1992 in music

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Deaths

• January 15 - Dee Murray, bassist for Elton John, cancer
• January 27 - Allan Jones, singer and actor
• February 21 - Jane Pickens Langley Hoving, the Pickens Sisters
• March 4 - Mary Osborne (70), Jazz Guitarist, liver cancer
• March 27 - Harald Sæverud, composer
• April 4 - Arthur Russell, cellist
• April 20 - Johnny Shines, guitarist
• April 27 - Olivier Messiaen, composer
• May 7 - Tiny Timbrell, guitarist
• May 17 - Lawrence Welk, accordion player and bandleader
• June 20 - Sir Charles Groves, conductor
• July 4 - Astor Piazzolla, tango musician and composer
• July 25 - Alfred Drake, US singer and actor
• July 26 - Mary Wells, singer
• August 12 - John Cage, U.S. composer
• August - Mark Heard, U.S. singer
• September 19 - Sir Geraint Evans, opera singer
• October 5 - Eddie Kendricks, singer
• October 25 - Roger Miller, singer
• November 14 - Teddy Riley, New Orleans jazz trumpeter
• November 21 - Severino Gazzelloni, flautist
• November 27 - Daniel Santos, singer and composer
• November 29 - Paul Ryan, singer
• December 21 - Philip Farkas, horn player