actress (74)
- March 22: Emile Charlap , American contractor, copyist, arranger and trumpeter (96)
- March 22nd: Robert Jung , German pop composer and producer (79)
- March 23: Lil 'Chris , British singer and actor (24)
- March 23: Herbert Beck , German songwriter, radio and television presenter (65)
- March 23: Roy Douglas , British composer (107)
- March 24th: Oleg Bryjak , Kazakh-German opera singer (54)
- March 24th: Roberto "Pelín" Capobianco , Uruguayan musician
- March 24: Scott Clendenin , American bass player (47)
- March 24th: Maria Radner , German opera singer (33)
- March 26: Bidinte , Guinea-Bissau musician (52)
- March 27: Pauline Brockless , British soprano (85)
- March 27: BJ Crosby , American singer and actress (62)
- March 27: Peter Nieuwerf , Dutch jazz guitarist (76)
- March 30th: Jeremy Brown , American guitarist (34)
- March 31: David Ball , British musician (65)
- March 31: Billy Butler , American soul singer (69)
- March 31: Ralph Sharon , British-American jazz pianist (91)
April to June
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April
- April 1: Cynthia Lennon , first wife of John Lennon, 75
- April 1: Sandy Mason , American singer and songwriter (71)
- April 2nd: Jacques Kloes , Dutch singer (67)
- April 2: Marian Migdal , German pianist and university professor (66)
- April 3: Kayahan Açar , Turkish singer (66)
- April 3: Bob Burns , American drummer (64)
- April 3: Endre Kovács , Hungarian organist, concert promoter and concert dramaturge (78)
- April 3: John J. Vis , Dutch music producer (86)
- April 5: Juan Carlos Cáceres , Argentine musician (79)
- April 5: Richard LaSalle , American composer (97)
- April 5th: Claudio Prieto , Spanish composer (80)
- April 5: Julie Wilson , American singer (90)
- April 6: Ray Charles , American composer (96)
- April 6: Milton DeLugg , American composer (96)
- April 7th: Peter "Sab" Sabourin , Canadian musician (51)
- April 8: Sebastian Radke , German radio and television presenter (40)
- April 9: Mick Collins , British jazz trumpeter (76)
- April 9: Tut Taylor , American musician (91)
- April 11: Bill Arhos , American musician and TV presenter (80)
- April 13: Richard Zettler , German composer, music teacher and conductor (93)
- April 13: Ronnie Carroll , British singer and politician (80)
- April 14th: Percy Sledge , American singer (74)
- April 15: Ton van der Kleij , Dutch drummer (66)
- April 15: Mingiedi Mawangu , Congolese musician (85)
- April 16: Manfred Drescher , German tenor (84)
- April 17th: Brian Couzens , British record producer (82)
- April 17: Eric Doney , American pianist (62)
- April 18: Srinivas Chakravarthy , Indian film composer (49)
- April 20: Richard Anthony , French singer (77)
- April 20: Bernard Stollman , American music producer (85)
- April 21: Werner Leismann , German singer (78)
- April 21: Lois Lilienstein , Canadian singer (78)
- April 23: Kurt Leo Sourisseaux , German singer, actor and director (87)
- April 24: Marc Claesen , Belgian opera singer (46)
- April 24th: Fred Rai , German western singer, actor and riding instructor (73)
- April 25: Alfred Schreyer , Polish musician and Holocaust survivor (92)
- April 24: Sid Tepper , American songwriter (96)
- April 26: Ruth Poe Weir , American country singer (90)
- April 26: Wolfgang Sauer , German singer, musician and radio presenter (87)
- April 27: Marty Napoleon , American jazz pianist and band leader (93)
- April 27: Vivienne Newport , British dancer and choreographer (63)
- April 27: Rolf Smedvig , American musician (62)
- April 28: Jack Ely , American singer and guitarist (71)
- April 30th: Patachou , French singer and actress (96)
- April 30: Ben E. King , American R&B singer (76)
- April 30: Ronald Senator , British composer (89)
May
- May 1: Ernst Brunner , Swiss musician and composer (85)
- May 1st: Lucía Huergo , Cuban jazz musician (63)
- May 1: Alexander Kok , South African-British cellist (89)
- May 1st: John Tout , British keyboardist
- May 2: Guy Carawan , American folk musician, musicologist and civil rights activist (87)
- May 3: Ben Aronov , American jazz pianist (82)
- May 3: Shamgon Kashgaliyev , Kazakh conductor (88)
- May 3: Rémy Kolpa Kopoul , French music journalist (66)
- May 4th: Umberto Arlati , Swiss jazz trumpeter (83)
- May 4: Jim Mooney , American sound engineer and jazz trumpeter (81)
- May 4th: Wolfgang Suppan , Austrian musicologist (81)
- May 5: Randy Chortkoff , American blues musician and label owner (65)
- May 5: Craig Gruber , American musician (63)
- May 6: Errol Brown , Jamaican-British singer and songwriter (71)
- May 6: Jerome Cooper , American jazz drummer (68)
- May 6: Alicia Perea , Cuban pianist and music teacher (80)
- May 7: Ron Crotty , American jazz bassist (86)
- May 8: Roger Boggasch , German conductor, composer and arranger (49)
- May 9: Johnny Gimble , American western swing musician (88)
- May 9: McNeil Robinson II , American organist and composer (72)
- May 10: Jack Body , New Zealand composer (70)
- May 10: Rachel Rosenthal , American performance artist and activist (88)
- May 10: Victor Salvi , American harpist, harp maker and entrepreneur (95)
- May 11: Stan Cornyn , American record producer (81)
- May 12: Mervyn Burtch , British composer (85)
- May 12: Packie Byrne Irish folk singer (98)
- May 13: Robert Drasnin , American film composer (87)
- May 14: Roy Etzel , German trumpeter, composer, lyricist and band leader (90)
- May 14: BB King , American blues guitarist and singer (89)
- May 15: Ortheia Barnes Kennerly , American singer and activist (70)
- May 15: Michael Braunfels , German composer (98)
- May 15: Willy Hagara , Austrian pop singer and actor (87)
- May 15: Flora MacNeil , British folk singer (86)
- May 15: Arkadius Raschka , German songwriter and music producer (40)
- May 17: Lionel Pickens , American rap musician (31)
- May 18: Gabriele Auenmüller , German opera singer (63)
- May 18: Don Scaletta , American jazz pianist and music teacher (77)
- May 18: Elbert West , American songwriter (46)
- May 19: Bruce Lundvall , American music producer (79)
- May 19: Manuel Molina , Spanish flamenco musician (66)
- May 20: Bob Belden , American jazz saxophonist (58)
- May 20: Simon Flem Devold , Norwegian author, journalist and jazz musician (86)
- May 21: Louis Johnson , American bassist (60)
- May 21: Twinkle , British singer (66)
- May 24th: Marcus Belgrave , American jazz trumpeter (78)
- May 25: Roger Riggins , American music critic and author (66)
- May 25: Peter Schmidlin , Swiss jazz musician and label owner (67)
- May 26: Octavio Hernández , Mexican music critic and author (55)
- May 27: Dennis Sheehan , Irish Tour Manager (68)
- May 28: Johnny Keating , British musician (87)
- May 28: Ray Kennedy , American jazz pianist and arranger (58)
- May 28: Emmanuel Riggins , American keyboardist, producer and arranger (72)
- May 29: Georgi Ansimow , Soviet operetta director (92)
- May 29: Peter Cropper , British violinist (69)
- May 29: Walter Mossmann , German songwriter and activist (73)
- May 30: Jim Bailey , American actor and singer (77)
- May 30: Christiane Sorell , Austrian soprano (84)
- May 31: Nico Castel , American opera singer, voice and language teacher (83)
- May 31: Will Holt , American songwriter (86)
- May 31: Slim Richey , American jazz guitarist (77)
June
- June 1st: Vladimir Furduj , Yugoslav drummer (70)
- June 1: Jean Ritchie , American folk singer and musician (92)
- June 1: Richard Watson , American folk guitarist (49)
- June 4th: Larry "Jim" Ferguson , Bahamian singer and musician (71)
- June 4th: Allan Fryer , Australian singer (60)
- June 4th: Albert West , Dutch pop singer and music producer (65)
- June 6: Lenny Boyd , Canadian jazz bassist (?)
- June 6: Jorge Galemire , Uruguayan guitarist and singer (64)
- June 6: Ronnie Gilbert , American folk singer, songwriter and activist (88)
- June 6: Sheila Whiteley , British musicologist (74)
- June 7: Christopher Lee , British actor and singer (93)
- June 7th: Corky McClerkin , American jazz musician (73)
- June 8: Archie Alleyne , Canadian jazz drummer (82)
- June 9: Randy Howard , American country musician (65)
- June 9: James Last , German band leader (86)
- June 9th: Pumpkinhead , American rap musician (39)
- June 10: Heinz Kretzschmar , German jazz musician (89)
- June 11: Jim Ed Brown , American country singer (81)
- June 11: Ornette Coleman , American jazz musician (85)
- June 12: Fernando Brant , Brazilian composer and journalist (68)
- June 12: Ken Gibson , British jazz trombonist, composer and arranger (75)
- June 12: Ivinho , Brazilian guitarist (62)
- June 12: Ernest Tomlinson , British composer and conductor (90)
- June 12: Franz Wilhelm , Austrian dancer (70)
- June 13: Edna Anderson-Owens , American music manager (76)
- June 13: Allan Browne , Australian jazz drummer and composer (70)
- June 13: Drs. P , Dutch-Swiss cabaret artist and singer (95)
- June 13: Ronald Wilford , American music manager (87)
- June 14: Walter Weller , Austrian violinist and conductor (75)
- June 15: Schanna Friske , Russian singer and actress (40)
- June 15: Blaze Starr , American dancer and model (83)
- June 17: Manfred Morgan , German pop singer and composer (66)
- June 17th: Jean Warland , Belgian jazz musician (88)
- June 18: Darius Dhlomo , South African boxer and singer (83)
- June 19: Harold Battiste , American music producer (83)
- June 20: Curro de Utrera , Spanish flamenco singer (88)
- June 21: Ezkimo , Finnish musician (35)
- June 21: Bogdun Nicula , Romanian ballet dancer (34)
- June 21: Gunther Schuller , American composer and musicologist (89)
- June 22nd: Albert Evans , American ballet dancer (46)
- June 22nd: James Horner , American composer (61)
- June 22nd: Robert Urach , Austrian musician (74)
- June 23: John Gibbens , British musician and poet (56)
- June 23: Thé Lau , Dutch musician (62)
- June 23: Magali Noël , French actress and singer (82)
- June 23: Young Ready , American rapper and record producer (31)
- June 24: Cristiano Araújo , Brazilian singer and songwriter (29)
- June 25: Hal Gaylor , Canadian jazz bassist (85)
- June 26th: Carlos Carli , Uruguayan-Spanish jazz drummer (69)
- June 26: Eter Kakulia , Georgian singer (67)
- June 27: Emerson Able , American musician and music educator (84)
- June 27: Chris Squire , British bassist and singer (67)
- June 27th: Marc Steckar , French jazz musician and composer (80)
- June 29: Bruce Rowland , British drummer (74)
- June 30th: Ludwig Doerr , German organist (89)
- June 30th: Eddy Louiss , French jazz musician (74)
- June 30: Bob Whitlock , American jazz musician (84)
July to September
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July
- July 1: Val Doonican , Irish singer and entertainer (88)
- July 1: Edward Greenfield , British music critic, radio host and biographer (86)
- July 1: Red Lane , American songwriter (76)
- July 2nd: Slavko Avsenik , Yugoslav or Slovenian composer and accordionist (85)
- July 2: Roy C. Bennett , American songwriter (96)
- July 2: Wilma Bentivegna , Brazilian singer, actress and TV presenter (85)
- July 2: Dominique Jameux , French musicologist, media producer and author (76)
- July 2: Inge Lammel , German musicologist (91)
- July 2: Hans Muff , Swiss musician and music producer (70)
- July 2: Joerg Reiter , German jazz pianist and university professor (56)
- July 4th: Manfred Dierkes , German guitarist (49)
- July 5: Garrison Fewell , American jazz guitarist and college professor (61)
- July 5: David Masondo , South African singer (67)
- July 5: Charanjit Singh , Indian musician (75)
- July 6: Julio Angel , Puerto Rican singer (69)
- July 6: Camille Bob , American singer and musician (77)
- July 6: Stan Carew , Canadian musician, actor and radio host (64)
- July 6: Elisa Guerrero , Venezuelan singer (35)
- July 6: Masabumi Kikuchi , Japanese jazz pianist (75)
- July 7th: Reinhard "Django" Kroll , German jazz musician (60)
- July 7th: Jaime Morey , Spanish singer (73)
- July 8: Ernie Maresca , American songwriter, singer and manager (77)
- July 8: Delroy Thompson , American sound engineer and record producer (63)
- July 9: Josef Hopferwieser , Austrian opera singer (77)
- July 9: Michael Masser , American composer (74)
- July 9: William J. Proctor , American music historian, 75
- July 9: Ettore Stratta , Italian-American music producer and conductor (82)
- July 9: Tadeusz Suchocki , Polish pianist, composer and conductor (87)
- July 11: Capo , American rapper (22)
- July 11: Hussein Fatal , American rapper (42)
- July 11: Joseph Robinson Jr. , American musician and record producer (53)
- July 11: Jon Vickers , Canadian opera singer (88)
- July 12: Javier Krahe , Spanish singer-songwriter (71)
- July 12: Tom Skinner , American country musician (61)
- July 13: Glenn Houle , American composer (87)
- July 13: Raymond Katarzynski , French trombonist and music teacher (≈80)
- July 13: Patrice Moncell Gathright , American blues musician (52)
- July 13: Michael Rayner , British opera singer and actor (82)
- July 13: Joan Sebastian , Mexican singer and songwriter (64)
- July 13: Jerzy Szymański , Polish opera singer (88)
- July 14th: Mansour Nariman , Iranian musician (80)
- July 14: Dave Somerville , Canadian singer (81)
- July 15: Alan Curtis , American musician (80)
- July 15: Sławomir Gołaszewski , Polish writer and musician (61)
- July 15: Harry Pitch , British harmonica player (90)
- July 15: Howard Rumsey , American jazz bassist (97)
- July 15: Mario Sereni , Italian opera singer (87)
- July 15: Manolo de Vega , Spanish comedian and singer (73)
- July 16: V. Ramakrishna , Indian singer (68)
- July 16: Mike Schähfer , German singer (71)
- July 16: Lezley Ziering , American dancer and roller skate trainer (82)
- July 17: John Taylor , British pianist and university teacher (72)
- July 18: Dave Black , British musician (62)
- July 18: Buddy Buie , American songwriter, record producer and publisher
- July 19: Van Alexander , American band leader, arranger and songwriter (100)
- July 19: Dorothee Fürstenberg , German opera singer (79)
- July 19: Kyoko , Japanese guitarist and singer (?)
- July 19: Carmino Ravosa , American composer, conductor and music historian (85)
- July 19: Václav Snítil , Czech violinist and university teacher (87)
- July 20: Papo Angarica , Cuban percussionist and band leader (73)
- July 20: Wayne Carson , American musician (73)
- July 20: Sally Gross , American dancer and choreographer (81)
- July 20: Mimi Herold , German singer (89)
- July 20: Dieter Moebius , Swiss-German musician (71)
- July 21: Mitch Aliotta , American musician (71)
- July 21: Theodore Bikel , American actor and singer (91)
- July 21: Robert Broberg , Swedish singer and composer (75)
- July 21: Paul Freeman , American conductor (79)
- July 21: Justin Lowe , American guitarist (32)
- July 21: Jean-Jacques Rapin , Swiss music teacher (82)
- July 22nd: Eddie Hardin , British rock musician (66)
- July 22: Don Joyce , American musician and radio host (71)
- July 23: Adriano Rodríguez , Cuban singer (91)
- July 23: Norbert Schwefel , German musician (54)
- July 23: Cirilo Vila Castro , Chilean conductor, composer and pianist (78)
- July 24: Jürgen Wölfer , German music author (70)
- July 26: Bobbi Kristina Brown , American singer (22)
- July 26: Vic Firth , American musician and entrepreneur (95)
- July 26: Wolfgang Gönnenwein , German music teacher and politician (82)
- July 26: Pía Sebastiani , Argentinian pianist and music teacher (90)
- July 27: Rickey Grundy , American gospel singer, songwriter and choir director (56)
- July 27: Ivan Moravec , Czech pianist (84)
- July 27: Ndidani , South African singer (39)
- July 28: Buddy Emmons , American pedal steel guitarist (78)
- July 30: Lynn Anderson , American country singer (67)
- July 30th: Ludmila Dvořáková , Czech opera singer (92)
- July 31: Red Dragon , Jamaican DJ (49)
August
- August 1: Cilla Black , British pop singer (72)
- August 2nd: Mahmoud Ghania , Moroccan musician (64)
- August 2nd: Hajo Hoffmann , German jazz violinist (57)
- August 3: Margot Loyola , Chilean musician and ethnomusicologist (96)
- August 3: Ambros Seelos , German band leader and arranger (80)
- August 4: Ken Barnes , British writer and record producer (82)
- August 4th: Gerd Natschinski , German composer (86)
- August 4: Billy Sherrill , American music producer (78)
- August 5th: Dieter Antritter , German jazz musician (85)
- August 5: Raphy Leavitt , Puerto Rican salsa musician and band leader (66)
- August 8: Sean Price , American rapper (43)
- August 9: Don Kent , American record collector and musicologist (71)
- August 10: Bernd Wiesemann , German composer, pianist, music teacher and conceptual artist (77)
- August 11: Serge Collot , French violist (91)
- August 12: Giancarlo Golzi , Italian musician (63)
- August 12: John Scott , British organist (59)
- August 13: Pierre Jansen , French composer (85)
- August 13: Harold Ousley , American jazz musician (86)
- August 14: Doris Hines , American jazz singer (91)
- August 14: Bob Johnston , American record producer (83)
- August 14: Jazz Summers , British music producer (71)
- August 15: Al Block , American jazz musician (89)
- August 15: Dieter Burmester , German entrepreneur and musician (69)
- August 15: Alfonso Montecino , Chilean pianist, composer and music teacher (90)
- August 16: Jón Páll Bjarnason , Icelandic jazz guitarist (77)
- August 17: Arsen Dedić , Croatian singer, composer and actor (77)
- August 17: Stefan George , American blues and jazz guitarist (62)
- August 18: Russell Henderson , Trinidadian jazz musician (91)
- August 18: Roger Smalley , British-Australian pianist (72)
- August 21: Daniel Rabinovich , Argentine-Spanish actor, humorist and musician (71)
- August 22nd: Mariem Hassan , Sahrawi singer (≈57)
- August 22: Steve Lane , British jazz musician and record producer (93)
- August 22: Nikolaus Lehnhoff , German opera director (76)
- August 23: Gottfried Engels , German music producer and label founder (66)
- August 23: Varduhi Khachatryan , Armenian singer (88)
- August 23: Yosi Piamenta , Israeli guitarist (64)
- August 24: Johan Renvall , Swedish-American ballet dancer (55)
- August 27: Boris Aranđelović , Yugoslav musician (66)
- August 27: Krunoslav Cigoj , Yugoslav opera singer (66)
- August 27: George Cleve , American conductor (79)
- August 27: Erik Lindström , Finnish musician, band leader and composer (93)
- August 28: George Bouchard , American jazz musician and university teacher (71)
- August 28: Hérold Christophe , Haitian singer (50)
- August 28: Kyle Jean-Baptiste , American musical actor (21)
- August 28: Steve Pouchie , American jazz vibraphonist (55)
- August 29: Bob Allen , American jazz pianist (75)
- August 29: Friedrich Witt , German double bass player (85)
- August 30th: Joy Beverley , British singer (91)
- August 30: Blondell Cummings , American dancer and choreographer (70)
- August 30: Hugo Rasmussen , Danish jazz bassist (74)
- August 30: Natalia Strelchenko , Russian-Norwegian pianist (38)
- August 31: Sergej Dubrovin , Soviet-Serbian opera singer (73)
- August 31: Bruce Lawrence , American double bass player (88)
- August 31: Cipe Lincovsky , Argentine actress and singer (85)
- August 31: Franz XA Zipperer , German music journalist and photographer (63)
September
- September 1: Craig Allen , American blues musician (60)
- September 3: Don Griffin , American guitarist (60)
- September 3: Rudolf Jaggi , Swiss composer (74)
- September 4: Jean Darling , American actress and singer (93)
- September 4: Gerhard Eder , Austrian cultural manager (64)
- September 4th: Rico Rodriguez , Jamaican trombonist and band leader (80)
- September 4: Hal Willis , Canadian country singer (82)
- September 5th: Colin Faver , British DJ (63)
- September 5: Dennis Greene , American singer (66)
- September 5: Gerhard Hund , German jazz trombonist (72)
- September 5: Jaques Israelievitch , French violinist (67)
- September 5: Aadesh Shrivastava , Indian composer and singer (49)
- September 7th: Cornelius H. Edskes , Dutch organist and organ expert (90)
- September 7: Rafael Nadal , Spanish musician and conductor (86)
- September 7th: Dex Osama , American rapper (26)
- September 7th: Guillermo Rubalcaba , Cuban pianist (88)
- September 8: Teri Harangozó , Hungarian singer (72)
- September 9: Kool DJ AJ , American DJ (??)
- September 9: Christof Stählin , German songwriter and writer (73)
- September 10: Gert Wilden , German composer and arranger (98)
- September 12th: Bryn Merrick , British bass player (56)
- September 13th: Ernie Felice , American jazz accordionist (93)
- September 13: Gary Richrath , American guitarist and songwriter (65)
- September 13: Kalamandalam Satyabhama , Indian dancer, dance teacher and choreographer (77)
- September 14th: Thomas Buhé , German musician (94)
- September 14th: Martin Kearns , British drummer (38)
- September 15: Daniel Levins , American ballet dancer (62)
- September 16: Guy Béart , French singer and composer (85)
- September 16: Peggy Jones , American R&B musician (75)
- September 19: Joseph Niles , Barbadian singer (75)
- September 20: Philip Barker , British psychiatrist, writer and record producer (85)
- September 20: Franz Surges , German composer and church musician (56)
- September 20: Włodzimierz Szymański , Polish musician and composer (≈79)
- September 20: Radhika Thilak , Indian playback singer (45)
- September 21: Ben Cauley , American trumpeter (67)
- September 21: Victor Démé , Burkinabe musician (≈53)
- September 21: Ray Warleigh , Australian jazz musician (76)
- September 22: Jamie "Brooklyn" Prefontaine , Canadian hip-hop musician (30)
- September 23: Dieter Wiesmann , Swiss songwriter (76)
- September 23: Kārlis Zariņš , Soviet or Latvian opera singer (85)
- September 25: Christopher Jackson , Canadian organist and choirmaster (67)
- September 25: Manuel Oltra , Spanish composer (93)
- September 26: Walter Kamper , Austrian pianist and university professor (83)
- September 27: Wilton Felder , American jazz musician (75)
- September 27: Denise Lor , American singer and actress (86)
- September 27: Leo Rath , Austrian singer and DJ (71)
- September 28: Alexander Faris , Irish composer (94)
- September 28: Frankie Ford , American R&B musician (76)
- September 28: Arnim Juhre , German writer and songwriter (89)
- September 29th: Phil Woods , American jazz saxophonist (83)
- September 30th: Simon Cowe , British musician (67)
October to December
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October
- October 1: Mary McGowan , British singer (85)
- October 1: Usnija Redžepova , Macedonian singer (69)
- October 1: Norbert Vollath , German jazz saxophonist and sound artist (59)
- October 2nd: Coleridge Goode , British jazz bassist (100)
- October 2: Milt Kleeb , American jazz musician, arranger and composer (96)
- October 2: Willie Akins , American jazz saxophonist (76)
- October 3: Dave Pike , American vibraphonist (77)
- October 3: Christopher Tambling , British composer, organist and choir director (51)
- October 3: Franciszek Walicki , Polish composer and music journalist (94)
- October 4: Günter Eilemann , German musician and singer (92)
- October 6: Smokey Johnson , American drummer (78)
- October 6: Romel Joseph , Haitian violinist (56)
- October 6: Stasys Povilaitis , Lithuanian pop singer (69)
- October 6: Billy Joe Royal , American country singer (73)
- October 6: Gottfried Tollmann , German musician and art dealer (64)
- October 6: Joe Torregano , American jazz clarinetist (63)
- October 7th: Pushpa Bhuyan , Indian dancer (78)
- October 7th: Jim "Sadist" Konya , American drummer (44)
- October 8: Jim Diamond , British singer and songwriter (64)
- October 8: James Cruickshank , Australian musician (53)
- October 8: Elizabeth Ramsey , Filipino comedian, actress and singer (83)
- October 9: Ravindra Jain , Indian film composer and songwriter (71)
- October 9: Koopsta Knicca , American rapper (40)
- October 9: N. Ramani , Indian flautist (80)
- October 9: Larry Rosen , American media entrepreneur and record producer (75)
- October 10: Saša Britvić , Croatian conductor (50)
- October 10: Steve Mackay , American saxophonist (66)
- October 11: Carey Lander , British musician and singer (33)
- October 12: Armin Kircher , Austrian church musician and composer (48)
- October 13: Joe Buschmann , German jazz musician and restaurateur (90)
- October 13: Duncan Druce , British composer, violinist and musicologist (76)
- October 14: Luís Carlos Miele , Brazilian music producer, writer and director (77)
- October 16: John Jennings , American guitarist and record producer (61)
- October 16: Carlos Leppe , Chilean singer and performance artist (63)
- October 17th: Uwe Karsten Groß , German church musician (85)
- October 18: Frank Watkins , American heavy metal musician (47)
- October 20: Don Rendell , British jazz musician and arranger (89)
- October 20: KSL Swamy , Indian film director and singer (77)
- October 20: Cory Wells , American singer (73)
- October 22: Gloria Van Aerssen , Spanish singer (83)
- October 22: Joe Moss , British music manager (72)
- October 22: Mark Murphy , American jazz singer (83)
- October 23: Leon Bibb , American folk singer and film actor (93)
- October 23: John Coppola , American jazz trumpeter (86)
- October 24: Maureen O'Hara , Irish-American actress and singer (95)
- October 24: Nat Peck , American jazz trombonist (90)
- October 25: Havana Carbo , Cuban-American singer, pianist and composer (80)
- October 25: Lee Shaw , American jazz pianist (89)
- October 26: Hubert Dopf , Austrian Jesuit and musicologist (94)
- October 26: David Rodriguez , American singer-songwriter and actor (63)
- October 26: Sam Sarpong , British-American actor, model and musician (40)
- October 26: Sya Styles , French DJ and music producer (37)
- October 27: Herbie Goins , American soul and blues singer (76)
- October 28: Diane Charlemagne , British dance singer (51)
- October 28: Peter Herrmann , German composer (73)
- October 28: Karl Kaufhold , German composer, conductor and organist (93)
- October 31: Michael Leonard , American composer and arranger (84)
- October 31: Stanley Swann , American jazz drummer (59)
November
- November 1: Raul Rekow , American rock musician (61)
- November 2: Gene Norman , American concert agent, producer and impresario (93)
- November 3: Jean-Bernard Eisinger , French jazz pianist and composer (77)
- November 3: Lothar Meid , German bass player, music producer and film composer (73)
- November 5: Nora Brockstedt , Norwegian singer (92)
- November 5: Guido Masanetz , German composer (101)
- November 6: Ferrusquilla , Mexican singer and actor (96)
- November 6: Fons Kontz , Luxembourgish singer, actor, director and writer (71)
- November 9: Allen Toussaint , American musician (77)
- November 9: Andy White , British drummer (85)
- November 10: Robert Craft , American conductor (92)
- November 10: George Froscher , German actor, dancer, theater director and director (88)
- November 11th: Phil Taylor , British drummer (61)
- November 12: Sorin David , Romanian ballet dancer (61)
- November 13: Carsten Heusmann , German musician, composer and music producer (46)
- November 15: Jörg Ebner , German radio presenter (73)
- November 15: Annelise Pflugbeil , German church musician (97)
- November 15: PF Sloan , American songwriter (70)
- November 16: Richard Cowan , American opera singer and festival director (57)
- November 16: Jerzy Katlewicz , Polish conductor (88)
- November 16: Przemysław Maciołek , Polish guitarist (49)
- November 17th: Al Aarons , American jazz musician (83)
- November 17th: Luiz de Carvalho , Brazilian gospel singer (90)
- November 17: Rahim Moeini Kermanshahi , Iranian poet and songwriter (89)
- November 17th: Ruth Kestner-Boche , German violinist (99)
- November 17th: Pithukuli Murugadas , Indian singer (95)
- November 17: David VanLanding , American rock singer (51)
- November 18: Daniel Ferro , American opera singer and music teacher (94)
- November 18: Judith Hendricks , American jazz singer (78)
- November 18: Mack McCormick , American music researcher (85)
- November 19: Armand , Dutch protest singer (69)
- November 19: Ron Hynes , Canadian folk singer (64)
- November 19: John Theunissen , Dutch guitarist (66)
- November 20: Madhav Chari , Indian jazz musician (48)
- November 20: Jan Monrad , Danish comedian, singer and entertainer (64)
- November 21: Jacques van Oortmerssen , Dutch pianist, organist, conductor and composer (65)
- November 22: Arthur Brooks , American singer and songwriter (82)
- November 22: Joseph Silverstein , American violinist and conductor (83)
- November 22nd: André Waignein , Belgian composer and conductor (73)
- November 23: Jouni Kaipainen , Finnish composer (58)
- November 23: Beatriz Lockhart , Uruguayan composer and pianist (71)
- November 23: Max Lütolf , Swiss musicologist (80)
- November 23: Sepp Maciuszczyk , German musician (52)
- November 23: Cynthia Robinson , American trumpeter and singer (69)
- November 23: Bengt-Arne Wallin , Swedish jazz musician (89)
- November 25th: María del Carmen Gloria Contreras Roeniger , Mexican dancer and choreographer (81)
- November 25th: Jean Corti , Italian musician (86)
- November 25: Johanna Jacob , German singer and entertainer (76)
- November 25: Claus Ocker , German singer and university professor (91)
- November 27: Ernst Brandner , German composer (94)
- November 28: Yoka Berretty , Dutch actress and singer (87)
- November 28: Erich Hallhuber senior , German actor and singer (86)
- November 29: Wayne Bickerton , British singer, songwriter and record producer (74)
- November 29: Joachim Carlos Martini , German music researcher and conductor (84)
- November 29: Buddy Moreno , American singer and guitarist (103)
- November 30th: Franz Krautwurst , German musicologist and university professor (92)
December
- December 1st: Jesús Arias , Spanish musician and journalist (52)
- December 1: Leonardo Franco , Uruguayan musician, guitarist and composer (73)
- December 1: Sabri Khan , Indian musician (88)
- December 2nd: Jean Batigne , French percussionist and composer (82)
- December 2: John Eaton , American composer and pianist (80)
- December 3: Gladstone Anderson , Jamaican singer and pianist (81)
- December 3: Scott Weiland , American singer and musician (48)
- December 4th: Rodney Milnes , British musicologist and critic (79)
- December 4: Gertruda Trojanowa , Soviet or Russian singer and singing teacher (89)
- December 5: John Garner , American singer and drummer (63)
- December 6: Franzl Lang , German folk musician and actor (84)
- December 7th: Heinz Fricke , German conductor (88)
- December 7th: Don Pfrimmer , American songwriter (78)
- December 7th: Jon Symon , British rock musician, composer and record producer (74)
- December 8: Mattiwilda Dobbs , American opera singer (90)
- December 8: Bonnie Lou , American singer (91)
- December 8: Gary Marker , American bass player and sound engineer (72)
- December 8: John Trudell , American civil rights activist, musician and actor (69)
- December 9th: Rusty Jones , American jazz drummer (73)
- December 9: Sepp Mitterbauer , Austrian trumpeter and pianist (69)
- December 10: Rainer Bloß , German musician (≈69)
- December 11th: Wolfgang Stockmeier , German composer (83)
- December 13: Luigi Creatore , American songwriter and record producer (93)
- December 14: Luke Haas , Luxembourg rock musician and cartoonist (66)
- December 14: Azər Rzayev , Soviet or Azerbaijani composer and university lecturer (85)
- December 15: Sándor Benkó , Hungarian jazz musician (75)
- December 15: Stella Doufexis , German opera singer (47)
- December 16: Noboru Ando , Japanese actor, singer, novelist and yakuza (89)
- December 16: Aafje Heynis , Dutch contralto (91)
- December 16: René Saorgin , French organist (87)
- December 18: Sieghard Brandenburg , German musicologist (77)
- December 18: Luc Brewaeys , Belgian composer, conductor and pianist (56)
- December 18: Simona Weiss , Slovenian folk singer (52)
- December 19: Peter Broggs , Jamaican musician (61)
- December 19: Kurt Masur , German conductor (88)
- December 19: Carlos Païta , Argentine conductor (83)
- December 19: Selma Reis , Brazilian actress and singer (55)
- December 19: Daniel Smith , American bassoonist (77)
- December 22nd: Bob Shaw , American jazz guitarist (77)
- December 23: Sam Dockery , American jazz pianist (86)
- December 24th: William Guest , American soul singer (74)
- December 24th: Sharofiddin Saifiddinow , Soviet or Tajik composer (86)
- December 25th: Manuel Agujetas , Spanish flamenco singer (76)
- December 25: Roland Schneider , German jazz musician (78)
- December 27: Stevie Wright , Australian musician (68)
- December 28: John Bradbury , British drummer (62)
- December 28: Joe Houston , American R&B musician (89)
- December 28th: Guru Josh , British DJ (51)
- December 28: Lemmy Kilmister , British rock musician (70)
- December 30th: Zjef Vanuytsel , Belgian singer, guitarist and architect (70)
- December 31: Natalie Cole , American singer and actress (65)
- December 31: Dal Richards , Canadian jazz musician (97)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Helene Fischer beats Adele. Laut.de , December 16, 2015, accessed December 23, 2015 .
- ^ The 2015 Inductees. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame , accessed May 25, 2015 .
- ↑ New Year's Concert 2015 with Zubin Mehta . Retrieved January 2, 2015.
- ↑ Walk of Fame: Mariah Carey Receives a Hollywood Star Star Online, July 27, 2015.
- ↑ Mariah Carey Inducted to the Walk of Fame on August 5, 2015 with 1 star In: walkoffame.com. Retrieved June 7, 2016.
- ↑ 20 Years of FM4 - The Best 100 Songs , accessed on January 22, 2015
- ↑ Falco - Rock Me Amadeus . Retrieved May 22, 2015.