Trentavious Zamon White Sr. (August 2, 1987 – March 4, 2016), better known by his stage name Bankroll Fresh or Yung Fresh, was an American rapper from Atlanta, Georgia. Fresh is best known for his 2014 single “Hot Boy”. He starred in the independent short film Take Over Your Trap in 2016. He was shot.

 

Randy Jones (January 23, 1944 – June 13, 2016) was a British-born American jazz drummer. He was a versatile musician capable of driving a big band, but could also play quite well with smaller units. Jones played in Dave Brubeck’s Quartet from 1980 to the pianist’s death in 2012.

Ekrem Jevrić (25 October 1961 – 4 March 2016) was a Montenegrin American singer and musician based in Yonkers, New York. His YouTube video “Kuća pos’o” (House – Work) earned him instant popularity across former Yugoslavia, due to its perception as camp aesthetic.

 

Wayne Lamar Jackson (November 24, 1941 – June 21, 2016)[2] was an American soul and R&B musician, playing the trumpet in the Mar-Keys, in the house band at Stax Records and later as one of The Memphis Horns, described as “arguably the greatest soul horn section ever”.

Shelley Moore (March 10, 1932 – June 23, 2016) was an English-born American jazz singer. In the 1950s she performed in nightclubs and for American troops in England, appeared on British television and radio, and released several singles.

Gavin Christopher (May 1, 1949 – March 3, 2016) was an American R&B singer, songwriter, musician, and producer. Khan then left and joined Rufus (scoring several pop and R&B hits with them). Christopher later joined another band called High Voltage.

Julius La Rosa (January 2, 1930 – May 12, 2016) was an Italian-American traditional popular music singer, who worked in both radio and television beginning in the 1950s.

Paul Gordon (October 19, 1963 – February 18, 2016) was an American musician, composer, and producer. A keyboardist and guitarist, he was a member of New Radicals and the keyboardist for the B-52’s from 2007 until his death in 2016. Gordon also composed music for both television and film soundtracks.

“Olle” Ljungström (12 August 1961 – 4 May 2016) was a Swedish singer, songwriter, and musician. Ljungström grew up in Vaxholm. He was vocalist and guitarist in the group Reeperbahn from 1979 to 1984; since the early 1990s he performed solo.

 

Richard Grayson was born in New York on March 25, 1941. He received his PhD in composition from UCLA in 1969 and in the same year joined the music faculty of Occidental College, where he taught until his retirement in 2001. His 32 years of annual keyboard improvisation concerts, in which he improvised based on audience requests, were a highlight of that college’s concert season.

Ojārs Grīnbergs (19 November 1942 – 22 April 2016) was a Soviet and Latvian singer. He was a member of the Riga variety orchestra (1966-1974).

John Allan Seay, Jr. (July 15, 1940 – May 14, 2016) was an American country music singer, professionally known as Johnny Sea or Johnny Seay. His first hits came in the late 1950s, and his career saw a resurgence in the mid-1960s, particularly with the release of his spoken word single “Day For Decision”.

“Mike” Hart (3 December 1943 – 22 June 2016) was an English singer-songwriter and poet. In 1962 he founded the band The Roadrunners, before leaving in 1965 to join The Liverpool Scene, a poetry and music collective, with Adrian Henri, Andy Roberts, and Mike Evans.

Robbie Brennan (1947 – 12 April 2016) was an Irish drummer and a former member of Phil Lynott’s band Grand Slam. Brennan also played with a variety of Irish musicians such as Christy Moore, Skid Row, Auto Da Fé, Paul Brady and Clannad.

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Mélomane invétéré plongeant dans tous les genres et époques, Nicolas Pelletier a publié 6 000 critiques de disques et concerts depuis 1991, dont 1100 chez emoragei magazine et 600 sur enMusique.ca, dont il a également été le rédacteur en chef de 2009 à 2014. Il publie "Les perles rares et grands crus de la musique" en 2013, lance le site RREVERB en 2014, et devient stratège numérique des radios de Bell Média en 2015, participant au lancement de la marque iHeartRadio au Canada en 2016. Il dirige maintenant la stratégie numérique d'ICI Musique, la radio musicale de Radio-Canada.