Galerie verstorbener Musiker
- Adams, Alberta
- 26.07.1917 - 25.12.2014
- Sänger
Alberta Adams (July 26, 1917 – December 25, 2014) was an American blues singer.
Raised in Detroit, Michigan, she began performing as a tap dancer and nightclub singer in the 1930s. In 1952, she signed a recording contract with Chess Records and recorded with Red Saunders for the label. She toured ...
- Athon, Jonathan
- 09.03.1982 - 09.11.2014
- Bassist
- Todesursache: Motorradunfall
Black Tusk is an American sludge metal band from Savannah, Georgia, that has been active since 2005....
- Bendix, Ralf
- 16.08.1924 - 01.09.2014
- Sänger, Komponist, Songwriter, Produzent
Karl Heinz Schwab (16 August 1924 – 1 September 2014), known professionally as Ralf Bendix, was a German Schlager singer, music producer, composer and songwriter.
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- Berndt, Cisco
- 12.12.1942 - 31.12.2014
- Sänger, Gitarrist, Songwriter
Pawn Stars is an American reality television series that premiered on History on July 19, 2009. The series is filmed in Las Vegas, Nevada, where it chronicles the activities at the World Famous Gold & Silver Pawn Shop, a 24-hour family business operated by patriarch Richard "Old Man" Harrison, his s...
- Bertelmann, Fred
- 07.10.1925 - 22.01.2014
- Sänger
Fred Bertelmann (7 October 1925 – 22 January 2014) was a German singer and actor....
- Bilk, Acker
- 28.01.1929 - 02.11.2014
- Klarinettist
- Todesursache: Krebs
Bernard Stanley "Acker" Bilk (28 January 1929 – 2 November 2014) was an English clarinetist and vocalist known for his breathy, vibrato-rich, lower-register style, and distinctive appearance – of goatee, bowler hat and striped waistcoat.
Bilk's 1961 instrumental tune "Stranger on the Shore" beca...
- Brockie, Dave
- 30.08.1963 - 23.03.2014
- Sänger
- Todesursache: Überdosis (Heroin)
David Murray Brockie (August 30, 1963 – March 23, 2014) was a Canadian-born American singer and musician. He was the lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Gwar, in which he performed as Oderus Urungus, and he was a bassist and lead singer in the bands Death Piggy, X-Cops, and the Dave Brockie Expe...
- Bruce, Jack
- 14.05.1943 - 25.10.2014
- Bassist, Pianist, Mundharmonikanist, Sänger, Songwriter
- Todesursache: Lebererkrankung
John Symon Asher Bruce (14 May 1943 – 25 October 2014) was a Scottish musician. He gained popularity as the primary lead vocalist and bassist of rock band Cream. After the group disbanded in 1968, he pursued a solo career and also played with several bands.
In the early 1960s, Bruce joined t...
- Burger, Gary
- 03.08.1943 - 14.03.2014
- Sänger, Gitarrist, Schlagzeuger
- Todesursache: Bauchspeicheldrüsenkrebs
Gary Burger (June 7, 1942 – March 14, 2014) was an American musician, best known as the guitarist and vocalist for the rock band the Monks....
- Casale, Bob
- 14.07.1952 - 17.02.2014
Robert Edward Casale Jr. (né Pizzute; July 14, 1952 – February 17, 2014), or "Bob 2", was an American musician, composer and record producer. He came to prominence in the late 1970s as the rhythm guitarist and keyboardist of the new wave band Devo, which released a Top 20 hit in 1980 with the sin...
- Cleaves, Jessica
- 10.12.1948 - 02.05.2014
Jessica Marguerite Cleaves (December 10, 1948 – May 2, 2014) was an American singer and songwriter who was the lead singer of the Friends of Distinction, Earth, Wind & Fire, Parliament Funkadelic, and Raw Silk....
- Cocker, Joe
- 20.05.1944 - 22.12.2014
John Robert "Joe" Cocker (20 May 1944 – 22 December 2014) was an English singer known for his gritty, bluesy voice and dynamic stage performances that featured expressive body movements. Most of his best known singles were interpretations of songs written by others, such as "Feelin' Alright" and "...
- de Lucía, Paco
- 21.12.1947 - 25.02.2014
- Gitarrist
- Todesursache: Herzinfarkt
Francisco Gustavo Sánchez Gómez (Spanish: [fɾanˈθisko ɡusˈt̪a.β̞o ˈsantʃeθ ˈɣomeθ]; 21 December 1947 – 25 February 2014), known as Paco de Lucía (Spanish: [ˈpako ðe luˈθi.a]), was a Spanish virtuoso flamenco guitarist, composer, and record producer. A leading proponent of the ...
- de Paul, Lynsey
- 11.06.1948 - 01.10.2014
- Sängerin, Songwriterin
- Todesursache: Hirnblutung
Lynsey de Paul (born Lyndsey Monckton Rubin; 11 June 1948 – 1 October 2014) was an English singer-songwriter and record producer. After initially writing hits for others, she had her own chart hits in the UK and Europe in the 1970s, starting with UK top 10 single "Sugar Me", and became the first B...
- de Plata, Manitas
- 07.08.1921 - 05.11.2014
- Gitarrist
Ricardo Baliardo (7 August 1921 – 5 November 2014), better known as Manitas de Plata ("little hands of silver"), was a French flamenco guitarist of Catalan Gitano descent, born in southern France....
- Everly, Phil
- 19.01.1939 - 03.01.2014
The Everly Brothers were an American musical duo known for steel-string acoustic guitar playing and close-harmony singing. Consisting of Isaac Donald "Don" Everly and Phillip "Phil" Everly, the duo combined elements of rock and roll, country, and pop, becoming pioneers of country rock.
Don and Phil ...
- Evers, Larry
- 18.04.1951 - 25.05.2014
Larry Martin Hagman (September 21, 1931 – November 23, 2012) was an American actor, best known for playing ruthless oil baron J. R. Ewing in the 1978–1991 primetime television soap opera Dallas, and the handsome astronaut Major Anthony Nelson in the 1965–1970 sitcom I Dream of Jeannie. Hagman ...
- Ferbos, Lionel
- 17.07.1911 - 19.07.2014
- Trompeter
- Todesursache: Altersschwäche
Lionel Charles Ferbos (July 17, 1911 – July 19, 2014) was an American jazz trumpeter. He was from New Orleans, Louisiana.
At 103, Ferbos was the oldest jazz musician in New Orleans. A native New Orleanian whose career centered almost exclusively in the city, he appeared weekly at the Palm Court Ja...
- Fleming, King
- 21.09.1947 - 01.04.2014
- Pianist
Walter "King" Fleming (May 4, 1922 – April 1, 2014) was an American jazz pianist and bandleader. He was born in Chicago, Illinois....
- Fowler, Buren
- 29.06.1959 - 08.03.2014
James van Buren Fowler (June 29, 1959 – March 8, 2014) was an American rock and roll and blues guitar player from Atlanta, Georgia. He was the lead guitarist for Southern rock band Drivin' n' Cryin' from 1988 to 1993, and had previously toured with R.E.M....
- Frederiksen, Fergie
- 25.05.1951 - 18.01.2014
- Todesursache: Leberkrebs
Dennis Hardy "Fergie" Frederiksen (May 15, 1951 – January 18, 2014) was an American rock singer best known as the former lead singer of Trillion, Angel, LeRoux and Toto, as well as providing backing vocals for Survivor. He contributed to hit singles in three consecutive years, all with different b...
- Gagliardi, Ed
- 13.02.1952 - 11.05.2014
- Bassist
- Todesursache: Krebs
Edward John Gagliardi (February 13, 1952 – May 11, 2014) was an American bass guitarist, best known as the original bass player for the 1970s rock band Foreigner. He was a member of Foreigner from the beginning in 1976. Gagliardi, most notably, played a Fireglo Rickenbacker bass guitar, left-hande...
- Gibson, Shane
- 21.02.1979 - 15.04.2014
- Gitarrist
- Todesursache: Blutgerinnsel
- Haden, Charlie
- 06.08.1937 - 11.07.2014
- Bassist, Komponist
Charles Edward Haden (August 6, 1937 – July 11, 2014) was an American jazz double bass player, bandleader, composer and educator whose career spanned more than fifty years. Haden helped to revolutionize the harmonic concept of bass playing in jazz, evolving a style that sometimes complemented the ...
- Hamilton IV, George
- 19.07.1937 - 17.09.2014
- Sänger
- Todesursache: Herzinfarkt
George Hege Hamilton IV (July 19, 1937 – September 17, 2014) was an American country musician. He began performing in the late 1950s as a teen idol, switching to country music in the early 1960s.
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- Hauser, Tim
- 12.12.1941 - 16.10.2014
- Sänger
- Todesursache: Herzstillstand/Lungenentzündung
Timothy DuPron Hauser (December 12, 1941 – October 16, 2014) was an American singer and founding member of the Manhattan Transfer vocal group. He won 10 Grammy Awards as a member of The Manhattan Transfer....
- Horn, Paul
- 17.03.1930 - 29.06.2014
- Todesursache: kurze Krankheit
- Jackson, Deon
- 26.01.1946 - 19.04.2014
Deon Jackson (born February 18, 1999) is an American professional football running back for the DC Defenders of the United Football League (UFL). He played college football for the Duke Blue Devils. He also played for the Indianapolis Colts, Cleveland Browns, and New York Giants....
- Jamison, Jimi
- 23.08.1951 - 31.08.2014
- Sänger
- Todesursache: Herzinfarkt
Jimmy Wayne Jamison (August 23, 1951 – August 31, 2014) was an American singer. Best known as Jimi Jamison, he earned recognition as the frontman for the rock bands Target, Cobra, and Survivor from 1984 to 1988, performing the songs "Burning Heart" from the film Rocky IV (1985) and "The Moment of ...
- Jeffries, Herb
- 24.09.1913 - 25.05.2014
- Sänger
- Todesursache: Herzversagen
Herb Jeffries (born Umberto Alexander Valentino; September 24, 1913 – May 25, 2014) was an American actor of film and television and popular music and jazz singer-songwriter, known for his baritone voice.
He starred in several low-budget "race" Western feature films aimed at black audiences, Harle...
- Jürgens, Udo
- 30.09.1934 - 21.12.2014
- Sänger, Komponist, Pianist
Udo Jürgens (born Jürgen Udo Bockelmann; 30 September 1934 – 21 December 2014) was an Austrian composer and singer of popular music whose career spanned over 50 years. He won the Eurovision Song Contest 1966 for Austria, composed close to 1,000 songs, and sold over 104 million records. In 2007, ...
- Kennedy, Raymond Louis
- 26.11.1946 - 16.02.2014
- Sänger, Saxophonist
- Keys, Bobby
- 18.12.1943 - 02.12.2014
- Saxophonist
- Todesursache: Krebs
Robert Henry Keys (December 18, 1943 – December 2, 2014) was an American saxophonist who performed as a member of several horn sections of the 1970s. He appears on albums by the Rolling Stones, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Harry Nilsson, Delaney & Bonnie and Friends, George Harrison, John Lennon, Ringo Starr, ...
- Krawinkel, Kralle
- 21.04.1947 - 16.02.2014
- Gitarrist
- Todesursache: Bronchialkarzinom
Gert "Kralle" Krawinkel (21 April 1947 – 16 February 2014) was a German musician, best known as the guitarist of the 1980s pop group Trio....
- Kreuzeder, Klaus
- 04.04.1950 - 03.11.2014
- Saxophonist
Klaus Kreuzeder (German pronunciation: [klaʊs ˈkrɔʏtsʔeːdɐ], 4 April 1950 in Forchheim, West Germany – 3 November 2014 in Munich, Germany) was a German saxophonist....
- Kurzhals, Thomas
- 13.12.1953 - 02.01.2014
- Pianist, Flötist
Thomas Kurzhals (13 December 1953 – 2 January 2014) was a German keyboardist, composer and rock musician, best known as a member of the bands Stern-Combo Meißen and Karat.
Kurzhals died from liver cirrhosis on 2 January 2014, aged 60, in Glauchau, Saxony....
- Mango, Giuseppe
- 06.11.1954 - 08.12.2014
- Sänger, Songwriter
- Todesursache: Herzinfarkt
Giuseppe "Pino" Mango (6 November 1954 – 8 December 2014), better known mononymously as Mango, was an Italian singer-songwriter and musician. He was known for his style which fuses pop, rock, folk, world music and for his extensive vocal range. He is best known for the song "Oro", from his 1986 br...
- McLagan, Ian
- 12.05.1945 - 03.12.2014
- Pianist
- Todesursache: Schlaganfall
Ian Patrick McLagan (; 12 May 1945 – 3 December 2014) was an English keyboardist, best known as a member of the rock bands Small Faces and Faces. He also collaborated with the Rolling Stones and led his own band from the late 1970s. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012....
- Noske, Bernd
- 17.08.1946 - 18.02.2014
- Schlagzeuger, Sänger
Noske is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Anja Noske (born 1986), German rower
Barbara Noske, Dutch cultural anthropologist and philosopher
Bernd Noske (1946-2014), German musician
Gustav Noske (1868–1946), German Minister of Defence
Mark Noske (born 1975), Australian r...
- Peraza, Armando
- 30.05.1924 - 14.04.2014
- Schlagzeuger
Armando Peraza (May 30, 1924 – April 14, 2014) was a Cuban Latin jazz percussionist and a member of the rock band Santana. Peraza played congas, bongos, and timbales....
- Power, Duffy
- 09.09.1941 - 19.02.2014
Duffy Power (born Raymond Leslie Howard; 9 September 1941 – 19 February 2014) was an English blues and rock and roll singer, who achieved some success in the 1960s and continued to perform and record intermittently later....
- Ramone, Tommy
- 29.01.1952 - 11.07.2014
- Schlagzeuger, Produzent
- Todesursache: Gallengangskrebs
Thomas Erdelyi (born Tamás Erdélyi, [ˈɛrdeːji ˈtɒmaːʃ]; January 29, 1949 – July 11, 2014), known professionally as Tommy Ramone, was a Hungarian-American musician. He was the drummer for the influential punk rock band the Ramones from its debut in 1974 to 1978, later serving as its produc...
- Revere, Paul
- 07.01.1938 - 04.10.2014
- Pianist
- Todesursache: Krebs
Paul Revere Dick (January 7, 1938 – October 4, 2014) was an American musician, best known for being the leader, keyboardist and (by dropping his last name to create the stage name) namesake of Paul Revere & the Raiders.
The band became notable for a string of hits (they claim 23 straight) from the...
- Rosas, Rick
- 10.09.1949 - 06.11.2014
- Bassist
- Todesursache: Lungenkrankheit
Rick "Rick the Bass Player" Rosas (September 10, 1949 – November 6, 2014) was an American musician, and one of the most sought after studio session musicians in Los Angeles. Though largely known for his long collaboration with Neil Young, throughout his career he also played with Joe Walsh, Crosby...
- Ruffin, Jimmy
- 07.05.1936 - 17.11.2014
- Sänger
Jimmy Lee Ruffin (May 7, 1936 – November 17, 2014) was an American soul singer, and the older brother of David Ruffin, the lead singer of the Temptations. He had several hit records between the 1960s and 1980s, the most successful being the Top 10 hits "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" and "Hold...
- Rugs, Bunny
- 06.02.1948 - 02.02.2014
- Sänger
- Todesursache: Leukämie
William Alexander Anthony "Bunny Rugs" Clarke, OD (6 February 1948 – 2 February 2014), also known as Bunny Scott, was the lead singer of Jamaican reggae band Third World as well as a solo artist. He began his career in the mid-1960s, and was also at one time a member of Inner Circle and half of th...
- Sample, Joe
- 01.02.1939 - 12.09.2014
- Produzent, Komponist, Pianist
- Todesursache: Lungenkrebs
Joseph Leslie Sample (February 1, 1939 – September 12, 2014) was an American jazz keyboardist and composer. He was one of the founding members of The Jazz Crusaders in 1960, whose name was shortened to "The Crusaders" in 1971. He remained a part of the group until its final album in 1991, and also...
- Scott, Jimmy
- 17.07.1925 - 12.06.2014
- Sänger
- Todesursache: Kreislaufstillstand
James Victor Scott (July 17, 1925 – June 12, 2014), also known as Little Jimmy Scott, was an American jazz vocalist known for his high natural contralto voice and his sensitivity on ballads and love songs.
After success in the 1940s and 1950s, Scott's career faltered in the early 1960s. He slid in...
- Seeger, Pete
- 03.05.1919 - 27.01.2014
Peter Seeger (May 3, 1919 – January 27, 2014) was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and left-wing social activist. He was a fixture on nationwide radio in the 1940s and had a string of hit records in the early 1950s as a member of The Weavers, especially their recording of Lead Belly's "Go...
- Sharp, Kevin
- 10.12.1970 - 19.04.2014
Kevin Grant Sharp (December 10, 1970 – April 19, 2014) was an American country music singer, author, and motivational speaker. Sharp came on the country music scene in 1996 with his first single: a cover of Tony Rich's "Nobody Knows", which topped the Billboard country chart for four weeks. The sa...
- Shuffler, George
- 11.04.1925 - 07.04.2014
George Shuffler (April 11, 1925 – April 7, 2014) was an American bluegrass guitar player and an early practitioner of the crosspicking style. During his career Shuffler played with The Bailey Brothers, The Stanley Brothers and Ralph Stanley's Clinch Mountain Boys. He was a 2007 recipient of the No...
- Silver, Horace
- 02.09.1928 - 18.06.2014
Horace Ward Martin Tavares Silver (September 2, 1928 – June 18, 2014) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger, particularly in the hard bop style that he helped pioneer in the 1950s.
After playing tenor saxophone and piano at school in Connecticut, Silver got his break on piano when h...
- Smith, Arthur Guitar Boogie
- 01.04.1921 - 03.04.2014
Arthur Smith (April 1, 1921 – April 3, 2014) was an American musician, composer, and record producer, as well as a radio and TV host. He produced radio and TV shows; The Arthur Smith Show was the first nationally syndicated country music show on television. After moving to Charlotte, North Carolin...
- Stardust, Alvin
- 27.09.1942 - 23.10.2014
- Sänger
- Todesursache: Prostatakrebs
Bernard William Jewry (27 September 1942 – 23 October 2014), known professionally as Shane Fenton and later as Alvin Stardust, was an English rock singer and stage actor. Performing first as Shane Fenton in the 1960s, Jewry had a moderately successful career in the pre-Beatles era, hitting the UK ...
- Static, Wayne
- 04.11.1965 - 01.11.2014
- Sänger, Gitarrist
- Todesursache: Überdosis (Medikamente/Alkohol)
Wayne Richard Wells (November 4, 1965 – November 1, 2014), known professionally as Wayne Static, was an American musician, best known as the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, keyboardist, and primary lyricist for the industrial metal band Static-X, of which he was the only constant member until his...
- Steinbachek, Larry
- 10.09.1949 - 06.11.2014
- Pianist, Songwriter, Pianist, Schlagzeuger
- Todesursache: Krebs
Larry Steinbachek (6 May 1960 – 7 December 2016) was an English-singer songwriter, director and composer best known for his time as part of Bronski Beat with Jimmy Somerville and Steve Bronski....
- Thomas, Tabby
- 05.01.1929 - 01.01.2014
- Gitarrist, Sänger
- Todesursache: Altersschwäche
Ernest Joseph "Tabby" Thomas (January 5, 1929 – January 1, 2014), also known as Rockin' Tabby Thomas, was an American blues musician. He sang and played the piano and guitar and specialized in swamp blues, a style of blues indigenous to southern Louisiana....
- Tichenor, Trebor
- 28.01.1940 - 22.02.2014
- Pianist
- Todesursache: Gehirnblutung
Trebor Jay Tichenor (January 28, 1940–February 22, 2014) was a recognized authority on Scott Joplin and the ragtime era. He collected and published others' ragtime piano compositions and composed his own. He authored books about ragtime, and both on his own and as a member of The St. Louis Ragtime...
- Veerman, Cees
- 06.10.1943 - 15.03.2014
- Sänger, Komponist, Gitarrist
Cees Veerman (6 October 1943 – 15 March 2014) was a Dutch musician. He was a singer, composer and guitarist for the rock band The Cats. He was born in Volendam in the province of North Holland.
Veerman died in his sleep on the morning of 15 March 2014 in Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta Special Region, Indo...
- Wagner, Dick
- 14.12.1942 - 30.07.2014
- Gitarrist, Songwriter
- Todesursache: Herzoperation
Richard Allen Wagner (December 14, 1942 – July 30, 2014) was an American rock guitarist, songwriter and author best known for his work with Alice Cooper, Lou Reed, and Kiss. He also fronted his own Michigan-based bands, the Frost and the Bossmen....
- Wilson, Gerald
- 04.09.1918 - 08.09.2014
- Pianist, Trompeter, Komponist
Gerald Stanley Wilson (September 4, 1918 – September 8, 2014) was an American jazz trumpeter, big band bandleader, composer, arranger, and educator. Born in Mississippi, he was based in Los Angeles from the early 1940s. He arranged music for Duke Ellington, Sarah Vaughan, Ray Charles, Julie London...
- Winchester, Jesse
- 17.05.1944 - 11.04.2014
- Gitarrist, Sänger, Songwriter, Produzent
- Todesursache: Speiseröhrenkrebs
Carlo Savina (2 August 1919 – 23 June 2002) was an Italian composer and conductor who composed, arranged, and conducted music for films, and is especially remembered for being the music director of films such as The Godfather (1972), Amarcord (1973), and The Bear (1988).
Savina worked with many of...
- Winter, Johnny
- 23.02.1944 - 16.07.2014
- Sänger, Gitarrist, Produzent
- Todesursache: Lungenentzündung
John Dawson Winter III (February 23, 1944 – July 16, 2014) was an American singer, guitarist, songwriter, and record producer. Winter was known for his high-energy blues rock albums, live performances, and slide guitar playing from the late 1960s into the early 2000s. He also produced three Grammy...
- Womack, Bobby
- 04.03.1944 - 27.06.2014
- Sänger, Songwriter
- Todesursache: Alzheimer
Robert Dwayne Womack ( WOH-mak; March 4, 1944 – June 27, 2014) was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. Starting in the early 1950s as the lead singer of his family musical group the Valentinos and as Sam Cooke's backing guitarist, Womack's career spanned more than 60 years and multiple st...