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The 2010 Musical Obituaries
Compiled by George Graham
(As broadcast on WVIA-FM December 29, 2010)
We come to another of our year-end features, the annual musical obituaries, a
look at some of the people we lost during the year, some well-known, and others
perhaps more influential to the world of music than famous. As usual, we'll
read them in chronological order of their passing.
1/3 Joyce Collins, 79, jazz singer and pianist,
1/4 Tony Clarke, 68, British musician and record producer (The Moody Blues)
1/10 Dick Johnson, 84, big band clarinetist (Artie Shaw Band)
1/13 Teddy Pendergrass, 59, soul singer
1/13 Ed Thigpen, 79, jazz drummer
1/14 Bobby Charles, 71, songwriter ("See You Later, Alligator")
1/18 Kate McGarrigle, 63, Canadian folk singer
1/19 Chris "CT Tucker" Hartshorne, founding member Blue Sparks from Hell
1/25 Jane Jarvis, 94, jazz pianist and organist.
2/6 Sir John Dankworth, 82, British jazz musician
2/12 Jake Hanna, 78, jazz drummer
2/13 Dale Hawkins, 73, rockabilly musician,
2/13 Jamil Nasser, 77, jazz musician
2/14 Doug Fieger, 57, musician (The Knack)
2/15 Art Van Damme, 89, jazz musician and accordionist
2/28 Tom "T-Bone" Wolk, 58, bass guitarist (Hall & Oates)
3/10 Micky Jones, 63, Welsh singer and guitarist (Man)
3/17 Alex Chilton, 59, musician (Big Star, The Box Tops),
3/22 Diz Disley, 78, Canadian-born British jazz guitarist
3/24 Johnny Maestro, 70, singer (The Crests, The Brooklyn Bridge)
3/28 Herb Ellis, 88, jazz guitarist
3/30 John Bunch, 88, jazz pianist
4/7 Eddie Johnson, 89, jazz musician
4/8 Malcolm McLaren, 64, British musician and band manager (Sex Pistols, New
York Dolls, Bow Wow Wow)
4/9 Lena Horne, 92, singer and actress
4/14 Mississippi Slim, 66, blues singer
5/1 Rob McConnell, 75, Canadian jazz musician, band leader
5/7 Dave Fisher, 69, folk singer (The Highwaymen)
5/16 Hank Jones, 91, jazz piano great.
5/16 Ronnie James Dio, 67, heavy metal singer (Black Sabbath, Rainbow, Dio)
6/13 Jimmy Dean, 81, country music singer ("Big Bad John")
6/26 Benny Powell, 80, jazz trombonist
7/10 Sugar Minott, 54, Jamaican reggae singer
7/14 Gene Ludwig, 72, jazz organist
7/29 Martin Drew, 66, British jazz drummer
7/31 Mitch Miller, 99, music executive and television host ("Sing Along with Mitch")
8/3 Bobby Hebb, 72, singer-songwriter ("Sunny")
8/6 Chris Dedrick, 62, musician (The Free Design)
8/14 Abbey Lincoln, 80, jazz singer
8/18 Kenny Edwards, 64, singer-songwriter (The Stone Poneys)
9/8 Hadley Caliman, 78, jazz saxophonist
9/19 Buddy Collette, 89, jazz saxophonist
9/27 Buddy Morrow, 91, jazz musician and bandleader
10/7 T Lavitz, 54, rock and fusion keyboard player (Dixie Dregs)
10/10 Solomon Burke, 70, R&B singer-songwriter
10/18 Marion Brown, 79, jazz saxophonist
10/25 Gregory Isaacs, 59, Jamaican reggae singer
10/28 Walter Payton, 68, jazz bassist and sousaphonist
12/9 James Moody, 85, jazz saxophonist
12/13 Woolly Wolstenholme, 63, British progressive rock musician (Barclay James
Harvest)
12/17 Captain Beefheart (Don Van Vliet), 69, musician and artist
12/19 Trudy Pitts, 78, jazz organist, pianist and vocalist
12/28 Billy Taylor, 89, jazz pianist, composer, educator, radio/TV host
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