1. Betty Willis, singer, 76, 1/1: Act Naturally
2. Arthur Alexander (Rick Hall, producer, 85, 1/2): You Better Move On
3. Marianne Faithfull (Tony Calder, producer, 74, 1/2): Come and Stay With Me
4. The Moody Blues (Ray Thomas, flautist, singer, songwriter, 76, 1/4): Dear Diary
5. France Gall, singer, 70, 1/7: Laisser Tomber Les Filles
6. Denise LaSalle, singer, 78, 1/8: Trapped By a Thing Called Love
7. Motörhead (‘Fast’ Eddie Clarke, guitar, 67, 1/10): Stone Dead Forever
8. The Cranberries (Dolores O'Riordan, singer, 46, 1/14): Linger
9. Rolling Stones (Barbara ‘Butter Queen’ Cope, groupie, 67, 1/14): Rip This Joint
10. The Edwin Hawkins Singers, (EH, composer, arranger, 74, 1/15): Oh Happy Day
11. Tone-Loc (Matt Dike, Delicious Vinyl label co-owner, 55, mid-January): Wild Thing
12. The Kinks (Jim Rodford, bass, 76, 1/20): Better Things
13. Terry Evans, singer, 80, 1/20: I Want To Be Close To You, God
14. Danny & the Fat Boys (Billy Hancock, bass/singer, 71, 1/22): Hauled Off & Loved Her
15. Hugh Masekela, trumpet, 78, 1/23: Grazing In The Grass
16. The Fall (Mark E Smith, singer/writer, 60, 1/24): Free Range
17. John Morris (composer, 95, 1/25) & Mel Brooks: Springtime for Hitler
18. The Dirty Strangers (George Butler, drums, 69, 1/28): South Of The River
19. The Temptations (Dennis Edwards, singer, 73, 2/1 & Melvin 'Wah Wah Watson' Ragin, guitar, 67, 10/24): Papa Was A Rollin' Stone
20. Michael Jackson (Ndugu Chancler, drums, 65, 2/3): Billie Jean
21. Kenny Rogers & the 1st Edition (Mickey Jones, drums, 76, 2/7): Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town
22. Vic Damone, singer, 89, 2/11: Silk Stockings
23. Pearls Before Swine (Tom Rapp, singer/songwriter, 70, 2/11): (Oh Dear) Miss Morse
24. Daryle Singletary, singer, 46, 2/12: Too Much Fun
25. The Crystals (Barbara Ann Alston, singer, 74, 2/16): Uptown
26. The Real Thing (Eddie Amoo, singer, 76, 2/23): You to Me Are Everything
27. ManBreak (John ‘Snaykee’ McParland, guitar, 48, 3/2): Ready Or Not
28. The Ventures (Nokie Edwards, guitar, 82, 3/12): Bam-Bunk-Shush
29. Kokomo (Jimmy Wisner, piano, 86, 3/13): Asia Minor
30. Cruzados (Charlie Quintana, drums, 56, 3/13): Motorcycle Girl
31. Morgana King, dinger, 87, 3/22: Try to Remember
32. The VIPs (Mike Harrison, singer, 72, 3/25): I Wanna Be Free
33. The Chairmen Of The Board (Ron Dunbar, songwriter, 78, 4/3): Give Me Just A Little More Time
34. Cecil Taylor, piano, 89, 4/5: For the Rabbit
35. The Staple Singers (Yvonne Staples, singer, 80, 4/10): Respect Yourself
36. Shakin' Stevens (Stuart Colman, 73, 4/19): Marie, Marie
37. Avicii, singer/DJ, 28, 4/20: Wake Me Up
38. The Raunch Hands (Mike Chandler, singer, 56, 4/23): Green Room
39. Neville Brothers (Charles Neville, saxophone, 78, 4/26): Healing Chant
40. Roy Young, piano, 81, 4/27: Big Fat Mama
41. James Brown (John ‘Jabo’ Starks, drums, 79, 5/1): Get Up I Feel Like Being a Sex Machine (Pt. 1)
42. The Dictators (Stu Boy King, drums, 64, 5/1): California Sun (Instr. Take 4)
43. Rank And File (Tony Kinman, bass, 63, 5/4): Amanda Ruth
44. Frightened Rabbit (Scott Hutchison, singer, 36, 5/9): Be Less Rude
45. Glenn Branca, composer, 69, 5/13: Structure
46. Madonna (Reggie Lucas, write/producer, 65, 5/19): Borderline
47. Jonathan Fire Eater (Stewart Lupton, singer, 43, 5/28): The Beautician
48. Eddy ‘The Chief’ Clearwater, guitar, singer, 83, 6/1: A Real Good Time
49. Clarence Fountain, singer, 88, 6/3: You've Got To Move
50. Lightnin’ Rod (Jalal Mansur Nuriddin, rapper/writer, 73, 6/4): Sentenced To The Chair
51. Stacy Phillips, dobro/fiddle, 73, 6/5: Drifting
52. Fleetwood Mac (Danny Kirwan, guitar, singer/sonwriter, 68, 6/8): Tell Me All the Things You Do
53. The Amen Corner (Neil Jones, guitar, 70, 6/8): (If Paradise Is) Half As Nice
54. Elvis Presley (DJ Fontana, drums, 87, 6/13): Jailhouse Rock
55. The Cramps (Nick Knox, drums, 60, 6/15): Zombie Dance
56. XXXTENTACION, rapper, 20, 6/18): Before I Close My Eyes
57. The Adolescents (Steve Soto, bass, 54, 6/27): Thirty Seconds to Malibu
58. Bay City Rollers (Alan Longmuir, bass, 70, 7/1): Summerlove Sensation
59. Henry Butler, piano, 69, 7/2: Mama Roux
60. Bill Watrous, trombone, 79, 7/2: Low Life
61. Henry Mancini (Jim Malloy, recording engineer, 87, 7/5): The Pink Panther Theme
62. John Fred & his Playboy Band (Stan ‘the Record Man’ Lewis, label-owner, distributor, 91, 7/15): Judy In Disguise
63. The Collins Kids (Lorrie Collins, singer/guitar 71, 8/4): Hoy Hoy
64. Aretha Franklin, singer, 76, 8/16: Every Natural Thing
65. The Supremes (Eddie Willis, guitar, 82, 8/20): You Keep Me Hangin' On
66. Lynyrd Skynyrd (Ed King, guitar/songwriter, 68, 8/22): Sweet Home Alabama
67. Lazy Lester, multi-instrumentalist/singer, 85, 8/22: You're Gonna Ruin Me Baby
68. Randy Weston, piano, 92, 9/1: Roots of the Nile
69. Don Gardner (singer, 87, 9/4) & Dee Dee Ford: I Need Your Loving
70. Mac Miller, rapper/producer, 26, 9/7: Come Back to Earth
71. Big Jay McNeely, saxophone, 91, 9/16: She Don't Work
72. Gilbert O'Sullivan (Chas Hodges, piano, 74, 9/22): This Riff
73. Jefferson Airplane (Marty Balin, singer/songwriter, 76, 9/27): Plastic Fantastic Lover
74. Otis Rush, guitar/singer, 84, 9/29: I Can't Quit You Baby
75. The Beatles (Geoff Emerick, recording engineer/producer, 72, 10/2): Tomorrow Never Knows
76. World Saxophone Quartet (Hamiet Bluiett, saxophone, 78, 10/4): The Holy Men
77. The Records (John Wicks, guitar/songwriter, 65, 10/7): Affection Rejected
78. Tony Joe White, guitar/singer/songwriter, 75, 10/24: Goin' Down Rockin'
79. The Residents (Hardy Fox, producer, composer, 73, 10/30): Lord, It's Lonley
80. Juicy Lucy (Ray Owen, singer, 69, 10/31): Who Do You Love
81. Roy Hargrove, trumpet, 49, 11/2: Bring It On Home to Me
82. Electric Light Orchestra (Hugh McDowell, cello, 65, 11/6): Can't Get It Out of My Head
83. Brian Cullman (Jimi Zhivago, guitar, 67, 11/8): Unspoiled
84. Roy Clark, banjo/guitar/fiddle, 85, 11/15: Shuckin' The Corn
85. The Melodians (Trevor McNaughton, singer, 77, 11/20): Rivers of Babylon
86. Jody Williams, guitar, 83, 12/1: Lucky Lou
87. The Buzzcocks (Pete Shelley, songwriter/singer, 63, 12/6): Breakdown
88. Captain Beefheart (Victor 'The Mascara Snake’ Hayden, bass clarinet, 70, 12/7): Fast & Bulbous
89. Nancy Wilson, singer, 81, 12/13: (You Don't Know) How Glad I Am
90. Johnny Rivers (Joe Osborn, session bass player, 12/14): Seventh Son
91. Stan Getz & João Gilberto (Norman Gimbel, lyricist, 91, 12/19): The Girl from Ipanema
92. The Honeycombs (Honey Lantree, drums, 75, 12/23): Have I The Right 2:55

Honorable mentions -

Mikio Fujioka (guitar, Babymetal) 36, 1/5
Chris Tsangarides (producer) 61, 1/6
Albert Serrano (latin percussion) 54, 1/15
Dave Holland (drums, Judas Priest) 69, 1/16
Lari White (country singer) 52, 1/23
John Perry Barlow (lyricist) 70, 2/6
Pat Torpey (drums, Mr. Big) 64, 2/7
"Love Bug" Starski (rapper) 57, 2/8
Craig Mack (rapper) 47, 3/12
Audrey Morris (jazz singer) 89, 4/1
Dick Williams (singer) 91, 5/5
Big T (rapper) 52, 5/7
Oliver Knussen (classical composer) 66, 7/8
Tomasz Stańko (trumpeter) 76, 7/29
Jill Janus (singer, Huntress) 43, 8/14
Count Prince Miller (reggae singer) 84, 8/16
Conrad Savage (piano, The Bad Seeds) 58, 9/2
Rachid Taha (singer) 59, 9/12
Charles Aznavour (singer) 94, 10/1
Bernadette Carroll (singer) 74, 10/5
Gretchen Serrao (singer) 28, 10/8
Patrick Mathé (founder, New Rose Records) 69, 11/18
Donald 'Jumbo' Vanrenen (label manager) 69, 11/18
Jerry Riopelle (producer/songwriter/singer) 77, 12/24
James Calvin Wilsey (guitar, Silvertone) 61, 12/24
Ray Sawyer (singer, Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show) 81, 12/28
Dean Ford (singer/songwriter, Marmalade) 73, 12/31