2015 was een jaar waarin we afscheid moesten nemen van vele bekende en minder bekende namen uit de funk-, soul en jazzwereld. Hieronder een droevig overzicht.
Januari
04-01 Ray Gipson (The G-Clefs)
08-01 Andrae Crouch
12-01 Clifford Adams (Kool & the Gang)
20-01 Big Chief Bo Dollis (The Wild Magnolias)
31-01 Don Covay
Februari
02-02 Richie Davis (The Dovers)
15-02 Mike Porcaro (Toto)
17-02 Kenneth ‘Wally’ Kelley (The Manhattans)
18-02 Willie C. Jackson (The Spaniels)
21-02 Clark Terry
22-02 James “Ajax” Baynard (Crown Heights Affair)
23-02 Marlene Barrow-Tate (The Andantes)
27-02 Charmayne Maxwell (Brownstone)
Maart
03-03 Cheryl “Cheri” McClurkin (The McClurkin Family)
07-03 Ethan White (Tortured Soul)
April
01-04 Billy Butler
03-04 Linton Beckles (Central Line)
12-04 Cecil Hunt (Funk Inc.)
14-04 Percy Sledge
16-04 Johnny Kemp
19-04 Tony Drake
20-03 Paul Jeffrey
21-04 Wally Lester (The Skyliners)
30-04 Ben E. King
Mei
06-05 Errol Brown (Hot Chocolate)
14-05 B.B. King
15-05 Ortheia Barnes
21-05 Louis Johnson (Brothers Johnson)
24-05 Marcus Belgrave
28-05 Mel Waiters
Juni
11-06 Ornette Coleman
15-06 Suzanne “Minnie” Thomas (A Taste Of Honey)
15-06 Mighty Sam McClain
19-06 Wendell Holmes (Holmes Brothers)
19-06 Harold Battiste
24-06 Larry Johnson (The Artistics)
Juli
04-07 Arthur G. Wright
06-07 Camille Bob (Lil’Bob and The Lollipops)
12-07 Jooey Robinson jr. (Sugarhill Records)
21-07 Curtis Anderson
24-07 William Brown (The Mad-Lads)
Augustus
09-08 Donald Haywoode (The Fantastics)
September
03-09 Donald Griffin (The Miracles)
04-09 Morris Alan
16-09 Peggy Jones (aka Lady Bo)
21-09 Ben Cauley (The Bar-Kays)
27-09 Wilton Felder (Crusaders)
October
06-10 Smokey Johnson
09-10 Larry Rosen
09-10 Bruce Nazarian
22-10 Mark Murphy
25-10 Marlo Henderson
27-10 Herbie Goins
28-10 Diane Charlemagne (52nd Street)
28-10 Winfield Scott (The Cues)
November
10-11 Allen Toussiant
23-11 Cynthia Robinson (Sly & The Family Stone)
25-11 Ronald Abner (The Fabulous Peps)
December
02-12 Wally Roker (The Heartbeats)
24-12 William Guest (Gladys Knight & the Pips)
28-12 Ronald ‘Prophet’ Ford
31-12 Natalie Cole