From Liam Payne to Quincy Jones, Toby Keith and beyond, here are the artists who have left us this year.
Liam Payne attends the World Premiere of ‘I Am Bolt’ at Odeon Leicester Square on Nov. 28, 2016 in London, England.
Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images
It’s so hard to say goodbye … especially to talented creators who have contributed beautiful works of art that have made the world a brighter place. But while no one can live forever, musicians’ compositions will go on to be enjoyed by future generations.
The world of music had a rough start when on Jan. 4, David Soul — who played the blond, blue-eyed Det. Kenneth “Hutch” Hutchinson on hit 1970s buddy-cop TV series Starsky and Hutch — died at age 80. But the late star wasn’t just an actor when it came to the world of entertainment — he was also an accomplished musician, landing three songs on the Billboard Hot 100 (including 1977’s No. 1 hit “Don’t Give Up on Us”) and two albums on the Billboard 200.
Then Grammy-winning artist Jo-El Sonnier died at age 77 on Jan. 14, while on tour. He suffered cardiac arrest after a show in Texas. Just days later, the world said goodbye to Mary Weiss, the lead singer of 1960s pop girl group The Shangri-Las. She was 75. And that was just the beginning of the musicians who would go on to leave us this year.
And a day after the 2024 Grammys, the music world was shaken by the news of Toby Keith’s death. The country star — who had previously shared with fans in 2022 that he was battling stomach cancer — died at age 62 on Feb. 5, a message on his website and social media accounts announced.
The death of Liam Payne also shocked the world on Oct. 16. The former member of One Direction, who was only 31 years old, died after falling from the third floor his hotel room in Argentina, police said.
While friends and loved ones mourn these talented artists, they will not be forgotten by their fans around the world. Below, Billboard remembers the musicians who passed away in 2024.
Dulce
Image Credit: Jaime Nogales/Medios y Media/Getty Images
(July 29, 1954 – December 2024)
Slim Dunlap (left)
Image Credit: Ebet Roberts/Redferns
(Aug. 14, 1941 – Dec. 18, 2024)
Angela Alvarez
Image Credit: RONDA CHURCHILL/AFP via GI
(June 13, 1927 – Dec. 6, 2024)
Bob Bryar
Image Credit: Paul McConnell/Getty Images
(Dec. 31, 1979 – November 2024)
Colin Petersen (left)
Image Credit: Ivan Keeman/Redferns
(March 24, 1946 – Nov. 18, 2024)
Dennis Bryon
Image Credit: Jeff Hochberg/Getty Images
(April 14, 1949 – Nov. 14, 2024)
Roy Haynes
Image Credit: Ruven Afanador
(March 13, 1925 – Nov. 12, 2024)
Ella Jenkins
Image Credit: R. Diamond/WireImage.
Quincy Jones
Image Credit: Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic
(March 14, 1933 – Nov. 2, 2024)
Richard Andrew
Image Credit: Sean T Barnes
DJ Clark Kent
Image Credit: Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images
(Sept. 28, 1966 – Oct. 24, 2024)
Phil Lesh
Image Credit: Ed Perlstein/Redferns/Getty Images
(March 15, 1940 – Oct. 25, 2024)
Jack Jones
Image Credit: Michael Putland/Getty Images
(Jan. 14, 1938 – Oct. 23, 2024)
Paul Di’Anno
Image Credit: Kevin Nixon/Metal Hammer Magazine/Future via Getty Images/Future via Getty Images)
(May 17, 1958 – Oct. 21, 2024)
Egidio Cuadrado (front)
Image Credit: ViX
Mitzi Gaynor
Image Credit: Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images
(Sept. 4, 1931 – Oct. 17, 2024)
Liam Payne
Image Credit: Mike Marsland/Mike Marsland/WireImage
(Aug. 29, 1993 – Oct. 16, 2024)
Jackmaster
Image Credit: Nicolas Schopfer
Ka
Image Credit: Barry Brecheisen/WireImage
El Taiger
Image Credit: Johnny Louis/Getty Images
(Sept. 6, 1987 – Oct. 10, 2024)
Johnny Neel
Image Credit: Steve Eichner/WireImage
(June 11, 1954 – Oct. 6, 2024)
Cissy Houston
Image Credit: Christopher Polk/Getty Images For BET
(Sept. 30, 1933 – Oct. 7, 2024)
Nell Smith
Image Credit: Jim Dyson/Getty Images
Ken Page
Image Credit: Amanda Edwards/WireImage
(Jan. 20, 1954 – Sept. 30, 2024)
Gavin Creel
Image Credit: Jason Kempin/Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions
(April 18, 1976 – Sept. 30, 2024)
Kris Kristofferson
Image Credit: Rick Diamond/Getty Images
(June 22, 1936 – Sept. 28, 2024)
JD Souther
Image Credit: Courtesy Photo
(Nov. 2, 1945 – Sept. 17, 2024)
Tito Jackson
Image Credit: Dominik Bindl/Getty Images
(Oct. 15, 1953 – Sept. 15, 2024)
Tommy Cash
Image Credit: Rick Diamond/Getty Images
(April 5, 1940 – Sept. 13, 2024)
Frankie Beverly
Image Credit: David Corio/Michael Ochs Archive/Getty Images
(Dec. 6, 1946 – Sept. 10, 2024)
Will Jennings
Image Credit: Courtesy of Songwriters Hall of Fame
(June 27, 1944 – Sept. 6, 2024)
Mark Moffatt
Image Credit: Picasa
Sergio Mendes
Image Credit: Harmony Gerber/Getty Images
(Feb. 11, 1941 – Sept. 5, 2024)
Scott Simon
Image Credit: David Livingston/Getty Images
(Dec. 9, 1948 – Sept. 5, 2024)
Herbie Flowers
Image Credit: Richard Ecclestone/Redferns
(May 19, 1938 – Sept. 5, 2024)
Rich Homie Quan
Image Credit: Stephen J. Cohen/Getty Images
(Oct. 4, 1990 – Sept. 5, 2024)
James Darren
Image Credit: Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images
(June 8, 1936 – Sept. 2, 2024)
Danielle Moore
Image Credit: Andrew Benge/Redferns via Getty Images
Greg Kihn
Image Credit: Gems/Redferns
(July 10, 1949 – Aug. 13, 2024)
Jack Russell
Image Credit: Lisa Lake/Getty Images
Maurice Williams
Image Credit: Gilles Petard/Redferns
(April 26, 1938 – Aug. 5, 2024)
Chino XL
Image Credit: Paul Mounce/Corbis via Getty Images
John Mayall
Image Credit: Graham Lowe /Redferns
(Nov. 29, 1933 – July 22, 2024)
Abdul “Duke” Fakir
Image Credit: Evening Standard/Getty Images/Hulton Archive
(Dec. 26, 1935 – July 22, 2024)
Jerry Fuller
Image Credit: CBS via Getty Images
(Nov. 19, 1938 – July 18, 2024)
Evelyn Thomas
Image Credit: YouTube
(Aug. 22, 1953 – July 21, 2024)
Jerry Miller
Image Credit: Gems/Redferns/Getty Images
(July 10, 1943 – July 21, 2024)
Bernice Johnson Reagon
Image Credit: Hiroyuki Ito/Getty Images
(Oct. 4, 1942 – July 16, 2024)
Dave Loggins
Image Credit: Michael Ochs/Getty Images
(Nov. 10, 1947 – July 10, 2024)
Joe Bonsall
Image Credit: Jon Mir
Martin Phillipps
Image Credit: Jordi Vidal/Redferns
DJ Polo (right)
Image Credit: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images
Kinky Friedman
Image Credit: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images
(Nov. 1, 1944 – June 27, 2024)
Shifty Shellshock
Image Credit: Tim Roney/Getty Images
(Aug. 23, 1974 – June 24, 2024)
Julio Foolio
Image Credit: Courtesy Photo
James Chance
Image Credit: Frans Schellekens/Redferns
(April 20, 1953 – June 18, 2024)
Angela Bofill
Image Credit: Raymond Boyd/Getty Images
Johnny Canales
Image Credit: Rodrigo Varela/WireImage
(Aug. 19, 1947 – June 12, 2024)
Francoise Hardy
Image Credit: Blandford/Mirrorpix/Getty Images
(Jan. 17, 1944 – June 11, 2024)
Enchanting (center)
Image Credit: Prince Williams/Wireimage
(Oct. 9, 1997 – June 11, 2024)
Mark James
Image Credit: Gary Gershoff/Getty Images for Songwriters Hall Of Fame
(Nov. 29, 1940 – June 8, 2024)
Dr. Velásquez
Image Credit: Courtesy Photo
Brother Marquis
Image Credit: Kris Connor/Getty Images
(April 4, 1966 – June 3, 2024)
Doug Ingle
Image Credit: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images
(Sept. 9, 1945 – May 25, 2024)
Richard Sherman
Image Credit: Michael Schwartz/WireImage
(June 12, 1928 – May 25, 2024)
Charlie Colin
Image Credit: Paul Hawthorne/WireImage
(May 2024)
Omar Geles
Image Credit: Courtesy Photo
(Feb. 15, 1967 – May 21, 2024)
Jan A.P. Kaczmarek
Image Credit: Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto/Getty Images
(April 29, 1953 – May 21, 2024)
Jon Wysocki
Image Credit: Nigel Crane/Redferns
(Jan. 17 ,1971 – May 18, 2024)
Jimmy James (center)
Image Credit: Ivan Keeman/Redferns
(Sept. 13, 1940 – May 15, 2024)
David Sanborn
Image Credit: Paul Natkin/Getty Images
(July 30, 1945 – May 12, 2024)
Dennis Thompson
Image Credit: Jim Dyson/Getty Images
John Barbata
Image Credit: Roger Ressmeyer/CORBIS/VCG via Getty Images
Steve Albini
Image Credit: Paul Natkin/Getty Images
Duane Eddy
Image Credit: PoPsie Randolph/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images
(April 26, 1938 – April 30, 2024)
Mike Pinder
Image Credit: Gijsbert Hanekroot/Redferns
(Dec. 27, 1941 – April 24, 2024)
Chris King
Image Credit: Vivien Killilea/Getty Images for Trippie Redd/10K Projects
Mandisa
Image Credit: Brad Barket/Getty Images
(Oct. 2, 1976 – April 18, 2024)
Dickey Betts
Image Credit: Kirk West/Getty Images
(Dec. 12, 1943 – April 18, 2024)
Jorge “Clorofila” Verdin (center)
Image Credit: Michael Loccisano/FilmMagic
Park Boram
Image Credit: Han Myung-Gu/WireImage
(March 1, 1994 – April 11, 2024)
Mister Cee
Image Credit: Johnny Nunez/WireImage
(Aug. 17, 1966 – April 10, 2024)
Clarence “Frogman” Henry
Image Credit: Skip Bolen/WireImage
(March 19, 1937 – April 7, 2024)
C.J. Snare
Image Credit: Gary Miller/Getty Images
(Dec. 14, 1959 – April 5, 2024)
Keith LeBlanc
Image Credit: Derek Storm/Everett Collection
Maurizio Pollini
Image Credit: Roberto Serra – Iguana Press/Redferns
(Jan. 5, 1942 – March 23, 2024)
Jean-Paul Vignon
Image Credit: Don Paulsen/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images
(Jan. 30, 1935 – March 22, 2024)
Sandra Crouch
Image Credit: Courtesy Photo
(July 1, 1942 – March 17, 2024)
Cola Boyy
Image Credit: Scott Dudelson/Getty Images for Coachella
(Feb. 14, 1990 – March 17, 2024)
Steve Harley
Image Credit: Roberto Ricciuti/Redferns
(Feb. 27, 1951 – March 17, 2024)
Byron Janis
Image Credit: Dario Cantatore/Getty Images
(March 24, 1928 – March 14, 2024)
Bo$$
Image Credit: Al Pereira/Getty Images/Michael Ochs Archives
Anthony “Baby Gap” Walker
Image Credit: Getty Images
(Aug. 12, 1963 – March 4, 2024)
Eric Carmen
Image Credit: Tom Hill/WireImage
Karl Wallinger
Image Credit: Courtesy of World Party
(Oct. 19, 1957 – March 10, 2024)
Steve Lawrence
Image Credit: Harry Langdon/Getty Images
(July 8, 1935 – March 7, 2024)
Debra Byrd
Image Credit: Kevin Winter/Getty Images
(July 19, 1951 – March 5, 2024)
Brit Turner
Image Credit: Jim Steinfeldt/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images
Cat Janice
Image Credit: Claire LeJeune
Shinsadong Tiger
Image Credit: Yang Ji-ung/Yonhap/AP
(June 3, 1983 – Feb. 23, 2024)
Roni Stoneman
Image Credit: Courtesy of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
Vitalij Kuprij
Image Credit: Kevin Nixon/Prog Magazine/Future via Getty Images
Cynthia Strother
Image Credit: Courtesy of Rex Strother
(Oct. 4, 1935 – Feb. 16, 2024)
Damo Suzuki
Image Credit: Vincenzo Buscemi/Getty Images
(Jan. 16, 1950 – Feb. 9, 2024)
Jimmy Van Eaton
Image Credit: Rick Diamond/Getty Images for Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
(Dec. 23, 1937 – Feb. 9, 2024)
Henry Fambrough
Image Credit: Mike Coppola/WireImage
Chuy Montana
Image Credit: Courtesy Photo
Mojo Nixon
Image Credit: Paul Natkin/Getty Images
Seiji Ozawa
Image Credit: Shintaro Shiratori
(Sept. 1, 1935 – Feb. 6, 2024)
Toby Keith
Image Credit: Christopher Polk/Getty Images
Wayne Kramer
Image Credit: Jim Newberry
(April 30, 1948 – Feb. 2, 2024)
Chita Rivera
Image Credit: Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images
(Jan. 23, 1933 – Jan. 30, 2024)
Frank Farian
Image Credit: ARTCO-Berlin/ullstein bild via Getty Images
(July 18, 1941 – Jan. 23, 2024)
Melanie
Image Credit: Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images
(Feb. 3, 1947 – Jan. 23, 2024)
Marlena Shaw
Image Credit: Michael Putland/Getty Images
(Sept. 22, 1939 – Jan. 19, 2023)
Mary Weiss
Image Credit: Roberta Bayley/Redferns
Jo-El Sonnieh
Image Credit: Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images
David Soul
Image Credit: Jeremy Grayson/Radio Times/Getty Images
Checkout latest world news below links :
World News || Latest News || U.S. News
The post Gone But Not Forgotten: Musicians We Lost in 2024 appeared first on WorldNewsEra.