March
• Orrin Bolton - older brother of Michael, also was a singer; 72
• David Lindley -California born multi-instrumentalist, played with Jackson Browne and many others; long Covid; 78
• Steve Mackey - bassist with Britpop band Pulp, also a producer; 58
• Michael Rhodes - Nashville-based bassist, performed with Rodney Crowell and others; pancreatic cancer; 69
• Gary Rossington - Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist, survived band plane crash in 1977; 71
• Wayne Shorter - Newark-born jazz saxophonist known best for his work with Miles Davis and Weather Report; 89
February
• Burt Bacharach - singer-songwriter noted principally for his work with Dionne Warwick, winner of six Grammy Awards, including one for "That's What Friends Are For"; 94
• Bruce Barthol - original bass player with Country Joe & the Fish; 75
• Chuck Jackson - North Carolina born R&B singer has hit with "Any Day Now" in 1961; 85
• Trugoy the Dove (David Jolicoeur) - member of New York rap group De La Soul; 54
January
• Robbie Bachman - drummer with Canadian band Bachman-Turner Overdrive; 69
• Jeff Beck - former guitarist with the Yardbirds and solo performer, eight-time Grammy winer and two-time Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee; bacterial meningitis; 78
• Jeff Blackburn - singer-songwriter founded the Ducks that also included Neil Young in 1977 in Santa Cruz, CA; wrote "My My Hey Hey (Out of the Blue)"; 76
• Alan Copeland - singer with the Modernaires, also wrote songs and arrangements for pop and jazz acts; 96
• David Crosby - former member of the Byrds and Crosby, Still, Nash & Young as a singer-songwriter/guitarist and two-time Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee; 81
• Dean Daughtry - co-founder/keyboard player with Atlanta Rhythm Section and before that with the Classics IV; 76
• Gangsta Boo (Lola Mitchell) - member of Memphis rap group Three 6 Mafia and solo recording artist; drug overdose; 43
• Gordy Harmon - original member of L.A. R&B singing group the Whispers; 79
• Curtis "CJ" Harris - Alabama singer appeared on American Idol; heart attack; 31
• Barrett Strong - original Motown performer and co-songwriter of some of the R&B label's greatest hits; 81
• Yukihiro Takahashi - co-founder, singer and drummer of Japan's Yellow Magic Orchestra; brain tumor; 70
• Anthony "Top" Topham - original guitarist with the Yardbirds; 75
• Marshall Tucker - blind piano tuner from South Carolina whose name was used for the Marshall Tucker Band; 99
• Tom Verlaine (Thomas Miller) - co-founder and guitarist of seminal New York punk-rock band Television; 73
• Fred White - drummer with Earth, Wind & Fire; 67
Total: 25
