 Births and Deaths of Pop Stars in 2006
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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