Obituaries for musicians in 1981

Last Update: 04/01/2010 - Total (up to now): 39. If you can contribute with more data, please write to: molympus1@gmail.com

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December/1981:

• Hoagy Carmichael (27/December/1981)
• Sam Jones (bass) (15/December/1981)
• Big Walter Horton (harmonica) (08/December/1981)
• Taft Jordan (trumpet) (01/December/1981)

November/1981:

• Doug Roberts (drums) (18/November/1981)

October/1981:

• Louis Metcalf (trumpet) (28/October/1981)
• Oscar Moore (guitar) (08/October/1981)

September/1981:

• Furry Lewis (vocals) (14/September/1981)
• Helen Humes (vocals) (09/September/1981)

August/1981:

• Guy Stevens (producer) (28/August/1981)
• Lee Hays (26/August/1981)

July/1981:

• Harry Chapin (vocals) (16/July/1981)
• Rushton Moreve / John Russell Morgan (bass) (01/July/1981)

June/1981:

• Pee Wee Erwin (trumpet) (20/June/1981)

May/1981:

• Mary Lou Williams (keyboards) (28/May/1981)
• Roy Brown (vocals) (25/May/1981)
• Alan Gowen (keyboards) (17/May/1981)
• Ernie Freeman (keyboards / arranger) (16/May/1981)
• Bob Marley (vocals) (11/May/1981)

April/1981:

• Cat Anderson (trumpet) (29/April/1981)
• Steve Currie (bass) (28/April/1981)
• Kit Lambert (producer) (07/April/1981)
• Bob Hite (vocals) (05/April/1981)

March/1981:

• Tampa Red (guitar) (19/March/1981)

February/1981:

• Mike Bloomfield (guitar) (15/February/1981)
• Bill Haley (09/February/1981)
• Joe Carroll (vocals) (01/February/1981)

January/1981:

• Cozy Cole (drums) (31/January/1981)
• Russell Procope (sax) (21/January/1981)
• Bobby Fields (sax) (06/January/1981)
• Felton Jarvis (producer) (03/January/1981)
• David Lynch (vocals) (02/January/1981)
• John Persh (bass) (January/1981)

1981:

• Chuck Wagon (keyboards) (1981)
• Alan Malarowitz (1981)
• Tommy Moore (drums) (1981)
• Steve Keeley (drums) (1981)
• Felix Flaco Falcon (percussion) (1981)
• Frank Socolow (sax) (1981)

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