1983 in music

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Deaths

• February 4 - Karen Carpenter, singer, dies of anorexia nervosa
• February 12 - Eubie Blake (100), pianist
• February 22 - Sir Adrian Boult, conductor
• March 6 - Cathy Berberian, singer and composer
• April 4 - Danny Rapp, Danny and the Juniors, gunshot wound
• April 14 - Pete Farndon, the Pretenders, drug overdose
• April 30 - Muddy Waters (68), heart attack
• April 30 - George Balanchine, choreographer
• May 5 - Clarence Quick (46), the Del Vikings, heart attack
• June 2 - Stan Rogers, musician
• July 5 - Harry James, bandleader
• July 23 - Georges Auric, composer, member of Les Six
• November 7 - Germaine Tailleferre, composer, only female member of Les Six
• December 28 - Dennis Wilson, member of the Beach Boys