1984 in Music - Deaths

Deaths

• January 1 – Alexis Korner, blues musician, 55 (lung cancer)
• January 18 – Vassilis Tsitsanis, Greek composer, 69
• January 21 – Jackie Wilson, singer, 49 (pneumonia)
• January 23 – Samuel Gardner, violinist and composer, 92
• January 30 – Luke Kelly, member of The Dubliners, 43 (brain tumour)
• February 1 – Ada "Bricktop" Smith, singer and dancer, 89
• February 15 – Ethel Merman, singer and actress, 76
• March 9 – Imogen Holst, conductor and composer, 76
• April 1 – Marvin Gaye, singer/songwriter, 44 (gunshot)
• April 6
  • Jimmy Kennedy, Irish-born British songwriter, 81
  • Hryhory Kytasty, composer, 77
• April 20 – Mabel Mercer, cabaret singer, 84
• April 23 – Juan Tizol, trombonist and composer, 84
• April 26 – Count Basie, jazz musician, 79
• April 27 – Z.Z. Hill, blues singer, 48
• May 1 – Gordon Jenkins, US conductor, songwriter and pianist, 73
• May 29 – Sanford Gold, jazz pianist, 72
• June – Mohamed Mooge Liibaan, singer and instrumentalist
• June 8 – Gordon Jacob, composer, 88
• June 15 – Meredith Willson, US songwriter, 82
• June 28 – Mischa Spoliansky, Russian born composer and conductor
• July 14
  • Bill Stapleton, jazz trumpeter, 49 (alcohol-related)
  • Philippé Wynne, R&B singer, 43
• July 19 – Madeleine Sibille, operatic soprano, 89
• July 25 – Big Mama Thornton, R&B singer, 57
• July 29 – Lorenz Fehenberger, operatic tenor, 71
• July 31 – Paul Le Flem, composer, 103
• August 4 – Babe Russin, saxophonist, 73
• August 5 – Tuts Washington, R&B pianist, 67
• August 12 – Margaret Sutherland, composer, 86
• August 30 – Emil Newman, conductor and composer, 73
• August 31 – Carlo Zecchi, pianist, music teacher and conductor, 81
• September 3
  • Dora Labbette, operatic soprano, 86
  • Arthur Schwartz, composer and film producer, 83
• September 6 – Ernest Tubb, country & western musician, 70
• September 10
  • Herman Sherman, jazz saxophonist and bandleader, 61
  • Trummy Young, swing trombonist, 72
• September 15 – Charles Lynch, Irish concert pianist
• September 20 – Steve Goodman, singer/songwriter best known for "City of New Orleans", 36 (leukaemia)
• October – Lina Bruna Rasa, operatic soprano, 67
• October 3 – Harrison Potter, pianist, 93
• October 4 – Carl von Garaguly, violinist and conductor
• October 12 – Jesús Maria Sanromá, pianist, 81
• October 16 – Jiří Jelínek, jazz trumpeter, singer and artist, 62
• October 20 – Budd Johnson, jazz musician, 73
• October 26 – John Woods Duke, composer, 85
• November 8 – Carl Gustav Sparre Olsen, violinist and composer, 81
• November 16 – Leonard Rose, cellist, 66
• November 20 – Alexander Moyzes, Slovak composer, 78
• December 7 – Jon B. Higgins, American Carnatic musician, 45 (road accident)
• December 9 – Razzle (Nicholas Dingley), drummer of Hanoi Rocks, 24 (car accident)
• December 10 – Charlie Teagarden, jazz trumpeter, 71
• December 13 – Max Schönherr, conductor and composer, 81
• December 15 – Jan Peerce, operatic tenor, 80
• December 21 – José Luis Rodríguez Vélez, Panamanian composer, orchestra director, saxophonist, clarinetist and guitarist, 69