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LIFE GOES ON
Or the Death Parade, as some people round here like to call it. These, ladies and gentlemen, are the music names that sadly appeared on the obituary pages in 2006.
Bryan Harvey, 49, former lead singer of House of Freaks, vocalist
Arturo Sergi, 79, American operatic tenor
Robertinho do Acordeon, 67, popular Brazilian country musician
Maria de Lourdes Pereira dos Santos Van-Dúnem, 70, Angolan singer
Alex St. Clair, 64, American musician, primarily with Captain Beefheart.
Lou Rawls, 72, jazz and blues singer
James Bastien, 71, American classical pianist, composer
Johnny Fortune, 62, Surf guitarist, vocalist, session musician
Alan Sytner, 70, founder of the Cavern Club, Liverpool
Mark Spoon, 39, German DJ and prominent figure in trance music
Meinrad Schütter, 95, Swiss composer
Bob Weinstock, 77, founded independent jazz record label Prestige
Wilson Pickett, 64, American soul singer
Rick van der Linden, 59, keyboardist of symphonic rock group Ekseption
Sherman Ferguson, 61
Janette Carter, 82, last living member of the Carter Family country music group
David Weber, 92, clarinetist
Olga Marie Mikalsen, 91, Norwegian singer
Louanne Hogan, 86, big-band singer and singing double for 40's and 50's films
Gene McFadden, 56, singer and songwriter
Herta Glaz, 95, mezzo-soprano and opera teacher
Thomas "Pig Champion" Roberts, 47, 450-lb. guitarist with American punk band Poison Idea
Jason Sears, 38 American Punk rock singer (Rich Kids on LSD)
Romano Mussolini, 78, Italian jazz musician and painter, son of Benito Mussolini
Ustad Qawwal Bahauddin, 71 or 72, Indian-Pakistani Qawwali singer
Fritz Leitermeyer, 80, Austrian composer and first violinist at Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Mart Kenney, 95, "Canada's Big Band King," bandleader/musician
Akira Ifukube, 91, Japanese film composer, best known for Godzilla film series
Elton Dean, 60, English jazz saxophonist
James Yancey, aka J Dilla, 32, American hip hop record producer and MC
Lenny Dee, 83, American organist/composer (Plantation Boogie) and club owner
Putte Wickman, 81, Swedish jazz orchestra leader and clarinetist
Benjamin Matthews, 72, bass-baritone opera singer, co-founder of Opera Ebony
Lynden David Hall, 31, British soul singer
Shoshana Damari, 83, "Queen of Israeli song"
Darry Cowl, 80, French actor and pianist
Andrei Petrov, 75, Russian composer
Sid Feller, 89, American music arranger, conductor and record producer
Billy Cowsill, 58, American singer, lead of The Cowsills
Ray Barretto, 76, American-born Latin jazz percussionist and bandleader
Larry Neill, 87, American composer and big band singer, (Paul Whiteman, Shep Fields)
Anthony Burger, 44, American gospel music pianist
Roland Kohloff, 71, timpani player, New York Philharmonic
Thomas Koppel, 61, Danish musician and composer from the band Savage Rose
Tsakani Mhinga, 27, South African R&B singer
Johnny Jackson, 54, former drummer for The Jackson 5
Willie Kent, 70, blues bassist
Ivor Cutler, 83, humorist, author, singer, and poet
Charlie Hodge, 71, guitarist and backup singer for Elvis Presley
King Floyd, 61, American Soul singer
Jesse "Guitar" Taylor, 55, blues guitarist
Ali Farka Touré, 66, Malian blues musician
Hanka Bielicka, 90, Polish singer and actress
Anna Moffo, 73 or 75, American singer and operatic soprano
Lumumba Carson aka Proffessor X of X-Clan, 49, hip-hop DJ
Narvin Kimball, 97, American banjo player, founder Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Anselmo Colzani, 87, Italian operatic baritone
Brian Daley (DJ Swing), 39
Sarah Caldwell, 82, longtime conductor of the Opera Company of Boston
Pío Leyva, 88, Cuban musician (Buena Vista Social Club)
Cindy Walker, 87, American country-western songwriter
Alan Confrey, 33, whistle player, Blood or Whiskey
Rocío Dúrcal, 61, Spanish singer and actress
Buck Owens, 76, American country music star
Alfredo Silipigni, 72, longtime conductor of the New Jersey State Opera
Nikki Sudden, 49, British musician, punk-blues icon, and co-founder of Swell Maps
Peter Wells, 58, guitarist from Australian rock band Rose Tattoo
Don Alias, 66, Jazz percussionist
Penny Jay, 80, American country singer/songwriter
Jackie McLean, 73, jazz saxophonist
Bernard Seigal, 48, American musician and essayist with the stage name Buddy Blue
Martin Gilks, 41, former drummer with The Wonder Stuff
Gene Pitney, 66, American singer and songwriter
Richard Pearlman, 68, director of the Chicago Lyric Opera Center for American Artists
Robin Orr, 96, Scottish classical composer and conductor
Natalia Troitskaya, 55, Russian operatic soprano
Leonard Dommett, 77, Australian violinist and conductor
DeShaun Holton, 32, (D12 rapper Proof)
June Pointer, 52, singer, former member of The Pointer Sisters
Ronald B. Rogers, 80, American concert singer and actor
Calum Kennedy, 77, Scottish traditional singer
Cong Fei, 36, Chinese singer and philanthropist
Marianna Christos, 58, American operatic soprano
Kay Finegan, 95, American 1940s big band singer
William Gottlieb, 89, American jazz photographer
Phil Walden, 66, American founder of Capricorn Records
Erik Bergman, 94, Finnish composer
Bonnie Owens, 76, country music singer
Daniel McKenna, 54, former guitarist for the band Toby Beau
Helen Armstrong, 68, American concert violinist
Ben-Zion Orgad, 80, Israeli composer
Leighton Kerner, 79, American classical music critic for The Village Voice
George Mgrdichian, 71, American oud player
John Edward Hawkins, known as Big Hawk, 36, Houston-based rapper
Rauno Lehtinen, 74, Finnish composer
Johnny Paris, 65, American saxophonist (Johnny & the Hurricanes)
Rosita Fernandez, 88, Texan singer
Lars-Erik Jonsson, 46, Swedish opera tenor
Naushad Ali, 86, Indian musician
Steven Marshall, 58, American sound engineer and musician
Grant McLennan, 48, lead singer of The Go-Betweens
Steve Bender, 59, record producer and member of Dschinghis Khan.
John Hicks, 64, American jazz pianist/composer
Soraya, 37, Colombian-American songwriter, guitarist, arranger, record producer, and singer
Yossi Banai, 74, Israeli singer and actor
Helga Aumere, 83, Estonian musicologist
Johnnie Wilder, Jr., 56, R&B musician
Lew Anderson, 84, American bandleader
Steve Cooper, 47, rock singer for Juggernaut and S.A. Slayer
Cheikha Rimitti, 83, Algerian singer
Daniel Owino Misiani, 66, Benga musician
Lawrence "Ramrod" Shurtliff, 61, longtime crew member for the Grateful Dead
James Andrew "Andy" Capps, 37, former drummer of Built to Spill
Kenneth Scott, 70, singer-songwriter
Freddie Garrity, 65, singer of the 1960s pop band Freddie and the Dreamers
Billy Walker, 77, American country music performer and member of the Grand Ole Opry
Hamza El Din, 76, oud playe
Jack Fallon, 90, jazz double bassist
Ian Copeland, 57, American music promoter and agent
Desmond Dekker, 64, Jamaican ska musician
Horondino José da Silva, 88, Brazilian virtuouso of the seven-string guitar
Vincent McAllister, 51, guitarist for Pentagram
Neville Amadio, 93, flautist and soloist for Sydney Symphony Orchestra
Dave Brady British folk singer with Swan Arcade
Bobby Harden, 70, country singer
Rocío Jurado, 61, Spanish singer and actress
Jennifer Eley, 44, American classical concert pianist
Vince Welnick, 55, member of The Grateful Dead
Johnny Grande, 76, pianist, member of Bill Haley's backing band, The Comets
Peter Greenwell, 76, British composer and pianist known for his work with Noel Coward
Raul Indipwo, 72, Portuguese singer
Richard Kapp, 69, American conductor and founder of the Philharmonia Virtuosi
Elizabeth Fretwell, 85, Australian opera singer
Billy Preston, 59, American musician
Carl Dengler, 91, blind Rochester, New York bandleader and percussionist
Joseph Dorfman, 65, Russian-Israeli composer of new music and a Shostakovich scholar
Scott Palmer, 38, bassist for the reggae band John Brown's Body, cancer of the gall bladder
Mykola Kolessa, 102, Ukrainian composer and conductor
Drafi Deutscher, 60, German singer
Vern Williams, 76, Bluegrass mandolin player and singer
German Goldenshteyn, 71, Bessarabian-born clarinetist and klezmer musician
Ruddy Thomas, 54, Jamaican singer
Rolande Falcinelli, 86, French organist and composer
Daniel Steiner, 72, American president of the New England Conservatory
Freddie Gorman, 77, US songwriter
Hiroyuki Iwaki, 73, Japanese conductor
Surinder Kaur, 77, Punjabi folk and classical singer
Betty Curtis, 70, Italian singer, winner of Sanremo Music Festival in 1961
Arthur Malvin, 83, Emmy award winning composer and lyricist
Julian Slade, 76, English composer and lyricist
Duane Roland, 53, guitarist and a founder of rock band Molly Hatchet
Howard Shanet, 87, US conductor and composer
Jerome Martin (aka Redd Angel), 29, South African singer
Claydes Charles Smith, 57, co-founder and lead guitarist of Kool and the Gang
Dibya Khaling, 56, lyricist and composer of Nepali music
Arif Mardin, 74, Turkish-American Grammy Award winning music producer
Joe Carter, 57, gospel singer
Johnny Jenkins, 67, American blues guitarist
Stephen Tiger, 57, member of Native American band Tiger Tiger
Don Wright, 97, Canadian composer and lyricist
Joyce Hatto, 77, classical pianist
Willie Denson, 69, American singer and songwriter
Irving Green, 90, co-founder of Mercury Records
Israel Kantor, 56, singer and frontman of Tropicana All Stars
Robbie "Rocket" Watts, 47, Australian guitarist for the Cosmic Psychos
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, 52, American mezzo-soprano opera singer
Joe Weaver, 71, leader of the Blue Note Orchestra
Don Lusher, 82, British jazz trombonist and band leader
Paul Nelson, 69, American rock critic
Al Hodge, 55, Cornish rock guitarist and songwriter
Syd Barrett, 60, founding member of Pink Floyd
Sabine Dunser, 29, singer for gothic metal band Elis
Milan Williams, 58, keyboardist, founding member of R&B/funk band the Commodores
Tommy Bruce, 68, British singer
Ruth Schonthal, 82, American composer
John Coletta, 74, former manager of Deep Purple and Whitesnake
Bill Miller, 91, American pianist for Frank Sinatra
Paul Morden, 31, American musician
Charles Dakin, 76, British classical composer
Malachi Thompson, 56, American jazz trumpeter
Sam Myers, 70, American blues musician
Sam Neely, 58, singer-songwriter
Jessie Mae Hemphill, 82, blues musician
Dr. Dika Newlin, 82, American musician and musicologist
John Mack, 78, American oboist
Heinrich Hollreiser, 93, German conductor
Chen Jinlang, 45, Singaporean pop singer in Hokkien dialect
Floyd Dixon, 77, American R&B pianist
Anthony Galla-Rini, 102, concert accordionist
Rufus Harley, 70, American jazz bagpipe player
Arthur Lee, 61, Love frontman
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, opera soprano
John Locke, 62, former keyboardist of Spirit
Monroe Clark, 70, American Singer, Actor, Performer of the Violin, Piano
Moacir Santos, 80, Brazilian composer and arranger
Duke Jordan, 84, American bebop jazz pianist
Barbara George 63, R&B-singer
Johnny Duncan, 67, country singer and songwriter
Milton Kaye, 97, American pianist and arranger
Jon Nödtveidt, 31, Swedish lead guitarist and vocalist of Dissection
Walter Jagiello, 76, "Li'l Wally", American polka musician and songwriter
Joseph Hill, 57, Jamaican lead singer of roots reggae group Culture
Claude Blanchard, 74, French-Canadian pop singer and actor
Buck Page, 84, western musician and founder of the original Riders of the Purple Sage
Bruce Gary, 55, American rock musician, drummer with The Knack
Maynard Ferguson, 78, Canadian jazz trumpeter
David Schnaufer, 53, Appalachian dulcimer player
Léopold Simoneau, 90, Canadian lyric tenor
James Tenney, 72, experimental composer
Yosef Hadar, 90, Israeli composer
Jesse Pintado, 37, American guitarist with Terrorizer and Napalm Death
Pip Pyle, 56, drummer
Benjamin Rawitz-Castel, 60, Israeli pianist
Jumpin' Gene Simmons, 73, American rockabilly musician
Clermont Pépin, 80, Canadian composer
Dewey Redman, 75, American jazz saxophonist
Eva Knardahl, 79, Norwegian classical pianist
Ingrid Bjoner, 78, Norwegian soprano
Clyde "Holly" Holloman, 47, Musician
Bennie Smith, 72, blues guitarist
Lou "Boulder" Richards, 35, former guitarist for metalcore band Hatebreed
Peter Tevis, 69, musician
Norman Brooks, 78, Canadian singer
Danny Flores, 77, American saxophonist and vocalist
Joe Glazer, 88, American singer-songwriter
Armin Jordan, 74, Swiss conductor
John W. Peterson, 84, American gospel hymn writer
Don Walser, 72, Texas country singer and yodeler
Boz Burrell, 60, English bassist and vocalist Bad Company/King Crimson
Malcolm Arnold, 84, composer
Etta Baker, 93, Piedmont blues guitarist
Aladár Pege, 67, Hungarian jazz musician
Thomas Stewart, 78, American bass-baritone
Henry Townsend, 96, American blues guitarist, pianist, and songwriter
Jan Werner Danielsen, 30, Norwegian singer
Josh Graves, 79, American bluegrass dobro player
Robert Dentith, 29, British radio presenter of "The Unsigned Show" on Kerrang! Radio
Jackie Rae, 84, Canadian singer, songwriter and entertainer
Claude Luter, 83, French jazz clarinetist and bandleader
Marek Grechuta, 60, Polish singer, composer and lyricist
Norsehah Abu Bakar, 44, Malaysian singer
Edgar Summerlin, 78, American tenor saxophonist and composer of jazz church music
Freddy Fender, 69, Mexican-American singer
Soni Pabla, 30, Punjabi singer
Bryan Hipp, Diabolic and Cradle of Filth guitarist
Arnold Sundgaard, 96, American lyricist, librettist and playwright
Leonid Hambro, 86, American concert pianist
Lebo Mathosa, 29, South African singer
Rogério Duprat, 74, Brazilian composer, cancer
John Kentish, 96, English operatic tenor
Jozsef Gregor, 66, Hungarian opera singer
Marijohn Wilkin, 86, American country songwriter
Ian Rilen, 58, Rose Tattoo
Jason DiEmilio, 36, Azusa Plane
Buddy Killen, 73, founder of Dial Records
Silvio Varviso, 82, Swiss conductor of the Vlaamse Opera
Paul Mauriat, 81, French musician
Robert Jance Garfat, 62, American musician
Basil Poledouris, 61, American film composer
David Thaw, 78, opera singer
Gerald Levert, 40, American R&B singer
Jabu Khanyile, 49, South African musician
John M. Blackburn, 93, Songwrite
John Veale, 84, English classical composer
Ruth Brown, 78, American blues singer
Robert Lockwood Jr., 91, Mississippi Delta blues guitarist and singer
John Allan Cameron, 67, pioneer of Celtic music in Canada
Muriel Castanis, 80, American sculptor
Betty Comden, 89, lyricist
Anita O'Day, 87, American jazz singer
Walter Booker, 72, jazz bassist
Juice Leskinen, 56, Finnish singer-songwriter
Robert McFerrin, 85, opera singer
Valentín Elizalde, 27, Mexican banda singer
Babak Bayat, 60, Iranian composer
Robert "H-Bomb" Ferguson, 77, American blues singer
Don Butterfield, 83, American jazz tuba player
Alan "Fluff" Freeman, 79, former BBC Radio DJ
Nina Milkina, 87, Russian-born British concert pianist.
Shirley Walker, 61, film and television composer
Eli Mohar, 58, Israeli lyricist and journalist
Mariska Veres, 59, Shocking Blue
Dave Mount, 59, Mud
Logan Whitehurst, 29, American singer songwriter, The Velvet Teen
Darren "Wiz" Brown, 44, Mega City Four
Jay McShann, 90, African-American blues/swing pianist, bandleader and singer
Georgia Gibbs, 87, American singer
Ralph Gomberg, 85, former principal oboist at the Boston Symphony
Fred Marsden, 66, British drummer for Gerry & the Pacemakers
Homer Ledford, 79, bluegrass musician
Kenny Davern, 71, American jazz clarinetist
Oscar Klein, 76, Austrian-born jazz trumpeter
Ahmet Ertegun, 83, Turkish-born co-founder of Atlantic Records
Robert Long, 63, Dutch singer, cancer
Pnina Salzman, 84, Israeli pianist
Denny Payton, 63, of The Dave Clark Five
