Doobie Brothers drummer dies
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The drummer with the Doobie Brothers, Keith Knudsen, dies of pneumonia at the age of 56.
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Danny Sugerman, manager of rock band The Doors, dies aged 50 in Los Angeles after battling lung cancer.
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. &#151; J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson suffered massive fractures and likely died immediately in the 1959 plane crash that also killed early rock 'n' rollers Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens, a forensic anthropologist said Tuesday after exhuming the body.
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The results of an autopsy have revealed that rapper ODB died from a drugs overdose. The New York City medical examiner&#39;s office announced yesterday that the rap-singer, real name Russell Jones, had taken cocaine
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Record producer Terry Melcher, who was behind hits by the Byrds and the Beach Boys, dies in Los Angeles.
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Joe Hunter, the veteran session musician who helped craft the "Motown Sound", dies at 79.
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Johnny Ramone, the guitarist with the eponymous punk group The Ramones, died at his home in Los Angeles on Wednesday following a five-year battle with prostate cancer.
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Legendary rock drummer and Hall of Fame  inductee Jim Capaldi died on Friday after a brief fight with  stomach cancer, his publicist said.
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Rock-and-roll pioneer Ike Turner, who was found dead last month, died of an accidental cocaine overdose, the San Diego County medical examiner said on Wednesday.
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Hank Garland, the guitarist whose career included work with Elvis Presley, the Everly Brothers, Roy Orbison and Patsy Cline, has died.
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One of the most famous American band leaders of the swing era, clarinettist Artie Shaw, dies aged 94.
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Legendary rock drummer and Hall of Fame inductee Jim Capaldi died on Friday after a brief fight with stomach cancer, his publicist said.
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Description: NPR&#39;s Scott Simon takes a musical moment to note the death of Louisiana bluesman Raful Neal. Too easy and a bluesman Rachel Neil died this week at the age of sixty-eight the singer and harmonica
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Rap artist ODB, known as &quot;Ol&#39; Dirty Bastard&quot; to his fans and Russell T. Jones to his friends and family, collapsed and died Saturday at a recording studio in Manhattan.
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Jimmy Griffin, an Academy Award-winning songwriter and former guitarist for the 1970s pop group Bread, died Tuesday in Nashville of complications from cancer. He was 61.
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George Osmond, father of the famous singing siblings The Osmonds, dies in Utah at the age of 90.
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Brad Delp, the lead singer for the band Boston, was found dead Friday in his home in southern New Hampshire. He was 55. Atkinson police responded to a call for help at 1:20 p.m. and found Delp dead. Police Lt. William Baldwin said in a statement the death was "untimely" and that there was no indication of foul play.