March 27 1957, January 22 1997

William MacArthur "Billy" MacKenzie (27 March 1957 – 22 January 1997) was a Scottish singer, with a distinctive high tenor voice; he was best known as a member of The Associates. MacKenzie was born and grew up in Dundee. As a youngster, he lived in Par ...

August 15, 1933, June 19, 1997

Robert Lee Helms (August 15, 1933 – June 19, 1997), known professionally as Bobby Helms, was an American country music singer who enjoyed his peak success in 1957 with the seasonal hit "Jingle Bell Rock". His other hits include "Fraulein" and "My Special ...

5 October 1945, 9 February 1997

Brian Francis Connolly (5 October 1945 – 9 February 1997) was a British musician and actor, best known as the lead singer of the British glam rock band Sweet. Brian Connolly was born in 1945 (some early Sweet biographies claim he was born in 1949) in G ...

September 23, 1935, November 25, 1997

Fenton Robinson (September 23, 1935 – November 25, 1997)was an American blues singer and exponent of the Chicago blues guitar. Born in Greenwood, Mississippi, United States, Robinson left his home at the age of 18 to move to Memphis, Tennessee where he ...

November 10, 1947, October 19, 1997

Glen Edward Buxton (November 10, 1947 – October 19, 1997) was an American musician, and guitarist for the original Alice Cooper band. In 2003, Rolling Stone ranked Buxton number 90 on its list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time. In 2011, he was po ...

December 31, 1943, October 12, 1997

Henry John Deutschendorf, Jr. (December 31, 1943 – October 12, 1997), known professionally as John Denver, was an American singer-songwriter, actor, activist and humanitarian, whose greatest commercial success was as a solo singer, starting in the 1970s. ...

October 18, 1947, April 8, 1997

Laura Nyro /ˈnɪəroʊ/ near-oh (October 18, 1947 – April 8, 1997) was an American songwriter, singer, and pianist. She achieved critical acclaim with her own recordings, particularly the albums Eli and the Thirteenth Confession (1968) and New York Tendaberr ...

1 April 1946, 4 June 1997

Ronald Frederick "Ronnie" Lane (1 April 1946 – 4 June 1997) was an English musician, songwriter, and producer who is best known as the bass guitarist and founding member of two prominent English rock and roll bands: the Small Faces where he was nicknamed ...

May 21, 1972, March 9, 1997

Christopher George Latore Wallace (May 21, 1972 – March 9, 1997), better known by his stage names The Notorious B.I.G, Biggie, or Biggie Smalls, was an American rapper. Murdered at age 24, Wallace is consistently ranked as one of the greatest and most inf ...