This is a list of notable performers of rock music and other forms of popular music, and others directly associated with the music as producers, songwriters, or in other closely related roles, who died in 2016.
2016 deaths in popular music
editPreceded by 2015 |
List of deaths in popular music 2016 |
Succeeded by 2017 |
See also
editReferences
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- ^ Cooper, Peter (May 17, 2016). "Guy Clark dead at 74". The Tennessean. Retrieved May 17, 2016.
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- ^ "Legendary producer and songwriter Chips Moman dies, aged 79". The Guardian. 15 June 2016. Retrieved June 18, 2016.
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- ^ Grimes, William (June 22, 2016). "Wayne Jackson, Memphis Horns Trumpeter, Dies at 74". The New York Times. Retrieved June 29, 2016.
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- ^ "Mustang Sally writer Mack Rice dies aged 82". Bbc.co.uk. June 29, 2016. Retrieved June 29, 2016.
- ^ "Elvis guitarist Scotty Moore dies aged 84". BBC News. 29 June 2016. Retrieved June 29, 2016.
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- ^ "Geneviève Castrée, Artist Married to Phil Elverum, Has Died".
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- ^ Kreps, Daniel (17 July 2016). "Alan Vega, Suicide Singer and Punk Icon, Dead at 78". Rolling Stone. ISSN 0035-791X.
- ^ Roberts, Sam (22 July 2016). "Gary S. Paxton, Whose Mixed Bag of a Life Was Filled With Music, Dies at 77". The New York Times. Retrieved November 9, 2016.
- ^ "Eclectic Finnish Composer Einojuhani Rautavaara Dies At 87". NPR. July 28, 2016.
- ^ "Legendary BLUE ÖYSTER CULT Producer SANDY PEARLMAN Dies At 72". Blabbermouth.net. July 26, 2016. Retrieved 2016-07-26.
- ^ "Quebec chanteuse Lucille Dumont dies at 97". Cbc.ca. CBS News. July 29, 2016. Retrieved 2016-07-30.
- ^ "Ricci Martin, Who Sang in Tribute to His Father, Dean, Dies". New York Times. August 8, 2016.
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- ^ "R.I.P. legendary Chicago soul hitmaker Sonny Sanders". Soultracks.com. 13 October 2016. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
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- ^ Gil Kaufman (3 November 2016). "Jazz Bassist Bob Cranshaw Dies at 83". Billboard. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
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- ^ "Rich Robinson Forms Magpie Salute With Ex-Black Crowes Members". Rollingstone.com. 17 October 2016. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
- ^ Brown, Tracy (November 7, 2016). "Electronic music pioneer Jean-Jacques Perrey, of Disneyland's Main Street Electrical Parade fame, dies at 87". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 9, 2016.
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- ^ Betts, Stephen L. (17 November 2016). "'Drift Away' Songwriter Mentor Williams Dead at 70". Rolling Stone. ISSN 0035-791X.
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