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- Teddy Pendergrass (1950-2010) – Singer - Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes
- Jimmy Heath (1926-2010) – Tenor sax
- Lena Horne (1917-2010) – Singer, dancer, actress
- Jimmy Dean (1928-2010) – Country singer, businessman
- Bobby Hebb (1938-2010) – Singer, musician, songwriter
- Abbey Lincoln (1930-2010) – Singer, dancer, actress

- John Barry (1933-2011) – Composer, the "James Bond" theme
- Gil Scott-Heron (1949-2011) – Singer
- Clarence Clemmons (1942-2011) – Sax
- Kenny Baker (1926-2011) – Bluegrass fiddle
- Joe Lee Wilson (1935-2011) – Singer, sang with Archie Shepp
- Amy Winehouse (1983-2011) – Singer 27
- Dan Peek (1950-2011) – Singer/songwriter - America band
- Bert Jansch (1943-2011) – Guitar
- Sam Rivers (1923-2011) – soprano and tenor saxophones
- Paul Motian (1931-2011) – Drums

- Etta James (1938-2012) – Singer
- Whitney Houston (1963-2012) – Singer
- Billy Strange (1930-2012) – Guitar - played on Bang, Bang by Nancy Sinatra
- Davy Jones (1945-2012) – Singer - The Monkees
- Earl Scruggs (1924-2012) – Banjo - Flatt & Scruggs
- Levon Helm (1940-2012) – Singer, drums - The Band
- Donna Summer (1948-2012) – Singer
- Robin Gibb (1949-2012) – The Bee Gees
- Doc Watson (1923-2012) – Blugrass guitar
- Marvin Hamlisch (1944-2012) – Composer
- Hal David (1921-2012) – Lyricist
- Andy Williams (1927-2012) – Singer
- Dave Brubeck (1920-2012) – Piano
- Ravi Shankar (1920-2012) – Sitar
- Fontella Bass (1940-2012) – Singer

- Donald Byrd (1932-2013) – Trumpet
- Van Cliburn (1934-2013) – Piano
- Richie Havens (1941-2013) – Singer
- George Jones (1931-2013) – Country singer
- Ray Manzarek (1939-2013) – Keyboards - The Doors
- George Duke (1946-2013) – Keyboards
- Eydie Gormè (1928-2013) – Singer
- Cedar Walton (1934-2013) – Piano
- Lou Reed (1942-2013) – Singer/songwriter, guitar
- Jim Hall (1930-2013) – Guitar
- Yusef Lateef (1920-2013) – Reeds

- Phil Everly (1939-2014) – Everly Brothers
- Pete Seeger (1919-2014) – Folk singer
- Paco de Lucia (1947-2014) – Guitar
- Jerry Corbett (1943-2014) – Guitar, The Youngbloods
- Horace Silver (1928-2014) – Piano
- Charlie Haden (1937-2014) – Bass
- Johnny Winter (1944-2014) – Singer, guitarist, songwriter
- Paul Revere (1938-2014) – Singer, keyboards
- Jack Bruce (1943-2014) – Bass, singer - Cream
- Joe Bonner (1948-2014) – Piano
- Joe Cocker (1944-2014) – Singer

- Fred Hopkins (1947-2015) – Bass
- Lesley Gore (1946-2015) – Singer
- Clark Terry (1920-2015) – Trumpet
- John Renbourn (1944-2015) – Guitar
- Percy Sledge (1941-2015) – Singer
- Martin Quittenton (1945-2015) – Guitar - (it was actually Ronnie Wood that played the guitar solo on Maggie May)
- Ben E. King (1938-2015) – Singer
- B.B. King (1925-2015) – Blues singer and guitar
- Ornette Coleman (1930-2015) – Alto sax
- Gunther Schuller (1925-2015) – Composer, conductor, arranger, and historian
- Bill Keith (1939-2015) – Banjo
- Brian Odgers (1942-2015) – Bass
- Natalie Cole (1950-2015) – Singer
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- Paul Bley (1932-2016) – Piano
- David Bowie (1947-2016) – Singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist
- Glenn Frey (1948-2016) – The Eagles
- George Martin (1926-2016) – record producer, arranger, composer, conductor, and musician, commonly referred to as the "Fifth Beatle"
- Paul Kantner (1941-2016) – The Jefferson Airplane
- Maurice White (1941-2016) – Earth, Wind, & Fire
- Paul Kantner (1941-2016) – Jefferson Airplane
- Dan Hicks (1941-2016) – Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks
- George Martin (1926-2016) – Beatles producer (the "fifth Beatle"), piano solo on "In My Life"
- Gato Barbieri (1932-2016) – Tenor sax
- Merle Haggard (1937-2016) – Outlaw country singer
- Prince (1958-2016) – Singer/songwriter and musician
- Ralph Stanley (1927-2016) – Bluegrass banjo, singer
- Bobbie Hutcherson (1941-2016) – Vibes
- Toots Thielmans (1922-2016) – Harmonica, guitar, whistler, songwriter
- Leonard Cohen (1934-2016) – Singer/songwriter
- Leon Russell (1942-2016) – Singer/songwriter, piano, guitar
- Michael White (1930-2016) – Jazz violin
- George Michael (1963-2016) – Singer
- Alphonse Mouzon (1948-2016) – Drums

- Al Jarreau (1940-2017) – Singer
- James Cotton (1935-2017) – Blues harmonica
- Arthur Blythe (1940-2017) – Alto sax
- Bruce Langhorne (1938-2017) – Guitar
- Allan Holdsworth (1946-2017) – Guitar
- Chuck Berry (1926-2017) – Rock 'n' Roll legend
- Gregg Allman (1947-2017) – Allman Brothers
- Glen Campbell (1936-2017) – Singer, guitar
- John Abercrombie (1944-2017) – Guitar
- Walter Becker (1950-2017) – Guitar - Steely Dan
- Tom Petty (1950-2017) – Singer/songwriter, guitar
- Janis Hansen (1942-2017) – Singer with Brasil '66
- Fats Domino (1928-2017) – Singer/songwriter, piano
- Muhal Richard Abrams (1930-2017) – Piano, The Art Ensemble of Chicago
- Della Reese (1931-2017) – Singer
- Sunny Murray (1936-2017) – Drums

- Ray_Thomas (1941-2018) – Singer, flute, Moody Blues
- Dolores O'Riordan (1971-2018) – Singer - The Cranberries
- Hugh Masekela (1939-2018) – Trumpet, singer
- Cecil Taylor (1929-2018) – Piano
- Bill Watrous (1929-2018) – Trombone
- Aretha Franklin (1942-2018) – The Queen of Soul
- Randy Weston (1926-2018) – Piano
- Marty Balin (1942-2018) – Singer & founder of Jefferson Airplane
- Hamiet Bluiett (1940-2018) – Baritone sax
- Sonny Fortune (1939-2018) – Soprano, alto, tenor, and baritone sax
- Roy Clark (1933-2018) – Singer and musician

- Joseph Jarmin (1937-2019) – Sax, The Art Ensemble of Chicago
- Terry Kath (1946-2019) – Singer, guitar, Chicago
- Peter Tork (1942-2019) – Keyboards, bass guitar – The Monkees
- Dick Dale (1937-2019) – King of the Surf Guitar
- João Gilberto (1931-2019) – Guitar, singer/songwriter
- Ginger Baker (1939-2019) – English drummer, Blind Faith
- George Chambers (1931-2019) – Singer, bass - The Chambers Brothers
- Milcho Leviev (1937-2019) – Composer, arranger, and pianist
- Charles Earland (1941-2019) – Organ
- Fred Taylor (1929-2019) – beloved jazz entrepreneur who booked acts at Jazz Workshop, Paul's Mall, and Scullers Jazz Club
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2020s |
- Chris Darrow (1944-2020) – Musician in Kaliedoscope
- Lyle Mays (1953-2020) – Keyboards in Pat Metheny Group
- McCoy Tyner (1938-2020) – Piano
- Kenny Rogers (1938-2020) – Singer/songwriter
- Bill Withers (1938-2020) – Singer/songwriter
- Bucky Pizzarelli (1926-2020) – Guitar - died of COVID-19
- Little Richard (1932-2020) – Singer, Rock & Roll pioneer
- Jimmy Cobb (1929-2020) – Drums - drummer on Miles Davis' Kind of Blue
- Bonnie Pointer (1950-2021) – Singer, Pointer Sisters
- Johnny Mandel (1925-2020) – Composer - wrote the theme song for the TV series M*A*S*H
- Peter Green (1946-2020) – Guitar, singer/songwriter - co-founder of Fleetwood Mac
- Gary Peacock (1935-2020) – Bass
- Helen Reddy (1941-2020) – Singer
- Stanley Cowell (1941-2020) – Piano
- Tony Rice (1951-2020) – Guitar

- Gerry Marsden – Gerry and the Pacemakers
- Phil Spector (1939-2021) – Record producer, musician, songwriter
- Hilton Valentine (1943-2021) – Played guitar on Animals - House of the Rising Son
- Chick Corea (1941-2021) – Piano – my favorite piano player of all time!
- Rick Laird (1944-2021) – Bass in Mahavishnu Orchestra
- Byron Berline (1944-2021) – Fiddle - died of COVID-19
- Don Everly (1937-2021) – Everly Brothers
- Charlie Watts (1941-2021) – Rolling Stones drummer
- George Wein (1925-2021) – jazz promoter, founder of Newport Jazz Festival
- Graeme Edge (1925-2021) – Drums - The Moody Bluues
- Michael Nesmith (1942-2021) – The Monkees - musician, songwriter, actor, producer, and novelist
- Anita Pointer (1948-2021) – Singer, Pointer Sisters

- Ronnie Spector (1943-2022) – The Ronettes - singer, married to Phil Spector
- Gary Booker (1945-2022) – Procol Harum founder, sang Whiter Shade of Pale
- Roland White (1938-2022) – Mandolin (brother of guitar player Clarence White)
- Olivia Newton-John (1948-2022) – Singer
- Ramsey Lewis (1935-2022) – Piano
- Pharoah Sanders (1940-2022) – Tenor sax
- Loretta Lynn (1932-2022) – Country singer
- Jerry Lee Lewis (1935-2022) – Early Rock & Roller
- Irene Cara (1959-2022) – Singer
- Christine McVie (1943-2022) – Singer & keyboardist for Fleetwood Mac
- Ian Tyson (1933-2022) – Ian & Sylvia

- Jeff Beck (1944-2023) – Guitar
- Lisa Marie Presley (1968-2023) – Singer, daughter of Elvis & Priscilla Presley
- David Crosby (1941-2023) – Rock musician in The Byrds and Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young
- Burt Bacharach (1928-2023) – Composer, songwriter, record producer, and pianist
- Wayne Shorter (1933-2023) – Tenor & soprano sax, played with Art Blakey, Miles Davis, and founded Weather Report; Berklee remembrance
- David Lindley – (1944-2023) – musician
- Harry Belafonte (1927-2023) – Singer/songwriter, actor, and civil rights activist
- Gordon Lightfoot (1938-2023) – Canadian singer/songwriter
- Tina Turner (1939-2023) – Singer - the "Queen of Rock & Roll"
- Astrud Gilbreto (1939-2023) – Singer - The Girl from Ipanema
- Tony Bennett (1926-2023) – Singer
- Sinead O'Connor (1966-2023) – Singer
- Randy Meisner (1946-2023) – Bassist, singer, and founding member of The Eagles
- Robbie Robertson (1943-2023) – Canadian guitarist and songwriter with The Band
- David LaFlamme (1946-2023) – violin, played for It's a Beutiful Day
- Jimmy Buffet (1946-2023) – Singer/songwriter
- Richard Davis (1930-2023) – Bass
- Denny Laine (1944-2023) – Guitar, vocals - The Moody Blues
- Tom Smothers (1937-2023) – Smothers Brothers

- Ray Thomas (1941-2024) – Moody Blues
- Mary Weiss (1948-2024) – Shangri-Las
- Seiji Ozawa (1935-2024) – BSO conductor for 30 years
- Steve Lawrence (1935-2024) – Singer
- Sylvain Luc (1965-2024) – French guitarist
- Mike Pinder (1941-2024) – keyboards, The Moody Blues
- John Mayall (1933-2024) – Rock musician, songwriter and producer
- Sergio Mendes (1941-2024) – Brazilian musician
- Kris Kristofferson (1936-2024) – Singer/songwriter and actor
- Joe Chambers (1942-2024) – Singer, guitar - The Chambers Brothers
- Cissy Houston (1933-2024) – Singer, mother of Whitney Houston
- Phil Lesh (1940-2024) – Bass player, The Grateful Dead
- Quincy Jones (1933-2024) – Producer, songwriter, composer, arranger
- Roy Haynes (1925-2024) – Drummer

- Wayne Osmond (1951-2025) – Singer/songwriter – Osmond Borthers
- Peter Yarrow (1938-2025) – Singer/songwriter – Peter, Paul & Mary - I was a big PP&M fan in the 1960s
- Garth Hudson (1937-2025) – Keyboards, The Band
- Marianne Faithfull (1946-2025) – Singer
- Roberta Flack (1937-2025) – Singer
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27 - The 27 Club, artists who died at age 27
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