Musicians who passed in 2015

1. 2015 In Memoriam:
Musicians We Lost This Year

2. B.B. King
Legendary blues guitarist and singer,
who belted out tunes from "The Thrill
Is Gone" to "Love Comes to Town,"
died on May 14th after multiple
strokes resulting from his diabetes. He
was 89.

3. Lemmy Kilmister
Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister, longtime
leader of hard-rock institution
Motörhead and a true icon of
heavy metal, died of cancer on
December 28th. He was 70.

4. Lynn Anderson
Lynn Anderson the country
singer best remembered for her
1970 hit "Rose Garden" died on
July 30th from a heart attack
she was 67 years old.

5. Brown, was the frontman for
Hot Chocolate and singer of
hits such as "You Sexy Thing"
and "Brother Louie," he died
from liver cancer on May 6th at
the age of 71.
Errol Brown

6. Jack Ely
Singer and guitarist with
the Kingsmen, immortal
for the garage-rock hit
"Louie Louie," died on
April 28th, from skin
cancer. He was 71.

7. The soul singer renowned for his
work with the Drifters and famous
for his solo smash "Stand by Me"
died of natural causes on April 30th.
He was 76.
Ben E. King

8. A.J. Pero
The Twisted Sister
drummer died on a tour
bus of a heart attack on
March 20th. He was 55.

9. Guitarist for REO Speedwagon
and the co-writer of their hit
"Take It on the Run," died on
September 13th at the age of 65.
Gary Richrath

10. The pop and country singer best
remembered for the 1965 hit single
"Down in the Boondocks" died on
October 6th of undetermined causes,
73 years old.
Billy Joe Royal

11. Percy Sledge
The soul giant most famous for singing
"When a Man Loves a Woman" died from
liver cancer on April 14th. He was 74.

12. Bassist Chris Squire of Yes succumbed
to leukemia on June 27th. He was 67.
Chris Squire

13. Scott Weiland
Rock singer most
famous for fronting
Stone Temple Pilots
and Velvet Revolver,
died in his sleep on
December 3rd of an
accidental overdose.
He was 48.

14. Bobby Emmons
Nashville songwriter and in-demand keyboard
player, he died February 23rd at 72 years old.
He played on such iconic hits as Elvis Presley's
"Suspicious Minds," Dusty Springfield's "Son of
a Preacher Man" and Neil Diamond's "Sweet
Caroline." As a songwriter, he had cuts by
George Strait, Waylon Jennings ("Luckenbach,
Texas") and Tanya Tucker and many others.