This is a list of notable performers of rock music and other forms of popular music, and others directly associated with the music as producers, songwriters, or in other closely related roles, who died in 2015.

Preceded by
2014		 List of deaths in popular music
2015		 Succeeded by
2016
Name Age Date Location Cause of death
Jeff Golub59January 1, 2015New York City, New York, U.S.Progressive supra-nuclear palsy[1]
Little Jimmy Dickens94January 2, 2015Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.Heart failure[2]
Pino Daniele59January 4, 2015Rome, ItalyHeart attack[3]
Curtis Lee75January 8, 2015Yuma, Arizona, U.S.Cancer[4]
Popsy Dixon
The Holmes Brothers		72January 9, 2015Bladder cancer[5]
Tim Drummond74January 11, 2015Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S.[6]
A. J. Masters72January 12, 2015Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.Prostate cancer[7]
Trevor Ward-Davies
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich		70January 13, 2015Cancer[8]
Kim Fowley
Record producer and songwriter; manager of the Runaways		75January 15, 2015Los Angeles, California, U.S.Bladder cancer[9]
Ward Swingle
The Swingle Singers		87January 19, 2015Eastbourne, England[10]
Dallas Taylor
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young		66January 18, 2015Los Angeles, California, U.S.Cancer[11]
Edgar Froese
Tangerine Dream		70January 20, 2015Vienna, AustriaPulmonary embolism[12]
Demis Roussos
Aphrodite's Child		68January 25, 2015Athens, GreecePancreatic, stomach and liver cancer[13]
Neil LeVang83January 26, 2015Canyon Country, Santa Clarita, California, U.S.Unknown[14]
Don Covay78January 31, 2015Franklin Square, New York, U.S.Stroke[15]
Andriy Kuzmenko
Skryabin		46February 2, 2015Lozuvatka, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, UkraineTraffic accident[16]
Eddie "The Kydd" Rendini
Darwin's Waiting Room, Cold		?February 5, 2015 ?, U.S.Unknown
Joe B. Mauldin
The Crickets		74February 7, 2015Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.Cancer[17]
Calvin Jackson54February 10. 2015Senatobia, Mississippi, U.S.
Steve Strange
Strange Cruise, The Moors Murderers, The Photons, Visage		55February 12, 2015Sharm el-Sheikh, EgyptHeart attack[18]
Sam Andrew
Big Brother and the Holding Company		73February 12, 2015San Francisco, California, U.S.Complication after open heart surgery[19]
David Maxwell71February 13, 2015Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.Prostate cancer[20]
Lesley Gore68February 16, 2015Manhattan, New York, U.S.Lung cancer[21]
Mats Olausson
Talisman, Kamelot		54February 18, 2015Rayong, ThailandSuicide[22]
Clark Terry94February 21, 2015Pine Bluff, Arkansas, U.S.Diabetes
Orrin Keepnews91March 1, 2015El Cerrito, California, U.S.[23]
Lew Soloff
Blood, Sweat & Tears		71March 8, 2015New York City, New York, U.S.Heart attack
Jimmy Greenspoon
Three Dog Night		67March 11, 2015North Potomac, Maryland, U.S.Melanoma
Daevid Allen
Gong, Soft Machine		77March 13, 2015AustraliaCancer[24]
Mike Porcaro
Toto		59March 15, 2015Los Angeles, California, U.S.Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis[25]
Bruce Crump
Molly Hatchet		57March 16, 2015Throat cancer[26]
Andy Fraser
Free		62March 16, 2015Temecula, California, U.S.Heart attack[27]
Paul Jeffrey81March 20, 2015North Carolina, U.S.
A. J. Pero
Twisted Sister, Adrenaline Mob		55March 20, 2015Poughkeepsie, New York, U.S.Heart attack[28]
John Renbourn
Pentangle		70March 26, 2015Hawick, ScotlandHeart attack[29]
Billy Butler69March 31, 2015Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Bob Burns
Lynyrd Skynyrd		64April 3, 2015Bartow County, Georgia, U.S.Traffic accident[30]
Percy Sledge74April 14, 2015Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S.Liver cancer[31]
Billy Ray Hearn
Record producer and co-founder of Myrrh Records and Sparrow Records		85April 15, 2015Heart disease
Johnny Kemp55April 16, 2015Montego Bay, JamaicaHit and fall from ship[32]
Wally Lester
The Skyliners		73April 21, 2015Southport, North Carolina, U.S.Pancreatic cancer[33]
Jack Ely
The Kingsmen		71April 27, 2015Terrebonne, Oregon, U.S.[34]
Guy LeBlanc
Camel		54April 27, 2015Kidney cancer[35]
Ben E. King
The Drifters		76April 30, 2015Hackensack University Medical Center, New Jersey, U.S.Natural causes[36]
Craig Gruber
Rainbow, Elf		63May 5, 2015Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.Prostate cancer[37]
Errol Brown
Hot Chocolate		71May 6, 2015BahamasLiver cancer[38]
B.B. King89May 14, 2015Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.Vascular dementia[39]
Louis Johnson
The Brothers Johnson		60May 21, 2015Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.Gastrointestinal bleeding [40]
Dennis Sheehan
Tour manager for U2		68May 26, 2015West Hollywood, California, U.S.Heart attack[41]
Ornette Coleman85June 11, 2015New York City, New York, U.S.Cardiac arrest
Big Time Sarah62June 13, 2015Chicago, Illinois, U.S.Heart complications
Chris Squire
Yes		67June 27, 2015Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.Acute erythroid leukemia[42]
Ernie Maresca
The Regents		76July 8, 2015Florida, U.S.[43]
Michael Masser74July 9, 2015Rancho Mirage, California, U.S.
Eric Wrixon
Them, Thin Lizzy		68July 13, 2015Italy[44]
Dave Somerville
The Diamonds 		81July 14, 2015Santa Barbara, California, U.S.Cancer[45]
Buddy Buie74July 18, 2015Dothan, Alabama, U.S.Heart attack[46]
Dieter Moebius
Moebius & Plank		71July 20, 2015Cancer
Mitch Aliotta
Rotary Connection		71July 22, 2015U.S.Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Eddie Hardin
The Spencer Davis Group, Axis Point		66July 22, 2015Heart attack[47]
Cilla Black72August 1, 2015Estepona, Costa del Sol, SpainStroke after a fall[48]
Sean Price
Boot Camp Clik, Heltah Skeltah		43August 8, 2015New York City, New York, U.S.
Bob Johnston83August 14, 2015Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Danny Sembello52August 15, 2015Schuylkill River, Philadelphia, U.S.Drowning[49]
Smokey Wilson79September 8, 2015Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Bryn Merrick
The Damned		56September 12, 2015Cardiff, WalesCancer[50]
Gary Richrath
REO Speedwagon		65September 13, 2015[51]
Johnny "Yard Dog" Jones74September 15, 2015Decatur, Illinois, U.S.
Ben Cauley
The Bar-Kays 		67September 21, 2015Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.[52]
Wilton Felder
The Crusaders 		75September 27, 2015Whittier, California, U.S.Multiple myeloma[53]
Frankie Ford76September 28, 2015Gretna, Louisiana, U.S.Natural causes[54]
Phil Woods83September 29, 2015East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.Emphysema
Stasys Povilaitis
Nemuno Žiburiai, Nerija		68October 6, 2015Palanga, LithuaniaLung cancer
Billy Joe Royal73October 6, 2015Morehead City, North Carolina, U.S.Natural causes[55]
Jim Diamond
Ph.D.		64October 8, 2015London, EnglandPulmonary edema[56]
Bruce Nazarian
Brownsville Station		66October 9, 2015Detroit, Michigan, U.S.Heart attack[57]
Steve Mackay
The Stooges		66October 10, 2015Daly City, California, U.S.Sepsis
Robbin Thompson
Steel Mill		66October 10, 2015Richmond, Virginia, U.S.Cancer[58]
Smokin' Joe Kubek58October 11, 2015Heart attack
Frank Watkins
Obituary, Gorgoroth		47October 18, 2015Cancer[59]
Cory Wells
Cory Wells & The Enemys, Three Dog Night		74October 20, 2015Dunkirk, New York, U.S.Complications from multiple myeloma[60]
Eddie Hoh
The Mamas & the Papas, The Monkees		71November 7, 2015Westmont, Illinois, U.S.[61]
Andy White
The Beatles		85November 9, 2015Caldwell, New Jersey, U.S.Stroke[62]
Allen Toussaint77November 10, 2015Madrid, SpainHeart attack[63]
Phil Taylor
Motörhead		61November 11, 2015Hasland, EnglandLiver disease[64]
P.F. Sloan70November 15, 2015Los Angeles, California, U.S.Pancreatic cancer[65]
David Van Landing
Michael Schenker Group, Crimson Glory		51November 17, 2015Clearwater, Florida, U.S.Car accident, collision[66]
Cynthia Robinson
Sly and the Family Stone		69November 23, 2015Carmichael, California, U.S.Cancer[67]
Ronnie Bright
The Cadillacs, The Coasters, The Deep River Boys, The Valentines		77November 26, 2015Unknown causes
Wayne Bickerton74November 29, 2015Hertfordshire, England[68]
Kelvin Knight
Drummer for Delta 5		56December 2, 2015Liver & kidney failure
Scott Weiland
Stone Temple Pilots, Velvet Revolver		48December 3, 2015Bloomington, Minnesota, U.S.Drug overdose[69]
Bonnie Lou91December 8, 2015Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.Dementia[70]
Rainer Bloss69December 10, 2015U.S.
Stevie Wright
The Easybeats		68December 27, 2015South Coast, New South Wales, AustraliaPneumonia[71]
Zemya Hamilton
Clubland		50December 23, 2015Sigtuna, SwedenMultiple sclerosis[72]
Lemmy
Motörhead, Hawkwind		70December 28, 2015Los Angeles, California, U.S.Prostate cancer, cardiac arrhythmia, and congestive heart failure[73]
John Bradbury
The Specials		62December 28, 2015England[74]
Natalie Cole65December 31, 2015Los Angeles, California, U.S.Congestive heart failure[75]

See also

References

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