In Loving Memory: A Tribute to the Musicians Who Passed Away in 2023

It’s constantly a huge loss when the globe sheds a gifted musician, and also however, 2023 began with numerous significant fatalities in songs. It started with Gangsta Boo, the introducing Southern women rap artist previously of hip-hop team Three 6 Mafia, that was discovered dead on New Year’s Day at age 43.

The following day, Alan Rankine of post-punk New Wave act The Associates, that additionally generated the Cocteau Twins and also sought his very own solo songs, passed away at age 64. Since after that, we’ve additionally shed rock guitar tale Jeff Beck — that passed away at age 78 on Jan. 10 — and also singer-songwriter Lisa Marie Presley, that experienced heart attack and also passed away on Jan. 12 at age 54.

While their liked ones and also followers around the world grieve the loss of these musicians, they will certainly not be failed to remember. Here, Billboard bears in mind the artists that left us in 2023.

• Tina Turner

  

  (Nov. 26, 1939 – May 24, 2023)

• Pete Brown

  

  (Dec. 25-1940 – May 20, 2023)

• Andy Rourke (right)

  

  (Jan. 17, 1964 – May 19, 2023)

• Rita Lee

  

  (Dec. 31, 1947 – May 8, 2023)

• Young Lo

  

  (May 7, 2023)

• Grace Bumbry

  

  (Jan. 4, 1937 – May 7, 2023)

• Rob Laakso

  

  (1979 – May 4, 2023)

• Linda Lewis

  

  (Sept. 27, 1950 – May 3, 2023)

• Gordon Lightfoot

  

  (Nov. 17, 1938 – May 1, 2023)

• Tim Bachman

  

  (Aug. 1, 1951 – April 28, 2023)

• MoneySign Suede

  

  (April 25, 2023)

• Harry Belafonte

  

  (March 1, 1927 – April 25, 2023)

• Otis Redding III

  

  (Dec. 17, 1963 – April 18, 2023)

• Moon Bin

  

  (April 19, 2023)

• Ahmad Jamal

  

  (July 2, 1930 – April 16, 2023)

• Mark Sheehan

  

  (Oct. 29, 1976 – April 14, 2023)

• Lasse Wellander

  

  (1952 – April 7, 2023)

• Ian Bairnson

  

  (April 7, 2023)

• Edward “Kidd” Jordan

  

  (1935 – April 7, 2023)

• Paul Cattermole

  

  (March 7, 1977 – April 6, 2023)

• Vivian Trimble (right)

  

  (May 24, 1963 – April 4, 2023)

• Brian Gillis

  

  (March 29, 2023)

• Ryuichi Sakamoto

  

  (1952 – March 28, 2023)

• Keith Reid

  

  (Oct. 19, 1946 – March 23, 2023)

• Tom Leadon

  

  (Sept. 16, 1952 – March 22, 2023)

• Wayne Swinny

  

  (Oct. 31, 1963 – March 22, 2023)

• Clarence “Fuzzy” Haskins (facility)

  

  (June 8, 1941 – March 17, 2023)

• Bobby Caldwell

  

  (April 15, 1951 – March 14, 2023)

• Paul Beasley

  

  (Dec. 11, 1944 – March 13, 2023)

• Jim Gordon

  

  (July 14, 1945 – March 13, 2023)

• Costa Titch

  

  (1995 – March 11, 2023)

• Chaim Topol

  

  (Sept. 9, 1935 – March 9, 2023)

• Gary Rossington (right)

  

  (Dec. 4, 1951 – March 5, 2023)

• Michael Rhodes

  

  (1953 – March 4, 2023)

• David Lindley

  

  (March 21, 1944 – March 3, 2023)

• Wayne Shorter

  

  (August 25, 1933 – March 2, 2023)

• Steve Mackey

  

  (1966 – March 2, 2023)

• Tom Whitlock

  

  (Feb. 20, 1954 – Feb. 18, 2023)

• Kyle Jacobs

  

  (Feb. 17, 2023)

• Gerald Fried

  

  (Feb. 13, 1928 – Feb. 17, 2023)

• Chuck Jackson

  

  (July 22, 1937 – Feb. 16, 2023)

• Huey “Piano” Smith

  

  (Jan. 26, 1934 – Feb. 13, 2023)

• Dave Jolicoeur

  

  (1968 – 2023)

• Burt Bacharach

  

  (May 12, 1928 – Feb. 9, 2023)

• Barrett Strong

  

  (Feb. 5, 1941 – Jan. 29, 2023)

• Tom Verlaine

  

  (Dec. 13, 1949 – Jan. 28, 2023)

• David Crosby

  

  (Aug. 14, 1941 – Jan. 19, 2023)

• Van Conner (right)

  

  (March 17, 1967 – Jan. 17, 2023)

• C.J. Harris

  

  (Jan. 28, 1991 – Jan. 15, 2023)

• Lisa Marie Presley

  

  (Feb. 1, 1968 – Jan. 12, 2023)

• Robbie Bachman

  

  (January 2023)

• Jeff Beck

  

  (June 24, 1944 – Jan. 10, 2023)

• Gordy Harmon of The Whispers

  

  (1943 – Jan. 5, 2023)

• Alan Rankine

  

  (May 17, 1958 – Jan. 2, 2023)

• Gangsta Boo

  

  (Aug. 7, 1979 –  Jan. 1, 2023)

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