2010 in music
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- 2010 in Swedish music
- 2010 in South Korean music
Specific genres
Albums released
Deaths
- January
- 8 – Otmar Suitner (87), Austrian conductor
- 10 – Dick Johnson (84), American big band clarinetist[1]
- 13
- Teddy Pendergrass (59), American R&B singer
- Jay Reatard (29), American indie rock singer
- 18 – Kate McGarrigle (63), Canadian folk singer (Kate & Anna McGarrigle)
- 26 – Dag Frøland (64), Norwegian comedian, singer and variety artist[2]
- February
- 6 – John Dankworth (82), English jazz saxophonist, clarinetist and composer[3]
- 13 – Dale Hawkins (73), American rockabilly singer
- 14 – Doug Fieger (54), American power pop singer and guitarist (The Knack)
- 23 – Chilly B (47), American electro rapper (Newcleus)
- 27 – Larry Cassidy (56), British post-punk singer and guitarist (Section 25)
- March
- 4 – Amalie Christie (96), Norwegian pianist[4]
- 6 – Mark Linkous (47), American alternative rock singer (Sparklehorse)
- 7 – Tony Campise (67), American jazz saxophonist[5]
- 17 – Alex Chilton (59), American power pop singer (The Box Tops, Big Star)
- 23 – Marva Wright (62), American blues and jazz singer[6]
- 28 – Herb Ellis (88), American jazz guitarist[7]
- April
- 8 – Malcolm McLaren (64), British new wave musician and rock manager
- 13 – Steve Reid (66), American jazz drummer
- 14 – Peter Steele (48), American heavy metal singer (Type O Negative)
- 18 – Devon Clifford (30), Canadian indie rock drummer (You Say Party)
- 19 – Guru (43), American rapper (Gang Starr)
- 21 – Gustav Lorentzen (62), Norwegian folk singer and entertainer in Knutsen & Ludvigsen (Cardiac arrest)[8]
- 29 – Johannes Fritsch (68), German composer and violist[9]
- May
- 5 – Alfons Kontarsky (77), German pianist[10]
- 9 – Lena Horne (92), American jazz singer[11]
- 16
- Ronnie James Dio (67), American heavy metal singer (Elf, Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Dio, Heaven & Hell)
- Hank Jones (91), American jazz pianist, bandleader, arranger, and composer[12]
- 23 – Billy Francis (68), American rock keyboardist (Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show)
- 24 – Paul Gray (38), bassist for Slipknot[13]
- 30 – Kristian Bergheim (83), Norwegian jazz saxophonist[14]
- June
- 5 – Arne Nordheim (78), Norwegian composer[15]
- 6 – Marvin Isley (56), American R&B bassist (The Isley Brothers)
- 7 – Stuart Cable (40), British alternative rock drummer (Stereophonics)
- 16 – Garry Shider (56), American funk guitarist (Parliament-Funkadelic)
- 21
- Larry Jon Wilson (69), American country singer
- Chris Sievey (54), British singer and comedian
- 23 – Pete Quaife (68), British rock bassist (The Kinks)
- 24 – Fred Anderson (81), American jazz tenor saxophonist[16]
- July
- 10 – Sugar Minott (54), Jamaican reggae singer
- 12 – Tuli Kupferberg (80), American psychedelic musician and poet (The Fugs)
- 15 – Knut Stensholm (56), Norwegian drummer (Sambandet)[17]
- 19 – Andy Hummel (59), American power pop bassist (Big Star)
- 23 – Willy Bakken (59), Norwegian guitarist and popular culture writer[18]
- 26 – Al Goodman (67), American R&B singer (Ray, Goodman & Brown)
- August
- 3 – Bobby Hebb (72), American singer-songwriter and musician
- 6
- Catfish Collins (66), American funk guitarist (The J.B.'s, Parliament-Funkadelic)
- Chris Dedrick (63), American sunshine pop singer, guitarist and arranger (The Free Design)
- 14 – Abbey Lincoln (80), American jazz singer[19]
- 19 – Michael Been (60), American alternative rock singer and bassist (The Call)
- September
- 3 – Mike Edwards (62), American rock cellist (Electric Light Orchestra)
- 13 – Jarosław Kukulski (66), Polish composer
- October
- 5 – Jack Berntsen (69), Norwegian philologist, songwriter and folk singer[20]
- 10 – Solomon Burke (70), American R&B singer
- 16 – Eyedea (28), American rapper (Eyedea & Abilities)
- 20 – Ari Up (48), British post-punk singer (The Slits)
- 25 – Gregory Isaacs (59), Jamaican reggae singer
- November
- 25 – Peter Christopherson (55), British industrial musician (Throbbing Gristle, Psychic TV, Coil)
- December
- 9 – James Moody (85), American jazz saxophonist[3]
- 17 – Captain Beefheart (69), American blues singer[21]
- 26 – Teena Marie (54), American R&B singer and bassist.
- 28 – Billy Taylor (89), American jazz pianist[22]
- 30 – Bobby Farrell (61), Aruban singer (Boney M)
Songs released in 2010
Musical films
See also
References
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