• Source: 2015 in music

This topic covers notable events and articles related to music in 2015.




Specific locations






Specific genres






Albums released


List of 2015 albums




Awards






Bands formed






Soloist debuts






Bands reformed






Bands disbanded






Deaths






= January

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1 – Matthew Cogley (30), British musician and songwriter (Failsafe).
6 – Lance Percival (81), British actor and singer.
13
Ronnie Ronalde (91), British siffleur and yodeller.
Trevor Ward-Davies (70), English bassist (Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich)
19 – Ward Swingle (87), American jazz singer (The Swingle Singers).
22 – Joan Hinde (81), British trumpet player
25 – Demis Roussos (68), Greek singer and musician
27 – Margot Moir (55), Scottish-born Australian singer (The Moir Sisters).
29 – Danny McCulloch (69), British bassist (Eric Burdon & The Animals).




= February

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12 – Steve Strange (55), British musician (Visage).
16 – Lesley Gore (68), American singer
21 – Clark Terry (94), American jazz trumpeter.
22 – Erik Amundsen (78), Norwegian jazz upright-bassist.
23 – Ron Edgar (68), American rock drummer (The Music Machine)




= March

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21 – Jørgen Ingmann, (89), Danish guitarist.




= April

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1
Dave Ball (65), British musician (Procol Harum).
Sandy Mason (75), American country music singer-songwriter
3 – Andrew Porter (86), British organist, music critic, and opera director
10 – Ronald Hambleton (97), English-born Canadian broadcaster and music critic (Toronto Star).
13 – Ronnie Carroll (80), Northern Irish singer
14 – Percy Sledge (74), American soul, gospel and R&B singer
17 – Brian Couzens (86), British music industry executive (Chandos Records).
18 – Ben E. King (76), American soul and R&B singer




= May

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6
Errol Brown (71), British-Jamaican singer (Hot Chocolate)
Dottie Dillard (91), American pop singer (The Anita Kerr Quartet)
14 – B.B. King (89), American blues guitarist.
20 – Bob Belden (58), American jazz saxophonist.
23 – Marcus Belgrave (78), American jazz trumpeter.
31 – Slim Richey (77), American jazz guitarist.




= June

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11 – Ornette Coleman (85), American jazz saxophonist.
12 – Monica Lewis (93), American singer and actress.
21 – Gunther Schuller (89), American composer, conductor, and horn player.
27 – Joe Bennett (75), American rock and roll singer, songwriter, and guitarist (Joe Bennett & the Sparkletones)




= July

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1
Val Doonican (88), Irish-born singer.
Edward Greenfield (86), British music critic and broadcaster.
13 – Eric Wrixon (68), British musician from Belfast, Northern Ireland (Them, Thin Lizzy).
22
Daron Norwood (49), American country music singer
Eddie Hardin (66), British singer-songwriter and pianist (The Spencer Davis Group and Axis Point).
30 – Lynn Anderson (67), American country singer
31 – Pamela Brandt (68), American country-rock bassist, singer and songwriter (The Deadly Nightshade)




= August

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1 – Cilla Black (72), British singer and presenter.
12 – John Scott (59), British organist and choirmaster.
14 – Jazz Summers (71), British music manager (Scissor Sisters, The Verve, Snow Patrol), (lung cancer)
20 – Laurent Rossi (67), French singer, songwriter, and record producer (Bimbo Jet)




= September

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4 – Hal Willis (82), Canadian country music singer
13 – Gary Richrath (65), American guitarist (REO Speedwagon)
29 – Phil Woods (83), American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, bandleader and composer




= October

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8 – Jim Diamond, Scottish singer (Ph.D.)
9 – Larry Rosen (75), American drummer, entrepreneur, and music producer.
20 – Cory Wells (74), American singer (Three Dog Night)
22 – Mark Murphy (83), American singer.
28 – Diane Charlemagne (51), English dance singer (52nd Stree, Urban Cookie Collective)




= November

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5 – Nora Brockstedt, Norwegian singer (92).
25 – Svein Christiansen, Norwegian drummer (74).




= December

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3 – Scott Weiland (48), American musician, singer and songwriter (Stone Temple Pilots, Velvet Revolver and Art of Anarchy)
28
Guru Josh (51), acid house DJ
Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister (70), English musician, singer and songwriter (Motörhead, Hawkwind, The Rockin' Vickers)
30 – Zjef Vanuytsel (70), Belgian folk singer.
31 – Natalie Cole (65), American singer, songwriter, and actress (congestive heart failure).




See also


Once Upon a Time in Shaolin
Timeline of musical events
Women in music




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