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Overview of the events of 2006 in music
Overview of the events of 2006 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2006.
Specific locations
Specific genres
Events
January
January 10 –
Eric Burdon releases the album
Soul of a Man and begins touring with a new band.
January 11 –15 –
MahlerFest XIX, honoring Austrian composer
Gustav Mahler , is held in
Boulder, Colorado , USA.
January 13 –
Mylène Farmer launches her
Avant que l'ombre... à Bercy tour at
Paris-Bercy , France.[
citation needed ]
January 14 –
Eminem remarries ex-wife Kim after five years of separation.
[1]
January 16 –
Transplants
frontman ,
Rob Aston , announces that the band has disbanded shortly after their fall tour was cancelled.
January 17 –
Aaron Carter released his second compilation album
Come Get It: The Very Best of Aaron Carter .
January 20 –
February 5 – The
Big Day Out festival takes place in
Australia and
New Zealand , headlined by
The White Stripes ,
Iggy and the Stooges and
Franz Ferdinand .
AFI withdraw due to a delay in recording their then-untitled
seventh studio album , with
Mylo and
Jean Grae also withdrawing from the lineup.
January 24 – British girl band
All Saints announce they will regroup for a tour and album later in the year.
January 31 – American
hardcore punk band
Champion announced their impending breakup, with a final show scheduled for May.
[2]
February
February 1
February 8 – The
48th annual Grammy Awards are handed out at the
Staples Center in Los Angeles, USA.
Madonna opens the awards for a third time.
U2 is the night's big winner, with five awards, becoming the only rock act currently to win two
Album of the Year awards with their win for
How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb , following their 1988 win for
The Joshua Tree . They also win
Song of the Year for "
Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own ", while
Green Day 's "
Boulevard of Broken Dreams " wins
Record of the Year .
John Legend wins
Best New Artist .
Mariah Carey won three of her eight nominations, her first Grammys since 1991.
Kelly Clarkson is the first American Idol contestant ever to win a Grammy.
February 10 –
White Lion /
Black Label Society bassist James Lorenzo joins
Megadeth as the replacement for
James MacDonough (who was previously in
Iced Earth ).
February 18 –
The Rolling Stones give a free concert with about 1,3 million people in
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil .
February 22 – The one billionth song is downloaded on
iTunes ; the song is "
Speed of Sound " by
Coldplay .
February 24 – Premiere of
The Scarecrow by Joseph Turrin at University of Texas at Austin Performing Arts Center.
February 25 – The fourth annual
Total Request Live awards are held in New York City, USA.
Madonna wins the Lifetime Achievement Award and
Bono wins the Most Inspired Artist/Humanitarian Award. Other winners include
Fall Out Boy ,
Chris Brown ,
Mariah Carey ,
Ashlee Simpson ,
Kelly Clarkson ,
Amanda Bynes , and
My Chemical Romance . Performers included
Ashlee Simpson and Chris Brown.
February 26 –
Ne-Yo comes into the music industry with his debut album
In My Own Words .
February 28 -
Aaron Carter released his third and final compilation album
2 Good 2 B True .
March
April
April 1 –2 – The
Festival Imperial is held in the Autódromo La Guácima, in
Alajuela , Costa Rica.
April 3 –
Killing Joke release their 13th studio album,
Hosannas from the Basements of Hell . This was Killing Joke's last album to include the original four members of the band.
April 4 –
Hawk Nelson released their second album,
Smile, It's the End of the World .
April 5 –
Eminem files for divorce from wife Kim, less than three months after they were married for the second time.
[3]
April 11 – Rapper
Proof is shot and killed by a nightclub bouncer at 8 Mile Road in Detroit, Michigan, after allegedly shooting a third man, Keith Bender, Jr, who later dies of his injuries.
April 15 –
Mary J. Blige 's single "
Be Without You " ends its 15th week at number one on the US Billboard
R&B chart, making it the most successful R&B song in history.
April 20 –
Billy Corgan of
The Smashing Pumpkins confirms that the band are in the studio recording their first album since 2000's
Machina/The Machines of God .
April 21 –23 – The
Terrastock 6 festival is held in
Providence, Rhode Island , USA.
April 25 – American rock band, the
Goo Goo Dolls , celebrate 20 successful years in the music industry with the release of
Let Love In .
April 29 –30 – The
Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival takes place in
Indio, California , USA. Performers include
Madonna ,
James Blunt ,
Kanye West ,
Depeche Mode ,
Daft Punk , and
Paul Oakenfold .
May
May 1 – 1,951 guitarists simultaneously play
Jimi Hendrix 's song "
Hey Joe " in the town square of
Wrocław , Poland, breaking a
Guinness world record .
[4]
May 2 –
Pearl Jam release their self-titled album
Pearl Jam , their eighth studio album. It was also their first released album after their departure from Sony
May 8 –
Mor ve Otesi , a
Turkish alternative rock band, release
Büyük Düşler , their fifth studio album.
May 9 –
Beirut release their debut album,
Gulag Orkestar .
May 10 –
Roy Mayorga joins
Stone Sour .
May 11 –
Dave Baksh announces that he left
Sum 41 to pursue his career with his second band
Brown Brigade .
May 12
May 13
May 20 – Finnish monster rock band
Lordi win the
Eurovision Song Contest 2006 with the song "
Hard Rock Hallelujah ", the first
hard rock and
heavy metal song to win.
May 21 –
Madonna begins her
Confessions Tour in Los Angeles, USA. Tickets were sold out within minutes in North America, Europe, and Asia, resulting in new dates to be announced in New York, Los Angeles, Tokyo, and London. The tour grossed more than US$260 million – the highest-grossing tour in history by a female artist.
May 23 – Ex-
Blink-182 frontman
Tom DeLonge released the album
We Don't Need To Whisper with new band
Angels and Airwaves .
May 24 –
Taylor Hicks wins the US television talent contest,
American Idol ,
season 5 .
Katharine McPhee is the runner-up.
June
June 1 –
YoungbloodZ and their entourage are arrested on drugs and weapons charges in
Atlanta , Georgia, USA.
[5]
June 6 –
Ice Cube 's first album in six years,
Laugh Now, Cry Later , is released on his independently owned record label
Lench Mob Records . The album debuted in the top five selling 144,000 copies in the first week.
June 7 – World premiere of
Karlheinz Stockhausen 's
Freude , for two harps, in the
Milan Cathedral by Esther Kooi and
Marianne Smit .
[6]
June 8 –
Shakira 's single "
Hips Don't Lie " sells 266,500
downloads in its first week of availability, overtaking
D4L 's record of 175,000. "Hips Don't Lie" also breaks another record, gaining the greatest
airplay in a single week with 9,657 plays, breaking
Gwen Stefani 's "
Hollaback Girl " record of 9,582.
June 9
Nelly Furtado 's new album,
Loose is released and debuts at No. 1 with 219,000 copies sold, making it her first number-one album.
Igor Cavalera leaves
Sepultura because of artistic differences – the third official member and the second Cavalera to leave.
June 9 –11 – The annual
Download Festival takes place at
Donington Park in
Leicestershire , England.
Tool ,
Metallica and
Guns N' Roses headlined the main stage, the Snickers stage by
The All-American Rejects ,
Alter Bridge and
The Prodigy , the Gibson/Myspace stage by
Ginger & The Sonic Circus ,
Killing Joke and
Sick of It All , and the Snickers Bowl stage by
Gay for Johnny Depp ,
Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly and
Viking Skull .
June 14 –
Shakira launches her
Oral Fixation Tour in
Zaragoza , Spain.
June 16 –18 –
Bonnaroo Music Festival takes place in
Manchester, Tennessee , USA. Performers include
Radiohead ,
Tom Petty ,
Phil Lesh and Friends ,
Beck , and
Sasha .
June 19 –
Taylor Swift released her first single, "
Tim McGraw ", at 16 years old.
June 23 –
Backstreet Boys band member
Kevin Richardson leaves the group to pursue other interests. However, he would return to the group permanently on April 29, 2012.
July
July 1 –
Glue Gun performed their first reunion concert at Harpers in
Northridge, Los Angeles, California , USA. It was the band's first performance since breaking up in 1996.
July 4 –
Steven Tyler and
Joe Perry of
Aerosmith perform with the
Boston Pops Orchestra in an event televised nationally in the USA.
July 5 – The US television talent show,
American Idol , begins its tour.
July 7 –
Justin Timberlake released his single
SexyBack . The song went on to top the
Billboard Hot 100 for a total of 7 weeks.
July 9 –
Scooter releases the live CD and DVD Excess All Areas , with recordings taken from the Who's Got The Last Laugh Now? tour.
July 11 –
Jean Dolabella replaces
Igor Cavalera in
Sepultura .
July 12 –
Rivers Cuomo confirms that
Weezer is now on hiatus again. Commenting on the band's future he said, "I'm not certain we'll ever make a record again, unless it becomes really obvious to me that we need to do one."
July 17 – Canadian singer-songwriter
Avril Lavigne marries
Sum 41 frontman
Deryck Whibley in a private ceremony.
July 22 – Mariah starts her tour for The Emancipation of Mimi [The Adventures of Mimi].
July 29
Stephanie McIntosh , former star of the Australian television soap opera,
Neighbours , releases her debut single, "
Mistake ", in Australia, where it became a top three hit.
Family Values Tour 2006, featuring
Korn ,
Deftones and
Stone Sour , begins. This was the first Family Values Tour since 2001.
July 30 – The last ever weekly edition of the British television chart show,
Top of the Pops , is broadcast after 42 years on the air.
[7]
July 31 – Chicago rock band
OK Go release their video for their single "
Here It Goes Again ", and the video quickly becomes an
internet phenomenon on YouTube.
August
September
September 3 –
Beyoncé Knowles releases her second consecutive No.1 solo album
B'Day , selling 541,000 copies in its first week. And spawning two UK No.1 singles.
September 5 – The
Mercury Music Prize is held in the UK, with
Arctic Monkeys ' debut album
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not winning ahead of entries from acts such as
Muse and
Thom Yorke . Audioslave's third and final album, Revelations , is released.
September 8 –
Eddie Van Halen announces that the lineup for his next album will include his son
Wolfgang on bass and not the longtime
Van Halen bassist
Michael Anthony , whom Eddie says he is on the outs with.
[8]
September 12 –
Justin Timberlake releases his second album
FutureSex/LoveSounds after 4 years. The album debuted No. 1 on the
Billboard 200 , giving Justin his first number one album as a solo artist, selling 648,000 copies in its first week. Its first three singles were consecutive number-one hit on the Billboard Hot 100, making Timberlake the first male artist to have three or more consecutive number-one hits from one album since
Usher achieved it in 2004
September 18 – Elton John released his 29th studio album
The Captain & the Kid .
September 19
September 22 – A Tempestade , (score and libretto:
Ronaldo Miranda ), based on
Shakespeare's play
The Tempest , is premiered at Theatro São Pedro in
São Paulo , Brazil.
September 27 –
Boy band ,
Five , announce they are to reunite, minus original bandmate
Sean Conlon .
October
October 2 – Violinist and
opera singer Logan Simpson is arrested for refusing to stop his car when a traffic light turns red.
October 3 –
Evanescence releases his second studio album
The Open Door . The album debuted No. 1 on the
Billboard 200 .
October 7 – Liquidation of the bankrupt music store chain
Tower Records begins after its assets are purchased by Great American Group.
[9] The last store closes its doors permanently on December 22.
October 10 –
Justin Hawkins , lead singer of the band
The Darkness announces he is leaving the band.
October 11 – After 25 years as an artist,
"Weird Al" Yankovic finally gets his first top 10 hit, with "White & Nerdy".
October 15 – New York City music club
CBGB closes after a lengthy rent dispute.
Patti Smith performs the final show at the club that night.
October 17 – French singer
Manu Chao performs in
Colombia to an audience of 80,000 people.
October 23
October 24 –
Taylor Swift releases her debut self-titled album at the age of 16, which sold 39,000 in its first week.
October 25 – Guitarist Brian May announces on his website that
Queen is returning to the studio for recording sessions. The new lineup,
Queen + Paul Rodgers , features May,
Paul Rodgers (the former lead vocalist of
Free ) and former Queen drummer
Roger Taylor .
October 26 –
Duran Duran lead guitarist
Andy Taylor once again leaves the band after a series of disagreements surrounding their latest album, which was still incomplete by the year's end. Reasons given are his disapproval of the usage of both
Timbaland and
Justin Timberlake in the creation of the band's album. The band hires an interim guitarist to supplant Taylor, with no real replacement being announced.
October 30
October 31
November–December
November 7
November 11
November 14 –
Microsoft releases the first
Zune media player.
[13]
November 16
November 21 – American rock band
Daughtry released their
debut album , which sold 306,000 copies in the opening week becoming the fastest selling rock album in soundscan history.
November 24 – The
American Music Awards are broadcast. Winners include
Kelly Clarkson ,
Red Hot Chili Peppers , Shakira,
Jamie Foxx ,
Nickelback ,
Sean Paul ,
The Black Eyed Peas ,
Eminem ,
Faith Hill ,
Rascal Flatts ,
Tim McGraw and
Mary J. Blige , Nelly Furtado,
John Mayer ,
Fall Out Boy and
Beyoncé performed at the event.
November 26 –
Damien Leith wins the Australian television talent show,
Australian Idol 2006, becoming the oldest winner of any Idol show in the world. and defeating 16-year-old
Jessica Mauboy .
November 27 –
The Offspring announce that they were back in the studio recording their first album since 2003's
Splinter .
[15]
December 5 – Actor and
Pop rock singer and musician
Drake Bell releases his major record label debut
It's Only Time , under
Universal Motown Records .
December 6
Beyoncé achieves her fourth number one single in the U.S. with "
Irreplaceable ", which went on to become the best selling single of 2007.
December 6 is declared Dia de Shakira (Day of Shakira ) by the mayor of Miami, USA.
December 13 –
David Silveria leaves
Korn to manage his restaurant.
December 16
Undated
Bands formed
Returning performers
Bands disbanded
Bands reformed
Take That (4 out of 5 original members reunited after the group disbanded in 1996)
Albums released
Top 10 best-selling albums of 2006
No.
Artist
Album
Copies sold
1.
High School Musical cast
Soundtrack
8,500,000
2.
Justin Timberlake
FutureSex/LoveSounds
8,350,000
3.
Nelly Furtado
Loose
8,200,000
4.
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Stadium Arcadium
7,900,000
5.
Carrie Underwood
Some Hearts
6,900,000
6.
Pink
I'm Not Dead
6,500,000
7.
Beyoncé
B'Day
8,700,000
8.
The Beatles
Love
5,650,000
9.
Daughtry
Daughtry
4,900,000
10.
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift
4,500,000
Songs released in 2006
Top hits on record in the world
United States
Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 Hits
Billboard Hot 100 Hits – Singles which have ranked within Top 20
Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2006
United Kingdom
The Official UK No. 1 Singles
The Official UK Hit Singles – Singles which have ranked within Top 20
Australia
Australian
ARIA Hit Singles – Singles which have ranked within Top 20
Classical music
Christopher Adler – Music for a Royal Palace
Leonardo Balada – Concerto for Three Cellos and Orchestra
Ioseb Bardanashvili – Symphony No. 3 Bameh Madlikin
Lorenzo Ferrero
DEsCH , for oboe, bassoon, piano and orchestra
Mozart a Recanati , for one actress, one voice, string trio, clarinet and piano
La conquista , suite for choir and orchestra
Haring at the Exhibition , ambient piece
Philip Glass – The Passion of Ramakrishna , for chorus and orchestra
Wojciech Kilar –
Magnificat for 3 solo voices, choir and orchestra
Three Mazurkas
Krzysztof Meyer
Double Concerto for violin, violoncello and orchestra
Sonata No. 6 for Piano
Alla Pavlova – Symphony No. 5
Steve Reich – Daniel Variations
Behzad Ranjbaran –
Persian Trilogy
Marijn Simons – Symphony No. 2, Op. 33
Karlheinz Stockhausen
Natürliche Dauern (Natural Durations), for piano
Harmonien (Harmonies), three versions: for solo bass clarinet, for solo flute, for solo trumpet
Schönheit (Beauty), for flute, trumpet, and bass clarinet
Türin , for Tür (door),
rin , and speaker (versions in German and English), with electronics,
Opera
Jazz
Musical theater
Musical film
Adaikalam , with music by
Sabesh–Murali , released on December 29.
American Hardcore , documentary of early hardcore punk rock, released on September 22.
Antônia , the story of an Afro-Brazilian hip-hop girl group, released on September 8.
[17]
Bolletjes Blues , a Dutch film starring Negativ, released on March 23.
The Cheetah Girls 2 , a
Disney Channel Original Movie watched by 8.1 million viewers in its premiere broadcast on August 25.
Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing , documentary on the
Dixie Chicks , released on September 12.
Dreamgirls starring
Jamie Foxx ,
Beyoncé Knowles ,
Eddie Murphy ,
Danny Glover and
Jennifer Hudson , released on December 15
Hannah Montana , a
Disney Channel original series about a pop star, premiered on March 24.
Happy Feet , a film with the voices of
Nicole Kidman ,
Elijah Wood ,
Hugh Jackman ,
Brittany Murphy ,
Robin Williams and
Anthony LaPaglia , released on November 17.
High School Musical , a
Disney Channel Original Movie watched by 7.7 million viewers in its premiere broadcast on January 20.
Love @ First Note , with music by
Mark Lui .
Neil Young: Heart of Gold , a film directed by
Jonathan Demme , released on February 10.
Opera Jawa , directed by
Garin Nugroho and featuring traditional Javanese classical music and dance, released August 7.
[18]
Peter & the Wolf , short Polish-British-Norwegian-Mexican-Swiss stop-motion animated film, released on September 23.
PollyWorld , direct-to-video animated film, released on November 14.
Rani Kuthir Baki Itihash , directed by
Samia Zaman ,
[19] released on June 6.
Take the Lead , a film starring
Antonio Banderas and
Alfre Woodard , released on April 7.
Musical television
Births
February 20 –
Luh Tyler , American rapper
May 14 – Bluebell Madonna Halliwell, daughter of
Geri Halliwell and
Sacha Gervasi
May 26 – Kingston James McGregor Rossdale, son of
Gwen Stefani and
Gavin Rossdale
June 25 -
Mckenna Grace , American actress and singer
July 18 -
Daneliya Tuleshova , Kazakhstani singer
September 12 – Jayden James Federline, son of
Britney Spears and
Kevin Federline
October 23 -
Victor Vernicos , Greek singer
November 14 -
tana
, American rapper
November 29 -
DD Osama , American rapper
November 16 -
Mason Ramsey , American singer
Deaths
January–February
January 1 –
Bryan Harvey , American singer-guitarist of
House of Freaks , 49 (murdered)
January 6
January 11 –
Markus Löffel , German disc jockey, 39
January 19 –
Wilson Pickett , American singer, 64
[20]
January 22 –
Janette Carter , member of the
Carter Family , 82
January 27 –
Gene McFadden , American singer-songwriter and producer, 56
January 30 – Thomas "Pig Champion" Roberts, American guitarist of
Poison Idea , 47
February 3 –
Romano Mussolini , Italian jazz pianist, 78
February 8
February 10 –
J Dilla , American hip hop producer, 32
February 11 –
Jockey Shabalala , South African bass vocalist of
Ladysmith Black Mambazo , 62
February 15 –
Anna Marly , French singer-songwriter, 88
[22]
February 16 –
Sid Feller , conductor and arranger, 89
February 18 –
Bill Cowsill , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (
The Cowsills ), 58
February 22 –
Anthony Burger , American gospel music pianist, 44
March–April
March 1 –
Johnny Jackson , drummer of
The Jackson 5 , 54 (murdered)
March 3 –
Ivor Cutler , poet and songwriter, 83
March 7 –
Ali Farka Touré , Malian singer and guitarist, 66
March 10 –
Anna Moffo , American operatic soprano, 75
March 17
March 23
March 25
March 26 –
Nikki Sudden , English singer-songwriter, 49
March 30 –
Jackie McLean , American jazz alto saxophonist, 74
April 2 –
Bernard Seigal , guitarist and critic, 48
April 5 –
Gene Pitney , American singer-songwriter, 66
April 11
April 23 –
Phil Walden , co-founder of
Capricorn Records , 66
April 24
April 28 –
Ben-Zion Orgad , Israeli composer, 80
May–June
May 1 –
Naushad , Indian composer, 86
May 6 –
Grant McLennan , Australian guitarist and songwriter of
The Go Betweens , 48
May 7 – Steve Bender,
Dschinghis Khan , The Poor Things, 60
May 10
May 13 –
Johnnie Wilder , American singer of
Heatwave , 56
May 15 –
Cheikha Rimitti , Algerian singer, 83
May 18 – Andy Capps, American drummer of
Built to Spill , 37
May 19 –
Freddie Garrity , English singer of
Freddie and the Dreamers , 69
May 23
May 25 –
Desmond Dekker , Jamaican ska and reggae performer, 64
June 1 –
Rocío Jurado , Spanish singer and actress, 62
June 2
June 6
June 12 –
György Ligeti , Hungarian composer, 83
June 20 –
Claydes Charles Smith , American guitarist of
Kool and the Gang , 57
June 26 –
Arif Mardin , Turkish-American music producer, 74
June 27 –
Eileen Barton , American singer, 76
June 29 –
Joyce Hatto , British concert pianist and piano teacher, 77
[23]
July–August
July 3
July 7
July 8 –
June Allyson , American actress, singer and dancer, 88
July 9 –
Milan Williams , American keyboardist of
The Commodores , 58
July 11 –
Bill Miller , American jazz pianist, 91
July 16 –
Malachi Thompson , American jazz trumpeter, 56
July 17
July 21 –
Herbie Kalin , American singer, 72
July 22 –
Jessie Mae Hemphill , American singer-songwriter, 82
July 23 – Bobby Paterson, Scottish pop rock bass guitarist of
Love and Money
July 30 –
Anthony Galla-Rini , accordionist, composer, and conductor, 102
July 31 –
Rufus Harley , American jazz bagpiper, 70
August 2 –
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf , German operatic soprano, 90
August 3 –
Arthur Lee , American guitarist and vocalist of
Love , 61
August 11 –
Mike Douglas , American singer and talk show host, 86
August 16 –
Jon Nödtveidt , Swedish singer of
Dissection , 31
August 17 –
Walter Jagiello , polka musician, 76
August 19 –
Joseph Hill , Jamaican lead singer of
roots reggae group
Culture , 57
August 21 – Ustad
Bismillah Khan , Indian shehnai player, 90
August 22 –
Bruce Gary , American drummer of
The Knack , 55
August 24 –
John Weinzweig , Canadian composer of classical music, 93
August 27 –
Jesse Pintado , Mexican-American guitarist with
Napalm Death , 37
August 28 –
Pip Pyle , English drummer for
Hatfield and the North ,
National Health and
Gong , 56
September–October
September 3 –
Eva Knardahl , Norwegian classical pianist, 79
September 4 –
Astrid Varnay , Swedish operatic soprano, 88
September 10 –
Bennie Smith , American blues musician, 72
September 13 – Lou Richards, American guitarist of
Hatebreed , 35
September 14 –
Norman Brooks , Canadian singer, 78
September 19 –
Danny Flores , Mexican-American saxophonist of
The Champs , 77
September 20 –
Armin Jordan , Swiss conductor, 74
September 21 –
Boz Burrell , English bass guitarist of
Bad Company and
King Crimson , 60
September 23
September 25 – Jamie Lyons, American rock singer (
The Music Explosion ), 57
September 28 –
Jan Werner Danielsen , Norwegian singer, 30
September 30 –
Isabel Bigley , American singer and actress, 78
October 1 –
Prentiss Barnes , American R & B singer, 81
October 10 –
Ed Summerlin , American composer, arranger, jazz saxophonist and music educator, 78
October 14 –
Freddy Fender , American singer, 69
October 18 –
Anna Russell , UK singer and comedian, 94
October 21 –
Sandy West , American drummer of
The Runaways , 47
October 23
October 26 –
Rogério Duprat , composer, 74
November–December
November 1
November 3 –
Paul Mauriat , orchestra leader, 81
November 6 – Robert Jance Garfet (
Dr Hook )
November 8 –
Basil Poledouris , film composer, 61
November 10 –
Gerald Levert , singer, 40
November 17 –
Ruth Brown , US singer, 78
November 21 –
Robert Lockwood, Jr. , American blues guitarist, 91
November 22 –
John Allan Cameron , folk musician, 67
November 23
November 24 –
Juice Leskinen , Finnish singer-songwriter, 56
November 25 –
Valentín Elizalde , Mexican
banda singer, 27
November 30 –
Shirley Walker , film composer, 61
December 2 –
Mariska Veres , singer with
Shocking Blue , 59
December 6 –
Darren Brown , AKA Wiz, former frontman of
Mega City Four , 44
December 8 –
Martha Tilton , American big band singer, 91
December 9
December 11 –
Homer Ledford ,
bluegrass musician , 79
December 12 –
Kenny Davern , American clarinet player and saxophonist, 71
December 13 –
Robert Long , singer and TV presenter, 63
December 14
December 16 –
Pnina Salzman , pianist, 84
December 17 –
Denis Payton ,
The Dave Clark Five , 63
December 18
December 22
December 24 –
Kenneth Sivertsen , Norwegian guitarist and contemporary composer, 45
December 25 –
James Brown , American singer, 73
December 27 –
Pierre Delanoë , French lyricist, 88
Awards
See also
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