It’s our annual round-up of some of the people in the music industry who dies in 2023 (the title probably gave it away)
Big thanks, as always to We Heart Music who diligently collate these guys throughout the year.
Hope you all had a great 2023 and we’ll see you next week in 2024

Jan

[01 Jan 2023] Fred White (American Hall of Fame drummer for Earth, Wind & Fire), 67

[10 Jan 2023] Jeff Beck (British guitarist for The Yardbirds, The Jeff Beck Group), 78

[12 Jan 2023] Lisa Marie Presley (American singer-songwriter), 54

[12 Jan 2023] Robbie Bachman (Canadian drummer for Bachman-Turner Overdrive), 69 (see also April 28th)

[18 Jan 2023] David Crosby (American songwriter and singer for Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young), 81

[31 Jan 2023] Charlie Thomas (American Hall of Fame singer for The Drifters), 85

Feb

[08 Feb 2023] Burt Bacharach (American Hall of Fame composer, six-time Grammy winner), 94

Mar

[02 Mar 2023] Steve Mackey (English record producer and bassist for Pulp), 56

[10 Mar 2023] Napoleon XIV (Jerry Samuels, American singer), 84

Apr

[06 Apr 2023] Paul Cattermole (English singer for S Club 7), 46

[25 Apr 2023] Harry Belafonte (American Hall of Fame musician), 96

[28 Apr 2023] Tim Bachman (Canadian guitarist for Bachman-Turner Overdrive), 71 (see also Jan 12th)

May

[01 May 2023] Gordon Lightfoot (Canadian Hall of Fame singer-songwriter), 84

[24 May 2023] Tina Turner (American-born Swiss Hall of Fame singer), 83

June

[05 Jun 2023] Astrud Gilberto (Brazilian samba and bossa nova singer), 83

Jul

[21 Jul 2023] Tony Bennett (American singer), 96

[26 Jul 2023] Sinéad O’Connor (Irish singer), 56

Aug

[04 Aug 2023] John Gosling (English keyboardist for The Kinks), 75

[24 Aug 2023] Bernie Marsden (English rock guitarist for Whitesnake), 72

Sep

[01 Sep 2023] Jimmy Buffett (American singer-songwriter), 76

[04 Sep 2023] Steve Harwell (American singer for Smash Mouth), 56

[13 Sep 2023] Roger Whittaker (British singer-songwriter), 87

Oct

[11 Oct 2023] Rudolph Isley (American songwriter and singer for The Isley Brothers), 84

[23 Oct 2023] Angelo Bruschini (English guitarist for Massive Attack), 62

Nov

[03 Nov 2023] Pete Garner (British bassist for The Stone Roses), 61

[22 Nov 2023] Jean Knight (American singer), 80

[30 Nov 2023] Shane MacGowan (Irish singer for The Pogues), 65

Dec

[05 Dec 2023] Denny Laine (English musician for Wings and singer for Moody Blues), 79

Fred White – Earth, Wind & Fire – In the Stone
Jeff Beck – I Can’t Give Back the Love I Feel for You
Lisa Marie Presley – Lights Out
Robbie Bachman – Bachman Turner Overdrive – You Ain’t Seen Nothin Yet
David Crosby – Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – Our House
Charlie Thomas – The Drifters – Save the Last Dance for Me
Burt Bacharach – Dionne Warwick – I’ll Never Fall in Love Again
Steve Mackey – Pulp – Common People
Napoleon XIV – They’re Coming To Take Me Away
Paul Cattermole – S Club 7 – Don’t Stop Movin’
Harry Belafonte – Jump In The Line
Tim Bachman – Bachman–Turner Overdrive – Takin’ Care of Business
Gordon Lightfoot – If You Could Read My Mind
Tina Turner – The Best
Astrud Gilberto – Stan Getz with Astrud & João Gilberto – The Girl From Ipanema
Tony Bennett – The Good Life
Sinéad O’Connor – Nothing Compares 2 U
John Gosling – The Kinks – Lola
Bernie Marsden – Whitesnake – Here I Go Again (’87 Remix)
Jimmy Buffett – Why Don’t We Get Drunk (and Screw)
Steve Harwell – Smash Mouth – I’m A Believer
Roger Whittaker – Mexican Whistler
Rudolph Isley – The Isley Brothers – Twist & Shout
Angelo Bruschini – Massive Attack – Unfinished Sympathy
Pete Garner – The Stone Roses – One Love
Jean Knight – Mr. Big Stuff
Shane MacGowan – The Pogues & The Dubliners – The Irish Rover
Denny Laine – Wings – Live And Let Die