De funk- en soulwereld nam in 2013 afscheid van een aantal bekende en minder bekende artiesten en muzikanten. Een chronologisch overzicht:
07-01 Elizabeth ‘Liz’ Lands
26-01 Leroy Roosevelt ‘Sugarfoot’ Bonner (Ohio Players)
01-02 Cecil Dale Womack (aka Zekkariyas)
04-02 Donald Byrd (The Blackbyrds)
18-02 Otis Robert ‘Damon’ Harris, Jr. (The Temptations)
21-02 Cleotha ‘Cleedi’ Staples (Staple Singers)
27-02 Richard Allen Street (The Temptations)
03-03 Bobby E. Rogers (The Miracles)
16-03 Robert ‘Bobbie’ Smith (The Spinners)
11-04 Don Blackman
13-04 Vincent Montana jr. (MFSB/Salsoul Orchestra)
18-04 Cardell Boogie Mosson (United Soul/Parliament/Funkadelic)
18-04 Clarence Newton Burke Jr. (The Five Stairsteps)
08-05 George Duke
29-05 Marvin Junior (The Dells)
06-09 Robert ‘Bobby’ Martin
09-09 Forrest M. Thomas Jr.
29-09 Keith Raymond Crier (Sabu/GQ)
30-09 Zulema Cusseaux (Faith Hope and Charity)
06-10 Melvin ‘Butch’ Lewis (EU)
26-10 Alfred Orlando Johnson (Al Johnson)
23-11 Ricardo ‘Ricky Sugarfoot’ Wellman (Chuck Brown and the Soul Searchers)
29-11 Oliver Cheatham
21-12 Glenn Ellis (Chuck Brown and the Soul Searchers)
23-12 Richard ‘Ricky’ David Lawson (The Yellowjackets)
25-12 Llewelyn ‘Hondo’ Scruggs (Madhouse)
Wat een lijst.. r.i.p. funkateers around the nation