- Source: 2017 in music
This topic covers notable events and articles related to 2017 in music.
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Albums released
Awards
Bands formed
Soloist debuts
Bands reformed
Bands on hiatus
Bands disbanded
Deaths
= January
=1 – Memo Morales (79), Venezuelan rumba singer
2 – Auriel Andrew (69), Indigenous Australian country singer
4 – Bade Fateh Ali Khan (82), Pakistani classical music and Khyal singer
6 – Sylvester Potts (78), American R&B singer (the Contours)
7 – Jerzy Kossela (74), Polish rock guitarist (Czerwone Gitary)
8 – Peter Sarstedt (75), British folk pop singer
10 – Buddy Greco (90), American jazz singer and pianist
11 – Tommy Allsup (83), American rock and roll guitarist
13
Horacio Guarany (91), Argentine folklore singer
Richie Ingui (69), American soul singer (Soul Survivors)
14 – John Boudreaux (80), American jazz and soul drummer
15 – Greg Trooper (61), American alternative country singer and songwriter
16
William Onyeabor (70), Nigerian funk singer-songwriter
Steve Wright (66), American power pop bassist and songwriter (The Greg Kihn Band)
18 – Mike Kellie (69), British psychedelic rock and power pop drummer (Spooky Tooth, The Only Ones)
19 – Loalwa Braz (63), Brazilian pop and lambada singer (Kaoma)
20
Ronald "Bingo" Mundy (76), American singer (The Marcels)
Joey Powers (82), American pop singer
Tommy Tate (71), American soul singer
21
Karl Hendricks (46), American alternative rock singer (The Karl Hendricks Trio)
Walter "Junie" Morrison (62), American funk keyboardist (The Ohio Players, Parliament-Funkadelic)
Maggie Roche (65), American folk singer (The Roches)
22
Jaki Liebezeit (78), German experimental rock drummer (Can)
Pete Overend Watts (69), British glam rock bassist and singer (Mott the Hoople, British Lions)
23 – Bobby Freeman (76), American pop and R&B singer
24
Gil Ray (60), American power pop drummer (Game Theory, The Loud Family)
Butch Trucks (69), American rock drummer (The Allman Brothers Band, Les Brers)
25 – Ronnie Davis (66), Jamaican reggae singer (The Tennors, The Itals)
27 – Stan Boreson (91), American comedian, accordionist and singer
28
Guitar Gable (79), American blues singer and guitarist
Geoff Nicholls (68), British rock musician and keyboardist (Black Sabbath, Quartz)
Alexander Tikhanovich (64), Belarusian pop singer (Verasy)
29 – Elkin Ramírez (54), Colombian hard rock singer (Kraken)
30 – James Laurence (27), American hip hop musician and producer (Friendzone) (death announced on this date)
31
Deke Leonard (72), British progressive rock guitarist (Man)
John Wetton (67), British progressive rock singer, bassist, and songwriter (Asia, King Crimson)
= February
=1 – Robert Dahlqvist (40), Swedish alternative rock guitarist and singer (The Hellacopters, Thunder Express, Dundertåget)
4 – Steve Lang (67), Canadian rock bassist (April Wine)
5
David Axelrod (85), American jazz musician and producer
Sonny Geraci (70), American pop and rock singer (Climax, The Outsiders)
7 – Svend Asmussen (100), Danish jazz violinist
8
Rina Matsuno (18), Japanese pop singer (Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku)
Tony Särkkä (44), Swedish black metal multi-instrumentalist
11 – Jarmila Šuláková (87), Czech folk singer
12
Al Jarreau (76), American jazz singer
Damian (52), British pop singer
13
Trish Doan (31), American heavy metal bassist (Kittie) (death announced on this date)
E-Dubble (34), American rapper
16 – Pericoma Okoye (81), Nigerian traditional music singer
17
Peter Skellern (69), English easy listening singer-songwriter and pianist
Dave Yorko (73), American rock and roll guitarist (Johnny and the Hurricanes)
18 – Clyde Stubblefield (73), American funk and soul drummer (James Brown, The J.B.'s)
19 – Larry Coryell (73), American jazz fusion guitarist
20 – Huang Feili (99), Chinese classical music conductor
23
Horace Parlan (86), American jazz pianist
Leon Ware (77), American funk singer and songwriter
25
Rick Chavez, American progressive metal singer and guitarist (Drive)
Toshio Nakanishi (61), Japanese new wave guitarist (Plastics)
Bill Paxton (61), American new wave keyboardist (Martini Ranch) and actor
= March
=1 – Hiroshi Kamayatsu (78), Japanese rock singer (The Spiders, Vodka Collins)
2 – Gata Cattana (26), Spanish rapper
3
Jim Fuller (69), American surf rock guitarist (The Surfaris)
Lyle Ritz (87), American rock bassist and ukuleleist (The Wrecking Crew)
Danny Spooner (80), British-born Australian folk singer
4
Valerie Carter (64), American rock singer and songwriter
Edi Fitzroy (61), Jamaican reggae and dancehall singer
Tommy Page (46), American pop singer
6
Ritchie Adams (78), American songwriter and singer (The Fireflies)
Lars Diedricson (66), Swedish rock singer (Snowstorm)
Alberto Zedda (89), Italian conductor and musicologist
7 – Kalika Prasad Bhattacharya (46), Indian folk singer
8
Dave Valentin (64), American jazz flutist
Wordsayer (47), American rapper (Source of Labor)
10 – Joni Sledge (60), American R&B and disco singer (Sister Sledge)
11
Evan Johns (60), American rockabilly guitarist (The LeRoi Brothers)
Ángel Parra (73), Chilean folk singer
Don Warden (87), American country slide guitarist
12 – Joey Alves (63), American hard rock rhythm guitarist (Y&T)
13
Robert "P-Nut" Johnson, American funk singer (Parliament-Funkadelic)
John Lever (55), British post-punk drummer (The Chameleons)
15
Phil Garland (75), New Zealander folk singer
Vicky (69), Colombian pop singer
16 – James Cotton (81), American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter
18 – Chuck Berry (90), American rock and roll guitarist, singer and songwriter
20
Buck Hill (90), American jazz tenor and soprano saxophonist
Tony Terran (90), American rock and pop trumpeter (The Wrecking Crew)
21 – Gabriel "Negru" Mafa (42), black metal drummer (Negură Bunget)
22
Sib Hashian (67), American rock drummer (Boston)
Sven-Erik Magnusson (74), Swedish pop singer and guitarist (Sven-Ingvars)
23 – Sebastián (63), Argentine cuarteto singer
24
Vincent Falcone (78), American pianist (Frank Sinatra) and conductor
Pete Shotton (75), British skiffle percussionist and washboardist (The Quarrymen)
25 – Edward Grimes (43), American post-rock drummer (Rachel's)
26
Alessandro Alessandroni (92), Italian film composer and classical guitarist
Jimmy Dotson (83), American blues singer and songwriter
27 – Clem Curtis (76), Trinidadian-British singer (The Foundations)
28 – Terry Fischer (70), American pop singer (The Murmaids)
30 – Rosie Hamlin (71), American pop singer (Rosie and the Originals)
= April
=1
Lonnie Brooks (83), American blues singer and guitarist
Ikutaro Kakehashi (87), Japanese engineer, founder of Roland Corporation, manufacturer of electronic musical instruments
Wycliffe Noble (91), British gospel singer (The Joystrings) and architect
3 – Brenda Jones (62), American singer (The Jones Girls)
5 – Paul O'Neill (61), American progressive metal composer, lyricist, producer, and songwriter (Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Savatage)
6 – David Peel (74), American folk singer and songwriter
7 – Ben Speer (86), American gospel singer (Speer Family)
8 – Keni Richards (60), American rock drummer (Autograph)
9
Alan Henderson (72), Northern Irish rock bassist (Them)
Bob Wootton (75), American country guitarist (The Tennessee Three)
10 – Banner Thomas (62), American hard rock bassist (Molly Hatchet)
11
J. Geils (71), American blues, rock and jazz guitarist (The J. Geils Band)
Scotty Miller (65), American drummer (Instant Funk)
Toby Smith (46), English acid jazz keyboardist, songwriter and producer (Jamiroquai)
12 – Barry "Frosty" Smith (71), American rock drummer (Sweathog, Soulhat)
14 – Bruce Langhorne (78), American folk singer
15
Tim Goshorn, 62, American country rock guitarist and singer (Pure Prairie League)
Allan Holdsworth (70), British jazz fusion guitarist (Gong, Soft Machine, U.K.)
Matt Holt (39), American heavy metal singer (Nothingface)
Sylvia Moy (78), American songwriter
19 – Dick Contino (87), American accordionist and singer
20 – Cuba Gooding Sr. (72), American soul and R&B singer (The Main Ingredient)
23 – Jerry Adriani (70), Brazilian rock singer
27
Jeff Decker, Canadian heavy metal guitarist (Thor)
John Shifflett (64), American jazz bassist
28 – Joanna Brouk (68), American electronic music composer
= May
=1
Bruce Hampton (70), American rock and jazz fusion singer and guitarist (Hampton Grease Band, Col. Bruce Hampton and the Aquarium Rescue Unit)
Erkki Kurenniemi (75), Finnish electronic music composer
2 – Kevin Garcia (41), American indie rock bassist (Grandaddy)
3
Casey Jones (77), American blues drummer (Johnny Winter)
C'el Revuelta, American punk rock bassist (Black Flag)
Saxa (83), Jamaican ska saxophonist (The Beat)
4 – Katy Bødtger (84), Danish singer (Eurovision Song Contest 1960)
5 – Clive Brooks (67), British progressive rock drummer (Egg)
9
Michael Parks (77), American country singer and actor
Robert Miles (47), Swiss-born Italian electronic dance record producer, composer and DJ
10
Bonaldo "Burt" Bonaldi (90), American pop singer (The Gaylords)
Pierre DeMudd (64), American trumpeter and singer (Dazz Band)
11 – İbrahim Erkal (50), Turkish folk singer
12 – Bill Dowdy (84), American jazz drummer (The Three Sounds)
13 – Jimmy Copley (63), British rock drummer
14 – Keith Mitchell, American dream pop drummer (Mazzy Star)
17 – Chris Cornell (52), American alternative rock singer and songwriter (Soundgarden, Audioslave, Temple of the Dog)
18 – Frankie Paul (51), Jamaican dancehall singer
20
Jimmy Dale (81), British-Canadian film and television composer
Ace Still, American doom metal singer (Goatlord)
21
Kenny Cordray (62), American rock guitarist and songwriter
Jimmy LaFave (61), American folk singer and songwriter
Tulsa Pittaway (42), South African indie rock drummer (Watershed, Evolver One)
22
Rosa Speer (94), American gospel singer (Speer Family)
Zbigniew Wodecki (67), Polish pop singer and violinist
25 – Saucy Sylvia (96), Canadian-born American comedy music singer and pianist
27
Gregg Allman (69), American rock singer, songwriter and keyboardist (The Allman Brothers Band)
Guillermo Sanchez, Argentinian heavy metal bassist (Rata Blanca)
29 – Arleen Lanzotti (73), American pop singer (The Delicates)
31 – Bern Nix (69), American jazz guitarist
= June
=2 – Aamir Zaki (49), Pakistani psychedelic rock guitarist
6
Sandra Reemer (66), Dutch pop singer
Vin Garbutt (68), British folk singer and songwriter
8 – Norro Wilson (79), American country music singer, songwriter and record producer
11 – Rosalie Sorrels (83), American folk singer and songwriter
12 – Geri Allen (60), American jazz pianist
16 – Eliza Clívia (37), Brazilian forro singer
17 – Thara Memory (68), American jazz trumpeter
18 – Chris Murrell (60), American gospel and jazz singer
20
Prodigy (42), American rapper (Mobb Deep)
Bo Wagner (72), American marimba player (Starbuck)
21 – Belton Richard (77), American Cajun accordionist
22 – Jimmy Nalls (66), American blues rock guitarist (Sea Level)
25 – Dave Evans (66), American bluegrass singer and banjoist
28
Gary DeCarlo (75), American pop singer and songwriter (Steam)
Nic Ritter (37), American thrash metal drummer (Warbringer)
Dave Rosser (50), American alternative rock guitarist (The Afghan Whigs)
30 – Don Rea (88), American pop singer (The Gaylords)
= July
=3 – Rudy Rotta (66), Italian blues rock guitarist
4 – John Blackwell, Jr. (43), American funk and R&B drummer (D'Angelo, The New Power Generation)
5 – Pierre Henry (89), French musique concrète composer
6
Mick Bund, British post-punk bassist (Felt)
Melvyn "Deacon" Jones (73), American soul keyboardist (Baby Huey & the Babysitters)
9 – Erik Cartwright (66), American blues rock guitarist (Foghat)
12
Marc 'Blaash' Michaelson, American black metal drummer (Bahimiron)
Tamara Miansarova (86), Russian pop singer
Ray Phiri (70), South African jazz fusion singer and guitarist
13
Simon Holmes (54), Australian jangle pop guitarist (The Hummingbirds)
Egil Kapstad (76), Norwegian jazz pianist and composer
Chris Wong Won (53), American rapper (2 Live Crew)
14
Mahi Beamer (88), American-Native Hawaiian folk singer and pianist
David Zablidowsky (38), American hard rock bassist (Adrenaline Mob, Trans-Siberian Orchestra)
16 – Wilfried (67), Austrian pop singer
17 – Peter Principle (63), American post-punk bassist (Tuxedomoon)
19
Barbara Weldens (35), French pop singer and songwriter
Graham Wood (45), Australian jazz pianist
20
Chester Bennington (41), American hard rock singer and songwriter (Linkin Park, Stone Temple Pilots, Dead by Sunrise)
Andrea Jürgens (50), German schlager singer
21
Errol Dyers (65), South African jazz guitarist
Geoff Mack (94), Australian country singer and songwriter
Kenny Shields (69), Canadian hard rock singer (Streetheart)
Paapa Yankson (73), Ghanaian highlife singer
22
Polo Hofer (72), Swiss pop singer
Bobby Taylor (83), American soul singer (Bobby Taylor & the Vancouvers)
25
Michael Johnson (72), American country singer and songwriter
Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu (46), Indigenous Australian folk singer and guitarist
27 – Billy Joe Walker Jr. (64), American country music record producer
28 – D.L. Menard (85), American Cajun music singer
31 – Chuck Loeb (61), American jazz guitarist (Fourplay)
= August
=1 – Goldy McJohn (72), Canadian hard rock keyboardist (Steppenwolf)
2 – Daniel Licht (60), American film and television composer
4
Luiz Melodia (66), Brazilian MPB singer
Joe Romano 67, American bassist (The Fun and Games)
8 – Glen Campbell (81), American country music singer and songwriter
11 – Segun Bucknor (71), Nigerian soul and funk keyboardist and guitarist
19 – Bea Wain (100), American big band singer (Larry Clinton and His Orchestra)
20 – Jerry Lewis (91), American actor and pop singer
21 – Sonny Burgess (88), American rockabilly singer
22 – John Abercrombie (73), American jazz fusion guitarist
24
Pete Kuykendall (79), American bluegrass banjoist
Larry Marshall (75), Jamaican reggae singer
26 – Wilson das Neves (81), Brazilian bossa nova singer and percussionist
28 – Melissa Bell (53), British R&B and soul singer (Soul II Soul)
29 – Larry Elgart (95), American jazz bandleader and alto saxophonist
30 – Skip Prokop (73), Canadian rock and jazz fusion drummer (Lighthouse, The Paupers)
= September
=1 – Mick Softley (77), British folk singer and songwriter
2 – Dave Hlubek (66), American rock guitarist and songwriter (Molly Hatchet)
3 – Walter Becker (67), American jazz rock guitarist, bassist and songwriter (Steely Dan)
4 – Earl Lindo (64), Jamaican reggae keyboardist (Bob Marley and the Wailers)
5 – Rick Stevens (77), American R&B singer (Tower of Power)
6 – Holger Czukay (79), German experimental rock bassist (Can)
8
Troy Gentry (50), American country singer (Montgomery Gentry)
Don Williams (78), American country singer
11 – Virgil Howe (41), British alternative rock drummer (Little Barrie)
12
Riem de Wolff (74), Dutch-Indonesian rock and roll singer (The Blue Diamonds)
Josh Schwartz (45), American alternative country guitarist (Beachwood Sparks)
Jessi Zazu (28), American garage rock singer and songwriter (Those Darlins)
13 – Grant Hart (56), American alternative rock singer, songwriter and drummer (Hüsker Dü)
17 – Laudir de Oliveira (77), Brazilian rock and jazz percussionist (Chicago)
18 – Mark Selby (56), American blues rock singer and guitarist
21 – Cees Bergman (65), Dutch glam rock singer (Catapult)
22
Ammon Tharp (75), American soul singer and drummer (Bill Deal and the Rhondels)
Eric Eycke (41), American heavy metal singer (Corrosion of Conformity)
23 – Charles Bradley (68), American soul singer
27
CeDell Davis (91), American blues guitarist
Joy Fleming (72), German pop singer
Hiromi Hayakawa (34), Japanese-born Mexican pop singer
30 – Tom Paley (89), American folk guitarist and banjoist (New Lost City Ramblers)
= October
=2 – Tom Petty (66), American rock singer, songwriter and guitarist (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Traveling Wilburys, Mudcrutch)
4 – Janis Hansen (74), American pop and bossa nova singer (Sérgio Mendes & Brasil '66, The Carnival)
5
Alvin DeGuzman, American post-hardcore guitarist (The Icarus Line)
Rodrigo BVevino (42), British heavy metal singer (Avenger)
6 – Bunny Sigler (76), American soul singer, songwriter and record producer
7 – Jimmy Beaumont (76), American doo-wop singer (The Skyliners)
8 – Grady Tate (85), American jazz drummer and singer
16
Augustin Mawangu Mingiedi (56), Congolese afro-pop lkembist (Konono Nº1)
Iain Shedden (60), Australian punk rock drummer (The Saints)
17
Gord Downie (53), Canadian rock singer and songwriter (The Tragically Hip)
18 – Eamonn Campbell (70), Irish folk singer and guitarist (The Dubliners)
21 – Martin Eric Ain (50), American-Swiss heavy metal bassist (Celtic Frost)
22
Al Hurricane (81), American folk singer and songwriter
Scott Putesky (49), American heavy metal guitarist (Marilyn Manson)
George Young (70), British-born Australian rock guitarist and songwriter (The Easybeats, Flash and the Pan)
24
Fats Domino (89), American rock and roll singer and pianist
Larry Ray (63), American power pop guitarist (Outrageous Cherry)
27
Mike Hudson (61), American punk rock singer (The Pagans)
Dick Noel (90), American big band singer
28
Bruce Black, American power metal drummer (Meliah Rage)
Daichi Shimoda, Japanese deathcore vocalist (Victim of Deception)
29
Muhal Richard Abrams (87), American free jazz pianist
Billy Mize (88), American country singer and steel guitarist
Keith Wilder (65), American funk singer (Heatwave)
= November
=1
Katie Lee (98), American folk singer
Scott Wily, American death metal singer (Vital Remains)
2 – María Martha Serra Lima (72), Argentinean bolero singer
3
Gaetano Bardini (91), Italian opera singer
Naomi Sego (86), American gospel singer (The Sego Brothers and Naomi)
5
Robert Knight (72), American soul singer
Louis Roney (96), American opera tenor
7
Paul Buckmaster (71), British rock and orchestral arranger and conductor
Robert De Cormier (95), American folk arranger
Pentti Glan (71), Finnish rock drummer (Mandala, Lou Reed, Alice Cooper)
9 – Fred Cole (69), American garage rock singer and guitarist (The Lollipop Shoppe, Dead Moon)
10 – Chuck Mosley (57), American alternative rock singer (Faith No More)
11 – Chiquito de la Calzada (85), Spanish flamenco singer
12 – Chad Hanks (46), American metal bassist (American Head Charge)
15
Bonnie Flower (63), American sunshine pop singer (Wendy and Bonnie)
Lil Peep (21), American rapper
16 – Michael "Dik Mik" Davies (73), British space rock keyboardist (Hawkwind)
17 – Rikard Wolff (59), Finnish pop singer and actor
18
Ben Riley (84), American jazz drummer
Malcolm Young (64), Australian hard rock guitarist (AC/DC)
19
Ronnie Butler (80), Bahamanian calypso singer
Warren "Pete" Moore (79), American R&B singer (The Miracles)
Della Reese (86), American gospel singer
Mel Tillis (85), American country singer
20 – Laila Sari (82), Indonesian children's music singer
21
David Cassidy (67), American pop singer and actor
Wayne Cochran (78), American soul singer and songwriter
22 – Tommy Keene (59), American power pop singer and songwriter
23
John Coates Jr. (79), American jazz pianist
Jon Hendricks (96), American jazz singer
Dmitri Hvorostovsky (55), Russian opera singer
24
Mitch Margo (70), American doo-wop singer and songwriter (The Tokens)
Clotilde Rosa (87), Portuguese classical harpist
Bari Siddiqui (63), Bangladeshi folk singer and flautist
26 – Patrick Bourgeois (54), Canadian rock singer and guitarist (Les B.B.)
27 – Robert Popwell (66), American rock and jazz bassist (The Young Rascals, The Crusaders)
28 – Shadia (86), Egyptian pop singer
29 – Robert Walker (80), American blues guitarist
30
Jim Nabors (87), American actor and singer
Zé Pedro (61), Portuguese new wave guitarist (Xutos & Pontapés)
= December
=2
Norihiko Hashida (72), Japanese folk singer and songwriter (The Folk Crusaders)
Mundell Lowe (95), American jazz guitarist
5 – Johnny Hallyday (74), French rock singer
7 – Sunny Murray (81), American free jazz drummer
8 – Gloria Ann Taylor (73), American soul singer
12
Pat DiNizio (62), American power pop singer and guitarist (The Smithereens)
Willie Pickens (86), American jazz pianist
13
Dave Christenson (54), American new wave singer (Stabilizers)
Warrel Dane (56), American heavy metal singer (Sanctuary, Nevermore)
Rory O'Donoghue (68), Australian rock and pop guitarist
16
Ralph Carney (61), American rock and jazz saxophonist and clarinetist (Tin Huey)
Richard Dobson (75), American country singer and songwriter
Michael Prophet (60), Jamaican reggae singer
Keely Smith (89), American jazz singer
17 – Kevin Mahogany (59), American jazz singer
18 – Kim Jong-hyun (27), South Korean K-pop singer and songwriter (Shinee)
19
Jim Forrester (43), American hard rock bassist (Sixty Watt Shaman)
Leo Welch (85), American gospel blues singer and guitarist
21
Roswell Rudd (82), American free jazz trombonist
Marilyn Tyler (91), American opera singer
22 – Pam the Funkstress, American hip hop DJ (The Coup)
25 – Nao (56), Japanese heavy metal vocalist (United)
28
Rose Marie (94), American actress, singer and comedienne
Curly Seckler (98), American bluegrass guitarist and mandolinist (Foggy Mountain Boys, Nashville Grass)
31 – Maurice Peress (87), American conductor and music educator
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