2015 in music

This topic covers notable events and articles related to music in 2015.

• List of 2015 albums

• 1 – Matthew Cogley (30), British musician and songwriter (Failsafe).^[1]
• 6 – Lance Percival (81), British actor and singer.^[2]
• 13
  • Ronnie Ronalde (91), British siffleur and yodeller.
  • Trevor Ward-Davies (70), English bassist (Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich)
• 19 – Ward Swingle (87), American jazz singer (The Swingle Singers).
• 22 – Joan Hinde (81), British trumpet player
• 25 – Demis Roussos (68), Greek singer and musician
• 27 – Margot Moir (55), Scottish-born Australian singer (The Moir Sisters).^[3]
• 29 – Danny McCulloch (69), British bassist (Eric Burdon & The Animals).

• 12 – Steve Strange (55), British musician (Visage).^[4]
• 16 – Lesley Gore (68), American singer
• 21 – Clark Terry (94), American jazz trumpeter.^[5]
• 22 – Erik Amundsen (78), Norwegian jazz upright-bassist.^[6]
• 23 – Ron Edgar (68), American rock drummer (The Music Machine)

• 21 – Jørgen Ingmann, (89), Danish guitarist.^[7]

• 1
  • Dave Ball (65), British musician (Procol Harum).^[8]
  • Sandy Mason (75), American country music singer-songwriter
• 3 – Andrew Porter (86), British organist, music critic, and opera director^[9]
• 10 – Ronald Hambleton (97), English-born Canadian broadcaster and music critic (Toronto Star).^[10]
• 13 – Ronnie Carroll (80), Northern Irish singer
• 14 – Percy Sledge (74), American soul, gospel and R&B singer
• 17 – Brian Couzens (86), British music industry executive (Chandos Records).^[11]
• 18 – Ben E. King (76), American soul and R&B singer

• 6
  • Errol Brown (71), British-Jamaican singer (Hot Chocolate)
  • Dottie Dillard (91), American pop singer (The Anita Kerr Quartet)
• 14 – B.B. King (89), American blues guitarist.^[12]
• 20 – Bob Belden (58), American jazz saxophonist.^[13]
• 23 – Marcus Belgrave (78), American jazz trumpeter.^[14]
• 31 – Slim Richey (77), American jazz guitarist.^[15]

• 11 – Ornette Coleman (85), American jazz saxophonist.^[16]
• 12 – Monica Lewis (93), American singer and actress.^[17]
• 21 – Gunther Schuller (89), American composer, conductor, and horn player.^[18]
• 27 – Joe Bennett (75), American rock and roll singer, songwriter, and guitarist (Joe Bennett & the Sparkletones)

• 1
  • Val Doonican (88), Irish-born singer.
  • Edward Greenfield (86), British music critic and broadcaster.^[19]
• 13 – Eric Wrixon (68), British musician from Belfast, Northern Ireland (Them, Thin Lizzy).^[20]
• 22
  • Daron Norwood (49), American country music singer
  • Eddie Hardin (66), British singer-songwriter and pianist (The Spencer Davis Group and Axis Point).
• 30 – Lynn Anderson (67), American country singer
• 31 – Pamela Brandt (68), American country-rock bassist, singer and songwriter (The Deadly Nightshade)

• 1 – Cilla Black (72), British singer and presenter.
• 12 – John Scott (59), British organist and choirmaster.^[21]
• 14 – Jazz Summers (71), British music manager (Scissor Sisters, The Verve, Snow Patrol), (lung cancer)^[22]
• 20 – Laurent Rossi (67), French singer, songwriter, and record producer (Bimbo Jet)

• 4 – Hal Willis (82), Canadian country music singer
• 13 – Gary Richrath (65), American guitarist (REO Speedwagon)
• 29 – Phil Woods (83), American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, bandleader and composer^[23]

• 8 – Jim Diamond, Scottish singer (Ph.D.)
• 9 – Larry Rosen (75), American drummer, entrepreneur, and music producer.^[24]
• 10 – Steve Mackay (66) American Saxophonist (The Stooges) ^[25]
• 11 – Carey Lander, Scottish keyboardist (Camera Obscura) ^[26]
• 20 – Cory Wells (74), American singer (Three Dog Night)
• 22 – Mark Murphy (83), American singer.^[27]
• 28 – Diane Charlemagne (51), English dance singer (52nd Street, Urban Cookie Collective)

• 5 – Nora Brockstedt, Norwegian singer (92).^[28]
• 25 – Svein Christiansen, Norwegian drummer (74).^[29]

• 3 – Scott Weiland (48), American musician, singer and songwriter (Stone Temple Pilots, Velvet Revolver and Art of Anarchy)
• 28
  • Guru Josh (51), acid house DJ
  • Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister (70), English musician, singer and songwriter (Motörhead, Hawkwind, The Rockin' Vickers)
• 30 – Zjef Vanuytsel (70), Belgian folk singer.
• 31 – Natalie Cole (65), American singer, songwriter, and actress (congestive heart failure).^[30]

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