1) "Valleys of Neptune," The Jimi Hendrix Experience (March 9)

  Sir John Dankworth (British saxophonist)
  Pauly Fuemana (OMC / "How Bizarre")
  Robert "Squirrel" Lester (The Chi-Lites)
  Earl Wild (pianist-composer)
  Apache (rapper)
  Kate McGarrigle (Canadian folk singer)
  Ed Thigpen (jazz drummer)
  Carl Smith ('50s country legend)
  Teddy Pendergrass ('70s soul great)
  Bobby Charles (singer-songwriter; wrote "Walking
    to New Orleans" and "See You Later Alligator")
  Jay Reatard (Memphis punk rocker)
  Mick Green (guitarist for Johnny Kidd & The Pirates
    and Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas)
  Tony Clarke (longtime Moody Blues producer)
  Gregory Slay (Remy Zero drummer)
  Willie Mitchell (musician, Al Green's producer)
  Tony Bellamy (Redbone guitarist-singer)
  Lhasa (Canadian singer)

R.I.P. 2009

  Rowland S. Howard (The Birthday Party)
  James Owen "The Rev" Sullivan (Avenged Sevenfold drummer)
  Tim Hart (Steeleye Span)
  Vic Chesnutt (singer-songwriter)
  James Gurley (Big Brother and The Holding Company)
  Brittany Murphy (actress-singer; sang on Paul Oakenfold's "Faster Pussycat")
  Yvonne King Burch (The King Sisters)
  Liam Clancy (The Clancy Brothers)
  Bob Keane (Del-Fi Records founder)
  Eric Woolfson (Alan Parsons Project singer)
  Richard Nader (rock promoter)
  Jack Cooke (a member of Ralph Stanley's Clinch Mountain Boys)
  Derek B (British rapper)
  Mark Smith (bassist for Bryan Ferry, Roxy Music, The Waterboys)
  Gerhardt "Jerry" Fuchs (drummer for !!!, the Juan MacLean and Maserati)
  Norton Buffalo (blues harmonica great)
  Taylor Mitchell (Canadian folk singer)
  Liam Maher (Flowered Up singer)
  Vic Mizzy ("The Addams Family," "Green Acres")
  Al Martino ("Godfather" crooner)
  Stephen Gately (Boyzone)
  Brendan Mullen (L.A. punk promoter)
  Steve Ferguson (NRBQ guitarist)
  Robert Kirby (Nick Drake's string arranger)
  Shelby Singleton (producer and label executive)
  Mercedes Sosa (Argentine folk singer)
  Alicia de Larrocha (Spanish pianist)
  John "Bootsie" Wilson (The Silhouettes)
  Mary Travers (Peter, Paul & Mary)
  Patrick Swayze (actor; had a hit with "She's Like the Wind" from "Dirty Dancing")
  Jim Carroll (punk poet, author)
  Jake Brockman (Echo and The Bunnymen keyboardist)
  Chris Connor (jazz singer)
  DJ AM (formerly of Crazy Town; survived 2008 plane crash with blink-182's
    Travis Barker)
  Ellie Greenwich (songwriter; "Chapel of Love," "Be My Baby")
  Larry Knechtel (of Bread)
  Johnny Carter (of The Flamingos and The Dells)
  Otha Young (songwriter; Juice Newton's longtime musical partner)
  Gates Nichols (steel player for Confederate Railroad)
  Jim Dickinson (musician and producer; Big Star and the Replacements)
  Allen Shellenberger (drummer for Lit)
  Les Paul (guitar legend)
  Rashied Ali (jazz drummer)
  Michael Viner (Incredible Bongo Band)
  Mike Seeger (folk musician)
  Willy DeVille (singer-songwriter; Mink DeVille)
  Andy Parle (former Space drummer)
  Billy Lee Riley (rockabilly artist)
  Titus (Baatin) Glover (Slum Village)
  John "Marmaduke" Dawson (New Riders of the Purple Sage)
  Tom Wilkes (album cover designer; The Rolling Stones' "Beggars Banquet," etc.)
  Gordon Waller (Peter & Gordon)
  Allen Klein (former Beatles manager)
  Fayette Pinkney (The Three Degrees)
  Drake Levin (lead guitarist for Paul Revere & The Raiders in the 1960s)
  Gale Storm (sitcom star; singer)
  Michael Jackson (The King of Pop)
  Sky Saxon (of The Seeds)
  Bob Bogle (Ventures guitarist)
  Barry Beckett (producer, Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section keyboardist)
  Kenny Rankin (singer-songwriter)
  Jeff Hanson (singer-songwriter)
  Sam Butera (1950s-'60s tenor saxophonist with Louis Prima)
  Koko Taylor ("Queen of the Blues")
  Mickey "Snowy Red" Mike (electro-pop pioneer)
  Jay Bennett (Wilco)
  Nicholas Maw (British composer)
  Ron Richards (discovered, signed and produced the Hollies)
  Buddy Montgomery (jazz pianist and vibraphonist; younger brother of Wes
    Montgomery)
  Wayman Tisdale (NBA great turned jazz bass guitarist)
  Stephen Bruton (Austin singer-songwriter-producer)
  Ean Evans (Lynyrd Skynyrd bassist)
  Kiyoshiro Imawano (Japanese rock star)
  Vern Gosdin (honky-tonk singer)
  Duke D'Mond (The Barron Knights)
  The Rev. Timothy Wright (Grammy-nominated gospel singer)
  Rocky Hill (guitarit and brother of ZZ Top's Dusty Hill)
  Thomas "Tam" Paton (former manager of the Bay City Rollers)
  Randy Cain (The Delfonics)
  Nancy Overton (The Chordettes)
  "Pop" Winans (gospel giant)
  Steve Raitt (musician; brother of Bonnie Raitt)
  Bud Shank (jazz flutist and alto saxophonist)
  John Mayhew (former Genesis drummer)
  Duane Jarvis (roots guitarist)
  Kent Harvey (guitarist; Steppenwolf, Blues Image)
  Maurice Jarre (film music composer; "Lawrence of Arabia" and "Dr. Zhivago")
  Dan Seals (England Dan & John Ford Coley)
  Uriel Jones (Motown drummer, of the Funk Brothers)
  Mel Brown (bluesman)
  Hank Locklin (country music legend)
  John Cephas (of blues duo Cephas & Wiggins)
  Randy Bewley (guitarist for Pylon)
  Kelly Groucutt (ELO bassist)
  Snooks Eaglin (blues guitarist)
  Louis Bellson (jazz drummer)
  Estelle Bennett (The Ronettes)
  Coleman Mellett/Gerry Niewood (Chuck Mangione band members were killed
    in the Feb. 12 Buffalo plane crash)
  Orlando "Cachaito" Lopez (Buena Vista Social Club bassist)
  Blossom Dearie (cabaret singer)
  John McCarthy (Post Mortem)
  Dewey Martin (Buffalo Springfield drummer)
  Lux Interior (The Cramps)
  Hank Crawford (jazz saxophonist)
  John Martyn (British singer-songwriter)
  Billy Powell (Lynyrd Skynyrd keyboardist)
  David "Fathead" Newman (jazz saxophonist)
  Clint Ballard Jr. (songwriter; "You're No Good," "Game of Love," "Good Timin' ")
  Michael Lee (drummer, Page Plant/Thin Lizzy)
  Jon Hager (Hager Twins, of "Hee-Haw")
  Dave Dee (Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich)
  Ron Asheton (Stooges guitarist)