Overview of the events of 2017 in music
This topic covers notable events and articles related to 2017 in music .
Specific locations
Specific genres
Albums released
Awards
Soloist debuts
Bands on hiatus
Bands disbanded
Deaths
January
1 – Memo Morales (79), Venezuelan rumba singer2 – Auriel Andrew (69), Indigenous Australian country singer4 – Bade Fateh Ali Khan (82), Pakistani classical music and Khyal singer6 – Sylvester Potts (78), American R&B singer (the Contours )7 – Jerzy Kossela (74), Polish rock guitarist (Czerwone Gitary )8 – Peter Sarstedt (75), British folk pop singer10 – Buddy Greco (90), American jazz singer and pianist11 – Tommy Allsup (83), American rock and roll guitarist13
14 – John Boudreaux (80), American jazz and soul drummer15 – Greg Trooper (61), American alternative country singer and songwriter16
18 – Mike Kellie (69), British psychedelic rock and power pop drummer (Spooky Tooth , The Only Ones )19 – Loalwa Braz (63), Brazilian pop and lambada singer (Kaoma )20
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23 – Bobby Freeman (76), American pop and R&B singer24
25 – Ronnie Davis (66), Jamaican reggae singer (The Tennors , The Itals )27 – Stan Boreson (91), American comedian, accordionist and singer28
29 – Elkin Ramírez (54), Colombian hard rock singer (Kraken )30 – James Laurence (27), American hip hop musician and producer (Friendzone ) (death announced on this date)31
February
1 – Robert Dahlqvist (40), Swedish alternative rock guitarist and singer (The Hellacopters , Thunder Express , Dundertåget )4 – Steve Lang (67), Canadian rock bassist (April Wine )5
7 – Svend Asmussen (100), Danish jazz violinist8
11 – Jarmila Šuláková (87), Czech folk singer12
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Trish Doan (31), American heavy metal bassist (Kittie ) (death announced on this date)
E-Dubble (34), American rapper16 – Pericoma Okoye (81), Nigerian traditional music singer17
18 – Clyde Stubblefield (73), American funk and soul drummer (James Brown , The J.B.'s )19 – Larry Coryell (73), American jazz fusion guitarist20 – Huang Feili (99), Chinese classical music conductor23
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March
1 – Hiroshi Kamayatsu (78), Japanese rock singer (The Spiders , Vodka Collins )2 – Gata Cattana (26), Spanish rapper3
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7 – Kalika Prasad Bhattacharya (46), Indian folk singer8
10 – Joni Sledge (60), American R&B and disco singer (Sister Sledge )11
12 – Joey Alves (63), American hard rock rhythm guitarist (Y&T )13
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16 – James Cotton (81), American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter18 – Chuck Berry (90), American rock and roll guitarist, singer and songwriter20
21 – Gabriel "Negru" Mafa (42), black metal drummer (Negură Bunget )22
23 – Sebastián (63), Argentine cuarteto singer24
25 – Edward Grimes (43), American post-rock drummer (Rachel's )26
27 – Clem Curtis (76), Trinidadian-British singer (The Foundations )28 – Terry Fischer (70), American pop singer (The Murmaids )30 – Rosie Hamlin (71), American pop singer (Rosie and the Originals )
April
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3 – Brenda Jones (62), American singer (The Jones Girls )5 – Paul O'Neill (61), American progressive metal composer, lyricist, producer, and songwriter (Trans-Siberian Orchestra , Savatage )6 – David Peel (74), American folk singer and songwriter7 – Ben Speer (86), American gospel singer (Speer Family )8 – Keni Richards (60), American rock drummer (Autograph )9
10 – Banner Thomas (62), American hard rock bassist (Molly Hatchet )11
12 – Barry "Frosty" Smith (71), American rock drummer (Sweathog , Soulhat )14 – Bruce Langhorne (78), American folk singer15
19 – Dick Contino (87), American accordionist and singer20 – Cuba Gooding Sr. (72), American soul and R&B singer (The Main Ingredient )23 – Jerry Adriani (70), Brazilian rock singer27
Jeff Decker, Canadian heavy metal guitarist (Thor )
John Shifflett (64), American jazz bassist28 – Joanna Brouk (68), American electronic music composer
May
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2 – Kevin Garcia (41), American indie rock bassist (Grandaddy )3
4 – Katy Bødtger (84), Danish singer (Eurovision Song Contest 1960 )5 – Clive Brooks (67), British progressive rock drummer (Egg )9
Michael Parks (77), American country singer and actorRobert Miles (47), Swiss-born Italian electronic dance record producer, composer and DJ10
Bonaldo "Burt" Bonaldi (90), American pop singer (The Gaylords )
Pierre DeMudd (64), American trumpeter and singer (Dazz Band ) 11 – İbrahim Erkal (50), Turkish folk singer12 – Bill Dowdy (84), American jazz drummer (The Three Sounds )13 – Jimmy Copley (63), British rock drummer14 – Keith Mitchell, American dream pop drummer (Mazzy Star )17 – Chris Cornell (52), American alternative rock singer and songwriter (Soundgarden , Audioslave , Temple of the Dog )18 – Frankie Paul (51), Jamaican dancehall singer20
Jimmy Dale (81), British-Canadian film and television composerAce Still, American doom metal singer (Goatlord ) 21
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25 – Saucy Sylvia (96), Canadian-born American comedy music singer and pianist27
29 – Arleen Lanzotti (73), American pop singer (The Delicates )31 – Bern Nix (69), American jazz guitarist
June
2 – Aamir Zaki (49), Pakistani psychedelic rock guitarist6
8 – Norro Wilson (79), American country music singer, songwriter and record producer11 – Rosalie Sorrels (83), American folk singer and songwriter12 – Geri Allen (60), American jazz pianist16 – Eliza Clívia (37), Brazilian forro singer17 – Thara Memory (68), American jazz trumpeter18 – Chris Murrell (60), American gospel and jazz singer20
21 – Belton Richard (77), American Cajun accordionist22 – Jimmy Nalls (66), American blues rock guitarist (Sea Level )25 – Dave Evans (66), American bluegrass singer and banjoist28
Gary DeCarlo (75), American pop singer and songwriter (Steam )
Nic Ritter (37), American thrash metal drummer (Warbringer )
Dave Rosser (50), American alternative rock guitarist (The Afghan Whigs ) 30 – Don Rea (88), American pop singer (The Gaylords )
July
3 – Rudy Rotta (66), Italian blues rock guitarist4 – John Blackwell, Jr. (43), American funk and R&B drummer (D'Angelo , The New Power Generation )5 – Pierre Henry (89), French musique concrète composer6
9 – Erik Cartwright (66), American blues rock guitarist (Foghat )12
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16 – Wilfried (67), Austrian pop singer17 – Peter Principle (63), American post-punk bassist (Tuxedomoon )19
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27 – Billy Joe Walker Jr. (64), American country music record producer28 – D.L. Menard (85), American Cajun music singer31 – Chuck Loeb (61), American jazz guitarist (Fourplay )
August
1 – Goldy McJohn (72), Canadian hard rock keyboardist (Steppenwolf )2 – Daniel Licht (60), American film and television composer4
8 – Glen Campbell (81), American country music singer and songwriter11 – Segun Bucknor (71), Nigerian soul and funk keyboardist and guitarist19 – Bea Wain (100), American big band singer (Larry Clinton and His Orchestra )20 – Jerry Lewis (91), American actor and pop singer21 – Sonny Burgess (88), American rockabilly singer22 – John Abercrombie (73), American jazz fusion guitarist24
26 – Wilson das Neves (81), Brazilian bossa nova singer and percussionist28 – Melissa Bell (53), British R&B and soul singer (Soul II Soul )29 – Larry Elgart (95), American jazz bandleader and alto saxophonist30 – Skip Prokop (73), Canadian rock and jazz fusion drummer (Lighthouse , The Paupers )
September
1 – Mick Softley (77), British folk singer and songwriter2 – Dave Hlubek (66), American rock guitarist and songwriter (Molly Hatchet )3 – Walter Becker (67), American jazz rock guitarist, bassist and songwriter (Steely Dan )4 – Earl Lindo (64), Jamaican reggae keyboardist (Bob Marley and the Wailers )5 – Rick Stevens (77), American R&B singer (Tower of Power )6 – Holger Czukay (79), German experimental rock bassist (Can )8
11 – Virgil Howe (41), British alternative rock drummer (Little Barrie )12
Riem de Wolff (74), Dutch-Indonesian rock and roll singer (The Blue Diamonds )
Josh Schwartz (45), American alternative country guitarist (Beachwood Sparks )
Jessi Zazu (28), American garage rock singer and songwriter (Those Darlins ) 13 – Grant Hart (56), American alternative rock singer, songwriter and drummer (Hüsker Dü )17 – Laudir de Oliveira (77), Brazilian rock and jazz percussionist (Chicago )18 – Mark Selby (56), American blues rock singer and guitarist21 – Cees Bergman (65), Dutch glam rock singer (Catapult )22
23 – Charles Bradley (68), American soul singer27
30 – Tom Paley (89), American folk guitarist and banjoist (New Lost City Ramblers )
October
2 – Tom Petty (66), American rock singer, songwriter and guitarist (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers , Traveling Wilburys , Mudcrutch )4 – Janis Hansen (74), American pop and bossa nova singer (Sérgio Mendes & Brasil '66 , The Carnival )5
Alvin DeGuzman, American post-hardcore guitarist (The Icarus Line )
Rodrigo BVevino (42), British heavy metal singer (Avenger ) 6 – Bunny Sigler (76), American soul singer, songwriter and record producer7 – Jimmy Beaumont (76), American doo-wop singer (The Skyliners )8 – Grady Tate (85), American jazz drummer and singer16
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18 – Eamonn Campbell (70), Irish folk singer and guitarist (The Dubliners )21 – Martin Eric Ain (50), American-Swiss heavy metal bassist (Celtic Frost )22
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Mike Hudson (61), American punk rock singer (The Pagans )
Dick Noel (90), American big band singer28
Bruce Black, American power metal drummer (Meliah Rage )
Daichi Shimoda, Japanese deathcore vocalist (Victim of Deception)[ 2] 29
November
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2 – María Martha Serra Lima (72), Argentinean bolero singer3
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9 – Fred Cole (69), American garage rock singer and guitarist (The Lollipop Shoppe , Dead Moon )10 – Chuck Mosley (57), American alternative rock singer (Faith No More )11 – Chiquito de la Calzada (85), Spanish flamenco singer12 – Chad Hanks (46), American metal bassist (American Head Charge )15
16 – Michael "Dik Mik" Davies (73), British space rock keyboardist (Hawkwind )17 – Rikard Wolff (59), Finnish pop singer and actor18
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20 – Laila Sari (82), Indonesian children's music singer21
22 – Tommy Keene (59), American power pop singer and songwriter23
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26 – Patrick Bourgeois (54), Canadian rock singer and guitarist (Les B.B. )27 – Robert Popwell (66), American rock and jazz bassist (The Young Rascals , The Crusaders )28 – Shadia (86), Egyptian pop singer29 – Robert Walker (80), American blues guitarist30
December
Musical films
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