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Welcome to our annual celebration of some of the musicians we lost in 2025

This year we compile using a combination of Halfhearted Dudes In Memorium pages and Wikipedia

Jan

[07 Jan] Peter Yarrow (American singer and songwriter for Peter, Paul and Mary), 86, bladder cancer[09 Jan] Laurie Holloway (English pianist, musical director and composer), 86[10 Jan] Sam Moore (American Hall of Fame singer-songwriter for Sam & Dave), 89[15 Jan] Linda Nolan (Irish singer for the Nolans), 65, pneumonia[30 Jan] Marianne Faithfull (English singer), 78

Feb

[24 Feb] Roberta Flack (American singer), 88, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis[28 Feb] David Johansen (American musician for New York Dolls and singer as Buster Poindexter), 75, cancer

Mar

[04 Mar] Roy Ayers (American musician and composer), 84[10 Mar] Stedman Pearson (British singer for Five Star), 60[11 Mar] Bob Rivers (American radio personality for KISW, KJR), 68, esophageal cancer

Apr

[01 April] Johnny Tillotson (American singer-songwriter), 86, Parkinson’s disease[28 Apr] Mike Peters (Welsh rock singer for The Alarm), 66, chronic lymphocytic leukemia

May

[11 May]  John Edwards, 80, soul singer (The Spinners)[26 May] Rick Derringer (American musician for The McCoys), 77

June

[05 Jun] Wayne Lewis (American singer for Atlantic Starr), 68[09 Jun] Sly Stone (American musician for Sly and the Family Stone), 82, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease[11 Jun] Brian Wilson (American musician for The Beach Boys), 82[19 Jun] James Prime (Scottish musician for Deacon Blue), 64, , cancer[26 Jun] Lalo Schifrin (Argentine-born American film and television composer), 93, pneumonia

Jul

[04 Jul] Mark Snow (American film and television composer for The X-Files), 78[16 Jul] Connie Francis – 87 – Pneumonia[22 July] Ozzy Osbourne – 76 – Heart Attack[24 July] Cleo Laine – 97[26 July]  Tom Lehrer – 97

Aug

[August 10] Bobby Whitlock (Derek and the Dominos) – 77 – Cancer[August 27] Ray Mayhew (Sigue Sigue Sputnik) – 60

Sept

[05 Sept] Mark Volman (The Turtles) – 78[06 Sept] Rick Davies (Supertramp)

Oct

[Oct 3]  Patricia Routledge – 96[Oct 16]  Ace Frehley – 74 – Brain bleed after a fall[Oct. 22] David Ball, 66,  Soft Cell,

Nov

[Nov 24] Jimmy Cliff – 81 – Pneumonia[Nov 29] Chubby Tavares – 80

Dec

[Dec 03] Steve Cropper (Booker T. & the M.G.’s) – 84[Dec 14] Carl Carlton – 72[Dec 22] Chris Rea – 74 – Complications from a stroke[Dec 26]. Perry Bamonte (The Cure) – 65

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Sam And Dave – Soul Man (02:36)

The Nolans – I’m In The Mood For Dancing (03:17)
Roberta Flack – Feel Like Makin’ Love (02:53)
Roy Ayers – Running Away (03:10)
Bob Rivers – Downtown in the 90’s (02:28)
Johnny Tillotson – Poetry In Motion (02:26)
The Alarm – 68 Guns (03:33)
The Spinners – Working My Way Back to You (03:57)
The McCoys – Sorrow (02:05)
Sly And The Family Stone – Dance To The Music (03:13)
Brian Wilson – Good Vibrations (04:36)
Connie Francis – My Heart Has A Mind Of Its Own (02:26)
Black Sabbath – Paranoid (02:48)
Tom Lehrer – Masochism Tango (02:49)
Derek & The Dominos – Layla (07:11)
Sigue Sigue Sputnik – Love Missile F1-11 (03:44)
Turtles, The – She’d Rather Be With Me (02:19)
Supertramp – Dreamer (03:33)
Kiss – I Was Made For Lovin’ You (04:31)
Soft Cell – Where Did Our Love Go? (03:11)
Jimmy Cliff – You Can Get It If You Really Want (02:52)
Carl Carlton – She’s A Bad Mama Jama (05:48)
Chris Rea – Ace Of Hearts (04:53)
The Cure – Close To Me (04:21)

 

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