1988 in music

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Deaths

• January 19 - Evgeny Mravinsky, conductor
• February 14 - Frederic Loewe, composer of musicals
• February 27 - Gene De Paul, US pianist and composer
• March 6 - Jeanne Aubert, singer
• March 7 - Divine, singer
• March 8 - Henryk Szeryng, violinist
• March 10 - Andy Gibb, singer
• April 9 - Brook Benton, complications of spinal meningitis.
• April 9 - Dave Prater, of Sam & Dave, car accident
• April 29 - James McCracken, tenor
• May 1 - Claude Demetrius, songwriter
• May 10 - Ciaran Bourke, The Dubliners
• May 13 - Chet Baker, jazz musician
• May 21 - Sammy Davis, Sr, vaudeville performer
• May 22 - Dennis Day, US singer
• June 25, Hillel Slovak, Red Hot Chili Peppers, guitarist
• July 2 - Eddie Vinson, jazz/blues musician
• August 8 - Félix Leclerc, folk singer
• August 9 - Giacinto Scelsi, composer
• October 7 - Billy Daniels, US singer
• October 18 - Sir Frederick Ashton, dancer and choreographer
• October 19, Son House, blues musician
• November 13 - Antal Doráti, conductor
• December 2 - Tata Giacobetti, Italian singer and lyricist (Quartetto Cetra)
• December 6, Roy Orbison, singer