Artists who died in 2019 - January


Pegi Young died on January 1 (aged 66).
Country: United States
Genre: Singer-songwriter
Language: English


Kris Kelmi died on January 1 (aged 63).
Country: Russia
Genres: Pop, Pop-Rock
Language: Russian


Shane Bisnett, bass guitar, died on January 1 (aged 31).
Country: United States
Genres: Punk, Pop-Rock, Metalcore/Hardcore
Language: English


Feis Ecktuh died on January 1 (aged 32).


Daryl Dragon died on January 2 (aged 76).
Country: United States
Genre: Pop
Languages: English, Spanish


Steve Ripley, guitarist and lead vocalist, died on January 3 (aged 69).
Country: United States
Genres: Country music, Rock
Language: English


Goran Redžepi, drummer, died on January 3.
Country: Serbia
Genre: Rock
Language: Serbian


Emil Brumaru died on January 5 (aged 80).
Country: Romania
Genre: Poetry
Language: Romanian


Eric Haydock, bass guitar, died on January 5 (aged 75).
Country: United Kingdom
Genre: Rock
Languages: English, Italian



Clydie King died on January 7 (aged 75).


Houari Manar died on January 7 (aged 37).


Kevin Fret died on January 10 (aged 24).


Kei, bass guitar, died on January 12.
Country: Japan
Genre: Indie
Language: English


Bonnie Guitar died on January 13 (aged 95).


Frenchy O'Brien, drummer, died on January 13 (aged 71).
Country: United States
Language: English


Carol Channing died on January 15 (aged 97).
Country: United States
Genres: Country music, Religious
Language: English


Edyr de Castro died on January 15 (aged 72).
Country: Brazil
Genre: Disco
Languages: Spanish, Portuguese


Lorna Doom, bass guitar, died on January 16 (aged 61).


Ron Watson, guitarist, died on January 17 (aged 62).
Country: Canada
Genres: Hard Rock, Metal
Language: English


Reggie Young, guitarist for the Highwaymen, Elvis Presley and others, died on January 17 (aged 82).
Country: United States
Genre: Country music
Languages: English, German


Debi Martini, singer and bassist, died on January 17 (aged 52).


Mary Oliver died on January 17 (aged 83).
Country: United States
Genre: Poetry
Language: English


José Marciano died on January 18 (aged 67)
Country: Brazil
Genre: Sertanejo
Language: Portuguese


Marcelo Yuka, drummer and songwriter, died on January 18 (aged 53).
Country: Brazil
Genres: Reggae, Rock
Language: Portuguese


Ted McKenna, drummer, died on January 19 (aged 68).


Maxine Brown died on January 21 (aged 87).
Country: United States
Genres: Country music, Folk, Pop
Language: English


Edwin Birdsong died on January 21 (aged 77).


Kaye Ballard died on January 21 (aged 93).


Atte Toikka (MKDMSK) died on January 21 (aged 21)
Country: Finland
Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap
Language: Finnish


Roman Kołakowski died on January 22 (aged 61).


Oliver Mtukudzi died on January 23 (aged 66).


Roberto Livi died on January 25 (aged 76).
Country: Argentina
Genre: Singer-songwriter
Language: Spanish


Jacqueline Sharpe died on January 25 (aged 94).


Michel Legrand died on January 26 (aged 87).
Country: France
Genres: Jazz, Soundtrack
Languages: French, English


Ingo Bischof, keyboardist, died on January 26 (aged 68).
Country: Germany
Genres: Jazz, Rock
Languages: English, German
Pepe Smith died on January 28 (aged 71).
Country: Philippines
Languages: English, Filipino/Tagalog


Yoskar Sarante died on January 28 (aged 49).
Country: Dominican Republic
Genre: Latino
Languages: Spanish, English


Paul Whaley, drummer, died on January 28 (aged 72).
Country: United States
Genres: Blues, Metal, Psychedelic, Rock
Language: English


Humberto Ak'ab'al died on January 28 (aged 66).


James Ingram died on January 29 (aged 66).
Country: United States
Genre: Jazz
Language: English


Christodoulos Halaris died on January 30 (aged 72).
Country: Greece
Genre: Soundtrack
Language: Greek


Johnny Lion died on January 31 (aged 77).

Wow, it's a sad way to start 2019
II really hope that this collection will be short at the end of the year!

I mean I totally agree with you! It's just that so many good artists died last year, I really hope this year gonna be better!

https://lyricstranslate.com/de/fear-and-loathing-las-vegas-lyrics.html
Bassist Kei died on January 12.

Legendary Guitarist Reggie Young died. Don't tell you have never heard of him because I KNOW that you have! https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/reggie-young-elvis-presley-and-wil...
Guitarist Reggie Young, a Memphis- and Nashville-based session player whose signature licks defined hit records from Elvis, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, and many more, has died. He was 82.
Friend and fellow Nashville Cats session musician David Briggs said Young died Thursday at his home in Nashville, Tennessee.
Young started his illustrious career in Memphis, where he was an in-demand session player working with acclaimed producer Chips Moman, and opened for the Beatles with the Bill Black Combo in 1964. At Moman's American Studio in Memphis, he played the signature sitar intro on "Hooked on a Feeling," by B.J. Thomas, and played guitar on "Son of a Preacher Man" by Dusty Springfield, "Sweet Caroline" by Neil Diamond, and "Suspicious Minds" by Elvis Presley.
After moving to Nashville in the 1970s, he became part of the Nashville Cats session players recording hundreds of songs for top country stars. Young added guitar to No. 1 records including "Luckenbach, Texas," by Jennings, "Pancho and Lefty" by Nelson and Merle Haggard and "Always On My Mind," by Nelson.
When the Highwaymen super group formed between Nelson, Jennings, Johnny Cash, and Kris Kristofferson, Young played on their No. 1 records and even toured with them.
His first-ever album, containing a collection of hits he played on from Memphis to Nashville, was due out later this month through London-based record label Ace.

Piggybacking on what I had said before... Reggie Young was also a member of the supergroup called The Highwaymen

Well it IS Wikipedia after all 😂 but OK. Usually I wouldn't make such a fuss over a band member especially since I'm not a fan of the guy or the stuff he was involved with but when I read up on him because I had never heard of the name I realized that he probably played (no pun intended) a huge roll in music history!

Michel Legrand
died on January 26, 2019 (aged 87).

Sergey Zakharov
died on Fabruary 14, 2019 (aged 68).
https://lyricstranslate.com/en/сергей-захаров-lyrics.html
https://news.mail.ru/incident/36305450/

https://lyricstranslate.com/en/fat-family-lyrics.html - One of the vocalists, Dayse Cipriano died on Feb 12 2019. She was 39.
https://lyricstranslate.com/en/bibi-ferreira-lyrics.html - One of the most prolific Brazilian performers ever (she had a 95 year career), she died on Feb 13 2019. She was 96.

One of the Monkees members died recently! He was 77 years old I think? I know this news is a bit late but I was waiting to see if his name was added on this list or not. Here is my proof: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/peter-tork-monkees-dead-77_n_5c6ed728e4b0...


https://lyricstranslate.com/en/gabriel-diniz-lyrics.html - he died today in a plane crash (so you can also add him to your collection of this title) at age 28.


Towards the break of day June 6, iconic music legend Malcolm John Rebennack, Jr., known as Dr. John, passed away of a heart attack. The family thanks all whom shared his unique musical journey & requests privacy at this time. Memorial arrangements will be announced in due course.
Informations by ΑΡ/Pitchfork/BBC
https://lyricstranslate.com/el/Doctor-John-Litanie-des-saints-lyrics.html

https://lyricstranslate.com/en/serguei-lyrics.html - he died today, at 85.

https://lyricstranslate.com/en/angra-lyrics.html
André Matos - former lead singer of Angra died on June 8 (aged 47)

I have to reveal that I was surprised when I discovered Angra was from Brazil and not from elsewhere...

https://lyricstranslate.com/en/lettermen-lyrics.html
Jim Pike, co-founder and lead singer of The Lettermen, died on June 9 (aged 82).

https://lyricstranslate.com/en/tengger-cavalry-lyrics.html
Nature Ganganbaigal, founder of Mongolian rock band Tengger Cavalry, died on June 13 (aged 29).

Šaban Šaulić, died on the 17. of February, 2019. (aged 67)

Anne Vanderlove , a French singer well known in the sixties-seventies, died on June, 30th, 2019. Apparently too late for this list ?

Oliver Mtukudzi, a huge cultural icon in Zimbabwe, died on January 23, 2019.

https://lyricstranslate.com/en/carol-channing-lyrics.html - January 15, 2019 (aged 97)
January 2, 2019 - Daryl Dragon (was an American musician and songwriter, known as Captain from the pop musical duo Captain & Tennille with his then wife, Toni Tennille.)
https://lyricstranslate.com/en/captain-and-tennille-lyrics.html
1 January 2019 - Feis Ecktuh
https://lyricstranslate.com/en/feis-lyrics.html