| 2025 Obits | ||||
| Jan. 1 | Wayne Osmond | Member of Osmonds | 73 | stroke |
| Jan. 7 | Peter Yarrow | Folksinger - Peter, Paul Mary | 86 | cancer |
| Jan. 10 | Sam Moore | Soul singer - Sam & Dave | 89 | complications from surgery |
| Jan. 15 | Melba Montgomery | Country singer | 86 | |
| Jan. 18 | Mike Miller | Guitarist played with Chick Corea, Air Pocket | 71 | heart attack |
| Jan. 20 | John Sykes | Rock guitarist (Thin Lizzy, Whitesnake) | 65 | cancer |
| Jan. 21 | Garth Hudson | Keyboardist with The Band | 87 | |
| Jan. 21 | Eliot Ingber | Guitarist played with Mothers of Invention, Family of Man | 83 | |
| Jan. 22 | Barry Goldberg | Blues keyboardist - The Electric Flag | 83 | |
| Jan. 24 | Jane McGarrigle | Folk musician - McGarrigle Sisters | 83 | cancer |
| Jan. 39 | Marianne Faithfull | Rock & pop singer | 78 | |
| Feb. 2 | Gene Barge | Rock and jazz saxophonist | 98 | |
| Feb. 5 | Mike Ratledge | British musician (Soft Machine) | 81 | |
| Feb. 12 | Tommy Hunt | Soul singer (The Flamingos) | 91 | |
| Feb. 12 | Lynne August | Zydeco accordionist, bandleader | 76 | |
| Feb. 20 | Jerry Butler | Soul singer & Chicago Commissioner | 85 | Parkinson's |
| Feb 23 | Chris Jasper | Soul singer, keyboardist (Isley Brothers) | 73 | cancer |
| Feb. 24 | Roberta Flack | Soul singer great | 88 | cardiac arrest |
| Feb. 24 | Robert John | Singer-songwriter "Sad Eyes" | 79 | stroke |
| Feb. 24 | Ray DelPriore | Regional blues guitarist, vocalist | 68 | |
| Feb. 28 | David Johansen | Rock vocalist (New York Dolls), blues musician | 75 | cancer |
| Mar. 1 | Angie Stone | Neo soul & Hip hop artist | 63 | |
| Mar. 1 | Joey Molland | Founder of Badfinger | 77 | complications from diabetes |
| Mar. 1 | Bunky Green | Jazz saxophonist | 91 | |
| Mar. 6 | Troy Seals | Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame member | 86 | |
| Mar. 16 | Jesse Colin Young | Founded Youngbloods | 83 | |
| Mar. 7 | D'Wayne Wiggins | Songwriter with Tony! Toni! Tone! | 64 | bladder cancer |
| Mar. 18 | Bob Harvey | Founding bassist with Jefferson Airplane | 90 | |
| Mar. 19 | Paul Hubbell | Poconos jazz saxophonist | 89 | |
| Apr. 1 | Michael Huley | Folk singer-songwriter | 83 | |
| Apr. 1 | Johnny Tillotson | Singer-songwriter, 1550s-early 1960s | 86 | Parkinson's disease |
| Apr. 1 | George Freeman | Jazz guitarist | 97 | |
| Apr. 4 | Chris Youlden | Blues-rock singer, member of Savoy Brown | 82 | pneumonia |
| Apr. 6 | Clem Burke | Drummer with Blondie | 70 | cancer |
| Apr. 7 | Drew Zingg | Jazz & pop guitarist (Steele Dan, Boz Scaggs) | 67 | |
| Apr. 10 | Nino Tempo | Pop singer & saxophonist (Nino Tempo & April Stevens) | 90 | |
| Apr. 11 | Max Romeo | Jamaican reggae musician | 80 | heart compliations |
| Apr. 12 | Roy Thomas Baker | Rock producer, engineer (Queen, Rolling Stones, Cars) | 78 | |
| Apr. 16 | Mac Gayden | Pop singer-songwriter | 83 | Parkinson's |
| Apr. 22 | David Briggs | Keyboard player from Muscle Shoal Rhythm Section | 82 | |
| Apr. 23 | David Thomas | Founder of Pere Ubu | 71 | |
| Apr. 26 | Andy Bey | Jazz vocalist | 85 | |
| Apr. 29 | Mike Peters | Lead vocalist with the Alarm | 66 | leukemia |
| Apr. 30 | Joe Louis Walker | Blues musician, singer | 75 | cardiac illness |
| May 1 | Jill Sobule | Singer-songwriter | 66 | perished in house fire |
| May 9 | John Edwards | Member of the Spinners | 80 | stroke |
| May 9 | Johnny Rodriguez | Country artist | 73 | |
| May 15 | Terry Draper | Canadian musician & songwriter (Klaatu) | 73 | leukemia |
| May 15 | Charles Strouse | Broadway composer ("Bye Bye Birdie, "Annie") | 96 | |
| May 17 | Riger Nichols | Composer ("We've Only Just Begun") | 84 | |
| May 25 | Foday Musa Suso | Gambian musician & composer | 75 | |
| May 26 | Rick Derringer | Rock musician "Hang On Sloopy" | 77 | |
| May 28 | Al Foster | Jazz drummer | 82 | |
| June 9 | Sly Stone (Sylvester Stewart) | Sly & the Family Stone | 82 | COPD |
| June 10 | Brian Wilson | Beach Boys founder | 82 | |
| June 18 | Lou Christie | Pop singer "Lightning Strikes" | 82 | cancer |
| June 23 | Mick Ralphs | British rocker: Bad Company, Mott the Hoople | 81 | lingering effects of stroke |
| June 24 | Bobby Sherman | Pop star, 1960s teen idol, later paramedic | 81 | kidney cancer |
| June 26 | Lalo Schifrin | Soundtrack composer ("Mission Impossible") | 93 | pneumonia |
| July 4 | Mark Snow | Soundtrack composer (X-Files, Blue Bloods) | 78 | cancer |
| July 11 | David Kaff (Kaffinetti) | Keyboard player in Rare Bird, appeared in "This Is Spinal Tap" | 79 | |
| July 13 | Dave Cousins | Founder of The Strawbs | 85 | |
| July 16 | Connie Francis | Popular singer 1950s-2010s | 87 | pneumonia |
| July 17 | Alan Bergman | Theater & Oscar-winning film composer ("The Way We Were") | 99 | |
| July 18 | Hal Galper | Jazz pianist (Phil Woods Group) | 87 | |
| July 22 | Ozzy Osborne | Black Sabbath founder, reality TV star | 76 | heart attack |
| July 22 | Chuck Mangione | Jazz & pop flugelhorn player | 84 | |
| July 22 | George Kooymans | Dutch musician, songwriter (Golden Earring, "Radar Love") | 77 | ALS |
| July 24 | Cleo Laine | British born jazz singer | 97 | |
| July 26 | Tom Lehrer | Musical satirist, mathematician | 97 | |
| July 29 | Paul Mario Day | Original vocalist in Iron Maiden | 69 | cancer |
| July 31 | Flaco Jimenez | Roots rock singer-songwriter, accordionist | 86 | |
| Aug. 1 | Jeannie Seely | Country singer | 85 | intestinal infection |
| Aug. 3 | Joseph Daley | Jazz brass player, incl. tuba | 75 | |
| Aug. 4 | Terry Reid | British rock singer (Peter Jay and the Jaywalkers) | 75 | cancer |
| Aug. 5 | Nancy King | Jazz vocalist | 85 | |
| Aug. 6 | Eddie Palmieri | Latin jazz/salsa bandleader | 88 | |
| Aug. 10 | Bobby Whitlock | Rock guiarist, singer-songwriter, member of Derek & the Dominoes | 77 | cancer |
| Aug. 11 | Sheila Jordan | Jazz vocalist | 96 | |
| Aug. 14 | Roy Estrada | Bassist with Mothers of Invention, Little Feat | 82 | (died in prison) |
| Aug. 17 | Joe Hickerson | Folk musician, lyricist ("Where Have All the Flower Gone") | 89 | |
| Aug. 20 | Bret Hinds | Heavy metal guitarist with Mastodon | 51 | motorcycle accident |
| Aug. 24 | Tom Shipley | Brewer & Shipley | 84 | |
| Aug. 26 | Tony Saletan | 1960s folk singer, instructional TV pioneer | 94 | Alzheimer's |
| Sep. 5 | Mark Volman | Rock singer, guitarist - The Turtles, Flo & Eddie | 78 | blood disease |
| Sep. 6 | Rick Davies | Supertramp founder/keyboardist | 81 | multiple myeloma |
| Sep. 10 | Roy Ayers | Jazz & funk vibist, keyboardist | 84 | |
| Sep. 10 | Bobby Hart | Half of Boyce & Hart songwriting duo (Monkees) | 86 | |
| Sep. 11 | Viv Prince | British rock drummer (Pretty Things) | 84 | |
| Sep. 12 | Bob Alcivr | Music producer, arranger (Tom Waits, Bette Midler, Beach Boys) | 87 | |
| Sep. 13 | Hermeto Pascoal | Influential Brazilian musician, composer | 89 | organ failure |
| Sep. 13 | Akiko Tsuruga | Jazz keyboardist, organist | 58 | |
| Sep. 14 | Tony Biano | Jazz drummer, worked with Dave Liebman | 72 | |
| Sep. 17 | Mike Wofford | Jazz pianist | 87 | blood disease |
| Sep. 57 | Brett James | Country singer-songwriter | 57 | place crash |
| Sep. 19 | Sonny Curtis | Guitarist with Buddy Holly's Crickets | 88 | pneumonia |
| Sep. 23 | Danny Thompson | English bassist (Pentangle) | 86 | |
| Sep. 25 | Chris Dreja | Guitarist & bassist with the Yardbirds | 78 | stroke |
| Sep. 26 | Jim McNeely | Jazz pianist, composer | 76 | |
| Oct. 8 | Terry "Buzzy" Johnson | Rock singer-songwriter-producer (The Flamingos) | 86 | |
| Oct. 10 | John Lodge | Moody Blues bassist/vocalist | 82 | |
| Oct. 10 | Thommy Price | Rock drummer (Joan Jett & t he Blackhearts, Scandal) | 68 | |
| Oct. 14 | D'Angelo (Michael Eugene Archer) | Neo soul artist | 51 | pancreatic cancer |
| Oct. 14 | Dick Addrisi | Singer-songwriter (Addrisi Brothers, "Never My Love") | 84 | |
| Oct. 16 | Ace Frehley | Kiss founder | 74 | injuries from fall |
| Oct. 16 | Klaus Doldinger | German jazz & fusion saxophonist (Passport band) | 89 | |
| Oct. 16 | Bob Franke | Folksinger-songwriter | 78 | heart attack |
| Oct. 19 | Anthony Jackson | Jazz & pop bassist (Al DiMeola, Patty Auston, Roberta Flack) | 73 | Parkinson's |
| Oct. 22 | David Ball | Synth player Soft Cell | 66 | |
| Oct. 26 | Jack DeJohnnette | Jazz drum great | 83 | heart failure |
| Nov. 1 | Ray Drummond | Jazz bassist | 78 | |
| Nov. 2 | Donna Godchaux | Grateful Dead member | 78 | cancer |
| Nov. 2 | Joseph Byrd | Rock musician, composer (United States of America) | 87 | |
| Nov. 2 | Jim Self | Jazz and classical tubist | 82 | |
| Nov. 3 | Victor Conte, Jr. | Bassist with Tower of Power, convicted money launderer | 75 | |
| Nov. 5 | Gilson Lavis | Drummer with Squeeze, toured with Chuck Berry | 74 | |
| Nov. 11 | Cleto Escobedo III | Saxophonist, bandleader on Jimmy Kimmel Live | 59 | |
| Nov. 14 | Todd Snider | Alternative, roots rock singer-songwriter | 59 | pneumonia |
| Nov. 15 | Hilly Michaels | Drummer with Sparks, studio musician | 77 | |
| Nov. 23 | Phil Upchruch | Jazz guitarist | 84 | |
| Nov. 25 | Jimmy Cliff | Reggae pioneer | 81 | pneumonia |
| Nov. 29 | Chubby Tavares | Soul singer (Tavares) | 81 | |
| Nov. 30 | Billy Nichols | Soul, funk musician (B.T. Express) | 85 | |
| Dec. 3 | Steve Cropper | Soul & rock guitarist (Booker T & the MGs) | 84 | |
| Dec. 4 | Paul Kendall | NEPA Based jazz saxophonist | 64 | |
| Dec. 6 | Jerry Kasenetz | "Bubblegum" pop producer "Yummy Yummy Yummy") | 82 | injuries from fall |
| Dec. 8 | Raul Malo | Roots rock musician, Mavericks founder | 60 | colon cancer |
| Dec. 8 | Gordon Goodwin | Jazz composer, arranger, big band leader | 70 | stroke, pancreatic cancer |
| Dec. 8 | Jubilant Sykes | Gospel & jazz vocalist | 71 | stabbed |
| Dec. 10 | Robbie Kondor | Composer, arranger, keyboardist (Eric Clapton, Aretha Franklin) | 70 | prion disease |
| Dec. 13 | Carl Carlton | Rock & funk singer-songwriter | 73 | stroke |
| Dec. 15 | Joe Ely | Roots rock singer-songwriter | 78 | |
| Dec. 18 | Michal Urbaniak | Polish jazz & fusion violinist | 82 | |
| Dec. 19 | Mick Abrahams | English guitarist, member of Jethro Tull | 82 | |
| Dec. 22 | Chris Rea | English singer-songwriter | 74 | |
| Dec. 24 | Perry Bamonet | English musician with the Cure | 65 | |
| Dec. 25 | John "Stanky" Stankovic | Regionally based polka band leader | 89 | |
| Dec. 26 | Don Bryant | Blues singer-songwriter | 83 |
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