Births
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.
September 12 — Jayden James Federline, son of Britney Spears and Kevin Federline.

Deaths
January 1 — Bryan Harvey, American singer-guitarist of House of Freaks, 46
January 6 -Lou Rawls, American soul singer, 72
Alex St. Claire, American drummer of Captain Beefheart, 64
January 11 — Markus Löffel, German disc jockey, 39
January 19 — Wilson Pickett, American singer, 64
January 27 — Gene McFadden, American singer-songwriter and producer, 56
January 30 — Thomas "Pig Champion" Roberts, American guitarist of Poison Idea, 47
February 2 — Bill Cowsill, American singer-gutarist of The Cowsills, 52
February 3 — Romano Mussolini, Italian jazz pianist, 78
February 10 — Jay Dee, American hip hop producer, 32
February 15 — Anna Marly, French singer-songwriter, 88
February 22 — Anthony Burger, American gospel music pianist, 44
March 7 — Ali Farka Touré, Malian singer and guitarist, 66
March 10 — Anna Moffo, American operatic soprano, 75
March 13 — Geoffrey Wilkes, bassist of The Orange Jam Conspiracy, 18
March 23 - Pío Leyva, Cuban singer of the Buena Vista Social Club, 88
Cindy Walker, American country singer-songwriter, 87
March 25 - Buck Owens, American country singer and guitarist, 76
Rocío Dúrcal, Spanish singer and actress, 62
March 27 — Pete Wells, 48, guitarist of Buffalo & Rose Tattoo
April 5 — Gene Pitney, American singer-songwriter, 65
April 11 -June Pointer, American singer of Pointer Sisters, 52
Proof (DeShaun Holton), American rapper of D12, 32
April 24 - Erik Bergman, Finnish composer of classical music, 94
Bonnie Owens, American country singer, 76
April 28 — Ben-Zion Orgad, Israeli composer, 80
May 1 — Big Hawk, American rapper, 36
May 5 — Naushad, Indian composer, 86
May 6 — Grant McLennan, Australian guitarist and songwriter of The Go Betweens, 48
May 10 - Soraya, Colombian-American singer, 37
John Hicks, American jazz pianist, 65
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 — Ian Copeland, American music promoter, 57
May 25 — Desmond Dekker, Jamaican ska and reggae performer, 64
June 1 — Rocío Jurado, Spanish singer and actress, 62
June 2 - Johnny Grande, American keyboardist of Bill Haley & His Comets, 76
Vince Welnick, American keyboardist of Grateful Dead, 55
June 6 - Billy Preston, American soul keyboardist, 59
Hilton Ruiz, Puerto Rican-American jazz pianist, 54
June 12 — György Ligeti, Hungarian composer, 83
June 20 — Claydes Charles Smith, American guitarist of Kool and the Gang, 57.
June 27 — Eileen Barton, American singer, 76
July 3 - Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, American mezzo-soprano, 52
Jack Smith, American singer, 92
July 7 -Syd Barrett, English singer, songwriter, guitarist and founding-member of Pink Floyd, 60
Mícheál Ó Domhnaill, Irish singer and guitarist of The Bothy Band, 54
July 8 — June Allyson, American actress, singer and dancer, 88
July 9 — Milan Williams, American keyboardist of The Commodores, 58
July 13 — Ade Monsbourgh, Australian jazz musician, 89
July 16 — Malachi Thompson, American jazz trumpeter, 56
July 22 — Jessie Mae Hemphill, American singer-songwriter, 82
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 4 – Monroe Clark, English-born Violinist, 70
August 16 — Jon Nödtveidt, Swedish singer of Dissection, 31
August 19 — Joseph Hill, Jamaican lead singer of roots reggae group Culture, 57
August 22 — Bruce Gary, American drummer of The Knack, 55
August 23 — Maynard Ferguson, Canadian jazz trumpet player, 78
August 24 — John Weinzweig, Canadian composer of classical music, 93
August 27 — Jesse Pintado, Mexican-American guitarist for Napalm Death, 37
August 28 - Pip Pyle, English drummer forHatfield and the North, National Health, and Gong, 56
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 saxaphonist 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 — Malcolm Arnold, English composer, 84
September 30 — Isabel Bigley, American singer and actress, 78
October 14 — Freddy Fender, American singer, 69
October 18 — Anna Russell, UK singer and comedienne, 94
October 21 — Sandy West, American drummer of The Runaways, 47
October 23 - Lebo Mathosa, singer, 29 (car accident)
Leonid Hambro, pianist, 86
October 26 — Rogério Duprat, composer, 74
November 1 - Jason DiEmilio, guitarist (The Azusa Plane), 36
Buddy Killen, record producer and founder of Dial Records, 73
Silvio Varviso, conductor, 82
November 3 – Paul Mauriat, orchestra leader, 81
November 8 – Basil Poledouris, film composer, 61
November 10 – Gerald Levert, singer, 40
November 17 - Ruth Brown, US singer, 78
November 22 - John Allan Cameron, folk musician, 67
November 23 - Betty Comden, lyricist partner of Adolph Green, 89
Anita O'Day, jazz singer, 87
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 8 - Martha Tilton, US big band singer, 91
December 9 - Georgia Gibbs, US singer, 87
December 11 - Homer Ledford, bluegrass musician, 79

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Discuss figures that mean something to you. Enlighten us on people we probably don't know much about. Who died on your birthday? Look them up and tell us about them. Give respect to those that passed this year.

Poor Lou. He sang the national anthem at game two of the 2005 world series in Chicago. Nobody knew he was seriously ill.

didn't think she'd have made this list.






i saw them clearing the wreck on my way to work

anyways. our popstars are so much better than american popstars. SO MUCH DRAMA, bisexual diva cokehead drama queens etc. we love it

Lebo Mathosa (1977 - 23 October 2006) was a popular South African kwaito singer.

Mathosa started her career with the popular South African band Boom Shaka in 1994, before turning solo in 1999. Her debut solo album Dream went gold within 4 weeks of its launch in 2000. At the 2001 South African Music Awards, Mathosa won Best Dance Album for Dream, Best Dance Single for her debut single Intro from the same album, and Best Female Vocalist. Her next album, Drama Queen released in 2004, again earned the SA Music Award for Best Dance Album.[1]

She topped the South African pop charts in 2004, and in 2006 she was nominated for a British MOBO award. She performed all over the world, from Southern Africa to Malaysia to Trafalgar Square in London, one of her most significant performances being at Nelson Mandela's 85th birthday party. She also toured the US with the show The Vagina Monologues.

She was well known for her dyed blond hair, her live shows and outrageous stage outfits, and was openly bisexual.[2] She was frequently compared to the South African singer Brenda Fassie, who died in 2004. She won the Syle Best Dressed Woman of the Year Award in 2001, and was nominated by FHM magazine as one of Africa's sexiest women.[3]

Mathosa died in a car crash, aged 29, after her driver lost control of her vehicle in Johannesburg

it's about tiiiiiime you listen to boom shaka <3

Valentin Elizalde. Kind of a shock but not. Singers of his kind always seem to end up dead. I'm sure that when I go to L.A. I'll see like all sorts of RIP posters and stuff around.

wasn't pitt's baby born this year?