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)