James Brown

James Brown

male, deceased (2006)
James Joseph Brown (May 3 1933 – December 25 2006), commonly referred to as "The Godfather of Soul" and "The Hardest Working Man in Show Bu...
Perez Prado

Perez Prado

male, deceased (1989)
Dámaso Pérez Prado was a Cuban/Mexican bandleader and composer. He is commonly referred to as the "King of the Mambo". Prado was born in Ma...

Mongo Santamaría

male, deceased (2003)
Ramón "Mongo" Santamaría was an Afro-Cuban Latin jazz percussionist. He is most famous for being the composer of the jazz standard "Afro Blue," re...
Joanne Brackeen

Joanne Brackeen

female, 71 years old (Boston, Massachusetts, United States)
Joanne Brackeen (born July 26, 1938) is an American jazz pianist and music educator. She was born Joanne Grogan in Ventura, California. She...
Lera Auerbach

Lera Auerbach

female, 36 years old
Lera Auerbach (b. October 21, 1973 in Chelyabinsk, Russia) is one of the most widely performed composers of the new generation. She was born in...
Les Colocs

Les Colocs

male
Les Colocs were a major musical band of the Quebec music scene of the 1990s.
Derroll Adams

Derroll Adams

male, deceased (2000)
Derroll Adams (November 27 1925 - February 6 2000) was an American folk musician. Adams was born Derroll Lewis Thompson in Portland, Oregon. At 16,...
Steady B

Steady B

male, 39 years old
Warren McGlone (born January 5, 1970 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), known by the stage name Steady B, is an American rapper who, along with...
Yoshinori Sunahara

Yoshinori Sunahara

male
Yoshinori Sunahara is a Japanese DJ and club programmer, particularly prominent in the Shibuya-kei and chillout scene. He was born in Sapporo,...
Charlotte Greig

Charlotte Greig

female
Charlotte Greig is a [British] novelist, singer and song-writer. Charlotte Greig was born in 1954 in Malta. Her father was in the navy and the...