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- Fred White. Jan. 13, 1955, to Jan. 1, 2023. Drummer, musician, composer (Earth, Wind & Fire)
- Gangsta Boo, a.k.a. Lola Chantrelle Mitchell. Aug. 7, 1979, to Jan. 1, 2023. Rapper (Three 6 Mafia) "I just want people to know that I'm a really hard worker.
- Joseph Koo. Feb. 25, 1931, to Jan. 3, 2023. Cantonese pop composer. "Before him there wasn't really such a thing as Cantopop. He is to Hong Kong music what Bruce Lee is to Kung Fu and martial arts."
- Jeff Beck. June 24, 1944, to Jan. 10, 2023. Guitarist (the Yardbirds, the Jeff Beck Group, Beck, Bogert & Appice) "Jeff Beck was on another planet. He took me and Ronnie Wood to the U.S.A.
- Jeff Beck (1944-2023) Jan 10 English Grammy Award-winning rock guitarist (Yardbirds, 1965-66; Jeff Beck Group, 1967-72), dies of bacterial meningitis at 78 [1] [2]
- Lisa Marie Presley (1968-2023) Jan 12 American singer-songwriter ("Lights Out"), and daughter of Elvis, dies of cardiac arrest predicated by a small bowel obstruction at 54 [1]
- Burt Bacharach (1928-2023) Feb 8 American Grammy and Academy Award-winning composer ("I'll Never Fall in Love Again"; "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head"; "Promises, Promises"), dies at 94 [1]
- Raquel Welch (1940-2023) Feb 15 American stage and screen (Myra Breckenridge; One Million Years B.C.; 100 Rifles), and nightclub singer, dies at 82 [1] [2]
- Jeff Beck (24 June 1944 – 10 January 2023) Ground-breaking British guitarist who revolutionised the instrument during a 60-year career that saw him play in Screaming Lord Sutch And The Savages, The Yardbirds, The Jeff Beck Group and Beck, Bogert & Appice, as well as releasing 12 solo albums that spanned blues, hard rock and jazz fusion.
- Frank Wyatt (Died January 10, 2023) Keyboard player, saxophonist and flautist with US progressive rockers Happy The Man, appearing their albums Happy The Man (1977) and Crafty Hands (1978).
- Yukihiro Takahashi (June 6, 1952 – January 11, 2023) The lead vocalist, drummer and a co-founder of Yellow Magic Orchestra, who also guested on albums by Ryuichi Sakamoto, Bill Nelson and more.
- Robbie Bachman (February 18, 1953 – January 12, 2023) The drummer and co-founder of Canadian hard rockers Bachman-Turner Overdrive, who he played with from 1973 to 1977.
- Gangsta Boo (August 7, 1979 – January 1, 2023) Lola Chantrelle Mitchell – known professionally as Gangsta Boo – first rose to fame as a member of Memphis hip-hop group Three 6 Mafia, whom she joined at the age of 14 after being discovered by founding member DJ Paul.
- Jeff Beck (June 24, 1944 – January 10, 2023) Advertisement. One of music’s most revered guitarists, Jeff Beck influenced many of the last six decades’ axe-wielders – and beyond.
- Lisa Marie Presley (February 1, 1968 – January 12, 2023) Although better known as Elvis’ daughter than an artist in her own right, Lisa Marie Presley followed in her father’s footsteps as a singer and songwriter in 2003.
- David Crosby (August 14, 1941 – January 18, 2023) Throughout his career, David Crosby was a pioneer – first, of folk rock and psychedelia with The Byrds and, later, of the Laurel Canyon sound with Crosby, Stills & Nash.
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- Fred White. While the legendary outfit Earth, Wind & Fire could be categorized most accurately as an R&B group, their sound has always defied labels. Early '70s hits like "Shining Star," "Sing a Song," and "September" revealed strong traces of jazz and funk running through their tunes, and when the band pivoted to disco in the late '70s, the most prominent result was a little tune titled "Boogie Wonderland," a song which has your butt shaking at this very minute simply from reading the title.
- Lola 'Gangsta Boo' Mitchell. Three 6 Mafia are bona fide hip-hop legends. Their 1995 debut LP, "Mystic Stylez," is a Southern-fried, underground lo-fi classic.
- Alan Rankine. Scottish band The Associates isn't necessarily a household name in the United States, unless the members of your household were really into the United Kingdom post-punk scene in the '80s.
- Jeff Beck. As musical pedigrees go, one could do a whole lot worse than "former member of The Yardbirds." According to Brittanica, that legendary '60s outfit has produced more insanely talented guitarists than any one band has a reasonable right to, which is to say three: Jimmy Page, who would later set the world on fire with Led Zeppelin; Eric Clapton, who would front supergroup Cream before going on to a stellar solo career; and Jeff Beck, a square peg who never found a round hole he couldn't fit into.
Dec 18, 2023 · Musicians who died in 2023 include Jeff Beck, David Crosby and Lisa Marie Presley. Here's a gallery of the artists we've lost, but won't forget.
Jun 26, 2023 · In Memoriam: 2023 Deaths. The world said goodbye to some hugely influential pop culture figures in 2023, including award-winning actors, legendary athletes, multiplatinum-selling musicians and ...
