Year in Review: Music

12/29/2012

The music world saw some devastating losses in 2012. From the divas with powerhouse pipes to the teen idols who made us swoon… disco to show tunes, jazz to rap, country to rock to psychedelic sitar… here are some of the musicians we mourned this year.

Johnny Otis	Etta James	Don Cornelius
Whitney Houston	Davy Jones	Robert Sherman
Jimmy Ellis	Earl Scruggs	Dick Clark
Levon Helm	Adam Yauch	Donald "Duck" Dunn
Donna Summer	Robin Gibb	Doc Watson
Kitty Wells	Marvin Hamlisch	Scott McKenzie
Hal David	Andy Williams	Dave Brubeck
Jenni Rivera	Ravi Shankar	Fontella Bass

Written by Linnea Crowther

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