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<\/a><\/p>\nGarth Hudson, Roberta Flack, Ozzy Osbourne, Marianne Faithfull, Sly Stone and Brian Wilson are among the music greats who have died in 2025.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
More than halfway through 2025, we\u2019ve lost many luminaries within the wide sphere of the music community. Below are many of the artists and music industry influencers who have passed this year. They are arranged alphabetically, the person\u2019s name followed by the death date and a brief description of who they were.<\/p>\n
If an artist\u2019s name is underlined, you can click on it to be taken to Best Classic Bands\u2019 full obituary.<\/p>\n
Below the list of musical artists, we\u2019ve also noted several other prominent figures whose lives were lost in 2025.<\/p>\n
We will miss all of these great talents. RIP.<\/p>\n
Susan Alcorn<\/strong>\u20141\/31\u2014Country and jazz pedal steel guitarist<\/p>\n Dave Allen<\/strong><\/span><\/a>\u20144\/5\u2014Bassist and founding member of U.K. post-punk band Gang of Four<\/p>\n Bob Andrews<\/strong><\/span><\/a>\u20146\/5\u2014Keyboardist and founding member of the early 1970s U.K. pub-rock band Brinsley Schwarz, and later a member of the Rumour, the backup band for Graham Parker<\/p>\n Larry Appelbaum<\/strong>\u20142\/21\u2014Jazz journalist, broadcaster and historian<\/p>\n Roy Ayers<\/strong>\u20143\/4\u2014Jazz, funk and soul vibraphonist and composer<\/p>\n Amadou Bagayoko<\/b>\u20144\/5\u2014Guitarist\/vocalist in Malian duo Amadou & Mariam<\/p>\n Roy Thomas Baker<\/strong><\/span><\/a>\u20144\/12\u2014Prolific and successful producer (Queen, The Cars, Journey, among numerous others)<\/p>\n Gene \u201cDaddy G\u201d Barge<\/strong>\u20142\/2\u2014Saxophonist best known for his work with Gary U.S. Bonds<\/p>\n Dave Bargeron<\/strong>\u20141\/18\u2014Trombonist and tuba player with Blood, Sweat and Tears<\/p>\n Al Barile<\/strong>\u20144\/6\u2014Guitarist with hardcore band SS Decontrol (SSD)<\/p>\n The Sonics in their mid-\u201960s heyday<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Bob Bennett<\/strong>\u20142\/4?\u2014Drummer with \u201960s garage band the Sonics<\/p>\n Alan Bergman<\/strong>\u20147\/17\u2014Lyricist (\u201cThe WIndmills of Your Mind,\u201d \u201cNice \u2019n\u2019 Easy,\u201d \u201cThe Way We Were,\u201d \u201cYou Don\u2019t Bring me Flowers\u201d)<\/p>\n Mike Berry<\/strong>\u20144\/11\u2014English singer and actor, known for the top 10 (U.K.) hits \u201cDon\u2019t You Think It\u2019s Time\u201d (1963) and \u201cThe Sunshine of Your Smile\u201d<\/p>\n Andy Bey<\/strong>\u20144\/26\u2014Jazz vocalist<\/p>\n Les Binks<\/strong>\u20143\/15\u2014Judas Priest drummer for two years in the late \u201970s<\/p>\n David Briggs<\/strong>\u20144\/22\u2014Keyboardist who played with Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Dolly Parton, Kris Kristofferson and Alice Cooper, among many others<\/p>\n Shaun Brighton<\/strong>\u20141\/31\u2014Vocalist\/guitarist for new wave band Nervus Rex<\/p>\n Rick Buckler<\/strong>\u20142\/17\u2014Drummer with English punk\/power pop trio The Jam<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Clem Burke<\/strong><\/span><\/a>\u20144\/7\u2014Drummer for Blondie<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n