Overview of the events of 2016 in music
Overview of the events of 2016 in music
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Specific locations [ ] Specific genres [ ] Albums released [ ] Main article: List of 2016 albums
Significant performances [ ] March 25 – British rock and roll band, The Rolling Stones become the first foreign rock band to perform in Cuba,[1] The Rolling Stones: Havana Moon .Awards [ ] The examples and perspective in this section deal primarily with Western culture and do not represent a worldwide view of the subject . You may , discuss the issue on the talk page , or create a new section, as appropriate. (August 2018 ) (Learn how and when to remove this template message )
58th Annual Grammy Awards
Record of the Year: Uptown Funk – Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars • Album of the Year: 1989 – Taylor Swift • Song of the Year: Thinking Out Loud – Ed Sheeran • Best New Artist: Meghan Trainor
Billboard Music Awards
Artist of the Year: Adele • New Artist of the Year: Fetty Wap • Top Hot 100 Song: See You Again • Top Billboard 200 Album: 25
58th Japan Record Awards
Grand Prix : "Anata no Suki na Tokoro" (ja ) by Kana Nishino • Best Singer : Masayuki Suzuki for "Melancholia" • Best New Artist : iKON • Best Song : several
Mnet Asian Music Awards
Artist of the Year : BTS • Album of the Year : Ex'Act Exo • Song of the Year : "Cheer Up " by Twice • Best Music Video : Whistle Blackpink
MTV Video Music Awards
Video of the Year: "Formation " • Best Male Video: "This Is What You Came For " • Best Female Video: "Hold Up " • New Artist: DNCE
MTV Europe Music Awards
Best Song: "Sorry (Justin Bieber song) " • Best Video: "Starboy (The Weeknd song) " • Best Female: Lady Gaga • Best Male: Shawn Mendes
The 4th V Chart Awards
Top Male Artist : Lu Han with Medals • Top Female Artist : Li Yuchun with "混蛋，我想你" (Idiot, I Miss You) • Top Group : TFBOYS with Adore • Top New Artist : Wang Qing & Feng Jianyu
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Inductees: Cheap Trick • Chicago • Deep Purple • N.W.A • Steve Miller
Bands formed [ ] Soloist debuts [ ]
Billie Eilish Bobby Danny Worsnop Dean Dermot Kennedy Dodie Elo Era Istrefi Eunji Fei Gemma Gun Hash Swan Hyoyeon Jang Dongwoo Jessica Jung Jessie Reyez Jenyer Jimin Jungah Jorja Smith Justhis Jvcki Wai Kanna Hashimoto Kiana Ledé Kim Sejeong Kwak Jin-eon Lee Hyun-woo Louis Tomlinson Luna Mino Mint Mone Kamishiraishi Nana Ou-yang Niall Horan Noah Cyrus Olivia O'Brien PH-1 Punchnello Raye Ricky Montgomery Ryeowook Sam Kim Sandeul Shenseea Sofia Carson Suga Subin Tessa Violet Thunder Tiffany Tom Grennan Uru Yesung Yezi Yoochun Woohyun Agust D Zayn
Bands reformed [ ]
ABBA At the Drive-In Abandon All Ships The Anniversary Arab Strap Bash & Pop Belly Blake Babies A Different Breed of Killer Eric B. & Rakim Galactic Cowboys Game Theory G.R.L Guided by Voices [2] Jet Le Tigre Letters to Cleo Misfits (featuring Glenn Danzig )[3] Nasty Savage The Number Twelve Looks Like You Pendulum (Australian band) Piebald P.S. Eliot Rainbow Sechs Kies A Thorn for Every Heart The Revolution The Righteous Brothers Spice Girls – GEM Super Furry Animals Temple of the Dog A Thorn for Every Heart Thursday Tickle Me Pink The Union Underground The Vapors Wolf Parade The Zutons
Bands on hiatus [ ] Camera Obscura Chiodos Coal Chamber Man Overboard Middle Class Rut One Direction We Are the In Crowd Yeah Yeah Yeahs Bands disbanded [ ] Deaths [ ] January [ ] 1
Gilbert Kaplan , (74), American conductor and businessman, cancer.[5] Mark B , (45), British hip-hop record producer.[6] Gilberto Mendes , (93), Brazilian composer.[7] 2 – Rino Salviati , (93), Italian singer, guitarist and actor.[8] 3
Paul Bley (83), Canadian jazz pianist.[9] Jason Mackenroth (46), American rock drummer (Rollins Band , Mother Superior ), prostate cancer.[10] 4
Long John Hunter , (84), American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter.[11] Achim Mentzel , (69), German musician and television presenter.[12] 5
Pierre Boulez , (90), French composer and conductor.[13] Nicholas Caldwell , (71), American R&B singer (The Whispers ).[14] Hanna-Marie Weydahl , (93), Norwegian pianist.[15] 7
Kitty Kallen , (94), American singer ("Little Things Mean a Lot ").[16] Troy Shondell , (76), American singer, complications from Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease.[17] 8
10 – David Bowie , (69), English songwriter and artist.[21] 17 – Carina Jaarnek (53), Swedish singer and Dansband artist (cerebral haemorrhage).[22] 18 – Glenn Frey (67), American guitarist and vocalist (The Eagles ).[23] 25 – Leif Solberg (101), Norwegian composer and organist.[24] 26
T.J. Tindall (65), American guitarist (MFSB )[25] Black (53), Pop/new wave singer-songwriter, Traffic accident28
Signe Toly Anderson (74), American vocalist (Jefferson Airplane ).[26] Paul Kantner (74), American guitarist and vocalist (Jefferson Airplane ).[27] February [ ] 3 – Maurice White (74), founder of Earth, Wind and Fire .[28] 4
Bobby Caldwell (68), American rock keyboardist (Terry Knight and the Pack )
Ulf Söderblom (85), Finnish conductor.[29] 13
Viola Beach , English indie rock band, car accident.Kristian "Kris" Leonard (20), Guitar and vocals.
River Reeves (19), Guitar.
Tomas Lowe (27), Bass.
Jack Dakin (19), Drums.
Craig Tarry (32), Band manager. 19 – Harald Devold (51), Norwegian saxophonist (cancer).[30] 20 – Ove Verner Hansen (85), Danish actor and opera singer (cardiac arrest).[31] 22 – Sonny James (87), American country music singer-songwriter.[32] 24 – Lennie Baker (69), American rock and roll saxophonist and singer (Sha Na Na )29 – Josefin Nilsson (46), Swedish singer.[33] March [ ] 3 – Gavin Christopher , 66, American R&B singer-songwriter and producer[34] 5 – Jimmy Henderson, 61, American guitarist (Black Oak Arkansas )8 – George Martin , (90), English producer.[35] 9
Ray Griff (75), Canadian country singer-songwriter, (aspiration pneumonia).[36] Naná Vasconcelos (71), Brazilian percussionist.[37] 10
Keith Emerson (71), English pianist and keyboardist (Emerson, Lake & Palmer ).[38] Ernestine Anderson (87), American jazz and blues singer12
13 – Sidney Mear , (97), American trumpeter.[39] 14 – Peter Maxwell Davies , (81), English composer and conductor22 – Phife Dawg , (45), American rap musician (A Tribe Called Quest ), complications from diabetes.[40] 23 – James Jamerson, Jr. , 58, American bass player (Chanson )24 – Peter Anders, 74, American singer-songwriter (The Trade Winds ) and record producer26 – David Baker , 84, American symphonic jazz composerApril [ ] 2 – Gato Barbieri , (83), Argentine jazz saxophonist, pneumonia.[41] 3 – Bill Henderson , (90), American jazz vocalist and actor (Clue City Slickers White Men Can't Jump [42] 6 – Merle Haggard , (79), American singer-songwriter ("Okie from Muskogee ", "The Fightin' Side of Me ", "Carolyn "), Grammy winner (1984 , 1998 , 1999 ), complications from pneumonia.[43] 13 – Mariano Mores , (98), Argentine tango composer and pianist.[44] 21
Prince , (57), American musician.[45] Lonnie Mack , (74), American rock, blues, and country singer-songwriter guitarist, natural causes.[46] 24
Billy Paul , (81), American soul singer.Papa Wemba , (66), Congolese singer and musician.Jan Henrik Kayser , (81), Norwegian pianist.May [ ] 1 – Sydney Onayemi (78), Nigerian-born Swedish DJ.[47] 4 – Olle Ljungström (54), Swedish singer and guitarist.[48] 6 – Candye Kane , (54), American blues singer and entertainer9
Jim Manolides (76), American rock and roll bassist (The Frantics )
Riki Sorsa (63), Finnish singer.[49] 14 – Lasse Mårtenson (81), Finnish singer[50] 16 – Fredrik Norén (75), Swedish jazz drummer[51] 17 – Guy Clark , (74), American folk and country music singer-songwriter19 – John Berry , (52), American guitarist (Beastie Boys )21 – Nick Menza , (51), American instrumentalist, former drummer for the band Megadeth [52] 30 – Thomas Fekete , (27), American guitarist (Surfer Blood )June [ ] 2 – Freddie Wadling (64), Swedish singer and songwriter.[53] 3 – Dave Swarbrick , (75), British folk musician and singer-songwriter (Fairport Convention ), emphysema.[54] 4 – Bobby Curtola , (73), Canadian singer.[55] 5 – Phyllis Curtin , (94), American soprano.[56] 6 – Rolf Schweizer , (80), German composer.[57] 8
9 – J. Reilly Lewis , (71), American choral conductor and Baroque music specialist, heart attack.[60] 10
Habib , (63), Iranian singer, heart attack.[61] Christina Grimmie , (22), American singer-songwriter (Find Me The Voice [62] 13 – Chips Moman , (79), American producer, songwriter, guitarist.[63] 17 – Attrell Cordes , (46), American musician, producer and rapper, co-founder of P.M. Dawn .[64] 18 – Alejandro Jano Fuentes (45), Mexican singer and talent show participant (La Voz... México ), gunshot wound.21 – Wayne Jackson (74), American soul and R&B musician (The Mar-Keys ), congestive heart failure.22
Amjad Sabri (39), Pakistani Qawwali singer, gunshot wound.[65] Jim Boyd (60), Native American singer-songwriter and actor24 – Bernie Worrell , (72), American keyboardist and composer (Parliament-Funkadelic ).27 – Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen (83), Danish composer.[66] 28 – Scotty Moore (84), American guitarist (Elvis Presley ).29 – Rob Wasserman (64), American composer and bass player (RatDog , Lou Reed ).July [ ] 16
Alan Vega (78), American vocalist and visual artist (Suicide ).Bonnie Brown (77) American country music singer, member of The Browns .18 – Karina Jensen , Danish singer (Cartoons ) (cancer).[67] 19 – Tamás Somló (73), Hungarian musician, singer, artist and composer (Locomotiv GT ), cancer.26
Sandy Pearlman (72), American producer (Blue Öyster Cult , The Clash ), songwriter, educator, complications from cerebral hemorrhage.[68] Roye Albrighton (67), German musician (Nektar ), unspecified illness.[69] 27
Pat Upton (75), American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Spiral Starecase ).[70] Einojuhani Rautavaara (87), Finnish composer.[71] 31 – Mike Mohede (32), Indonesian singer and talent show participant (Indonesian Idol ), heart attack.August [ ] 3 – Ricci Martin (62), American musician.[72] 4
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Richard Fagan (69), American songwriter and musician, liver cancer.[75] Vander Lee (50), Brazilian singer-songwriter.[76] 6 – Guillermo Anderson (54), Honduran singer, thyroid cancer.[77] 7
B. E. Taylor (65), American musician ("Vitamin L "), brain cancer.[78] Dolores Vargas (80), Spanish singer, complications of leukemia.[79] Ruby Winters (74), American soul singer ("Make Love to Me ", "I Will ").[80] 9
11 – Glenn Yarbrough (86), American folk singer ("Baby the Rain Must Fall ", "It's Gonna Be Fine ", "San Francisco Bay Blues ").[82] 12 – Ruby Wilson (68), American blues, soul and gospel singer, heart attack.[83] 13 – Connie Crothers (75), American jazz pianist, cancer.[84] 14 – James Woolley (49), American keyboard and synthesizer player (Nine Inch Nails , 2wo ).15 – Bobby Hutcherson (75), Jazz vibraphonist, emphysema.19 – Horacio Salgán (100), Argentine tango musician.20
Matt Roberts (38), American rock guitarist (3 Doors Down ), drug overdose.[85] (28), British rock guitarist (Architects ), cancer.[86] 22
Toots Thielemans (94), Belgian jazz musician.[87] Gilli Smyth (83), English musician (Gong ).28 – Juan Gabriel (66), Mexican singer and songwriter, heart attack.September [ ] 1
Fred Hellerman , (89), American folk singer (The Weavers ), guitarist, producer and songwriter.[88] Kacey Jones , (66), American singer-songwriter ("I'm the One Mama Warned You About "), producer and humorist, cancer.[89] 2
Jerry Heller , (75), American music manager (N.W.A. ).[90] Gary D. , (52), German trance producer and DJ, pulmonary embolism.[91] 3
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Clifford Curry , (79), American beach music and R&B singer ("She Shot a Hole in My Soul ").[94] Farhang Sharif , (85), Iranian musician and tar player.[citation needed Graham Wiggins , (53), American musician.[95] 8 – Prince Buster , (78), Jamaican ska musician ("One Step Beyond ", "Al Capone ").[96] 10 – Chris Stone , (81), American recording studio owner (Record Plant ) and entrepreneur, heart attack and stroke.[97] 12 – Hidayat Inayat Khan , (99), English-French composer and conductor.[98] 16
Jerry Corbetta , (68), American musician (Sugarloaf ), Pick's disease.[99] Trisco Pearson , (53), American R&B singer (Force MDs ), cancer.[100] Qiao Renliang , (28), Chinese singer and actor, suicide.[101] 19 – Bobby Breen , (88), Canadian-born American actor and singer, natural causes.[102] 20 – Micki Marlo , (88), American singer and model.[103] 21
Shawty Lo , (40), American hip-hop musician (D4L ), traffic collision.[104] John D. Loudermilk , (82), American singer and songwriter ("Tobacco Road ", "Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye ", "Indian Reservation "), bone cancer.[105] 24 – Buckwheat Zydeco , (68), American accordionist and zydeco musician25
Kashif , (59), American musician (B.T. Express ) and record producer.[106] Hagen Liebing , (55), German musician (Die Ärzte ).[107] Jean Shepard , (82), American honky tonk singer-songwriter ("A Dear John Letter ", "Slippin' Away "), Parkinson's disease.[108] 26
Joe Clay , (78), American rockabilly musician.[109] Ioan Gyuri Pascu , (55), Romanian singer, producer, actor and comedian, heart attack.[110] 27
[ro ] , (46), Romanian folk singer, cancer.[111] [sv ] , (80), Swedish singer.[112] 29
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October [ ] 1 – Toni Williams (77), Cook Islands -born New Zealand singer.[119] 2
Steve Byrd (61), English guitarist (Gillan , Kim Wilde ), heart attack.[120] Sir Neville Marriner (92), English conductor and violinist
Thomas Round (100), British opera singer.[121] 3
Ljupka Dimitrovska , (70), Macedonian-born Croatian singer.[122] K. David van Hoesen (90), American bassoonist.[123] Joan Marie Johnson (72), American singer (The Dixie Cups ), heart failure.[124] 4 – Caroline Crawley (53), British singer and musician (Shelleyan Orphan , This Mortal Coil ).[125] 5 – Pompeiu Hărășteanu (81), Romanian opera singer.[126] 7 – Anne Pashley (80), British athlete and opera singer, Olympic silver medalist (1956 ).[127] 8 – Don Ciccone (70), American singer-songwriter and musician (The Critters , The Four Seasons , Tommy James and the Shondells ).[128] 9
Bored Nothing (26), Australian musician, suicide.[129] Michiyuki Kawashima (47), Japanese musician (Boom Boom Satellites ), brain tumor.[130] Quique Lucca (103), Puerto Rican musician, founder of La Sonora Ponceña .[131] [fr ] , (82), Canadian jazz drummer.[132] [ro ] (71), Romanian jazz musician, cancer.[133] 10 – Issa Bagayogo ,= (54), Malian musician.[134] 11 – Peter Reynolds , (58), Welsh composer.[135] 12
Robert Bateman , (80), American songwriter and record producer ("Please Mr. Postman "), heart attack.[136] Sonny Sanders (77), American songwriter, arranger and record producer.[137] 15
Danny Champagne (65), Jamaican music producer, complications from stroke.[138]
Robert Edwards (74), American singer (The Intruders ), heart attack.[139] 20
Achieng Abura , Kenyan musician.[140] Brian Edwards (72), Canadian rock bassist and singer (Mashmakhan )
Mieke Telkamp (82), Dutch singer.[141] 23 – Pete Burns , (57), British singer (Dead or Alive )[142] 24 – Bobby Vee (73) American pop singer who was a teen idol in the early 1960s30 – Curly Putman , (85), American singer-songwriter. D-I-V-O-R-C-E , Green, Green Grass of Home and the subject of Paul McCartney & Wings song Junior's Farm .November [ ] 1
Nico Carstens (90), South African accordionist and songwriter[143] Pocho La Pantera (65), Argentine cumbia singer3 – Kay Starr (94), American pop and jazz singer, complications of Alzheimer's disease.4
Eddie Harsch , 59, Canadian keyboardist (The Black Crowes )Jean-Jacques Perrey , 87, French electronic music producer7 – Leonard Cohen (82), Canadian singer-songwriter[144] 11
Victor Bailey (56), American jazz bass guitaristEsma Redžepova-Teodosievska , (73), Macedonian vocalist, songwriter, and humanitarian of Romani ethnicity.12 – Jacques Werup (71), Swedish musician and writer.[145] 13 – Leon Russell (74), American musician and songwriter15
Holly Dunn (59), American country singer-songwriterMose Allison (89), American pianist and singer.[146] 18 – Sharon Jones (60), American soul and funk singer24 – Pauline Oliveros (84), American composer29 – Allan Zavod (71), Australian keyboardist and composer30 – Ivar Thomassen (62), Norwegian folk singer, songwriter, and jazz pianist.[147] December [ ] 2 – Mark Gray (64), American singer-songwriter (Exile )4 – Ralph Johnson (67), American singer (The Impressions )7 – Brian Bennett (65), American garage-rock keyboardist (The Cherry Slush )8
Greg Lake (69), English progressive-rock vocalist and multi-instrumentalist[148] Junaid Jamshed (52), Pakistani singer-songwriter (Vital Signs ), flight collision[149] 11 – Joe Ligon (80), American gospel singer (Mighty Clouds of Joy )24 – Rick Parfitt (68), English musician and songwriter (Status Quo )[150] 25 – George Michael (53), English singer-songwriter (Wham! ) [151] See also [ ]
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^ Disco-legendaren Sydney Onayemi död (in Swedish) ^ Olle Ljungström (54) er død Archived 2016-05-06 at the Wayback Machine (in Norwegian) ^ Riki Sorsa on kuollut (in Finnish) ^ Lasse Mårtenson har avlidit (in Swedish) ^ Jazzmusikern Fredrik Norén död (in Swedish) ^ Former Megadeth drummer Nick Menza dies after collapsing on stage | Music | The Guardian ^ [1] (in Swedish) ^ Dave Swarbrick obituary ^ Bobby Curtola, Former Canadian Teen Idol, Dies at 73 ^ "Renowned soprano and longtime Tanglewood teacher Phyllis Curtain passes away at 94" . Archived from the original on 2016-06-05. Retrieved 2016-06-11 .^ Baden verliert bedeutenden Kirchenmusiker: Rolf Schweizer im Alter von 80 Jahren gestorben (in German) ^ Умер известный новосибирский музыкант и дирижер (фото) (in Russian) ^ Terje Fjærn er død (in Norwegian) ^ RIP: J. Reilly Lewis, 1944–2016 ^ حبیب محبیان درگذشت (in Persian) ^ Singer Christina Grimmie is dead after being shot at Orlando concert ^ "Chips Moman obituary" . TheGuardian.com . Retrieved 19 January 2017 .^ Prince Be, Who Infused Rap With Mysticism, Dies at 46 ^ Amjad Sabri: Pakistani Sufi singer shot dead in Karachi | World news | The Guardian ^ NEKROLOG: En stor original i dansk musik er død (in Danish) ^ Dansk sangerinde er død af kræft Archived 2016-09-10 at the Wayback Machine (in Danish) ^ Blue Öyster Cult, The Clash Producer Sandy Pearlman Dead at 72: Report ^ "Legendary NEKTAR Frontman Roye Albrighton Passes" . Bravewords.com . Retrieved 2016-08-03 .^ Musician, Geraldine native Pat Upton dies at 75 ^ Finnish composer Rautavaara dies at 87 ^ Ricci Martin Dies: Entertainer & Youngest Son Of Dean Martin Was 62 ^ Famed opera singer Patrice Munsel, who left Spokane for Met fame, dies at 91 ^ Snaffu Rigor, 69 ^ Songwriter Richard Fagan Dead at 69 ^ Aos 50 anos, morre o cantor Vander Lee, em Minas Gerais Archived 2016-08-10 at the Wayback Machine (in Portuguese) ^ Para compartir esta nota utiliza los íconos que aparecen en el sitio. (in Spanish) ^ B.E. Taylor, known for Christmas concerts, dies at 65 ^ "Valencia Dolores Vargas died in the earthquake, famous for his "Achilipú" " . Archived from the original on 2017-01-16. Retrieved 2016-10-22 .^ Ruby Winters Jenkins ^ Jimmy Levine Dies... ^ Singer Glenn Yarbrough dead at 86 ^ Ruby Wilson, ‘Queen of Beale Street,’ dies at 68 ^ Connie Crothers, Jazz Pianist, Composer and Instructor, Dies at 75 ^ https://www.tmz.com/2016/08/20/3-doors-down-guitarist-dead-overdose-matt-roberts/ [bare URL ^ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-37148553 ^ Keepnews, Peter (22 August 2016). "Toots Thielemans, Jazz Harmonica Player, Is Dead at 94" . The New York Times ^ "Fred Hellerman, 89, the last of the Weavers" . Connecticut Post . Retrieved 22 October 2016 .^ "Singer-Comedian Kacey Jones Dead at 66" . Rolling Stone .^ Jerry Heller, Early N.W.A Manager, Dies at 75 ^ Techno-Szene trauert Hamburger DJ Gary D. ist tot (in German) ^ R.I.P. R&B superproducer and musician Fred McFarlane ^ Clifford Joseph Trahan Obituary ^ "R&B singer Clifford Curry dies at 79" . The Tennessean .^ Graham Wiggins, a.k.a. Dr. Didg, Passes Away ^ Prince Buster dead: Ska and rocksteady pioneer dies at 78 ^ Christopher Stone, Dead at 81 ^ Passing of Murshid Hidayat Inayat Khan (as) 12 September, 2016, Munich Germany ^ Jerry Corbetta, Lead Singer for Sugarloaf, Dies ^ Force MD's member Trisco Pearson has passed away ^ "Qiao Renliang passes away from committing suicide" . Archived from the original on 2016-10-09. Retrieved 2016-10-22 .^ "Bobby Breen Obituary" . Legacy.com . Retrieved 22 October 2016 .^ Micki Marlo, Popular 1950s Singer and Nightclub Performer, Dies at 88 ^ Atlanta rapper Shawty Lo killed in fiery crash ^ Nashville Songwriters Hall Of Fame Member John D. Loudermilk Dies At 82 ^ Producer Kashif, Whitney Houston Collaborator and B.T. Express Member, Dead at 59 ^ Ehemaliger Ärzte-Bassist Hagen Liebing ist tot (in German) ^ Country Music Hall of Famer Jean Shepard dead at 82 ^ Joe Clay, a Gretna musician with a rockabilly sound, has died ^ Divertis actor Ioan Gyuri Pascu dies of heart attack in Bucharest. He was 55 ^ Cantaretul de muzica populara Aurelian Preda a murit, la doar 47 ani. Solistul suferea de cancer de mai multi ani (in Romanian) ^ Dödsannons (in Swedish) ^ "In His Safety: Gospel singer Lecresia Campbell has died" . Archived from the original on 2016-10-12. Retrieved 2016-10-22 .^ Nora Dean dead at 72 ^ Little Royal ^ Remembering WNYC Host Oscar Brand ^ Michael Casswell R.I.P ^ Nekrolog: Lilleba Lund Kvandal (in Norwegian) ^ Country crooner Toni Williams dies ^ Steve Byrd (1955–2016) ^ World class Gilbert and Sullivan tenor dies, aged 100 ^ Preminula pevačica Ljupka Dimitrovska Kalogjera (in Bosnian) ^ Karl David Van Hoesen ^ Joan Marie Johnson Faust, founding member of The Dixie Cups, dies ^ R.I.P. Caroline Crawley ^ Basul Pompeiu Harasteanu a murit la varsta de 81 de ani (in Romanian) ^ Anne Pashley, Olympic athlete and opera singer – obituary ^ Obituary: Don Ciccone 1946 – 2016 ^ Bored Nothing, Melbourne musician Fergus Miller, dies aged 26 after battle with depression ^ Boom Boom Satellites' Vocalist Michiyuki Kawashima Passes Away ^ Fallece el creador de La Sonora Ponceña Quique Lucca (in Spanish) ^ 'King of drums' Guy Nadon dies at 82 ^ A murit cunoscutul muzician Marin Pechea Petrache (in Romanian) ^ Malian music in mourning: Techno Issa Issa Bagayogo said bows ^ Peter Reynolds 1958 – 2016 Archived 2016-11-29 at the Wayback Machine ^ Motown songwriter Robert Bateman dies at 80 ^ R.I.P. legendary Chicago soul hitmaker Sonny Sanders ^ Producer Danny Champagne has died ^ Robert 'Big Sonny' Edwards of The Intruders Dies at 74 .^ Songstress Achieng Abura dies at Kenyatta National Hospital ^ Mieke Telkamp (82) overleden (in Dutch) ^ Kreps, Daniel. 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