From Dickey Betts to Toby Keith, Melanie and past, listed here are the artists who’ve left us this yr.
Dickey Betts of The Allman Brothers Band performs at Lakewood Amphitheater in Atlanta, Georgia Circa 1993.
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It’s so laborious to say goodbye … particularly to proficient creators who’ve contributed lovely artworks which have made the world a brighter place. However whereas nobody can reside perpetually, musicians’ compositions will go on to be loved by future generations.
The world of music had a tough begin when on Jan. 4, David Soul — who performed the blond, blue-eyed Det. Kenneth “Hutch” Hutchinson on hit Seventies buddy-cop TV collection Starsky and Hutch — died at age 80. However the late star wasn’t simply an actor when it got here to the world of leisure — he was additionally an achieved musician, touchdown three songs on the Billboard Scorching 100 (together with 1977’s No. 1 hit “Don’t Give Up on Us”) and two albums on the Billboard 200.
Then Grammy-winning artist Jo-El Sonnier died at age 77 on Jan. 14, whereas on tour. He suffered cardiac arrest after a present in Texas. Simply days later, the world stated goodbye to Mary Weiss, the lead singer of Nineteen Sixties pop lady group The Shangri-Las. She was 75. And that was only the start of the musicians who would go on to depart us this yr.
And a day after the 2024 Grammys, the music world was shaken by the information of Toby Keith’s dying. The nation star — who had beforehand shared with followers in 2022 that he was battling abdomen most cancers — died at age 62 on Feb. 5, a message on his web site and social media accounts introduced.
Whereas buddies and family members mourn these proficient artists, they won’t be forgotten by their followers all over the world. Under, Billboard remembers the musicians who handed away in 2024.
Shifty Shellshock
Picture Credit score: Tim Roney/Getty Photographs
(Aug. 23, 1974 – June 24, 2024)
James Probability
Picture Credit score: Frans Schellekens/Redferns
(April 20, 1953 – June 18, 2024)
Angela Bofill
Picture Credit score: Raymond Boyd/Getty Photographs
(Might 2, 1954 – June 13, 2024)
Johnny Canales
Picture Credit score: Rodrigo Varela/WireImage
(Aug. 19, 1947 – June 12, 2024)
Francoise Hardy
Picture Credit score: Blandford/Mirrorpix/Getty Photographs
(Jan. 17, 1944 – June 11, 2024)
Enchanting (middle)
Picture Credit score: Prince Williams/Wireimage
(Oct. 9, 1997 – June 11, 2024)
Mark James
Picture Credit score: Gary Gershoff/Getty Photographs for Songwriters Corridor Of Fame
(Nov. 29, 1940 – June 8, 2024)
Dr. Velásquez
Picture Credit score: Courtesy Picture
(June 8, 2024)
Brother Marquis
Picture Credit score: Kris Connor/Getty Photographs
(April 4, 1966 – June 3, 2024)
Doug Ingle
Picture Credit score: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Photographs
(Sept. 9, 1945 – Might 25, 2024)
Richard Sherman
Picture Credit score: Michael Schwartz/WireImage
(June 12, 1928 – Might 25, 2024)
Charlie Colin
Picture Credit score: Paul Hawthorne/WireImage
(Might 2024)
Omar Geles
Picture Credit score: Courtesy Picture
(Feb. 15, 1967 – Might 21, 2024)
Jan A.P. Kaczmarek
Picture Credit score: Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto/Getty Photographs
(April 29, 1953 – Might 21, 2024)
Jon Wysocki
Picture Credit score: Nigel Crane/Redferns
(Jan. 17 ,1971 – Might 18, 2024)
Jimmy James (middle)
Picture Credit score: Ivan Keeman/Redferns
(Sept. 13, 1940 – Might 15, 2024)
David Sanborn
Picture Credit score: Paul Natkin/Getty Photographs
(July 30, 1945 – Might 12, 2024)
Dennis Thompson
Picture Credit score: Jim Dyson/Getty Photographs
(Sept. 7, 1948 – Might 9, 2024)
John Barbata
Picture Credit score: Roger Ressmeyer/CORBIS/VCG by way of Getty Photographs
(April 1, 1945 – Might 8, 2024)
Steve Albini
Picture Credit score: Paul Natkin/Getty Photographs
(July 22, 1962 – Might 7, 2024)
Duane Eddy
Picture Credit score: PoPsie Randolph/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Photographs
(April 26, 1938 – April 30, 2024)
Mike Pinder
Picture Credit score: Gijsbert Hanekroot/Redferns
(Dec. 27, 1941 – April 24, 2024)
Chris King
Picture Credit score: Vivien Killilea/Getty Photographs for Trippie Redd/10K Initiatives
(April 20, 2024)
Mandisa
Picture Credit score: Brad Barket/Getty Photographs
(Oct. 2, 1976 – April 18, 2024)
Dickey Betts
Picture Credit score: Kirk West/Getty Photographs
(Dec. 12, 1943 – April 18, 2024)
Jorge “Clorofila” Verdin (middle)
Picture Credit score: Michael Loccisano/FilmMagic
(April 16, 2024)
Park Boram
Picture Credit score: Han Myung-Gu/WireImage
(April 11, 2024)
Mister Cee
Picture Credit score: Johnny Nunez/WireImage
(Aug. 17, 1966 – April 10, 2024)
Clarence “Frogman” Henry
Picture Credit score: Skip Bolen/WireImage
(March 19, 1937 – April 7, 2024)
C.J. Snare
Picture Credit score: Gary Miller/Getty Photographs
(Dec. 14, 1959 – April 5, 2024)
Keith LeBlanc
Picture Credit score: Derek Storm/Everett Assortment
(1954 – April 4, 2024)
Maurizio Pollini
Picture Credit score: Roberto Serra – Iguana Press/Redferns
(Jan. 5, 1942 – March 23, 2024)
Jean-Paul Vignon
Picture Credit score: Don Paulsen/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Photographs
(Jan. 30, 1935 – March 22, 2024)
Sandra Crouch
Picture Credit score: Courtesy Picture
(July 1, 1942 – March 17, 2024)
Cola Boyy
Picture Credit score: Scott Dudelson/Getty Photographs for Coachella
(Feb. 14, 1990 – March 17, 2024)
Steve Harley
Picture Credit score: Roberto Ricciuti/Redferns
(Feb. 27, 1951 – March 17, 2024)
Byron Janis
Picture Credit score: Dario Cantatore/Getty Photographs
(March 24, 1928 – March 14, 2024)
Bo$$
Picture Credit score: Al Pereira/Getty Photographs/Michael Ochs Archives
(March 11, 2024)
Anthony “Child Hole” Walker
Picture Credit score: Getty Photographs
(Aug. 12, 1963 – March 4, 2024)
Eric Carmen
Picture Credit score: Tom Hill/WireImage
(Aug. 11, 1949 – March 2024)
Karl Wallinger
Picture Credit score: Courtesy of World Occasion
(Oct. 19, 1957 – March 10, 2024)
Steve Lawrence
Picture Credit score: Harry Langdon/Getty Photographs
(July 8, 1935 – March 7, 2024)
Debra Byrd
Picture Credit score: Kevin Winter/Getty Photographs
(July 19, 1951 – March 5, 2024)
Brit Turner
Picture Credit score: Jim Steinfeldt/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Photographs
(Might 8, 1966 – March 3, 2024)
Cat Janice
Picture Credit score: Claire LeJeune
(Feb. 28, 2024)
Shinsadong Tiger
Picture Credit score: Yang Ji-ung/Yonhap/AP
(June 3, 1983 – Feb. 23, 2024)
Roni Stoneman
Picture Credit score: Courtesy of the Nation Music Corridor of Fame and Museum
(Might 5, 1938 – Feb. 22, 2024)
Vitalij Kuprij
Picture Credit score: Kevin Nixon/Prog Journal/Future by way of Getty Photographs
(1974 – Feb. 20, 2024)
Cynthia Strother
Picture Credit score: Courtesy of Rex Strother
(Oct. 4, 1935 – Feb. 16, 2024)
Damo Suzuki
Picture Credit score: Vincenzo Buscemi/Getty Photographs
(Jan. 16, 1950 – Feb. 9, 2024)
Jimmy Van Eaton
Picture Credit score: Rick Diamond/Getty Photographs for Nation Music Corridor of Fame and Museum
(Dec. 23, 1937 – Feb. 9, 2024)
Henry Fambrough
Picture Credit score: Mike Coppola/WireImage
(1938 – Feb. 7, 2024)
Chuy Montana
Picture Credit score: Courtesy Picture
(Feb. 7, 2024)
Mojo Nixon
Picture Credit score: Paul Natkin/Getty Photographs
(Aug. 2, 1957 – Feb. 7, 2024)
Seiji Ozawa
Picture Credit score: Shintaro Shiratori
(Sept. 1, 1935 – Feb. 6, 2024)
Toby Keith
Picture Credit score: Christopher Polk/Getty Photographs
(July 8, 1961 – Feb. 5, 2024)
Wayne Kramer
Picture Credit score: Jim Newberry
(April 30, 1948 – Feb. 2, 2024)
Chita Rivera
Picture Credit score: Dia Dipasupil/Getty Photographs
(Jan. 23, 1933 – Jan. 30, 2024)
Frank Farian
Picture Credit score: ARTCO-Berlin/ullstein bild by way of Getty Photographs
(July 18, 1941 – Jan. 23, 2024)
Melanie
Picture Credit score: Night Customary/Hulton Archive/Getty Photographs
(Feb. 3, 1947 – Jan. 23, 2024)
Marlena Shaw
Picture Credit score: Michael Putland/Getty Photographs
(Sept. 22, 1939 – Jan. 19, 2023)
Mary Weiss
Picture Credit score: Roberta Bayley/Redferns
(Jan. 19, 2024)
Jo-El Sonnieh
Picture Credit score: Frederic J. Brown/AFP by way of Getty Photographs
(1946 – Jan. 13, 2024)
David Soul
Picture Credit score: Jeremy Grayson/Radio Occasions/Getty Photographs
(Aug. 28, 1943 – Jan. 4, 2024)
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