Known variously as the Black Godfather, the Godfather of Black Music and the Godfather of Black Entertainment, industry legend Clarence Avant was a pioneer over some seven decades in entertainment. The manager, label and broadcast media owner, and mentor died on Aug. 13 at age 92.

The breadth of Avant’s impact cannot be overstated. For his myriad accomplishments — many of which were historic and groundbreaking — he received the Recording Academy's Trustees Award in 2008. In 2019, Avant received the GRAMMY Salute To Industry Icons Award.

"Clarence Avant will forever be remembered as a trailblazer and changemaker whose commitment to music and the community paved the way for opportunity and greater inclusion within our industry," said Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason jr. "He fundamentally transformed the musical landscape for the better. The depth of Clarence’s legacy will last for generations."

A lengthy list of luminaries in the worlds of entertainment, music, politics and more paid tribute to Avant on social media.

(L-R) Jay-Z, Clarence Avant and Sean Combs attend 2020 Roc Nation THE BRUNCH on January 25, 2020, in Los Angeles, California | Photo: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Roc Nation

Bill Clinton tweeted, "It was impossible to spend time with Clarence Avant and not come away feeling more positive and wanting to follow his example."

The Rev. Al Sharpton called Avant "a revolutionary," adding that "When people in the entertainment world were delegated to a near master/slave relationship, he broke through that wall of exploitation and made us respected business people.

"This man was singularly responsible for helping so many Black artists get paid their worth," civil rights attorney Sherrilyn Ifill tweeted.

Magic Johnson tweeted, "He knew how to touch every individual he met and meet them where they were in order to get them where they needed to be."

Jay-Z’s Roc Nation reflected on Avant's legacy:

Born Feb. 25, 1931, in North Carolina, Avant began his career under the tutelage of Louis Armstrong manager Joe Glaser. He would soon branch out on his own to manage artists including Sarah Vaughan, Freddie Hubbard and pioneering Black record producer Tom Wilson. Avant opened a Los Angeles office in 1964.

In 1967, Avant helped negotiate what is said to be the first joint venture between a Black artist and a major label when he mediated a deal for Motown writer-producer William "Mickey" Stevenson with MGM for the soul subsidiary Venture Records.

In 1969, Avant founded his own label, Sussex. The label’s first release was Cold Fact, the unsuccessful debut from the late Sixto Rodriguez, who would years later become the subject of the Oscar-winning doc Searching for Sugar Man. While it took 50 years for Rodriguez to get his due, such was not the case for other Sussex releases such as Dennis Coffey’s smash funky instrumental "Scorpio" and certainly not for Bill Withers, who from 1971 to 1972 had three singles go platinum or gold.

During this time, Avant also bought what became one of the first Black-owned U.S. radio stations, Los Angeles R&B outlet KTYM. Both this venture and Sussex would wind down by 1975, which led to Avant’s founding of Tabu Records.

It was at Tabu that Avant discovered the songwriting and production talents of Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, who had both been members of the Prince-owned band the Time. Jam and Lewis would create one of the most gravity-defying sounds of the ’80s, and Avant would eventually introduce them to Janet Jackson.

That kind of behind-the-scenes dot-connecting was the norm for Avant. He was considered an important mentor by Jam and Lewis, L.A. Reid and Babyface, industry titans Sylvia Rhone, Jheryl Busby, Jon Platt and Jimmy Iovine, and many others — including football great Jim Brown, whom Avant reportedly convinced to take up acting.

He was a political activist, especially for Black causes, and was an unofficial advisor to Presidents Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush and Barack Obama.

He would also serve as Chairman of Motown Records and would become the first Black person to serve on the international management board for PolyGram. He was the subject of the 2019 documentary The Black Godfather.

In addition to his Recording Academy Trustees Award, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2021 and is due to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Oct. 7.

There was no blueprint for Avant’s storied career. "I kept hearing about this guy Clarence Avant, but no one seemed to know what his actual official title was," Jim Brown recalled.

"My whole career has been like this," Avant once told Variety. "People ask me, ‘how did you do all this?’ How the f— do I know? I just do things. I just like to take shots."

Mogul Moment: How Quincy Jones Became An Architect Of Black Music

A moving 2023 GRAMMYs segment featured friends, family and bandmates honoring their departed loved ones in song — including tributes from Kacey Musgraves, Quavo, and Sheryl Crow, Mick Fleetwood, and Bonnie Raitt.

The GRAMMY Awards' annual tribute to music industry icons who passed in the preceding year is always a bittersweet highlight of the ceremony — and this year's moving edition was certainly no exception.

In addition to honoring the many artists, producers, executives, and more who we lost, three legendary musicians received individual recognition from their close friends, collaborators, and loved ones.

A longtime admirer of Loretta Lynn, Kacey Musgraves became friends with the late country legend after opening for Lynn's 2012 tour — and thus was the perfect person to honor the four-time GRAMMY-winner.

Surrounded by a spray of red flowers and wearing a red dress that would've suited the Songwriter Hall of Fame honoree, Musgraves delivered a sterling rendition of Lynn's autobiographical "Coal Miner's Daughter."

With each strum of her guitar — with Lynn’s name inlaid on the neck in enamel — Musgraves brought more of her hero's trademark warmth and country legacy into fuller bloom, the names and images of other lost legends materializing behind her.

The rap world was stunned when it lost Migos member Takeoff in a tragic shooting in November, and his uncle and bandmate Quavo paid tribute with the elegiac "Without You." The rapper's soulful delivery was rounded out by the rich harmonies of gospel group Maverick City Music, the pain evident in his face as he sat next to an empty stool, his nephew’s chain hanging from a tragically unused mic stand.

As the song concluded, Quavo rose, holding that chain up to the heavens, his hope to see Takeoff again ringing out.

While clips of heroes like Jeff Beck and David Crosby surely brought tears to many an eye, the heartfelt tributes were rounded out by the trio of Sheryl Crow, Bonnie Raitt, and Fleetwood Mac's Mick Fleetwood. Together, they honored Christine McVie with a poignant rendition of Fleetwood Mac's "Songbird."

While Fleetwood stood with a resonant hand drum, Crow took to the piano with Raitt seated at her side. "And the songbirds are singing/ Like they know the score," they sang: "And I love you, I love you, I love you/ Like never before."

The crystalline performance immaculately suited the songwriter's immense spirit and unparalleled writing, with Fleetwood’s somber hand drum lending a beautiful final note.

Check out the complete list of winners and nominees at the 2023 GRAMMYs.

Head to live.GRAMMY.com all year long to watch all the GRAMMY performances, acceptance speeches, the GRAMMY Live From The Red Carpet livestream special, the full Premiere Ceremony livestream, and even more exclusive, never-before-seen content from the 2023 GRAMMYs.

The following is a list of artists and industry professionals the music community lost from Jan. 1, 2022 to Dec. 6, 2022.

The 2022 GRAMMYs telecast on CBS featured an In Memoriam segment highlighting some of these individuals via a video tribute, and all of these individuals who died prior to its print date are included in the official 2023 GRAMMYs program book.

The Recording Academy salutes each individual for their respective talents and contributions to our culture and community.

Jody Abbot

Juan Alfonso Abreu (Xtassy)

Ernest Abuba

Bobbe "Beegie" Long Adair

Patrick Adams

Cynthia Albritton

Yuz Aleshkovsky

Clive "Zanda" Alexander

Drew Alexander

Silas "SiMan Baby" Alexander

Ian Alexander jr.

Mary Alice

Stu Allan

Jerry Ivan Allison

George al-Rassi

Ahmed Alshaiba

Lalith Anand

David Andersson

Ernie Andrews

Reggie Andrews

Nicholas Angelich

Stuart Anstis

Jon Appleton

Steve Arkin

Brooks Arthur

Maureen Arthur

Ibrahim Ashk

Bobby Atkins

Barry Bailey

Chris Bailey

Bamba Bakya

Silvia Baleani

Classie Ballou, Sr.

Gabe Baltazar

Alain Bancquart

Abhijit Bandyopadhyay

Sultan "Traxamillion" Banks

King Louie Bankston

Joseph Banowetz

Carlos Barbosa-Lima

Daniele Barioni

John Barnes

Scott Barnes

Walter Barylli

Edava Basheer

Eddie Basinski

Jules Bass

Shandler "Wavy Navy Pooh" Beaubien

Rose Beauchamp

Ana Bejerano

Daniel Belardinelli

Jerry Bentley

Teresa Berganza

Marilyn Bergman

John Beug

Guillame Bideau

Ryan Biggs

Yam Bing-yee

Bayron Binkley

Ali Birra

Harrison Birtwistle

Alan Blaikley

Lilian Blankson

Stéphane Blet

Philippe Boesmans

Peter Bogdanovich

Rolando Boldrin

Bill Bourne

Donald Brady

Jaimie Branch

Traci Braxton

Thom Bresh

Todd Brodginski

Peter Brook

Gary Brooker

Steve Broughton

Harpdog Brown

Johnny Brown

Julia Buciuceanu

Kai Bumann

Roman Bunka

Bruce Burch

Sonny Burke

Billie Burton

Joe Bussard

Nigel Butterley

Hal Bynum

Shorty Byrd

James Caan

Dennis Cahill

Eison Cai

Mickey Calin

Mira Calix

Sudie Callaway

Darius Campbell

Pat Campbell

Marciano Cantero

María José Cantilo

Allison Canzanella

Irene Cara

Giancarlo Cardini

Erasmo Carlos

Jo Carol Ann

Carleton Carpenter

Martín Carrizo

Pat Carroll

Jeff Carson

Aaron Carter

Darryl Caseine

Fred Catero

Guayo Cedeño

Jordi Cervello

Koady Chaisson

Heo Cham

Joe Chambers

Norm Chambers

Manny Charlton

Kerry Chater

Subhomoy Chatterjee

Levon Chaushian

Roland Anthony Chirico

Terry Choate

Abdul Gaffar Chowdhury

Miu Chu

Gene Cipriano

Roderick 'Pooh' Clark

Sammy Clark

Mike Clement

Dale Clevenger

Con Cluskey

Bob "Dr. Jazz" Cohen

Nick Colionne

"Chubby" Conine

Jeff Cook

Al Cooley

Tommy Cordell

Azio Corghi

Carmela Corren

José Luis Cortés

Gal Costa

Warren "Waz" Costello

Cathal Coughlan

Morty Craft

Zuri Craig

AB Crentsil

Lyell Cresswell

Bernard Cribbins

Charles Criss

Mike Cross

J.D. Crowe

Julee Cruise

George Crumb

Bettye Crutcher

Jerry Crutchfield

Ronnie Cuber

Scott Dachroeden

David Dalton

"Jessie D" Lee Daniels

Kal David

Betty Davis

Rosa de Castilla

Marc Lee Dé Hugar

Aurelio De La Vega

Paulino Deanda Bernal

Joey DeFrancesco

Mike Dekle

Emilio Delgado

Garth Dennis

Alex DePue

Bunny Diamond

Tabby Diamond

Don Dilling

Paulo Diniz

Jerry Doucette

Jane Dowden

Tyrone Downie

Lamont Dozier

Frank Drake

Martin C. Dreiwitz

Eddie Edwards Drennan

Paul Dufour

Noel Duggan

Shonka Dukureh

Howard Alexander Dumble

Brian Dunning

Jim Duty

Dennis East

John L. Eastman

Ray Edenton

Iwan Edwards

Jamal Edwards

Vince "CPO Boss Hogg" Edwards

Mickey Eichner

Dan Einstein

Mary Ellin Barrett

Kenward Elmslie

Ralph Emery

Greg Epler

Ernesto Cavour

Flavio Etcheto

Archie Eversole

Maria Ewing

Ulises Eyherabide

Doug Eyink

Muvaffak "Maffy" Falay

Xue Fan

Dewey Farmer

Christine Farnon

Ben Farrell

Mitch Faulkner

Nolan Faulkner

Daniel Fawcett

Tim Feerick

Núria Feliu

Ludmila Ferber

Fallece Bernardo Adam Ferrero

Steve Fickinger

Bert Fields

Eberhard Finke

Annie Flanders

Neil Flanz

Jorja Fleezanis

Mark Fleischman

Andy Fletcher

Jake Flint

Gianluca Floris

Adam Foster

Juan Francisco González 

Deborah Fraser

George Frayne

Dallas Frazier

Wes Freed

David Freel

Joe Friedman

Bill Fries

Leo Anthony Gallagher Jr.

Ron Gallela

Luiz Galvao

Armando Gama

Ricky Gardiner

Rita Gardner

Ray Garduño

Charles "is-City" Gatt

Franco Gatti

Jan Gaye

Fred Geiger

Geoff Nuttall

Donny Gerrard

Joe Gilchrist

Mickey Gilley

Ellen Zoe Golden

Burt Goldstein

Darío Gómez

Doc Gonzales

Francisco González

Dallas Good

Tristan Goodall

Sam Gooden 

Mick Goodrick

Robert Gordon

Robert Louis Gordy

Gilbert Gottfried

Don Grahm

Randy Gray

Helen Grayco

John Green

Bruce Greig

John Grenell

Arthur Grigoryan

Howard Grimes

Steve Grimmett

Zhou Guangren

Agustin Gurza

Barbara Maier Gustern

Song Hae

Patrick Haggerty

Dick Halligan

Alexander Hamilton

Duncan Hannah

Ed Hardy 

Alice Harnoncourt

William Hart

"Big John" Harte

John Hartman

Orrin Hatch

Ronnie Hawkins

Rosa Lee Hawkins

Ivonne Haza

Bob Heathcote

Michael Henderson

Judy Henske

Marva Hicks

Jimbeau Hinson

Arnold "Arno" Hintjens

Tohru "Monamour" Hiroshima

Gary "Chicken" Hirsh

Jim Horn

Joseph Horovitz

Damodar Hota

Franz Hummel

Darryl Hunt 

Ivy Jo Hunter

Hovain Hylton

Pau Riba i Romeva

Toshi Ichiyanagi

Simon Illa

İlhan İrem 

Colleen Ironside

Susan Jacks

Francis Jackson

Michael James Jackson

Big Rude Jake

Khan Jamal

Joni James

Conrad Janis

Danny Javier

Philip Jeck

Lee Jihan

Griselda Jiménez

Fredrik Johansson

Mable John

Jimmy Johnson

Keith Wonderboy Johnson

Syl Johnson

Wilko Johnson

Jerry Ray Johnston

Leslie Jordan

Justin Alexander "J $tash" Joseph

Kenwrick "Kenny J" Joseph

Marvin Josephson

Naomi Judd

Orlando Julius

Bang Jun-seok

Michail Jurowski

Danny Kalb

Joseph Kalichstein

Ramdas Kamat

Prafulla Kar

Ryan Karazija

Lil Keed

Ken Kelly

Sean Kelly

Jimmy Kennedy

Anita Kerr

Alam Khan

Ronnie Kidd

Hamish Kilgour

Douglas Kirkland

Margo Knesz

Dale Knippers

Stamatis Kokotas

Irini Konitopoulou-Legaki

Charles Koppelman

John C. Koss

William Kraft

Blanka Kulinska

Jaakko Kuusisto

Dr. Paul Kwami

Carmelo La Bionda

Art Laboe

Bappi Lahiri

Jayananda Lama

Mark Lanegan

Michael Lang

Mike Lang 

Angela Lansbury

Sam Lay

Q Lazzarus

Willie Leacox

Marcus Leatherdale

Pastelle LeBlanc

Everett Lee

Quentin Oliver Lee

Mon Legaspi

Keith Levene

Mark Levine

Mariusz Lewandowski

Ramsey Lewis

Don Lewis

Gord Lewis

Jerry Lee Lewis

Jon Lind

Ray Liotta

Lenny Lipton

Meat Loaf

Kevin Locke

Bob Lokman

Jim Long

Jun Lopito

Bob LuPone

Radu Lupu

Loretta Lynn

Warner Mack

Shirles "Re Styles" Macleod

Shel Macrae

Al Mair

Kyle Maite

Clyde Maness

Lata Mangeshkar

Lucy Rowan Mann

Ken Mansfield

Álvaro Manzano

James Maraniss

Jane "Nightbirde" Marczewski

Sid Mark

Emmaretta Marks

Kurt Markus 

Ingram Marshall

Bernabé Martí

Brad Martin

Diane Martin

Gavin Martin

Keith Martin

Mac Martin

Mor Mario Martínez

Randall Massengill

Janez Maticic

Tito Matos

Tina May

Lowry Mays

Gazi Mazharul Anwar

Dan McCafferty

Mary McCaslin

Deborah McCrary

David McDonald

Ian McDonald

John McGale

Bob McGrath

Douglas McGrath

Doug McKean

Noel McKoy

John McLeod

Christine McVie

Sister Janet Mead

Glenn Meadows

Eric Mercury

María Mérida

Joe Messina

Blake Mevis

Pablo Milanes

Ron Miles

Jody Miller

Sidney Miller

Sue Mingus

Zelito Miranda

Nirmala Mishra

Charnett Moffett

Franz Mohr

Boris Moiseev

Bill Mollman

Mick Moloney

Grachan Moncur III

Gracia Montes

Benjamin Moore, Jr.

Mike Mora

Owen Moran

Massimo Morante

Henrique Morelenbaum

Denroy Morgan

Tommy Morgan

Joel Morowitz

Barbara Morrison

Robert Morse

Juan José Mosalini

Rodger E. Mosley 

Mighty Mouse

James Mtume

Sandhya Mukherjee

Dudley Murphy

David Muse 

Rachel Nagy

Pierre Narcisse

María Inés Naveillán

Nolan Neal

Tommy Neal

Dawit Nega

Bobbie Nelson

Sandy Nelson

Hans Neuenfels

Bobby Neuwirth

Don Newkirk

Olivia Newton-John 

Nichelle Nichols

Mariana Nicolesco

Rab Noakes

Paolo Noel

Minoru Nojima

Neil Nongkynrih

Adibah Noor

Nayyara Noor

Monty Norman

Ica Novo

Carlo Nuccio

Bobby O'Jay

Sammie Okposo

David Ornette Cherry

Mariel Orr

Anthony Ortega

Dave Osborne

Mo Ostin

Karim Ouellet

Jim Owens

Pedro Pablo García Caffi

LaShun Pace

Irene Papas

Gloria Parker

Mimi Parker

Tom Parker

Dez Parkes

Leslie Parnas

Ric Parnell

Fred Parris

Anne Parsons

Philip Paul

D.H. Peligro

Osvaldo Peredo

Jacques Perrin

Mark L. Perthel

Libor Pesek

Marybeth Peters

Maggie Peterson

Greg Philbin

Idris Phillips

Svika Pick

Keaton Pierce

Renée Pietrafesa

Don Pippin

Galina Pisarenko

Bill Pitman

Paul Plimley

Sidney Poitier

Prins Polo

Jerzy Polomski

Bruce Pomahac

Jim Post

Gerald Potterton

Jesse Powell

Richard Pratt

Seymour "Red" Press

Simon Preston

James Price

Howie Pyro

Charles Quillen

Rubina Qureshi

James Rado

Bob Rafelson

Aki Rahimovski

S.V. Ramanan

Agustin Ramirez

Randy Rand

Alleppey Ranganath

Raymond Raposa

James Reams

Pete Reiniger

Patricio Renán

Hollis Resnik

John Rice Irwin

Robert Richards

Riky Rick

Walter Riley King 

Ismael Rivera Jr.

Archie Roach

Richard Roat

Hargus "Pig" Robbins

Sandy Roberton

Garry Roberts

Martin "Marty" Roberts

PnB Rock

Pamela "Jordan" Rooke

Ned Rorem

Art Rosenbaum

Andy Ross

Beverly Ross

Cormac Roth

Badal Roy

Jamie Roy

Ed Rudy

Art Rupe

Bobby Rydell

Paul Ryder

Jordi Sabatés

Samir Sabri

Wally Safford

Balwinder Safri

Bob Saget

Daniel Sahad

Teruhiko Saigo

Steve Salas

Marty Sammon

Pharoah Sanders

T.V. Sankaranarayanan

Manolo Sanlucar

José Enrique "Chelique" Sarabia

Peter Scaping

Leon Schidlowsky

Klaus Schulze

Chris Scicluna

JayDaYongan

Richard Seal

Jim Seals

Gabe Serbian

Richard Setlowe

Shiv Kumar Sharma

Yuri Shatunov

William B. Shelby

Burke Shelley

Liz Sheridan

Dave Sherman

Kirti Shiledar

Guitar Shorty

Terry Shue

Riho Sibul

Paul Siebel

David "Ziggy" Sigmund

Haralds Simanis

Calvin Simon

Joanna Simon

Lucy Simon

Joyce Sims

Bhupinder Singh

Roslyn Singleton

Herschel Sizmore

Arnold Skolnick

Alexander Skulsky

DJ Kay Slay

Young Slo-Be

Elliott "Grandpa" Small

Dave Smith

Dick Smith

Steve Smith

B. Smyth

Elza Soares

Jim Sohns

Josep Soler

Stefan Soltesz

R Somasekharan

Bhajan Sopori

Paul Sorvino

Pervis Spann

Ronnie Spector

Willie Spence

Buddy Spurlock

Pete St John

Meghan Stabile

Atilio Stampone

Pat Stay

Saundra Steele

Antonietta Stella

Elizabeth Stewart

Jim Stewart

Paul Stoddard

Laila Storch

Larry Storch

Trevor Strnad

Mark Stroman

Shivamogga Subbanna

Alec John Such

Monnette Sudler

Frederick Swann

Earl Swavey

John Swenson

Robin Sylvester

Yoram Taharlev

Marc Tanner

Joe Tarsia

Richard Taruskin

Carolyn Tate

Greg Tate

Creed Taylor

Dean Taylor

Morgan Taylor

Terry Teachout

Judy Tenuta

Arnold Terry

Nicky Tesco

Dev Tharikewala

Timmy Thomas

Barbara Thompson

Bjorn Thorsrud

Janet Thurlow

Jin Tielin

Clifford S. Tinder

Louise Tobin

Terry Tolkin

Louise Tomberlain

Alexander Toradze

Colin Touchin

Bramwell Tovey

Rosmarie Trapp

Héctor Tricoche

Dick Trump

Tokollo Tshabalala

Tuck Tucker

Brett Tuggle

Nik Turner

Rick Turner

Sonny Turner

Bob Tutupoly

Margaret Urlich

Frank Ursoleo

Bin Valencia

Paul Vance

John P Varkey

Josephine Veasey

Diego Verdaguer

Lars Vogt

William "Bil" VornDick

Adam Wade

Abdul Wadud

Natty Wailer

Sidhu Moose Wala

Bill Walker

Kenneth Wannberg

Dennis Waterman

Norma Waterson

Jody Wayne

Jay Weaver

Greg Webster

Lil Bo Weep

Bobby Weinstein

Mike Wells

Jan Welmers

Janice Wendell

Ken West

Sonny West

Glenn Wheatley

Joel Whitburn

Alan White

Carrie White

Roland White

Krista Whitworth Beitter

Neela Wickramasinghe

Jan Wijn

Snootie Wild

David O. Will

Ken Williams

Robert Williams

Don Wilson

George Winn

Geoff Wonfor

TDott Woo

Terry Woodson

Max Woodward

Andrew Woolfolk

Scotty Wray

Bernard Wright

Qiao Yu

Phyo Zayar Thaw

Jon Zazula

Drummie Zeb

Bezbaruah

Club Q Victims

Coolio

Dakis

DJ Sumbody

El Noba

FBG

Goonew

Hadrawi

Hurricane G

Kandikonda

KK

Mikaben

Skibadee

Takeoff

Tame One

Trouble

Vangelis

Walkie

Walsh

YOSHI

2023 GRAMMY Nominations: See The Complete Nominees List

The following is a list of artists and industry professionals the music community lost from January 2021 – March 15 2022.

The 2022 GRAMMYs telecast on CBS featured an In Memoriam segment highlighting some of these individuals via a video tribute, and all of these individuals who died prior to its print date are included in the official 2022 GRAMMYs program book.

The Recording Academy salutes each individual for their respective talents and contributions to our culture and community.

"General" Jeff Page

"John Miles" Errington

"Mark Keds" Myers

"Meor" Yusof Aziddin Meor Hassan

"Nobuo Hara" Tsukahara

"Raffaella Carrà" Pelloni

Abdel Karim al Kabli

Abhijit Bandyopadhyay

Adalberto Álvarez

Adolph "Young Dolph" Robert Thorton Jr.

Agustin Gurza

Aki Rahimovski

Al Schlesinger

Al Schmitt

Alain Bancquart

Alan Hawkshaw

Alan Jesperson

Alan Lancaster

Alberto Ciurana

Aleksandr Khrabunov

Alemayehu Eshete

Alex DePue

Alexander Gradsky

Alexander Hamilton

Alexi Laiho

Alfred "Pee Wee" Ellis

Alfredo Diez Nieto

Alicia "Lisa" Lee

Alix Dobkin

Allan Slaight

Allan Stephenson

Alleppey Ranganath

Allin Grigoryevich Vlasenko

Alto Reed

Álvaro Manzano

Alvin "Seeco" Patterson

Alvin Lucier

Alvin Speights

Amanda Holden

Amarendra Mohanty

Ana Bejerano

Andre Petersen

Andrea Martin

Andrea Meyer

Andrew "Drew" Alexander

Andrew Barker

Andy Ross

Andy Warpigs

Andy Williams

Angela Kukawski

Anita Lane

Anthony "Muffman" Williams

Antonietta Stella

Anzor Erkomaishvili

Apostolos "Tolis" Voskopoulos

Aria Baron

Armando Gama

Arnold "Arnie" Pustilnik

Art Stewart

Arthur E. "Juini" Booth

Arthur Grigoryan

Arthur Pomposello

Arvil Freeman

Astroworld 2021

Aurelio De La Vega

B.B. Dickerson

B.J. Thomas

Badal Roy

Bappi Lahiri

Barbara Ess

Baron Browne

Barry Harris

Barry Ryan

Beatrice Bowles

Beldina "Heir of the Cursed" Odenyo Onassis

Belinda Sykes

Benjamin Vallé

Bennie Pete

Bernard Haitink

Betty Davis

Betty White

Beverly Noga

Beverly Ross

Bezbaruah

Bhaskar Menon

Bichu Thirumala

Big John Harte

Bill Harkin

Bill Holden

Bill Mollman

Bill Owens

Bill Runkle

Bill Staines

Billa O'Connell

Billie Hayes

Billy Conway

Billy Hinsche

Bjorn Thorsrud

Blake Mevis

Bob Moore

Bob Saget

Bobbe "Beegie" Long Adair

Brian Dunning

Brian Rohan

Brian Travers

Bruce Conte

Bruce Gaston

Bruce Greig

Bruce Hawes

Bryan St. Pere

Buddy Deppenschmidt

Burke Shelley

Burton Greene

Busker Meor

Byron Berline

Calvin Simon

Carl "Chucky" Thompson Jr.

Carl Bean

Carleton Carpenter

Carlisle Floyd

Carlos do Carmo

Carlos Marin

Carmel Quinn

Carmela Corren

Carmen Balthrop

Carol Easton

Carol Fran

Cathy Favaro-Maimone

Charles "Chuck E." Weiss

Charles "is-City" Gatt

Charles Criss

Charlie Black

Charlie Davis

Charlie McCardell

Charlie Watts

Chi Modu

Chris "The Bear" Hutka

Chris "X'Ho" Ho

Chris Scicluna

Christa Ludwig

Christine Nofchissey McHorse

Claire dela Fuente

Clarence "Mac" McDonald

Claude Bolling

Cleve Hall

Clifford Grant

Clive "Zanda" Alexander

Concha Márquez Piquer

Connie Bradley

Conrad Janis

Constance Demby

Corey "Chucky Trill" Detiege

Courtney Granger

Curtis Fuller

C.W. McCall

Dale Clevenger

Dale Knippers

Dallas Frazier

Dallas Good

Damodar Hota

Dan Einstein

Daniel "Dan" Sartain

Darrell "Drakeo the Ruler" Caldwell

Dashawn "Lil Loaded" Robertson

David "Dave" Frishberg

David "Jay Black" Blatt

David Cutler Lewis

David Darling

David Edwards

David Lasley

David Longdon

David Romano

David Surette

Dearon "Deezer D" Thompson

Debby King

Dee Pop

Dell Furano

Denis O'Brien

Dennis "Denny" Nowak

Dennis Payne

Dennis Thomas

Denroy Morgan

Dev Tharikewala

Dewayne Blackwell

Diane Martin

Dick Halligan

Dick Odette

Diego Verdaguer

Dimitri "Dee Pop" Papadopoulos

Djivan Gasparyan

Dmitri Bashkirov

Don Dilling

Don Everly

Don Heffington

Don Maddox

Don Wilson

Donald "Don" Marquis

Donald Dowdy

Donny Gerrard

Doris "Rose Lee" Maphis

Dorothy "Dottie" Dodgion

Doug Eyink

Douglas "Doug" Parkinson

Douglas Grigsby

Dr. Lonnie Smith

Drew Alexander

Earl "DMX" Simmons

Earl "JT" Gray

Earl Swavey

Ed Asner

Ed Bruce

Eddie "Ed" Asner

Eddie Basinski

Edita Gruberová

Edmund "Ed" Ward

Eleonore "Lorli" von Trapp Campbell

Ellen McIlwaine

Elliot Lawrence Broza

Elza Soares

Emani "Emani 22" Johnson

Emil Ramsauer

Emmaretta Marks

Emmett Chapman

Enrique "Pil Trafa" Chalar

Enriqueta "La Prieta Linda" Jiménez

Eric Wagner

Ernie Andrews

Esther Béjarano

Ethel Gabriel

Eugene "Gene" Smith

Eugene Wright

Eulalio "Sax" Cervantes Galarza

Eulis Cathey

Everett Lee

Everett Morton

Fanny Waterman

Farhad Humayun

Farid Ahmed Hazra

Flavio Etcheto

Francis Jackson

Francis Stueber

Francisco Kröpfl

Franco "Süphan Barzani" Battiato

Franco Cerri

Franz Streitwieser

Fred Geiger

Fred Johnson

Fred Parris

Freddie Combs

Freddie Redd

Frederic Rzewski

Fredrik Johansson

Gared O'Donnell

Gary "Chicken" Hirsh

Gary Brooker

Gary Corbett

Gary Edwards

Gary Leib

Gary Scruggs

Gene Rumsey

General Defao

General Jeff Page

Genival "Cassiano" dos Santos  

Geoffrey Stephens

Georg Alexander Albrecht

George "Commander Cody" Frayne

George "Gay" McIntyre

George Crumb

George Frayne

George Horn

George Mraz

George Wein

George Winn

Georgie Dann

Gerald "Jerry" Granelli

Gerry Marsden

Gianluca Floris

Gil Wechsler

Gilberto Grácio

Glen Peart

Glenn Douglas Tubb

Glenn Wheatley

Gloria Montes

Graeme Edge

Graham Vick

Greg Gilbert

Greg Tate

Greg Webster

Gregory "Greg" Tate

Gregory "Shock G" Jacobs

Griselda Jiménez

Guilia Lorimer

Gurmeet Bawa

Habeeb "Obama DMW" Uthman

Haja El Hamdaouia

Hans Neuenfels

Hans-Erik "Hank von Hell" Husby

Hargus Robbins

Harpdog Brown

Harry Colomby

Harry Coombs

Harvey Louis Krantz

Hayk "Hayko" Hakobyan

Heber Bartolome

Héctor "Perro" Emaides

Henry Goldrich

Henry Stephen

Heo Cham

Hillel Resner

Howard "KingFish" Franklin Jr.

Howard Alexander Dumble

Howard Grimes

Howard Johnson

Howard Wales

Howard Weitzman

Hugh X. Lewis

Ian "Napolian" Evans

Ian Alexander jr.

Ian McDonald

Ian Worang

Ibrahim Ashk

Igor Oistrakh

Ike Stubblefield

Inge Ginsberg

Ivan Tasovac

Ivor "Nick" Kamen

Iwan Edwards

J.D. Crowe

Jaakko Kuusisto

Jack Bradley

Jacob "Jake" Abrams Jr.

Jacob Desvarieux

Jagjit Kaur

Jamal Edwards

Jameon "Ketchy the Great" Davis

James "Jamie" O'Hara

James "Jim" Maher

James "Jim" Pembroke

James "Jim" Steinman

James "Jimmy" Cox

James "Koz" Kozlowski

James Dee "J.D." Crowe

James Easter

James Leary

James Levine

James Maraniss

James Mtume

Jamie O'Hara

Jamillah "JAM" Muhammad

Jan Welmers

Jane "Nightbirde" Marczewski

Janet Mead

Janice Wendell

János "Mecky" Kóbor

Jason "Rowdy" Cope

Jason Moore

Javunte "Squeak" Wheeler

Jay Jacobs

Jay Jay Phillips

Jay Weaver

Jayananda Lama

Jean-Paul Jeannotte

Jeff "Hitmaka Jeff" Thornton

Jeff Chambers

Jeff Wald

Jeffrey "Deon" Estus

Jeffrey "Jeff" LaBar

Jem Targal

Jemal Chkuaseli

Jeremy Lubbock

Jerold "Jerry" Blair

Jerome "J.D." Hill

Jerome Hyde

Jerry Crutchfield

Jerry Ray Johnston

Jervis "Pete" Corum

Jesse Aratow

Jessie D Lee Daniels

Jim Bessman

Jim Duty

Jim Horn

Jim Knapp

Jim Maher

Jimbeau Hinson

Jimmy Cox

Jimmy Johnson

Jimmy Kennedy

Joanne Shenandoah

Joe "Dusty" Hill

Joe Simon

Joel Chadabe

John "J.D." Hutchinson

John "Johnny" Crawford

John "Johnny" Solinger

John "Tim" Bogert

John Ashton Thomas

John C. Koss

John Davis

John Fagot

John Kinsella

John Lawton

John Miles Errington

John Nolan

John Rice Irwin

John Viers

Johnny Brown

Johnny Solinger

Jon "Doug" Nichols

Jon "Woodenman" Lukas

Jon Appleton

Jon Hassell

Jon Lind

Jon Mark

Jon Mark 

Jon Zazula

Jonas Gwangwa

Jonathon "Baby CEO" Brown

Joni James

Jordi Sabatés

Jorge Cumbo

José "Flow La Movie" Ángel Hernández

José Ángel "Flow La Movie" Hernández

José Enrique "Chelique" Sarabia

José María Cámara

Joseph "Jo Jo" Bennett

Joseph "Joe" Palmaccio

Joseph Horovitz

Josephine Veasey

Joyce Reeves Milsap

Juan "Johnny Ventura" Soriano

Juan Nelson

Judith Davidoff

Julia Nixon

Julie "Tawny" Kitaen

Juraj Filas

Jürg Wyttenbach

Justin Alexander "J $tash" Joseph

Kaithapram Viswanathan Namboothiri

Kalaimamani M. J. C. Comagan

Karan Armstrong

Karim Ouellet

Karla Burns

Keith Allison

Kelli "K-HAND" Hand

Ken Seaman

Kenneth "Ken" Kragen

Kenneth Cooper

Kenneth Wannberg

Kenny Malone

Kenny Sidle

Kenwrick "Kenny J" Joseph

Kerry Chater

Kerry Hay

Kevin Clark

Khan Jamal

Kim Tribble

King Louie Bankston

Kirti Shiledar

Koady Chaisson

Kyle Wood

Lalith Anand

Larry Willoughby

Lars-Göran "LG" Petrov

Lata Mangeshkar

Laurence "Enzo" Gusman

Lawrence "Larry Harlow" Kahn

Lawrence "Larry" Sheridan

Lawrence “Maniac” West

Lawrence Matshiza

Lee "Scratch" Perry

Lee Williams

Leonard 'Hub' Hubbard

Leonard "Doc" Gibbs

Leonard "Hub" Hubbard

Leslie "Les" Harris

Leslie "Les" McKeown

Leslie Bricusse

Leslie Parnas

Leslie West

Letieres Leite

Levon Chaushian

Lieb Bester

Lil Bo Weep

Linda Mensch

Lindsay Tebbutt

Lisa Roy

Lizzie Bravo

Lloyd "Gitsy" Willis

Lloyd Price

Locksley "Slide" Hampton

Lodewijk "Lou" Ottens

Lois Kirschenbaum

Lou Dennis

Louis "Lou" Robin

Louis Andriessen

Louise Tomberlain

Lucy Rowan Mann

Ludmila Ferber

Luis de Pablo Costales

Lulendo "General Defao" Matumona

Mac Martin

Malcolm Cecil

Malcolm Dome

Man Arai

Manikka Vinayagam

Marc Lee Dé Hugar

Marc Tanner

Marcel "Biz Markie" Hall

Margaret Everly

Margo Guryan

Maria "Milva" Biolcati

Maria Ewing

María Mérida

Marília Mendonça

Marilyn Bergman

Mario Lavista

Mario Pavone

Mark Keds Myers

Mark Lanegan

Mark Lubotsky

Mark Varner

Marsha Zazula

Martin "Marty" Roberts

Martín Carrizo

Martin Kahan

Martin Wright

Mārtiņš Brauns

Mary Edna Thompson

Matt "Money" Miller

Matthew Strachan

Maureen Cleave

Mauri Louisa Skinfill

Meat Loaf

Melvin Parker

Melvin Van Peebles

Michael "Mick Rock" Smith

Michael "Mike" Finnigan

Michael "Mike" O'Reilly

Michael Bishop

Michael Chapman

Michael Fonfara

Michael Lang

Michael Morgan

Michael Nesmith

Michael Stanley

Michail "Mikis" Theodorakis

Michel Baumann

Michel Corboz

Mick Brigden

Mick Griffiths

Mickey Eichner

Miguel "Meñique" Ángel Barcasnegras

Mike Dekle

Mike Finnigan

Mike Howe

Mike Mitchell

Mike O'Reilly

Mike Renzi

Mike Tarsia

Mikey "Mao" Chung

Mikey Chung

Mimi Stern-Wolfe

Misty Morgan

Mita Haque

Morton "Mort" Sahl

Morty Craft

Muvaffak "Maffy" Falay

Mzilikazi Khumalo

Nana Ampadu

Nanci Griffith

Nathan "Joey" Jonas Jordison

Neela Wickramasinghe

Neil Flanz

Neil Nongkynrih

Nelson Freire

Nick Colionne

Nick Weaver

Nicky Tesco

Nicole Hurst

Nigel Butterley

Nikolai Golyshev

Nikolai Slichenko

Nils "Einár" Grönberg

Nobesuthu Mbadu

Nobuo Hara Tsukahara

Norma Morris

Norma Waterson

Norman "Paul Cotton"

Norman "Rusty" Young

Norman Simmons

Obie "Travis Stewart"

Olanrewaju "Sound Sultan" Fasasi

Olanrewaju "Sound Sultan" Fasasi 

Oscar Guitián

Oscar López Ruiz

Osvaldo Peredo

Owen Moran

Paddy Moloney

Pat Fish

Pat Martino

Patricia Kennealy-Morrison

Patricio Manns

Patricio Renán

Patrick "Pat Fish" Huntrods

Patrick Sky

Patsy Bruce

Pau Riba i Romeva

Paul Cotton

Paul Jackson

Paul Johnson

Paul Laubin

Paul Mitchell

Pauline Tinsley

Pearl Kaufman

Peer Mohammed

Pervis Staples

Peter "Jack Terricloth" Ventantonio

Peter "Pita" Rehberg

Peter Bogdanovich

Peter Ind

Peter Klatzow

Peter Scolari

Peter Zinovieff

Phi Nhung

Phil Leadbetter

Phil Zimmerman

Philip "Phil" Schaap

Philip "Phil" Zimmerman

Philip Margo

Philip Paul

Phillip "Phil Naro" Sampognaro

Phillip "Phil" Chen

Phillip Wells

Phyllis McGuire

Pierce Fulton

Pietro Gilfucci

Piraisoodan

Prabhakar Jog

Prateek Chaudhuri

Prem Dhoj Pradhan

Rachel Nagy

Raffaella Carrà Pelloni

Ralph Emery

Ralph Irizarry

Ralph Schuckett

Ralph Tavares

Ramasaamy "Pulavar Pulamaipithan"

Ramdas Kamat

Randall Massengill

Randy "Baja" Fletcher

Randy Jackson

Rasie "Razzy" Bailey

Ravindranath "Lakshman Wijesekara"

Ray Reyes Léon

Raymond Gniewek

Reggie Warren

Renee Grant-Williams

Renée Martel

Renée Pietrafesa

Richard Cole

Richard H. Kirk

Richard Pratt

Rick Jarrard

Rick Laird

Rick Raybon

Rickie Lee Reynolds

Ricky Powell

Riky Rick

Rob Vitale

Robby Steinhardt

Robert 'Bob' Rudolph

Robert "Black Rob" Ross

Robert "Bob" James

Robert "Bob" Koester

Robert "Bob" Porter

Robert "Bob" Rudolph

Robert "Bobby" Few

Robert "Les" Emmerson

Robert "Robb" Earls

Robert "Robbie" Shakespeare

Robert "Robby" Steinhardt

Robert "Rockin' Rob" Aldridge

Robert Richards

Roberta Morales

Roberto "Elio Roca" Macceialli

Roberto "Palo" Pandolfo

Roberto Roena

Robin Le Mesurier

Robin McNamara

Robin Morton

Roger Englander

Roger Hawkins

Roger Newell

Roland Anthony Chirico

Ron "Snake" Reynolds

Ron Bushy

Ron Miles

Ronald "Ron" Anderson

Ronald "Ron" Cornelius

Ronald "Ron" Cuccia

Ronald "Ron" Tutt

Ronald "Ronnie" Falgout

Ronald "Ronny" Drayton

Ronnie Kidd

Ronnie Spector

Ronnie Wilson

Rosa Lee Hawkins

Rosalía Garrido 

Rosalie Trombley

Rose Beauchamp

Ruben Rodriguez

Rudy Salas

Ruth Olay

Sabah Fakhri

Sally Grossman

Salvador Lizárraga

Sam Lay

Sam Riddle

Sammy Clark

Samuel "Sam" Salter

Samuel "Wes" Phillips

Sandhya Mukherjee

Sandra Jaffe

Sandy Nelson

Sanford Clark

Sarah Dash

Sarah Harding

Scott Whitehead

Scotty Wray

Sebastião Tapajós 

Sérgio Brandão

Sergio Esquivel

Shaun "Kangol Kid" Shiller Fequiere

Shawn Cripps

Shorty Byrd

Shravan Rathod

Sidney Miller

Sidney Poitier

Simon Illa

Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry

Sister Janet Mead

Skibadee

Skilyr Hicks

Snootie Wild

Sonny Osborne

Sonny Simmons

Sonny Turner

Søren Holm

Spencer Nitchie

Stan Moress

Stanley Crouch

Stéphane Blet

Stephen J. Lawrence

Stephen Sondheim

Steve "Baba Zumbi" Gaines

Steve Bronski Forrest

Steve Salas

Steven "Steve Bronski" Forrest

Stonewall Jackson

Sudie Callaway

Sue Thompson

Sultan "Traxamillion" Banks

Sunil Pererea

Susan Anway

Susan Palo Cherwien

Suzanne "Jane Powell" Burce

Syl Johnson

Sylvano Bussotti

Sylvia Medford

Tam Harvey

Tatiana Chudova

Taylor Hawkins

TDott Woo

Tebogo "Steve" Kekena

Ted Gardner

Terence "Astro" Wilson

Teresa Żylis-Gara

Terry Shue

Terry Teachout

Terry Tolkin

Teruhiko Saigo

Theuns Jordaan

Thione Seck

Thom Moore

Thomas "Mensi" Mensforth

Thomas "Tom" Gray

Thomas "Tommy West" Picardo Jr.

Thomas "Tommy" Edwards

Thoppil Anto

Tim Akers

Timothy J. "The Gift of Gab" Parker

Tito Matos

Tohru "Monamour" Hiroshima

Tom Parker

Tom Starr

Tom T. Hall

Tommy "TT" Truesdale

Tommy DeBarge

Tommy Edwards

Tommy Neal

Tõnu Aare

Tony "Muffman" Williams

Tony MacMahon

Trevor Birdsong

Tsai "Fan Fan" Yi-fan

Tsepo Tshola

Udo Zimmerman

Uno Loop

Urban Haglund

Vanraj Bhatia

Veronica "Ronnie" Dunne

Veronica Dunne

Vicente Feliú

Vicente Fernández

Vicente Zarzo Pitarch

Victor Wood

Vince "CPO Boss Hogg" Edwards

Vincent "Slim 400" Cochran

Violeta Dávalos Lara

Virgil Abloh

Virginia "Ginny" Mancini

W. Royal Stokes

Walter "Herbie" Herbert II

Walter Barylli

Walter C. Blount

Walter Yetnikoff

Wanda Young

Warner Mack

Warner Williams

Warren Storm

Wayne Miller

Weerasak Sunthornsri

William "Ed" Bruce

William B. Shelby

William Kraft

WIlliam Shelby

William Vernon Pippin

Willie Garnett

Willie Leacox

Willie Winfield

Winfield Parker

Winona K Blackburn

Wyttenbach

Yoram Taharlev

Yoshimasa "Yoshi" Wada

Young Dolph

Yves "Lionel Leroy" Martin

Yves Aerts

Yvonne Sterling

Zhou Guangren

(The following is a list of artists and industry professionals the music community lost in 2020–2021. The 63rd GRAMMY Awards telecast on CBS will feature an In Memoriam segment highlighting some of these individuals via a video tribute, and all of these individuals who died prior to its print date are included in the official 63rd GRAMMY Awards program book. The Recording Academy salutes each individual for their respective talents and contributions to our culture and community.)

 

Paul Harts aka 18veno	Lou "L.A." Kouvaris
Marcello Abbado	Ivan Kral
Alan Abel	Harvey Louis Krantz
Ray Abshire	Herbert Kretzmer
Biff Adam	TN Krishnan
Darrell Andr'e Adams	Bob Kulick
Fiona Adams	Dave Kusworth
India Adams	Lindsey Lagestee
Robert Northern aka Brother Ah	Alexi Laiho
Luigi Albertelli	David Lander
Richie Albright	Holly Lane
Dan Andrei Aldea	Violeta Dávalos Lara
Dick Alen	Neil Lasher
Barney Ales	Marc Lawrence
Randy Alexander	Danny Leake
Tom Alexander	Bryan Lee
Alejandro Algara	Edward "Bunny" Lee
Alauddin Ali	Valentina Legkostupova
Rance Allen	Sonam Tshering Lepcha
Tony Allen	Raymond Lévesque
Wade Allison	Bobby Lewis
Pelle Alsing	Tony Lewis
Kenneth Alwyn	Lily Lian
Frank Amadeo	Carman Domenic Licciardello
Norm Amadio	Mike Lilly
Chase "6 Dogs" Amick	Gustava "Tavo" Limongi
Fabiana Anastácio	Matthew Lin
Edward Anderson	Buzzy Linhart
Bob Andy	Margo Lion
Tom Annastas	Vincent Lionti
Clay Anthony	Garret "i_o" Falls Lockhart
Ryan Anthony	Giuseppi Logan
MK Arjunan	Sonny Lonas
Darrin Arriens	Mike Longo
Carol Arthur	Trini Lopez
Phil Ashley	Gienek Loska
Mickey Atkins	Martin Lovett
Hillard "Sweet Pea" Atkinson	Erwanda "Papa T Bob" Lukas
Luis Eduardo Aute	Rebecca Luker
Gustavo "Yoshio" Nakatani Avila	Walter Lure
Malik Abdul Basit aka Malik B	Tamiya "Tami" Lynn
Gabriel Bacquier	Vera Lynn
Nusrat Badr	Bill Mack
Alec Baillie	Bonnie MacLean
Braxton "Brax" Baker	John Macurdy
SP Balasubrahmanyam	Sterling Magee
Dalton Baldwin	Alicia Maguiña
Bobby Ball	Skip Mahoney
Frankie Banali	Patricia Majalisa
Josef Bansuelo	Sean Malone
Lucien Barbarin	Julian "Junior" Mance
John Barbe	Lynn Evans Mand
Chris Barber	Johnny Mandel
Ornetta Barber	Carl Mann
Winston "Daddy Boastin'" Errol Barbour	Ray Mantilla
Robert "Bootsie" Barnes	Armando Manzanero
Len Barry	Robert Maraj
Malik "Malik B" Abdul Basit	Benny Mardones
Waldemar Bastos	Detto Mariano
Jennifer Bate	Marjan
"Little" Charlie Baty	Rudolph Johnson aka Lil Marlo
Bucky Baxter	Jeremy Marre
Orson Bean	Gerry Marsden
Harold Beane	Marty Martel
Ewart "U-Roy" Beckford	Barbara Martin
LD Beghtol	Craig Martin
McKenzie Bell	Daniel Lee Martin
Ronald "Khalis" Bell	Don Martin
Hamdi Benani	Hélène Martin
Mac Benford	Kirke Martin
Dayvon "King Von" Bennett	Moon Martin
Bettye Berger	Vaughan Mason
Roger Berlind	Kim Massie
Warren Berlinger	Ron Mathewson
Norman Bernal	Paul Matters
Rod Bernard	Phil May
Rafael Berrio	Lyle Mays
Overton Berry	Jota Mayúscula
Harold Betters	Elliot Mazer
Frank Bey	Franz Mazura
Salome Bey	Jim McCown
Bert Bial	Sid McCray
Bob Biggs	Lynsey McDonald
Steve Bing	William E. McEuen
Howell Binkley	Phyllis McGuire
Martin Birch	Nikki McKibbin
Trevor Birdsong	Terrence McNally
Aldir Blanc	Curtis McPeake
Else Blangsted	Armelia McQueen
Richard Blaustein	Gary McSpadden
Nickalus Thompson aka Nicky Blixky	Edward "Felix" McTeigue
Winston Errol Barbour aka Daddy Boastin'	José Ángel Medina
Erwanda Lukas aka Papa T Bob	Trudy Melvin
Tony de Boer	Aaron Melzer
Tim Bogert	Tânio Mendonça
Hamilton Bohannon	Miss Mercy
Claude Bolling	Alan Merrill
Donelle Hodges aka Big Booda	Jymie Merritt
Edward Fletcher aka Duke Bootee	Max Merritt
Daniel "El Dany" Munoz Borrego	Mady Mesplé
Ezio Bosso	Ebow Graham aka Metropolis
Dr. John P Boyd	John Meyer
Steve Boyer	Kerstin Meyer
Ryan Brady	Kizito Mihigo
Jerry Brandt	Oliver Stokes Jr. aka Black N Mild
Braxton Baker aka Brax	Douglas Miller
Julian Bream	Virgile Karuranga aka DJ Miller
Christopher Treadwell aka Bris	Walter C. Miller
Romualdo Brito	Bob Mitchell
Big George Brock	Harold Mitchell
Michael Brooks	Ian Mitchell
Andrew Brough	Melvin Noble aka Mo3
Van Broussard	Cristina Monet-Palaci
Hux Brown	Tony Cook aka Cookie Monsta
Marvin Brown	Doreen Montalvo
Steve Brown	Claudia Montero
Ed Bruce	Xavier Montes
Mark Brunner	Charlie Monttana
Berk Bryant	Margaret "Bonnie Lou"  Moore
Kobe Bryant	Smokin' Joe Moore
Harold Budd	Moraes Moreira
Jame Burke	Laurie Morgan
John Burks	Misty Morgan
Sam "The Man" Burns	Joseph "Mogo" Morganfield
Don Burrows	Erick Morillo
Tre Burwell	Ennio Morricone
Johnny Bush	Dan Morrison
Lamonta Butcher	Elijah Moshinsky
Stan Byrd	Abdel Aziz El Mubarak
Edd Byrnes	Reed Mullin
Roy Charles Hammond aka Roy C	Naomi Munakata
Françoise Cactus	Dave Munden
Steven Cagan	Marcos Mundstock
Buddy Cage	Paravai Muniyamma
Cándido Camero	Chris Murphy
Ron Campbell	Peg Murray
Jimmy Capps	Jaime Murrell
Joaquín Carbonell	Todd Nance
Carlos do Carmo	Johnny Nash
Steve Martin Caro	Ronnie Nasralla
Pearl Carr	Sergiu Natru
Pete Carr	Meritxell Negre
Alton "Big Al" Carson	Travis Nelsen
Rosanna Carteri	Jack Nelson
Brent Carver	Sammy Nestico
Nedda Casei	Rupert Neve
Juliano Cezar	Keith Nichols
Paul "tonka" Chapman	Lennie Niehaus
Philippe Chatel	Tammy Nobles
Oscar Chávez	Mike Noga
Hamid "Idir" Cheriet	Ian North
Ken "Mr. Chi Pig" Chinn	Larry Novak
Adelaide Chiozzo	John Nzenze
Guy Chookoorian	Jamie O'Hara
Jon Christensen	Ronan O'Rahilly
Christophe	Victor Olaiya
Adrián Cionco	Jamie Oldaker
Louis Clark	David Olney
Renée Claude	Keith Olsen
Jeff Clayton	Jorge Onate
Lawrence Clayton	Marc Orleans
Jimmy Cobb	Xavier Ortiz
Bob Cobert	K.T. Oslin
Claudio Coccoluto	Jerold Ottley
Michael Cogswell	Leah Ottman
Oscar Cohen	Charles "Fuzzy" Owen
Rick Cohen	Jim Owen
Stu Cohen	Genesis P-Orridge
Freddy Cole	Duranice Pace
Richie Cole	Johnny Pacheco
Quinn "DJ Spicoli" Coleman	José Padilla
Anthony "Tony" Colvin-Baraka	Nexhmije Pagarusha
Bobby Comstock	Kaulana Pakele
Arthur Conner	Ellis J. Paliet
Robert Conrad	Lou Pallo
Tony "Cookie Monsta" Cook	Josh Pappe
Jason "Rowdy" Cope	Tommie Pardue
Anton Coppola	Narciso Parigi
John Corcoran	Dan Parise
Nick Cordero	Khari Parker
Chick Corea	Robert Parker
J.T. Corenflos	Sonny Parsons
Chamín Correa	Randy Parton
Chick Correa	Joseph Payne
David Corrêa	Gary Peacock
Jerome "5th Ward Weebie" Cosey	Ed Pearl
Tony Costanza	Ken Pedersen
Cedrick "Swab" Cotton	Ronnie "Rockwell T. James" Peel
Eva Coutaz	Krzysztof Penderecki
Bobbi Cowan	Ray Pennington
Stanley Cowell	Marcelo Peralta
Jimmy Cox	Max Perenchio
Simeon Coxe	Gilberto Perez
Julia Craik	Charli Persip
Robert "Red" Cravens	Ciro Pessoa
Noah Creshevsky	Alan Peters
Stanley Crouch	Lucky Peterson
Curtis Denton Jr. aka Young Curt	Ralph Peterson
Lionel Eguienta aka Lionel D.	Dave Philips
Charlie Daniels	Knox Phillips
William "Kiing Shooter" Daniels	Tom Pick
Daniel Muñoz Borrego aka El Dany	Ken Chinn aka Mr. Chi Pig
David Darling	Eva Pilarová
Chris Darrow	Lloyd Pinchback
Alexander Datsyuk	Bucky Pizzarelli
Wolfgang Dauner	Christopher Plummer
Robert Bunyan Davie aka Hutch Davie	Bonnie Pointer
Eddy Davis	Joe Porcaro
Mac Davis	Nolan Porter
Spencer Davis	Ricky Powell
Prince Markie Dee	Rod Powell
Liu Dehai	Tom Powell
Suzy Delair	Margarita Pracatan
Jim Delehant	Erwin Prasetya
Gabi Delgado-López	Calder Prescott
Jerry Demara	Francis "Rocco" Prestia
Gloria DeNard	Charley Pride
Sergio Denis	Steve Priest
Lou Dennis	Alexander Priko
John E. Denny	John Prine
Sydney Devine	Willis Prudhomme
Tommy DeVito	Orlando Puerta
Frédéric Devreese	Boris Purgalin
Sunil Dhar	William Pursell
Mickey Diage	Dale Pyatt
Sandra Dianne	Ejaz Qaiser
Manu Dibango	Tommy Quinn
Joe Diffie	Adolfo "Shabba-Dpp" Quinones
Bryan Dilworth	Paul Quirk
Georgia Dobbins	Terry Quirk
Highland "Dobby" Dobson	Jimmy Rabbitt
Chase Amick aka 6 Dogs	Mats Rådberg
Lucy Dolène	Al Raghavan
Pau Donés	Lou Ragland
Manuel "Cowboy" Donley	Elias Rahbani
Daniel Dumile aka MF DOOM	Jason Rainey
Sergei Dorensky	Maiesha Rashad
Mirna Doris	Georg Ratzinger
Martin Douglas	Danny Ray
Judy Drucker	Glenn Ray
Ja'Net Dubois	Helen Reddy
Carlton Weekly FBG Duck	Tony Redz
Rick Durrett	Alto Reed
Doriot Anthony Dwyer	Harold Reid
Judy Dyble	Carl Reiner
Justin Townes Earle	Sean Reinert
Russell Easter	Janine Reiss
Cleveland Eaton	Ray Repp
Christiane Eda-Pierre	Joel Revzen
Jay Edwards	Emitt Rhodes
Maurice Edwards	Clementino Rodrigues aka Riachão
Kevin Eggers	Tony Rice
Lionel "D" Eguienta	Little Richard
Rosalind Elias	Marga Richter
Patrick Ellis	Bill Rieflin
Bobby Engel	Diana Rigg
Roger Englander	Naya Rivera
Paul English	David Roback
John Erhardt	Alfred “Uganda” Roberts
Barbara Ess	Larry Robins
Carlos "Cano" Estremera	Alonzo Robinson
Bill Evanov	Jimmie Rodgers
Bent Fabric	Claudio Roditi
Len Fagan	Clementino "Riachao" Rodrigues
Diego Farias	Servando Cano Rodríguez
Steve Farmer	Xavier Rodriquez
Majek Fashek	Chynna Rogers
Anne Feeney	DeWayne Julius Rogers aka D.J. Rogers
Bobby Few	Joanne Rogers
Bill Field	Kenny Rogers
Ian Finkel	Carlos "Cuco" Rojas
Tom Finn	Tito Rojas
James Fisher	David Romano
David Fitzgerald	Wallace Roney
Leon Fleisher	Dick Rosenzweig
Rhonda Fleming	Annie Ross
Edward "Duke Bootee" Fletcher	Elinor Ross
John "Ecstasy" Fletcher	Alan Rowe
Merwin Foard	Gene Rumsey
Tom Foley	Vern Rumsey
Michael Fonfara	Bill Runkle
Wayne Fontana	John Russell
Horacio Fontova	Yalchin Rzazadeh
Rosita Fornés	Bassam Saba
Nick Apollo Forte	Rudy Salas
Aaron "Frosty" Foster	Vexi Salmi
Bob Fouts	Tito Rojas aka El Gallo Salsero
Hugh Fraser	Gary Salzman
Glenn Fredly	Jorge Santana
Gerald Freedman	Nello Santi
Barry Freeman	Esteban Santos
Mirella Freni	Prabhat Sarma
Maudell Watkins aka FXXXXY	Arlene Saunders
Andre Gagnon	Gil Saunders
Grady Gaines	Kentray Young aka Tray Savage
Ramona Galarza	Adam Schlesinger
Eddie Gale	Florian Schneider
Riley Gale	Alan Schulman
Bryan Wayne Galentine	Gerard Schurmann
Anthony Galindo	J. Scott
Benny Garcia	Miles Cooper Seaton
Bob Garcia	Edward "Tre Da Kid"  Montre Seay
Vladimir "Jamir" Garcia	Joe Segal
Kevin Garren	Matthew Seligman
Seymour Gartenberg	Klaus Selmke
Yogesh Gaur	Peter Serkin
George Gerdes	Eddie Setser
Ranjon Ghoshal	Joseph Shabalala
Bob Gibson	Adolfo Quiñones aka Shabba-Doo
Henry “Seaman Dan” Gibson	Mohammad Reza Shajarian
Jon Gibson	Bob Shane
Patrick Gibson	Pat Shannahan
Andy Gill	Mike Sharp
Ivry Gitlis	Billy Joe Shaver
Bennett Glotzer	Demetrius Chawton Robinson aka DJ Shay
Fredrick Thomas aka Fred The Godson	Gene Shay
Ari Gold	Paul Shelden
Billy Goldenberg	Jack Sherman
Henry Goldrich	Larry Sherman
Andy Gonzalez	William Daniels aka Kiing Shooter
Andy González	Haim Shtrum
Ebow "Metropolis" Graham	Anna Shuttleworth
Shirley Grant	Sardool Sikander
Milford Graves	Flor Silvestre
Henry Gray	Hal Singer
Vernard Gray	Susan Skaggs
Ketchy the Great	Jonty Skrufff
Juliette Gréco	Jason Slater
Herman Green	Mitch Slater
Jim Green	Jerry Slick
Peter Green	Sergei Slonimsky
Jeffrey A. Greenberg	Millie Small
Dave Greenfield	Kathy Smardak
Martin Griffin	Doug Smiley
Albert Griffiths	Dmitri Smirnov
Henry Grimes	Clay Smith
Jordan Groggs aka Stepa J. Groggs	Laura Smith
Steve Grossman	Michael P. Smith
Cady Groves	Tim Smith
Michael Gudinski	Toni Smith
Steve Gulley	Voila Smith
Bob Gullotti	Bashar Jackson aka Pop Smoke
Onaje Allan Gumbs	Troy Sneed
Jonas Gwangwa	Eleanor Sokoloff
Ida Haendel	Maynard Solomon
Don Hahn	Mike Somerville
Harry Hains	Dominic Sonic
Eddie Van Halen	Sophie
Margareta Hallin	Phil Spector
Pete Hamill	Alvin Speights
Roy Hammond	John Spencer
James Hand	Quinn Coleman aka DJ Spicoli
Terry Hands	Chris Sullivan aka DJ Spinbad
Steven "Thee Slayer Hippy" Hanford	Freddy Rodriguez Sr.
Joseph Hannesschläger	Peter Starkie
Andre Harrell	Lucille Starr
Lynn Harrell	Tom Starr
Matt Harris	Geoff Stephens
Paul "18veno" Harts	Yvonne Sterling
Alex Harvey	Hellmut Stern
Gordon Haskell	Tom Stevens
Katsuhisa Hattori	Jerry Stiller
Michael Hawley	Mark Stone
David Hayman	Pauline Anna Strom
Roy Head	Chad Stuart
Claude Heater	Natasha Stuart
Jimmy Heath	Chris "DJ Spinbad" Sullivan
Ron "Rontrose" Heathman	Ira Sullivan
Jimmy Henley	Doug Supernaw
Warner Henry	Bobby Susser
Ken Hensley	Robin Sutherland
Walter Hernandez	Bruce Swedien
"Toots" Hibbert	Sylvain Sylvain
Phyllis Unger Hiller	Brian Tankersley
Donny Hillier	Tony Tanner
Bones Hillman	Duane Tatro
Rupert Hine	Eric Taylor
Shanti Hiranand	Gene Taylor
Donelle "Big Booda" Hodges	Scott Taylor
Steve Holland	Richard Teitelbaum
W.S. "Fluke" Holland	Gregory Theisen
Chris Hopson	Jacob Thiele
S. Roger Horchow	Christen Thomas
Rita Houston	Fredrick "Fred the Godson" Thomas
Jan Howard	Isaac Thomas
Sam Howard	Danny Ray Thompson
Brian Howe	Nikalus "Nick Blixky" Thompson
Hsiao Feng Hsien	Ron Thompson
Alien Huang	Steven "Saint Dog" Thronson
Mike Huckaby	Russ Thyret
Lawrence Franks Jr. aka Huey	Cheryl Tiano
Arturo Huizar	Eliot Tiegel
Josh Humiston	Frederick C. Tillis
Hachalu Hundessa	Keith Tippett
Peter H. Hunt	Aaron Tokona
Ahmed Ismail "Hudeydi" Hussein	Narcisa Toldrà
Pamela Hutchinson	Bill Torbert
Garrett Falls Lockhart aka i_o	Christopher "Bris" Treadwell
Rinat Ibragimov	Colleen Trenwith
Joey Image	Chris Trousdale
Rahat Indori	Fou Ts'ong
Alex Ingram	Jimmy Tucker
Kenny Ingram	Barry Tuckwell
Ed Irwin	Ron Tudor
Teddy Irwin	Michael "Double K" Turner
César Isella	Ty
Pedro Iturralde	McCoy Tyner
Gary Jackson	"Blue" Gene Tyranny
Flory Jagoda	U-Roy
Bob James	Tommy Uzzo
Kent James	Ricky Valance
Ronnie Peel aka Rockwell T. James	Hilton Valentine
Pandit Jasraj	Maria José Valério
Sam Jayne	Danny "Wepa Man" Vargas
Zizi Jeanmaire	Alexander Vedernikov
Joseph B. Jefferson	Joan-Pau Verdier
William E. "Bill" Jefferson	Víctor Víctor
Kim "Yohan" Jeong-hwan	Dayvon Bennett aka King Von
Kenny Jeremiah	Dragan Vucic
Charles Lawton Jiles	Alexander Vustin
Bruce Johnson	Bunny Wailer
Denise Johnson	Howard Wales
Howard Johnson	Gary Walker
Joe Johnson	Jerry Jeff Walker
Larry W. Johnson	Erin Wall
Rudolph "Marlo" Johnson	Tres Warren
Sir Peter Jonas	Delroy Washington
Derek Jones	Delores Washington-Green
Terry Jones	Fanny Waterman
Troy Jones	Jas Waters
Bobby Jonz	Pete Way
Alexander "Lil Yase" Mark Anonyyo Jr.	Andrew Weatherall
Carl Dobkins jr.	Jim Weatherly
Curtis "Young Curt" Denton Jr.	James Weaver
Eddie Lunn jr.	Jimmy Webb
Ellis Marsalis Jr.	Jerome Cosey aka 5th Ward Webbie
Jim Brewer Jr.	Steve Weber
Lawrence "Huey" Franks Jr.	Carlton "FBG Duck" Weekly
Oliver "DJ Black N Mild" Stokes Jr.	Aaron Wegelin
Perry Botkin Jr.	Eric Weissberg
Peter Botkin Jr.	Constance Weldon
Ralph Peterson Jr.	Edward West
Robert Ford Jr.	Leslie West
Sam Clayton Jr.	Paul Whaley
Michael Turner aka Double K	Charlie Whitaker
William "Willie K" Awihilima Kahaiali’i	Ian Whitcomb
Mario Kaminsky	Andrew White
Kasongo wa Kanema	Chet "JR" White
Mory Kante	James White
John Kaparakis	Jay White
Patti Karr	Dick Whitehouse
Virgile "DJ Miller" Karuranga	Camilla Wicks
Al Kasha	Willie Wilkerson
Alby Kass	Rev. John Wilkins
Ryo Kawasaki	Brian "Slick Rick" Williams
Chuck Kaye	Jimmie Williams
Phil Kaye	Steve "Stezo" Williams
Ramsey Kearney	Bruce Williamson
Mark Keds	Jim Williamson
Lynn Kellogg	Hal Willner
Dan Kelly	Mary Wilson
Jonathan Kelly	Wes Wilson
Paula Kelly	Bill Withers
Didi Kempot	Baron Wolman
Kimberly Kennedy	Suthep Wongkamhaeng
Sean Kennedy	Helen Jones Woods
Lee Kerslake	Maceo Woods
Stan Kesler	Betty Wright
Hal Ketchum	Edna Wright
Pierre Kezdy	Eugene Wright
Derek Khan	Rosemarie Wright
Wajid Khan	Willie Wright
Sibongile Khumalo	Charles Wuorinen
Edward Montre Seay aka Tre Da Kid	Kansai Yamamoto
Frank Kimbrough	Alexander Mark Antonyyo Jr. aka Lil Yase
Thom King	Kofi "Kofi B" Boakye Yiadom
Astrid Kirchherr	Kim Jeong-hwan aka Yohan
Volker David Kirchner	Gustavo Nakatani Ávila aka Yoshio
Richard "Dickie" Kline	Brent Young
Naděžda Kniplová	Kenny Young
Tom Kobayashi	Kentray "Tray Savage" Young
Ronnie Kole	Marsha Zazula
Toshinori Kondo	Isidora Žebeljan
Lee Konitz	Don Zimmermann
Isaac Thomas Kottukapally	Kent James
Ben Kouijzer	Ron Thompson

 

2021 GRAMMYs Awards Show: Complete Winners & Nominees List